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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

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Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcurriculum with community college partners (Henry Ford Community College and MacombCommunity College) and an ideal articulation plan was devised where up to half the degreecredits (freshman and sophomore years) would transfer. An example of possible transferprogram with Henry Ford Community College is shown in Table 1. (iv) Created upper divisioncourses and related laboratories for the EGT curriculum. (v) Program launch of the modelBSET-EGT degree was delayed pending funding from external sources.ENERGY TECHNOLOGY BS DEGREE CURRICULUM It was important to design the BSET-EGT curriculum to satisfy the accreditationrequirements of the Technology Accreditation Commission of the

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Sappington; Emma Seiler

relevant to the personal interests ofthe student” [1]. Therefore, engineering outreach activities that are designed for girls will be moreeffective in attracting them to the field of engineering.Who decided that shoes were cool? Shoes are such an important part of our history that several American museums havehosted shoe exhibits. France, Germany, and Canada even have shoe museums. Earlycivilizations recognized the importance of protecting feet against jagged rocks, burning sand, andrugged terrain. Records of the Egyptians, the Chinese and even the Bible contain references toshoes. The first shoes were a simple piece of plaited grass or rawhide strapped to the feet.Among the relics of early Egyptians are some beautiful sandals made from

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samuel Lakeou

digital-to-analog controller (DAC). The work emphasizes the judicious use of theinput/output (I/O) capabilities of an Intel-based personal computer (PC) for providing a veryflexible and useful ADC/DAC controller circuit. The controller, which functions as anelementary data acquisition board, is built on an off-the-shelf prototype breadboard, which isinstalled on an EISA[1] (Extended Industry Standard Architecture), 8MHz @ 8/16/32 bitsdata bus, 32 bit address, bus slot on the PC. The design allows for flexible use of the signals ofthe EISA bus for various design applications such as a simple digital proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control system and an ultrasonic ranger and RC Servo control circuit. Thevarious design applications can

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Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Sternberg

are male,90% are traditional students, and 15% are minorities. Page 10.680.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”There are several reasons for doing these small scale, simple, and inexpensiveexperiments in the classroom rather than as part of a laboratory:Overcoming university limitations: 1) The chemical engineering curricula is full and there is no room to add another lab class without dropping some other course. 2) Funding is limited and equipping a new lab is expensive

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Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

learningstyles12. This model categorizes people into four learning styles that relate to how they deal withideas and daily situations. While industry tends to desire a more balanced learning preferencecurve that is typically found in engineering freshmen (Figure 1.a.), the traditional engineeringcurriculum often tends to support students with a stronger preference for active experimentation(Figure 1.b.). As a result, students with a stronger preference for reflective observation tend tobe discouraged from continuing in an engineering curriculum. (a) For Engineering Freshmen (b) For Graduating Seniors Figure 1. Average Learning Preference Curves for Engineering Freshmen and

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

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Wilk Richard; Wicks Frank; Gregory Scott; Christopher Lewis; Frank Wicks

and heaters, electronic such ascomputers and television and mechanical loads that are served by motors. It wasdetermined that all end use equipment either works inherently or better on DC or can bewith comparable or decreased difficulty to operate on DC rather than AC power.1. Introduction As primary fuels are depleted there there will be increased incentive and need toinstall distributed generation. The most promising is solar produced electricity because itconsumes no fuel. The challenge with distributed generation such as solar is how to use itefficiently and cost effectively. The option of separation from the grid is fundamentallywasteful since supply can never continually match demand, and thus expensive andwasteful electric storage

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Amy Freeman; Anita Persaud

, and students are involved in learning, there is greater studentachievement and retention within that college environment 1, 6, 8, 10, 2, 3.College students experience three major stages in their acclimation to college: separation,transition, and incorporation or integration 9. Academic and student support services need to befront-loaded because the research demonstrates a high attrition rate during the first year ofcollege. In order for students to be retained, they need to develop their skill competencies andconfidence in their ability to perform well academically. This can be done by: a) increasing thenumber of minority faculty members; b) establishing mentoring programs; c) assigning academicadvisers and support services counselors; d

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

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T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; R.N. Olson; R.E. Morrison; P.Y. Lee; L.M. Coulson; K. Gonzalez-Landis; J.P. Tidwell; J. O'Brien; Isadore Davis; H.J. Palmer; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; D.H. Quick; Albert McHenry; Jay Snellenberger; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

