Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson; Ying Tang; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; John Schmalzel, Rowan University; Shreekanth Mandayam, Rowan University; Robert Krchnavek, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Raul Ordonez, University of Dayton

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Electrical and Computer

tocontemporary problems and technology solutions than strictly didactic instruction orcontrived laboratory problem approaches. Not surprising, students’ motivation increasesin these settings and their confidence in problem definition, option development andsolution grows. As with active learning approaches, the instructor role changes in clinicand project courses from one of talking head to facilitator, guide and resource [2,6]. Thestructure of an engineering clinic based ECE program is one that requires students tooperate at higher orders of abstraction earlier in their education while still requiring aconcrete “hands-on, minds-on” engineering solution to the real world problem at hand.These transformative changes are discussed as desirable in most of

Conference Session

Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Mike Englert, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

courses teaching wireless data acquisition.References1. E. Cheever, L. Molter, B. Maxwell, “A Remote Wireless Sensing and Control Laboratory,” CD- ROM Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3432, June 22-25, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee.2. J. Gumaer, “Teaching Data Acquisition Using Laptop Computers,” CD-ROM Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Session1426, June 20-23, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.3. M. Hoffmann, “Improving Data Acquisition and Reduction in a First-Year Student Laboratory Experiment,” CD-ROM Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3559, June 12- 15, 2005, Portland, Oregon.4. A. See, “Utilizing LabVIEW for Data Acquisition and Analysis for a 13 Weeks

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

showed that a significant percentage of students (96 %) were actively engaged inteaching and learning, and found the class stimulating. felt that the laboratory complimented wellwith the courses. The comments (Table 3) clearly showed that the students perceived the classpositively. The students found the class to be challenging and liked the teaching style.Table 2. Student Evaluations (68 students over four courses). Student Scores (68 students) Question 1 5 2 3 4 (poor

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET)

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Materials

2006-260: TAKING MATERIALS LECTURES BEYOND POWERPOINTBarry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET) Dr. Dupen earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Metallurgy, all at the University of Connecticut. After working for nine years in the automotive industry as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and materials laboratory manager, he joined Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. His primary interests lie in materials engineering, mechanics, and engineering technology education

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuping Wang, University of North Texas; Vijay Vaidyanathan, University of North Texas

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Engineering Technology

polymer waveguide fabrication system, depicted in Figure 6, isbuilt in the Advanced Optics and Sensors Laboratory at the Department of EngineeringTechnology. The fabrication system consists of following major components: the laser source - a6 mW, 375 nm wavelength laser diode module; a beam shutter that is placed on the optical pathto temporally block the laser beam during the writing break; the mirror which is used to directthe laser traveling direction; the beam expander and 10x objective lens for beam focusing, andthe XY precision stage which is capable of operating at mechanical resolutions of 10nm andrepeatabilities of ±100nm. The translation stage’s movement and the beam shutter’ operation areprogramming controlled using LabView software

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emma Seiler, Mississippi State University

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Women in Engineering

Carbide Laboratory, and the High Voltage Laboratory. Page 11.1337.3Participant SelectionTo attend WISE Women, participants must have completed the ninth, tenth, or eleventh grade.A total of 30 girls are selected to attend. They must fill out an application that includes math andscience activities, grade point average, ACT score, transcripts, teacher recommendations, and anessay. Most participants are from Mississippi, although there have been a few from other statesin the region. Some participants know very little about engineering, while others know whatengineering is in general, but not about the specific disciplines.To advertise the program

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Adams, Loyola Marymount University; John Dorsey, Loyola Marymount University; James Landry, Loyola Marymount University; Michael Manoogian, Loyola Marymount University; William Trott, Loyola Marymount University

classoffered twice per week for 3 hours. It was a combined lecture and “hands-on” experience for thestudents allowing access to classroom, field and/or laboratory facilities as necessary. Initialenrollment was 14 students. Biology and Chemistry Applications for Engineers presented students withfundamental biology and chemistry concepts in the context of engineering and scienceapplications. Based on the expertise of the two faculty teaching the course (achemical/environmental engineer and a biologist and wetland ecologist), the class focused on thestudy of a freshwater aquatic microcosm. Based on the expertise of the faculty, this courseoffering was focused in civil/environmental engineering. Skills developed in the class areappropriate for the

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gearold Johnson, Colorado State University; Dueb Lakhder, Consultant to UNESCO; Thomas Siller, Colorado State University

