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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy II - Best Teaching Practices
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Lawrence Funke, Ohio Northern University
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Diversity
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Mechanical Engineering
2018 and 2019 only. In all years, two sections of the class were taught, each by a differentinstructor. Throughout the study period the instructors used the same course materials and metregularly to ensure that course content and delivery were aligned.The traditional method relied on in-class lectures to deliver new content to the students and classperiods utilized active-learning practices to enhance this delivery. Lectures typically took the form ofpower point slides that the instructor would talk through. The slides frequently included examples andactivities that the students would be asked to work through with a partner before moving on. Therewere no pre-class activities required and homework and projects were regularly assigned to be
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Perceptions, Reflections, Collaborations, and Student Support in Chemical Engineering
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Bradley Cicciarelli, Louisiana Tech University; Eric A. Sherer, Louisiana Tech University; Baker A. Martin, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University
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Chemical Engineering
, andindustry professionals in order to promote retention and student success in the chemicalengineering curriculum."[6]We were persuaded by the potential benefits of such a program and eager to implement one atour own institution, so in 2016 we adapted ideas from these other camps to develop a voluntarytwo-day workshop (the "ChemE Camp") for rising sophomores. The camp is advertised tostudents who registered for the fall offering of the MEB course at a minimal cost to the student(~$25). The camp was designed to occur after campus move-in, but just before the start of fallclasses. The workshop includes team-building exercises, hands-on projects, a lab tour,presentations from faculty and upper-level students about upcoming classes, the curriculum
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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Tracy Pritchard, University of Cincinnati; Delano White; Keri K. Eason
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Diversity
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Community Engagement Division
education helps with parents’ perceptions about their ability to support their children.Blacks are overrepresented in many sports, and consequently sports and entertainment aregenerally seen as pathways to success. As a result, parents usually place more emphasis ongetting their children involved in afterschool and weekend sports activities versus educationalprograms [4], [5], [6]. When parents do pursue educational programs for their children, theyencounter additional obstacles. Many families have difficulty supporting their children’sparticipation in educational programs due to changing work schedules and constraints such aspublic transportation and the cost to participate.This project will inform our understanding of how parents from
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Chemical Engineering in the Junior and Senior Year
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Thomas Andrew Meadowcroft, Rowan University
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Diversity
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Chemical Engineering
engineering graduates with this key communication tool. Much of thedesign work in this course will take the form of small P&ID diagrams, so students have to beintroduced to this tool early on. The complexity of their diagrams will grow as the courseprogresses and they learn more. Use of a software drafting tool such as Microsoft Visio™ orEdraw Max™ with drag and drop tools can make project work quicker, but pencil and paper willsuffice.Measuring the Thermodynamic State – SensorsWhat quantities can be measured to describe the thermodynamic state of a process stream?How are temperature, pressure, flow, weight, and level measured?It is important for engineers to understand what is possible in terms of process statemeasurement. Some measurements are
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Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Rebecca Balakrishnan, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Priya Subra Mani
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
longitudinalstudy is purposed to investigate the impact of the integration of career development supports inan undergraduate biosystems engineering program on students’ vocational identity developmentin order to improve career education and engineering education. The study will take place overfour-years, with one cohort of students followed through the three-year biosystems program atthe University of Manitoba, in Canada, and into their first year as alumni. This Work-in-Progresspaper focuses on Phase 1 of this project: the career supports integrated into a first year requireddesign course. Little research has been conducted on the topic of career interventions inengineering programs. This study proposes to fill this gap through qualitative analysis
Conference Session
Information Literacy in First-year Courses and Co-curricular Experiences
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Joanne Dera, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Davida Scharf, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Libraries
on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as preparing students for the rigors of mathematics. His research interests include engineering education, integration of novel technologies into engineering classroom, excellence in instruction, water, and wastewater treatment, civil engineering infrastructure, and transportation engi- neering.Dr. Davida Scharf, New Jersey Institute of Technology Davida Scharf has a B.A. from Barnard College in Art and Architectural History, an MLS from Columbia University, and a PhD from the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information in the area of educational assessment and information
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Materials Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Tracy Zhang, Michigan State University; Robert Allen Bubeck, Michigan State University; Therese Aimei Joffre, Midland High School; Grace Anne Bremmer, H. H. Dow High School; Logan Patrick McNamara, H. H. Dow High School; Aaron Michael Heydenburg; Bingbing Li, Central Michigan University