Session 1455Framework for Integrating Project-Based Learning, Experience and Practice in Professional Graduate Education for Engineering Leaders in Industry Leading to the Professional Engineering Doctorate and Fellow Levels D. A. Keating, 1 T. G. Stanford, 1 D. D. Dunlap, 2 A. L. McHenry, 3 E. M. DeLoatch, 4 P. Y. Lee, 5 D. R. Depew, 6 G. R. Bertoline, 6 M. J. Dyrenfurth, 6 S. J. Tricamo, 7 H. J. Palmer 8 I.T. Davis, 9 R.E. Morrison, 10 J. P. Tidwell, 11 K. Gonzalez-Landis, 12 J. O’Brien 13 J. M. Snellenberger,14 D. H. Quick,14 R. N. Olson,14 L. M. Coulson14 University of South Carolina 1/ Western Carolina

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Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Magun-Jackson

classifying the various responses he wasable to create his stage definitions and a scoring system for his theory.10 Kohlberg created threelevels, each of which contains two stages. The levels provide clarity to the stages.Kohlberg’s Level 1, labeled “Preconventional,” is a level of moral thinking at which peoplebehave according to their own desires and needs. In Stage 1 (“Obedience and Punishment”) theindividual strives to avoid punishment by being obedient. In Stage 2 (“Individualism,Instrumentalism, and Exchange”) the individual promotes his/her self-interests by making deals.Level II, labeled “Conventional” is a level that reflects moral thinking generally found in one’ssociety, group, and family. Stage 3 (“Mutual Interpersonal Expectations

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mary Cook; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

subsequent teams. This assessment may also be used to determine a team score orgrade for each person on the team. It takes about a half-hour to assess each team.Administration of the assessment is most effective if it is done twice, once near mid-term and theother at the end-of-term. There are at least three effective strategies that can be employed. 1. Give the assessment when the team has completed all of its work within a unit or project. Administering the assessment at this time will provide immediate feedback to team members, provide closure to the process and can be used to determine grades. 2. If one of the objectives of the class is to learn how to develop highly functional teams, then the assessment of the first

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2005 Annual Conference

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J.W. Bardo; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; Albert McHenry; T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; P.Y. Lee; H.J. Palmer; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

Session 2155An Emerging Template for Professionally Oriented Faculty Reward Systemsthat Supports Professional Scholarship, Teaching, and Creative Engagement in Engineering Practice for the Development and Innovation of Technology D. A. Keating, 1 T. G. Stanford, 1 J. W. Bardo, 2 D. D. Dunlap, 2 D. R. Depew, 3 G. R. Bertoline, 3 M. J. Dyrenfurth, 3 A. L. McHenry, 4 P. Y. Lee, 5 E. M. DeLoatch, 6 S. J. Tricamo, 7 H. J. Palmer 8 University of South Carolina 1 / Western Carolina University 2 / Purdue University 3 Arizona State University East 4 / California Polytechnic State

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rockland

students to provide both a problem statement andalternative problem statements, depending on the nature of the problem. Students also wererequired to write down various other steps used in problem solving that will be detailed in thispaper. In addition, the author will review preliminary assessments on the effectiveness of thismethodology.IntroductionFor most technical professionals, problem solving is a primary job function.1 According toGoldsmith2, we must develop different skills -- the two most important being creativity andproblem solving.However, the concept of problem solving often is confused with the ability of students to solveproblems. Student's skills in problem solving can be measured by examining the processfollowed to solve a

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong-Kyu Jung

impacts on realistic, pre-industrial experiences at the early stage ofengineering education are also discussed.IntroductionTo teach embedded processor system design, students generally take a series of digital designcourses. For instance, courses on Digital Fundamentals and Logic Circuits [1] followed byComputer Architectures [2] are typically taught in the classroom. To accelerate the practicallearning process in the classroom, rapid digital system design [3] using field-programmable gatearrays (FPGAs) is often added to the existing curricula. Using FPGA-based prototyping requireslearning at least one hardware description language, such as VHDL or Verilog HDL. However,we are continuously challenged not only to reduce the time for teaching the

