Conference Session

FPD4 -- Hands-on & Real-World Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Menicucci, Montana State University; James Duffy, Montana State University; Betsy Palmer, Montana State University

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AC 2007-1748: HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALENGINEERINGJoseph Menicucci, Montana State UniversityJames Duffy, Montana State UniversityBetsy Palmer, Montana State University Page 12.796.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Hands-On Introduction to Chemical and Biological EngineeringAbstractMontana State University has revised our freshman seminar course by modeling it afterRowan University’s exemplary Freshman Engineering Clinic which utilizes a hands-onlaboratory approach to introduce freshman students to engineering.In the first half of the course, innovative laboratory modules developed by faculty atMSU and Rowan were adapted and

Conference Session

FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. David Harding, University of New Haven; Pauline schwartz, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Agamemnon Koutsospyros, University of New Haven

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necessaryfoundation for incorporation of biological applications in upper level engineering courses such asmass transfer.The course includes a laboratory component incorporating experiments from biology andenvironmental engineering concepts with classical general chemistry. Approximately one half ofthe experiments are common with a typical second semester general chemistry course. Theremaining experiments include protein assay, enzyme kinetics, acid base behavior of amino acidsand biochemical oxygen demand. The laboratory component also places a heavy emphasis ondata analysis, uncertainty analysis and applications of statistics in experimentation.This paper will detail the development and delivery of Chemistry with Applications toBiosystems. Comparative data

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; Karen Marosi, Bucknell University; Ronald Ziemian, Bucknell University

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project laboratories, inside and outside of the facultymember’s discipline. For example, the electrical engineering faculty member wouldsupervise a lab on structural engineering. While these labs were at a basic level, somefaculty were uncomfortable teaching outside of their field. Faculty further observe thatstudents and faculty are pleased with the more intense experience in engineering designwithin a major field during the first semester. Contact-hours between individual facultyand students are greater in the seminar-version, allowing faculty the chance to closelyinteract with and get to know 60-90 members of the first-year class. The main downsidefor faculty in the seminar-course is the increased grading burden relative to the singlecourse

Conference Session

FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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directly; in a way theyare involved in at least one task of each of the three projects, though each task is different in eachproject. There are three final deliverables, one from each group, delivered at the same time. Thestudents get a more holistic idea of what is involved to get to the final delivery from the initialtasks. The disadvantage remains one of a coordination issue. An additional drawback in multi-disciplines would be finding a project where all steps of a project are relevant to all groups ofstudents.3. Application ExampleIn this paper the pilot project implemented made use of the Sequential Learning Matrix. Theproject was implemented as part of the laboratory exercises. The targeted skills includedproblem solving, technical

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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workedtogether as part of the video and then the students take a break and work through individualproblems. This “hands-on”, learning by doing approach is one that is very popular withstudents since it is in tune with the way students learn best. It is also in tune with the ethos ofRMIT University as an institution producing practically focused, work ready graduates, aspreviously discussed.Videos, which have now been produced for use in conjunction with several different lectureand laboratory classes, are accessed via Blackboard, which is part of RMIT’s Learning Hub.They are thus a practical and readily accessible learning tool as well as an innovative one.Since these videos are comprehensive in their coverage and segmented into appropriatelearning

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado at Boulder

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AC 2007-2076: EXPANDING UNDERSTANDING OF FIRST-YEARENGINEERING STUDENT RETENTION AND TEAM EFFECTIVENESSTHROUGH SOCIAL STYLES ASSESSMENTDaniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory. He holds a BS in psychology from Louisiana State University, and an MS degree in industrial/organizational psychology and PhD degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining the University of Colorado at Boulder, he gained extensive experience in assessment and teamwork in an engineering education context through the development and evaluation of a

