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Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Mickelson

have difficulty becoming engaged inthe university.4 To that end, we have been conducting an on-going assessment of ourlearning community, the results of which we will report in this paper.The ABE LC at Iowa State UniversityIn our department, the umbrella term Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering LearningCommunity (ABE LC) has evolved to now encompass two complementaryundergraduate programs available to our first- and second-year students who aremajoring in agricultural engineering or agricultural systems technology: the ABElearning community, which is created by having students co-enroll for specially selectedlinked courses, and the ABE living learning community, a reserved portion of a specificresidence hall. Other features of the ABE

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TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bruce Franke; David Devine

Session 3649 Public Records as a Source for Assessment Data David P. Devine and Bruce Franke Indiana University Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to present how program assessment data can be gathered frominformation available from public sources in the government. Public records areinvestigated as a source of assessment data. Particularly, this paper deals with records thatare well suited for civil engineering technology, civil engineering, and related degreeprograms. These records include engineering licensing records of individuals, RequestsFor Proposals/Requests for

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Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Mativo; Arif Sirinterlikci

A Cross-Disciplinary Study via Animatronics Arif Sirinterlikci, John Mativo Ohio Northern UniversityBackgroundThis paper presents the authors’ attempts and consequent challenges in developing a true cross-disciplinary study for undergraduate engineering, technology and art students. The developmentprocess was initiated to enhance the Mechatronics and Robotics Program at Ohio NorthernUniversity (ONU) Technological Studies Department resulting in development of an honorscourse. HONR 218 - Animatronics was developed and offered in Winter Quarter of 2003/04academic year. Animatronics is the art of bringing inanimate objects to life through

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Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Austin Asgill; Willie Ofosu

Session 2247 DEVELOPING COST-EFFECTIVE LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS 1 Austin B. Asgill, 2Willie K. Ofosu Southern Polytechnic State University1 / Penn State Wilkes-Barre2AbstractTelecommunications equipment that are commonly utilized in industry are generally expensiveand it is becoming increasingly more difficult for universities to afford even some of the mostbasic of these equipment for their laboratories. As a result, Engineering Technology programshave had to resort to alternative means of providing the requisite laboratory training for

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Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Robinson; Kevin Sutterer

with formaleducation occurring both at the baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate level. However, the BOKdoes not explicitly divide formal education into baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate levels.Therefore, each civil engineering program will determine what part of formal education can beachieved in their baccalaureate program and what part should be met in a post- baccalaureateprogram. Based on an earlier analysis of the civil engineering program at Rose-Hulman Instituteof Technology we have concluded that outcome 12 of the BOK, an ability to apply knowledge ina specialized area related to civil engineering, was not attainable within our current four-yearbaccalaureate program. In addition, we concluded that modification of the curriculum to

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Hunter Epperson

A Proposed High School Course for Improving Secondary School Recruit Quality. Hunter Epperson Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the ArtsMany educators and education administrators have retained the perception of engineering as avocational elective, not true rigorous academics. As with “business education” vs. “education forbusiness”, such pursuits and offerings are seen as being for the academically less able, an almostdropout alternate strategy, something close to “shop”. To cloud the issue, there is a relativelynew technology shop program in place around the country that is being confused withengineering education

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Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rebecca Blust; David Myszka

Merging Design Competition and Industry Sponsored Projects Rebecca Blust, David Myszka Engineering Technology University of DaytonAbstractOver the past several years, the use of competition-based projects in engineering andengineering technology education has dramatically increased. These competitions take onmany different forms. Many individual technical organizations sponsor a collegiatedesign competition. Additionally, many schools conduct their own internal competitions.These projects provide the benefit of the increased learning from student-focusedexperiences with the additional benefits

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sven Hvid Nielsen

presented in the frame ofMechanical Engineering and Industrial Design curriculums. Innovation as suggested is the creationof a new product-market-technology-organisation-combination (PMTO-combination) consisting ofthree key elements: 1) Innovation is a process and should be managed as such, 2) the result is atleast one new element in the company’s PMTO-combinations. 3) The extent to which theinnovation is new may range from incremental, small step innovation, through synthetic innovation,i.e. the creative recombination of existing techniques, ideas or methods, to discontinuous, radical,quantum-leap innovation. Often new means: new, somewhere on the continuum. The company inthis case - a very small business - wanted just an aluminium

