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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

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Donald Merino

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAnother approach is to develop predictive metrics that can be used to forecast a project’s success orfailure. The author developed a report card approach to accomplish this (Merino, Jun 1996; Merino,Koen, Oct 1996).IX. Implications for Project ManagementMany companies which use project management do not have a TQM/CPI activity related to projects.And many companies who have both TQM/CPI programs do not apply these to project managementactivities. A major reason for this lack of CPI for projects is the mind set that projects are one-timeand TQM is continuous. Hopefully, applying this paper’s concepts will overcome this problem.There is a second problem in applying CPI to projects. It is the

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Motivating Students to Achieve

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2004 Annual Conference

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Craig Turner; Keith Johnson; W. Andrew Clark

2004-1464 Cross-Functional Student Teams as a Teaching Tool for Enhanced Learning W. A. Clark, K.V. Johnson and C.A. Turner East Tennessee State University, Johnson CityAbstractTraditional engineering and science teaching methodology has been to train like-minded studentswithin the discipline of their respective majors. Curriculum time constraints, however, limit thenumber and nature of out of discipline elective courses. As a result, students are well trainedwithin their respective fields of study but lack the breadth of experience in interacting with

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Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Robbins; Rajapandian Ayyanar; Paul Imbertson; Ned Mohan; Ben Oni

Successes with NSF CCLI-EMD and CCLI-ND Grants N. Mohan, W. Robbins, P. Imbertson Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 R. Ayyanar Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287 B. Oni Department of Electrical Engineering Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL 36088AbstractThis paper outlines how a

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TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas Adams

within labgroups with this very purpose in mind. The student response to the lab component shows this tobe largely successful. In fact, having multiple student majors in the course proved to be a moreeffective mechanism for imparting an appreciation for multidisciplinary endeavors than the useof multiple instructors. Other ways of exploiting cooperative learning opportunities in the courseare currently being explored.V. ConclusionThe miniaturization of technology continues relentlessly in most fields of engineering at anaccelerated rate. With such miniaturization comes the need to educate all engineers in the field ofmicrotechnology. A laboratory-based introductory course in MEMS designed specifically forthis purpose was described here in detail

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Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gaston N'Guerekata; Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

Session 2630 Improving Retention by Redesigning Freshmen Mathematics with the Dimensions of Learning Pedagogy, Assessment and Technology Framework Pamela Leigh-Mack, Shurron Farmer, Solomon Alao, Craig Scott, Gaston N’Guerekata Morgan State University Baltimore, MarylandAbstract The retention of engineering students continues to be a major issue affecting engineeringschools across the country and unsuccessful experiences in freshmen mathematics is one of thefactors attributing to

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Life Sciences and ChE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Reilly; Surya Mallapragada; Mary Huba; Jacqueline Shanks; Kevin Saunders; Charles Glatz; Balaji Narasimhan

Problem-Based Learning Laboratories Involving Chemicals From Biorenewables Charles Glatz1, Balaji Narasimhan1, Jacqueline Shanks1, Mary Huba2, Kevin Saunders2, Peter Reilly1, and Surya Mallapragada1 1 Iowa State University Department of Chemical Engineering / 2Iowa State University Department of Educational Leadership and Policy StudiesAbstractAt Iowa State University, we have developed a unique and valuable experience for our studentsby giving them an opportunity to work in multidisciplinary teams on cutting-edge problemsinvolving biorenewables, while using novel problem-based learning approaches. The focus offour new 1-credit laboratory

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Steif

mind: for instructors whowish to use demonstrate certain key points in lecture, and for students to use to dohomework assignments. Preliminary testing of this idea in a sophomore mechanics ofmaterials course has been conducted, with encouraging response of students.Bibliographic Information 1. National Research Council. (1996). From Analysis to Action: Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. Report of a Convocation. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 2. National Science Foundation. (1996). Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. (NSF 96-139) Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. 3

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Issues in Computer Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Chi Thai

Session 3420 Adapting Pervasive Learning Technologies to Machine Vision Course Chi N. Thai University of Georgia Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department Athens, GA 30602-4435 AbstractAn IT architecture suitable for teacher-centered active-learning approaches is proposed herein,using gigabit network and video conferencing equipment as well as network control andcollaborative learning software. The chosen software approach supports interaction

