Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; GWEN EBERT, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Learning Center, she coordinates professional development experiences for graduate students, staff, and faculty. She has been involved with several NSF proposals to date. First, as a member of the management team for the NSF Center for Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), Courter is responsible with a multi-disciplinary team for developing and teaching a course for graduate students on teaching science and engineering. Second, as a member of the management team for the Foundation Coalition at UW-Madison, she has completed an on-line professional development program for twenty faculty from ten institutions. Third, NSF Award: $1,099,560 for the period September 1, 1999

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Denis Enderle, University of Connecticut

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Biomedical

engineering andbiology”. A physiological modeling course conveniently satisfies both requirements. Here it isproposed that a differential equations based physiological modeling course replace the moretraditional differential equations course taught in the math department. The motivation forexploring this possibility is that: (1) the differential equation course can be replaced by amath/science elective and (2) students see differential equations applied in modelingphysiological systems. We have been teaching a physiological modeling course at the Universityof Connecticut’s BME program over the last four years developing the curriculum, and after theproof of concept is approved, will implement the replacement.INTRODUCTIONDesigning and updating a

Conference Session

Energy Laboratory Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

apparatus under study (Figure 1) was designed and manufactured in 2003 aspart of an ASHRAE funded Senior Design Project. The system uses a typical vapor compression Page 11.461.2cycle with R-134a as the refrigerant. For the compressor, a Seltec TM-08 unit was used. Thiscompressor is commonly used in automotive applications. It is powered by a 3 hp three-phaseelectric motor that is operated by a frequency controller. Trunion bearings support the motor,which is connected to a load cell for measuring the torque applied to the compressor. Heatrejection is accomplished through a coaxial condenser manufactured by Edwards Engineering.Cold water from the

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

,perform an experiment and collect data, and never have to leave the dorm room. This wasfacilitated by software products, such as LabVIEW from National Instruments, which providednew graphical capabilities allowing a user to duplicate the appearance and function of a piece ofexperimental hardware in the graphical user interface (GUI). Page 11.113.3The confluence of these three areas gave instructors 1) the ability to numerically model complexsystems realistically, 2) the ability to create interfaces which “felt” real, and 3) the freedom to trynew approaches at meeting experimental objectives. The resulting pedagogical approach can bereferred to as

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Parden, Santa Clara University

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Engineering Management

increasing their knowledge ofthe global business systems in which their research, development, and design decisions will beutilized. To these goals we add leadership--leadership to reach next-level productivity in everyfacet of the knowledge-intensive firm.Historical Productivity StudiesProductivity is not a new concern. In 1974, Robert Ranftl reported for The Hughes AircraftCompany, an investigation of the way to improve productivity in Technology-BasedOrganizations.It is titled “R and D Productivity. (1) This study involved hundreds of contributors in theAerospace Industry. Their conclusions:1. Productivity improvement in virtually any organization is there for the asking.2. There are significant untapped resources in every individual.3. The

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Amos, Michigan Technological University; Michael Powers, Michigan Technological University; Guy Hembroff, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jongwon Kim, Seoul National University; Dong Mok Kim, Seoul National University; Stefano Consiglio, Technical University of Berlin; Semih Severengiz, Technical University of Berlin; Guenther Seliger, Technical University of Berlin; Lalit Patil, University of Michigan; Debasish Dutta, University of Michigan

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International

term. These include the following: 1. How can such a course be integrated within the existing curriculum of three different universities? 2. How should students who have some basic skills in handling the challenges of distributed project work? 3. What are the financial requirements for this course and how can they be met? 4. How should infrastructure be used and maintained in such a “high-technology’’ course? 5. How should evaluation and assessment be done consistent with the grading policies of three different institutions? 6. How can faculty from three universities collaborate effectively in a distributed global team?This paper elaborates on these issues and how they have been addressed by the

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Electrical and Computer

Duluth. Her interests include control, robotics, image processing, digital systems, and microprocessor applications. Page 11.934.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Mobile Robots Capstone Design CourseAbstractThis work describes the educational experience gained during the "Design Workshop", a fourthyear course in the undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering program at ourUniversity. The main topic of this course is concentrated on a team-based, semester-long projectin which students design and build mobile robots for different applications.1. Introduction The number of electronic

