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Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vikas Yellamaraju; Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

, American Society for Engineering EducationThe project evaluation was carried out under the auspices of UMR’s Laboratory for InformationTechnology Evaluation (LITE). Several assessment and evaluation studies have been carried outfrom the beginning of the project, representing diverse methodologies and measurement tools,based on an assessment framework described below.3. LITE Assessment ModelThe Laboratory for Information Technology Research (LITE) at the University of Missouri –Rolla has developed a comprehensive framework for the assessment of learning technologyprojects. This assessment model has evolved over the course of a number of projects, involvingthe evaluation of software tools for engineering and science education [4, 6, 7]. A

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Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

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Margaret Pinnell; Leon Chuck

Page 9.418.2goal of the service-learning project was to provide the students with an opportunity to enhanceProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationtheir soft skills including program management, teamwork, creative problem solving, computerand communication skills. Additionally, it was hoped that this project would provide the studentswith the opportunity to draw upon knowledge gained from prior courses. The final educationalgoal of this project was to expose the students to ideas of appropriate technology, environmentalresponsibility, ethics and cultural diversity and sensitivity. In an

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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M. Grant Norton; Charles Pezeshki

Session 1566 Preparing Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Students for the Global Marketplace—New Demands and Requirements Charles Pezeshki, Russell T. Frame, and Brian Humann School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2920AbstractWith the maturity of such technologies as the Internet, advanced design and analysissoftware, and database management software, more and more companies are shifting to aProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) software base in which engineering activities arenow located in cyberspace, as

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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

able to achieve their personal and their employers’ desired goals andobjectives. These expected characteristics of the graduates are captured in the list of expectedoutcomes in the ABET Guidelines for Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs1.The first level of an Engineering Design Graphics course, as normally taught in many two yearand four year colleges and universities, leads a student through the steps in the development ofan industrial product. These steps range from idea generation to the final product specifications.Along side, and equally important, the students learn the standard methods of interpreting andcreating engineering drawings. Usually, the students work in teams and either pick projects oftheir own choice or one

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Showkat Chowdhury

Effect of Personal Contact in Improving the Outcome of Minority Engineering Students Dr. Showkat J. Chowdhury, Dr. Ruben Rojas-Oviedo Mechanical Engineering Department, Alabama A&M University P.O. Box 1163, Huntsville, AL 35762 Voice: (256)-372-8401, Email: schowdhury@aamu.eduAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has set up somecriteria, which the graduates of all accredited engineering programs must satisfy. Inaddition to the ABET requirement, the Mechanical Engineering (ME) program atAlabama A&M University has been designed to meet some additional requirements bythe American Society of Mechanical

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Olds

-weekprogram that meets state and national education standards and introduces students to the societalbenefits engineering brings. In this paper, we will discuss: 1) our development model, 2) gainsto university student developers, and 3) the effectiveness of this module for middle schoolstudents.Development ModelIn conventional science and technology education, many K12 students do not have theopportunity to learn about engineering until they attend college and are faced with choosing amajor. Similarly, many university students do not engage in activities to increase theirunderstanding of teaching and learning at any point during their student careers. In an attempt toreverse these trends, university engineering students at Northwestern University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Timothy Cooley

Division of Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Session 1526 Development of a Slow-Speed Engine for Enhanced Understanding of Thermodynamic Concepts Tim Cooley Purdue University Today’s engineering and technology students are often challenged to understand thefundamentals of thermodynamics and the devices that use these principles to power our society.A significant part of the problem lies in the fact that operational systems don’t easily lendthemselves to integration into the majority of traditional classroom environments. Bydeveloping a small, slow-speed internal

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rhonda Lee-Desautels

for six years in theEnvironmental Technology Department. She has held her current position since July 2000. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Page 9.112.12

