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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew J. Strubhar; Dennis Kroll

continuing evolution of the teaching mechanisms in boththe IE and PT courses involved. Various successes and failures are noted as well as plans for thefuture.IntroductionThe problem of providing students with “real world” problems which are also academicallyrigorous remains in the forefront of educational planning. In 1997 the Society of ManufacturingEngineers published a list of competency gaps found by industry in newly hired engineeringgraduates. (See http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/eduhtml.pl?/mep/intro.html&&&SME& ) These Page 5.392.1gaps included communication skills, teamwork, project management, and continuous or lifelonglearning

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John C. Anderson; David Kelso; Charles Yarnoff; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

. Page 5.698.1At Northwestern, we have begun to address these problems by developing a two-quarter,project-based, core course for freshmen called Engineering Design and Communication. Thecourse, which focuses equally on design and communication, has been collaborativelyconceived, planned, and taught by a multi-disciplinary faculty from the College of Arts andSciences Writing Program and several engineering disciplines. Each small section is team-taughtby a faculty member from engineering and the writing program. To stress the point thatcommunication is an integral part of engineering, all the communication requirements in thiscourse—memos, progress reports, proposals, drawings, and PowerPoint presentations—stemfrom the work in design. When

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

P Ravikumar

engineering student. The course is designed at the same time tomeet the educational objectives consistent with the new ABET guidelines which offer flexibility ofsetting, assessing, and improving the goals of the course in particular and the curriculum at large.This paper addresses the developments in format, content, instruction, and student participation andtheir relation to the assessment plans, evaluation, and improvements in the Senior Design Projectcourse. Design Process, Time Management, and Engineering Ethics are discussed as examples ofthe variety of topics covered in the course. Samples of assessment plans, evaluation, andsubsequent improvements are also discussed.IntroductionThe Senior Design Project course in Mechanical Engineering (ME

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Heidersbach; David Gibbs; Daniel Walsh; Alan Demmons

the failure. To learn that engineering is often open ended, an ongoing process of improvement.Thus one of the main goals of this course is to give the student a basic method to approach a failure analysis. To usethe knowledge from previous engineering classes combined with their own experiences and common sense to answerthe questions of what, how, and why a failure happened. And then, drawing on this knowledge and their owncreativity to recommend ways to prevent future occurrences. Another objective of the course is to broaden thestudent’s thinking, to consider many approaches to a problem and the possibility of more than one unique solution.A third goal is for the students to learn to develop a plan and then to implement this plan

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Mirel; Atul Prakash; Leslie A. Olsen; Elliot Soloway

collaboration and technical issues they must deal with, students and professors havetraditionally not had the time in one semester to add the activities and resulting documentationthat user-centered design requires. These documents include the following: User and task analyses based on contextual inquiry, activity-based planning, and scenarios. A vision statement tying the product to a market niche and what it takes to fill that niche. High level specifications reflecting users’ points of view, including plans for interfaces. User test plans for prototyping to guide the construction of instruction and interfaces that users need. Progress reports on key trade-offs resulting from negotiating technical and user issues and the rationales behind them

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Yeu-Sheng Shiue; Bernard B. Beard

generate the CNC code. The hardwareportion of the syllabus is structured around a Fadal VMC-15 Vertical Machining Center. Bothhardware and software are assets of the ILME.This class integrates CAD/CAM, design for producibility, numerical-controlled machining, andrapid prototyping into the engineering curriculum, and exposes students to modern concurrentengineering techniques.The plan of this paper is as follows. Section II discusses the ILME. Section III details theorganization and syllabus of ME 435. Section IV presents a discussion of some startup pains aswell as a discussion of planned enhancements to the course. Section V gives conclusions

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lara Relyea; Joan A. Burtner