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

decision making for the development ofa theoretical model of this process. The current paper will present a detailed analysis of severalof these variables, building on previously published results5,6. This paper does not, however,intend to identify practical recommendations for dealing with cheating in the academic orworkplace settings.Figure 1 provides an overview of the variables and their interactions that will be discussed in thispaper. This figure is not based on a theoretical understanding of the issue, nor is it a completeand necessarily accurate depiction of the decision making processes used by engineeringundergraduate students. Rather, it is intended as a guide to the reader so that they may moreeasily follow the analyses and conclusions

Conference Session

Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, North Carolina State University

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Educational Research and Methods

to bring their research productivity and teaching effectiveness to a level that meets orexceeds the standards of their institutions.1 Boice also observed, however, that roughly 5% of hissubjects managed to meet or exceed expectations for both research and teaching within their firsttwo years. These quick starters did several things differently from their colleagues, includingscheduling regular time for working on scholarly writing and sticking with the schedule,integrating their research into their lectures, trying to cover less content in their courses andleaving more time for student questions and interactions, and limiting course preparation timeafter the first offering to less than two hours of prep for each hour of lecture. The quick

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Matthew Mayhew, University of North Carolina-Wilmington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

forboth intention and behavior.IntroductionThere is a growing emphasis in the United States on graduating engineering students whounderstand professional and ethical responsibility, as evidenced by The Engineer of 2020 reportproduced by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)1. This report concludes that futureengineers will need to “possess a working framework upon which high ethical standards and astrong sense of professionalism can be developed.” To date, most research on ethics educationin engineering has focused on the effectiveness of various pedagogies as measured by in-classassessment of learning. While valuable, these efforts fail to recognize that the best measure ofsuccessful learning of ethical decision-making may be the extent to

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Mingming Lu, University of Cincinnati; Richard Miller, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Heng Wei, University of Cincinnati; Thaddeus Fowler, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a.m. to noon each day with aCEE faculty member and a dedicated graduate student on a research project for six weeks duringthe summer in their laboratories. In the afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. the teachers tookprofessional development seminars taught by education and engineering faculty members andpracticing engineers, and went on four field trips. They also worked with a team of engineeringand education graduate Fellows working for a NSF Graduate K-12 Fellows Grant to developlesson plans that would be implemented in their classrooms before they finished the summer Page 11.183.3RET summer experience. They presented their research findings

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsty Mills, University of New Mexico

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Engineering Ethics

annually, and cross listed in the School ofEngineering and the College of Arts and Science. First offered in the Fall semester of 2005, itattracted 9 students, 2 from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and 7 fromthe Department of Chemistry. As a required core course in an upcoming highly interdisciplinaryNanoscience and Microsystems graduate curriculum, enrollment is expected to increasesignificantly. The course is also to be disseminated via the web portal of the NSF-fundedNational Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), a network of 13 universities whichmakes nanotechnology user facilities available to industry and to academe, and which hassignificant education and ethics components.The course has five elements: 1

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Epolito, U.S. Military Academy; Michael Butkus, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

treatment and transmission of communicable diseases. However, a morecomprehensive understanding of biology is now considered necessary to solve emergingproblems with pollution, ecosystem destruction, and species extinction.1 Indeed, geneticengineering and techniques used in the field of medicine are being used to study and solvenumerous environmental problems. The ABET criteria for environmental engineering programsstate that students must have proficiency in a biological science, e.g., microbiology, aquaticbiology, or, toxicology, relevant to the program of study. Unfortunately, students in someenvironmental engineering programs have not participated in a biology course since theirsophomore or junior year in high school.2 Consequently, a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Koehler, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Susan Matney, North Carolina State University; Mary Clare Robbins, North Carolina State University

engineering programs for a numberof years.1 Initially such programs were focused on underrepresented minorities and women inengineering.2 At NC State, the Minority Engineering and Women in Engineering Programs haveprovided mentors for students served by their offices.START (STudent Advancement And Retention Teams) is NC State College of Engineering’smentoring program for minority engineering freshmen and sophomores. An early interventionand peer-mentoring program, START aims to create useful partnerships among minorityengineering students. Students are paired by major, demographics, or both with an upper-classminority engineering student. START mentors act as big brothers/sisters to mentees. STARTteams meet on a regular basis to discuss a variety of

