Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Meyer, Clarkson University; John McLellan, Freescale Semiconductor; Jeffrey S Sumey, California University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Beyond the actual course work students may optionally choose to participatein the Freescale Cup competition, which is held in many locations around the world includingregional competitions in the United States. The competition serves as a strong motivating factor,and the community of students from all over the world involved in these competitions fosters asense of being a part of a larger project than a typical course project.2. Review of Design CompetitionsEach year there are many student design competitions available, many of which are aimed atsenior design projects [1]. Perhaps the best known competition in the area of autonomousrobotics is RoboCup [2]. RoboCup is an international organization, registered in Switzerland, toorganize

Conference Session

Potpouri - A Mix

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oai Ha, Utah State University; Ning Fang, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

conference proceedings, wereemployed to identify relevant papers.This paper presents definitions of the terms “computer simulation” and “computer animation.”Three important aspects of CSA modules and programs are described in great detail, including 1)web-based CSA modules and programs developed for engineering mechanics; 2) cognitiveaspects of interactive learning with web-based CSA modules and programs; and 3) developmentof interactive web-based CSA modules and programs. Based on relevant studies published in theliterature, this paper analyzes nine characteristics among published studies, including 1)commonly-reported student learning outcomes; 2) sample sizes; 3) area of study; 4) authoringtools, development software, and proprietary software on

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh V Shende, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

posttest scores significantly improved after the administration of conceptgroup exercises. The answers obtained from the groups were discussed in the class and thosegroups with incorrect answers were helped by the instructor and other student groups. Thesuccessful outcome of this effort was that the entire class reasonably attained the same level ofunderstanding of the subject matter.1. IntroductionContinuous learning improvement is highly desired to develop thorough understanding of thesubject matter, which can be achieved by active/collaborative learning strategies. Collaborativelearning concepts involving the grouping and pairing of students for the purpose of achieving anacademic goal has been researched and promoted throughout the education

Conference Session

FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer, MacEwan University

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First-Year Programs

provided in the literature regarding the declining math andscience literacy of engineering students entering universities, since quantitative studies in the UKand US had supported this hypothesis. Davis et al.1 cited reports affirming the extent of the“mathematics problem” in the UK, while several other authors alluded to the similar issues in theUS.2-7In this study, mathematical skills for the period 2000-2011 were tested using a 20-question,multiple-choice, pre-calculus Math Advisory exam, administered to first-year engineeringstudents (without calculators) prior to entering first-year. Engineering skills were evaluatedduring the period 2007- 2011 using the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) Exam, which is a 30-question, multiple-choice exam8. This

Conference Session

Misconceptions

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

fromVosniadou’s theory. We suggest that students have extensive experience with objectsmoving and stretching in the direction they are pushed or pulled and these culturalexperiences lead to an ontological/epistemological presupposition that objects behave asstudents have seen them behave.IntroductionConceptual change is a diverse and growing field. In engineering education most effortsin this area are related to the development of concept inventories 1, pg. 62, 2, with somework on testing and developing theory 3, 4. There are diverse theoretical approaches toconceptual change ranging from cognitive 5, 6 to sociocultural approaches, with someefforts arguing that conceptual change can bridge these gaps 7. The most recognizedcognitive approaches are being

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark T Carnes PE, Purdue University, Electrical Engineering Technology; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

of the way you think about voltage and current”would not be particularly helpful6.The need for an alternative approach has led to the development of an interview structure thatallows the researcher to gather data by observing the working of the participant’s mental modelindirectly by prompting a general discussion of electrical phenomena and experience. Theinterview structure consists of asking the same four questions about several of the most commontypes of components used in electrical design: resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors,and op-amps. The questions for each component are of the form: 1. What is it? 2. What does it do

Conference Session

Involving Undergraduates in Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

: 1) Mid-term presentation to the project manager and other faculty members associated with the project 2) Final presentation to the faculty members in the department and to the sponsorsIn addition, clinic students with or without the assistance of graduate students may writequarterly reports, visit the sponsor and make presentations, and write peer reviewed conferenceproceedings and journal papers. The overall objectives of the clinic and the grading guidelinesare shown below. These objectives and the grading guidelines were developed by a committeeof faculty members and are applicable to all engineering clinics. The author has adopted theseobjectives and grading guidelines. In addition to the overall clinic objectives, project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Robert M Nickel, Bucknell University; Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Steven H Chin, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

from (1) advanced STEM concepts, (2) project based learning,(3) a systems level perspective and (4) real world applications. This will help studentsthat proceed to graduate school and who take up employment in government or industry.This paper describes a senior level undergraduate course in biometrics, amultidisciplinary area that is highly relevant to society and which has a rapidly growingglobal market. The course objectives, broad learning outcomes and curricular plan aredescribed. Assessment results based on the analysis of a concept inventory test andstudent surveys (target versus control group) related to the learning outcomes show thatthe course was very successful