Conference Session

FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

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reflect our Engineering Clinic activities that are offered to ourincoming freshman engineering students. As such a brief overview of the Rowan engineeringclinics is provided below:Rowan’s engineering programs include hands-on, team-oriented laboratory and real worldexperiences with a strong interdisciplinary component. All engineering students take eightsemesters of required Engineering Clinic Courses4-5 a unique component of the engineeringprogram. Key clinic features include:• Creating inter- and multi-disciplinary experiences through collaborative teamwork,• Stressing innovation and total quality management (TQM) as the necessary framework for solving complex problems,• Incorporating state-of-the-art technologies throughout

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy; Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy

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all students at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA). Ittakes an innovative approach to first-year engineering education by introducing engineering inthe context of the design process. Students are organized into teams and are given assignmentsgeared towards hands-on exposure to five engineering disciplines: astronautical, aeronautical,mechanical, electrical, and civil. The final project requires them to design, construct, and launcha rocket-powered boost glider. The boost glider is produced in a five-stage process whichbalances textbook and laboratory work, with each stage focused on one of the engineeringdisciplines. Faculty from each of the five engineering departments at USAFA teach the course,reinforcing the multidisciplinary nature of

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Hands-on & Real-World Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ye, Polytechnic University; Ilya Brutman, Polytechnic University; Gunter Georgi, Polytechnic University; Lorcan Folan, Polytechnic University

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surface under water, aswell as when running submerged in between. The construction cost for material for theunderwater test field was kept below $1000.Many students are familiar with LEGO robotics on dry land. AUVs present many newchallenges: waterproofing conventional LEGO components, buoyancy, balance, and 3-D motion.Since completion of various tasks contributes different point values, the final total point value isa measure of how well the AUV has performed. This is the basis for a lively design competitionbetween Freshman Engineering teams.1 IntroductionPolytechnic University’s Introduction to Engineering and Design course consists of lectures (1hr/wk), laboratory work (3 hrs/wk), and recitations (2 hrs/wk) for an academic

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bert Davy, Morgan State University; Indranil Goswami, Morgan State University; Jiang Li, Morgan State University; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimen, Morgan State University; Charles Oluokun, Morgan State University; Arcadio Sincero, Morgan State University

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worked on in CEGR 105.g Semester Title of project 2001 Design a plant that uses ocean tides to generate electricity. 2002 Design of a water treatment plant in the ocean using Osmotic pressure system. 2003 Design of a mass transit system for Baltimore City 2004 Design a structure to serve as a laboratory on the Martian surface 2005 Design a feature in a structure that allows the structure to respond automatically to a disturbance (earthquake, wind, tsunami, etc) so as to minimize damage to the structure. 2006 Design a system to protect a metropolitan area on the US coastline along the Gulf of

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ronald Caffey, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Bruce Chrisman, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Chris Pearson, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ernest Lewis, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

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engineering residential college, and peer mentoring, faculty mentoring,and mentoring by practicing engineers.The introduction to engineering course will include all freshman students in SIUC College ofEngineering. This lecture-laboratory course will provide an interesting description of eachengineering major and allows students to work with hands-on projects that will teach theusefulness of mathematics and basic engineering concepts. The SIUC College of Engineeringhas worked with other departments on campus to offer engineering designated sections of corecurriculum courses, such as math, sciences, English, and speech communication. The summermath course lasts four-weeks and accepts students who test below the pre-calculus level andprepares them for

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Matthew Stimpson, Virginia Tech; Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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outcomes (e.g., diversity6). Perhaps one of the best testimonies to theformidable hold that learning communities, and living-learning communities in particular, haveestablished in the reform of higher education is the Academic Village which is slated to open infall 2007 at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. The Village is a new facility thatis to function as residential space for engineering students (~250) and faculty, and also is tocontain College of Engineering faculty offices, classrooms, and laboratory space, and universitydining facilities.7, 8 The current prevalence of “living learning communities” is easily madeevident with a Google search on that combination of words, which pulls up a huge number oflinks to college campus

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Pagano, Western Michigan University; Amanda Rossman, Western Michigan University; Kendall Vasilnek, Western Michigan University; Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Edward Brabandt, Western Michigan University