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Materials
allowscustomized design and fabrication of scaffolds that can meet specific needs of each patient.Therefore, 3D printing has been heavily studied for prototyping tissue scaffolds that can mimicthe mechanical strength and biological environment of host bone tissues.8–10An eight-week summer project on 3D printed bone materials was designed for aspiring highschool rising seniors who are interested in biomaterials and engineering research. In this project,the Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) 3D printing technique was used for the fabrication ofbone scaffold models using various polymer and biopolymer filaments. Polymer scaffolds(1×1×1 cm3 cubes) with different infill geometries and densities were fabricated. The mechanicalproperties of these scaffolds were
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First-year Programs: Core Skills
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Paul S. Nerenberg, California State University, Los Angeles; Ni Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles
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Diversity
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First-Year Programs
Paper ID #30464Results of an Intro to Mechanics Course Designed to Support StudentSuccess in Physics I and Foundational Engineering CoursesProf. Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles Menezes is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Cal State LA. His specialization is in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. Since becoming part of the faculty in 2009, Menezes has also focused on improving student success and has led a number of engineering education projects. He is currently the Director of the First-Year Experience program at ECST (FYrE@ECST) and coordinates engineering education activities
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First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout
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Diversity
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First-Year Programs
engineering, if such courses even exist. At the same time,universities are often interested in providing their students with diverse learning opportunitiessuch as service learning, both domestically and internationally. However, students often lack theproper experience or training to deal with complex ethical, cultural, or societal situations thatwill likely be encountered or the resources to properly participate while carrying out service-learning projects [1].Numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the impact of various pedagogical andcurricular approaches on the transfer of knowledge in ethics and social justice in STEMdisciplines, often with disappointing results [2]–[5]. However, it may be that we are notmeasuring concepts of ethics
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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference
Authors
Tulio Sulbaran
decisionsimpact each individual project that collectively represents the construction industry which is oneof the largest economic sectors of most localities, states and countries around the globe.Although research has been done in decision making and some psychometric instruments exist inthis area, there was no tool that allowed to measure the decision making process of the AECpracticing professional and students. Thus, the focus of this research paper is to introduce theConstruction Decision Making Inventory (CDMI) that was recently developed by Dr. TulioSulbaran to fill this important gap in the AEC industry. The content of this paper is veryimportant as it helps better understand practicing professionals, educators and student. Thisunderstanding of
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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference
Authors
Patricia Polastri; Mojeed Awonuga
ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual ConferenceThe main sources of electricity generation in Nigeria are hydropower and thermal with fossilfuels such as natural gas and coal being the feed fuel for the thermal plants. Aliyu7 noted thathydropower plants could not be relied upon. He stated that the oscillatory nature of energy outputfrom hydropower plants (mainly due to seasonal changes) and the negative impacts experienceddue to climate change are decreasing the water levels required to run the hydropower plants. Thedilapidated state of the hydropower infrastructure also reduces significantly their energy outputwhen compared to their projected capacity. The thermal plants utilize mostly natural gas as feedfuel and the lack of adequate natural gas
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Making it Sticky: Ways to Reinforce Prerequisite Knowledge
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Ricardo Zaurin PE, University of Central Florida; Sudipta Dey Tirtha, University of Central Florida; Naveen Eluru, University of Central Florida
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Diversity
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Civil Engineering
. During Fall 2013 he created IDEAS (Interdisciplinary Display for Engineering Analysis Statics) which is a project based learning activity designed specifically for promoting creativity, team-work, and presentation skills for undergraduate sophomore and junior students, as well as by exposing the students to the fascinating world of scientific/technological research based engineering. IDEAS is becoming the cor- nerstone event for the sophomore engineering students at UCF: from fall 2013 to fall 2018 approximately 3000 students have created, designed, presented, and defended around 900 projects and papers.Sudipta Dey Tirtha, University of Central Florida Sudipta Dey Tirtha is a doctoral student in the Department of Civil
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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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J. Asuncion Zarate-Garcia, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Ariadna Serrano-Reyes, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Israel Zamora-Hernandez
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Diversity
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Mechanical Engineering
