Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunfeng Wang, College of New Jersey; Christopher Ault, College of New Jersey; Teresa Marrin Nakra, College of New Jersey; Andrea Salgian, College of New Jersey; Meredith K. Stone, Independent Evaluator

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

were you able to make a contribution to the project in a discipline outside your own? Students reported making only moderate contributions in disciplines outside their own. Average rating was 6.0, while the mode was 4, the median was 6. Page 22.1484.6 A multidisciplinary approach modifies this scenario through the participation of specialists from different fields who have the necessary skills to communicate with each other and produce a collaborative solution through a common perspective(9) How MUCH IMPACT has participating in this course had on what you plan to do after you graduate? Students reported that the course had only

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Benson, Kettering University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

., Scales, K., Elzinga, J.D., Planning for Curriculum Renewal and Accreditation Under ABET Engineering Criteria 2000, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, June 1998.6. SUCCEED Coalition, Elzinga, J. consultant, Curriculum Innovation and Renewal Manual: Stage Three Analyzing the Existing Curriculum Augmented Syllabus Method, Retrieved from, www.succeed.ufl.edu/content/oa-wkshp/products/curriculum/index.html7. ABET, Criteria for Evaluating Engineering Programs: Effective for Evaluations During the 2008-2009 Accreditation Cycle. Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/Linked%20Documents- UPDATE/Criteria%20and%20PP/E001%2008-09%20EAC%20Criteria%2012-04-07.pdf8

Conference Session

Core Concepts, Standards, and Policy in K-12 Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ronald L. Carr, Purdue University; Nilson E. Martinez-Lopez, Purdue University; Jose Daniel Bravo, INSPIRE

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

needed to guide the search through thestate standards. Our initial search borrowed from ideas found through literature review. The Page 22.1095.12NATIONAL  SURVEY  OF  STATES’  P-­‐12  ENGINEERING  STANDARDS    initial criteria stemmed from the Committee on K-12 Engineering Education 2008 report, whichprovided the following: • "Engineering — a process for creating the human-made world, the artifacts and processes that never existed before.” (p.9) “Most often engineers do not literally construct the artifacts, they provide plans and directions for how the artifacts are to be constructed.” (p.9) • “They also

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Specking; Edgar C. Clausen

groups were first briefed on the carbohydratecontent of algae and how it might be extracted, and then were given time to locate techniques onthe internet for extracting sugars from biomass. The student groups each decided on a plan ofattack within the constraints of available materials, implemented the plans, and then submittedsamples for sugar analysis. Procedures ranging from mild acid or base hydrolysis to enzymatichydrolysis (from human saliva) were tried. While waiting for sample analysis, the studentsplayed with a remote-controlled car that was fueled with biobutanol.Results from the ProgramsSeveral measurable results were obtained from the three summer programs which demonstrategrowth, interest and early success: • In 2010, EEP1 had

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James G. Steuber

Design Manual Project.Most, if not all, of these skills are addressed by the Design Manual Project. Students will continueto acquire new tools with on-the-job experience including perhaps an increased ability to handleuncertainty or to make estimates–tools which require more hands-on experience. The primary tool developed by the Design Manual Project is a design philosophy. The num-ber of considerations that need to be made when designing or selecting a machine component issometimes overwhelming without some sort of plan or design philosophy. For example, whiledeveloping the design manual for springs a student must ask themselves: How does one select aextension spring? The answer is by asking the right questions! In writing a manual students

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jessica L. Buck; Bertiel Harris; Elizabeth Y. McInnis

. The original request was for a Microsoft (MS) Access 2007 database,but the participants were encouraged to utilize an Microsoft (MS) Excel 2007 programsince the instructors were highly proficient. Based on the verbal communication from theChief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the agency, the MS Excel 2007 spreadsheet wouldaddress their immediate needs. However, there were plans for the next service learningproject, which would convert the MS Excel 2007 spreadsheet into an MS Access 2007database. The Fall 2010 academic semester, is when this venture began. As a part of the professor’ssyllabus, the students were informed about the service learning project. According to Bringle andHatcher (1995), courses with service learning objectives

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sheikh Ghafoor; Stephen Canfield; Michael Kelley; Tristan Hill

programming and note its importancein their engineering studies. However, we have observed in both the treatment and controlgroup that the students’ change in attitude toward programming in some cases is neutralor negative. This result was not expected and did not correlate directly with the degree ofengagement with the model. This paper will explore these findings in greater detail. It willprovide an overview of the model and the expected outcomes in student attitudes towardsprogramming. It will present the findings in student attitude resulting from threesemesters-worth of project implementation. Several potential factors that led to theseresults will be presented. The paper will conclude with the implications of these findingson planning