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

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Arvid Andersen

acquired knowledge to develop a deeperunderstanding of technical subjects and integrate them through international teamwork in anintegrated engineering context. All participants have completed at least four academicsemesters at university or college in engineering, business or technology. The coursestructure is short intensive and project supportive subjects in 16% of time and team-basedproject work in 84% of time. During the first two weeks of the semester short intensive andproject supportive courses are taught1. All projects stand in the real world and are providedby industry. They are located in the technical engineering areas with supportive wide-rangeactivities including marketing and business elements2. Further, the paper

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ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Reginald Tomkins; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Joseph Kisutcza; Deran Hanesian; Howard Kimmel

Session 2113 Integrating Chemical Engineering as a Vehicle to Enhance High School Science Instruction Deran Hanesian, Levelle Burr-Alexander, Howard Kimmel, Joseph Kisutcza, Reginald P. T. Tomkins The Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering The Center for Pre-College Programs New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey 07102AbstractThe National Science Education Standards (NSES) support the teaching of engineering andtechnology principles and design within the traditional

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A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Greg Mowry

several engineering and physics courses. In thispaper the fundamental importance of these two theorems is discussed. A method that has beenused to incorporate fundamental concepts into existing courses is reviewed. And finally, thefoundation for a new course based on this approach, titled “Introduction to the Physics ofEngineering,” is discussed.IntroductionStudents typically begin taking core undergraduate science and technology classes during theirjunior and senior years. By this time, the students have usually taken the prerequisitemathematics and physics. A typical mathematics curriculum for physics and engineering studentsusually includes calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, multivariable calculus, andoccasionally complex

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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dana Knox

Session 3213 Use of Online Tools to Improve the Teaching of Graduate Courses in Chemical Engineering Dana E. Knox Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102AbstractModern conveniences abound in the world today. This is sometimes not evident in graduateclassrooms. While innovative teaching techniques are often discussed in regard to undergraduatecourses, they seem to be less frequently seen in graduate courses. This is

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Will Cluett; Peter Weiss; Kim Woodhouse; David Bagley; Susan McCahan

, teamwork and otherprofessional skills, thereby gaining some sense of the excitement of the engineering profession.The Engineering Faculty at the University of Toronto has developed such an introductory coursefor its first year students that draws resources from across its various disciplines. It uses existingstrengths in design, preventive engineering and social impact of technology, human factors, andlanguage across the curriculum. The course development team started by defining the studentneeds that were unmet by the previous first year program and then constructed a list of goals forthe new course in terms of expected student accomplishments. This list was reformulated into aset of learning objectives, which were then clustered to form a

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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JoAnn Lighty; Holly Moore; David Richardson; Nick Safai

accreditedengineering and/or engineering technology programs. SLCC’s EngineeringDepartment offers associate degrees in Chemical, Civil, Computer-Engineering,Electrical, Manufacturing, Materials Science, Metallurgical, and MechanicalEngineering. The majority of the SLCC transfer students move from SLCC to the U ofU, College of Engineering. The U of U, College of Engineering includes sevendepartments (Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science andEngineering, Mechanical Engineering, and School of Computing) and threeprograms (Computing Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and NuclearEngineering), over 2,200 undergraduate students and over 700 graduate students.The

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The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dona Johnson; Harriet Hartman; Beena Sukumaran

the Developing World on Improving Female Enrolment in Engineering,” ASEE regional conference, Manhattan, NY. 2. Etzkowitz, Henry, Carol Kemelgor and Brian Uzzi. 2000. Athena Unbound: The Advancement of Women in Science and Technology. Colorado: Westview Press. 3. Mapsofindia.com web page, http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/india-political-map.htm. 4. Ramachandran, V.K. (1996), “On Kerala’s development achievement,” Published in Indian Development, Selected regional perspectives, Edited by Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen, Clarendon Press, Oxford. 5. Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen (1989), Indian Economic Development and Social Opportunity, Clarendon Press, Oxford. 6. Indian Census

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Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeff Froyd; Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson

content of new course materials, or the results of changes, e.g., howincorporating new teaching strategies affected student learning. Some of these reportshave come from the work of faculty in the NSF-sponsored Foundation Coalition (FC),currently consisting of six institutions: Arizona State University (ASU), Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology (RHIT), Texas A&M University (TAMU), the University of Page 9.298.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAlabama (UA), the University of Massachusetts at

