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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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William W. Ryan; Tiffany Wiederstein; Danny King; Malcolm Fowler

, and the universitycommunity. This board helps the Academy’s leadership to build and improve the academicprogram. Secondly, the university component has been used to advise the Board primarily onthe academic standards that are required by the university community. Some of the standardsinputs have been the amount of homework required, prescribed study habits, communicationstandards for laboratory report writing and oral presentation of material, and social lifeinvolvement. "Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Christi L. Patton; Daniel W. Crunkleton; John M. Henshaw; Douglas Jussaume; Robert L. Strattan

at Argonne National Laboratory inpartnership with GM with the cooperation of many industrial sponsors. The target vehicleis the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox.The three-year program plan follows a vehicle development process similar to that usedin the automotive industry to develop new products. During the first year, the team’sfocus was on simulation and design studies with limited hardware testing. This optimizesthe design before investing in major hardware assembly and testing. An Equinox wasawarded to each team at the end of the first year. During the next year, the designinnovations developed during the first year studies will be installed and tested. The thirdyear provides for refinement of the design and enabling all of the vehicle’s original

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Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Newell

Press, 1993.[11] J. S. Byrd and J. L. Hudgkins, "Teaming in the design laboratory," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 84, pp. 335, 1995.[12] E. Seat and S. M. Lord, "Enabling effective engineering teams: a program for teaching interaction skills," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, pp. 385, 1999.[13] P. Lewis, D. Aldridge, and P. Swamidass, "Assessing teaming skills acquisition on undergraduate project teams," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 87, pp. 149, 1998.[14] C. Weinstein and R. Mayer, The teaching of learning strategies. New York: MacMillan, 1986.[15] C. Johnston and G. Dainton, "Learning Combination Inventory Users Manual,",, unpublished manuscript 1997.[16] C. F. Yokomoto

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kedmon Hungwe; Seyed Zekavat; Sheryl Sorby

curriculum is formed by a merger of manycurriculum subspaces, which are the unique curricula for each non-EE area. Each curriculumsub-space is designed independently for one non-EE engineering field and includes the requiredtopics and their associated depth of coverage. The intersection of curriculum subspaces forms thecore of the final curriculum that will be taught in the lecture portion of the class. The areas thatare unique to each non-EE field forms the web-based curriculum. The laboratory will also bedesigned accordingly: some in-class lab experiments will be designed to address the needs of allnon-EE majors, and some in-class as well as web-based lab experiments, will be designed toaddress the special needs of each non-EE field.We started by

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Mingle; Tom Roberts

capstone courses between Xer faculty members;otherwise, one professor will have a lock on a course for more than two or three years. Further,when an Xer professor begins teaching a new course, that course should not be a basic course,but a secondary (higher level) one utilizing the basic course as a prerequisite. After teaching oneor more of these secondary courses, the more experienced professor is assignable to the basiccourse.This concept of having the senior, Boomer, professors primarily teaching basic courses whileleaving the more advanced courses for the Xers is reinforced by the learning differences in Mil-lennials and Xers. As noted previously, the Millennials are concrete/linear learners who learnwell in physical laboratories supporting

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Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

execution of the project, while the instructor had supervisory andmonitoring roles. This approach enhanced the learning process. This paper outlined theelements of this approach, and it explained its effectiveness. Other instructors who teachsimilar or other engineering technology courses are encouraged to use this approach.However, they have to be aware of its limitations.Bibliography1. Ogot, M., Elliot, G., and Glumac, N., An Assessment of In-Person and Remotely Operated Laboratory, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 92, No. 1, pp. 57-63, January 2003.2. Foulds, R., Bergen, M., and Mantilla, B., Integrated Biomedical Engineering Education Using Studio-Based Learning, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, Vol. 22

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Krupar; George Suckarieh

19th century, the American engineering systemparalleled the French model, but also incorporated elements of the hands-on traditions of theBritish approach. The continuation of shop work requirements and the development of co-operative education in most engineering curricula distinguished American engineeringinstruction from the French method.The twentieth century witnessed a rapid advancement of Engineering and Technology education.Applied laboratories coursework and formal co-operative experience enhanced the growingeducational programs. In addition, ABET accreditation introduced criteria to make engineeringand technology programs well balanced with mixes of basic sciences courses, technical theoryand laboratory courses, and a breadth of