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Hall

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy Henk

Personalized Thermodynamics Homework Problems—Pilot Study ASEE 2005-734 Roy W. Henk, LeTourneau UniversityIntroduction Personalized homework problems are enhancing the instruction of engineeringthermodynamics by providing immediate feedback to students and faculty. In the engineeringschool at LeTourneau University, we piloted a set of thermodynamics problems that werepersonalized for each student in the class. These problems followed the protocol for a computer-assisted personalized-approach (CAPA) to learning on-line (LON) that was developed atMichigan State University (MSU). The LON-CAPA system has been successful for instructionof the natural sciences [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8]. At LeTourneau, we

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bill Chapman; John Brocato; Jim Harden

screening exam consisting of a self-contained passage from an authentic ECE lab report that featuring certain types andquantities of grammatical and stylistic errors. The exam, an excerpt of which appears inFigure 1 below, uses superscript numbers to identify errors or ranges of errors. Studentsread through the lab-report passage (which is roughly 600 words in length) and writetheir answers on the answer sheet provided with the exam (Figure 2 below shows anexcerpt of this answer sheet). This answer sheet contains a list of 25 possible answers inthe left-hand column and 25 answer spaces (corresponding with the 25 superscripts in theexam passage) in the right-hand column. Figure 1. Excerpt from TA Screening Exam and

Conference Session

Innovations in Library Management

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Weiner; Honora Nerz

ourprofession to thrive we must be willing and able to do this. Self-assessment is tough work, and itrequires us to be honest with ourselves and our bosses, but the benefits are tremendous and will Page 10.1022.8have a lasting impact on the individual who is brave enough to take on the challenge. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAddendum: Assessment FormJob SatisfactionOverall: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 dissatisfied satisfied Feeling

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Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Beyerlein; Eric Davishahl; Denny Davis; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

. Page 10.926.2Within each element are components that describe skills and knowledge that would be expectedof engineering students after completing their sophomore year in an engineering degree program. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThis set establishes a baseline from which (1) institutions have the flexibility to develop designcourses and curriculum appropriate to their institutional needs, (2) assessment tools can bedeveloped, and (3) design courses can be structured so that students can seamlessly transferbetween institutions within the state and across the nation. The development of a

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

" distinction at graduation: 1. Maintain a 3.2 University GPA 2. Complete 36 credit hours of Honors level coursework Page 10.573.1Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education.The 36 credit hours of coursework must include a minimum of 9 credit hours of Honors SpecialTopics courses. These courses typically count towards students' humanities and social sciencerequirements. The remaining honors hours come from the following categories:  Honors sections of required courses

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Vendor Partnerships with Engineering Libraries

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruth Wolfish; Rachel Berrington; Andrew Wheeler; Jay Bhatt

support these events may not havebeen possible.Bibliography1. Kowalenko, K. (May 2001). Pilot program increases student membership at U.S. colleges. The Institute. Retrieved December 1, 2004 from http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/toc.jsp?isno=050112. Newdick, R. (Oct.1994). E4: the Drexel curriculum. Engineering Science and Education Journal, 3(5), pp. 223-228.3. Scoles, K., & Bilgutay, N. (1999). ECE 21: A new curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering. 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. pp. 12b5-10-12b5-14.4. Dowell, E., Baum, E., & McTague, J. (1994)., The Green Report: Engineering Education for a Changing World. Retrieved November 27, 2004 from http://www.asee.org/resources/greenReport.cfm5

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Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Soulsby

mathematics course work: Strongly Not Not Strongly Confident Confident Neutral Confident Confident Algebra 0% 0% 3% 30% 67% Calculus 6% 11% 26% 46% 11% Chemistry 3% 4% 25% 59% 9% Computer 2% 3% 21% 45% 29% Physics 1% 4% 17% 62% 16% Trigonometry 0% 3% 13% 47% 36%Clearly

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Wild; Constance Holden; Karen Horton

need to take in the Park to complete the modeling upon their return.During the first two weeks of March the eight student interns, Holden and Horton traveledindependently to the Park to gather the required data. The team performed the tasks at theLeinster Bay site that Wild had set out: they cut and dragged half an acre of brush away fromseveral stone structures, measured the structures, photographed them, surveyed the site andbuildings, and took GPS measurements of the terrain. The photographs of Figure 1 show theteam members working at Leinster Bay. Interns also began modeling the structures and applyingphotographs using computers located at the archeology building at Cinnamon Bay Campground.The students were able to obtain a pilot model