. The Accreditation Specialist, together with the Head of the Department, define the “Semester Evaluation Plan” and identify the courses in which Faculty will be evaluating the student outcomes declared in SAEP. In the next section SAEP will be described in detail. 2. Planning and design of activities to be used to evaluate student outcomes. The Accreditation Specialist and the Head of Department ask Faculty, who will evaluate student outcomes, to carry out the following activities prior to the evaluation process in SAEP: To be acquainted with the student outcomes to be evaluated in the course and to design and/or to update the activity (homework, exam, project, laboratory report, etc.) in which the
Conference Session
Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Remote World
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Hope Leigh Weiss, California State University, Fullerton; John W. Sanders, California State University, Fullerton
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
• Include interactive self-check questions to keep students engaged and to segment the video • Provide an example problem but in order to keep the video short, the solution steps were not explained in detailThese studies each focused on prerequisite review videos for one course in their curriculum.Following their successes, the goal of this project is to create online review videos to improvestudent’s mastery and recall of prerequisite material across all mechanical engineering (ME)courses. The Review Video Library (or RVL) created is an ongoing project with videos beingcontinuously created and updated. It has been used in select courses in Spring 2019, Fall 2019,and currently in Spring 2020. The initial timeline and preliminary
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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Jake Lauer, Smith College; Katie Silva, Smith College; Netty Nina, Smith College
and adapt what we know in diverse contexts. • have perspective: see and hear points of view through critical eyes and ears; see the big picture. • can empathize: find value in what others might find odd, alien, or implausible; perceive sensitively on the basis of prior direct experience. • have self-knowledge: perceive the personal style, prejudices, projections, and habits of mind that both shape and impede our own understanding; we are aware of what we do not understand and why understanding is so hard.12Questions 7-14 in Figure 1 were designed so that each facet is assessed. The facets primarilyaddressed by each question are indicated in brackets after each question in the
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Retention Programs for Women Students
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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amy Monte, Michigan Technological University; Kerri Sleeman, Michigan Technological University
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Women in Engineering
students in general and underrepresented groups in particular. Project RISE(Retention Initiative in Science and Engineering) initiated campus Learning Centers in gatewaycourses. Through this program, various centers have been developed and staffed since the 1990s.There are viable learning centers in Chemistry, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering,Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering (Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials). In addition,the university supports the MTU Writing Center, Modern Language Learning Lab, Center forComputer-Assisted Language Instruction, and tutoring services. The Learning Centers areutilized in two ways. First, students who need help with homework or course concepts can obtainassistance on an as-needed basis from
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Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II
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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mike Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology
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Educational Research and Methods
research at Stevens in systems engineering and intelligent / adaptive online learning systems. As the primary author of this paper, please address all related communications to her at: asquires@stevens.edu. Early in her career Alice focused on engineering hardware design and related software development, followed by technical management and operations management, with a more recent focus on systems engineering and online education and training. She has over twenty years of experience in engineering project management and technical management primarily in the defense sector. She has worked directly for several large defense companies including General Dynamics
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Inter- and Multidisciplinary Laboratories
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Roger Beardsley, Central Washington University
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
ofthese materials may be affected by the biodiesel or the process chemicals. A materials lab projectcould investigate the effects of biodiesel and its process compounds on various plastics.7. Viscosity Measurements: Fluids labs with access to viscometers could test the viscosity of thereactants and reaction products as a lab exercise. The fluids involved include methanol, FAME,vegetable oil, and glycerin, giving a wide range of fluid viscosity to test with significanttemperature variation effects.8. Effect of Varying Viscosity on Process Equipment Design: The viscosity of the reactantschanges significantly during the initial phase of the reaction. A fluids lab project could calculatethe pipe size required for a consistent Reynolds number (pick a
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Gender & Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeff Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeff Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
problem with a socially relevant theme and is designed to increasethe students’ awareness of current affairs and possible engineering solutions. Each student teamis required to build a robot that can perform 8-10 tasks that relate to the overarching theme, andto research the theme and develop a product or strategy to address the social issue. Thetournament consists of the robot competition, presentation of the research projects, and ananalysis of the technical and creative merits of the robot design. Historically, FLL has addressedissues such as alternative power sources and use of resources (2007), an exploration into thepossibilities of nanotechnology (2006), the ocean resources and how we interact with them(2005) and making the world more
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Influences on Female Interest in Pursuit of STEM Fields
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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jacquelyn Mobley, Ecology & Environment, Inc.
