Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Larry Milliken, Drexel University; Lloyd Ackert, Drexel University; Eleanor J. Goldberg, Drexel University Library

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Engineering Libraries

Milliken, MA., MLIS is Liaison Librarian for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Drexel Uni- versity. Prior to becoming a librarian, he earned a Masters Degree in Medieval Studies and was a doctoral student in Medieval European History. He is particularly interested in partnerships between librarians and historians, especially in digital humanities projects.Lloyd Ackert, Drexel University I am an assistant teaching professor in the Department of History & Politics, and specialize in the history of science. My research focuses on Russian and European ecology and microbiology in the 19th-20th century, and am writing two books: a biography of Sergei Winogradsky, and a history of the concept of the ’cycle of life.’ I

Conference Session

Manufacturing Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University

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Manufacturing

AC 2011-2100: THREE DIMENSIONAL SURFACE MODEL FROM LASER SCANNINGOF PROVING GROUND ROADPavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University Dr. Pavel Ikonomov is Associate Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department at Western Michigan University He earned his bachelor degree from Technical University of Varna and his first master degree at M.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Technology from Technical University of Varna. His second master degree he earned from Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan and his Ph. D in Precision Manufacturing Engineering from Hokkaido University, Japan. He worked several years as chef engineer in Bulgaria, Asst. professor at Technical University of Varna. CTO

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anca L. Sala, Baker College; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

on experimental laboratories where students measure the behavior ofsingle degree and two degrees of freedom systems. The paper will describe the assessment toolsused in each course, provide a comparative analysis of student performance over the past fewyears, and conclude with recommendations and future plans.IntroductionMechanical Vibrations courses have been the subject of numerous papers presented at the ASEEAnnual Conference in recent years. Some of these papers focused on course curriculum1, 2,laboratory experiments3, and using simulation software such as Matlab and Simulink4, or in-house developed software5 to help students better grasp and master the material. An interestingproposal to integrate topics related to Dynamic Systems

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

. Thegrade distributions in Figure 1 are for the average of the instructor, averaged over all sections ofthe class, in the most recent semester.Figure 1 highlights four instructors where two are viewed as being lenient because of the highclass GPA and two are harsh. It can be argued that the first two instructors may simply be betterinstructors and are able to help students in their class master the material, while the other two arerelatively poor instructors. Although plausible, this is highly doubtful. This is discussed later inthe paper, but student comments often reveal why it is “easy” to earn an “A” from one instructorwhile “impossible” from another instructor. The grading and testing strategies used by differentinstructors are highly variable

Conference Session

Impacts on Engineering Education Through Collaborative Learning, Project-based, and Service-learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fanyu F. Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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International

research for this Chinese Information Technology Bachelor’s program believes that one ofsolutions to achieve all the educational objectives and sustain student knowledge for a long termis to develop learning experiences to meet student's educational and professional needs byencouraging student intentionality, discussion and involvement through lab demonstration,discussion, presentation, document co-creation, micro-sharing, peer critique, and evaluation.This belief helps determine the goal of this research is to identify and test new teaching andlearning methods to effectively improve and sustain student learning outcomes. The fundamentalchange in this research is to shift students from passive learners to be their own masters in labdesign

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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College Industry Partnerships

(i.e. surveying and documentation) and initial planning(master planning for crops and master planning for buildings) cost money. Documents ofassessment and planning are needed for permitting and fund raising. Overall projectmanagement and oversight is required from conception to completion. These items requireexperience, professional skills and money. How can all of this be accomplished with little to noupfront funding? The answer is a partnership - a partnership of mutual benefit.College students from universities can provide the energy and labor; industry can provide theexperience and professional qualities; and a non-profit NGO can provide the management andliaison communication from conception to completion. This partnership can make

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara A. Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

including 3 in medical school, 1 in dentalschool, 1 in law school, 4 working on PhDs and 13 working toward masters or havingcompleted masters degrees. Seventeen (22%) of the college graduates are working asprofessional engineers, architects or computer scientists. This article discusses themethods used to develop a very valuable and meaningful community outreach programthat continues to achieve its goal of helping improve the pipeline of students deciding tostudy STEM in college and going onto STEM careers. Page 25.358.2 IntroductionGeneration Y, Millennial Generation, or Generation Next are terms used to describe

Conference Session

Current Issues in Construction Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth J. Tiss AIC, CPC, State University of New York

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Construction

. Page 25.426.2 Table 1 PhD requirements in Current Position Descriptions2 18 in Construction Management or related areas 1 in Civil Engineering 7 preferred in Construction Management or related areas 1 in Construction Management or related areas or ABD 2 Masters degrees in Construction Management or related areas 1 Masters degree or Phd in Construction Management or related areas 1 nothing specified Table 2