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Perry, University of Memphis; Jeffrey Marchetta, University of Memphis

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Friction (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html) • Fluid Mechanics: Frictional Losses through a Pipe (http://www.freecalc.com/fricfram.htm).AssessmentResults of the Index of Learning Styles assessment are given in Table 1 for both courses in thestudy. A score of -11 indicates a strong dependence on the first of the two learning styles in eachpair, while a score of +11 indicates a strong dependence on the second style. Obviously a scoreof zero would indicate the student is equally dependent on both learning styles in the pair.Clearly, the students involved in our study are strongly visual learners who remember best whatthey see rather than what they hear or read. In addition, they are sensing learners who tend to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Vaccari, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

biomedical and biochemical engineering, environmental engineering is theengineering discipline that has the closest connection with biology. Certainly, it is the onlyengineering discipline that connects with such a wide range of biological fields.Table 1 shows the results of a pre-test administered to a class of 9 graduate and undergraduateenvironmental engineering students. The results show a very low familiarity with basic ideasfrom general biology. Table 1. Percent of students who showed familiarity with biological concepts Evolution 33% Eukaryotes 11% Carbohydrates 33

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

faculty develop “technological literacy” coursesabsent any common, simple definition ? The premise of this paper is that the voluntarycreation and teaching of such a course represents, broadly speaking, a kind of academicquest, wherein the protagonist sets out on a large voyage to explore the history andmodernity of his/her discipline, and more deeply, his or her own place in the engineeringcosmos, by the learning which comes through the development of such a multi-dimensional course. This hypothesis is illustrated using the author’s experiences, andexamples drawn from the 2004 NAE-NSF workshop.Introduction At a recent engineering workshop for Technology Literacy, sponsored by NSFand held at the NAE 1, the faculty presenters consisted of a

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University; John Krupczak, Hope College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

range ofissues (historical, economic, technical, social) inherent in design instruction and problemsolving. In consequence, we propose instruction in technological literacy as a newopportunity for design faculty. Through this activity, these faculty will be among the firstto be viewed by non-engineering students, not just the last instructors to be encounteredby undergraduate engineers. This situation could provide design instructors with a newand professionally rewarding territory for representation of both the design process anddesigners themselves.Introduction More than ten years ago, Edward W. Ernst 1 discussed the technological literacyof students in non-technical majors: “Within the past decade (approx. 1985-1995

Conference Session

What's New in Statics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

engineering education and practice. One such project involving an inspection of ahistoric truss bridge is discussed herein.II. Historic Truss Bridge ProjectStudents working in teams actively participated in a class project involving a preliminaryinspection of a local steel truss bridge. A dead load analysis of the truss superstructure based onas-built conditions was performed.College Street BridgeCollege Street Bridge is a four-span, steel, truss structure which crosses the Barren River inBowling Green, Kentucky (see Figures 1 and 2). Spans 1 through 3 are through trusses, andspan 4 is a pony truss. The historic bridge was built in 1915 and presently serves as a pedestrianbridge. The top chord truss members and the vertical truss members of the

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Technology Organization.”IV. ChannelIt was desired to adopt a channel mode that has achieved quasi commodity status in thecommunications world. For this reason, the Bluetooth standard, and Bluetooth standard deviceswere chosen. Two modules were tested during project work, the Euzio (class 1) andConnectBlue (class 2) Bluetooth modules. Both units are marketed as replacement for copperserial cable links. Both modules are mounted onto development kit boards that support voltagelevel shifting (3.3 V / TTL / RS-232), RS 232 with DB-9 connector and power adaptor. TheEzurio provides plated through holes to access the 40 pins of their Bluetooth module. TheConnectBlue version uses a 20 pin header mounted on the module board itself. The Ezurio andConnectBlue

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rudolph Eggert, Boise State University

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Design in Engineering Education

, they learn them via “on-site” training.Introduction Many engineers work in jobs, directly or indirectly, related to manufacturing. The UnitedStates Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 1,449,000 engineers were employed in 2004 [1].Of those, approximately 38 percent worked directly in manufacturing, 27 percent worked intechnical services (including scientific research and development services), 13 percent ingovernment, three percent self-employed and about 19 percent were classified as others. Manufacturing establishments include: aerospace, apparel and other textile products,chemicals manufacturing (except drugs), drug manufacturing, electronic equipmentmanufacturing, food processing, motor vehicle and equipment manufacturing