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Minorities in Engineering
crisis.The FactsBased on the National Science Foundation (NSF) 2003 data source presented in Table 3, Whites representat least 75% of the scientists and engineers in the United States [9]. “STEM [science, technology,engineering, and mathematics] workers are overwhelmingly white, male, and disability-free, while theavailable pool of talented women, minorities, and persons with disabilities remains significantlyunderutilized. In contrast, these groups together constitute a little more than two-thirds of today’s U.S.workforce. The current and projected need for STEM skills compels policies, programs, and resources thatsupport greater participation by these groups in STEM education and careers” [2]. Table 1. Scientists/Engineers
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Redefining the Boundaries of Engineering and Liberal Education: Contributions to the Year of Dialogue
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Erin Cech, University of California-San Diego; Kara Boettcher, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University
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Liberal Education
Chevron Corp in Richmond, California and Salt Lake City, Utah. Currently Kara is taking post-baccalaureate classes at MSU to prepare for graduate school.Heidi Sherick, Montana State University Heidi M. Sherick, M.Ed., is Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Diversity in the College of Engineering at Montana State University. She is in charge of efforts to increase diversity in the College of Engineering by recruiting, advising and supporting minorities. She is the Director of EMPower and the Project Director of the DOC program. She has over 5 years of experience in teaching middle school science
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Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education
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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington
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Liberal Education
that could besort of anywhere along the line of building it. Did it have animpact on how you understand or look at anything in yourdiscipline?A. It's given me confidence…By going back I'm able to see whatworked, what didn't, where I spent lots of time treading mywheels, and what methods or techniques that just clicked andworked really well, and hopefully by the time I graduate I'llhave so many more projects that I'll have a very broad base toor background to pull off of.Here, the student talks about looking back at what his past provides him in terms of making anargument that he is prepared to function as an engineer. Further, the student does not limit histhinking to the present, but rather
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Practice/Partnership/Program Issues
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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Matthew Pfannenstiel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Douglas Alvine, Alvine Engineering; Clarence Waters, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Architectural
facilitate practical and rational design methods. Theclassroom is also equipped with various types of lighting systems and exposed mechanicalequipment to provide further insight and system wide coordination. State of the art visual andaudio projection systems are utilized in the classroom for both lecture and laboratory instruction.Course interdisciplinary design projects lead to a better understanding of the equipment used inthe industry.During classroom lectures, professors have the advantage of using multi-media setting to displayimages, diagrams, and other documents. Exposed equipment in the classroom can be dismantledand the function of the individual pieces can be explained on a theoretical level. Figure 5 is anexample of this equipment
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Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills
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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Hata, Portland Community College; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College
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Engineering Technology
] describe a project initiated by Texas A&MUniversity to address issues in manufacturing at the nanoscale. The project will introducenanotechnology concepts throughout the undergraduate engineering curriculum. The curricularchange introduced by this project has four components corresponding to the four years ofundergraduate engineering curricula. At each level, concepts related to manufacturing at thenanoscale are introduced at the appropriate technical level.Alpert, Isaacs, Barry, Miller, and Busnaina [4] describe various nanotechnology educationinitiatives undertaken by University of Massachusetts, Lowell. One of the initiatives consists ofstarting a cross disciplinary graduate certificate in nanotechnology and nanoscience in Fall 2005.This
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Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students
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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Sarah DeMaris, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University
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International