Conference Session

International Research Experience, Quality Improvement, and Programs/Curriculum Around the Globe

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Wolfsteiner, Munich University of Applied Sciences; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University

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International

(Fachhochschule)with about 15,000 students and the Technical University of Munich (Universität) with about26,000 students.Until the start of the Bologna Process (about 2000) the Universitäten offered 5 year programswith the degree ‘Diplom (univ)’, the Fachhochschulen offered 4 year programs with the degree‘Diplom (FH)’. The Bologna Process2, with the goal of introducing comparable and compatibleacademic degree and quality assurance standards in Europe, forced the universities to movetowards a two step program with Bachelor and Master’s degrees. The engineering programs atUniversitäten usually were remodelled from the former 10 semesters to a 6 Semester (Bachelor)plus 4 semester (Master) model. The Fachhochschulen did either 7+3 or 6+4. One semester

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kahina Lasfer, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

) over 80% of the respondents apply policies in hiring and retainingfull-time NTTF that are similar to those used for tenured and tenure-track faculty (TTTF) and32% of them reported that the hiring process for full-time NTTF is decentralized, allowing it tobe conducted at the department or school level. The most significant barriers to hiring full-timeNTTF are the short contract length being unattractive and a lack of funding to hire them. Thepresent study shows that institutions that started after 1995 and had 40% or more of their full-time faculty as NTTF have produced more masters degree graduates than the remaining SCSEprograms that have a lower percentage of full-time NTTF.IntroductionThe main objective of this study is to review the hiring

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mickey R. Wilhelm P.E., University of Louisville

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Engineering and Public Policy

respondentscited the importance of engineers in society nor referenced what engineers actually do.The Speed School is 87 years old, has 105 faculty and 130 staff members, and anenrollment of 2100 students (1425 undergraduate and 675 graduate students). It offersbaccalaureate, master of engineering, master of science and Ph.D. degrees in sevendisciplines. Its baccalaureate programs require mandatory cooperative internships, andthe Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET accredits its baccalaureate andmaster of engineering programs in all seven disciplines.In January 2006, using funds from an endowment, the author commissioned a publicrelations firm, Creative Alliance, Inc., to develop a campaign to educate the public,citizens whose tax dollars support

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Eric Owens

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Manufacturing

program sustainability.Unfortunately the industry verified CPT skill to ET curriculum alignment document doesnot ensure that the competencies are taught by faculty or mastered by students in today’scollege classrooms. This small bitter dose of reality is the crux of FLATE’s ET degree“close the loop” activities. Faculty commonly uses standard text books and text bookdriven academic course syllabi along with their own experiences and case studies toformulate classroom lessons. Sometimes, as individuals exercise their own teachingpedagogy, the requirements of the Florida Plan certification alignment triangle illustratedin Figure 2 are not completely satisfied. The figure indicates the intended alignment, butgaps can occur between the FLDOE

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sinead C. Mac Namara, Syracuse University; James K. Guest, Johns Hopkins University

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Architectural

of Cutting Edge Topology Optimization Methods in Teaching Structures to Architects1. IntroductionThis paper describes an example of design education in architectural structures atSyracuse University. This study examines a design assignment using topologyoptimization algorithms (proprietary software provided by a researcher in the field ofnumerical methods in engineering) undertaken by Masters of Architecture students intheir first semester of structures education. This paper presents the results of theassignment and the student evaluation data for the course as whole and this assignment aspart of an overall effort to understand the value of structural engineering in thearchitectural design process.2. Background

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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College; Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul J. Chanley, Northern Essex Community College

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Two Year College Division

, and Amplitude 4. Photovoltaic Cells 5. Energy Calculation, Efficiency, and Conservation Day 4: 1. Carbon Footprint Calculations 2. Post TestSummer 2010 Bridge to Green Technology Engineering Day 1 1. Pretest 2. Technology and Engineering 3. Story of Stuff Project – Video 4. Engineering and Scientific Mathematical Notation 5. Introduction to DC Circuits 5.1 Light Bulb Experiment 5.2 Ohm’s Law 6. SNAP Circuits and MultiSym 7. Tesla – Master of Light Video 8. Fundamentals of AC Electricity and Generation Day 2 1. Savonius Wind Turbine Project 2. Wind Energy 3. Solar Energy 4. Photovoltaic/ Solar Cells Day 3 1. Testing a Wind Turbine

