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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Reising

Edition. Microsoft Press, 2003.3. Kaufman, Deborah B., Richard M. Felder, Hugh Fuller. "Peer Ratings in Cooperative Learning Teams." ASEEAnnual Conference. Charlotte, NC, 1999.4. Pressman Toy Inc. "Hi-Q Instructions." 1998. JAMES A. REISING is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Evansville, Evansville,Indiana, where he has taught since 1980. Prior to that time he was employed by Eagle-Picher Industries at theMiami Research Laboratories and the Electro-Optic Materials Department. He is a senior member of IEEE. Page 10.75.6 "Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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K-8 Engineering & Access

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Kevin Staszowski

assistant professor at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at TuftsUniversity. She completed her Ph.D. in 2001 at the MIT Media Laboratory. Her research involves the design andstudy of "identity construction environments," technological learning tools to support children's exploration ofidentity through the creation of a participatory community. Page 10.1281.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005 America Society of Engineering Education

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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G Murphy; G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

three years of experience in Lecturing andDeveloping Network and Data Communication units at Edith Cowan University. Gurpreet is currentlyinvestigating web services and capacity planning of e-business sites as part of his research at ECU. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationPAUL MAJAssociate Professor S. P. MAJ is a recognized authority in the field of industrial and scientificinformation systems integration and management. He is the author of a text book, 'The Use ofComputers in Laboratory Automation', which was commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry(UK). His first book, 'Language Independent

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

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G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

Professor S. P. MAJ is a recognized authority in the field of industrial and scientificinformation systems integration and management. He is the author of a text book, 'The Use ofComputers in Laboratory Automation', which was commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry(UK). His first book, 'Language Independent Design Methodology - an introduction', wascommissioned by the National Computing Centre (NCC). Dr Maj has organized, chaired and beeninvited to speak at many international conferences at the highest level. He has also served on manynational and international committees and was on the editorial board of two international journalsconcerned with the advancement of science and technology. As Deputy Chairman and Treasurer of theInstitute of

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Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

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Saleh Sbenaty

. The course is four credit/six contact hours, three hours lecture andthree hours laboratory. In the first semester of applying this concept, the author asked hisstudents in both sections to produce mind maps for every other chapter. The author usually givesa quiz every week that covers one chapter. He then compared students’ performance with andwithout mind mapping. Early maps were produced manually but later maps were produced usingthe MindManager software (www.mindject.com). The software license for 15 seats costsapproximately $1800 after educational and volume discounts. A student sample Mind Maprepresenting Chapter 2 from the required textbook [9] is shown in Figure 2. The chapter coversvoltage, current, and resistance including resistor

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Bryant

Processing, 1998.[5] S.L Wood, A Concept Oriented Freshman Introductory Course Utilizing Multimedia Presentations andGroup Laboratory Experience. Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998.[6] J.A. Orr, W. Eggimann, D. Nicoletti, D. Cyganski, An Electrical Engineering Curriculum Beginning inthe First Year. Frontiers in Education Conference, 1994. Biographical InformationJAMES BRYANT received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton,Dayton, Oh, in 1965, the MBA degree from the University of Dayton in 1985, and the degree of M.S. inEngineering from Wright State University in 1996. He is currently a professor and department chair of theelectronics engineering technology program at the

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International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Irina Nelson

).The International ISU Alumni OrganizationThe International ISU Alumni Organization and its national and regional chapters maintaincomprehensive online databases and provide support and networking opportunities to theirmembers. Today, there are over 2200 ISU alumni in 28 countries of the world, that have Page 10.1301.7attended the ISU Summer Session Program (SSP) alone. ISU graduates can be found in “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”leadership positions in universities, research laboratories, space

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Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Christensen; Scott Dunning

, American Society for Engineering Education”A final common challenge for faculty is to provide “hands-on” experience with new technologywhile teaching core concepts. Typically, this challenge is addressed through the inclusion oflaboratory sessions that reinforce concepts taught in lecture. Unfortunately, the laboratories havea tendency to be scientifically-oriented and are often completed on equipment that is notcommon to industry. Experiments are designed to minimize thee effect of assumptions on thestudents’ analysis of the experiment. This is an effective way to demonstrate a concept, but itdoes not represent a typical industrial environment.3The AMC SolutionThe AMC program was designed to meet all three challenges while also fulfilling the