. Inresponse to the question, "What are your career plans? ", approximately 40% of the campersmentioned engineering; 12% said they wanted to become doctors. The careers of biologist,veterinarian, architect, lawyer, zoologist and computer programmer each received one vote. Notsurprisingly, a large number of students (40%) responded “ don’t know” when asked about theircareer plans.How did the girls respond to the entire camp experience?Student comments indicate that the girls enjoyed the camp as much as the boys did. “At this camp I had a lot of fun. I learned a lot I needed to know for my future as an engineer.” (8th grade girl) “Camp was fun and interesting. I enjoyed the experiments and the people in the camp are real fun. I

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes; William LeBold; William Oakes

needs of its 1500-2000beginning-engineering students. These programs and services are described below.II. Purdue University Courses and ServicesDay on CampusPurdue students and their families participate in a Day On Campus program the summer beforethey begin their freshman studies. The daylong visit to campus includes a FreshmanEngineering orientation meeting and an individual advising interview. During the orientationmeeting, 70-100 students and their parents are provided with general information aboutPurdue's engineering program and resources. Particular attention is given to the first year plan-of-study and the requirements for admission into the engineering professional schools. In thePurdue system, engineering students are admitted into a

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

improvement process. Each faculty memberfound to be performing unsatisfactorily is required to develop and implement a plan designed toimprove his or her performance. The plan, created at the unit level, with the unit head mustinclude specific goals, timelines and benchmarks associated with the area(s) or weakness thatwill be used to measure and follow improvement progress. Failure to achieve the goalsprescribed in the performance improvement plan in a timely manner shall result in arecommendation for dismissal. A faculty member who is recommended for dismissal because ofthe post–tenure review process has an opportunity to challenge the recommendation asprescribed by ABOR policy, under hearing procedures for faculty.Elements of ImplementationProgram

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey W. Honchell

theinstructional process). One hundred key faculty and administrators from the schools of Business,Engineering, and Technology were invited to a week-long, twelve-hour-a-day seminar on TQM.Each day began with success stories, followed by specific instruction on the central principles ofTQM. Small group, facilitated workshops were provided in the afternoon to allow cross-discipline teams to apply the material presented in the morning sessions. In the evening, thesesame teams met to plan how the day's techniques could be implemented in the team members'own courses.A key element in this implementation of Total Quality Management is the use of empoweredteams. Providing workers (i.e. students) the responsibility and the resources to accomplish theirassigned

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bono Po-Jen Shih, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

presented by the ABCD approach for facultydevelopment. Even though we are still in the planning stage of faculty program development andonly begun an initial step, we found that the ABCD approach’s focus on faculty assets andcommunity development provides lessons learned for our initial plan to advance engineeringethics education. While our experience of faculty development is situated in engineering ethicsand future work remains to be done to assess the impact of our projects, we suggest the ABCDapproach may be applicable to other types of faculty development programs where knowledge,skills, experience, or professional interests play an important role.BackgroundThis lessons-learned paper presents an ongoing initiative to create faculty development

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baishakhi Bose, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Lydia Rachbauer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Elina Dluger Rios; Faith Marie Dukes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

internship opportunities at LBNL for high school students,and engage directly with LBNL’s employees through job shadow, career mapping and speednetworking sessions. In this paper, we will present an overview of the event organization,challenges faced during planning and execution of the event, discuss the lessons learned from thefirst Empowerment in STEM Day and suggest strategies for incorporating such events at othernational laboratories and academic institutions as part of a vital effort into recruiting andretaining more high school girls in STEM-based careers. Additionally, since this was the first in-person event hosted by LBNL’s K-12 Program after the pandemic, we will also share thestrategies implemented at the event so as to engage both

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Khoa Ngac, George Mason University; Nirup M. Menon, George Mason University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

peers. Allstudents are informed they should put their EXL project efforts as experience on the resume,which has helped many get jobs prior to their graduation – and some even received job offersdirectly following the completion of their project by the industry participants themselves. TheBPI projects are run as a course elective through the student’s degree program. BPI projects arefocused on having students identify the organization’s business challenges, recommend atechnology solution to address that business challenge, and develop an implementation plan forthe recommended solution. The CySec projects operate similarly and have an additional benefit– they are funded by the CCI grants resulting in student stipends towards their project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alfreda Samira James, Stony Brook University; Marianna Savoca, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University; Catherine A Scott