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Tricks of the Trade: Inside the Class

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2004 Annual Conference

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Donald Visco

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"IntroductionThe tenure track period for an assistant professor is both difficult and frustrating. Difficult, in thesense that six and seven-day work weeks are the norm. Frustrating, in the sense that very oftenthe tenure requirements are not listed anywhere but in the minds of other tenured-faculty in theform of a “profile”. At any rate the evaluation process for tenure, in a very broad sense, is basedin two main areas: research and teaching, not necessarily in that order. While one can look atvarious metrics to evaluate progress on research (refereed journal publications, funded proposal,thesis advised, etc.), it is more ambiguous to evaluate teaching. The easiest way (and,unfortunately

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Lessons Learned From Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Avitabile; Jeffrey Hodgkins

Teaching”, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1993, p100.3 Piaget,J., “To Understand is to Invent”, Grossman, New York, 1973.4 Vygotsky,L., “Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes”, Harvard University Press, MA, 1978.5 Starrett,S., Morcos,M., “Hands-On, Minds-On Electric Power Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 90, No. 1, pp93-100, January 20016 Felder,R., Peretti,S., “A Learning Theory-Based Approach to the Undergraduate Laboratory”, ASEE Conference Proceedings, Session 2413 , June 19987 Pavelich,M.J., “Integrating Piaget’s Principles of Intellectual Growth into the Engineering Classroom”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, pp719-722, 1984, Wash, DC8 Dale,E

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Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

., & Hackerman, N. (Eds.). (2002). Evaluating and improving undergraduate teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved October 3, 2003, from http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309072778/html/.[6] Sanders, J. R. (Ed.). (1994). The program evaluation standards: How to assess evolution of education Programs (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.[7] Bransford, J., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R., (Eds.). (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Retrieved September 18, 2003 from http://www.nap.edu/htm/howpeople1/ch10.html.[8] Frechtling, J., Stevens, F., Lawrenz, F., & Sharp, L. (1993). User-friendly handbook

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Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jamie Workman

? How many people are there in the United States? Page 9.891.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3464 How many rolls of toilet paper would we consume per year based on the number of rolls/week each person uses in your family?Mind Trap® - Mind Trap® is a game by Pressman® that asks questions or presentsscenarios that try to make you think “outside the box.” There is always some catch ortrick or even

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

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Juan Lopez; Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

aspects related to other teams in their engineering process.It is the responsibility of the PI is to keep in mind that lower-level students will need to replacethe graduating seniors. Therefore, students who show promise early in their engineering studiesshould be approached about participating in the laboratory. With casting a broad net, somestudents will respond positively and will become the future leaders of the team, thus keepingstudents in the research pipeline so as to not be left without a qualified team upon seniorsgraduating.Effective ManagementThird, and probably the most important to overall success of the undergraduate research teamconcept, is how both the team and project are managed. The management structure used is onetaken from a

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Glenn Beltz; Marie Dahleh

Session 2666 The Compression of Statics: Is there a Difference Between Summer Session and the Academic Year? Marie Dillon Dahleh†,‡, Glenn E. Beltz‡ † College of Engineering / ‡ Department of Mechanical Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106abstractThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbararecently instituted a Summer session in which courses normally taught over a ten-week quarterare taught in six weeks. The purpose is to allow students to complete multiple-course sequencesduring one Summer session. We chose to

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

Software Environments. SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: Changing our world, changing ourselves, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.211.8 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationSellink, M. P. A. and C. Verhoef (2000). Scaffolding for Software Renovation. Fourth European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering.Vygotsky, L. S. (1962). Thought and Language. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in Society. Cambridge, MA

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TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Avitabile; Charles Goodman; Jeffrey Hodgkins

Understand is to Invent”, Grossman, New York, 1973.4 Vygotsky,L., “Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes”, Harvard University Press, MA, 1978.5 Starrett,S., Morcos,M., “Hands-On, Minds-On Electric Power Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 90, No. 1, pp93-100, January 20016 Felder,R., Peretti,S., “A Learning Theory-Based Approach to the Undergraduate Laboratory”, ASEE Conference Proceedings, Session 2413 , June 19987 Pavelich,M.J., “Integrating Piaget’s Principles of Intellectual Growth into the Engineering Classroom”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, pp719-722, 1984, Wash, DC8 Dale,E., “Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching”, 3rd Edition, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Diane Schuch Miller; Donald Falkenburg

