Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Rabb; David Chang, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Connect and integrate topics from Thermodynamics, Statics, Dynamics, CAD, Fluids, Vibrations, EE Fundamentals, Circuit Theory, Basic Electronics, Linear System Theory, and/or Signal Representation Techniques.AdvantagesThe engineering curriculum at USMA attempts to bring real world experiences for the student,and part of this includes integrating various engineering disciplines. It is highly encouraged tohave interdisciplinary senior design teams and projects, because when the students leave theacademic environment they are expected to work in diverse teams. So, this course gives thestudents an initial step to working with other faculty and students. The students are subjected toan interdisciplinary course and the faculty must

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Robert Alldredge, Allan Hancock College

implemented over 50 new engineering/manufacturing/ electronics/information technology Associate degree and certificate programs. These new curricula have resulted in 197 new or revised courses being taught at six community colleges that integrate academic and vocational subject matter with industry skill standards and/or competencies. • CREATE faculty continue to work with local industry to revise their curriculum to meet industry needs. • A new Information Technology degree program was developed and implemented at Cuesta College. • A new Mechatronics degree program was developed and implemented at Allan Hancock College. • A feasibility study to determine the need for a new 4-year B.S. in Engineering

Conference Session

Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ollis, North Carolina State University; Anthony Smith, CPE-LYON FRANCE

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Liberal Education

discussesher experience integrating service learning activities into a Spanish language course, alogical association because the student service occurred within a pre-dominantly Hispaniccommunity. Neville and Brigg10 proposed but have not executed use of problem-basedlearning (PBL) modules to place Spanish into a biological engineering curriculum. Ourintegration efforts here have taken a broader approach, introducing foreign languageimmersion into a laboratory program for engineering students. An additional, if less tangible aspect, is also present. One of the ABET/EC 2000engineering criteria for the undergraduate degree is “the broad education necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Dhushy Sathianathan, Pennsylvania State University

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International

section.Challenges:• Lack of integration of universities across Latin America and the Caribbean.• Lack of an accreditation system in the region for quality assurance inn education that will facilitate students and professionals mobility, technology transfer and economic development.• Decreasing number of student enrollments in engineering and technology programs specially in the US.• Lack of service learning projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.• Lack of funds for research Latin America and the Caribbean.• Cost of student mobility and government issues such as visa problems.• Lack of engineering design, entrepreneurship and leadership courses in the engineering curriculum.• Lack of promotion of creative skills in the engineering curriculum in the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies

innot only engineering and physical sciences but also in other areas such as biology and economicsthat are generally considered to be non-computational fields. The interdisciplinary master'sdegree program in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) at North Carolina A&T StateUniversity is now more than 3 years old, and provides graduate education in several Page 13.590.2computational areas and the associated primary field disciplines. The CSE program since itsinception has presently graduated more than 12 students who are currently placed in severalmajor industries.Our CSE graduate program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum combining

Conference Session

Distance Learning in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

QualificationsThe primary qualifications desired of a mentor are that they be a licensed land surveyor,an active member of a state Association of Surveyors, be located within a reasonablegeographic proximity to the distance student’s locale, and be willing to make the requisitetime and resources available to the student. In addition, there are a variety of otherservices the mentor can provide to the student.Licensure is desired because it indicates that the mentoring individual has successfuldisplayed the knowledge required to perform surveying work at a professional level.Licensure in good standing is also an indication of integrity and ethical behavior in theconduct of business. Active participation in the state association is an indication of the

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Karen Alfrey; Steve Owens, Indiana University - Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

a more traditional approach toward critiquing andproviding feedback on student report writing, but also advocates grading with an eyetoward where students fall on a hierarchical cognitive model. Switzer [9] appliescognitive-hierarchical ideas to the development of a full curriculum, but also includes anindividual reflective writing exercise designed to help students develop critical thinkingat higher cognitive levels. This exercise, designed for a sophomore-levelThermodynamics class, uses a series of questions to direct students to reflect on theirunderstanding of the material and their performance on the first quiz. It guides studentsto think about the materials they had used so far in the class to prepare for the first quiz,and gives them

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Natalie Tran, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

courses provided in the curriculum. Foundation courses include: Introduction toEngineering Design, Principles of Engineering, and Digital Electronics. Specialization coursesinclude: Aerospace Engineering, Biotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture,and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, with an engineering research capstone course entitled,Engineering Design & Development. Everyone teaching PLTW courses must attend an extensiveprofessional development program, including training provided by PLTW's network of affiliatecolleges and universities. In addition to hosting summer training institutes and ongoingprofessional development, national affiliates offer graduate college credits opportunities for