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

(CELT) at Stony Brook University. In her role as the Asst Director, Catherine provides assistance and support in programmatic assessment and development, as well as course-level assessment in strengthening student learning outcomes. With seven years of experience in planning, programming, and supporting faculty and staff in assessment related activities, Catherine provides expertise in survey, test and rubric development, as well as conducts focus groups and prepares statistical reports supporting assessment activities. Catherine holds an M.A. in Public Policy, as well as an M.A. in Higher Education Administration. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo Sanchez, Purdue University; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University; Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

request for aeromedical transport from an EmergencyMedical Services (EMS) agency or hospital. The HAA dispatch centers that receive theserequests assess the urgency of each situation along with an analysis of the patient's healthcondition. Once the transportation mission is approved, the pilot at the selected HAA base startsdetailed mission planning according to the company's Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Ifthe weather conditions at departure, enroute, and destination are above the Visual Flight Rules(VFR) minimums for FAR Part 135 operations and are receiving approval from the OperationControl Center, the pilot prepares the aircraft to pick up the patient.Aircrews perform the preflight procedures and safety briefings with the medical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alaine M Allen, Carnegie Mellon University; Darlene Saporu, The Johns Hopkins University; Elisa Riedo, New York University; Shelley L Anna, Carnegie Mellon University; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh; Andrew Douglas, The Johns Hopkins University; Nathalie Florence Felciai, New York University; Neetha Khan, Carnegie Mellon University; Jelena Kovacevic, New York University; Stacey J Marks, The Johns Hopkins University; William Harry Sanders, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah E. Schlesinger, The Johns Hopkins University; Yao Wang; Nelson O. O. Zounlomè, Carnegie Mellon University; Charlie Díaz, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

inclusive excellence that enables the entire community to thrive. She is also a Distinguished Service Professor in CMU Engineering and Public Policy Department. Dr. Allen has a BS degree in physics education from Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, as well as a MEd degree in policy, planning, and evaluation and an EdD degree in higher education management, both from the University of Pittsburgh.Darlene Saporu, The Johns Hopkins UniversityElisa Riedo, New York UniversityShelley L Anna, Carnegie Mellon UniversityDr. Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh Linda DeAngelo is Associate Professor of Higher Education, Center for Urban Education Faculty Fellow, and affiliated faculty in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Urszula Zalewski, Stony Brook University; Marianna Savoca, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

need to research and implement innovative interventions for retention andcareer readiness of underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) [1,2]. In 2017, a four-year curriculum was developed to elevate an existingsupport program for undergraduate women in STEM into an academic honors program. Thisrenewed Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors program at Stony BrookUniversity (SBU), a public research institution, recruited its first new cohort in 2018. Thepurpose of this paper is to present formative findings of the research and evaluation plans thatexamined the effectiveness of one of the new courses, WSE 381: Service Learning in STEM.Theoretical FoundationHigh-impact practices, the educational

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

SWAPNIL PATOLE, Mississippi State University

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

may involve calculating cycle times,lead times, and other performance metrics. Based on the analysis of the current state, the teamthen develops a vision for the future state of the value stream. This involves eliminating waste,reducing lead times, and improving overall efficiency and effectiveness. With the future state inmind, the team develops a plan for implementing changes and improvements. This plan mayinclude specific initiatives, projects, or Kaizen events aimed at addressing the identifiedopportunities. Once the action plan is developed, the team begins implementing the proposedchanges. This may involve reorganizing processes, redesigning workflows, implementing newtechnologies, or training employees. Throughout the implementation