Page 9.1415.3of questions and concerns common in a real engineering setting. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationConstruction of a Greenfield Case StudyA Greenfield case consists of a critical set of activities. While the specifics of those activities aredependent upon the objective of the study, and some cases require additional structure, coreactivities include: • Activity 1: Introduction to the Case Here, the important element is to introduce and orient students to the case. The instructor and/or case developer must describe the scenario, being mindful not to

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Technology Transfer and Commercialization

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2004 Annual Conference

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Chintan Parekh; Anthony Warren; Elizabeth Kisenwether

Conference, January 2003, Monterey, CA.3. Bilén, S. G., Kisenwether, E. C., Rzasa, S. E., & Wise, J. (In press). Developing and Assessing Students’Entrepreneurial Skills and Mind-Set; Journal of Engineering Education.BiographiesELIZABETH C. KISENWETHERMs. Kisenwether is an Assistant Professor, and Director of the Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor in the Collegeof Engineering. In addition to teaching design and entrepreneurship courses, Ms. Kisenwether has been a leadinvestigator in GE Fund grants for undergraduate problem-based learning in entrepreneurship and a new math-in-technology context project, as well as two NCIIA grants. E-Mail: exk13@psu.eduANTHONY C. WARRENDr. Warren is the Farrell Clinical Professor for Entrepreneurship, Smeal

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ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tim Healy

development.Related to this complexity is the fact that most important engineering problems must beconsidered as having no unique solution that would be considered optimum with respectto all considerations. E.F. Schumacher2 called these “divergent problems”, and hereminded us that we usually don’t like such problems.“Divergent problems offend the logical mind, which wishes to remove tension by comingdown on one side or the other, but they provoke, stimulate and sharpen the higher humanfaculties, without which man is nothing but a clever animal.”We need to tell our students that most of the problems that they will face have no solutionthat is optimal in all regards, but that they must find a solution anyway. Proceedings of the 2004

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Brian Humann

; Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationdevices has become more common, leading to the need for non-MEMS specialists to be involvedin the design process. With this in mind many companies have developed MEMS designsoftware that aids in the design and characterization of MEMS devices. While current PLMsoftware has no design aids targeted specifically at MEMS development, the databasemanagement software can still be used for document management and the design and analysistools may be applied in a limited amount.Also of importance if MEMS design is to be performed by non specialists is the need to exposeengineering students to basic MEMS devices and their functionalities. This would be

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TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

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sudhakar vadiraja; Hector Cervantes

onsmart materials is to focus on the following aspects of teaching and learning: Page 9.1101.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering" Teaching • Nurture curiosity, creativity, critical thinking and enterprise. • Remain relevant to the demands of a rapidly transforming society. Learning • Merge academic rigor with the thrill of discovery. • Stimulate minds and encourage cross-disciplinary discourse.The success of this

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Assessing Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alene Harris; Monica Cox, Purdue University

analyze GR data and to report frequency information gathered by one trainedobserver, a comprehensive statistical analysis across observers must be attempted. Comparingdata across these observers may help to provide information about the reliability of the GRportion of the VOS, and a comparison of GR data with data collected from other parts of theVOS may help to prove the validity of the VOS itself. With this information, classroom normsfor bioengineering may be determined and may be compared with other engineering disciplines.Bibliography1. Harris, A.H., A Manual for the VaNTH Observation System, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2002.2. Bransford, J., Brown, A.L., & Cocking, R.R. (Eds.), How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and

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Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nigel Middleton; Barbara Olds; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

mind is an empty container in which I deposit my knowledge. If you can’t understand it this way, then I’ll re-explain it in a different way. This is supposed to go on until you get it. But that’s not the way learning works.” [8]Jim McNeil of the Physics department cites the influence of Russian educational theoristLev SemenovichVygotsky on his decisions in revising Physics II. Prior to the curriculumreform, cognitive psychology and learning theory played a much less important role inDr. McNeil’s daily approach to teaching physics. [7] Engineering-education reformoccurs one faculty member, one course, and one university at a time.The fact that disciplinary faculty developed interests in engineering