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhang Fenzhi, Aalborg University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

questions were as follows: (1) how learning trajectories were related withconflicts and innovation competency from students’ perspective? (2) how learningtrajectories were related with conflicts and innovation competency from academic staff’sperspectives? (3) how students and academic staff’s perspectives were similar and differentfrom the literatures? Besides providing a brief literature review, we collected empiricaldata by one-year observation and 14 interviews in one engineering master program,Environment Management, at +++ University, Denmark. The empirical findings displaydiverse views on conflicts in relation to innovation competency from both students andacademic staff’s statement, which reminded educators to reflect the use

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Muldoon, Polytechnic Institute of NYU; Paul T Phamduy, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Raymond Le Grand, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Interdisciplinary Studies. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 6 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 51 journal articles, and 100 conference papers. He has mentored 4 doctoral students, 11 masters students, 25 undergraduate research students, and 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 300 K-12 teachers and 95 high school student researchers; and 18 undergraduate GK- Page 23.329.1 12 Fellows and 53 graduate GK-12 Fellows. Moreover, he directs K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that currently enrich the STEM education of over 2,000 students annually.Dr. Magued G

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R Goldberg, University of Pittsburgh; Jon Pearlman; Christian D Schunn, University of Pittsburgh; Birdy Reynolds, University of Pittsburgh; Shelly Renee Brown MEd, The Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center; University of Pittsburgh

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Unfortunately, the poor ranking is in part due to current high school science classroomsthat suffer from many problems: 1) state standards typically require many different topics to bereviewed in a time-frame that is unrealistic; 2) students do not appreciate why the material is Page 23.331.2relevant to everyday life or their future careers; 3) many teachers do not fully understand thecontent they are teaching; and 4) many teachers have weak pedagogical skills. To change thissituation, we must have teachers do more than create a few lectures/demos based on theirsummer research experiences and we must provide a large amount of support for teachers to

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce Allen, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and Southwest Georgia workshops external evaluatorsconducted evaluations. Table 4 shows a sample of survey and interview results from these threeworkshops (Additional data is available).Table 4 Page 23.332.4RESA Area Data Collection Survey Question Pre Results Post Results ToolOconee Survey Nanotechnology Activities (Scale 1 Not at All 4 Very Much) Informative 3.71

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pyoyoon Hong P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of enabling totallynew modes of teaching in structural engineering because of its different approach to the userinterface and to the underlying computation method. As students simply play with variousexamples of simulations they get to grasp the best possible feeling of fundamental structuralconcepts by shifting greater emphasis on visually thinking about the physical behavior of the Figure 1-1 Dynamic effects of horizontal and vertical components and their resultant can be a very effective tool to acquire conceptual understanding of static equivalence of them without using trigonometry. Figure 1-2 The conceptual understanding of static equilibrium can be achieved by visually analyzing the results of dynamic simulations

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University; Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Department of Engineering Technology Direct Course Objectives Assessment Template Course name and Number: Semester and Year: Outcomes Target Assessment tools Course learning objectives ( please write your objectives below) A-K score T1 A1 T2 T3 A3 Final Mean De vi a ti on from Ta rge t 1 ABF 80

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnaz J. Aly, Western Kentucky University; Laura Elizabeth Leach, Western Kentucky University

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Architectural

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Contextual Learning Concepts Drive Architectural Education to Partner with IndustryIntroductionThe field of architecture is people oriented, which cannot be practiced in isolation. From conceptto completion the focus is always on the end user. According to Gutman, buildings are objects ofuse apart from being objects of pleasure [1]. Architecture is so essentially a social art that noarchitect can talk about his (or her) medium or about his (or her) schemes without reference tohow they will be used by people [1]. Once the idea for a facility has been conceptualized, thedesigner begins to conceptualize solutions for that particular structure, while taking