Conference Session

Gender & Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Thompson, Purdue University; Pamela Turner, Purdue University EPICS; William Oakes, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

“Thank you to all for creating, maintaining, and growing such a greatprogram…I am very excited!”. Summer trainings will continue in 2008 and will be opento any schools interesting in implementing an EPICS program.The teachers themselves ranged from retired engineers teaching engineering classes, totechnology education teachers to science teachers. One school brought a team led by ascience teacher and included a technology education, special education and an Englishteacher. They were looking at integrating the engineering-based service-learning into thescience and also the service-learning requirement of the school. Like many schoolsaround the country, they had a service-learning requirement of the students but it was notconnected to science

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

was the Campus Coordinator for the Texas Alliance for Minority Participation program from 1993 to 2002, and is currently the Department Chairperson for Physics, Engineering, & Architecture. He has been involved in numerous initiatives to integrate the findings of physics and engineering education research with education practice. Page 13.810.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Service Learning in a Freshman Engineering CourseAbstractThis paper presents an account of the implementation of a new Service Learning Project as acomponent of a freshman engineering course. A significant part

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

nuanced facets of the exercise. This discovery basedon best practice led us to the notion of the spiral curriculum, as advocated by JeromeBruner [2].Bruner’s ideas have informed the teaching of composition for over two decades. Theapplication of recursion to the teaching of writing and re-writing is almost intuitive.Curricula designed under this pedagogical model sequence activities so that learnersreturn periodically to a previously covered topic to study the concept within the contextof information they have learned in the meantime. Each return provides an opportunityto link new knowledge with existing knowledge. Bruner’s theories have started to appearwithin the engineering education community as a framework for vertical integration ofskills

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Electrical and Computer

-IP.Most of the fundamentals are on Digital Signal Processing but we focus on the applications tospeech and voice coding.In this paper, we first describe the DSP curriculum for both undergraduate and graduate students.We describe our experiences and the challenges encountered in developing these courses. Wedetail some of the laboratory and teaching materials and the exercises developed, etc.We discuss as an example the internet low-bit rate speech coder (iLBC) which is used to codespeech under packet loss conditions that exists on the internet.Finally, we present possible future directions in the course development. Page 13.967.2IntroductionThe area

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

. 8[6] Barr, R. E., Schmidt, P. S., Krueger, T. J and Twu C-Y., “An Introduction to Engineering Through and Integrated Reverse Engineering and Design Graphics Project,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89 (No. 4), 2000, pp. 413-418.[7] Moor, S. S., and Drake, B. D., “Addressing Common Problems in Engineering Design Projects: A Project Management Approach”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90 (No. 3), 2001, pp. 389-395.[8] Sheppard, S. D., “Design as Cornerstone and Capstone,” Mechanical Engineering Design, November, 1999, pp. 44-47, New York, NY.[9] Swearengen, J. C., Barnes, S., Coe, S., Reinhardt, C., and Subramanian, K., “Globalization and the Undergraduate Manufacturing Curriculum

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

. 8[6] Barr, R. E., Schmidt, P. S., Krueger, T. J and Twu C-Y., “An Introduction to Engineering Through and Integrated Reverse Engineering and Design Graphics Project,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89 (No. 4), 2000, pp. 413-418.[7] Moor, S. S., and Drake, B. D., “Addressing Common Problems in Engineering Design Projects: A Project Management Approach”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90 (No. 3), 2001, pp. 389-395.[8] Sheppard, S. D., “Design as Cornerstone and Capstone,” Mechanical Engineering Design, November, 1999, pp. 44-47, New York, NY.[9] Swearengen, J. C., Barnes, S., Coe, S., Reinhardt, C., and Subramanian, K., “Globalization and the Undergraduate Manufacturing Curriculum

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

. 8[6] Barr, R. E., Schmidt, P. S., Krueger, T. J and Twu C-Y., “An Introduction to Engineering Through and Integrated Reverse Engineering and Design Graphics Project,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89 (No. 4), 2000, pp. 413-418.[7] Moor, S. S., and Drake, B. D., “Addressing Common Problems in Engineering Design Projects: A Project Management Approach”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90 (No. 3), 2001, pp. 389-395.[8] Sheppard, S. D., “Design as Cornerstone and Capstone,” Mechanical Engineering Design, November, 1999, pp. 44-47, New York, NY.[9] Swearengen, J. C., Barnes, S., Coe, S., Reinhardt, C., and Subramanian, K., “Globalization and the Undergraduate Manufacturing Curriculum