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Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joanne DeGroat; Jeffery Radigan; Jeff McCune; Andrew O'Brien; James Beams; Matt Gates; Craig Morin; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Session 1620 Expanding the Options for a First-Year Student Design Experience – An Improved Microcontroller for Mobile Robotics Jeffery P. Radigan, James M. Beams, Richard J. Freuler, Craig E. Morin, Matthew S. Gates, Jeffrey J. McCune, Andrew J. O'Brien, Joanne E. DeGroat, and John T. Demel College of Engineering, The Ohio State UniversityAbstractIn order to meet the rising demands of both education and logistical feasibility when usingrobotics as a design tool, a research group at The Ohio State University is design and testing anew micro controller for

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kun-jung Hsu

practice of has become akey-issue in the education of design. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1725This paper examines the experiences gained from the participatory design of TaipeiNeighborhood Park. Based on the empirical significance of participatory design in TaipeiNeighborhood Park, the dilemma choice between marketplaces and community valuesemerged choice behavior. Then, the choice behavior in the participatory of urban public spacedesign was formally analyzed and explored. Finally

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Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Les Kinsler; Thomas Mertz; Troy Harding

Session #2249 Business and Education Cooperation through Classroom Projects Troy Harding, Les Kinsler, Pedro Leite, and Thomas Mertz Engineering Technology Department Computer Systems Technology Kansas State University – SalinaAbstractThis paper describes the incorporation of projects supplied by localbusinesses/industries into computer software courses in an attempt to provide studentswith an opportunity to develop collaborative problem solving skills, teamwork,professional responsibility, and most importantly an exposure to design

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Wien Lohachit; Gary Jeffress; Alex Sadovski; cody ross; Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

. This paper describes a project undertaken by aninterdisciplinary team of CAMS computer science, engineering technology, geographicinformation sciences, and mathematics professors and students with environmental investigatorsat DNR to design and develop a remotely controlled boat that continuously and efficientlycollects water quality in shallow water areas (6 in-3 ft), rather than using fixed position sensorsto make the water quality collections.Our boat is small in size (7ft in length and 3 ft in width), has a shallow draft, and can be easilysteered to collect data in real-time. The prototype is designed to collect salinity and otherenvironmental data and is equipped with onboard computers, water quality instruments(Hydrolab), GPS, digital

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

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Glenn Blackwell

troubleshooting course were not robust enough to properly serve Page 9.491.1their purposes in the curriculum. Additionally, it was felt necessary to add into the project “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”courses the concepts of design for manufacturability (DFM), design for testability (DFT) anddesign including surface mount technology (SMT).With these thoughts in mind, the projects team proposed, and the curriculum committee andfaculty agreed, that the two 2 credit hour sophomore courses, ECET 276

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Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jason Keith

hybrid diesel / electric / fuel cell technology. The dieselpower will be used for moving large distances in short time periods, and the fuel cellpower will be used for silent propulsion for about 30 to 40 minutes. The application thatTACOM has in mind is for the silent operation capability of the MULE is to carrycombat gear for several soldiers while they are moving at walking speeds, possibly to“sneak up on the enemy.”A secondary project for AFE revolves around the American Institute of ChemicalEngineers (AIChE) Chem-E-Car competition. The purpose of this competition is to givestudents experience in powering and stopping a shoebox-sized vehicle using principles ofchemical reaction engineering and alternative energy sources.AFE members are also

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Steve Richards; Daniel Pack; David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

Effective Practices in Robotics Education David J. Ahlgren, Igor M. Verner, Daniel Pack, Steve Richards Department of Engineering, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106 USA/ Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 32000/Department of Electrical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy/Acroname, Inc., Boulder, COAbstractLinked to the authors’ 2004 ASEE Annual Conference CoEd workshop on Educational Robotics,this paper evaluates educational strategies and activities from the perspective of four engineeringeducators who have extensive first-hand experience in integrating robotics in the curriculum—from first year courses through senior