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatemeh Mirzahosseini Zarandi, University of Cincinnati; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

student reflections (n = 4,238) collected by the cooperative education office ata large Midwest public university to identify substantive themes and form an interview protocolto explore the two constructs of interest. We used descriptive analyses with closed-ended responsesin the reflections and inductive coding with the open-ended responses. After extracting relevantinsights from the reflections, the next phase will employ a phenomenographic lens to pinpoint howcollege and cooperative education (co-op) experiences influence engineering students'professional identities and career goals. We plan to conduct interviews with approximately 15students. We expect that by identifying ways to better align team-based activities with real-worldteamwork

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Leigh Wolfe, Virginia Tech; Nicholas M Holden, University College Dublin; Demetres Briassoulis, Agricultural University of Athens; Francisco Ayuga, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, BIPREE Research Group; Giacomo Scarascia Mugnozza, University of Bari, Italy

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Biological & Agricultural

Page 22.1540.3exchanged information via Scholar and email about their own programs relative to the team’sassignment. The teams are at various stages of developing and implementing work plans. Theprogress and plans of the various teams are described in the following paragraphs.Activity 1. Common Threads of the Biosystems Engineering Discipline The core concepts, or threads, of BE are variously understood by those within thediscipline, but have never been unequivocally defined due to the comparative youth of thediscipline. This makes communication and teaching difficult compared to other well establishedengineering subjects. The Atlantis POMSEBES project and Erasmus Network “ERABEE” haveworked towards defining a core curriculum for the

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech

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College Industry Partnerships

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The Land Development Design InitiativeIntroduction and BackgroundA large team of professional engineers has rallied around a call for participation in thedevelopment of a new emphasis in land development design within a Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering (CEE) at a major land-grant institution. Land development design isthe process of planning, design, and construction of infrastructure and facilities for residential,commercial, industrial, institutional, recreational, and government projects. Land developmentengineers must have strong knowledge about comprehensive plans, zoning, conceptual design, aswell as the engineering background in water resources

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Construction Eduction

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University; Zhi Ge, Shandong University

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Construction

focusing on teamwork.Course Details – InstructorsThe TOP method was applied to the Construction Scheduling and Project Control course. Inorder to understand the suitability of TOP for this course, the course description is providedbelow:Construction Scheduling and Project Control ―provides a discussion on the theories, principles,and techniques of construction planning and scheduling with an emphasis on time management,costs, and resources through the preparation and analysis of network schedules.‖The objectives of student leaning for this course include: (1) understanding and describing theprocess of construction project planning, scheduling and control, and ethical issues involved inthe construction scheduling process, (2) developing a Gantt

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Nipun M. Patel; Jesse Gurr; Yee Cheung Tsang; Christopher John Bolton; Bryon Scott Watkins

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

in May of 2010. Planning and analysis was completed in phase I,design and implementation in phase II, and documentation and students’ assessment in phase III. Page 22.1300.2 Figure 1. A model of smart grid in electrical distribution systemPhase I: Planning and AnalysisInitially, each team member worked on individual research on the concepts of smart grid itspurpose. Later on, a decision was made as to what the team wanted to demonstrate with theproject. The decision was made to show specifically how smart meters would work and help infault detection as well as saving money by removing the need for meter readers to read the

Conference Session

Assessment in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Mark Anthony Shreve, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

4.4 Model Planning 4.5 Feature Definition 4.5.1 Features from Generalized Sweeps 4.5.2 Construction Geometry 4.5.3 Sketching the Profile 4.5.4 Completing the Feature Definition 4.5.5 Feature Planning Strategies 4.6.2 Editing Feature Properties 4.7 Duplicating Part Features 4.8 Viewing the Part Model 4.8.1 View Camera Operation 5.1 Projection Theory 5.2 Multiview Projection Planes