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Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vernon Matzen

Alter natives in the Implementation of Inter net-Enabled Labor ator y Exper iments in Under gr aduate Civil Engineer ing Cour ses Abhinav Gupta, Mohammed A. Gabr , and Ver non C. Matzen Assistant Pr ofessor of Civil Engineer ing, Nor th Car olina State Univer sity/ Pr ofessor of Civil Engineer ing, Nor th Car olina State Univer sity/ Pr ofessor of Civil Engineer ing and Dir ector , Center for Nuclear Power Plant Str uctur es, Equipment and Piping, Nor th Car olina State Univer sityAbstr actRecent developments in information technology have generated considerable interest in the fieldof internet-enabled remote observation and control of laboratory experiments. This

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

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Angela Linse; Tammy VanDeGrift; Jessica Yellin; Jennifer Turns

Session 3555 Preparing Future Engineering Faculty: Initial Outcomes of an Innovative Teaching Portfolio Program Angela Linse, Jennifer Turns, Jessica M. H. Yellin, Tammy VanDeGrift University of WashingtonAbstractEngineering graduate students have few opportunities to explore and develop scholarlyapproaches to teaching compared to graduates in other fields. As part of an NSF funded teachingand learning center, we have developed the Engineering Teaching Portfolio Program (ETPP).Our initial step has been to design the program and conduct a formal study of how twoindependent

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

responded to thechallenges of ABET EC2000, we have elected to take a slightly different approach withthe focus on projects but with additional emphasis on developing the critical and creativethinking skills that will enable our students to stay enrolled in engineering and besuccessful in the upper-level required discipline specific engineering courses. An integrated approach similar in some respects to the present work has beendescribed by Watret and Martin [1]. They sought to connect mathematics and physics,incorporate common technology into each course, incorporate integrated exams thatrequire the use of mathematics and physics to solve engineering problems andincorporate more writing and presentations by students in class. Results from

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ismail Orabi

Session # 1120 A Comparison of Student Performance in an Online with traditional Based Entry Level Engineering Course Ismail I. Orabi, Ph.D. Professor of Mechanical Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences University of New Haven West Haven, CT 06516AbstractWeb technology offers a diverse set of possible innovations to the traditional teachingprocess. To assess the effectiveness of online learning in entry-level engineering courses,students' performances in an

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Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tom Davis; Maximillian Peeters; John Curtis; Jennifer Miskimins

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering and Technology (ABET) requires that “Students…be prepared for engineeringpractice through the curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on theknowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work….”1 In numerous curricula, this majordesign experience is reserved for the last semester of the final year of the undergraduateprogram, while in other curricula, the course can span an entire year of the final undergraduateexperience.In addition to being mandated by ABET, industry representatives of potential employers thinkhighly of capstone courses. This support is demonstrated by assistance for such

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ronald Bennett; Eugene Audette

Session 2555 Addressing the Need for Engineering Educators in Higher Education: A Proposal and an Associated Curriculum Eugene J. Audette, Ph.D., L.P. Associate Dean, Academics & Research School of Education University of St. Thomas-Minneapolis Ronald J. Bennett, Ph.D. Director and Chair School of Engineering & Technology Management University of St

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Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Wayne Wentzheimer; Jeremy G. VanAntwerp; Douglas A. Vander Griend; Jennifer VanAntwerp

slipplanes and fracture mechanics. Phase diagram concepts are pulled in from the traditionalchemistry course, but the emphasis is shifted to solid solutions in order to correlate with thematerials science study of metallic solutions. Acid-base equilibrium is covered from thetraditional chemistry course, and those topics are used to build a foundation for looking at half-cell potentials and corrosion.The chemistry topics are taught in close conjunction with specific technologies in order to appealto engineering students who typically need to see why certain knowledge is valuable. Solid statechemistry proves to be difficult for students as they try to conceptualize three-dimensionalstructures for the first time. Unfortunately, many of the standard

