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Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Hunter

Session 3153 A Multidisciplinary Team Design Project for First-Semester Engineering Students and Its Implementation in a Large Introduction to Engineering Course Kenneth W. Hunter, Sr. Tennessee Tech UniversityAbstractNumerous studies of freshmen engineering programs have promoted the use of team designprojects and hands-on activities in an effort to provide freshmen with more engineering contentin the early semesters, a better connection to the profession of engineering, and an opportunity toexpress their creativity through the design process

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sara Farida; Nick Safai

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”wireless communication industry has created a need for multi frequency bandoperation portable devices to meet the ever-increasing subscriber demand.All segments of the wireless industry - cellular, personal communication services(PCS), paging, and specialized mobile radio (SMR) - are expected to grow atdouble-digit rates.This rapid technological growth has put new demands on engineering technologycurricula. Industry seeks graduates with appropriate background and training inelectromagnetic engineering and wireless technology. Electronics/ ElectricalEngineering graduates are not only expected to understand the theory of start

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hazem Said

Session _2660__ Online Learning Center: A Way of Collaboration among International Programs Hazem Said Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computing Technology, University of CincinnatiIntroductionCollaboration among colleges and universities can greatly be enhanced with the use ofweb-based applications. One area of collaboration is students’ success. Learning centershas proven to be a valuable asset to assist students. However, not all colleges anduniversities around the world have the resources to support a learning center. Onlinelearning centers could

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Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Spinelli

Session 2661 Teaching Civilization, Communication Skills and Ethics through a Course in Electrical Engineering History John M. Spinelli Union CollegeAbstract As the oldest engineering program in the United States within a liberal artscollege, Union College places special emphasis on the liberal education of its engineeringstudents. Since 1998, we have offered a course in the History of Electrical Engineeringwhich combines study of technological development within American and Europeancivilizations with concentration on writing, oral

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Donald Merino

higherlevels of Bloom’s taxonomy and is typically implemented using “learner centered”approaches involving discovery, control of pace and content, investigation, case analysis andother similar learning experiences. The authors suggest that virtual learning spaces such asthe one used in this study are the technology element to support these “deep” learning,project-based, activities in the modern world of education.Authors, such as Wallace and Mutooni (1997), found similar results in that studentsparticipating in web based instruction performed better than those receiving traditionalclassroom instruction. They stated that such teaching methods could provide more effectiveand economical engineering education. In addition, they concurred with the theme of

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zvi Aronson; Souran Manoochehri; Peter Dominick; Kishore Pochiraju; Beth McGrath; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard

Session 2525The role of virtual student design teams in engineering education for the “new workplace” K. Sheppard*, G. Korfiatis*, S. Manoochehri*, K. Pochiraju*, E. McGrath**, P. Dominick***, Z. Aronson*** *Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering **Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education *** Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 07030The “new workplace” for engineering is increasingly at the interface of three environments

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ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rasha Morsi

Session # 2432 A Web-based Interactive e-learning Tool for use in Electrical and Computer Engineering Rasha Morsi Department of Engineering/Department of Technology Suite 220 RTC, Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA 23504 Phone: 757-823-9514; Fax: 757-823-8215 E-mail: rmorsi@nsu.eduAbstractThe implementation and dissemination of learning aids for education has been an ongoingresearch for the last few decades. The available computer

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Vanis; Donna Zerby; Bassam Mater; Debra Banks; Mary Anderson-Rowland

today’sscience and technology workforce is age 50 or older.1 Yet the only labor pool deep enough tosupply adequate applicants is going largely untapped. Women, minorities, and persons withdisabilities together comprise 70 % of the U.S. workforce. But white males hold nearly 70 % ofAmerican science, engineering, and technology jobs. It is a mirror image that bodes ill for thenation’s capacity to fill the ever-growing number of science and technology jobs that power theknowledge economy.2Emerging trends are not promising. Demographers forecast rising minority populations in theUnited States for decades to come. In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by 2050 the“minority” populations will grow so large that the traditional designations of minority

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Carmen Boje; Nicolae Dragulanescu