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Aminul Karim; Yakov Cherner; Ahmed Khan

Integration of Interactive Simulations and Virtual Experiments in Fiber Optics and Wireless Communications Courses for Onsite, Online and Hybrid Delivery Yakov E. Cherner*, Amin Karim**, Ahmed S. Khan** *ATeL, LLC, **DeVry UniversityAbstractRapid pace of technological growth has placed new demands on the skills, competencies andknowledgebase of engineering and engineering technology graduates. In order to be successful inthe 21st century workplace, graduates are required to acquire Digital-age literacy. Theengineering and engineering technology graduates are not only expected to understand the theorybehind state-of-the-art technologies, but also to

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Wayne Burleson; Noah Salzman; Christopher Emery; Kevin Kloesel; Sandra Cruz Pol; Omnia El-Hakim; Kathleen Rubin

that requires technology and engineering tobe taught at the K-12 level2. To help develop in-service teachers’ ability to teachengineering, the DOE encouraged the creation of one to two weeklong institutes byuniversities to teach engineering content to teachers. The teachers could then adapt thecontent using their own knowledge of age-appropriate pedagogy to lessons that theywould teach in their own classroom. Teachers participating in summer content institutesreceive professional development points for maintaining their teaching certification. Inaddition to professional development, CASA and the College of Engineering workedwith the School of Education to offer the option (with some additional work on the partof the teachers) to receive three

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Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Madhumi Mitra; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

) Page 10.764.1γ Graduate StudentΨ Aerospace Engineer, NASA GSFC’S Wallops Flight Facility’s Observational Science Branch Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session #1408compare with similar data that will be gathered when Variable Rate Technology (VRT) isadopted for one or more of the following with progress of time: (i) nutrient application1,(ii) seeding2 (iii) pesticide application3, and (iv) herbicide application4. Baseline data willbe collected in Phase-I to monitor the run-offs into the watershed of the farm

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Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Surendra Gupta

Retaining Female and Minority Students with EMC2 Scholars Program S. K. Gupta, E. C. Hensel, A. Savakis, P. Tymann, D. Narayan Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NYAbstractThis paper details our highly successful scholarship and academic support program to retain andgraduate students in four academic departments: Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics,Computer Engineering and Computer Science (EMC2). The EMC2 Scholars Program issupported by a 4-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s CSEMS Program andmatching funds from the Rochester Institute of Technology. The paper describes the processesfor selection of scholars and renewal of scholarship, and includes data on

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Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kellen Maicher; Patrick Connolly

The Development and Testing of an Interactive Web-based Tutorial for Orthographic Drawing Instruction and Visualization Enhancement P. E. Connolly and K. R. Maicher Purdue UniversityAbstractAs has been shown by significant research over the past several decades, there is much that canbe done to encourage student development in visualization ability. This capability to visualize, or“see” in three-dimensional space in the mind’s eye, is crucial in many areas of computer graphics,engineering design, and manufacturing technology, and is spreading across traditional boundariesin many industries.In conventional engineering

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Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Monty Smith; Jerome Davis; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

Session 0000 Building a Reactor Simulator as a Senior Project By Mitty C. Plummer, Monty Smith, Jerome J Davis, Charles C. Bittle University of North TexasI. Introduction.The Senior Design Project is intended to provide an “integrated educational experience”or capstone, for the engineering technology curriculum. As administered at the Universityof North Texas, the capstone “Senior Projects “ is a two credit hour, one semester course.The course concludes with a presentation of the students’ projects in which faculty,family members, business leaders, and other

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ramesh Narang

Course and Program Assessment – Methodology for Continuous Improvement Ramesh Narang Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneTo meets the needs of accreditation and for continuous improvement, a methodology has beendeveloped to assess the curriculum in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringTechnology at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.The methodology consists of assessing the curriculum at two levels of operation, known as thecourse-level and the program-level of assessment. The course-level assessment consists ofevaluating specific

