Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Shih, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

first finite element analysis course, which was offered as anelective. It was agreed among the faculty of the MET program that the course would be anapplied finite element analysis course, to expose the students to the use of a modern tool foranalysis. The course was to cover the basic theoretical derivations of FEA procedures, and alsohands-on experience in using a commercially available Finite Element Analysis package. Due tothe limitation of the computer hardware and software, the course covered one dimensional (1-D)and two dimensional (2-D) linear static structural analyses. Two years later, the MET departmentdecided to integrate the finite element analysis course as a required course for the METcurriculum.In 1994, with the help of several

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

Bridge – Student Transition to Engineering Program.History of ASPIREASPIRE (The Academic Summer Program Introducing Resources for Engineers) was a fiveweek long summer bridge program that assisted both African American and Hispanic studentswho were accepted to enroll in the COE at Virginia Tech. The average ASPIRE enrollment was29 students per year. Program goals were implemented through three main components: (1)academic enrichment in math, chemistry, and engineering fundamentals, (2) social developmentwithin the university community, and (3) professional and personal development. The followingis a brief overview of each component which provides the foundation for expansion to STEPBridge.Classes were designed to be similar to those taught in

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

the mechanics of using them – as they areoften required to do so by the course instructor – but proceed with the concept generation stepwithout using or referring to most of the gathered information. The Needs-Problem Matrix (NPM), loosely based on the Quality Function Deployment’sHouse of Quality,7 aims to tie seemingly disparate data from several pre-ideation tools together,presenting student designers with clear connections and a path forward in the ideation process.Use of the NPM ensures that relevant information is not omitted or ignored during conceptgeneration. With reference to Figure 1, the NPM incorporates information garnered from patent

Conference Session

The Challenges of Tech Transfer

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael McCorquodale, Mobius Microsystems, Inc.; Richard Brown, University of Utah

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Page 12.1074.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Mobius Microsystems: A Case Study in the Commercialization of Graduate Research in Electrical Engineering AbstractMobius Microsystems is a fabless and intellectual property (IP) semiconductor company foundedby a graduate student (McCorquodale) and his faculty advisor (Brown) and based upon the disser-tation research conducted by the student. The company is presented by the founding researchersas a case study in the commercialization of graduate research in electrical engineering. While aprevious paper by the authors [1] has discussed the internal resources required at the researchinstitution to facilitate

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Design in Engineering Education

-controlled environment. Further, faculty monitoring andwell-planned intervention into teams as they practice can greatly increase learning. However,scheduling team practice time into the regular class period seriously reduces the time tointroduce the content and method of these skills. Instructors are often torn between providingadequate instruction and adequate practice time. As a result, successful learning of these skills ishampered. This paper describes an assessment-driven curricular development at GonzagaUniversity to teach collaborative engineering skills. The modular curriculum consists of threecomponents: 1. An intelligent tutoring system prepares students with content knowledge before class practice. Formative and summative

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Rosemary Sutton, Cleveland State University; William Beasley, Cleveland State University; Joshua Bagaka's, Cleveland State University

will be implemented throughout thecivil engineering undergraduate curriculum at CSU, and CSU College of Education and HumanServices researchers will cooperate with the authors to develop and test assessment materials.Assessment will be added into the program of faculty workshops. In summary, there is a need for failure awareness in the undergraduate engineeringcurriculum. Engineering students can learn a lot from failures, and failures play an importantrole in engineering design. This need has been expressed in a number of papers and at a numberof conferences over the past two decades. This proposed research is a specific response to thatneed and will provide (1) much needed access to examples, and (2) a heightened appreciation ofthe

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Engineering Physics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Martinez, Tarleton State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. Page 12.747.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 First Time Accreditation of a Multi-disciplinary Engineering Physics ProgramAbstractIn 2006, Tarleton State University successfully achieved ABET accreditation of EngineeringPhysics, its first engineering program. This Engineering Physics program is a multidisciplinaryengineering program with emphases in electrical engineering, computer engineering, andmaterials physics. Several challenges above and beyond the proof of continuous improvement inCriteria 1-8 had to be overcome to accomplish this accreditation. Tarleton State is a traditionallyliberal arts school and serves a predominantly rural area with only a few local engineeringindustries

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Xiaoyan Mu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

interactive modules available at repositories such as NEEDS13 and MERLOT14 illustrate oranimate a particular concept, with the student interacting with the simulation to develop a moreintuitive feel for the concept.Pedagogical Model for CLEOThe report How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice15 summarizes three keyprinciples learned from research on teaching and learning: (1) The student’s initial understandingof and preconceptions about the new knowledge domain must be recognized, (2) mastery of asubject requires that a deep knowledge of facts be organized into a broad conceptual framework,and (3) students need encouragement to define their own learning goals and self-assess. Based onthese principles, the report recommends that teachers