Conference Session

Installing & Assessing Technology Literacy Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camille George, University of St. Thomas; Elise Amel, University of St. Thomas; Karl Mueller, University of St. Thomas

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

lab’ core course or can be incorporated into a sophomorelevel mechanical or electrical engineering course with additional advanced options.A technology-literate population is a critical national asset in the global market, and it isnecessary for every person in the U.S. to “be all they can be, technically”.1 In 2002, mechanicalengineering positions were among the most numerous available to bachelor's degree students.2The cold facts are that few U.S. citizens are selecting technical careers, particularly engineering.Reasons for this lack of interest in engineering are systemic, starting with pre-college studentsand their teachers, who either do not know what engineering is or who avoid it based on theirnegative perception of what engineering

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Tull, Lafayette College; Lee Clapp, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Donna Fennell, Rutgers University; Tim La para, Minnesota; Alok Bhandari, Kansas State University; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

theEngineering Workforce Commission (EWC)) and faculty (ASEE) depend solely on nameddegree programs and named departments. 1 In other words, a student graduating in civil Page 11.491.2engineering, but working in environmental engineering is not counted. Similarly, a facultymember whose specialty is environmental engineering, but is employed in a chemicalengineering department is likely not counted. The second limitation is that although the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) conducts surveys of sample populations of post-graduate engineers,the collected data for environmental engineers is not routinely reported. 1 NSF does, however usethe graduate’s

Conference Session

Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

in my energy systems class, a technical elective taken by mechanical engineering students.The course is basically an applied thermodynamics class, covering conventional andunconventional power and refrigeration systems. Over the course of two class periods, I derivedthe equation resulting in the “Hubbert curve,” and then had students use it to model theproduction rates of various fossil fuels, predicting the years of peak production rate anddepletion.The exponential modelThe exponential model assumes that the instantaneous rate of production is proportional to thecumulative production, Q: dQ ? aQ (1

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, Texas A&M University; James H. Gill, Jr., Jr., Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

were able to be carried onto a more qualitative, complex andfuzzy platform16.The idea behind the systems thinking concept is to study things in a holistic way while aimingto gain insights into the whole through the interactions and processes between the elementsthat comprise the whole "system". In light of this definition, the first step to establish thesystems approach framework is to describe the structure for the built environment. Figure 1illustrates the major building blocks of the system that starts with public defining the need andends with the delivery of the full project for use. Page 11.598.4Figure 1. Built Environment System Flow and

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Kimarie Engerman, Howard University; Dawn Williams, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

continuedinquiry of factors leading to student attrition in engineering programs.IV. ResultsIn this study, researchers found four major issues that led to students leaving engineering majors.Students cited the following factors that led to their decision to change majors: (1) lack of facultyguidance/advisement; (2) lack of community engagement; (3) scholarship/financial dilemmas;and (4) course difficulty in the areas of calculus I and II. The latter two factors were particularlyintriguing because of the unanticipated connection between them. The challenge of mathematicscourses, particularly calculus, and a student’s financial circumstances combined to sway studentsaway from majoring in engineering. Although other researchers have shown that

Conference Session

New Topics in IE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

, economic, environmental, and societal context;(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning; and (j) aknowledge of contemporary issues. This paper will describe pedagogically how these elementsare implemented within the IE 1035 – Engineering Management course and the other inherentbenefits of doing so, i.e., making learning rigorous, relevant, and interesting.1. IntroductionThe Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh is not unlike most othertraditional industrial engineering programs across the country. Our program begins at thesophomore year after students have completed a common freshman year. Upon joining theIndustrial Engineering Department, students complete additional math courses

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Evans; Jerry Gabriel, Cornell University

group/team work) – make fourassumptions: 1) that communication is an individual skill; 2) that that skill can be separated from the knowledge and/or understanding of a particular subject, area, or field; Page 11.1461.2 3) that that skill is both discrete and generalizable; and 4) that, as a skill, communication can be mastered5. Accordingly, we create distinct curricula with stand-alone courses (courses that aretypically considered to be preparatory)6. We create a content for those courses that is separatefrom other discipline-specific courses (or is inclusive only in the most generally referential

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madhukar Vable, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanics