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Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sanford Meek; Mark Minor

Session 2366 Integrated and Structured Project Environment in Mechatronics Education Mark A. Minor, Sanford G. Meek University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering 50 S. Central Campus Dr, Room 2202 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 minor@mech.utah.edu meek@mech.utah.eduAbstractThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah has developed a two-semester

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Marjorie Skubic

Session 1526 Event-Driven Computing Projects for Software Engineering Education Marjorie Skubic and James LaffeyComputer Engineering and Computer Science Department / School of Information Science and Learning Technologies University of Missouri-Columbia skubicm@missouri.edu / laffeyj@missouri.eduAbstract There is a growing need in the software industry for the development of systems with adynamic, event-driven behavior, such as interactive human-computer interfaces, client-serverarchitectures

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Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Mueller

Session 2147 A Senior Project Done in Collaboration with Industry Robert Lynn Mueller The Pennsylvania State University New Kensington CampusAbstractMany baccalaureate-engineering curriculums require that their students complete a projectcourse prior to graduation. This project is usually taken in the senior year and is to utilize theengineering principles encompassed in the student’s education. While this is definitely aworthwhile requirement, it is sometimes difficult to find meaningful projects. The advantages toreal-world

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Elhag Shaban

Session 2793 Capstone Design Projects in Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Education E. H. Shaban Electrical Engineering Department Southern University Email: eshaban@clsuter.engr.subr.eduIntegrating design in an undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum and theapplication of creative design ideas in senior capstone design projects have receivedample comments from repetitive ABET visitor’s teams. To address such a seriousdeficiency that is critical to the program survival, a radical change must be

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Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Krueger

Session 1076 Promoting Civic Involvement through Project-Based Learning? Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Interactive Qualifying Projects and the Worcester Community Project Center Rob Krueger, Ph.D., Lance Schachterle, Ph.D. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609Introduction: Today’s American political culture seems to be hopelessly swamped by apathy. In 1996,President Clinton won a majority of votes from a minority of the population (39%). In ourhometown of Worcester, Massachusetts, last fall’s mayor’s race was won with 17,909 votes,representing 27% of the

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Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anant Kukreti

Session 2215 A Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Students in Civil Engineering Anant R. Kukreti University of CincinnatiAbstract This paper describes a project conducted to provide research experience to engineeringundergraduate students involving discovery through actual construction, experimental testing,observing and recording, synthesizing the data collected, and generalizations. The project waspart of a Research for Undergraduates Site grant sponsored by the National Science Foundation,and administered in the

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Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Eric Matsumoto

Session 2215 Enhancing Student Learning through Team Projects in a Reinforced Concrete Design Class Eric E. Matsumoto California State University, SacramentoAbstractProject-based education has recently been incorporated into the first undergraduate reinforcedconcrete design class at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) to enhance studentlearning. Students participate in diverse open-ended projects that challenge them to work in smallgroups to address a contemporary issue in structural concrete. Projects during the first foursemesters

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Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shashi Nambisan

).Approach Over the last few years, the author has experimented with various approaches with thefollowing goals: help students learn basic principles; retain the information presented in thecourse; develop skills to utilize the information for analysis, design, and evaluation purposes;and to convert the information to appropriate knowledge. Examples of such efforts includecollaborative learning, case based exercises, utilization of web-based tools, and team projects.In-class as well as out-of-the-classroom cooperative learning exercises and collaborativelearning efforts such as team projects, and some limited web-based tools have been used in tosupport the case-based learning strategy. The use of cases and team efforts are the subject of

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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Bob Twiggs

Session 1709 Space Engineering - Project Based Learning by Working Real Space Programs Prof. Robert Twiggs Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-4035 Bob.Twiggs@Stanford.Edu 650/723-8651AbstractProject Based Learning is a new term now used by many universities to describe ‘hands-on’projects, which bring students closer to the ‘real world working conditions’. At

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Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephen Ressler

Session 2215 Popolopen Brook Float Bridge Project: Integrating History, Community Service, and Engineering Education Ronald W. Welch Stephen J. Ressler United States Military AcademyAbstractThis paper describes a one-semester design-build capstone project in which two senior civilengineering students designed a 230-foot pedestrian float bridge for the local state parkcommission and built one full-scale module of the bridge as a “proof of concept.” The projectwas a particularly effective learning experience, in that it

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CE Projects: International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ravi Srinivasan; Dennis Fukai; Fazil Najafi

infrastructure extends to streets, parks, public buildings, highways, water andwastewater management systems, there is a need to understand beyond traditional topics to anexamination of customer service, ethics, use of technology, environmental responsibilities, andlegal requirements. The other required graduate courses with the Public Works engineering andmanagement are:Other Public Works elective courses include:(1) Construction Planning and Scheduling: Planning, scheduling, organizing and control of civil engineering projects with Critical Path Method (CPM) and Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT). This course also teaches students on the application of optimization techniques.(2) Site Planning and Development: Principles and