Conference Session

Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute

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International

course,its objectives, transforming the project based course to hybrid course, and also the differentcontent areas of the hybrid course.BackgroundThe Petroleum InstituteThe Petroleum Institute (PI) was created in 2001 with the goal of establishing itself as a world-class institution in engineering education and research in areas of significance to the oil and gasand the broader energy industries. The PI’s sponsors and affiliates include Abu Dhabi NationalOil Company (ADNOC) and four major international oil companies. Currently the PI offersBachelor degrees in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical and Petroleum Engineering, Metallurgicaland Polymer Science & Engineering and Petroleum Geosciences; Master of Engineering degreesin Chemical

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jeff Fant

studentwill be taught the fundamentals of several high technology concepts and he will beexposed to different leading edge technology subsystems. Equipped with new knowledge,each student will be encouraged to apply any and all new information he has received toimprove his abilities at competing in each game. The individual motivation to learndifficult concepts will be generated by personal relevance, immediate application and realpurpose.Tactics for Tech Camp 2000:Use the process of learning from mistakesUse mentoring by engineers from the telecom corridor companiesUse discovery-learning techniques.Use students who have mastered the material as teachers for the other students Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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2001 Annual Conference

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Robert Y. Ofoli; Mackenzie Davis; Craig W, Somerton

conflict of interestbetween the teaching responsibilities and research responsibilities of the student. Secondly, thestudents do not always choose a master teacher as their mentor. Hence the education model ofstudent teaching breaks down somewhat. Page 6.118.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education Table 2. Survey Results from Theory and Practice Course (5-1 scale)Lecture Topic Will Help Will Help

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2001 Annual Conference

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Leslie Dorworth; Barbara Mania-Farnell; Susan Scachitti

Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1. Bart, Jody, Women Succeeding in the Sciences, Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2000.2. Ref. 1.3. Kelly, Anne, “A Question of Leadership,” Workforce Diversity, Spring 1998, pp.48-50.4. Ashton, Allison, “Wanted: Girl Geeks; Tech jobs pay big - so why don't women want them?” Working Mother, February 2001, pp.16.SUSAN SCACHITTISusan Scachitti is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Technology. She holds degrees in IndustrialEngineering Technology from the University of Dayton and a Master of Business Administration in

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2001 Annual Conference

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David R Finley

considerable emphasis in the engineering curriculum. These same concepts can reap great rewards for a newly minted professor. To master the complexities of interdisciplinary design, teams of researchers now attack problems of greater scope than individuals can master. Networking with fellow faculty can lead to such collaborative opportunities. Similarly, local industry can provide opportunities for field trips and consulting. (Please note that too much collaboration with only one or two co-authors can cause questions about how much of the work is one’s own. Random collaboration with lots of co-authors, but also many different ones, can alleviate this concern.) 4) Be active in ASEE/other professional societies This is

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2001 Annual Conference

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Mitzi Vernon; Richard Goff

; Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationRICHARD M. GOFFRichard M. Goff is an associate professor in the Division of Engineering Fundamentals. He received his Ph.D. inAerospace Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has been an engineer in the PeaceCorps, with the U.S. Navy civil service, and as an entrepreneur. He is Director of the Frith Freshman EngineeringDesign Laboratory and is a strong proponent of interdisciplinary, experiential, hands-on engineering education.MITZI R. VERNONMitzi R. Vernon is an assistant professor in the Industrial Design Program of the College of Architecture and UrbanStudies. She received a Master of Architecture degree from Virginia

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Larry Williamson; William Drake

Manufacturing. The IM program enrolls about 300 students.Three courses have participated in this project: TEC 312 - Engineering Drafting Standards, TEC417 – Computer Aided Design, TEC 530 – Advanced Manufacturing Technology. TheDepartment also offers a Master of Science degree through the College of Natural and AppliedScience with emphasis on project management.Pittsburg State University (PSU) in Pittsburg, Kansas sets the regional standard for highereducation in technology. In many of its technology programs, PSU is a recognized national Page 6.743.1leader.Pittsburg State has a tradition of offering outstanding educational opportunities in

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2001 Annual Conference

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Claudio Campana; Jun Kondo; Devdas Shetty

CAMPANAClaudio Campana is currently working as a Research Engineer at the Engineering Application Center of theUniversity of Hartford. He received his Bachelors degree from Boston University and Masters from University ofHartford in Mechanical Engineering. His areas of expertise are CAD/CAM and Mechatronics.JUN KONDOJun Kondo is currently working as a Research Engineer at the Engineering Application Center of the University ofHartford. He received his bachelors and masters degree in Mechanical engineering as well as MBA from theUniversity of Hartford. His areas of expertise are Mechatronics, Instrumentation and Product Design. Page