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gay Lemons; Adam Carberry; Chris Swan

models, (6)Plan/draw/sketch, (7) View available materials, (8) Read technical descriptions of prototype jaropeners, (9) Build a prototype, (10) Review first principles of physics, (11) Talk to jarmanufacturers, (12) Examine elementary mechanics, (13) Look at jar variables, (14) Investigateaesthetic options, and (15) View unnecessary nonsense.These activities were presented to eight of the participants using physical sets of cards laid out ona large table. Two participants (M-ME-4* and F-ME-3) were given the design task using adigital workbook supported by RobobooksTM software. Information presented physically anddigitally was identical except for the Talk to Jim information, which was replaced with videos ofan upper limb amputee. The digital

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sean K. Turner

dramaticshift means that there is a new need for Sustainability Engineers who are proficient in the broadportfolio of technologies and analytic techniques to deal with renewable and alternative energy.In order to meet increasing demand, Sustainability Engineering students will need to be trainedto design new systems as well as plan for the financial aspects of these systems. In mostprograms, undergraduate students do not have the preparation needed to become effective in theSustainable Engineering field. For example, they lack coursework in topics such as energymanagement, generation design, techniques of financial modeling, and exposure to the broaderconcepts of alternative energy. One of the traditional steps is to create new programs to meet

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

a situated, incremental curriculum plan in all seven departments in the college. Her responsibilities include faculty development (she has facilitated numer- ous college-wide workshops), TA training (approximately 15 graduate students from the Humanities work with CLEAR to develop the communication competence of engineering undergraduates), programmatic and basic research, instructional development, and assessment. Dr. Kedrowicz received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Utah in 2005. She also holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Organizational and Corporate Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah Department of Communication

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur B. Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

. 10, off-resonancefrequencies randomly distributed between -50 Hz and 50 Hz. Student can observe the animationof all these spin vectors and the aggregated FID signals. In particular, this simulation is veryhelpful in explaining the divergence and refocus of magnetization on x-y plan in SE. Thisexercise is also very long, and it usually takes students two weeks to complete. Page 22.24.8 Figure 6. Lab 6 survey and assessment results.Lab 7. Brain activation detection in fMRI (image analysis)Student is given a functional MRI dataset containing one axial brain slice for 68 time samples.Each image is of 46 by 55 in size. The

Conference Session

The CE Profession: Perspectives from the U.S. & Canada

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin E. Bollo, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Carlos Estuardo Ventura, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

mandatory post-Bachelor’s degree education in the form of a Master’s degree orapproximately 30 coordinated graduate or upper level undergraduate credits as oneprerequisite to licensure (in addition to more focused pre-licensure experience and a morecomprehensive licensure examination) for the professional practice of Civil Engineering6.There are currently no plans to move to a Master’s degree or equivalent requirement forpotential licensees in Canada, although Engineers Canada is reviewing the situation sincethis seems to be a worldwide movement7. For sake of comparison to American licensurerequirements, licensure as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in B.C. (which is generallysimilar to other Canadian Provinces and Territories) requires the

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teodora Rutar, Seattle University; Brandon Shuman, MS

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

projects in school year 2009-2010. It also shows qualitative assessment data that support following conclusions: 1) studentstook more ownership of their duties on the project through involvement in planning andmodules; 2) students implemented project scheduling and monitoring to their capstone projects,effectively beginning to develop related skills; and 3) faculty advisors were for most partfocusing only on the technical parts of the project, effectively leaving the management tostudents and a few in-class workshops. The paper also offers suggestions on how to motivateand train the students and faculty for future years.IntroductionAt Seattle University all engineering seniors are required to participate in a three quartercapstone senior design

Conference Session

Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ratchaneekorn Thamvichai, Saint Cloud State University; Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, Virginia Tech; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Tamal Bose, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the summer research program questionnaire The opportunity for close interaction with the faculty members was: The opportunity to learn more about other faculty and student projects in addition to my own was: The opportunity to learn more about how to plan for graduate school and careers in electrical engineering, computer engineering was: The opportunity to learn more about general research processes & methods was: The opportunity to learn more about the Cognitive Communications related skills and techniques was: The opportunity to become familiar with the relevant scientific literature for my research project was: The opportunity to learn more about the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Janet H Murray, Georgia Tech; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

students, test versus control sectionsIt is very important to understand that these are preliminary results, and that within the overallcourse experience, the intervention is very small (less than 25% of the homework problems aredone online, and the homework grade is only 5% of the overall class grade – see Appendix A fordetails) so it can only have minimal effect on overall class grade. Also, not every statics topic isaddressed in the software as of yet (as stated earlier, both 3D and V-M diagrams are stillmissing). Still, those results are encouraging and we plan to continue the analysis as the softwareis finally fully developed. We also plan to probe deeper into gender and ethnicity information.We are encouraged that our intended target

