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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sundiata Jangha; Richard Peltier; Pamela Reid; F. Scott Cowan; Christal Gordon; David Woessner; Douglas Edwards; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

universities. The NSBE Jr. programs at the three highschools addressed in this paper are part of this effort, and are a joint project of the Georgia TechSociety of Black Engineers (GTSBE), and the NSF-supported GK-12 STEP program5.The Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership (STEP) ProgramIn 1999, the National Science Foundation initiated a new type of graduate student supportthrough the NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) program. Studentsreceiving GK-12 fellowships are required to interact directly with K-12 teachers in an attempt to Page 8.1276.2improve both K-12 education and the pedagogical and communication skills of the

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Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Weber; Bernard Lwakabamba; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

Session 2426 CRCD: Low-Power Wireless Communications for Virtual Environments-Course Integration Julie A. Dickerson, Diane T. Rover, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Robert J. Weber, Eric Eekhoff, Bernard Lwakabamba, Feng Chen, and Zheng Min Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011I. Project OverviewThis project combines research from the areas of wireless communications, low-power embeddedsystems, virtual environments, and human factors in an interdisciplinary program. Education in thehardware and software of virtual reality (VR) systems serves

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sonya Smith; Marian Muste; Ganesh Rajagopalan; Donald Yarbrough; David Caughey; Alric Rothmayer; Barbara Hutchings; Rajesh Bhaskaran; Tao Xing; Frederick Stern

Fluid Dynamics in an Undergraduate ME Curriculum”,FED-Vol. 220, Instructional Fluid Dynamics, ASME 1995, pp. 79-82.6. Navaz, H. K., Henderson, B. S., and Mukkilmarudhur, R. G., “Bringing Research and New Technology into theUndergraduate Curriculum: A Course in Computational Fluid Dynamics”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings,Session 1602, 1998.7. Hailey, C. E. and R. E. Spall, “An Introduction of CFD into the Undergraduate Engineering Program”, Session1566, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2000. 8. Henderson, B. S., H. K. Navaz, and R. M. Berg, “A New Approach to Teaching Compressible Flow”, Session1302, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1999 9. Olinger, D. J., and J. C. Hermanson, “An Integrated Approach To Engineering Education In WPI’s

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Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sonya Smith; Marian Muste; Ganesh Rajagopalan; Donald Yarbrough; David Caughey; Alric Rothmayer; Barbara Hutchings; Rajesh Bhaskaran; Tao Xing; Frederick Stern

Fluid Dynamics in an Undergraduate ME Curriculum”,FED-Vol. 220, Instructional Fluid Dynamics, ASME 1995, pp. 79-82.6. Navaz, H. K., Henderson, B. S., and Mukkilmarudhur, R. G., “Bringing Research and New Technology into theUndergraduate Curriculum: A Course in Computational Fluid Dynamics”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings,Session 1602, 1998.7. Hailey, C. E. and R. E. Spall, “An Introduction of CFD into the Undergraduate Engineering Program”, Session1566, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2000. 8. Henderson, B. S., H. K. Navaz, and R. M. Berg, “A New Approach to Teaching Compressible Flow”, Session1302, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1999 9. Olinger, D. J., and J. C. Hermanson, “An Integrated Approach To Engineering Education In WPI’s

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Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wierman John; Shoukas Artin; Robert Allen; Larry Aronhime

Session 2554 Integrating Biomedical Engineering with Entrepreneurship and Management: An Undergraduate Experience Robert H. Allen, Lawrence B. Aronhime, Artin A. Shoukas, John C. Wierman Johns Hopkins UniversityAbstractWe describe aspects of our cross-disciplinary efforts between biomedical engineering andentrepreneurship and management. Specifically, we describe how these disparate programs arebeing integrated to encourage interaction between students, faculty and administrators to developtechnical prototypes with market potential. In biomedical engineering, a design program is inplace

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Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

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Katie Torrey; James Hertel; Douglas Oppliger; Gretchen Hein; Glen Archer; Jason Keith

, andhuman factors engineering. The design project as given to the students is included in Appendix C.The project is intended to be a cornerstone experience for ENG1102 and, as such, needs toaddress the course objectives listed here: 1. To develop an appreciation for all engineering disciplines 2. To develop proficiency in the use of computers to solve engineering and design problems 3. To develop computer programming skills 4. To improve spatial visualization skills 5. To improve teaming and communication skillsIn addition, the design project needs to integrate as much of the varied ENG1102 curriculum aspossible. The main components of this curriculum are listed here: • 3-D solid modeling, assemblies and drafting using I-DEAS

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

to address industry’s current needs, the administrators of Kettering University surveyedits Industrial Advisory Board to gain an understanding of the qualities necessary for successfulgraduating engineers. Graduating engineers not only need to understand technologydevelopments involving electrical, computer and mechanical systems, and appropriatemanufacturing processes, industries need ethical engineers who have working knowledge of multi-disciplinary topics and can communicate this knowledge effectively.With this in mind, Kettering University embarked on a curriculum reform journey. The GOAL isto reduce redundancy and provide an effective but LEAN education for the students. Theconcept of integration is first established. The curriculum

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marvin Needler; Anna Shiver; Elaine Cooney

images to direct the robot toa target, such as the circuit board part position in x and y coordinates, or the rotational position ofthe potentiometer mounted on the board. This problem is open-ended in that several suggestionsare made to the student groups and they are left to find the “best” solution, ranging from using“fixed-point” solutions to more elegant methods such as converting image displacementmeasurements to encoder counts of the robots. This effort is an ongoing field of investigation.Robot Control Hardware The Rhino robot arm has four axes of motion and a gripper. It uses five pulse modulatedDC servo motors with integral gearboxes and incremental optical encoders for real-time closedloop operation. Robot control

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Sill; Elizabeth Stephan; Matthew Ohland

information, and the use of real-time data acquisition, which helpsstudents to more easily associate physical behaviors with their graphical representations. As timehas passed, these techniques have become easier to use, as one might expect. 11The focus of this work is ultimately to integrate the use of advanced classroom technology—realtime sensors in this case—into a sound pedagogical framework. This means using this technologyalong with cooperative learning and other proven, effective pedagogies.12,13Pedagogical approaches to be used in these curriculum materialsToo often students are given too much direction in the learning process. For best results, studentsmust be coached, but not “directed” to the solution.14 Discovery learning is shown to

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Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mario Medina; Louis Thurston

integration of their first year curricula and second year curricula as they saw itapplicable. ‘Integration’ ranged from organizing courses with interdependent topics back-to-back [3] to team-taught courses by physics, math, and engineering faculty [4] to creating 12-credit-hour courses, which included an array of common topics from amongst the disciplines [5].Of the lessons learned, one that stood out was the fact that there is no ideal way or structure forcurriculum integration.At TAMUK, the first year of the curriculum was integrated through scheduling those traditionalcourses most engineering students take during each semester back-to-back in two to three hourblocks. The course alignment (shown in Table 1.) was followed by a review and revision

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Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

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W.B. stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

, and is administered by engineers,physical scientists, social scientists, and humanists.All these programs demonstrate meaningful, curriculum-wide interaction between the liberal artsand engineering. As an intermediate step, many programs offer innovative integrative courses.The American University is experimenting with pairing physics for non-majors with anintroductory college writing course that has met with success. Preliminary findings reveal that“writing has proven to be an effective way to assist students in articulating their thoughts andtheir understanding about a topic,” a finding that “has enormous potential within both scienceand engineering communities” (Larkin-Hein and Joyner 2001). Ashraf M. Ghaly, an Egyptiannational and

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Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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George Havener

communicate effectively. 5. Work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team. 6. Demonstrate the skills to engage in independent learning.Moreover, each course in our curriculum (Figure 1) has similarly stated educational outcomes. Wenow use an assessment process that ties assessment data directly to educational outcomes. Ourentire assessment process is maintained by our department oversight accreditation committee calledTEBA; the structure and lines of responsibility for TEBA are shown in Figure 2.Dash-1 Seminar - We have developed a better process for evaluating cadets as they enter andprogress through the aeronautical engineering program. In August, we begin each academic yearby hosting a kick-off seminar for junior and senior

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Curricular Issues in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Hart; Mike Williams; George Grandle; Alvin Womac

training programs. ED.D Dissertation. Columbia University Teachers College, New York, NY.Ess, D. and Strickland, R.M. 2001. Guidelines for developing an outcome-based ASM curriculum. ASAE Paper No. 01-8033. Sacramento, CA: ASAE.Hewitt, A. 2000. Spray drift: Impact of requirements to protect the environment. In Crop Protection,, Volume 19, 623-627. Science Direct, Elseveir Science Ltd.Hitchings, B.D., J.G. Harper, and P. Buriak. 2001. Using innovative technologies to deliver web-based instructional activities. ASAE Paper No. 01-8026. Sacramento, CA: ASAE.Matthews, G. and N. Thomas. 2000. Society of Chemical Industry. Working towards more efficient application of pesticides. In Integrated Crop Management

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Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marilyn Dyrud

workplace, making studentsaware of ethical issues in the professions, and providing students with decision-making processesfor ethical situations.BackgroundEthics across the curriculum (EAC), similar to the writing across the curriculum movement of twodecades ago, attempts to place ethics squarely in the context of a given course. The rationale isthat students do not necessarily transfer information from an ethics course into their technicalclasses. By offering ethics via a technical course, students can more clearly understand therelevance of ethics to their major. While the amount of time spent on ethics in any course willvary according to course goals and objectives, it should be closely tied to core course materialand, ideally, be integrated

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Amir Karimi

Session 3159 Automated Laboratory Experience in an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Program Amir Karimi, A.C. Rogers, Thomas J. Connolly, and James W. Frazer Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at San AntonioAbstractThe mechanical engineering BS degree program at The University of Texas at San Antonio(UTSA) requires an experimental laboratory sequence that supports both stems of mechanicalengineering (energy and structures/motion). Data acquisition systems are integrated into therequired laboratory sequence. A 5-year laboratory

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Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Krueger; Theodore Aanstoos; Ronald Barr

this project-centered approach, the Engineering Graphics curriculum has beenorganized into a set of learning modules with specific educational outcomes. Table 1 lists thecurrent modularization scheme and learning outcomes. It consists of ten units that serve asindividual student projects, plus an integrated PROCEED project that is conducted at theconclusion of the course. With this modularization scheme, the ten individual units trainstudents to develop computer skills and abilities that can be later used in the larger team project.These modern course outcomes, as outlined in Table 1, were fully implemented in the Fall 2002semester using some preliminary computer graphics laboratory notes written by our group10.The initial modules stress

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang

2. Section 3 describes the development of thegeophysical research facility and program. Section 4 is devoted to the description of some recentstudent research projects. We summarize the paper in Section 5.2. Integration of research and educationAs noted by Anne Peterson [6] in an editorial when she served as the deputy director of theNational Science Foundation, “…the integration of research and education deserves a higherpriority on federal and university agendas. Today’s students will spend their careers in a 21st-century workplace that presents complex and open-ended challenges. Those who will thrive inthis setting are those who have been educated in a discovery-rich environment.” Integration ofresearch and education offers undergraduate

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EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Terry Collins; Alisha Youngblood

Session 3142 Incorporating Industry-Based Research into an Undergraduate Course Terry R. Collins, Alisha D. Youngblood, Manuel D. Rossetti University of ArkansasAbstractThere are many benefits associated with including industry-based research into an undergraduateengineering curriculum, but often academic and industry participants have different perspectiveson project deliverables. This paper features a case study where senior-level students collect andanalyze data in a retail environment, develop conclusions and recommendations for theorganization, and present

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ernest Goeres; Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

Prof. Ollis et.al. [4], this program addresses several ofthe important outcomes of the ABET 2000 criteria and has provided the academic units of theparticipating institutions with valuable insight into practical alternate ways to integrate theseissues in the curriculum. Finally from the industrial perspective, the main benefits are yet to be realized in terms oflong-term impact of this program, which include a larger pool of graduates with internationalbicultural experience in the professional context and excess to expertise from faculty researchers.But the short-term benefits to industry include first and foremost the results of the projectsconducted by students, as well as the networking that results naturally from the contact

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Krogmeier; Mustafa Kamasak; Maribel Figuera; Luis Torres; Jan Allebach; George Chiu; Edward Delp; Charles Bouman; Catherine Rosenberg; Lynne Slivovsky

, students prepare afinal project report and give formal presentations and demonstrations to the entire class. In ourframework, students must be proactive. They have an opportunity to set their own goals, andchoose their own methods for achieving them. They must integrate what they have learned inmore traditional courses with up-to-date information about mobile communications, wirelesstechnology and the relevant application areas of multimedia documents, databases, video, andprinting. Sample projects include ePrint, making using of wireless technologies to communicateprinter information such as print job completion and maintenance information to a user; LocationManagement, assisting PDA users to locate the nearest printer, restroom, computer lab

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tim Meyers; Robert Weissbach

throughout the year. Successes and challenges of using thesis workas a teaching methodology for education in renewable energy will be discussed.IntroductionPenn State Erie, The Behrend College offers an honors program (called the Schreyer Honorsprogram) to those students who possess high academic ability and the desire to pursue research-oriented work within their curriculum. Students are required to take 14 semester credits ofhonors classes as well as write a thesis. Honors classes are either offered within the schedule, orstudents perform additional relevant work within a non-honors class to satisfy the honors creditrequirement.One student in electrical engineering technology (EET) was accepted into the honors program atthe beginning of his junior

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Current Environmental Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ishrat Mirzana; Ali Ansari

Session No # 2151 THE “NATURAL HOUSE” PROJECT: AN EXPERIMENT IN LEARNING BY DOING Ali Uddin Ansari, Ishrat Meera Mirzana Mechanical Engineering Department Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology Hyderabad, IndiaAbstractThe “Natural House”, a design and construction project of Centre for EnvironmentalStudies & Socioresponsive Engineering (CESSE) at Muffakham Jah College ofEngineering & Technology (MJCET), is directed at involving engineering students in a“real life” project with direct social benefits. The Centre’s primary objective is to

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Moeness Amin; Athina Petropulu; Ahmad Hoorfar; William Jemison; Robert Caverly

subtopics. Completion of the form requires the instructor to identify the subtopicareas need to understand the major topic area. An example shown in Appendix A shows thesubtopics deemed necessary for students to understand the operation and design of IntegratedCMOS RF amplifiers. The detailed subtopics as listed on the Major Topic Area Organization Form are moreeasily developed once they have been identified. The results of this development are then usedto complete a Subtopic Organization Form, as example of which is shown in Appendix B. Theexample shown is for the lecture/demonstration for the Integrated RF Amplifier subtopic wherenonlinear amplifier specifications are first defined and then reinforced with SPICE simulations of

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kendrick Aung

solved using CFXsoftware.Textbook The number of textbooks on CFD is becoming much larger as the subject of CFDbecomes an integral part of the engineering curriculum. The book by John Anderson1 was chosenas the text for the course because its contents were better suited to the undergraduate studentsand it is also adopted for similar CFD courses in other universities. However, the book does notaddress the theoretical concepts and examples concerning the finite volume method except in thesolution manual. The finite volume method is widely used in industry-leading CFD softwaresuch as FLUENT and Star-CD. Thus, the book by Versteeg and Malalasekera6 was used as asupplemental text on the topic of finite volume method. In addition, the chapter

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Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Young

Engineering curriculum. An integral part of the Department’s CDIO (conceive – design –implement -operate) educational strategy, the Unified Engineering DBF course is in its fifth yearof development with continuous improvements incorporated each year.This paper will provide an overview of the educational strategies employed, the learningobjectives, and their connection to the Department’s CDIO Syllabus. Fundamental assumptionsand cognitive progression of teaching design-by-redesign will also be discussed.1 Senior Lecturer, Colonel USAF (ret.), Room 33-240, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA 02139, telephone: (617) 253-5340, e-mail:pwyoung@mit.edu – corresponding

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Hata

Instructional Resources for a Technician-Level Plasma Technology Course David M. Hata Portland Community CollegeAbstractText materials, training systems, and supporting laboratory exercises have been developedby Portland Community College to support a technician-level course in plasmatechnology. Faculty workshops are planned for 2003 and 2004 to equip communitycollege faculty to teach technician-level courses in plasma technology. The project isfunded through an Advanced Technological Education Program grant from the NationalScience Foundation.IntroductionPlasma technology, although not as pervasive in the wafer fab as vacuum technology

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Olivier de Weck

principle of buoyancy. Fixed wing aircraft androtorcraft are based on airfoil lift. Rockets make use of mass expulsion to generate thrust andchange their momentum. We have developed a new approach for introducing sophomores tothese principles in Unified Engineering in the context of a CDIO (conceive-design-implement-operate) curriculum in Aeronautics and Astronautics. The active learning approach combinestraditional lectures with exposure to small hands-on experiments. The artifacts used toinvestigate these flight principles are helium balloons, balsa wood gliders and water rockets,respectively. The first learning objective is derived from a desire for knowledge integration oftraditional aerospace engineering disciplines: dynamics, fluid mechanics

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Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lloyd J. Griffiths; Anne J. Marchant; E. Bernard White

undergraduateprogram) in an engineering school might benefit from the lessons that we have learnedearly on. Most notable are changes in preconceived notions widely held by some IT&Efaculty and administrators as to the impact that the BS-IT program would have on thefollowing: student enrollment and their persistence in our existing calculus-intensiveIT&E majors; integrity of existing degree programs in related disciplines such as computerscience and management information systems; relationships with other GMU schools andcolleges offering related IT study options; overall quality, number, and diversity ofstudents who are preparing for careers in the IT profession; availability of resources tosupport both the BS-IT program and existing programs; and IT

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Ford; Denise Jackson

to teach problem-solvingtechniques as if they do. Our graduates need to know not only how to use the tools of ourprofession, but when to use the most appropriate tools for the particular problem they areattempting to solve. IE majors are introduced to these tools in the IE introductory sophomorecourse.Industrial engineering has a broad range of applications, in a variety of industries. This web-basedsystem allows students to interactively control their learning pace across these application areas,and progress through them at their own pace. The modules integrate multimedia technology suchas graphics, animations, and audio to increase the effectiveness of an interactive learningexperience. They do not provide an integrated approach; rather

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The Use of Technology in Teaching Math

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2003 Annual Conference

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Carlos Morales

assistant professor of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University. He holds a BAin Telecommunications and an MS Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to working at Purdue University, Carlosworked as a Technical Director. His research interest includes distance learning, animation, and multimediadevelopment. He can be reached at crmorales@tech.purdue.edu Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Page 8.660.10