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

making a businesscontact to determine educational needs of adult professional learners, the first step is todetermine basic needs or requirements of the target audience; in this scenario, the focus is adultprofessional learners and their respective businesses and industries.In offering graduate education to adult professional engineering and technology learners wefrequently assume one of three basic curriculum positions: (1) offer an existing program, (2)offer a curriculum permutation of existing courses, or (3) offer a permutation of existing andcustomized courses as deemed required by the end recipient (student or organization).This paper examines and extends a most recently evolved study that provides insight into thetarget engineering and

Conference Session

Manufacturing Partnerships

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, and active learning. Page 23.337.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Contributions of a Mandatory Internship Course to an Engineering CurriculumIntroductionThis engineering department hosts engineering programs in; biomedical, industrial,manufacturing, mechanical, and software engineering. Studies have pointed to the notion thatengineers are active learners and therefore hands-on experiences are an important part of theireducation.1 In order to promote hands on and experiential learning, the engineering curriculumhas included a mandatory

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

microcontrollers. There are also programs where the emphasis of thecourse is on the study of instrumentation and programmable logic controllers.One difficulty in teaching control systems is to provide a good balance between theory and practice. Byincorporating a laboratory component, it could help to provide some connection between the abstractcontrol theory and the real world applications.In the present paper we describe the educational experience gained by including team-based projects intothe control systems course. In these projects students design and implement different controllers forautonomous navigation in a mobile robot. In particular, the design and implementation of three maintypes of controllers are assigned to teams of students, namely: 1) a

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert C. Creese, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

. Page 23.339.2The Triangular Distribution The triangular distribution is a good distribution for cost estimating in that most costestimates tend to be low and that the high cost estimate is further from the most likely or modevalue than the low cost estimate. The extreme lowest cost would be zero, but the highest costcould theoretically go to infinity and thus the most likely, or mode, is closer to the low cost pointthan to the high cost point. The typical triangular distribution for cost estimating is illustrated inFigure 1. L M HFigure 1. Triangular Distribution where L= Lowest, M=Most Likely, and H = Highest Values To perform a risk analysis, the values for the

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia; Yan-Fu Kuo, National Taiwan University; Ping-Lang Yen, National Taiwan University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Cooperative Teaching in a Distance Education Environment C. N. Thai1, Y. Kuo2 & P. Yen2 1 University of Georgia, College of Engineering, Athens GA 30602-4435 E-mail: thai@engr.uga.edu - Web site: http://www.engr.uga.edu/~mvteachr 2 National Taiwan University, Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering Department, Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: ykuo@ntu.edu.tw - Web site: http://bime.ntu.edu.twAbstractA project-based course in Robotics was created to serve as an elective for engineering students atthe University of Georgia (UGA) and National Taiwan University (NTU). It

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Liusheng Wang, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

creativetransformation of new knowledge into products and services are critical to a nation’scompetitiveness. Companies now demand engineers to possess higher-order skills, such as anability to adapt to rapidly-developed technologies and an ability to innovate.1 U.S. engineershave long led the world in innovation and this leadership is essential to U.S. prosperity and Page 23.342.2security. However, this great national resource now seems to be at serious risk due to lack ofengineers.2 To maintain our nation’s global competitiveness, educational institutions have toaddress two imperative needs: one is to attract/retain diverse excellent students in science

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students tograduate schools, and considering graduates for employment in the industry. Since the overallGPA is based on the average of the grades received in a collection of courses taken by a student,it might be a valid tool for measuring the acquisition of knowledge and skills of that student.However, studies [1, 7] have shown that grade distributions vary significantly among the facultymembers teaching the same course at the same institution. Therefore, a grade received in asingle course might not necessarily signify the level of student knowledge and competency in thetopics covered in that course.One way to gage the depth of knowledge gained by students completing a particular course is totrack their performance in the follow up courses in

Conference Session

Dynamics - Wow! They accelerate

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. This outcome has been clearly demonstrated by student performance on conceptual ques-tions.1-8 Too often students are either fixated on either force or moment equilibrium and applyonly that one equilibrium condition, react to contextual cues and apply the condition that contextinvokes, or conflate force and moment equilibrium into a single condition. It would seem tostand to reason that a student who understands what would happen to a rigid body under loadwhen it is not constrained to be static would have a better foundation upon which to build an un-derstanding of rigid bodies under load that are constrained to be static, and therefore would showimproved performance on traditional and conceptual statics problems.The belief is that if a