Conference Session

Collaborations, Accreditation and Articulation Issues for International Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Elizabeth Leibach, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

International

22.946.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 International Articulation Issues an Engineering Technology Education Response to Global ChallengesAs part of Northern Kentucky University‟s (NKU) strategic plan in 2007-2012, the universitystated – that increasing globalization will require the university to become more international inscope. In accordance with this policy the engineering technology division has undertakeninternational student recruitment efforts and articulation agreements with universities abroad.This paper will discuss challenges in formulating such articulation agreements while maintainingthe integrity of existing accredited programs. The paper explains what

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill M. Zande, Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center

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Ocean and Marine

Japan,with more planned both domestically and internationally in the future to accommodate thecontinued and growing interest.To date, the competitions have impacted more than 9,000 students at formal and informaleducational institutions (middle schools, high schools, home schools, community colleges,universities, 4-H clubs, and public aquaria, among others).10 Figure 1 illustrates the growth inthe number of schools participating in the MATE competitions from 2001 (the year of the pilotregional) through 2010 (the most recently completed competition “season”).The extensive involvement of ocean and other technology-related organizations and individualshas been key to achieving the competition’s goals and promoting its growth and success

Conference Session

Impact of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Chemical Engineering Education & Misc.

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University; Gail Ellen Gerdemann, STEPs at Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

the MaterialsStore. After writing up a design proposal, a budget, and rationale for why the design is expected to be successful,each team is ready to gather materials. One student from each group is assigned to pick up the materials thegroup needs. In the typical classroom with thirty students and one sink, a water distribution and disposal systemneeds to be planned. For this lab use Petri dishes (or other small wide pans) to reduce the amount of water neededfor each test; each group has a small container of water at their station and another empty container for disposingof waste water to reduce trips to the sink. Also have a large tub for the class for collecting waste water to bedisposed outside later. It works well to have the teacher be

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

by providing the students with realizable concept ofelectromagnetic radiations. The versatility of the computer enables different types of antennameasurements to be made, and various parameters to be determined. This paper discusses theusefulness of computers in antennas laboratory exercises in a Telecommunications course. Italso discusses student design experiments, and experiments planned for the next step of thelearning experience.IntroductionExplosion of information transmission in the information age is evidenced by the dependenceon information in all spheres of life. In its electrical form, information may be in the form ofvoice, video, or data and transmissions of these require different ranges in the frequencyspectrum. As a result of

Conference Session

Post Graduate Experiential Programs and Insights

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David W Schmueser, Altair Engineering Inc.; Charbel Philippe Saleh, Altair Engineering Inc.; Prakash C. Shrivastava, Oakland University; Lori Lin Crose, Oakland University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-1388: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY/ALTAIR ENGINEERING TECH-NICAL BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CORPORATE INTERNSHIP PRO-GRAMDavid W Schmueser, Altair Engineering Inc. Dr. David Schmueser is the Business Development Manager of University Programs in the United States for Altair Engineering, with primary responsibility for identifying and implementing Altair’s advanced engineering software and grid computing technologies for curriculum and research applications. With more than 30 years of experience in engineering research, project technical management, and en- gineering instruction, Schmueser’s strategic role at Altair focuses on the development and execution of Altair’s university marketing and sales plan, fellowship program

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

the incumbent fossil fuel generator per our energy use plan. We have writtenproposals for funding to provide a more suitable replacement, based on the University of Idaho’shighly successful biofuels research, but none have yet been granted.Diversion LoadA diversion load, controlled by the main inverter/controller dissipates excess generation whenthe battery storage is full. We found this to be an effective way to maintain system stability withthe incumbent system. At 1.0 kW, this load is a little larger than its predecessor’s 400 Watts.This is sufficient to completely avoid disconnecting the baseline water turbine, yieldingautomatic control and security of the entire electrical system at all times. It was tested in thelaboratory as shown in

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

tostart than engineering degrees due to the generally larger student to program ratios.Keywords: engineering enrollment, engineering accreditation, engineering technologyenrollmentIntroduction“Improvise, adapt, overcome” is a credo that engineering and technology educational programadministrators at American universities may need to adopt. To maintain the quality of highereducation in the United States, administrators must strategically plan to optimize programswhich may be successful and discontinue programs which are not successful. They mustimprovise in a time when public funding of higher education is declining, adapt programs tooptimize their operations, and overcome the natural effect of diminished quality which isexpected during periods of