Department of Applied Electronics and Information Engineering (e-mail: nicudrag@artelecom.net)Abstract Today, information - rather than labor or capital - is becoming the key factor inproduction. Thus, the actual so-called “Post-Industrial Society” is the Information Society,whose fundamentals are Information Science and Information Technology. In this paper, anattempt is made to outline the epistemological1 approach of information concept withindifferent disciplines as well as the need of a general higher education in Information Science.Problem solving, decision-making and paperwork reducing are some of most frequentinformation processes currently involving engineers and managers in multi-disciplinaryteams

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Wong; Stephanie Blaisdell; Paula Leventman; Anna Swan; Katherine Ziemer; Rachelle Reisberg

tomiddle schools. Models are being developed to demonstrate concepts that encourage girls andboys to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Each primarily female teamincludes engineering faculty, middle school teachers, industry volunteers, and undergraduatestudents. Teams are creating flexible curriculum activities that are classroom tested anddocumented for national dissemination.Funded by a three-year NSF grant (HRD GSE 0217110), the collaboration is in its second year.Pilots are underway with assessment points to incorporate lessons learned from classroomtesting. Each team selected different concepts to develop: - NU’s project has students using basic science concepts and the 8 steps of the engineering design

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NASA Fellowship Program

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2004 Annual Conference

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Philip Chen; John Tharakan

Support and Dissemination: To develop, utilize, and disseminate science, mathematics, technology, engineering, and geography instructional materials for the development of higher education curricula. 3. Support for Systemic Improvement of Education: To use NASA’s unique assets to support local, state, regional, and national science, mathematics, technology, engineering, and geography education efforts through collaboration. 4. Student Support: To use NASA’s mission, facilities, human resources, and programs to provide information, experiences, and research opportunities for students in the areas of science, mathematics, technology, and geography. 5. Educational Technology: To

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ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

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Malinda Zarske; Janet L. Yowell; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; Lawrence E. Carlson

. in the real world should be explored.Through grants provided by the National Science Foundation and Department of Education, theIntegrated Teaching and Learning (ITL) Program’s K-12 Engineering initiative at the Universityof Colorado at Boulder (CU) has developed practical and useful teacher professionaldevelopment workshops. Through the use of curricula that integrate math and science in anapplied real world fashion, we have created a model for teacher summer workshops that engagesthe teachers to present engineering lessons to their workshop peers before they take them backinto their own classroom. Using comprehensive K-12 engineering curricula that convey science,technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts through an interesting and

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Cathryne Stein

Botball Robotics and Gender Differences in Middle School Teams Cathryne Stein KISS Institute for Practical Robotics cstein@kipr.org Kim Nickerson Norman Public Schools kimn@norman.k12.ok.usAbstractThe Botball Educational Robotics Program is useful in sparking and maintaining an early interestin engineering and technology. Thousands of middle and high school students across the countryhave participated in Botball, many of them in all-girl or all-boy teams.Botball gives students

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sylvanus Nwosu; Robert Goldbach; Mike Lovell

employsinformal technology and standard-based activities to enrich cognitive, critical and analyticalreasoning skills through a series of structured summer instructional classes, hands-onengineering and science projects, and academic year tutoring and advising sessions. Through theCARE activities, PECAP provides academic enhancement in critical areas for high performancein engineering education in which 9-12th grade math, science and technology curricula arelacking. The first year results demonstrated that the CARE activities had a high value to theparticipants. The technology-based collaborative learning strategies aided the understanding ofscience and math of 58% of the participants and reinforced the problem-solving skills of a largemajority (89%) of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Victor Giurgiutiu; David Rocheleau; Jed Lyons

Engineering and Information Technology. This paper presents the preliminaryresults obtained in this project. First, the state of the art in Mechatronics education is presentedand discussed. Then, focus is shifted to the Mechatronics education in the Department ofMechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina. Subsequently, the paper examinesthe hardware and software used for mechatronics/microcontroller education. Examples are givenof the MC68HC11 microcontroller and the different evaluation boards used for (a) codedevelopment; and (b) embedded applications. Then, attention is given to the software used in themechatronics/microcontroller education. The THRSim11 comprehensive simulation andinterfacing software is described. Finally, the