Conference Session

Project Based Learning In ET Program

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

golfball shooter for their capstone project. These students applied their knowledge of CADD, FluidPower, Machine Tool Technology and Dynamics, and successfully completed the project. Thereare numerous application-oriented publications in the area of Engineering Mechanics and wehave cited two of them in this paper.1, 2 We hope our course related hands-on project will inspirethe ET faculty community further and many more interesting projects will be presented at thefuture ASEE conferences.Introduction:Middle Tennessee State University is one of the fastest growing universities in the United States.We have about 28,000 students and our Engineering Technology (ET) is one of the tendepartments in the college of Basic and Applied Sciences. The ET

Conference Session

iSTEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 23.346.2county, as advised by this committee, is below. Priority 1: Integrate STEM throughout all curricula. Goal 1 : Create a section in CMAPP *devoted to Integrated STEM curriculum for K-12 teachers across disciplines to implement regularly in their classrooms.Strategies1.1 Utilize a common language of the Engineering Design Process throughout STEM schools1.2 Access a bank of activities that support STEM learning1.3 Construct student learning activities using Understanding by Design and Project Based Inquiry Success Measures after 3 Years Learning Frameworks • Integrated STEM units aligned with the Grand Challenges of1.4 Professional Learning Teams will focus on STEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kyle F Trenshaw, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kerri Ann Green, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David E. Goldberg, ThreeJoy Associates, Inc. and the University of Illinois

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

extrinsically motivated to learn aremore likely to persist in their learning and perform better. Despite major investments in, andpromising innovations for, reforming engineering education, many instructors are slow to adoptthese innovations because of prohibitive time, money, and training investments. In contrast, theintrinsic motivation (IM) course conversion project has three goals: (1) to redesign the classroombased on motivational theories, (2) to improve students’ learning by promoting their intrinsicmotivation to learn, and (3) to implement the reform through methods that require minimal orzero additional costs to the faculty. We initially piloted one such IM course conversion in asophomore-level computer engineering course (ECE 290) during the

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Summer 2012. Student participants included10 civil engineering students (9 undergraduate and 1 graduate) at a large urban researchinstitution in the southeast United States. With the first author, they designed pre- and post-tripquestionnaires, focus group interviews, and written reflection activities to assess students’perceptions, attitudes, and learning as a result of the experience. This paper addresses threeresearch questions: 1) What is the profile of engineering students who choose to participate in a study abroad/ service learning experience, in terms of motivation for enrolling in study abroad, reasons for volunteering, and previous educational, organization and service activities

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University, Salina; Lee J. Gatton, Gatton Research and Development; Beverly Gatton, Fidelity Information Services

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

robotics3-5. The Page 23.350.2following sections list some key considerations for setting a partnership with entrepreneurs (Fig.1) that support that support applied research initiatives in general and the robotic healthcareinitiative in particular. Figure 1Resulting benefits from collaboration shown in surrounding circlesInfrastructure Considerations (IC)Currently the project collaborators consist of the authors and a faculty member from theUniversity’s Center for Aging. It is important to state that the long term goal is to provideimportant and lasting benefits to the research infrastructure of ET department. The following list

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duke Mejia Bulanon, Northwest Nazarene University; Stephen A. Parke P.E., Northwest Nazarene University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Crop Monitoring System: A Case of Teaching Machine Vision through Undergraduate Research AbstractNorthwest Nazarene University, which is located in the Treasure Valley of Idaho, is developing acrop monitoring platform (CMP). The CMP, which uses a machine vision system, estimates fruittree parameters such as tree canopy volume and canopy reflectance characteristics. This researchproject, conducted by undergraduate engineering students, is integrated with the teaching ofmachine vision in a Control Systems course. This paper presents a case for teaching machinevision through undergraduate research.1. IntroductionNorthwest

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Richard Baker, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

what they need to know mathematically. Thispaper presents just such a documentation of the mathematical content in a typical first-year physics course.1. IntroductionThe Department of Mathematics of a typical large mid-western university teaches alarge number of students each year, of whom about 70% are engineering students. TheDepartment of Physics teaches also teaches many student each year, of which about75% are engineering students. Many of these engineering students are enrolled in thebasic first-year courses in physics and mathematics, and to accommodate such largenumbers, course enrollments are split into multiple large lectures and supplementedwith smaller recitation sections.To ensure uniform teaching, the curriculum in physics and