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FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Scott Moor, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET)

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with the word ‘program’% Prepared by S. Scott Moor, IPFW August 2004% Based on suggestions from Shreekanth Mandayam, and the file name used. This is% Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University followed by the authors name% see http://users.rowan.edu/~shreek/networks1/music.html and the date.%% This program creates sine waves for a series of standard Describe the purpose and basic% notes. Each note is set up to be 0.5 seconds long at a% sample rate of 8000 Hz. The notes are assembled into a approach of the program% song that is then played by the computer speaker

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University; Marie Dahleh, Harvard University

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2006-1446: USING MULTI-MEDIA COURSEWARE TO ENHANCE ACTIVESTUDENT LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOMS. Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University S. Keith Hargrove, is currently serving as a Harvard Administrative Fellow in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He previously served as Chairperson of the Industrial Engineering Department in the Clarence Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University at Baltimore, MD. He received his BSME degree from Tennessee State University, M.S. from the University of Missouri at Rolla, and PhD from the University of Iowa. He is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Institute of Industrial Engineers

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University

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11.1315.5Table 2. Type and Level of Assessment of OME over the Course of its Development. Phase Univ. & Term Pre-Course Post-Course Likert 5-pt Scale Open-Ended Questions I NU: F ’03-04 ~ √ ~ √ II PSU: S 2005 ~ √ √ √ III NU: F 2005 √ √ √ √Phase I, NU: In an effort to develop and improve public speaking, the Demo Minute2 wasinitiated at Northeastern University, which subsequently spawned what is now the OME. At theend of the

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Connor, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech; G. Loganathan, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

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Further modify the object oriented programs and add behaviors as defined in an object oriented approach to the Cone classFor example, in the second week of the semester the following problem was assigned ashomework and was to be completed by hand. A pump is pumping water into a conical tank at a constant rate of 1.15 gal/min. The tank dimensions are: top inner circumference = 2.87 ft, bottom inner circumference = 2.60 ft, and inner tank length along the slanting surface = 1.47 ft. If the tank was initially empty, how long (in s) will it take to fill 80% (by volume) of the tank? Page 11.943.3The

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Programs,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2004).6. P. Hirsch, J. Anderson, J.E. Colgate, J. Lake, B. Shwom, and C. Yarnoff, “Enriching Freshman Design Through Collaboration with Professional Designers,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2002).7. P. Larochelle, J. Engblom, and H. Gutierrez, “A Cornerstone Freshman Engineering Design Experience,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2004).8. H. K. Qammar, H. M. Cheung, E. A. Evans, S. Prettyman-Spickard, F. S. Broadway, and R. D. Ramsier, “Impact of

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mwarumba Mwavita, Oklahoma State University

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variables; self-regulated learning and classengagement. The two variables accounted for a small percentage of calculus variance (1.1%), (F(2, 223) = 1.217; p = .2).The regression analysis results prompted further investigations on the data. A comparisonbetween passing and failing students was done by examining distribution of self-regulatedlearning variable with calculus grades (see Figure 1). Page 11.1113.5 80.00 S e l f r 70.00 e g u l a 60.00 t e d 50.00 l e a r n 40.00 i n g 30.00 Fail Pass Calculus performance Figure 1. Distribution of Self-regulated by calculus

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FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susanne Wolf, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

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practices”.When students of the former Mechanical Engineering program (degree: Diplom) at Page 11.701.2Technische Universität Darmstadt evaluated their department in 1997 they also criticizedsimilar aspects of their study program4. Faculty members used this opportunity to makechanges in their curriculum. This was also motivated by demands from industry5, and byrecent recommendations in the European Bologna Process.6 Since the fall of 2000, students atthe Technische Universität Darmstadt have been able to enroll in reformed “Bachelor´s andMaster´s programs” (degrees: Bachelor and Master of Science).The European Bologna ProcessIn 1999 Germany and 38

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Thompson, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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science students would lead in addition to the project time with the students. REFERENCES1. National Science and Technology Council, Ensuring a Strong U.S. Scientific, Technical and Page 11.1410.12Engineering Workforce in the 21st Century, Washington, DC, April 2000.2. Bordonaro, M., A Borg, G. Campbell, B. Clewell, M. Duncan, J. Johnson, K. Johnson, R.Matthews, G. May, E. Mendoza, J. Dineman, S. Winters and C. Vela (2000) “Land of Plenty:Diversity as America’s Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology”, Report ofthe Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas-Tyler; Ron Pieper, University of Texas-Tyler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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premature to draw any conclusions.The usage of the program from fall, 2005 may be summarized as in Table 2 below. A total of 33tutoring sessions took place during fall, 2005, with the average tutoring session having a durationof approximately one hour. Page 11.265.7 Table 2. Summary of tutoring program usage from fall, 2005 Student Discipline Gender Year Visits Hours Subject(s) Excel, matrix methods, C pro- 1 EE F Jr 21 19.25 gramming, physics (mechanics) 2 ME M

