Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Henry Harms, Stevens Insititue of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

instructional modules for use inhigh school engineering, technology and science courses. This paper/poster provides anoverview of the Systems and Global Engineering (SAGE) project including a description of theinstructional modules and results of teacher surveys and pre-and post-tests administered tostudents who participated in the Introduction to Core Concepts of Systems Engineering module.The SAGE ProjectEngineering is increasingly conducted in a global environment that requires multiple entities tocollaborate on the development and operation of complex products and systems. Systemsengineering is a rapidly growing field that addresses this need. Stevens Institute of Technologyand the New Jersey Technology Education Association (NJTEA) have partnered

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Post, Bradley University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Selection of the students on teams follows bestpractices of grouping students from under-represented groups together. After that, students aregrouped based on common interests gleaned from a survey given on the first day of class. In thegroup projects students are allowed to set their own responsibilities within the team. Typicallyone person will be in charge of the team budget, one person will conduct experimental testing,one person will be responsible for numerical modeling, etc. For the group projects each team isgiven an allocation of “Monopoly Money” that they use for purchasing supplies and paying forfaculty and staff time to help them on their projects. At the end of the semester group projectstudents give an evaluation of the performance of

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Jordan, Baylor University

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International

AC 2010-500: IMPLEMENTING SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS IN THEDEVELOPING WORLDWilliam Jordan, Baylor University WILLIAM JORDAN is the Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in Theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials related courses. He does research in appropriate technology applications, engineering ethics, and entrepreneurship. Page 15.686.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-921: CAPSTONE SENIOR PROJECT MENTORING AND STUDENTCREATIVITYWael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University Page 15.259.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Capstone Senior Project Mentoring and Student CreativityAbstractAfter the 2000 ABET accreditation changes, many Engineering Schools expanded or startedcapstone senior projects to meet the realization aspect of the engineering education. It is offeredin several versions including one and two-semester course. The capstone project offers anintegrated experience for the senior students to apply their engineering knowledge to solve aresearch or applied open-ended problem. The typical project includes

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Cook, Lawrence Tech University; Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Tech University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

tool controls and gauging at GTE-Valenite Corp., started and managed the clinical engineering department at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, and was a research associate in radiology, nuclear medicine, and bio-mechanics at Wayne State University. Ken has taught at Lawrence Tech evening programs as an adjunct instructor since 1965. His senior projects class, where students generate project ideas, research, design, manufacture, and assess the market for inventive products is the capstone course. Cook also has enjoyed a long side career in magic finding his hobby very useful in teaching. A highlight for his students each year is the two-hour magic performance he offers as a congratulatory send

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-986: HYBRID COURSE FORMAT FOR PROJECTS IN ROBOTICSHakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver Hakan Gurocak is Director of School of Engineering and Computer Science and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University Vancouver. His research interests are robotics, automation, fuzzy logic, technology assisted distance delivery of laboratory courses and haptic interfaces for virtual reality. Dr. Gurocak is an ABET Program Evaluator for mechanical engineering. Page 15.659.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 HYBRID COURSE FORMAT

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Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bekir Kelceoglu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Goodman, Indiana University Purdue Unversity Indianapolis (IUPUI); Cluny Way, College of the North Atlantic; Joseph Tabas, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; J. Craig Greene, College of the North Atlantic; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sandi Perlman, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

AC 2010-551: THE DORMATECHTURE PROJECT: AN INTERDISCIPLINARYEDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCEBekir Kelceoglu, Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisMary Ann Frank, Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisDavid Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisDavid Goodman, Indiana University Purdue Unversity Indianapolis (IUPUI)Joseph Tabas, Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisCluny Way, College of the North Atlantic Project Leader for Service Learning Engineering Technology CentreJ. Craig Greene, College of the North Atlantic Instructor AET Ridge Road CampusPatricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisSandi Perlman, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nuri Yilmazer, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Remzi Seker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-1446: A PROJECT BASED HANDS-ON DIGITAL LOGIC COURSENuri Yilmazer, Texas A&M University-Kingsville Nuri Yilmazer received the B.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Cukurova Uni- versity, Adana, Turkey in 1996, and the M.S. and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from University of Florida and Syracuse University in 2000 and 2006 respectively. He worked as a Post Doctoral Research Associate in Computational Electromagnetics Laboratory at Syracuse University from 2006 to 2007. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX. His current research interests

Conference Session

Laboratories and Projects in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

project that has as its primaryaim to address algorithmic thinking.The paper is organized in the following way. Background is presented on how the projectfits into the overall introduction to computing course. Next is a detailed outline of theproject assignments. A related detour is then taken to discuss a class-wide groupprogramming exercise called The Triangle Game. Assessment from student and theinstructor are presented as well as ABET assessment associated with the project. Lastly,recommendations are made for improvements and alternative implementations of theproject.BackgroundThe semester-long project was incorporated into a half-credit (two formal lectures andone recitation per week), required junior-level biomedical engineering course

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Susan M. Montenery, Ohio Northern University; Courtney M. Hetrick, Ohio Northern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

major with biomedical and applied mathematics minors. She is involved with American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Society of Women Engineers. She is also a member of the varsity swim team and a lifeguard on campus. She was the female freshman recipient of the 2010 DeBow Freed Award for Outstanding Leadership at ONU for excellence in academics, athletics, and leadership in various organizations and projects. Her career goals include obtaining a job in research and development or project management in the field of biomedical engineering to help bridge the gap between scientific discovery and public availability

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon Field, University of Southern Indiana; David Ellert, University of Southern Indiana

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1804: PROJECT-BASED CURRICULUM FOR THERMAL-SCIENCECOURSESBrandon Field, University of Southern IndianaDavid Ellert, University of Southern Indiana Page 15.993.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Project-Based Curriculum for Thermal Science CoursesAbstractThe incorporation of semester-long projects into two different courses are discussed in thispaper, one project in a senior-level Fluid/Thermal Design course (F/TD) in the Engineeringcurriculum and two projects in a junior- or senior-level Thermodynamics and Heat Transfercourse (T-HX) for the Industrial Supervision/Advanced Manufacturing curriculum. The contentof both of these courses has been

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Hladysz; Robert Corey; JASON ASH; Glen Stone; Dale Skillman; Charles Kliche; Larry Stetler; David Dixon; Larry Simonson; Stuart Kellogg

Project-Based Learning Incorporating Design and Teaming Larry D. Stetler, Stuart D. Kellogg, David J. Dixon, Glen A. Stone, Larry A. Simonson, Zbigniew J. Hladysz, Charles Kliche, Robert Corey, Dale Skillman, Jason T. Ash South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701Abstract:Projects that provide inquisitive design and analysis are utilized in a 1st-year engineering andscience curriculum at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to introduce students toexperimentation, data collection, analysis, technical report writing, and presentation. Projectsallow for construction of numerical models, development of predictions, and

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

Session 1647 Restructuring the Capstone Course Leads to Successful Projects Rafic Bachnak, Satyajit Verma, and Tim Coppinger Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractThe engineering technology programs at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi share acapstone projects course that allows students to use their problem solving skills and thetechnical knowledge they gain throughout their college experience to develop a device orsystem that meets some specific requirements. As a result of concerns raised during arecent ABET accreditation visit, the course was restructured in order to ensureconsistency in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Doucette; Gunter Georgi

Session Number ______ ASEE Paper # 2005-0659 A Simple Digital Logic Project for Freshman Engineering David R. Doucette, Gunter W. Georgi, and Lorcan M. Folan Polytechnic UniversityAbstractLike many other schools, Polytechnic University has developed robotics projects usingcommercial products such as Robolab for its Freshman Engineering course. These projects havebeen well-received by many students1. However, some Freshman students have commented thatthey wanted something more related to Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.To meet this demand, we have developed a project for digital logic design that

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Niewoehner

Implementing and Teaching Risk Mitigation in Project Courses Robert Niewoehner United States Naval Academy Abstract Faculty members teaching courses involving Design-Build-Operate projects have severaldistinct responsibilities regarding risk management. First, they have the obvious responsibility tosafeguard the physical welfare of the involved students. Furthermore, they have a responsibilityto instill in their students an appreciation for controlling risk in the operation of engineeringsystems. This paper applies industrial risk management processes to the educational designproject both as a means

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Dautenhahn

Division: Chemical Engineering Document: 2004-837 Session: 1413 Using Real Industrial Projects to Teach Process Simulation Pamela C. Dautenhahn McNeese State UniversityMcNeese State University offers a computer-aided process design course (CHEG 407) separatefrom the traditional design course. This is a required course and is in addition to two otherdesign courses; therefore, its primary focus is not design, but preparing students to solve open-ended industrial problems using modern engineering tools. The professor of the course teachessimulation by having

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Glassinger; John Ristroph

Current Tax Law and Economics of Industrial Projects John H. Ristroph, Martha F. Glassinger University of Louisiana at Lafayette / Harry V. Barton, CPA, LLCIntroduction Income taxes play a major role in the economics of industrial projects, but tax laws fre-quently change, so bringing current material into the classroom can be difficult. Nonetheless,only teaching basic principles and requiring students to learn tax regulations on their own leavesa void, for understanding regulations can be a difficult challenge. An alternative to this is toteach principles using today's laws, or minimally to explain any changes from classroom presen-tations and provide handouts. This

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paolo Tamayo; David Florida; Ramakrishna Gottipati; Janos Grantner

Development of a Test Bench for VHDL Projects Janos L. Grantner, Paolo A. Tamayo, Ramakrishna Gottipati, and Dave Florida Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Western Michigan University Kalamazoo MI 49008-5329, USA janos.grantner@wmich.edu, p3tamayo@wmich.edu, r0gottip@wmich.edu, david.florida@wmich.eduAbstract The objective of the course Digital Design (ECE355) is to develop the skills studentsneed to design and verify digital systems using contemporary tools and devices. ECE 355 is arequired course for students

Conference Session

New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Bergel; Jean Fullerton; Troy McBride

