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Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Josephson; Nader Vahdat; K.C. Kwon

materials science Senior Year – process control, senior design project, senior laboratory, technical chemicalengineering electives such as petroleum operationsStudents would learn programming skills during their freshman year and make active use of theirskills in isolated instances throughout the remainder of their undergraduate academic career. Thesenior design project would be the course most likely requiring computer programmingexpertise.During the 1980s and 1990s the computing resources available to chemical engineeringundergraduates expanded dramatically. Universities began requiring that all students have theirown personal computer (Drexel started this practice in 19832). Even those universities that didn’thave this requirement

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Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jose Calixto; Glaucia Almeida; Frederico Rodrigues; elizabeth maia

high interactive interfaces,which computers have through their multimedia resources, graphics, artificial intelligenceand virtual realities, will certainly stimulate the student’s learning process. The advent of theInternet has pushed the production of computer teaching aids even further. Web basedcourses provide not only flexibility to students learn according to their time frame and pacebut also the possibility of several students being connected simultaneously. The user-friendlyinterface provided by the Internet browser is another feature, which must not be forgotten.In the last 80 years, concrete has been the most used construction material worldwide 1.Consequently reinforced concrete is an important subject of any engineering and

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Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Atif Qamar; Zahed Siddique

development of solid models. Engineering graphics and CAD software training can be divided into the following broadcategories: Most academic institutions have one or more graphics and/or solid modeling courses in their curriculum to teach students basic graphics principles and how to use one of the available commercial software packages. Page 9.440.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education With the pressure of reducing credit hours from curriculum, many

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Integrating Math into Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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ed conley

classroom minutes expendedin this exercise can bring to life one of these fundamentals.References1. ‘The Machinery of Life,’ Mechanical Engineering, v126, n2, p30-4, February 2004.2. ‘Classroom Demonstrations and Laboratory Experiments,’ Chapter 7, Wiley Higher Education, http://wiley.com/college/msci/callister39551X/demonstrations/ch07.html3. ‘Strain in One Dimension,’ ABAQUS Theory Manual Version 6.3, http://gong.snu.ac.kr/down/on-line-documents/abaqus/V6.3_HTMLdocs /books/stm/ch01s04ath05.htmlEDGAR CONLEY is associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces,New Mexico. He received the PhD from Michigan State University in Engineering Mechanics (‘86). Dr. Conley

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Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

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George Catalano

there was a problem in appropriate technical style forengineering reports. Students were not challenged to prepare formal laboratory reportsnor formal engineering design reports. Perhaps the most apparent weakness of studentsafter finishing the sequence was the lack of ability to construct simple computerprograms. The software package Matlab was introduced yet it seemed to distract studentsfrom learning the fundamental skills required to program.Many substantive changes were been put in place for the first effort at revision. The oldstructure had been abandoned and in its place was a fully integrated program. Theincoming freshman class of approximately 200 was divided into five separate sections of40 students each. Each class section was

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

allengineering majors; chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering here atYSU. Courses were given up by all the majors in order to get the required space in thecurriculum. Three courses were developed, one for each quarter, and each course was worth 3quarter hours and included a laboratory component. The courses were designed to incorporatefeatures that would maintain students’ interest in engineering and develop useful skills for laterparts of the engineering curriculum. Faculty resources would need to be about the same asrequired for the courses replaced so that the program could be instituted without requiring theaddition of new faculty.The factors determined as fundamental to a successful freshman engineering program

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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G. Padmanabhan

College College College Community College Program development Teaching over IVN Laboratory development

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas Wanke; Stephen Williams; Michael Scheuerell; Glenn Wrate

andsterile academic laboratory, but in practical, industrial settings.Student involvement in this particular project began after the proposal was awarded but beforethe design of the experiment started. Under direct faculty supervision, undergraduate engineeringstudents coordinated testing efforts among the various constituencies on the project, designed theinstrumentation system used to collect data, installed the instrumentation system at the plasticmanufacturing facility, and finally collected data and assisted in data reduction and analysis.Hopefully this paper will provide a model for similar projects involving undergraduateengineering students in the energy conservation area.Experimental DesignA simplified system diagram is shown in Fig. 1