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C. Richard Helps

6.775.1administrators avoid falling into the trap of believing that ET students are just second-best Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationengineers. A competent ET graduate has mastered a broad range of skills and attitudes and hasboth breadth and depth of understanding and experience in several areas. Properly structured ETeducational curricula will recognize and develop the potential of the ET vision.There are various models and descriptions of what is and what should be included in atechnology education. One of these is the Know/Think/Do model1 . This model was developedfor secondary school technical

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Nam Kim

chart recorder. There are over 800 icons available in the program, and more icons can be created for use in specific cases. Processes Three processes have been designed and fabricated by the in-house master mechanic of the department: Two-air pressure tanks in series or parallel Two-liquid storage tanks in series or parallel Model house with a window and a chimney. Figure 1 shows a flow sheet for two liquid storage tanks. A digital snapshot is shown in Figure 2. A wiring diagram illustrating the power source is shown in Figure 3 for those who are interested in implementing a current signal (mA).4. ExperimentsOld ExperimentsFrom 1985 through 1993 the laboratory experiments for the course were updated yearly as ourlimited budget

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Geraldine Milano; Gene Golub

three dimensions. Central to the course, it requires the student to master the manytechniques for problem solving. These techniques require the mastery of vector algebra and asolid background in trigonometry, which is often lacking. Finally, each week of the coursebuilds on the mastery of the work from previous weeks. The student must keep pace with thecourse – there is no catch-up.Statics has never been a student favorite at the University. Students prefer to use formulas thatthey can plug-and-chug. They are resistant to analyzing. Vector cross products has them seeingcross-eyed and dot products has them dumbfounded. As a result, there was a high drop rate inthe course. Students attempted to take the course without doing the time-consuming

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2000 Annual Conference

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Walden S. Rio

method was tried by the Department of Education, Culture andSports in 1978-1982, when it supported twenty Engineering schools throughout the country withgrants and loans. The grants helped teachers obtain much-needed advance degrees, and the loanspurchased laboratory equipment as well as built classrooms and laboratories. In 1991 theDepartment of Science and Technology (DOST) selected 19 engineering schools all over thePhilippines and provided a grants to these schools to improve their quality. The grants allowedthe schools to improve the quality of almost all areas of engineering education. It even providedfunds to create several Master of Engineering programs all over the country. This allowed morefaculty members to obtain advance degrees in

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2000 Annual Conference

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Patricia Davies; Leah H Jamieson; Laura A Guedelhoefer; Edward J. Coyle; James D. Jones

to obtain her masters in mechanical engineering at Purdue University. Shereceived her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in W. Lafayette, Indiana in 1998.While working towards her masters degree, she is the head teaching assistant for Engineering Projects In CommunityService (EPICS) Program and researches in the biomedical and biomechanical areas.JIM JONESJim Jones is an Associate Professor and Associate Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. Heis the co-recipient of the 1998 ERM Helen Plants award for best “non-traditional” session at the FIE Conference. Hisresearch interests include acoustics and noise control and cooperative learning methods in large enrollment courses

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Douglas H. Baxter

studioclasses will propagate throughout the curriculum as the present freshman class progresses. Tradi-tional lecture courses will continue to be replaced with studio courses. Those involved in teachingthe present freshman studio courses are examining how students utilize their laptop computerswithin and outside of the classroom in order to better develop subsequent studio courses.One conclusion from teaching studio courses is that students must quickly master the use of theirlaptop computers and how they work with the computing system at Rensselaer. The students com-puters are connected to the Rensselaer system in their classroom via an ethernet connection.Ethernet connections have been installed throughout the campus in major study areas (such as

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James C. Sherman

Campus. He earned a Bachelor of Science inSecondary Education and History from Northern Arizona University in 1964, a Master of Arts in OrientalStudies from the University of Arizona in 1966, a Master of Arts in Student Personnel Services from theUniversity of Denver in 1969, and a Ph. D. in Higher Education Administration from the University ofDenver in 1972. Page 5.92.8

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James E. Fuller

understanding (skills and knowledge) of the didactical relationship between humans and their environments (natural and built) in the production of a new superimposed built environment. Neither the pre-modern architect as master-builder, nor the Modernist coordinator of production, nor the fragmented perception of the Post-Modernist, have yielded a concept of technology useful in both designing and building.”7The scope of technical courses and technical issues is sure to expand as technology encompasses moreof the process of building documentation.Student ExercisesStudent assignment and lab exercises have been redesigned over the previous year to bring inmore instances of historic precedence and design and material theory