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odon Musimbi, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

newundergraduate Humanitarian Engineering Program. The purpose of this program is to prepareengineering students for careers that will interface with and directly benefit the underservedglobal community. Given this, it was anticipated that one outcome of the revised curriculumwould be improved attitudes on the part of participants with respect to community service. Thecurrent paper compares student attitude data collected in a sophomore required course in 2004,before students had participated in the revised Humanitarian Engineering curriculum, to that ofdata collected from seniors in 2007, after students completed, or at least became aware of therevised curriculum. The results of this investigation indicate a difference in the students’attitudes between

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Creativity (5 points scale) 4.33 4.33 3.67 5.00 3.09DiscussionAs the results of the implementation of the beam design project in the Strength of Materials Course, thefollowing observations can be made: • Students learn more in a hands-on / creative environment. Building was an important part of this project. In 2007, some groups were extremely thoughtful in terms of assembly: grooves were made to improve the integrity and reduce the dependence on the glue. One group ran a FEA on the beam (this is typically an elective course during senior year). Prototypes were made by two groups, as mentioned earlier

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Creativity (5 points scale) 4.33 4.33 3.67 5.00 3.09DiscussionAs the results of the implementation of the beam design project in the Strength of Materials Course, thefollowing observations can be made: • Students learn more in a hands-on / creative environment. Building was an important part of this project. In 2007, some groups were extremely thoughtful in terms of assembly: grooves were made to improve the integrity and reduce the dependence on the glue. One group ran a FEA on the beam (this is typically an elective course during senior year). Prototypes were made by two groups, as mentioned earlier

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soumya Keshavamurthy, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Graduate Studies

is defined by Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) as “employment whichis an integral part of an established curriculum, including alternative work/study, internship,cooperative education, or any other type of required internship or practicum, which is offered bysponsoring employers through cooperative agreements with the school”. CPT can be started after9 months of starting an advanced degree at a particular school11. Students cannot work more than40 hr/week and can work full-time for 2 semesters (including summer term) or part time for anynumber of semesters. This option should not be considered by any student who is supported on aresearch assistantship. This is because a research assistantship is linked to a funded researchproject

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Materials

two years. Based upon emergingtechnological opportunities and EP faculty research expertise, three focus areas were chosen:(1) nanoengineering, (2) plasma science, and (3) scientific computing. The EP majors workclosely with a faculty research mentor and receive eight research credits over their last foursemesters and complete an honors thesis.The key outcomes anticipated in establishing is new BS in Engineering Physics curriculum were:(1) a research-oriented undergraduate experience that prepares students to succeed in highlycompetitive graduate research programs or high-tech industry positions; (2) a new engineeringdegree whose structure and approach will serve as a model for other engineering departmentsacross the country pursuing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Kasprzak, Milliken Research Associates; Kevin Hulme, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Deborah Moore-Russo, Suny - Buffalo; Kenneth English, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo - SUNY

requirements including integrated communication and interpersonal Page 13.592.2skills were founded on complaints from industry and were a “response to a known fact: studentswho graduate with engineering degrees are not well prepared to be working engineers” (p. 151).The simulator-based approach presented in this paper concentrates on developing an innovativemeans of incorporating items (a), (b), (e), and (k) from the ABET criteria to assist in thedevelopment of educational experiences that will translate well to industrial application: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar, Pennsylvania State University-Fayette; Taima Alhiyari, Al-Balqaa Applied University; Abedalbasit Abedalhafiz, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Hashemite University,

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International

courses affected because of you being a disabled student?24. What are you extra curriculum activities?25. Who, in your opinion, should be responsible to enforce the legal rights and protection of disabled students?26. What are the obstacles you expect to face upon graduation and in the future beyond graduation?Specific Goals of This Study:As can be seen from the above list of questions, this study specifically aims at:1. Knowing and understanding the main obstacles facing disabled engineering students in the universities of Jordan, and2. Knowing and understanding the nature and characteristics of integrating disabled students with the rest of the students in the universities of Jordan.Data CollectionThe investigators contacted the