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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. 3.5 3.75 4.0 4.25 4.5 OUTCOME COURSE ASSESSMENT VALUE 4.10 ET 200, “Graphics Communications” 4.03 CET 201, “Plane Surveying” 4.04 CET 242, “Civil Engineering Materials – 3.83 Concrete & Bituminous” ET 323, “Mechanics of Materials Laboratory” 4.31 CET

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

were muchmore clearly understood. Samples of student coursework were compiled, all advising proceduresand transfer policies were updated, and student files were all reviewed for completeness.Compliance with professional component requirements and faculty qualifications were ensured.All laboratory equipment was determined to be functional and up-to-date. Documentation ofadequate facilities and institutional support was updated and made available. It was ensured thatall discipline-specific program criteria were met.Outcome of the EC 2000 Accreditation VisitThe ABET site visit in October 1999 identified two weaknesses: one under Criterion 2 (ProgramEducational Objectives) and one under Criterion 3 (Program Outcomes and Assessment). ABETgranted

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Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

educational programs that addressethical issues in science and engineering, professional responsibilities, and ethical issues in researchpractice and science more generally. She is a laboratory-trained neuroscientist whose research interestsnow focus on the ethical, legal and social policy implications of scientific research, especially in the area ofneuroscience. Her theoretical and laboratory training have been complemented by work in areas of ethicaland legal philosophy.Dr. Bird has taught in her areas of expertise at M.I.T. including both courses designed to examine variousaspects of the responsible conduct of research, and those that consider the ethical and social policyimplications of technology. Dr. Bird has written numerous articles on

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

laboratory redesign or updating as frequently as yearly. The attendant financialcosts and time invested by the faculty to provide well-designed laboratory experiences canbecome overwhelming. For example, in teaching a class related to modern computer operatingsystems involving, say the Windows and Linux operating systems, it is probable that at least oneof them will go through significant changes as often as once per year, particularly if the varioustools that are used to work with them are also considered. Updating lab configurations to reflectthese changes requires changing lab computer software, and possibly hardware too.In this changing environment it is highly desirable to explore paradigms of thought andmethodologies which enable technology

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Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; John Hansen; Thomas Hall

from the University of Wyoming and Ph.D. in Engineering (MechanicalEngineering concentration) from North Dakota State University. He holds P.E. registration and worked in industryfor over eight years.THOMAS M. HALL, JR.Tom Hall is Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Technology at Northwestern State University.He holds a BS degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy, an MBA from the University ofUtah, the MSEE and Engineer degrees from Stanford University, and an Ed.D. in educational technology from NSU.He retired as a Colonel from the US Army after serving 26 years. His research interests are in using simulationsoftware in lieu of hardware laboratories in electronics engineering technology laboratory

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Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lenea Howe; Jr., Elijah Kannatey-Asibu

students and have been instrumental in the success of Center-sponsored events,organizing volunteers, initiating special study sessions and countless other ways that havedrawn our diverse group of students together.All graduate students are housed together in the Student Office Space in the IntegratedManufacturing Systems Laboratory and are assigned desks based on their research ThrustArea affiliation. As a result, students within each Thrust Area consult with their peers ona daily basis and assist each other. This space helped in creating the “ERC spirit” amongstudents and was highly beneficial for team development. In the words of Dr. ShirleyJackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, “it takes a village comprised ofintergenerational

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College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brecca Berman; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

1991 and places onaverage 75 teachers per year in 6-8 week research positions in academic and industry labs. GIFTparticipation by teachers in the four primarily minority STEP high schools since 2001, whenSTEP begin, is shown on the following page in Figure 1. These internships, where teachers Page 10.1135.8form close personal relationships with faculty, graduate students, and other laboratory staffmembers, lead to numerous spillover benefits. Teachers gain new and cutting edge STEM Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American

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Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jessica Moffitt; Jennifer van Rij; Jeffrey Wolchok

experiences.These classes will involve a diverse set of topics such as scaling issues, micromachining,interfacial phenomena, and thin-film energy transport. The students will participate in formalclassroom and laboratory training, industrial and government laboratory internships, a monthlyinterdisciplinary seminar, and international educational experiences.Throughout the duration of the fellowship students participated in small group (3-4 members)projects that were intended to complement the coursework. Projects were microsystems focusedand designed to encourage the involvement of an interdisciplinary design team. Projectprogression was intended to track with the coursework with the goal of applying class learning toa complex project with no clear solution

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Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Yang; Andrew Bennett; Steve Warren

Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 39, Aug 1996, pp. 287-296.[9] Lu, Han-Pang Huang and Chiou-Hwa. "Java-Based Distance Learning Environment for Electronic Instruments," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 46, Feb 2003, pp. 88- 94.[10] Titcomb, S.L. "Computer-Based Interactive Tutorials for Electrical Engineering Laboratory Instruction," presented at 27th Annual Conference Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. Proceedings ’Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change’. 1997.[11] Gronhovd, Sudhir Ι. Mehta and Sandy M. "Instrumentation and Communication Modules on CD-ROM’s for Enriching Engineering Education," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 39, Aug. 1996, pp. 304-308.[12

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Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

electrical students. This is alaboratory to teach students how to design and build electrical systems, with an emphasis on thepractical use of theory in the creation and testing process. In this laboratory the instructor (RWG)is careful to choose pairs of students or singles if an odd number is enrolled. Part of the teamformation is related to perceived growth needs of the student. Three students should never be puton one team because one will be left out. Students are allowed a voice in choosing a partner butthe instructor will veto a decision if there is a difference of two letter grades between them, usingthe previous lab grade as a measure. For instance, A-B and C-D students can work together butnot A-C or B-D. Experience has shown that female

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Hladysz; Robert Corey; JASON ASH; Glen Stone; Dale Skillman; Charles Kliche; Larry Stetler; David Dixon; Larry Simonson; Stuart Kellogg

development effort. Other programs foundthat many of these same gains can be obtained through incorporating freshman design projectsand laboratory exercises [6-11]. For programs which incorporate vertically integrated teams,newer developments include the use of a service learning component within the designexperience [12-13]. Most recently, programs are expanding the first year engineering experience toincorporate experiential learning through the co-curriculum. Such programs might collaboratewith Student Affairs [14], through freshman grouping in the dormitories, or through formaldevelopment of learning communities [15-16]. Page 10.1033.1

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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth DeBartolo; Margaret Bailey

they participate in a series of laboratory activities provided by studentsand faculty in the departments of Electrical, Industrial and Systems, Mechanical, andMicroelectronics Engineering. The young women also spend the night on campus with RITstudents. Attendance has grown in recent years, and RIT hosted over 40 girls for the 2004 SWESleepover.Colleges and Careers DayColleges and Careers Day is an annual summer event targeting high school students betweentheir 11th and 12th grade years. It is an institute-wide recruitment event designed for male andfemale students. Students interested in engineering are able to participate in hands-on activities

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Burleson; Noah Salzman; Christopher Emery; Kevin Kloesel; Sandra Cruz Pol; Omnia El-Hakim; Kathleen Rubin

• Shortcoming of modern radar systems • How CASA will allow for better tracking of severe weather eventsRadar Kit (30 minutes) Noah Salzman • Radar applications (air traffic control, police radar, satellite mapping of other planets) • The Doppler effect • Demonstration of a speed radar assembled from a kitMIRSL Tour (30 Minutes) • Teachers toured the Radar laboratories at the University of Massachusetts • Spoke with undergraduate and graduate students about the projects that they are working on • Demonstration of a radar • Learned about and saw a truck with radar developed by the university used for chasing tornadoes in OklahomaCurriculum Project Session (120 minutes) • Time to work on grant proposals and brainstorm

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Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Goo; Maura Borrego

conceptualquestions. Data analysis is provided to begin to evaluate the effectiveness of this method,and future work collecting more detailed data and combining concept inventories withlecture sessions is discussed.Course-Specific Background and MotivationTable 1 outlines the topics included in University of Southern California (USC) MASC110, Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering. Unlike many introductorymaterials science courses, this course includes significant chemistry content andsubstitutes for the first-semester chemistry requirement for aerospace, mechanical,electrical and industrial engineering majors. A chemistry textbook is used9, and materialsscience concepts are introduced through laboratory activities and lectures later in

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Craig; Maurice Aburdene

issue of assessment itself, it cansimplify the necessary recordkeeping and provide consistency within an educational program.BackgroundAs our department began to prepare for a visit by a team of ABET evaluators, we discovered thatthe evaluation process had changed. Instead of counting square feet of laboratory space andlooking at the age of our equipment, the emphasis had shifted to setting educational outcomesand measuring how well they were met. The assessment of outcomes had become a key issue. Page 10.100.1The results and analysis of those assessments were to guide us in revising course content and “Proceedings of the 2005 American

