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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ramana Pidaparti; Hasan Akay

Session 1566 ME Curriculum Redesign Through an Assessment Process Ramana M. Pidaparti and Hasan U. Akay Department of Mechanical Engineering Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Indianapolis, IN 46202 Email: rpidapa2@iupui.edu and hakay@iupui.eduAbstractThe curriculum at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IUPUI was redesigned,addressing the ABET 2000 outcomes through a systematic assessment process

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

communication and distance learning amongst its constituencies.PRIME currently offers five manufacturing technology (two-year) and engineering (four-year)degree programs. The three community colleges partners each offer A.S. degree programs inManufacturing Technology while Robert Morris University offers the B.S. in ManufacturingEngineering degree. In addition, CCAC offers a three-year bridge program that allows graduates Page 9.1273.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationto enter the RMU engineering

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shana Craft; David Click; P. Paxton Marshall

house design, the educationalvalue of the project, and how it contributes to the goals of ABET EC 2000.Introduction: ABET EC 2000 The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has issued a call forrethinking engineering education with its Engineering Criteria (EC) 2000. No longer is itsufficient for programs to demonstrate that they provide students with the appropriate inputs: aspecified minimum number of credits in fundamental math and science, engineering science,engineering design, and humanities and social science. Now programs must demonstrate theattainment of specified outputs: capabilities achieved by students in eleven different skill areasspecified by ABET, as well as additional areas selected by the programs

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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James Mills; William Cleghorn

Ontario(MMO) Connections Program, has the central objective to collaborate with industry in the definition of a realproblem of relevance to that industry, and to subsequently introduce this problem to senior yearundergraduate engineering students for resolution. The MMO Connections Program facilitates the opportunity for talented students to work on these real-industrial problems, and as a result, both parties benefit. The MMO Connections Program thereforepredominantly is one of technology transfer.History of the MMO Connections Program In 1990, when the MMO Connections Program was initiated, the undergraduate curriculum focusedheavily on technical subjects with little formal attention to writing and communication skills. Additionally

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Somnath Chattopadhyay

school for several years). The School of Engineering, Technology andComputer Science (ETCS) comprises of five departments, that of Engineering andComputer Science and three Technology departments. All engineering majors arerequired to take an introductory course on engineering design. The course that wasoffered during the fall of 2003 had students that were majoring in mechanical, electricaland computer engineering, and also a few undecided majors. This paper outlines some ofthe novel approaches adopted in this course. Some of the concepts were: (a) use ofstudent teams to study a number of actual case histories at different stages of instructionas well as to perform a number of classroom activities, (b) introduction of a hands-onteam project, (c

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Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Gore

Session 3247 Is Six-Sigma Certification Appropriate for the Classroom? David W. Gore, P.E. Middle Tennessee State UniversityIntroductionAs part of a Malcolm Baldrige self assessment of the Middle Tennessee State University(MTSU) Engineering Technology (ET) program, it became clear that there was a lack ofconsensus among the faculty on the definition of ET itself. A more focused direction wasneeded for the department. Subsequently, the department chair developed a proposal to "defineour product and market." Part of this proposal involved the roles and definitions of

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Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Session 3650 Closing the Loop: Assessing, Evaluating, and Improving a TC2K Quality Program David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper describes an ongoing process: the integration of the new ABETaccreditation criteria for engineering technology (TC2K) into the School of Science,Engineering, and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg.Currently three technology programs – Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,and Structural Design and Construction Engineering – are implementing outcomes

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Brown; Michael Flynn; Gordon Carichner; Dennis Sylvester; David Blaauw; Catharine June

process technologies. The coursescover topics ranging from semiconductor device physics to computer architecture. This programhas produced graduates who are productive almost immediately when they begin work, and whohave the broad and deep background that makes them flexible as technologies and design styleschange throughout their careers. The proposal reviewers at Intel were convinced that this pro-gram meets their objectives, so the task at hand was to document and disseminate the curriculum. Page 9.1408.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gary Gabriele

educate students for careers innew product invention and development with a sense for both the technical and social issues.PDI is a dual major program satisfying the requirements for the Bachelor of Science programs inMechanical Engineering, and Science, Technology and Society (STS). PDI prepares students tobecome innovative designers who can integrate contemporary technologies with changing socialcontexts for a new generation of advanced product designs.PDI aims to balance the traditional approaches of Architectural/Industrial Design andEngineering Design - often governed by the aesthetic and the technical - with the approach ofScience and Technology Studies (STS) - the social. Students develop a set of general engineeringskills through meeting

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Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2004 Annual Conference

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Fanourios Chalkiadakis

Session 3433 Utilizing Advanced Software Tools for Classroom Projects in Control and Power System Studies Fanis Chalkiadakis , Recayi Pecen Electrical and Information Engineering Technology Department of Industrial Technology The University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa1. IntroductionStudies in control and electric power systems have always been a major part of the core courserequirements of every electrical engineering and/or electrical engineering technology program.In recent years however, undergraduate and

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tord Dennis; Robert Fulton

Session 1625 Facilitating Distributed Collaborative Product Development in an Undergraduate Curriculum Tord W. Dennis, Robert E. Fulton Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn the quest to be more competitive, many corporations have embraced Lean Management, Just-In-Time and Total Quality Management coupled with cutting edge Information Technology. ComputerAided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools enable engineers to efficiently andquickly realize and simulate concepts virtually, reducing the need for expensive prototyping and

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Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Oktay Baysal; Mehti Koklu; Ahmed Noor