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vish Prasad; Richard Schoephoerster; Ofer Amit; Alan Carsrud

, and the two-phase Collaborative Technology Innovation Program (CTIP). Page 9.1238.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionFIU - Miami's public research university – is South Florida’s largest academic institution andone of America's most dynamic institutions of higher learning. Since opening in 1972, FIU hasachieved many benchmarks of excellence that have taken other universities more than a centuryto reach. The University has a nationally renowned faculty known for their

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

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Aaron Blicblau

Computer Managed Learning and Assessment Integrated Within a Materials Engineering Program for Non-Majors Aaron S Blicblau Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, AustraliaAbstractThis paper reports on an on-line learning initiative in Engineering Materials for first yearstudents in diverse disciplines of engineering. This initiative was developed for general firstyear engineering students to incorporate an on-line assessment system for the major aspects oflearning and teaching: lectures, tutorials and laboratory work. This teaching approachrequired the availability of a data delivery system (using a proprietary brand of software), forprovision of pedagogical

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dana Elzey; Dan Bauer; Paxton Marshall; Kathryn Neeley

a well-developed awareness of theways in which the context of engineering practice shapes the technical aspects of engineering Page 9.555.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationand engineering shapes the larger organizational and cultural contexts in which technology isdeveloped and implemented.All aspects of our society (industry, government, and education) are infusing technology intotheir work processes to gain competitive advantage and improved productivity. Internationalcompetitive

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ken Vickers; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationGraduate Program is in the rigorous implementation of this total combination in the academicenvironment.This rigorous implementation fosters management skills development without intruding on theacademic hours needed for academic courses in technology. The glue that binds thesetechniques together is the simple, yet profound, technique of creating a community of studentswith a common goal of maximizing the academic success of each student in that community.The creation of this Cohort community, rather than having just a group of students in a commonset of academic classrooms and laboratories, is

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Ward

career options that use mathand science, to provide an introduction to the profession of engineering, and to provide positivefemale role models.The camp is limited to 48 girls, 6 groups of 8. The camp is multidisciplinary with universityfaculty from the areas of civil, computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering, physics,biology, chemistry, technology and math all taking part as instructors for the many workshops.Because of our strong Pharmacy College, a pharmacy workshop has also been added. Each ofthe days is full, starting with their first workshop at 8 am, immediately after breakfast, andusually ending at 10 pm with recreation or speakers in the evenings. Each workshop typicallyruns 1 hour, but some are scheduled for one and one-half

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

community.NCSU’s specific goals for its program were as follows: • To integrate science, technology and engineering topics with math, reading and writing in the K12 classroom • To encourage underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through role models and particular teaching techniques • To teach STEM content to diverse populations, including hearing-impaired students, students for whom English is a second language, students identified as being low income, and others • To adapt STEM content to appeal to different learning stylesTo facilitate the program’s implementation, the director hired a longtime collaborator, herself amechanical engineer, as the

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

. Ruggiero, “Infrastructure and Tools for a Computer Network and Data Communication Laboratory for a Computer Engineering Undergraduate Course,” Session T4C, in Proceedings of the 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, NV, October 10-13, 2001.7. D.E. Comer, Hands-on Networking with Internet Technologies, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, 2002.8. D. E. Comer, Computer Networks and Internets, Prentice Hall Publishing, 1st edition (1997), 2nd edition (1999), 3rd edition (2001), 4th edition (2003).9. L. Fabrega, J. Massaguer, T. Jove, and D. Merida, “A Virtual Network Laboratory for Learning IP Networking,” in Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science

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How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rich Shiavi; Christopher Rowe

,focusing on computer modeling and simulation techniques for solving engineering and mathproblems. Since technology was just becoming user-friendly, MATLAB was a good choicebecause of its uncommon combination of ease of use and breadth of functionality.MATLAB originated in the late 1970's when Cleve Moler wanted to provide interactive accessto the FORTRAN linear algebra software packages EISPACK and LINPACK, motivated by hisbelief that a person should not have to learn FORTRAN in order to learn numerical computation.MATLAB was initially focused on constructing and manipulating matrices, and applyingalgorithms for eigenanalysis and linear algebra (“MATLAB” stands for “matrix laboratory”,reflecting these origins). In 1984, Cleve Moler and Jack Little