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International

Chemistry I 4 General Chemistry II 3General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1Calculus I for Physical Sciences 4 Calculus II for Physical Sciences 4Physics I for Engineers 5 Physics II for Engineers 5College Composition 3 Public Speaking 3Second YearCalculus III for Physical Scientists 4 Ordinary Differential Equations 4Engineering Mechanics – Statics 3 Engineering Mechanics – Dynamics 3Social Problems 3 Current World Problems 3Principles of Plant Biology 4 Principles of Microeconomics

Conference Session

What's New in Statics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

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Mechanics

engineering problem solving. However, there is a disconnect between Page 11.1042.2academia and engineering practice6. The classroom learning environment is typically a passiveexperience such as in a lecture hall (with the exception of the laboratory courses), whereasengineering practice is an active experience. Students in a classroom setting need more activeand engaged experiences7. Real life engineering projects encouraging active participation andphysical exposure to real structures such as buildings and bridges can significantly improvestudent understanding of the applied principles of engineering mechanics and help bridge the gapbetween

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alfred Ducharme, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Technology

success of these graduates will also be presented.IntroductionPhotonics is a broad term applied to all fields involving the generation, manipulation, anddetection of light. Light has been an area of study for thousands of years but the use of photonicssuch as mirrors and lenses has only been applied in the last 700 years. It wasn’t until 1960, withthe first demonstration of the laser that the field of photonics began to mature. In the last threedecades, photonics has begun to emerge from the laboratory to solve more common industrialand commercial problems. Examples would be the Compact Disc and Digital Versatile Discplayers and recorders. Today, almost all commercial products involve some level of photonicstechnology from simple light emitters

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Bhansali, University of South Florida; Ashanti Pyrtle, University of South Florida; Louis Martin-Vega, University of South Florida; Peter Betzer, University of South Florida

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Graduate Studies

interdisciplinary group of faculty in collaboration withthe students. Prototype devices are being designed and constructed by students, in laboratoriesand centers, teaming with other students, staff and engineers of the centers. Subsequently, under Page 11.802.5the direction of faculty, prototype devices will be laboratory-tested by students. Aftersatisfactory performance has been demonstrated in the laboratory, sensors will be tested in-situ.Subsequent to a number of testing and re-engineering cycles, sensors will be used for scientificinvestigations in the field. This effort is fostering cross-disciplinary expertise and new researchendeavors between

Conference Session

Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the electrical power course. Increasing numbers of the studentsthat take the electrical power system course, however, are entering the course with familiarity ofone or both of these software packages. Because more students now enter the electrical powersystems course with an extensive software background, more advanced software applications forpower systems projects can be readily taught.One obvious advantage of using software in the electrical power systems course with virtualprojects is the minimization of cost compared to using very expensive larger higher voltagehardware equipment. The virtual laboratory also allows a variety of electrical power systems labwork to be performed with relative safety. Further development of the course in

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashok Goel, Michigan Technological University; Hyun-Chan Cho, Korea University of Technology and Education

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International

various industrial Page 11.1233.2fields with opportunities to learn advanced teaching methodologies and new technologies.Historical development of HRDI is summarized in Table 1 and the various training programsundertaken by HRDI from 1998 to 2003 and the number of participants in these activities arelisted in Table 2. HRDI provides state-of-the-art classroom and laboratory facilities as shown inFigs 1 and 2. Table 1 Historical Development of HRDI Date Activity According to the government's New Five-Year

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Linda Hutchison, Bristol Community College; Alan Moore, University of Wyoming

of 2004 and 2005, over a two-week resident program at theUniversity of Wyoming, participants have been provided with four topic workshops, resulting inan immersion of approximately 12 hours per topic with guided hands-on investigation, and 6hours of independent investigation for module development. The workshops have beenpresented by a combination of university faculty and graduate students, utilizing laboratories andresources within the Colleges of Engineering and Education. The workshop topic areas aresummarized in Table 1. Table 1. Summer Workshop Topics Presented in 2004 and 2005. Workshop Title Topic Description Maps, Math and GPS

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi Marikunte, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Frances Harackiewicz, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lizette Chevalier, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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Graduate Studies

and Environmental Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-6603 Page 11.268.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Benefits and Challenges of Training Teaching AssistantsAbstractGraduate teaching assistants (TAs) contribute significantly to laboratory instruction,grading, and, to a lesser extent, classroom instruction in undergraduate engineeringeducation. However, many universities/colleges do not offer formal training forengineering TAs and, instead, rely on generalized workshops and orientations offered bythe University or Graduate School. While these workshops are beneficial to