Conference Session

FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan; Rodney Johnson, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

communicating about their work. The challenge for educators has been to integratethis more holistic view of an engineer’s training with the already demanding curricula already inplace. At the University of Michigan all incoming first-year students are required to take acourse, Engineering 100, “Introduction to Engineering,” that integrates many of these skills—design, communication, engineering science and teamwork—in the context of a semester-longproject. This course has several sections each semester, each with a different project focus. Somesections of this course go through a complete design/build/test cycle, while others, such as ours,focus more closely on the design process.Our section, Design: The Next Generation, focuses on the product design

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle Ermer, Calvin College

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Liberal Education

that contribute to engineering failures will allow us topractice and teach engineering in a way that emphasizes the “system” effects. It is not enough toemphasize that engineers need to have integrity and avoid immoral practices individually,although this is a necessary condition for avoiding engineering disasters. We also need to beaware that the way we practice design and the nature of the technological and cultural systems weinteract with are contributors to some of the problems with technology. The categories describedin this paper can provide an outline for accurately

Conference Session

Materials in Design and Manufacturing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiqiang Hu, University of Missouri - Columbia

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Mechanical Engineering

modernengineering tools necessary for engineering practice.” Undergraduate engineering students willface these significant challenges and their education and training must adapt in order toadequately prepare the next generation of engineers for these new realities.Engineering faculty at MU started to develop an sustainable nanotechnology program forundergraduate students. We are developing a new course and laboratory modules throughenvironmental nanotechnology research to integrate them into the existing engineeringcurriculum. Research activities related to sustainable nanotechnology and challenges insustainable engineering education were discussed. By integrating the sustainable nanotechnologyresearch into the undergraduate curriculum, students will

Conference Session

Sustainability in Construction Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Korman, California Polytechnic State University; Lonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University

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Construction

construction students to perform “hands-on” fit-up exercisesand test their performance.Introduction and BackgroundIn recent years, there has been increasing consideration given to integrated curricula by constructionengineering and management faculty and industry advisors. According to Hauck and Jackson3 eachproposal has tried to address core problems associated with an overly segmented curriculum and thelack of project based learning in different ways. A model proposed by Hauck and Jackson3 attemptsto teach construction management as a series of labs integrating the various constructionmanagement courses into an active, applied learning experience. Their integrated curriculumproposal for the construction management department is centered on the

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-2912: THE VALUE OF SCAVENGER HUNTS IN THE LIFE OF AFRESHMANCraig Gunn, Michigan State University Craig Gunn is the Director of the Communication Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He integrates communication skill activity into all courses within the mechanical Engineering program. He is editor of the CED Newsbriefs and the MCCE Co-op Courier and has co-authored a textbook - Engineering Your Future. Page 13.1280.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Value of Scavenger Hunts in the Life of a FreshmanAbstractStudents

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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B.M. Wright; C.W. Swan; D.M. Matson

primarygoals: to develop sustainable engineering projects in communities and to cultivate the skills of groupmembers to be more effective active citizens. The interdisciplinary group is comprised of undergraduatestudents from across the university who perform engineering investigations. Within the School ofEngineering, the chapter encourages service learning as not only a compliment to traditional education,but as an integrated part of the curriculum.2-3 Technical guidance is provided by graduate students,alumni, and faculty. One investigation has focused on water quality in the highlands of northern Ecuador.The Ecuador project exemplifies the chapter’s need for an interdisciplinary team. Group members foundthat when dealing with real world situations

Conference Session

Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; William Moeller, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Liberal Education

museum to help it beginupdating its displays on recent developments in materials; junior fluids, junior circuits, seniormicroprocessor, senior design of machine elements, and senior capstone design are havingstudents design and build various parts of an automated canal lock opener for a local nationalpark. Many of the projects are low-cost and can be implemented by individual faculty memberswithout the requirement of a formal institutional program. These S-L projects are integrated intoa wide variety of core courses (and not just design courses) and represent typically from 10 to20% of the grade.IntroductionWe define service-learning as a hands-on learning approach in which students achieve academicobjectives in a credit-bearing course by

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

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International

students in thesecourses were also participating in Engineers Without Borders (EWB) as an extracurricularactivity. Based on the fall 2006 results, there were significant differences in the responses of thefirst-year versus senior design course for only 4 of the 61 questions. The fall 2007 EDWstudents were emailed the survey, and response rates were much lower than in the other twocourses. Therefore, few differences due to gender, EWB participation, or other factors wereevident. The results from this study are preliminary in nature due to the small number of surveyrespondents. However, at this time it appears that the curriculum made minimal impacts oncommunity service attitudes. It also appears that differences in the attitudes of thesenior