Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

comparable courses in the subjects of mechatronics and embeddedsystems given at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. In the capstoneproject described here, students work in teams of about 10 students, over a period of aboutnine months.Six capstone projects are studied; three of these were organized according to scrum [1] andthree according to more formal methods. The six projects involved in total 54 students. Thesix capstone projects were divided into two groups, following two different courses. Studentsof both courses took a course in project management, either prior to the capstone course or inparallel. One of the two project management courses emphasized agile methods, the othermore formal methods. The student teams who followed

Conference Session

Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zsuzsa Balogh, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Marvin E. Criswell P.E., Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

skills in hisor her initial time in professional practice as an employee. This paper presents information from a Delphi-type survey on the additionalcompetencies expected by the structural engineering community to be gotten by the entrance-level engineer during the first 5 years of experience following completion of a masters-levelgraduate program. It does this by defining the competencies as quantified using Bloom’staxonomy [1] expected by the structural engineering profession in 44 specific subtopics within thefollowing 5 general areas: A-Basic Mechanics and Engineering Tools, B-General StructuralEngineering Tools, C-Technology and Communication Tools, D-Structural Engineering Topicsand Tools, E-Management and Professional Tools at both

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

perceptions of those skills) and ease of collecting andanalyzing assessment data (see Table 1). Further, information rich evaluations such as teamprojects do not allow researchers or instructors to assess attributes of individual students orconduct pre/post comparisons. In this paper we present an alternative assessment tool, theInnovationMap, that measures individuals’ understanding of innovation while remaining easy toadminister and score.Table 1. Comparison of Assessment Methods Measures actual Measures at Easy to score Allows construct individual level pre/post (as opposed to (as opposed to team

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Alavizadeh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and experimentation of a system orof a subsystem, or observing the impact of environmental and informational change on a model’sbehavior. However, it should not be used if a problem can be solved analytically, if it is lessexpensive to do experiments, or if the resources and time are not available to conduct asimulation study2, 3.Typically, a simulation study involves the following steps1, 2: 1- Problem description: a specific, clear statement of the problem, its objectives and scope, is formulated. Included in this step are identifying input parameters and performance measures, and as such. 2- Data collection: it is necessary to collect all the data required to build and simulate the model. For example, in a study to

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W Eric Wong, University of Texas, Dallas

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

used in industry.One of the challenges to teach a capstone project course is to provide students with sufficient motivationand get them invested in the outcome. To achieve this, Horgan, Smith and Thomas in their 2005 ACEpaper5 suggested a problem domain that accurately reflects the concerns and priorities of a real industryclient. They also proposed a Real World Software Process with four different phases: (1) Phase Zero –developing a project proposal which addresses the client‟s needs and clearly identifies goals and successcriteria, (2) Phase One – requirements gathering, release planning, and the initial development, (3) PhaseN – the generic, repeatable cycle in which the functionality of the system is incrementally extended andthe

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

modules are completed, students should: 1. Have a working knowledge on regulatory compliance through good laboratory practices training. 2. Have a working knowledge on safety compliance, risk assessment, and hazard mitigation in a laboratory environment. 3. Understand the risks of regulatory and safety non-compliance. 4. Have functional knowledge to work with professionals in RC and SC areas. 5. Have the ability to write and understand RC and SC documentation. 6. Understand the interplay between technical aspects and compliance aspects of CHE profession.General teaching methodology RC and SC modules are designed to be used in lecture, laboratory or design courses. Allinstruction in these modules was done through

Conference Session

Information Tools and Techniques for Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia; Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University; Tara Mawhinney, McGill University; Zoey Peterson, University of British Columbia; Michelle Spence, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

important part of academic library collections. Accordingto a 2011 report from the American Library Association,1 e-books currently represent 27% ofholdings in academic libraries and the numbers have been steadily increasing for years.2Despite this growing importance, providing catalogue access to e-books has always been achallenge for libraries. Traditional library catalogues are based on print collections and do noteasily accommodate newer formats. Zhao and Zhao outline some of the inherent challenges thatprevent, or at least complicate, the integration of e-books into a traditional catalogue.3Dinkelman and Stacy-Bates discuss the frustrations that users experience when trying to discovere-books through an OPAC and conclude that academic

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mo Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

years(Fall-2009 through Spring–2013). Principal investigators (PIs) activities included proactiverecruitment and advertising; offering a one-credit course every fall semester that providedstudents with skills in job interviewing; teamwork; learning about the future job market andsome business skills, plus active mentoring and tutoring. As shown in Table 1, a total of 115scholarships were given to for the duration of the award. Some students received scholarshipsfor multiple years. The main goal of the S-STEM project was to enable academically talentedstudents, with financial need as defined by the federal government, to either enter a STEMdiscipline (in order to complete their bachelor degree and then enter the workforce) or to pursuea graduate