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MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Lyth; Jorge Rodriguez

Session 2148 Design and Prototyping of a Hydraulic Drag for Fly Fishing Jorge Rodriguez, David Lyth, and Shane M. Groner Western Michigan University Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5061Abstract This paper presents the results of a design project where a hydraulic drag system for flyfishing reels was conceptualized, designed, prototyped, and tested. The utilization of hydraulicdrag in fishing reels is an innovative concept, and a valid alternative

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MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

Session: 1547 Design of a Rain-Based Speed Controller for Automobile Windshield Wiper Motor Mohammad Fotouhi, Ali Eydgahi, Tom Malaby University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractThis paper describes the details of an undergraduate design project in our DesignTechnology course and the experience gain by the student involved. The intent of thecourse is to expose students to real world design projects. Students are expected to becreative and innovative in their design projects and utilize a multitude of engineeringdisciplines that

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Timothy Lawrence; Michael Warner; Douglas Bayley

knowledge frompast courses at the United States Air Force Academy to design, build, test, and deliver aproject that the instructor assigns to them, which benefits a real-world user. Along theway, the cadets also meet certain milestones, give briefings and demonstrations, andprepare technical reports. The course is geared so that technical and non -technical cadetscan team up to perform meaningful work in an engineering design format. In the midstof a unique and often challenging group dynamics environment, the cadets are challengedto find their own solution to an ill-defined problem, and then actually perform hands onfabrication and testing of their project. Examples of past projects and the performance ofcadets in building those projects will be

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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David W. Miller; Doris Brodeur

sequence, describes the project in the context of the learning experience, providesan assessment of the educational innovation, and suggests future modifications of the concept.The current capstone experience will also be described briefly. Overall, the first capstoneexperience was quite successful: a highly motivating project, a cohesive team of students, and aproduct that is being used nationally to advance space technology.IntroductionMost engineering programs include senior design capstone courses because they provideopportunities for upper-level undergraduate students to apply what they have learned to real-world problems. 1-3 The MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has broadened thescope of a capstone design course to provide

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Barry Davidson; Anthony Ingraffea; Alan Zehnder

Session 1302 Distance Design Collaboration Through an Advanced Interactive Discovery Environment Barry Davidson1, Rachel Davidson2, Geri Gay2, Anthony Ingraffea2, Matthew Miller2, Linda Nozick2, Alan Zehnder2, Ross Sheckler3 and Curtis Rath3 1 Syracuse University / 2Cornell University / 3Dynacs Engineering Inc.Abstract Syracuse and Cornell Universities are collaboratively working on the Advanced InteractiveDiscovery Environment (AIDE) for Engineering Education Project, which integrates andadvances the best

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Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Descoteaux; Kevin Sutterer

Session 2215 Before Senior Design – Integration of Project-Based Learning in a Multi-Course Structural Engineering Sequence Kevin G. Sutterer, P.E. and Thomas J. Descoteaux, P.E. Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroduction and BackgroundUndergraduate civil engineering design courses should feature a prepared instructor (mentor)facilitating a quality course curriculum to motivate students to use a suite of resources (includingthe mentor) to learn and understand the subject. Some undergraduate civil engineering designclasses are required for all civil engineering students, while

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Loc Vu-quoc; David Mikolaitis; Norman Fitz-Coy; R. Keith Stanfill

multidisciplinary design (9 fields of expertise) and cultivating industrypartnerships. With an annual 25+ project activity, 150+ student and 20+ faculty, many lessonshave been learned and codified in the areas of project recruitment, project scope definition andproject management. Industry praises the program as an outstanding experiential education, withbenefits for students, faculty and industry. Between 1995 and 2001, 133 projects and $2 millionin support were provided by industrial sponsors. Two thirds of the projects each program yearcome from repeat sponsors. Since 1996, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Pratt & Whitney and theUSAF have sponsored 25 aerospace-related projects. Lessons learned in design projectmanagement and funding are explored in the

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MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harley Hammond; Chih-Ping Yeh

Session 2148 An Industry Based Student Project: Implementing A Machine Vision Systems For Robotic Application Chih-Ping Yeh, Harley Hammond Wayne State University / Applied Manufacturing Technologies Inc.AbstractThis paper describes the details of an industrial based student project at Wayne State University.The objective of this project is to implement a machine vision system for a robot to pick upobjects from the conveyer line and place them precisely in the drop-off fixture.1. IntroductionEngineering Technology education emphasizes practical applications and hands-on

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CE Projects: International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

3320 Modern Concrete Technology 3 F,S ET 3325 3D Computer Modeling, Rend. & Anim. 3 FET 3308 Materials Science 3 F,S ART Fine Arts Course 3 ALL 15 15 Senior HRS SEM HRS SEMET 4323 Technology Seminar 3 F,S ET 4320 Prestressed Concrete 3 SET 4324 Senior Concrete Project 3 F,S ET 4325 Senior Steel Project 3 SENGR 3302 Engineering