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Clifford Mirman

, M, and N engineering technology knowledge Ability to apply ethics and quality concepts to design tasks J, K, and L Ability to apply engineering economy concepts and societal B, D, F, J, K, and L issues to design tasks Ability to apply laboratory skills to an open ended design A, B, C, D, F, and N project and selection and purchase of components Understanding of research in project development and A, I, J, and K component determinationAs a result of the student work done in this capstone project course, and in all of the otherprogrammatic courses, the programs were received very favorably by the accreditation team.Senior Projects Course Grading During the initial semester of this

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Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

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Timothy Keener; Anant Kukreti; Eugene Rutz

Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Air Pollution Control Laboratory ofthe University of Cincinnati (UC). Dr. Keener also directs the UC Environmental Training Institute which providesshort course training to environmental professionals. Dr. Keener is the recipient of the Lyman A. Ripperton Awardfrom the Air & Waste Management Association in recognition of his distinguished achievements as an educator.EUGENE RUTZEugene Rutz is director of distance learning in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati andManager of the ACCEND programs. Mr. Rutz has worked in industry as a mechanical design engineer and nuclearengineer. His academic experience includes program development, engineering and educational

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny

Experience in a Laboratory Environment”, 1996 ASEE Annual Conference, Proceedings on CD-Rom 5. Jorgensen, Jens; Kumar, Vipin; Lamancusa, John; Torres, Miguel “Learning Engineering by Product Dissection”,1996 ASEE Annual Conference, Proceedings on CD-Rom Page 10.406.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 6. Anderson, J.; Colgate, J.E.; Hirsch, P.; Kelso, D.; Olson, G.; Shwom, B.; “Engineering Design and Communication: Jump-starting the Engineering

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Phillip Misna; Erica Liszewski

example dialogfor an error in the translation of the truth table is shown in Fig. 8. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 8: Example dialog box describing a student errorResultsThe K-Mapplet was first integrated into our digital logic course in Fall 2003. From then on, thestudents were given roughly three hours of laboratory time during the semester to practice K-map problems using the applet. During this structured time, the professor and a teachingassistant were present to answer questions. Grades for this activity were based on the level ofparticipation, not

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DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yin Chen; John Sharon; Constantin Chassapis; Sven Esche

aseries of design scenarios by which we will implement stochastic methods into EngineeringDesign VI. This course is taken by mechanical engineering students in the junior year.Previously, this course was based on deterministic approaches for integrated product design,spanning the entire process from product conception to product realization, following thesyllabus outlined by Ulrich and Eppinger.1 This paper discusses how the newly developed lecturematerials based on the framework by Hazelrigg2 have been integrated into the existing coursesyllabus. Furthermore, it describes the design scenarios together with appropriate MATLAB andMS Excel analysis modules that were developed for student usage in laboratory exercises. Thepilot course is currently

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Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ryan Dupont; Mary Feng; Hailey Christine

at the Utah WaterResearch Laboratory, and the Head of the Division of Environmental Engineering. He leads the ADVANCE Scienceand Engineering Recruitment Team. His research interests focus on the bioremediation of petroleum andchlorinated solved contaminated soil and groundwater.KIM SULLIVAN is a Professor of Biology at Utah State University and a fellow of the American Ornithologists’Union. Her research focuses on ornithology, animal behavior, and women in science. She led the original researchconducted by Utah State for the NSF ADVANCE proposal and is a co-PI on the ADVANCE team. Page 10.1062.10 “Proceedings of the 2005

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Fisher; Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0086427. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors.Biographical InformationDr. Lyons is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina and the Directorof the South Carolina Center for Engineering and Computing Education. He teaches laboratories, design, andmaterials science to undergraduates, graduate students and K-12 teachers. He researches engineering education,plastics and composites. He is the principal investigator for the GK-12 program.Dr. Fisher is a Research Associate in the College of Education’s Office of Program Evaluation. He received his PhDin