Conference Session

Nanotechnology/RFID

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Rosetta G. Davis

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Engineering Technology

accomplished by installingpermit issue boards in every unit control room as shown in Figure 2. The permit issued rackprovides a centralized location for each active paper permit package.The COW process also entailed the installation a second permit rack, which would act as acentral location to store permits when they are not active, incomplete, or awaiting verifica-tion. This board is shown in Figure 3.Figure 2 – Permits Issued Rack Figure 3 – COW Permit Rack [8]The new COW process not only allows a worker to more easily locate a permit, but also pro-vides a visual representation of where the work associated with that permit is being per-formed. This is accomplished through the use of unit plot-plan diagrams and magnetic icons

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Design I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University, Statewide Technology; Danny H Cole

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Engineering Technology

measurement. Next, he spent a fewminutes discussing some of the different jobs they perform, including design, product planning,testing, field applications engineering, sales and sales support, marketing, and various leadershippositions. The last thing he discussed before the project was an overview of the four-year EETcurriculum at Purdue.The conference theme was Electric Vehicle Technology, so the authors chose a project thatclearly related to electric vehicles. The final 10-12 minutes of the session was dedicated to thisproject. Page 22.530.3EET ProjectThe goal of the EET project was to demonstrate two different methods of controlling the speedof

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy G. Buhler, University of Florida; Michelle Leonard, University of Florida; Margeaux Johnson, University of Florida; Ben DeVane, University of Florida

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Engineering Libraries

plagiarism problem came from the Directorof Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution, who reported an 85% increase in plagiarism casesbetween 2007 and 2009 (88 cases in 2007-08 vs. 163 in 2008-09). For the most current year(July 1, 2009 - February 15, 2010) 125 cases of academic dishonesty were reported, of which64% (n=80) involved plagiarism. It is especially noteworthy that these data indicate (1) themajority of academic dishonesty cases reported on our campus involved plagiarism, and (2) thefrequency was increasing.In early 2009, the library learned of plans for the formation of a university-wide AcademicIntegrity Task Force. The charge of the committee was to determine if there was an issue withacademic integrity on campus; ascertain if there

Conference Session

Sustainability, Diversity, and STEM in Contemporary Energy Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey R. Seay, University of Kentucky; Wesley Allen Whipple, University of Kentucky

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

well as operate the larger scale biodiesel production equipment.Typically, the students come to campus 2 or 3 at a time during breaks in their academic classschedule. The students schedule their campus visits independently. The university researchteam utilizes an online calendar to schedule laboratory time, so the high school participants areable to see when research work is being done, and there schedule their visits accordingly.By working side by side with the undergraduates, the students are able to work and contribute ata level beyond what they would typically be able to do. Although the undergraduates were givenno special instructions with regard to working with the high school students, they wereencouraged to include them in planning and

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Van Stephen Blackwood, Colorado School Of Mines, GK-12 NSF Fellow; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

grades K-5 and the schools science specialist, attendeda summer workshop on the universities campus. This workshop wasrich with hands-on science experiments that could be used in theelementary classroom. A graduate student from the university alsoattended. Immediately following the workshop and at the start ofthe school year, the graduate student traveled to the participatingelementary school, was introduced to the students, and presented aninitial lesson plan. The purpose of this visit was to meet the studentsbefore interacting with them via the interactive porthole. This madethe graduate student real to the participating students. In this initialpresentation, food coloring, water and strips of paper towels wereused to stimulate and study the

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert H. Bond

Page 4.361.1supplement; November 1998). © 1998 IEEE.are strictly software). The course consists of two hours of laboratory credit (structured as thestudents and their customer desire) plus two class hours per week (one credit) that addresses theissues discussed in this paper.The non technical skills discussed in the classroom are: • Defining the Real project with your customer "How will we know when we’re done?" • Planning for success. Resource analysis - time, money, knowledge, equipment and all of their interactions. • Design optimization. Holding design reviews. Comparing alternatives. Is it easy to build, test, use, and maintain? Is it robust? • Communication skills. Presentation of