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Sternhagen, University of Wisconsin Center-Fox Valley; Jeff Hoerning, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Cathy Bronold, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Two Year College Division

natural partnership,utilizing the faculty, pre-engineering curriculum and physical campus of UW-Fox Valley, andthe ABET accredited mechanical engineering curriculum, faculty, and equipment of UW-Platteville. The collaboration agreement was signed in October of 2001 and the first mechanicalengineering courses became available in the fall semester of 2002.Construction for the new engineering facility on the UW-Fox Valley campus began in June of2003. The floor plan of the new 3160 ft2 engineering facility is shown in Figure 3. It included a1595 ft2 laboratory, 500 ft2 of storage and four offices. Building construction costs totaled$375,000.Nearly an additional $250,000 was spent on test and research equipment for the laboratory,which included a

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Courtney Richmond, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Patricia Mosto, Rowan University

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Instrumentation

ensure the project stayed on track, andprovided technical help whenever necessary. Meanwhile, the Biological professors andstudents played the roles of project consultant and potential customers. They are the firstend users and are already developing experiments to take advantage of the finishedproduct in the classroom and laboratory applications. The biologists provided feedbackthroughout the design process, such that their concerns and needs could be addressedfrom the onset. At the time of writing this paper, the control structure evolved while thebody structure saw several dramatic changes. In this section, we will give more detailsabout both. Actuating Bio-Data Motors

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Richard Ciocci, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Jerry Shoup, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

manufacturing center, processing raw ingredients to final product including packaging. • Penn State Hershey Medical Center – Artificial heart program: tour of research, development, and testing facilities including life animal laboratory. • Tyco Electronics Corporate Test Laboratory – Mechanical and electrical testing facilities with structural, long-term testing, and product qualification. • Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant – Tour of visitor center detailing nuclear power plant energy generation and control room training facility. As discussed previously, students enrolled in the First Year Seminar were

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Goldberg, Marquette University

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Biomedical

students are listed below.Full-time students: 28Part-time students: 35Employers of part-time students: Abbott Laboratories Pierce Milwaukee, Inc. GE Healthcare Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin Baxter Healthcare Medical College of Wisconsin Camtronics Medical Systems Circon-ACMI Pharmacia Quest Diagnostics. Advocate Health SystemsGraduates of program: 39Graduate employment: Industry: 26 (GE Healthcare, Siemens Medical Solutions, Phillips Medical Systems, Kimberly-Clark

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul King, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical

, defibrillators(external and implantable), transmitter systems, Holter Monitors, databases, andfuture directions. Invited speakers typically include a cardiologist and aMedtronic field engineer, tours include a visit to a Human Patient Simulator and aClinical Pharmacology research laboratory, and demonstrations involved use of afree commercial package on biological signals. The course further covers anoverview of the following engineering topics: data capture techniques, sampling,and A/D conversion. The major computational experience for the studentsinvolves basic ekg rhythm analysis using Excel, using data collected from thestudents or (optionally) from an unknown subject. This is followed by a similaranalysis using MATLAB (in parallel with a required

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado-Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado-Boulder; R. Scott Summers, University of Colorado-Boulder; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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International

them can be found at www.edc-cu.org/Education.htm.Starting in spring 2004, an outdoor teaching laboratory has been created on the CU Boulder campusthat gives students the opportunity to practice sustainable building techniques in an outdoor setting.The Field Laboratory for Applied Sustainable Technologies (FLAST) allows students to gain Page 11.566.7experience with low cost, low maintenance green building materials through active and experientiallearning (www.edc-cu.org/FLAST.htm). In 2004, the laboratory was used as an integral part of theteaching of Sustainability and the Built Environment, which wastaught to graduate and undergraduate

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; David Wormley, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

-scale sail planes. Over thecourse of ECSEL program, the sailplane project eventually became integrated into thecurriculum in such a way that students receive up to 11 credits toward their degree requirementsif they complete four years in the program, which involves 20 credits of effort.7 In ElectricalEngineering the changes included creation of a laboratory course on micro-controllers thateventually became a required course and redesign of laboratories to be fully integrated withlectures in two other courses, Circuits & Devices8 and Electronic Circuit Design I. The CivilEngineering project integrated industrial design cases into the entry level structural design class.9The Chemical Engineering project entailed the creation of two detailed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

defined a set of accreditation criteria (3a-k) which identify 11 outcomes expected ofengineering graduates. The Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education(LITEE) team at Auburn University obtained funding from the NSF and, working with industrialpartners, has developed award winning multimedia case studies to address these expectations.These case studies make it possible for students to visualize the problem posed in the case studyand work in teams as they play the roles of concerned engineers and managers. In classpresentations, students present solutions to the problem and defend them. Evaluation data showsthat implementing LITEE case studies in classrooms improves the higher-level cognitive skills ofstudents, stimulates