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga

technologies are taught, one may findstudents from different levels such as undergraduates in senior level, graduates with no ability totake electrical and/or mechanical measurements, and students from industry with little or noexposure to newer measuring instrument and techniques.This paper introduces several laboratory activities that could be replicated to teach students howto take accurate measurements of electrical, light, air flow, and heat flow parameters beforeconducting energy audits. The focus of these labs is not to introduce how to save energy but tointroduce many aspects of the energy management. For example, predictive maintenance is anintegral part of energy management. Ultrasonic and power quality measurements may not beused directly

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Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Mullett

possible andthe educational template for the workforce of tomorrow be solidified. If possible, acquisitionseditors for electronics texts should be invited to observe the outcomes of these workshops.Thereafter, the marketplace will provide the necessary filtering of the next generation of texts.What about today’s laboratory experiments and exercises? Recently, several new texts haveappeared that integrate fundamental concepts with devices and systems. This should be the paththat is followed. Too many of today’s basic electronics laboratory manuals are without anycontextual basis whatsoever. Furthermore, higher level courses should embrace complex projectswith emphasis on the integration of systems and cross disciplinary topics.How will all this

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Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Fisher

active experimentation for experiences both in and outside of theclassroom/laboratory environment9. Traditional laboratory work is being augmented to includeevening and weekend workshops associated with students’ assignments, but designed to havestudents consciously move from “receptor” to self-directed learners who are at ease with learningas an experiential process that actively involves them in establishing learning goals, choosinglearning strategies that are most likely to help them achieve their goals, and assessing the resultsof their efforts10.Redesign efforts are expected to result in improved passing rates, students having successfulmastery of the theoretical and applied learning that will be required of them in Upper Divisioncourses

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Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bertini; Steven Hansen

, vehicular delay, travel time, and travel time variance, to name afew. The extent of data available to the student and researcher now allows for flexibility andcreativity that was not always available in a standard classroom environment.IntroductionPortland, Oregon is known for its unique multimodal transportation system, and thereforestudents are drawn to study here, with the advantage of a laboratory right outside the classroom.Current students of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Urban and Regional Planningprograms at Portland State University may someday hope to plan, design, manage and/or buildthe transportation infrastructure necessary to provide adequate mobility in our cities. It is criticalthat we educate and train a new generation of

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Elizabeth Bauer; David Munoz; Joan Gosink; Barbara Moskal

attitudes towards service activities using the“Community Service Attitudes Scale” which was developed and validated by Shiarella,McCarthy, and Tucker1. During the fall of 2004, 78 students and 34 faculty responded to thisassessment instrument. Student data were collected in the first semester of the MultidisciplinaryEngineering Laboratory course sequence, a required course taken at the start of students’sophomore year before they have the opportunity to participate in the newly revised servicelearning courses. Faculty completed the attitudes survey during the first faculty meeting of theacademic year. This paper describes and compares student and faculty attitudes with respect toservice activities prior to the proposed intervention. Attention is

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Rowe

coherent fashion in accordance with the specified guidelines.These are the ILOs for the project, and to demonstrate the achievement of these ILOs studentsundertake the following set of low stakes assessment tasks (along with their phasing during theUK academic year): • Submission of a Risk Assessment and Project Specification (November). • Maintenance of a laboratory/project log book (weekly review) • An interim Oral Presentation (early January) • Submission of an interim report (half way through the project timescale at the end of January) • Demonstration (May) • Final Oral Presentation and Q&A session (May) • Final Written Report (end of April)Custom and practice within the

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Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor; Jean Kampe

active classroom learning, we have also developed out-of-classwork/questions for the exercises that offer individual reflective components to compliment andstrengthen the in-class learning experience. Along with a review of the exercises that highlightsthe learning objective and student response to each activity, the paper offers notes on deliverylogistics that have been successful in our classrooms and an account of the expenses associatedwith each exercise. The worksheets that we have created for these activities are provided as anappendix to the paper for reader use, and solution keys to the worksheets are available from theauthors upon request.Introduction In the past, experiential learning was often reserved for formal laboratory

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Lynn Alpert; Jacqueline Isaacs

”developing ethics workshops for nanotech students as well as mid-career industry professionals.The goals of the workshops are to introduce the AIR (awareness, investigation and response)model18 of ethical inquiry to participants. This model will be presented both as a proven tool toassist them in processing the ethical issues that may arise during their own laboratory research,and as a teaching tool for use with the students, graduate assistants, technicians under theirsupervision.CHN-affiliated faculty at the University of Massachusetts Lowell are designing curricula that usenanotechnology as a framework for examining the entire range of societal issues associated withemerging technologies. For example: faculty in the Department of Work Environment