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

digits, a reasonable estimate of the uncertainty isplus or minus half the least significant increment. For example, consider the number 4.54. Thisnumber is show to three significant digits. As such, the “true” value can be interpreted to bebetween 4.535 and 4.545 with 95% confidence. This represents an uncertainty of about0.01/4.54 or ~1/500 or 0.2% uncertainty. This is a fractional uncertainty which is oftenoptimistically small, given the uncertainty in the other inputs and physical parameters. It is oftenmisleading when answers are represented to five or more significant digits. Continuing thisexample, the final answer may be reported by some students as 4.5455 (to 5 significant digits)which is the same as stating the answer is known to about

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Wolsky, WGBH Educational Foundation; Christine Andrews Paulsen, Concord Evaluation Group; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

families. Roughly 13% ofindividuals in the U.S. were classified as below “poverty-level” in 200814. Page 23.747.5Thirdly, evaluation has shown that Design Squad has a significant impact on children’sunderstanding of engineering and attitudes towards engineering. A summative evaluationconducted by Goodman Research Group, Inc. (GRG) found that, after watching just four DesignSquad episodes, children’s attitudes towards engineering changed significantly. Children weresignificantly more likely to agree with three statements about the work engineers do: (1)engineers help make people’s lives better, (2) engineers solve problems that affect real people,and

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osvaldo Clua, University of Buenos Aires; Maria Feldgen, University of Buenos Aires

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

former president of the IEEE Education Society Chapter in Argentina. Contact her at mfeldgen@ieee.org. Page 23.748.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Information and Communications Technologies literacy of the University of Buenos Aires Engineering studentsIntroduction The students currently at the University have been described by a number of labels. Theseinclude the net generation, millennial, Google generation and digital natives. These termshighlight the importance of technology in their lives 1. Some authors 2 3 assert than the newtechnologies

Conference Session

Learning styles affect on students in graphic and design courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

representations. This paper discussesand describes the visualization methods used to assist students with this project, examples ofstudent chapter summaries (Figs. 1 and 2), and the importance for engineering students to be ableto read documents and summarize important information in a graphically concise and relevantmanner. 4 Chapter 1: Tunnel Vision Graphic Facilitation: F1 Vs. Aeronautics Timeline: Aerodynamic Development Figure 1: Visualization methods used to summarize chapter 1 (student work) Page 23.749.2 F1 Vs. Aeronautics Aerodynamic Development

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John B. Napp, University of Toledo; Phoebe Jane Ballard, The University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

other Page 23.750.8time commitments team members have will also be useful.1 "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education." Association of College and Research Libraries, http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.2 "Univ. of Delaware uses PLATO for bibliographic instruction." Library Journal 106, no. 12 (June 15, 1981): 1266.3 Dewald, Nancy, Ann Scholz-Crane, Austin Booth, and Cynthia Levine. "Information Literacy at a Distance: Instructional Design Issues." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 26, no. 1 (2000): 33-44.4 Li, Ping. "Science Information Literacy Tutorials and

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College of Flint

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Mechanical Engineering

Mechatronics and Robotics concepts in the curriculum of severalengineering and technology programs. The Jewell Educational Grants for Teaching and LearningInnovation provide winning proposals with up to $20,000 in funding for projects that must becompleted in one academic year. The proposals are due by April 15 of each year, with theselected projects running September 1 through August 31 of the following year. A Final Reportdetailing the materials developed as well as the assessment results from projects’ implementationis due by October 31.One of the goals of the project was to reach students from multiple programs in the Division ofEngineering and Technology at Baker College. The Division offers 4-year engineering programs

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

mechanical grabbers, where visitorsuse sticks, rubber bands, wires, tubes, string, and sponges to create grabbers to pick up objects;scribble machines, where visitors use motors, batteries, glue sticks, cardboard, tubes, andmarkers to make vibrating machines that draw patterns; cardboard automata, where visitors usecardboard, foam, string, sticks, and paper to develop mechanical sculptures; and boats, wherevisitors use paper, pennies, foil, tape, balsa wood, and string to design boats that float and sail.Research QuestionsThis paper focuses on two goals of science center engineering programs: (1) to engage familiestogether such that both parents and children experience and recognize their own agency in

Conference Session

Mechanics, Hands-on Demo - Show & Tell!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward J. Berger, University of Virginia