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Mckinney and Evans LLP, that has partnered with the EEI. • Enabling student teams to develop commercial-grade prototypes by providing laboratory facilities in the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. These facilities, which are approximately 1800 ft2 in size, first support teams interested in entrepreneurship by providing the same engineering resources available in other EPICS prototyping facilities. They go beyond this basic capability because they are located in a building, in which they are surrounded by other programs, students, and faculty interested in entrepreneurship. This creates many opportunities for both informal and formal education and mentoring in many aspects of entrepreneurship. • Establishing

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Christopher Garay, Vanderbilt University; Aubrey McKelvey, Vanderbilt University; Patrick Gonzales, Vanderbilt University; Alex Nguyen, University of Rochester

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

generate ideasabout what more they need to learn. Careful selection of this challenge is critical tomotivating the target student populations and preparing for a guided inquiry experience Page 11.756.2into the field of biomedical imaging.Each curriculum unit is provided in three parts – an instructor’s manual, slidepresentations, and a student edition of the laboratory manual. The instructor’s manualprovides an overview of the curriculum, including the challenges and suggestions forhow to engage the students in those challenges, and gives specific suggestions about thehands-on exercises. The slide presentations describe and illustrate the

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Victor Rubanchik, Don State Technical University (DSTU), Rostov-on-Don, Russia

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Electrical and Computer

. Van B. Weigel1To address the pedagogical and laboratory needs of students, advanced simulation-based e-learning software, “Active Learning Suite” (ALSuite) has been developed. It uses real-lifeprocesses and objects, such as those related to fiber optics, wireless and wired communicationsas the context for science and technology investigations. This enables students to: (a) learn therelationship between the scientific theory and its practical applications in technology, and (b)explore the processes occurring in the system and constraints between its parts and parameters,and (c) observe system limitations and bottlenecks. ALSuite is based on a proven pedagogicalassumption that students learn effectively and master science and technical concepts

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

complex systems.13, 22-23Although some of these philosophies do appear to be mutually exclusive, an optimal first-semester course would benefit from adopting the best characteristics of each. By balancing thesedifferent philosophies, it may be possible to design a course that is more effective than any onephilosophy could have been. We have attempted to design such a balanced course, modeledafter work done at Purdue University 5, that helps students to learn the fundamentals of eachengineering discipline and build interdisciplinary connections among those disciplines, and wedo so through a balance of traditional lecture and hands-on laboratory and design experiences

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Stanfield, North Carolina A&T State University; Caroline Moineau, North Carolina A&T State University; Shona Morgan, North Carolina A&T State University; Silvanus Udoka, North Carolina A&T State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(desk clocks).Departmental laboratories are organized as business departments within the enterprise includingengineering, manufacturing, assembly, and distribution.ALIVE is a set of about twenty web-based learning modules, essentially short internships indifferent functional areas of the VE. As with an internship, students are given objectives,introduced to the business function, shown how the function is integrated using IT, exposed toeconomic and other systems issues, tested individually for comprehension, then asked to work ona team to achieve some business purpose. Students perform one or two learning modules ofprogressive difficulty in each undergraduate Industrial Engineering class; sometimes inconjunction with other disciplines such as

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin Odom, University of Idaho; Russ Porter, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Adrian Gomez, University of Idaho; Lloyd Gallup, University of Idaho

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Mechanical Engineering

Steven Beyerlein is professor Mechanical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he coordinates the capstone design program and regularly participates in ongoing program assessment activities. For these efforts he won the UI Outstanding Teaching Award in 2001. Over the last three years he has assisted Dr. Odom in creating the Mindworks laboratory discussed in this paper. Currently he is collaborating on an NSF grant with other members of the Transferable Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium to develop valid and reliable instruments for measuring student performance in design.Russ Porter, University of Idaho Russ Porter is the manager of the Mechanical Engineering Machine

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bower, The Citadel; Kenneth Brannan, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

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Environmental Engineering

Engineering 5 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 Civl 314 Engineering Administration 5 1,5,6 Civl 330 Measurements, Analysis & Modeling 7 1,2,3,4,5,10Jr. 2nd Civl 313 Hydrology & Water Resources 9 1,3,5,8 Civl 315 Fluid Mechanics 7 1,3,5Sr. 1st Civl 418 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory 4 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,11 Civl 408 Water and Wastewater Systems 7 1,3,5,10,11,12Sr. 2nd Civl 419 Environmental Engineering Laboratory 7 1,2,7,11,12 Civl 422 Environmental Engineering Capstone 9