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Zia; Roger Seals

personalized interfaces to the educationalresources and services of NSDL. For example, an engineering educator will be able to input aprofile to specify a search for inquiry-based laboratory resources that i) have been reviewed byfellow faculty, ii) are “mapped” or otherwise associated with ABET outcome goals, iii) containembedded assessment tools, and iv) feature interactive visualizations of the phenomenon understudy. Students will be able to take a hand in creating learning materials themselves, perhaps asmentors to younger students or as teaching assistants, and these “products” may be retained inelectronic portfolios or persistent e-carrels. Likewise professional engineers may be able toaccess continued certification opportunities and retain

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gregory Davis

in this capacity, he teaches courses in the Automotiveand Thermal Science disciplines. He also serves a Director of the Advanced Engine Research Laboratory,where he conducts research in alternative fuels and engines. Currently, Greg serves as the faculty advisorfor the world's largest Student Chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the CleanSnowmobile Challenge Project. Greg is also active on the professional level of SAE, serving as Chair ofthe Student Activities Committee and Chair of the Engineering Education Board. Dr. Davis is a registeredProfessional Engineer in the State of Michigan. Page 9.925.16

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Bob Wilkins

of the designengineering team leader on each team, 3) testing the individual prototype designs – a function ofthe test engineering team members, 4) tracking costs of development and production usingMicrosoft Excel – a function of the cost engineering team members, and 5) setting the projectplan using Microsoft Project – a responsibility of the project manager. Once the aircraft had beenflown in competition on Tuesday of week three, the teams returned to the classroom and to thecomputer laboratories in order to compile a final report and presentation to be delivered duringthe final awards ceremony on the final day of the program, Thursday of the third week. Sincethe GEAR-UP program also emphasized parental involvement, assuring a better

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

commonspreadsheet program, such as Microsoft Excel, is the starting point to teach such topics asdescriptive statistics, regression, interpolation, integration and solving sets of algebraic,differential and finite difference equations. Students are also introduced to programmingfundamentals in the Visual Basic for Applications environment as they create the algorithmsneeded for the analysis. In this programming environment students gain an understanding ofbasic programming concepts, such as data types, assignment and conditional statements, logicaland numerical functions, program flow control, passing parameters/returning values withfunctions and working with arrays.EAS 112 is a stop along the Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral1 in

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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J. Keith Clutter; Alberto Arroyo; Amir Karimi

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationObjective C: Provide students with opportunities to develop the ability to use modernexperimental techniques; collect, analyze, and interpret experimental data; and effectivelycommunicate the results.Outcomes for Objective C: Students will develop the following abilities through theirundergraduate education in this department:C-1 to design and conduct experiments to analyze and interpret experimental dataC-2 to use modern engineering tools, software, and laboratory instrumentationC-3 to communicate effectively through technical presentationsObjective D: Provide opportunities to prepare students with the diverse skills

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Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

and programs. A discipline-specific approach to communications instruction hasbecome a reality in many colleges of engineering. Several examples follow:Virginia Tech:3,4 The Department of Mechanical Engineering, with over 1000 undergraduates,250 graduate students, and 40 faculty has a faculty specialist in technical communications. Thisfaculty member does not teach a specific undergraduate course, but participates in undergraduatelaboratory and design courses. The laboratory courses require either short laboratory reports orboth formal written and oral reports. This faculty member also teaches graduate workshops thatemphasize presentations (thesis defenses and conferences) and writing skills (theses and journalarticles).Georgia Tech:5 The

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CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

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R. Knox; K. Muraleetharan; G. Miller; D. Sabatini; Randall Kolar

interests centeron in-situ and laboratory testing of saturated and unsaturated soils. Dr. Miller has served as co-PIon the Sooner City project, where he has helped develop the protocol for integrating projects acrosscourses. In 1998 he received the George W. Tauxe Award for Outstanding Teaching, as chosen bythe ASCE and Chi Epsilon student chapters.K.K. (Muralee) Muraleetharan. Dr. Muraleetharan is an Associate Professor in the School of CivilEngineering and Environmental Science at the University of Oklahoma. He received his B.S. fromthe University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Californiaat Davis, all in Civil Engineering. He is a registered professional engineer and a registered geotech-nical engineer