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Billy Smith

Engineering EducationMidshipmen. It provides funds for component purchase and construction, travel insupport of testing and integration, coordination with DoD/NASA laboratories oruniversities for collaborative projects, and guides the Midshipmen through the DoDSpace Experiment Review Board (SERB) flight selection process.The satellite development process is a multi-semester effort requiring the contributions ofMidshipmen from several consecutive graduating classes. The process begins in thespring semester with identification of the mission and determination of requirements,followed by development of the conceptual design. Students in subsequent classes takethe satellite through feasibility study, final design, construction, testin g, and

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Subrata Roy; Karim Nasr; K. Joel Berry

Session 1566 Development of a Project-Based and Design-Driven Thermodynamics Course Subrata Roy, Karim J. Nasr, and K. J. Berry Department of Mechanical Engineering Kettering University Flint, MI 48504AbstractThis paper describes a project-based learning environment for a first course in Thermodynamics.Students are challenged through a strong emphasis on design projects which expand theboundary of their thermodynamics knowledge through the integration of fluid mechanics andheat

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Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wafeek Wahby

Session 2251 THE TOSHKA PROJECT OF EGYPT: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING EDUCATION CASE STUDY Dr. Wafeek S. Wahby Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IllinoisAbstractWork is currently underway in southern Egypt to connect Nasser's Lake to a naturaldepression, located westward in Toshka, with a 300 km (185 miles) channel, then directthe lake's surplus water up North towards the Mediterranean Sea. Nasser's Lake is theworld's third largest lake, and the largest man-made freshwater lake in the world, locatedupstream of Aswan High Dam in Egypt. The Toshka

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard K Sase; Julie Wei

Session 2793 The Challenges to an Undergraduate Student Team Undertaking A Complex Project Julie H. Wei and Richard K. Sase California State Polytechnic University, Pomona/ Main San Gabriel Basin WatermasterAbstractCal Poly Pomona’s Civil Engineering Department offers a capstone course that allows studentsthe opportunity to work in a group on a comprehensive project that will ready them for a careerin Civil Engineering. The project discussed in this paper was to evaluate the sediment removalplan in San Gabriel Canyon Reservoirs by

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multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Shallcross

Session 3660 An Investigative Project in Chemical Engineering for Secondary School Mathematics Students David C. Shallcross Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010 AustraliaAbstractEngineering faculties around the world must always work to ensure that they attract highstandard students to their courses. Unfortunately prospective students have a poor appreciationof the engineering profession. They are often unaware of the diversity of challenges andopportunities that await them in an engineering

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ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jean-Yves Hascoet; Benoit Furet; Marek Balazinski

Session 2649 Application in integrated mechanical design: A concurrent engineering project Benoît Furet, Jean-Yves Hascoët, Marek Balazinski Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Nantes et École Centrale Nantes - France /École Polytechnique de Montréal - CanadaAbstractThis work presents a new educational application of integrated mechanical design. The maingoal was the industrialization of a product by a team of technician students from the InstitutUniversitaire de Technologie de Nantes/IUT (France) with a student engineer 1

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Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul Lin; Melissa Lin; Aik Mon

Session 1658 Developing a Web-Enabled Database System: An Academic Project Paul I-Hai Lin - Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Melissa Lin - University of Florida Aik Mon - GE Industrial Systems ABSTRACTDatabase and Web integration offers a cost effective way to provide value added access to datastored at multiple locations through a Web browser. This paper discusses two methodologies forimplementing a remote database query systems using Web browsers.I. IntroductionIn May 2000, we developed

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Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

Session 2257 Successfully Partnering with Industry through the Industrial Engineering Senior Design Project Kim LaScola Needy, Bopaya Bidanda University of PittsburghAbstractThis paper describes a model for successfully partnering with industry through the IndustrialEngineering Senior Design Project. It describes the model for the senior design project at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, the instructor’s role, how projects are assessed, how projects aresolicited, how projects are selected, how project teams are formed, and benefits to thedepartment

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Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

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Philip McCreanor

Session 1451 Project Based Teaching: A Case Study from a Hydrology Class Philip T. McCreanor Mercer UniversityAbstractHydrology is currently taught as one-half of a 3-credit course in the Environmental EngineeringProgram at the Mercer University School of Engineering. The topics covered include thehydrologic cycle, predicting rainfall, estimating runoff volumes and rates, routing runoffhydrographs, and designing stormwater management structures. The first semester this coursewas taught, the material was presented topic by topic. This format did not demonstrate

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Zachariah Chambers; Clark Merkel

Session 1566 Use of Competitive Poster Projects in Freshman and Sophomore Level Classes Clark T. Merkel, Zachariah Chambers Department of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstract:We have been using poster projects in freshman and sophomore level courses as a way todevelop our students' design, teamwork, and presentation skills, as well as to reinforcethe course concepts. Projects for classes are selected pertinent to the specific coursematerial and are run as a competitive challenge to a number of separate teams