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lennard Lema; Peter Baumann

suggestedwhich place design in the initial year to maintain interest 9, 10, 15, 17, 22, 32, 8, 9, 13, 15, 18, 26, or whichare laboratory-based 2, 4, 7, 12, or finally those which emphasize the development of problem-solving skills. 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24 Baylor University uses self-paced mastery of subjectmaterial as an interesting further refinement for a problem-solving course.24 During presentationof previous work1, interest was expressed in the team design project used in the introductorycourse at CCSU to reinforce several learned problem-solving principles and skill sets and toculminate the course with an experiential learning experience. This team project effort is similarin many respects to the Building Engineering Student Team

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Ferruzza

used in lower level courses, and thetime allowed for completion has been reduced to two weeks. This time frame allows for teamdeliberations and the formulation of well-structured team presentations. In addition, among anumber of “extra-credit” options, students are invited to solve the problem by alternate methodsand/or by using additional software packages.Instructor’s supportThe Sledder can be integrated as a mini-project in a basic Physics course or even as a simulation-lab in a Physics Laboratory session. In addition to problem-solving skills, computer proficiency,and teamwork, the students are challenged by the fact that they have to carefully plan for thevarious parts of the exercise and to allot a reasonable amount of time to different

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Said Shakerin

Page 10.587.5required course for all engineering students. Specifically, one formal lecture was delivered on Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationestimation followed by a homework set of six problems and mini-projects, similar to the setdescribed in this paper. One laboratory session was also dedicated to the height estimation,followed by crude measurement, of a tall building on campus. Students actively participated inthese exercises. We are hoping to continue to strengthen our coverage on estimation throughoutthe curricula with the goal of equipping our students for this important

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Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The process of identifying and validating the ISU Competencies also confirmed our contentionthat engineering experiential education programs, such as our cooperative education andinternships, present the best place to directly observe and measure students developing anddemonstrating competencies while engaged in the practice of engineering at the professionallevel. For most of the ISU Competencies, stakeholders ranked the engineering workplace as theplace to best develop and demonstrate the Competencies, followed by coop/internships. Theclassroom consistently ranked last. Other settings included laboratories, professional activities

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Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

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Brianno Coller

Page 10.136.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationinterface device (hid) compliant. There is no support for force feedback steering wheelsyet. TORCS provides a built in tool for calibrating joysticks/steering wheels.5. ClosingIn a recent article on the role of computing in education, G.V. Wilson writes [8]: Good computing practice is just as important to physical scientists and engineers today as good laboratory practice and sound mathematics. My experience has been that it takes a few months to teach a physicist, geologist, or biochemist enough to make a big difference in her

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Filsinger

Page 10.1371.3 Pipelined 5ns 13 65ns Table 3: Sample Performance Results for Previous Example Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAs can be seen, a Pipelined implementation combines the short clock cycle length of the multi-cycle implementation with the low number of clock cycles found with the single-cycleimplementation. At least in the absence of branch and data hazards, the pipelinedimplementation represents the best of both worlds.Performance MeasurementThe goal of the laboratory

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Brian Sauser

Teams. American Pyschologist, 1990: p. 120-133. Page 10.1426.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationBRIAN J. SAUSER holds a B.S. from Texas A&M University in Agriculture Development with an emphasis inHorticulture Technology, a M.S. from Rutgers University in Bioresource Engineering, and a Ph.D. from StevensInstitute of Technology in Technology Management. He has worked in government, industry, and academia formore than 10 years as both a researcher/engineer and director of programs. He has managed an applied research anddevelopment laboratory in life

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Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Chenoweth; Donald Bagert

Science and Software Engineeringat the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. His research interests include software processimprovement, software tools for student advising, and software methodologies. Dr. Bagert is a registeredProfessional Engineer in software engineering in the state of Texas. Contact him at Don.Bagert@rose-hulman.edu.STEPHEN V. CHENOWETHSteve Chenoweth is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Rose-HulmanInstitute, following a career at NCR Corporation and at Bell Laboratories. His research interests include softwarearchitecture and requirements, software processes, artificial intelligence, and alternatives to pedagogy. Contact himat Steve.Chenoweth@rose-hulman.edu