minoritystudents than is average for engineering. Page 11.1052.2URI takes a linguistically-integrated approach to the international experience, but manyinternational experiences, usually with a smaller linguistic component, are offered by institutionsacross the country. Some of these include exchange trips to visit industries, tour academicfacilities and hear lectures by local faculty [3][4]; design projects involving students workingtogether from the U.S. and abroad [5]; study-abroad programs that focus on engineering studentstaking classes through international institutions [6][7][8]; and internships for engineers to workfor an extended period of time
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Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics
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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Durham, Virginia Tech
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Aerospace
AC 2007-93: THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND REDESIGN OF ANUNDERGRADUATE-LEVEL, SIMULATOR-BASED COURSE ON 'FLIGHT TESTTECHNIQUES'M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech Chris Cotting is currently a graduate student working on his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech. Prior to his return to school, he worked for four years at NASA Dryden Flight Research Lab where he was a project chief engineer and flight test lead for several projects. Prior to working for NASA he was employed for four years at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Palmdale, California. He has worked on numerous experimental aircraft projects including the X-43A and X-43C, X-35, and X-33. He has an undergraduate and Master’s
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Feedback and IT: Improving Student Learning
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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James Ledlie Klosky; Decker Hains, U.S. Military Academy; Jason A. Evers, U.S. Military Academy; Jared B. Erickson, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy
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Civil Engineering
inexpensive webcam out of herbackpack and plugs it into the machine. She clicks on the icon for her design team member whois working the dead afternoon shift at the student union and is on wirelessly. They chat briefly,with live video, about the objectives for that evening’s design, exchanging ideas verbally,nonverbally and with sketches. They shut down the video but not the text chat window and workon two aspects of the project, text chatting when needed and otherwise ignoring that the chatfunction is even open. A snag occurs and they are not sure how to proceed. Checking, they seethat the instructor is logged in (he is not always on, but they are in luck) and they ask a quickquestion. Using video, the professor explains to both students at the same
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Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dava Newman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kristen Wendell
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
theInternational Technology Education Association (ITEA) and the National Science Foundationpublished the Technology for All Americans Project, A Rationale and Structure for the Study ofTechnology 1. Specific recommendations about the content of technology education were made in Page 11.224.22000, when the National Research Council joined with the ITEA to establish national standardsfor technological literacy 2. Two years later, the National Research Council published two studiesthat convincingly make the argument for K-12 engineering education. These studies are RaisingPublic Awareness of Engineering, and Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to
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Hurricane Katrina
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Clay Bolton, University of South Carolina; Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina
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Ocean and Marine
Carolina Commission onHigher Education defines service learning as follows: Service learning is college student learning at any level and in any situation that is linked in a direct, hands-on fashion to the resolution of a problem or concern in a target community outside the institution.During this trip, the students of the University of South Carolina fulfilled this definition throughthe use of their hands and their hearts to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coastregion. With the aid and logistical support of the Salvation Army, this project was a true servicelearning collaboration with a non-profit organization and a major research university. Workingwith Salvation Army volunteers, students provided on-the
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Manufacturing Processes
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jeffrey Mountain, University of Texas-Tyler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler
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Manufacturing
. Page 11.1060.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Rapid Prototyping of Printed-Circuit Boards with an Engraving LaserAbstractLack of a good system for rapid prototyping of printed circuit boards has been a major bottleneckin Senior Design at the University of Texas at Tyler. A simple method using artwork printed ontoner-transfer paper and transferred through heat and pressure to copper-clad circuit-board stockhad been successfully applied to simple designs but showed itself to be unsuited to thecomplexity of printed circuit boards developed for senior design projects. This unsuitability wasdue to two factors; low density (due to inability to accurately control line widths) and