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Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

programs to meet the standard, whichaffects the quality and performance of students.IntroductionCivil Engineering program of the University of Florida (UF) is accredited by the EngineeringAccreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) since 1936 until present with full accreditation status. The Universidad Catolica delNorte (UCN) is in the process of accrediting the civil engineering undergraduate program,following the directions provided by the Comisión Nacional de Acreditación de Pregrado(CNAP), created in 1999.The criteria of ABET at the UF civil engineering program along with the accreditation and selfevaluation at the UCN are presented

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Maggio; Sandra Yost

Mechatronics course was.The Summer Design Institute was replaced beginning in 2002 with STEPS (Science,Technology, and Engineering Preview Summer Camp for Girls), a week-long residentialprogram sponsored by the Society for Manufacturing Engineers, Ford Motor Company, andother corporate sponsors. The STEPS Program at the University of Detroit Mercy is based onthe design, construction, and programming of an autonomous vehicle that uses light to navigateand avoid obstacles. The idea came from the earlier success with mobile robots in the DAPCEPcourse. In the summer of 2003, three groups of about 40 girls each spent a week living oncampus and engaging in experiential learning about the engineering and science fields thatpertain to the mobile robot they

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Bob Wilkins

the GEAR-UP program were from area middleschools including Sulphur Springs, Greenville, and Commerce, Texas, an area of roughly 250square miles. Transportation, snacks, and the mid-day lunch were provided to the students whoattended class for three consecutive weeks (Monday through Thursday) between 9:00 AM and12:00 noon. Students participated in an engineering project to design, build, test, market, andcompete in a paper airplane competition. The program resulted in 36 classroom contact hoursbetween the faculty and the students in the program. Three full-time engineering, technology, and educational administration faculty membersfrom TAMUC were involved in daily events that included project management, cost engineering,design

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Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

Session 2439 Using Concepts from Statics and Mechanics of Materials to Teach Engineering Economy David Elizandro, Jessica Matson Tennessee Technological UniversityAbstractThe spectrum of topical knowledge ranges from an awareness of a lack of knowledge toapplication of the knowledge without thought about the implied knowledge. The acquisition ofknowledge can be facilitated when previous knowledge or experience can be applied to thelearning process.In Engineering Economy, the toolbox calculations are based on algebraic expressions for therelationship

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Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Karim; Ardie Walser

author’sknowledge, this is the first time that a joint program has been formed between acommunity college and the School of Engineering. The program was designed to meet theguidelines of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) andprovide HCC students with the same curriculum of the first two years of the existingBachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (B.E.E.E) program required at CCNY.Students entering the program are admitted to both HCC and CCNY and for thosestudents that successfully complete the Associate of Science (A.S.) degree in ElectricalEngineering Science at HCC they are granted admission to the SOE of CCNY. Thedual/joint program increases the opportunity for Hispanics, African Americans,nontraditional students

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Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Nadir; Peter Young; Il Yong Kim; Olivier de Weck; David Wallace

Session 332 Innovative Modern Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping Course: A Rewarding CAD/CAE/CAM Experience for Undergraduates Il Yong Kim, Olivier de Weck, William Nadir, Peter Young and David Wallace Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems Division Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139AbstractThis paper presents a new undergraduate design course in the Department of Aeronautics andAstronautics at MIT. This course combines design theory, lectures and hands-on activities to teach thedesign stages from

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao

cannot be assembled. The advantage of the Monte Carlo simulationis that different tolerance variation distributions can be applied to each dimension. The result isa more representative assembly variation than either of the other two types of analyses [3, 4].The Monte Carlo simulation for tolerance stack analysis has been applied in industry for manyyears [5, 6].This project was introduced to students in MIT3600 course, Process Engineering, in the Divisionof Engineering Technology, in the College of Engineering at Wayne State University. It is anelective and three credit hours course for students’ majors in Mechanical EngineeringTechnology or Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering Technology. The course has been offeredin every semester and usually