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ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

under “Education”. Resources for engineering course content are foundunder “Science and Technology”. One goal of the MERLOT engineering editorial board is tobuild the collection and the traffic in engineering so that engineering will become a member ofthe top-level subject list, not a category under Science and Technology. Anyone can browse thematerial in MERLOT, follow the links, and use them. Chemical engineering educators areencouraged to become members (it’s free) and help build the MERLOT community.Membership does not require you to contribute or review objects or otherwise serve.Learning objects enter MERLOT upon being added by a MERLOT member. Any member canadd a learning object by clicking on “Contribute Material”. MERLOT is a catalog

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New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gary Fischer; Richard Jerz

the file to a computer in the College’s Engineering Design and Prototype Center,which runs an RP machine. This is great technology for students to learn about, but the lab is notparticularly challenging because creating an STL file from Pro/E takes about 10 seconds andlittle mental effort. Page 10.610.7 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Integrated Design ProjectAn “Integrated Design Project” was added to the fall 2004 offering of the course because it wasbelieved that students needed to

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Igor Verner

Experiential Learning and Teacher Training through Designing Robots and Motion Behaviors Igor M. Verner, Evgeny Korchnoy Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 32000AbstractThis paper considers educational practice in the Technion in which engineering studentsdevelop various robots and practice in teaching robotics to school pupils. The students andthe pupils collaborate in the experiential learning process which integrates designing,producing and operating robot prototypes with learning engineering concepts. A number ofrobots built from construction kits through this

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ressler Stephen; Estes Allen; Karl Meyer; Matthew Morris

in which assessment of the Academy’sEngineering and Technology Goal is accomplished1. By merging the student evaluation andassessment processes, instructor workload was reduced, student evaluation was tied more closelyto the relevant institutional academic program goal, and a systematic method was created foridentifying shortcomings and areas of excellence in the program.The Engineering and Technology GoalThe Engineering and Technology Goal, one of ten institutional academic program goals that allstudents are expected to achieve, reads as follows: “Graduates apply mathematics, science,technology, and the engineering design process to devise technological problem solutions thatare effective and adaptable.” The goal is assessed by measuring

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Wilkins

Excite Camp 2004: An Updated Look at Integrating Science and Native Hawaiian Tradition Leslie Wilkins, Jenilynne Gaskin, Sheryl Hom, Christine L. Andrews Maui Economic Development Board/Women in Technology ProjectBackgroundLaunched in 1999, the Maui-based Women in Technology Project (WIT) is funded by the U.S.Department of Labor as a workforce development project. Its mission is to encourage womenand girls to pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)in the state of Hawaii. WIT has been successful at creating systemic change by working directlywith educators and employers to make them aware of the return on investment of recruiting andretaining a

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Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Moustafa Moustafa; Cheng Lin

1338 A TEMPLATE FUNCTIONAL-GAGE DESIGN USING PARAMETER-FILE TABLE IN AUTODESK INVENTOR Cheng Y. Lin & Moustafa Moustafa Department of Engineering Technology Old Dominion University Norfolk VirginiaAbstractA systematic approach using Autodesk Inventor to design the functional gages ofGeometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) is presented. The gages can be used tocheck straightness, angularity, perpendicularity, parallelism, and position tolerances of apart when geometric tolerances are specified with Maximum

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jan De Vries; Gillian Saunders-Smits

Session 3102 Learning by doing: An innovative laboratory exercise to enhance the understanding of thin-walled Mechanics of Materials Gillian N. Saunders-Smits, Jan de Vries Faculty of Aerospace Engineering Delft University of Technology, Delft, The NetherlandsIntroductionMechanics is widely considered to be the core of any type of construction engineering course inthe world, be it a mechanical, aerospace or naval architecture engineering course. Yet at the sametime it also considered by many students as one of the most difficult subjects in the course