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Mechanics

. Enterprise solutions for knowledge management presentapproaches to capture and archive an organization’s institutional knowledge from its systems,employees, and partners, and to operationalize that knowledge in the organization’s everydaypractice (Shahnaqaz et al. 1 , and the explosion of knowledge management journals in the past 10years 2 ). But a more accessible example of genomic thinking comes from pop culture: the MusicGenome Project 3 . Page 23.753.2About ten years ago, a group of music performers, experts, and enthusiasts came together with thegoal of creating “the most comprehensive analysis of music ever.” They defined hundreds ofmusical

Conference Session

Statics - They can move at constant velocity!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Moseley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon M. Sipes, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Engineering Education, 2013 Initial Investigation into the Effect of Homework Solution Media on Fundamental Statics ComprehensionIntroductionSolutions to homework assignments are provided in many engineering science classes as amethod of helping students see a “correct” solution procedure for the assigned problems. Thiswork describes an initial investigation into the effectiveness of providing homework solutions indifferent media. Specifically, homework solutions are presented as either static PDFs of acompleted analysis (Treatment 1) or annotated videos (sometimes called “screencasts”) of theanalysis being developed (Treatment 2). Student performance on a pre/post Statics ConceptInventory and self-reported survey results

Conference Session

RET Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Rebecca P. Blust, University of Dayton; Suzanne Franco, Wright State University; Renee Beach; Sandra M Preiss, Dayton Regional STEM Center

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

with the engineering students provided feedbackregarding their growth and experiences. Results from both qualitative and quantitativeassessment suggest that this program was successful at meeting the program objectives. Page 23.755.2IntroductionEngineering innovation and design is the cornerstone of economic success, globalcompetitiveness and wage and job growth in the United States (US).1-5 Additionally, engineeringinnovation is required to address critical issues that threaten both the environment and globalpeace.6,7 As a result, innovation remains at the top of government policy agendas today.1,6,7 In a2009 speech, President Obama declared

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Science Using Innovative Methods

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; James Gardner Ryan, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering; Ram V Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Sachin Marotrao Shendokar, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

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Materials

degree program students at BVDU. Self-Study I Self-Study II 1. Modeling and Simulation of Nanosystems 8. Silicon Nanostructures & Carbon Nanotubes 2. Synthesis and Design Nanoscale Products Based Nanoelectronics 3. Emerging Trends in Consumer Nano Products 9. Crystallinity and Structure of Nanomaterials 4. Applications of Nanotechnology in Food and 10. Nanoscale Mechanics of Materials Agriculture 11. Quantum Theory of Solid 5. Finite Element Methods for Nanoscale 12. Economic Principles of Nanotechnology Structures Management

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi Reeves, National University; Bhaskar Sinha, National University; Mohammad N Amin, National University; Arthur Strum Davis

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

theinstructor set up on a breadboard in the classroom. This section will describe how we usedlaboratory equipment first for on-line lab demonstrations and then for remote laboratoryexperiments where the students could run the equipment and collect real physical measurementsof voltage across different circuit components such as resistors and capacitors from their owncomputer or mobile device.B. Laboratory DesignELVIS stands for Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite and the equipment isshown in Figure 1. According to the National Instruments website7 “ELVIS has 12 of the mostcommonly used laboratory instruments including an oscilloscope (scope), digital multimeter(DMM), function generator, variable power supply, dynamic signal analyzer

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liu Junhua, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Yue Zhang, Singapore University and Technology and Design; Justin Ruths, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Diana Moreno, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

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Educational Research and Methods

homework assignments.The experimental group, on the other hand, learns content through pre-assigned readings, peer-peer active presentations and discussions of course content, faculty-led follow-up discussions ofcontent at a peer level, connections of provocative and real-life examples to motivate coursecontent (i.e., “show and tell”), and design-based problems integrated throughout classroom andout-of-class activities.Therefore, present research intends to identify if there is significant difference between twolearning approaches through following metrics: 1) participant’s pre and post-test performance,and 2) learning approach feedback about engagement, student interest, and motivation forsoftware engineering content.II. RELATED RESEARCH AND

Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; James Jay Jaurez, National University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines 1.Game play and mini games have been used to help reach students and assist in learning thefundamentals of these disciplines2. By providing fault tolerant environments and theenvironment to approach content at the students own pace, games provide a vehicle for studentsto experiment and approach course concepts through a sandbox of play.Games have been shown to have a number of distinct benefits when applied to education 3,4:  Fault tolerant (iterate to solution/fail forward)  Opportunity for continual feedback  Tools within the game have many purposes  Builds on prior knowledge and allows for progressing to new levels  Players are rewarded for persistence  Players can work at