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kendra Foltz Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin; Paul Johnson, University of Texas-Austin; Sean O'Kelly, University of Texas-Austin

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Nuclear and Radiological

337C, Introduction to Nuclear Power Systems, is an undergraduate technical elective offeredat The University of Texas at Austin (UT) every Fall semester. It is based on the Introduction toNuclear Engineering textbook by J. Lamarsh.1 The course starts out with an introduction tonuclear reactions, and includes such topics as Q values, number densities, cross-sections, andreaction rates. The course then covers the creation of power by nuclear reactions and thenfocuses on solving the diffusion equation with different geometries and boundary conditions.ME 337C is a pre-requisite for the Reactor Theory I course.As with all of the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program courses, ME 337C is digitallybroadcast and recorded for viewing by distance

Conference Session

Retention of STEM Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Davis, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Funda Samanlioglu, North Carolina A&T State University; Leotis Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

math (STEM). A three year license was secured with MentorNetwhich allows the university to register and match A&T Alumni with undergraduate students inthe program. The intent of the program is to develop a mechanism which advances theUniversity’s retention objectives by: 1. Providing the opportunity for students to be matched with working professionals that can assist with time management, career counseling and other life skills that will enable them to be successful as a student and future employee. 2. Providing the opportunity for students to connect with A&T alumni with similar backgrounds. 3. Creating a pipeline of future engineers that will mentor undergraduate students at

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Kelly, New Mexico State University; Michael Morrell, New Mexico State University; Thomas Jenkins, New Mexico State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

post to their own course surveys. This wasaccomplished by a two step method. First was to gather a listing of each student in each courseusing their WebCT login names. A table was created, such as Table 1, that would mark thecourse in which each student was enrolled. Microsoft Excel® pivot table feature was used toimplement this step. userID ET 182 ET 276 ET 398 ET 444 jsmith 1 sfield 1 1 mdoe 1 Table 1.Using the import content feature in WebCT, the table was implemented. The second step was toset the survey modules selective release setting. The release is based on the

Conference Session

Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Afterthe conclusion of the sessions, the transcripts were examined for trends that emerged acrossmultiple sessions. Three findings emerged:1. Briefly coding transcripts by identify major themes and then coding along those themes surfaced substantial feedback to improve the design of the active sessions. The use of coding criteria, such as the three principles of learning, was used informally to interpret the content of the coding. The iterative use of transcript coding and session improvement created sessions with dialogues showing deeper interactions.2. The student learning appeared to be tied to context. When the case supplied the context, the students used it to create schema. When the context was not supplied, the students created

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

taking the class, they were also able to suggest appropriateEMSE methods that would have been helpful in solving or avoiding those problems.The survey asked two open-ended questions about the nature of these problems and the students’opinions about the EMSE methods that would have helped to overcome them. It should beemphasized that no multiple choice answers were provided in the survey and the participantsprovided their answers completely based on their own experience and opinions. Table 1summarizes the design problems they encountered along with the number of survey inputs andsuggested methods by the students.According to Table 1, they described eight different problem categories based on theirexperiences on engineering design projects. The

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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International

substantialequivalency process will also bring some positive impacts on outsourcing U.S. companies interms of saving cost from extensive training provided to incompetent engineers and technologistsin that part of the world. The financial burden is another drawback to the success of the wholeprocess. The paper has pointed out the UNESCO funds for substantial equivalency process asone of the available solutions for the developing countries to sustain economic and socialdevelopment and poverty eradication. The author also thinks that the Indian subcontinentcountries with experience the same empowerment of their curriculum as by KAAU which willbring prosperity for USA and those countries.Reference 1. Russel C. Jones, ‘Technical Capacity Building in

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina; Veronica Addison, University of South Carolina; Stephen Thompson, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. This may be interpreted thatbecause the workshop activities used engineering problems to integrate math and scienceconcepts, the math teachers thought it was a good math workshop and the science teachersthought it was a good science workshop. This finding could have implications for future in-service and pre-service teacher professional development efforts.BackgroundThe Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) program provides support andtraining to graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)disciplines that allow them to build partnerships with local K-12 schools, enhance STEMinstruction, and improve student learning of STEM concepts.1 At this university, the Fellows arepartnered with a science or

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodor Freiheit, University of Calgary; Julian Wood, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

algorithm allows pre-assignment of students to aparticular project, closes projects after they have been sufficiently subscribed, provides abumping routine to move students around in finding a best solution, and eliminates ‘unpopular’projects. It has successfully been tested in assigning students to project teams, reducing the timerequired to one quarter that taken using a similar manual system.IntroductionProject based learning in design education is an effective method for students “to learn design byexperiencing design as active participants” in the context of the “complex processes of inquiryand learning that designers perform in a systems context,…, often working collaboratively onteams….”1 Team formation for project-based learning can present

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elise Amel, University of Saint Thomas; Camille George, University of St. Thomas; Yvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine

students demonstrate knowledge of thermodynamics in subsequentsettings such as internships and advanced mechanical engineering courses. Content validation ofall measurement tools was conducted using engineering experts. Methodological strategies andchallenges will be discussed.Assessment NeedsRecently, a new course, Engineering in Your World (EYW)1, which fulfills the general educationrequirement for a science lab course, was developed at the College of Saint Catherine, and thecourse content for Thermodynamics2 at the University of St. Thomas was revised. The revisionswere in the spirit of the liberal arts and included hands-on and group activities3, a focus onminimizing negative environmental impact4, consideration of social consequences5, and

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

student confidentiality; lessons learnedregarding proprietary issues; reportage; and the seminar process.The paper concludes with a list of the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunitiesencountered by students doing their capstone experiences on the job at the sites where they areemployed.IntroductionThe reasons for industry participation in student projects were legitimized by the NationalAcademy of Science with the statement, “Capstone design faculty increasingly seek corporatesponsorship and involvement in senior projects, recognizing the value for students in respondingto “real-world” needs, expectations, and constraints.”1 Recently several fine engineeringtechnology papers have appeared in the ASEE literature on the involvement of

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Kevin Rens, University of Colorado-Denver; Kenneth Carper, Washington State University; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

cases can help place designand analysis procedures into historical context and reinforce the necessity of life-long learning. Engineering education is about teaching students to design. The Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) defines engineering design as “the process of devising asystem, component, or process to meet desired needs. It is a decision-making process (ofteniterative), in which the basic sciences, mathematics, and the engineering sciences are applied toconvert resources optimally to meet these stated needs.”1 A simplified definition of engineering design might be: • Anticipate everything that can possibly go wrong (identify all possible failure modes) • Devise a system

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma; Hengzhong Wen, OU

. The main purpose of this research isthe design and implementation of a framework to integrate the instant audio communication andinteractive three-dimensional models over the Internet. This framework makes the online real-time team engineering work possible.IntroductionThe Internet is changing Americans’ communication methods in many new ways. According tothe survey of Pew Internet & American Life project, more than half (55%) of all onlineAmerican youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites [1]. Nearly two in five adultInternet users in the US (39%) have gone online to look for information about a place to live, upfrom 34% in 2004 to 27% in 2000 [2]. Fully 87% of online users have at one time used theInternet to carry out

Conference Session

Internet Delivery of Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

shared instructional resource among universities and colleges. The MultimediaEngineering Solid Mechanics eBook consists of over 30 sections or modules with each moduledivided into 3 to 4 different parts: case introduction, theory, case solution, and examples. In eachmodule, the theory part covers a particular topic in solid mechanics. The modules are groupedinto 10 different sections according to the topics, and they are accessible through the menu baron the left from the main page (Figure 1). In addition, tables for solid structural properties,section properties, beam deflection tables, common mathematical formulae, and unit conversiontables are included in the appendices. As seen from the main page, all students need to view thiseBook is a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

aspects of the Paul Revere integrated courseblock have been designed to provide students with self-directed interdisciplinary projectexperiences (Figure 1). Historical and materials science content is tightly synchronized, andstudents are given primary responsibility for the planning and management of projects and theguiding of classroom discussions. Projects culminate in physical deliverables and written reportsor posters that are co-evaluated by the faculty team.Project Theme and Materials Science Goals and Objectives History of Technology Goals and Objectives Allotted Time • Develop basic laboratory and experimental design skills + Contextual Analysis of the Common

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilburn Clouse, Vanderbilt University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

world recognition and redevelop a value system of business ethicsand respect for life and the world environment. The guiding questions will be centered on thefollowing questions: 1. Can Entrepreneurship thinking be infused into on-going courses? 2. Canauthentic cases be developed that will encourage creative and entrepreneurial thinking? 3. Canseveral schools from different backgrounds work together to develop a creative learningenvironment? 4. Will the current learning pedagogy used in colleges and public schools producethe next way of entrepreneurial thinkers? 5. What changes in world events (political,environmental, technological, and social) are likely to occur that will affect worldwide business?IntroductionWe live in a changing world. The

Conference Session

Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Haub, South Dakota State University; Robert Fourney, South Dakota State University; Steven Hietpas, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

simulations to predictsystem behavior, and then conduct experiments to verify these predictions. The last stage ofdevelopment in the upgrading of this course and laboratory has focused on a meaningfulintegration of the microprocessor and its use in electromechanical systems. This paper describesthree AC induction motor laboratory exercises, including the objectives and the requiredhardware and software needed. Exercise 1 follows more traditional exercises concerning thecircuit modeling of a 3-hp 3-phase induction motor but with added emphasis in establishing keymotor parameters useful in the design of a V/Hz motor drive. Exercise 2 builds on this modeland allows students to design/establish key gain parameters for an in-house open-loop V/Hzmotor

Conference Session

Developments in the Energy Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

work was concluded to further characterize the RankineCycler. First, more steady state runs were performed at higher voltages than previous tests todetermine an optimum operating point. Second, a method for accurate steam flow measurementwas developed. Third, the fuel (LP) flow calibration was verified. Fourth, the turbine and Page 12.1002.2generator were studied to discover discrepancies in power output. Finally, boiler efficiency isdiscussed along with some recommendations.1. IntroductionAt colleges around the world, mechanical engineering students are required to learn somethingabout the Rankine cycle. Plants using this cycle with steam as

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

Tagged Divisions

International

settled on a common credit system known as the ECTS, orEuropean Credit Transfer System. Though the word may be the same, it tooksome time to realize that ECTS credits are not necessarily our credits. Experiencehas taught us that ECTS credits generally relate to American credits at a ratio of2:1, that is, a typical three-credit URI engineering course will equate, in mostcases, to six ECTS credits, and vice versa. In terms of grades, Germany uses anumerical scale of 1-5, 1 being the best. But, contrary to straight forward logic, asimple translation from a numerical to an alphabetical scale is insufficient,primarily due to the fact that the German grading system is more severe, especiallyat the top end. URI noted rapidly that the early applicants to

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

observations about what AP credit can indicate about individual students and groupsof students, and with some suggestions for the role of AP credit in engineering education.Introduction“AP can change your life. Through college-level AP courses, you enter a universe of knowledgethat might otherwise remain unexplored in high school; through AP Exams, you have theopportunity to earn credit or advanced standing at most of the nation’s colleges anduniversities.”1 So begins the pitch on the College Board’s web site, extolling the benefits ofAdvanced Placement (AP) courses, exams and credit. Yet several recent studies reported in theChronicle of Higher Education and elsewhere have questioned this very premise, asking whatAP courses actually reveal about a

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P. Ruby Mawasha, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Wright State University; J. Mitch Wolff, Wright State University; Joseph Slater, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

crate, creating pre-launch and launch procedures, and deciding the initialexperiments to be performed.Some of the experiments proposed for the project were solar cell studies of voltage and current athigh altitudes, guiding the payload to land in a desired location, achieving high bandwidthcommunication with the ground, obtaining temperature, pressure, and humidity measurementsduring flight, and taking pictures from the payload. A timeline was then set for the completion oftasks, and duties were assigned to team members. The breakdown of the timeline andresponsibilities are shown in Table 1 and Table 2.Once the group came to a consensus concerning the desired outcomes of the project, researchbegan to determine the optimal process to follow

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

International

)agreed/strongly agreed, 2 were neutral, and 1 disagreed with the statement.Comparison of Student EvaluationsAn initial survey was developed to evaluate the Environmental Engineering Design course in20027, and the survey has been modified over time to reflect more aspects of the course. A totalof 72 students and former students have completed the survey. This survey includes questionstargeted to evaluate the ABET Criterion 3 (a) – (k) outcomes. It also has questions askingstudents to contrast different project types. A few additional questions are specifically relevantto the EDW experience. The three students who took EDW in 2005/2006 academic year

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen McClain, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the students todesign a hot-water heating system for the Secret-Lair’s Engineering Office Building. Whilebeing funny and engaging students, the projects have also been very useful in 1) providing aghost audience for the students’ technical documents, 2) introducing environmental and ethicalconcepts, 3) introducing the bidding process, 4) demonstrating the engineering-relatedimplausibility of plots common to many “evil villain-world domination” films.IntroductionIn many ways, this paper may seem to be just another example of what happens when a classclown grows up to become a professor [1-5]. However, the benefits of using humor whileteaching are well documented [6-8]. The process of learning is uncomfortable! Teaching withactive learning