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mehria Saffi; Mariana Alvaro; Diana Mejia; David Bowen

suchexperience. By this method, we were able to interview practitioners in manufacturing, service,transportation and government organizations. Interviewees hailed from relatively smallmanufacturing organizations (approximately $6 million in annual sales), to some of the largestand well known (UPS, FEDEX), and most respected engineering companies (e.g., Bechtel, Intel,Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Hewlett Packard) in the world.As a group, our interviewees averaged 17.9 years supervising engineers working in teams andparticipated in an average of 68 teams each. They served as leaders or supervisors for 22% ofthe those teams, and served as non-supervisory team members on the remaining 78%.Interviews were conducted either at the interviewees

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Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

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Eduardo Montanez; Andrew Mastronardi

connectors, and 1 BNC connector Page 10.938.4 • LCD module and 8-pin keyboard interfaces “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” • COM port with selectable RS232, Background Debug Module (BDM), and Monitor Mode (MON08) interfaces • MON08 interface for programming and debugging HC08 MCUs • BDM pod for programming and debugging HCS12 / HCS08 MCUs • Compatible with National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS), which is a LabVIEW

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Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joseph Shaeiwitz

the students.Although the authors have limited experience with these product design case studies, it isapparent that sometimes information needed at the smaller scales may not be readily availablefrom the usual sources. For example, it is often difficult to extract useful scientific/engineeringdata from the patent literature, while books and journal articles may not be specific enough for agiven product. Solutions to these types of problems include: going into the laboratory andmaking measurements, teaming-up with a researcher in the area who is willing to lend expertise Page 10.637.2to the problem, and creative extrapolation of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Edgar; Michael Urynowicz; Jerry Hamann

The Static Stability Factor – A Dynamic Introduction to Engineering Thomas V. Edgar, Michael A. Urynowicz and Jerry C. Hamann University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 80271AbstractMost students want to become engineers so they can design and build things. An introductorycourse in engineering should pique those interests and provide information and activities whichshow the breadth of the field of engineering. This paper presents a series of laboratory activitiesbased on the Static Stability Factor (SSF), used in vehicle design to determine under whatconditions a vehicle will spinout or rollover.The

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Exploring Trends in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

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M. Zoghi

construction and/or repair of the component. End of the semester projectassessments have indicated the collaborative service-learning projects to provide a positivelearning experience for students from both courses. Based on the results of evaluations andthrough conversations with the students, the service-learning projects have achieved both thecourse specific and non-course specific educational goals. As expected, the instructors continueto modify the project and its requirements in an effort to further enhance the educationalopportunity for students.Since the Fall semester of 2002, the Introduction to Materials Laboratory Class has beeninvolved with a service-learning project through the ETHOS program. This project supports thework of the service

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Cheryl Willis; Susan Miertschin

Construction Management Technology, ElectricalPower, Information Systems Technology, Consumer Science and Merchandising, Logistics, andTechnology Leadership and Supervision. In addition, UH is recognized as the most ethnicallydiverse major research university with no single majority group in its student body. Thus, thestudent population served is heterogeneous with respect to a number of factors including priorcomputer experience. IST faculty members have chosen to use a variety of technologies thatsupport collaboration with students in the course. Technologies used with students include e-mailand discussion boards through the centralized interface provided by WebCT, Web logs, ad-hocnetworking using Tablet PCs in a Mobile Learning Laboratory, and

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Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

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Carol Haden; John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

engineering students: 1) increase the numbers of entering freshmen andtransfer students, and 2) increase retention of currently-enrolled students. The topic of this paper is Page 10.563.1primarily associated with retention of sophomore engineering students. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The “Design4Practice,” or “D4P,” curriculum is a series of innovative undergraduate classes whichinvolve active learning laboratories for the students in each of their freshman, sophomore, junior andsenior