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Kimberly A Warren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

a course curriculum improvementcase study involving an introductory geotechnical engineering course where an inquiry-basedapproach is used. The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to describe how the inquiry-basedapproach is used in the classroom including student perspectives of the use of this approach; and(2) to examine the relationships between student performance on the final exam with studentself-efficacy beliefs and self-regulatory behaviors. The inquiry-based pedagogy model is based on Bloom and Krathwohl’s Taxonomy andBloom’s Revised Taxonomy2, which focuses on student-centered learning activities andinteractive skills. Bloom’s taxonomy is used in education as a valid benchmark to measure astudent’s level of understanding

Conference Session

Dynamics - Wow! They accelerate

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Jeffrey Georgette

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

based courses resulted in an 8.5% largernormalized gain on the DCI than traditional instruction (see Table 1). Additionally, activeengagement methods of instruction may not only result in higher conceptual understanding, buthave also been shown to result in equivalent or sometimes better quantitative problem solvingskills14-16. Page 23.761.3Table 1. Total pre and post DCI scores for Active Learning and Traditional classrooms. Overall Overall # of Students Post Average

Conference Session

Learning styles affect on students in graphic and design courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Christopher D Grant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

researchers in science andengineering fields [1-8]. It is believed that IGL can provide an opportunity to the students toexplore their desires and consequently enhance students’ learning experience in the classroom.Graphical Communications, as a common course taught at first-year undergraduate level atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University is designed to familiarize the student with the basicprinciples of drafting and engineering drawing, to improve three dimensional visualization skills,and to teach the fundamentals of a computer aided design program (CATIA). Faculty membersshow students step by step how to build a model and make sure they can follow and understandthe procedure. However, students’ ability to use this knowledge and comprehension to

Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey S. Bryan; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

example, the skill “stature” has been removed.The complete listing of the revised scoring system is in Appendix B.In the rest of this paper, we will provide 1) a brief background of the development of theNorback & Utschig Presentation Scoring System for Engineers, 2) a review of related literature,3) a description of the feedback and analysis method used in this study, 4) the results anddiscussion about stakeholder comments about the presentation scoring system for engineers, andthen 5) a conclusion.Background Page 23.763.3In this section we give a brief description of the work already completed on the Norback-UtschigPresentation Scoring

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

Dr. Walter Schilling Winter, 2011-2012 1 Introduction In lieu of a formal research paper, SE4930 will rely upon a set of article reviews and podcast summaries. In short, over the course of this quarter, you will be tasked with selecting 2 articles and one podcast from a set of online sources. You will then be responsible for reading the article and preparing an article summary. The article summaries will be submitted via the course website. 2 Summary Content The summaries should be approximately one and one half pages, and should highlight the material contained within the article or podcast. In specific, you should address what was discussed in the article or podcast, what

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

, and generate data or response signals. Compared to the earlier labs using the LabTutorinterface, the training wheels were completely off in the LabChart instrumentation case and thestudents very much enjoyed the challenge posed to develop their own content.The following is an excerpt from the EMG laboratory3: Learning Objectives-By the end oftoday's laboratory you will be able to; 1) Record EMG during voluntary muscle contractions, andinvestigate how contractile force changes with increasing demand. 2) Examine the activity ofantagonist muscles and the phenomenon of coactivation. 3) Record EMG responses evoked bystimulating the median nerve at the wrist. And 4) measure nerve conduction velocity from thedifference in latencies between responses

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Juan Antonio Alanis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

implemented. The major topics covered in theFis-Mat course are presented in Table 1.Table 1.Topics covered in Fis-Mat corresponding to Physics I, Calculus I, and some from Calculus II(courses for engineering majors). Physics content Calculus content • Vectors • Linear model • Motion at constant speed • Quadratic model • Motion with constant acceleration • Derivatives • Constant acceleration, quantitative • Euler’s method • Motion in two dimensions • Noncontinuous functions • Energy • Integral • Work • Line

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

the community. A list of the 33 courses containing an S-L componentis presented in Figure 1. In this figure, each column represents an academic year in a givendepartment. Dots with deeper shading indicate that the S-L project was mandatory for eachstudent in the course, while lighter shading indicates that the S-L project was elective. The sizeof each dot is proportional to the number of classes with an S-L component in each departmenteach semester.Figure 1: Number of S-L courses by year and place in the curriculum in the five departmentsFigure 2 is another representation, where the size of the dots is proportional to the number ofstudents involved rather than the number of courses offering S-L component. A list of the