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University

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Proceedings 1, our preliminary work involved an exploratoryclustering of student performance by using internal metrics only. Based on our exploratory Page 11.586.4method using total course points for the students in CSE 131 in fall, 2004, we reportedpreliminary results that seemed to imply a positive benefit for the lecture as wrap up approach,especially for the higher achieving students. The result was tentative.We noted however, that further work was required to confirm the putative effect. In particular,we noted the need for future research to reanalyze the data using a clustering metric(s) externalto the objective measures of performance in CSE

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Light, University of Washington; Laura Girardeau, Washington State University; Jennifer Beller, Washington State University; Greg Crouch, Washington State University

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Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carrie Slater, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech

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CoE students participating as mentees after the two-week trial period was Page 11.887.6320. Of the 320 mentees, 310 were freshman accounting for 26.8% of the entering freshman CoEpopulation. Original Number of Mentoring Program Participants as of 08/22/2005 381 Mentees, 79 Mentors 300 274 250 Total Num ber of S tudents

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

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semesters of Aliceinstruction included replacing storyboarding with flowcharting. The instructors felt thatflowcharting was a more appropriate algorithm development tool due to the increasinglymathematical nature of the assigned Alice exercises and homework.All of the Alice lessons necessitated the use of laptop computers by the students. Eachclassroom had a teaching assistant who was proficient in Alice programming. Weekly lessons ofAlice involved two parts: (1) lecture containing new programming concept(s) with hands-onexercise (2) continuation of week’s concept with hands-on exercise in the workshop andappropriate homework assignment. Weekly lessons covered the following topics: flowcharting,objects, classes, control structures including

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Beverly Perna, Tsongas Industrial History Center

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and staffindicated that they enjoyed working on the project[s]. Some written comments from the directorand primary liaison, respectively, are provided in Appendices A.1 and A.2. Perhaps the singlebest measure of client satisfaction is their continued commitment from the first to the secondproject, as well as their documented interest in a third project next year through“institutionalization.” Accordingly, the SL project can bring significant benefits to the client,although it requires significant commitment on the part of the client, faculty, and students.4.2 Academic PerformanceAcross all three years that the instructor has taught the course, the course content and gradingsystem has remained essentially the same. Each year, the hardware

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Tyler Combrink, University of Oklahoma; Lindsey McClure, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Universityof Chicago Press: Chicago, 1993.7. Seymour, E.; Hewitt, N. M., Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences. WestviewPress: Boulder, 1997; p 429.8. Anastasia, T. T.; Tremblay Jr., K. R.; Makela, C. J.; Drennan, N. H., Student Gender Differences inPerceived Importance of College Services. College Student Journal 1999, 33, (2), 206-210.9. Cross, S. E.; Vick, N. V., The Interdependent Self-Construal and Social Support: The Case for Persistencein Engineering. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2001, 27, (7), 820-832.10. Roe Clark, M., Negotiating the Freshman Year: Challenges and Strategies Among First-Year CollegeStudents. Journal of College Student Development 2005, 46, (3), 296-316.11. Huang

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorelle Meadows, University of Michigan; Samantha Jarema, University of Michigan

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and the last with a service-learning curriculum.This paper presents a summary of the general course objectives, the service-learning curriculumcomponents introduced in 2004 and a detailed discussion of the study results outlining thestatistical results and broader implications for first year engineering curricula.BackgroundSince the mid-1900’s, traditional undergraduate engineering education has been focused on thedevelopment of specialized technical knowledge in students for the purpose of solvingchallenging problems. As a result, the last half-century of engineers have been highly technicallytrained, but generally lack the skills often associated with other successful professionals, such as

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Kosky, Union College; William Keat, Union College; George Wise, Union College; Robert Balmer, Union College

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and E ngi neer i ng Degr ees: 1966-2001, NSF 04-311, P r oj ect Of f i cer s, Susan T .and various studies pointed to first and second year Page 11.429.2 Hi l l and Jean M . Johnson A r l i ngt on, V A 2004)student disillusionment with engineering so thesestudents were dropping out even before they saw one actual engineering course. Various effortswere then begun to introduce freshmen and sophomores to the exciting creative nature of theengineering profession

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; William Bassichis, Texas A&M University; Jacque Hodge, Texas A&M University; Donald Maxwell, Texas A&M University

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Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

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Public Interest: NSB-00-99,5/4/2000.xiii Hingorani, K., Sankar, C.S., and Kramer, S., (1998). “Teaching Project Management Through anInformation-Technology Based Method,” Project Management Journal, March ’98, 29(1): 10-21.xiv Sankar, C.S, Raju, P.K. and Kler, M.F., "Crist Power Plant: Planning for a Maintenance Outage,"Business Case Journal, 5(1&2): 122-145, 1997.xv Lipnack, J., and Stamps, J., "Virtual Teams" The New Way to Work," IEEE Engineering ManagementReview, 27(4): 90-95, 1999.xvi Gorton, I., and Motwani, S., "Issues in Co-Operative Software Engineering using Globally DistributedTeams," Information and Software Technology, 38(1): 647-655, October 1996.xvii A textbook is under preparation under the sponsorship