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gary Sandquist; Brian Moretti; Edward Naessens

the major weensure that material covered in class is relevant to the Army. Most course outlines and designprojects are written in operations order format using a military relevant scenario as an underlyingmotivation for the course. Course developers are currently seeking “links” between courseworkand the military. As courses are executed and refined, course directors continually seek toupdate the military relevance of their coursework. The goal of the nuclear engineering programat West Point is to provide the Army with junior officers who have a broad understanding of thecurrent social, political, environmental and technological challenges and issues in nuclearmatters. As part of the required general curriculum, West Point cadets take a

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Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Julie Petlick; Alice Scales

Occupational Education in 2000.JULIE H. PETLICK, Ph.D.Is a Research Assistant with the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at NC StateUniversity. She has a Ph. D. in Psychology with a focus in the area of learning and cognition. Her research interestsinclude the role of technology in learning, and the use of technology to accommodate perceptual learning stylepreferences. Page 9.1088.6 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"

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Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mani Soma

our initial study), the cost per unit is closer to $200. To disseminatethe box widely to other institutions (2-year community colleges, 4-year universities, and otherdistance-learning programs), we are exploring a cooperative effort with an electronicmanufacturing company with access to automatic surface-mount technology so that the box canbe fabricated at higher volumes (in the thousands during the first year) and at much lower per-unit cost. It is anticipated that the dissemination will also reach out to international schools wherebudget constraints and lack of expensive laboratory facilities make the Pandora box an idealinstrument for teaching electrical engineering experiments.6. Merits and limitations of the Pandora boxThe Pandora box

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Leifer; Jamey Jacob

collaborate over long distances in order tocomplete projects that are being pursued in parallel by single groups distributed among two ormore locations. This need for distance collaboration has increased as engineering firms havebecome more globalized; in fact, having skilled engineers living in lower cost-of-living areas onstaff who participate in the design process can reduce total workforce costs. Distancecollaboration can also be attractive for less far-flung organizations, simply to reduce the real andsocial costs of employee travel, and to allow “remote experts” to attend meetings withoutrequiring travel [1]. Furthermore, many organizations take advantage of distancecommunications technologies within one location, simply to reduce the

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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahmoud Ardebili; Ali Sadegh

technologies. It is necessary to devise,implement and evaluate innovative pedagogical approaches into the educationalprograms without compromising the traditional skills promoted in the curriculum. Overthe course of the last few years, project-based instruction has gained acceptance by theeducational community and is now being applied in a wide range of engineeringdisciplines, at various types of academic institutions and throughout the different phasesof the educational programs. This paper presents how the engineering graphics course atCCNY and BMCC was modified to be conducted in a project-based environment.An ASME study [1] conducted among US industry gives an outlook on skills and areasof knowledge valued by senior-level mangers for a BS level

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Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Ramani; James Fenton; Suzanne Fenton

energy supply from a non-renewable, “dirty”, and/or difficult to dispose of sources to arenewable, clean, safe hydrogen source that can be produced locally. Classroom discussions(topics and references provided below) of the hydrogen economy and its projected impacts canprecede the experiments. In this way instructors can address ABET criterion 3 items (h)understanding the impact of engineering solution in a global and societal context and (j)knowledge of contemporary issues within their core chemical engineering courses.The final motive is to stimulate interest in the area of fuel cells and associated technologies,helping to establish an infrastructure to meet future hydrogen economy work force needs in CTand nationally. The equipment used in

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

Session 3268 Assessment of Engineering Mechanics Instructional Multimedia in a Variety of Instructional Settings Richard H. Hall, Nancy Hubing, Timothy A. Philpot, Ralph E. Flori, and Vikas Yellamraju University of Missouri – Rolla1 AbstractStudents from ten schools, representing seven countries, used interactive multimedia as a part oftheir engineering statics classes. The software consisted of four modules, which focused on:Mohr’s Circle; Centroid and Moment of Inertia; Stress Transformation; and Structural Analysis.The students completed on