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Toni Doolen; Rungchat Chompu-inwai

needed to achieve the requirements isanswered. The question of how the design elements or requirements can be achieved isunanswered. Integrated Definition Language 0 (IDEF0) functional modeling is a structuredapproach for system design and analysis and can be used to answer these questions. With theuse of IDEF0, functions, inputs, as well as mechanisms that are required to get the desiredoutputs under specific constraints can be identified. This paper explores the complementary use of two different engineering modelingtools in describing educational processes associated with mobile wireless technology (MWT)classrooms. QFD and IDEF0 are integrated to determine the requirements and to specify theprocesses of the mobile wireless classroom

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sarah Leach; Heather Cooper; Bill Hutzel

Session 3133 Evaluating a Remotely Accessed Energy Laboratory William J. Hutzel, Heather L. Cooper, & Sarah E. Leach Mechanical Engineering Technology, Purdue UniversityAbstract Web-based monitoring and control of instructional laboratory equipment has becomecommon. It is less clear how well remotely accessed laboratories satisfy the learning objectivesfor engineering technology courses. This paper describes a web-enabled energy laboratoryfeaturing both solar energy and HVAC systems. Although the facility is physically located onthe West Lafayette campus of Purdue University, the

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Karen Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Laura Sullivan

disciplines, acquiring the analytical skills and methods of each, theyexperience themselves as investigators and search for truths that cut across the interests andbiases that lie within a single disciplinary perspective.” (1997, p. 140) Collaborative ability, in addition to design skills and technical intelligence, is of growingimportance for today’s engineering graduates. Engineers of the future must not only becomfortable with technology outside of their own discipline, they must also be experienced withcollaborative problem solving tools. A spirit of cooperation, rather than a spirit of competitionwill drive innovation. As Sally Helgesen writes in The Female Advantage, Fearlessness, a thirst for combat, single-minded devotion to an

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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Pyke; John Gardner; Amy Moll

option so more will begin the program. Eliminating studentsat age 11 is no way to increase enrollments. Setting the entry criteria in way that onlyencourages the very top students eliminates a large population who could contribute greatcreativity and energy to the field. Second, a B.S. in engineering provides a solidfoundation from which to pursue many other professions. For example, patent attorneysmust have engineering, science or technology degrees[4] and biomedical engineers havethe highest rate of acceptance to medical school of any major.[5] Finally, an engineeringdegree results in a well-informed citizen with the skills to make informed decisions aboutmany of the complex problems present in today’s society. Even if these students do

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert

Mechanical Engineering at The University ofMemphis. Retained students had a stronger preference for abstract conceptualization, whilestudents that were not retained preferred concrete experience. Future plans seek furtherexamination of these findings through refinement of the study instruments combined with repeatdata collection and expansion of the methodology to include data from three other engineeringinstitutions in the 2005-2006 academic year.IntroductionAs engineering educators attempt to respond to the ever-changing technological and globalissues associated with 21st century advances, statistical data relating to retention levels forstudents majoring in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) fields continues to bealarming, with high

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

, faculty knew that an effective assessment andevaluation system would be required to insure that changes were in factimproving the program. Page 10.234.1Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3238The Engineering Technology and Organizational Leadership and Supervisionprograms have had some measurable success with the implementation of

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Afshin Ghajar; Ronald Delahoussaye

. Ghajar is a Regents Professor and Director of Graduate Studies for the Schoolof Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He received his B.S.,M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. His research interestsinclude Two-Phase Flow Heat Transfer, Heat Transfer in Mini/Micro Channels, MixedConvection Heat Transfer, and Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics. Ronald D. Delahoussaye is a Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies for theSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He receivedhis B.S. Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University, M.S. Mechanical Engineering atGeorgia Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. in Mechanical

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Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

College of Technology, known for itsManufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) programs. The course had twotracks: (1) interpreting engineering drawings (IED) which is traditional drafting, and (2) CADtraining (AutoCAD, release 12). Textbooks for the course were Interpreting EngineeringDrawings by Jenson and Hines for the IED track and Using AutoCAD Release 12 by J. E. Fullerfor the CAD track1,2. Students were also required to complete a computer-aided-drafting project(such as the “trolley” assembly from the IED book). Currently, the course retains the same basic format, although as technology has advanced, theCAD software has necessarily changed over the years from what was largely computerizeddrafting using AutoCAD, release 12