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experience went, and, we believe, will continue to reach, farbeyond the first year of college.Acknowledgements and DisclaimerFunding for this project was provided by grants from the National Science Foundation and theLearn and Serve America program to the Engineering Design Center for Service-Learning atWestern Michigan University. Opinions and findings presented in this article are those of theauthors, and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation nor Learn andServe America. Page 12.750.11Bibliography1. “Bragg’s Law.” X-ray diffraction. 2002. The Cavendish Laboratory, The University of Cambridge. Retrieved 10 Oct. 2005

Conference Session

FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Grimm, Wayne State University

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recommended] Science: Conceptual Physics with laboratory [4 cr] Chemical Skills and Reasoning [4 cr] English: Basic Writing (if required based on placement) [4 cr] Engineering: Introduction to the Engineering Profession [2 cr] Bridge Mentorship Program (ad hoc) – fall and winter semesterStudents who placed out of beginning algebra, basic writing, or the introductory chemistrycourse, based on standard University placement tools, were not required to complete the firstcourse in these subject areas. The Engineering Bridge advisor works closely with these students,who are in the minority, to select the appropriate courses to round out their schedules.Students were expected

Conference Session

FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

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practice and display technical presentationskills. In addition, students often note that there seems to be a lack of connection betweencoursework and the ‘real world.’ While laboratory experiences can help students with this7, it isalso helpful to have examples so that the students can relate course content to their ownexperiences and interests outside of the classroom. Additionally, the ABET criteria requires thatstudents have a knowledge of current events related to the engineering profession3. It is alsoclear that having an understanding of engineering history can help us learn from prior mistakes8.The OME presentations provide the instructors with a wealth of examples that can be referredback to during lectures. They further provide students

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Promiti Dutta, Columbia University; Alexander Haubold, Columbia University

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enhancement activities. Thisopportunity affords students to brainstorm in their groups in front of the instructional staff forany additional guidance that may be needed. The second part of class time is dedicated toinstructional workshop-type lectures regarding the software packages in the renowned BotwinickGateway Laboratory. Students can follow along as instructors lecture. We introduce twodifferent software packages, and thus we have learnt that the best method to do so is to divide theacademic term of typically fourteen weeks into two parts. The first part being dedicated tocomputational analysis using MathWorks Matlab and the latter for 3D modeling and renderingusing Alias Maya. This arrangement is successful since computational tools are useful

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Rebecca Damron, Oklahoma State University

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material, test-taking skills, and college survival skills. • Professional Success – career planning and effective presentations. • Engineering Information – career and advisement information and research presentations/laboratory tours. • Engineering Design and Problem Solving – creativity, effective teams, brainstorming, process design, and product design. • Societal Issues of Engineers – ethics, diversity/international issues, environmental issues/sustainability, medicine and bioengineering. • Personal Development – stress management and other wellness issues.This course is a particularly good class to do problem-based, cooperative activitiesbecause it addresses the goal of giving students engineering

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Schimmels, Marquette University

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in good teamwork and effective leadership? 3.85The summary of the assessment of the second course with respect to the “Engineering Coalitionof Schools for Excellence in Education and Leadership (ECSEL) Classroom Activities Survey”is provided in Table 3. The student evaluations of their development was benchmarked withrespect to that for students taking the existing freshman design sequence taught using a large-lecture/laboratory format by a non-tenure-track instructor. For each of the criteria listed in Table3, students in the new course sequence viewed their development as being significantly greaterthan that for the existing course sequence, with most (18 of 24) at statistically significant 95%confidence level. The survey was

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Pyke; John Gardner; Marcia Belcheir; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll; Cheryl Schrader

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(Any 2) Completed (Any 2) Completed (Any 2) Completed (Any 2) (Mechanical) (Materials Science) (Civil) (Electrical) Heat Transfer MSE Laboratory Engr. Properties of Signals & Systems Construction Materials Applied Mechanics Mech. Behavior of Transportation Engr. System Modeling of Materials Materials Fundamentals and Control Kinematics and Thermodynamics of Reinforced Concrete Microelectronic Machine Dynamics Materials Design Circuits

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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