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

profession10-12. An effective realization of an epistemic game is in a computer-simulated virtual environment. Computer-based simulation games are an emerging and populararea of research and development in the learning sciences10, 13-15. One advantage of the virtuallearning environment, especially when role-play is involved, may be the immersive element ofthe activities13. In our own prior work, the epistemic computer simulation games Urban Scienceand Digital Zoo have been shown to successfully lead to professional values and epistemology inurban planning and biomedical engineering, respectively, in K–12 students11, 12. An additionaladvantage of the on-line environment is that student communication and work output can becaptured for later in-depth

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron L Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University; Cory R. Davis, Oklahoma Christian University; Robert Andrew Stevenson, Oklahoma Christian University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

bachelors in Mechanical engineering from the same school. For his senior design project he and his team entered the regular class of the SAE Aero Design East competition and won first place in the presen- tation portion. After completing his masters he plans on entering into industry for a few years and then considering returning to school to pursue his doctorate degree. Page 22.1333.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Student Learning Modules in Trigonometry and Integral Calculus using LEGO MINDSTORMS® NXTIntroduction and MotivationRetention of

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel W. Walsh, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robert S. Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. The formal establishment of the department wastriggered by input from two major constituencies; overwhelming student demand, underpinnedby industrial pressure and support. The Biomedical Engineering and General Engineering Page 22.1427.2Department is the only degree granting program in the CSU system. It has consistently drawn alarge number of well-qualified applicants. In fact, the department has attracted the highestquality and most gender-diverse applicants in the College of Engineering each year since itsformation. The program has grown at rate in excess of that planned, and faculty hiring has notkept pace; the student to faculty ratio is

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Jeff Kesling

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

of scientific and mathematical principles to the method of differential leveling asapplies to the Civil Engineer in the planning and design of the construction of buildings,highways, and bridges were investigated. Such planning and designing requires the surveying oflocations to determine what changes may need to be made prior to any construction or alteration.Differential leveling is the independent measurement of an unknown elevation relative to aknown elevation. One of the key elements to perform accurate differential leveling is the abilityto keep the rod and the instrument plumbed to the earth. Current state of the art is to use anautomatic level and graduated rod, both of which employ bubble-levels to determine plumb.The purpose of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terence J. Fagan, Central Piedmont Community College; Gerald D. Holt, Project Lead The Way

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering toteachers and young students as a potential career path8.”The issue of institution liability when sharing college infrastructure came up early and took moretime to solve than initially planned. After two months analyzing the question of the institution‟sliability for adolescent students, the school requested that the US FIRST team purchase liabilityinsurance. The liability insurance allows the adolescent student to use the college facilities. Onelimitation that needed to be addressed was the institution‟s computer usage, which was solvedwith the creation of a non-curriculum class. This allows anyone registered in the class access tothe college‟s computer system and software. The authors assume that protocol may differ atother

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hirak C. Patangia, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

plans, President Barack Obama urges the country to transform itsenergy system to make it greener and smarter. This project seeks to address such a challengewith contemporary courses on alternate energy harnessing and electric smart grid (ESG).A web search shows that many universities across the nation have been engaged in solar energyresearch. One of the goals is to improve physical properties of silicon cells to improve panelefficiency. Application of nanotechnology to improve the conversion efficiency of incominglight photons to electrical output has been a topic of high interest. Optical concentrators havebeen researched to improve panel efficiency. However, undergraduate courses that focus on thepractical design and implementation of solar

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James McConnell, North Carolina State University; Brian D. Koehler, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

Graduate Teaching Assistants for FLS 101. In addition to the courses he teaches in a classroom setting, he is also the instructor of an online Spanish course that blends the elements of the Spanish language with the relationship among culture and technology. He meets regularly with department members to plan collaboratively and articulate content between courses. In addition to teaching, Mr. McConnell leads Engineering Students on a summer semester program to Spain. Although based out of the town of Segovia, students travel to several cities including Toledo, Barcelona, Madrid, Avila and Salamanca. The program is geared toward Engineering students and includes traditional language classes and various excursions such as

Conference Session

Improving Visualization Skills

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaomin Dong, Kettering University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, Marygrove College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

state and federal government. It is seen that thecompanies that sponsor Kettering University students represent a diverse cross section of U.S.industries. The changes that have been taking place in these industries and the needs andchallenges they face are immediately reflected in Kettering University’s classrooms as thestudents bring valuable experience after 24 weeks of work experience per year with theircorporate sponsor. The students and the department of Mechanical Engineering are the focus ofthis study.As part of the professional development portion of the grant, the Kettering University ENGAGEteam attended the ENGAGE conference in February 2010. A Plan of Attack in spatialvisualization was developed by Dr. Y. Dong, the Spatial