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Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dave Wangrow; Doug Tougaw

. Many engineering educators have recognized the importance of a close relationship with industrial constituents and the benefits that such a relationship can have on student outcomes.1-4 The second challenge is to continually develop new laboratory facilities and faculty expertise necessary to teach courses in the emerging areas. As part of the extensive assessment efforts required by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology5, Valparaiso has established a close relationship with a number of key stakeholders and routinely seeks their suggestions for revisions to the curriculum and the program learning objectives. However, in a relatively small department such as ours, it can be very difficult to recruit faculty members whose

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Hadgraft; Mike Xie

, it was decided to shift the focus from traditional civilengineering to “infrastructure engineering”, the intention being to prepare students for thewhole life cycle of an infrastructure facility, rather than just the detailed design phase.The renewal process itself was sponsored by the university as part of its Teaching andLearning Strategy [1] – basing all new programs on graduate capabilities. This matches theapproach taken by ABET [2], ASCE [3], as well as Engineers Australia (formally IEAust) [4].Details of the approach were reported at the ASEE 2003 annual conference [5].The Capability ApproachCurriculum renewal has been based on capability theory [6] and socio-ecological systemstheory [7] as described by Hadgraft & Muir [8].A

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Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hsu Tze Chi; Han Bee Shan

technological advantage in the sector and will have apromising future.IV. Results 1 Fuel Cell Scooter A 200W fuel cell shown was purchased and attached to the scooter. After thetesting and analysis procedures were completed, the fuel cell scooter was completedin the laboratory, as shown in Fig.3. Fig.3 Fuel Cell Scooter Students in charge of the scooter business plan conducted a market survey at thesame time. They completed a comprehensive survey including visiting shops withrelated products and interviewing managers about the function, price and marketvalue of the scooters they displayed. When they obtained the needed information fromthe market, they analyzed the cost based on the data provided from the

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Daniel Pack; Steven Barrett

called tasks compete for precious processor operating time of a singleprocessor. The processor must prioritize tasks depending on system requirements toensure that all tasks complete their required activities. Due to its complex nature, aRTOS is a difficult subject to teach in undergraduate institutions. Often it is difficult forthe students to visualize the intricacies and inter-relationships between component partsof the system To help students to ‘see’ the operations, we have developed a visualhardware simulator that interfaces to an embedded controller. In our application, we usethe popular Motorola HCS12 microprocessor as the simulator’s host system. Thesimulator can be easily interfaced with other processor families. The simulator

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Johnson; Jeffrey Will

education to address this need. Hardware to accomplish this goal has been in existence for several decades, though onlysince 1993 has it seen applications in education [4]. Educational advances have increased sincethat time, albeit slowly. Important advances include Christopher Dede’s application ofvisualization hardware to general scientific concepts [5], and the teaching of electromagnetics inparticular with the well-known MaxwellWorld [6]. Other applications include education ofelementary school students in basic zoological concepts at Georgia Tech [7, 8], the NICE projectfor elementary education at the University of Illinois at Chicago [9]-[11], and engineeringeducation research at East Carolina University [12]. This paper

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

as reflected in the statement, “Theobjective of the analysis was to ascertain what is required for learners to reach deepunderstanding, to determine what leads to effective teaching, and to evaluate the conditions thatlead to supportive environments for teaching and learning”. Specifically, important for thisproject was their resource on concepts such as learning with understanding, conceptualreorganization, organization of knowledge, transfer and application of knowledge to newsituations, and problem solving. Anderson and Krathwohl’s contributions in the recreation ofBloom’s taxonomy provided dimensions for emphasis in factual, conceptual, procedure, andmeta-cognitive knowledge areas matched against the cognitive process dimensions

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

control,analog and digital electronics, microcontroller technology, interface electronics and real-time programming. The laboratory sessions focus on small, hands-on interdisciplinarydesign projects in which small teams of students configure, design, and implement asuccession of mechatronic subsystems, leading to system integration in a final project.For example, as an introduction to digital design, students apply the fundamentalprincipals of combinatorial and sequential logic to the design of a quadraturedecoder/counter circuit that is used to interface an incremental optical encoder to amicrocontroller. The design is implemented using the appropriate software development

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Staver; Naiqian Zhang; Masaaki Mizuno; Gurdip Singh; Mitchell Neilsen; Donald Lenhert

and recommendations for future work.2 BackgroundTraditional approaches to system design in computing sciences have focused primarily onsoftware design, whereas system design in other engineering disciplines has focused primarily onhardware design. With the introduction of inexpensive microprocessors, it became possible toprovide students with hands-on laboratory experiences to construct simple embedded systems.As these systems have evolved in commercial applications, the number and complexity of Page 9.528.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay C. Dee; Glen Livesay

views (n=12; 29%). The least frequently cited reasons for leaving the School of Engineering were: 1. I want to attend a school that is closer to my family (0) 2. I want to live in another part of the country. (0) 3. I don’t find my courses challenging enough. (0) A portion of the exit survey asked questions regarding types of instructional activitiescharacteristically linked to different learning styles. For example, a student who prefers activerather than reflective learning, and who felt their needs were not being met in the engineeringcurriculum, might be expected to choose the survey option “I want to take classes which give memore opportunities to: do hands-on experiments and laboratories.” On the

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ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ellen Ford; Keith Levien; Ellen Momsen; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

somethingdifferent about the engineering experience for female and male students.The gap in high school preparation in math and science between males and females is closing,but despite similar coursework, female students still lag significantly behind males inengineering. Margolis and Fisher (2002) speculate that the pre-college “tinkering” that is socommon amongst male pre-engineering students leads to a greater comfort level in collegecourses. Many female students do not have this “tinkering” experience, and develop a drop inself confidence in laboratory classes. According to McIlwee and Robinson (1992), by not sharingthe “culture of the tinkerer” the female students are placed at a disadvantage, and this furtherundermines their confidence in their

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Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

College. The success ofPOE in terms of the use of theory has more to do with who is teaching the course, their background and educationalexperience, than any other factor.13 This discussion applies specifically to New York State throughout this paper although this trend can be foundelsewhere in the country.14 BOCES is an acronym for Board of Cooperative Educational Services that provides cost-effective instructionalprograms and shared services. BOCES has the authority to review and make recommendations on behalf of the Page 9.380.4State for interpretation of credits, life experience and additional coursework resulting in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

Session #1526 Design and Development of a New Wireless Cell Site for Powertel: A Multimedia Case Study Chetan S. Sankar, Department of Management P.K. Raju, Department of Mechanical Engineering Auburn University Abstract The Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE) atAuburn University develops multimedia case studies that bring real-world issues intoclassrooms. These case studies are currently being used at different universities in order to showthe

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yogesh Thakar; Vinay Kadekar; Todd Sparks; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

EDUCATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN RAPID PROTOTYPING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES Todd Sparks, Vinay Kadekar, Yogesh Thakar, Frank Liou University of Missouri-Rolla Ashok K Agarwal St. Louis Community College at Florissant ValleyAbstractPresented in the paper is an analysis of the experience of teaching rapid prototypingtechnology to groups of high school students and teachers at a workshop sponsored byNSF during the summer of 2003. This workshop was a collaboratory effort betweenthe University of Missouri-Rolla and the St. Louis Community College at FlorissantValley. Its purpose was to expose high school students and teachers to

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Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhanmin Zhang; Susan Tighe; Gerardo Flintsch; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

Academia is to train engineers who are knowledgeable in various infrastructure management areas, such as deterioration modeling, life cycle economic analysis, management tools, statistics, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and in-service evaluation and monitoring. It should also conduct state-of-the art research and provide courses that encourage inquiry-based learning and are up-to- date, interesting, and relevant to the industry. • The Government can provide support to universities in the form of research contracts and grants; support for teaching programs, including guest lecturers and government publications and literature for possible use on

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TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

technology equipment. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationJOEL LENOIRJoel Lenoir is the Layne Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WKU, and primarily teaches in the dynamicsystems and instrumentation areas of the curriculum. His industrial experience includes positions at MichelinResearch and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as extensive professional practice in regional design andmanufacturing firms.KEVIN SCHMALTZKevin Schmaltz teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses in Mechanical Engineering, including theFreshman Experience course, Sophomore Design, Junior Design and the