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

send a feedback signal that will stop the motor and shut off the warning light. • There also needs to be an emergency stop switch that, at any time, will stop the motor and shut off the warning light.Procedure for solving this activity:Step 1: Start by reading the equipment operation specifications very carefully and in your own words, develop a sequence of operations.Step 2: Using your sequence of operations, develop a flow chart of the events that should occur.Step 3: Create a symbol table that includes the component’s name, address and description.Step 4: By hand, sketch an input/output drawing that includes the addresses and

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Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mativo

approach with very minimal theory as in IndustrialTechnology programs. Both theory and practice components are critical to theunderstanding and utilization of materials. A balanced combination of the twocomponents in addition to utilization of software in material selection is highlyrecommended for the Industrial Technology Curriculum. Wood, as a material, will beused for illustration purposes. Any other material may be substituted as desired.IntroductionMost Engineering programs and Industrial Technology programs require students to takesome type of a “materials” course as shown in Table 1. A “materials” course may bebasically theoretical with very little processing component or conversely may be aprocesses oriented course with minimal theory. In

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Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma

Configuring the VPN Concentrator. Once implemented, this labcan be used for many different purposes and can be very valuable as a troubleshootingand learning aid.IntroductionA Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a secure private network connection that typicallyuses a public or shared network as its transport. Of course, the most widely known (andcommon) public network is the Internet. In essence, a VPN connection is a secure“tunnel” between two devices. There are two main components to a VPN connection: theconcentrator and the client. 1. The concentrator is typically located in the central hub site of a company, and its function is to terminate the VPN tunnels that are generated from remote devices. As you may have guessed, the

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holt; Keith Williamson; Paul Kauffmann; Tarek Abdel-Salam

significantly different from on-campuscourses. For this and other reasons, monitoring and evaluating such courses are essential inorder to assess, modify and improve the overall quality of content delivery and to assurestudents understand the subjects clearly and achieve learning objectives.The way of evaluating distance learning differs from one course to another based on the natureof each course. For example literature involving DE course evaluation 1-4 describes a diverseset of approaches including student reports, exams and surveys. As in on campus classes, therecan also be a tendency in DE courses towards multiple choice, fill-in the blanks and, true-falsetests that eliminate writing in context. An important learning objective in Engineering

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert; Lisa Milkowski

rubric to assessprogram outcomes for continuous improvement.[1] The faculty at MSOE plan to apply thisapproach and to use their assessment results for student performance assessment and forcontinuous program improvement. Although the rubric presented by Blanchard is applied to Page 10.1408.1a course that has outcomes defined for a single semester course, the MSOE faculty believethat this process could be applicable to MSOE’s four-year design process. It is expected that Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthis

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Carlson

intuitive powers. Tesla loved thepublicity and deliberately cultivated his image as an eccentric genius.1 Over the years, Tesla has enjoyed a curious and mixed legacy. On the one hand, he isacknowledged by engineers as the father of the AC motor and in 1956, "Tesla" was adoptedas the name for the unit of measure for the flux density of magnetic fields. Tesla’s legacy ishonored and promoted by the Tesla Memorial Society of New York and a group on LongIsland is working to establish a science museum in Tesla's laboratory at Wardenclyffe.2 Onthe other hand, thanks to the many colorful and exaggerated predictions he made about hisinventions, Tesla has become a patron saint for New Age groups. Fascinated by Tesla'sclaims of using mystical powers

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Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Johnson; Donatus Cobbinah; Ahmed Rubaai

junior-and senior-levelundergraduate lecture classes.1 BackgroundIn recent years there have been enormous financial pressures on engineering departmentsstruggling to deliver to increased enrollments, unchanging budgets, and the need to maintaineducational quality. As departments look for ways to cut costs, hands-on instructionallaboratories, typically expensive to develop and maintain, are slowly being replaced withsimulated experiments [1-3]. While simulations are an important component for teachingstudents about general system behavior, they cannot always account for all the details that mustbe considered in designing and analyzing a physical system in an interdisciplinary, team-orientedenvironment. Furthermore, a laboratory curriculum based

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Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas DiStefano; P. Aarne Vesilind; Richard Kozick; Thomas Rich; James Baish; Xiannong Meng; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

education, our approach is achieving our Page 10.589.1outcomes. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroduction It is widely recognized that undergraduate engineers would benefit from formal educationin ethics. In fact, such education is required for ABET accreditation under criterion 3f,“Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility”[1]. However, students are often resistant to ethics in