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Howard, East Carolina University; Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Engineering Education, January 1994.8 Sorby, S.A., “A “New and Improved” Course for Developing Spatial Visualization Skills,” ASEE 2001 Annual Conference.9 SolidWorks is a registered trademark of the SolidWorks Corporation, 300 Baker Avenue, Concord, MA 01742.10 eDrawings is a trademark of the SolidWorks Corporation, 300 Baker Avenue, Concord, MA 01742.11 Otto, K. and Wood, K., Product Design: Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development, Prentice-Hall, 2000.12 Musto, J.C., Howard, W.E., and Rather, S., “Using Solid Modeling and Rapid Prototyping in a Mechanical Engineering Outreach Program of High School Students,” The International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol. 32, Number 4, October 2004.13

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dwight Tolliver, University of Tennessee; Lauren Hines, University of Tennessee; J. Roger Parsons, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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attitudes that were stressed during theacademic year.In conclusion, this study indicates that technical team experiences seem to lead to apositive increase in student’s attitudes and perceptions of teams and group work. Thesepositive changes were seen overall, in learning objectives and theoretically basedcategorizations of group concepts, and, in most cases, at the individual statement level.As communication and team skills become increasingly important in the modern world,these team experiences may become a vital part of engineering education.References:1 www.abet.org. Retrieved January 14, 2006.2 Tichon, M., Seat, S., “Team toolbox: Activities and suggestions for facilitation project teams,” Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference

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FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary D. Herrin, University of Michigan; Cindy Veenstra, University of Michigan

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’ Success and Persistence”, Journal of Engineering Education8. Iowa State University, (May 2004) “Interpretation of Entering Student’s Test Scores”, Institutional ResearchReport 2004-49. Larpkiataworn,S., Muogboh, O., Bestefield-Sacre, M., Shuman, L., and Wolfe, H., (July, 2003) “SpecialConsiderations When Using Statistical Analysis in Engineering Education Assessment and Evaluation”, Journal ofEngineering Education10. Lotkowski, V. A., Robbins, S.B. and Noeth, R.J., “the Role of Academic and Non-Academic Factors inImproving College Retention”, www.act.org11. Noel-Levitz,(2005) “Making Sense of the Retention Puzzle”, www.noellevitz.com.12. Seidman, A., (2005) College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success, Praeger Publishers13. University

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dana Elzey, University of Virginia

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., Slaton, A., Neeley, K. A., Cutcliffe, S., Gabriele, Gary A., Herkert, J., Luegenbiehl, H., Mikic, B., andOlds, B., “Best Practices for Integrated Curriculum Design and Administration: Objectives and Exemplars,” LiberalStudies and the Integrated Engineering Education of ABET 2000: Reports from a Planning Conference at the Universityof Virginia, April 4-6, 2002. http://www.sts.virginia.edu/ec2000.7. Shallcross, L., “Fuel for Thought”, ASEE Prism, Jan 2006, p.43.8. Course Evaluation Data, ENGR 162 Introduction to Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2001-2005. i A separate computer lab portion of the course introduces students to computer applications, such as spreadsheet analysis, mathematical problem solving and

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youssef Allam, Ohio State University; David Tomasko, Ohio State University; John Merrill, Ohio State University; Bruce Trott, Ohio State University; Phil Schlosser, Ohio State University; Paul Clingan, Ohio State University

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quarter.Although the design and fabrication techniques employed by the students represent the state ofmicroscale research from as recently as the mid- to late-1990’s, it is important to show thestudents how their work in microfabrication and design is analogous to current nanotechnologyresearch. Both the lab tours and Nanotechnology Teaching Modules provide a bridge from thestudents’ hands-on lab activities and their associated assignments to the current research andpioneering efforts in the field of nanotechnology. In the absence of components in either the labtours or Nanotechnology Teaching Modules, one type can be used to supplement an area inwhich the other is lacking, however a balance between them is recommended.Research StudiesAside from

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FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Simmons, University of Queensland; Elise Barrella, Bucknell University; Keith Buffinton, Bucknell University

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X Curtin U of Technology Engineering and Prof Studies X X X X X X U of S Queensland Principles of Prof Eng and Surveying X X X X

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FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Beverly Jaeger and Richard Whalen are members of Northeastern University's

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problem does this design solve, who benefits, what human need is met,what improvement can be made? Examples of these assignments and exercises are listed below: Page 11.157.6a. Like/Dislike this Design – This assignment is given on one of the first days of class. Theinstructions are:“Find an engineered product that you like or dislike to show to the class (unless the product istoo large to bring, then it should be easily described, or bring a picture). Review the feature(s) ofits design that you like or dislike. Briefly describe on paper this design feature and why it is sodesirable or so undesirable. Draw a sketch of an improved product. Hand