Community-based pr ojects by fir st-year engineer ing students Tr oy McBr ide1, Vivian Ber gel2, and J ean Fuller ton 1. (1)Depar tment of Physics and Engineer ing / (2) Depar tment of Social Wor k Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 email: mcbr idet@etown.eduAbstr actAt Elizabethtown College, for the last two years in the Fall semester of our “Introduction toEngineering” course, we have replaced our traditional “canned” design activities withengineering projects based in the community. In the Fall semester of 2003, 24 studentsparticipated in the Introduction to Engineering course, completing seven projects in thecommunity, including two

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Constance Kampf; Dave Kmiec

Coordinating Concepts in Engineering Communication and Project Management Dave Kmiec, Constance Kampf University of MinnesotaCE 4101 Project Management and Economics is a writing-intensive1 course offered by the CivilEngineering Department at the University of Minnesota to approximately 150 students eachsemester. Students who take the course are introduced to project management concepts,heuristics, and algorithms and are asked to rehearse and apply them both individually and inteams. At the same time, these students are asked to seek out encounters with workplaceprofessionals in an interview assignment and to prepare two

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Evans; Shekar Viswanathan

Effective Capstone/Master’s Projects – Do’s and Don’ts Shekar Viswanathan and Howard E. Evans School of Engineering and Technology National University, 11255 North Torrey Pines, La Jolla, California 92037, U.S.A.Abstract Final program projects (typically ‘master’s projects’ at the graduate level and‘capstone’ at the undergraduate) are intensive experiences in critical analysis and aredesigned to broaden students’ perspectives and provide them with an opportunity tointegrate the knowledge acquired from various courses (integration of coursework) intotheir area of specialization. This paper analyzes a successful final project to present a listof Do’s and Don’ts necessary for

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer

Session 2468 Sophomore-Year Project Design in Mechanics of Materials Kevin G. Sutterer, P.E. Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroductionCivil Engineering students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (R-HIT) begin to learn open-ended, project-based design in a first year civil engineering design course where groups of 3-5students work for outside clients on a simple civil engineering project. In their Junior year,students participate in a three-course structural engineering sequence (1) where they design aproposed 2 to 3-story campus structure, beginning with design of

Conference Session

Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Fan Lau; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Kauser Jahan; Bernard Pietrucha; Paris von Lockette; Linda Head

Session 2426 Bugbots! A Multidisciplinary Design Project for Engineering Students Kathryn Hollar1, Fan Lau2 Linda Head1, Kauser Jahan1, Eric Constans1, Paris von Lockette1, and Bernard Pietrucha1 1 College of Engineering, Rowan University 2 Cornell UniversityAbstractRowan University’s College of Engineering stresses the importance of a well-roundedundergraduate engineering curriculum, incorporating relevant aspects of all engineering fields aswell as promoting teamwork through multidisciplinary group

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

Session No. 2566-3 MECHANICAL ENGINEEING DIVISION: TEACHING ENGINEERING ETHICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS Francis A. Di Bella, PE Assistant Professor, Northeastern University Boston, MA 02131 (617-373-5240; fdibella@coe.neu.edu)ABSTRACTHow and when should engineering ethics be taught in a typical four-year engineeringcurriculum? Should ethics instruction be left to the individual’s own morals educationafter graduation and thus classroom time spent on more tangible subjects? This

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

Session # 2793 A Senior Capstone Project in Pump System Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549AbstractHofstra University recently received a grant from the American Societ y of Heating,Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for students to design and build apump system demonstration unit for the mechanical engineering laboratories. The grant wasawarded through ASHRAE’s Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. Senior mechanicalengineering students designed and built the pump system as their capstone design

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Rabb; Ronald Welch

Session 2425 Projects Day: Completion of the Engineering Capstone Design Robert J. Rabb, Ronald W. Welch United States Military AcademyAbstractProjects Day at the United States Military Academy (USMA) is an annual event to showcasesenior design projects. The goal of Projects Day is to “promote academic excellence” 1 byproviding senior students “with a public forum in which to present their senior theses or designprojects.” 1 The students work on these projects all semester and, in some cases, all year.Projects Day allows the students to present their projects, relate their

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in E/M ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marvin Needler; Kenneth Rennels; Patricia Fox

Session 3150 Fostering Senior Design Projects that Change Lives Ken Rennels, Marvin Needler, Dr. Chuck Dietzen, M.D., Patricia Fox, Scott Blackwell, Michael Venne, Lisa Hickman-Lause, Paula Jenkins-Williams, Elaine Cooney, Robert Herman Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis/Timmy FoundationA few years ago, an engineering student recovering from leukemia found himself in aconversation with his doctor on how engineering and engineering technology students could usetheir talents to help children with special needs. That conversation started a relationship with theChief of

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanford Meek; Mark Minor

Session 2366 Integrated and Structured Project Environment in Mechatronics Education Mark A. Minor, Sanford G. Meek University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering 50 S. Central Campus Dr, Room 2202 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 minor@mech.utah.edu meek@mech.utah.eduAbstractThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah has developed a two-semester