Changing Profession,” Aerospace America, October 2002, pp.24-352. Noor, A.K., “Perspectives on Advanced Learning Technologies and Learning Networks and Future Aerospace Workforce Environments” Advanced Learning Technologies and Learning “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.385.6 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Networks and Their Impact on Future Aerospace Workforce (Ed. A.K. Noor), NASA/CP- 2003-212437, September 2003.3. Baylor, A.L., “Systematically Designing Pedagogical Agents: Effects of Image

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Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matthew Joordens; John Long; John Florance

Session 2426 The Use of Home Experimentation Kits for Distance Students in First-Year Undergraduate Electronics J.M. Long, J.R. Florance and M. Joordens School of Engineering and Technology Deakin University, Victoria, AustraliaAbstractLaboratory and practical classes are an important part of the education of students inelectronics and electrical engineering. “Hands-on” experience is critical for any engineerworking in these fields in particular. For many years, delivering engineering practicals todistance-education students has been a

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Monica Gaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

professionals—white men, minority men,white women, and minority women—and to design educational requirements that accommodatethese different strategies or educational pathways. Our NSF-funded Alternate Pathways toSuccess in Information Technology (APSIT∗) program is seeking to explore the nature of the ITand engineering educational and career pathways used by successful female and minorityGeorgia Tech alumni. In particular, the specific goals of this project are: • To define alternate indices of IT and engineering success that reflect a broader interpretation of societal value than indicated by yearly income and job prestige. • To determine the nature of successful IT and engineering educational and career pathways used by women and other

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NEE Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Loendorf

Session 3575 Transitioning from Industry to Education: The First Year William R. Loendorf Eastern Washington University School of Computing and Engineering Sciences Department of Engineering Technology and Multimedia DesignAbstractAfter years as an engineering professional in industry, a career transition into a related field wason the horizon. The events at the beginning of the 21st century lead to the downsizing ofnumerous companies and the eventual elimination of countless jobs. As the economy weakened,it became increasingly difficult to

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Min Jou

on engineering educators to provide students with the scientificprinciples of new technologies, and familiarize them with their impact on the modern manufacturing processes.Manufacturing science includes these technical areas: manufacturing technique, manufacturing systems, designand analysis of manufacturing process planning, material handling, monitoring and control, automatedinspection, sensors and interfaces, and management. The manufacturing technique covers: turning, milling,drilling, holing …etc. Much time and cost are used to teach these techniques. Particularly, computerizedmachines are continuously increasing in use. The development of educating engineers on computerizedmachines becomes much more difficult than with traditional

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Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Waters

United States for future generations of innovative ship design. The AtlanticCenter for the Innovative Design and Control of Small Ships (ACCeSS) is a consortium ofresearchers from academia and industry that was established in order to support this ONRinitiative. The academic members of ACCeSS include faculty and students from within thedepartments of Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Ocean Engineering and SystemsEngineering of the U.S. Naval Academy, Stevens Institute of Technology, Webb Institute andUniversity College of London.In endeavoring to support the ONR NNR, the ACCeSS team has incorporated several students –both undergraduate and graduate – within all of its technical activities. This paper provides anoverview of the efforts and

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ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Anthony Trippe

operating systems (OS) for local andglobal computing. Topics covered basic OS functions such as executing user commands,providing system resource sharing, managing memory, input/output devices and files,and providing for security and protection of the system. A special emphasis was placedon networking and distributed operating systems in order to meet the needs oftelecommunications engineering technology students.The course consisted of ten learning modules - each module being one week long. At theend of each week, a private performance feedback message was sent to each student.Besides the comments on performance, the message clearly stated the number of pointsearned toward the final grade. Each week, the faculty member assigned chapters fromthe

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ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Session 3447Designing a Microprocessor Controlled Heater Fan for a Fireplace Mohammad Fotouhi, Ali Eydgahi, Robert McCulley University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractThis Paper describes the details of an undergraduate design project completed as part ofthe final senior design class for the Electrical Engineering Technology Program atUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore. The objective of this project was to use a PIC16C622 microprocessor to control the speed of a fan depending on the temperaturesensed just below the mantel of a fireplace. The PIC 16C622 was

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Terrence O'Connor; Nghia Le

Session Number 2526 The Pressure Sensing Project Nghia T. Le, Terry O’Connor Purdue University School of Technology Electrical Engineering TechnologyA. IntroductionThe paper discusses the use of a multi-faceted electronic project as a capstone experiencefor an associate degree program in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology(ECET) at Purdue University's School of Technology New Albany location. This projectincorporates several different technologies from both the analog and digital realms ofelectronics. The

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Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sandra Courter; Mary McEniry; Cid Freitag

about teachingand learning in the process of building a learning community, 3) create a collaborativelearning environment with faculty and peers, 4) build confidence in curriculumdevelopment including designing, guiding, and assessing learning, 5) learn with andabout technology in the process of improving curriculum, and 6) connect teaching andresearch and bridge the gap between theory and practice. The twenty participantsrepresented ten universities; a team of two from each university included one facultyperson from engineering and one from another science, math, or computer sciencediscipline. Specifically, the professional development opportunity explored ways ofknowing including theories of learning, learning styles, disciplinary and

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Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Beth Lakin; Gary Crossman

Session 2249 Utilizing Experiential Learning for Capstone Project Credit Gary Crossman, Vernon Lewis, Mary Beth Lakin Old Dominion UniversityI. Abstract The typical student at many (urban) universities works a part or full time job whileattending school and may already have several years of industrial experience. This experiencemay very well be applicable to courses in their engineering, engineering technology or othercurricula. In 1998, Old Dominion University established and implemented an assessmentprogram called Experiential Learning with the primary purpose of

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Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

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Okechi Egekwu

protecting enterprise networks is compounded by the following factors: ‚ They are not only large and complicated, but also vertically interconnected with other sub-system networks. ‚ The security risks include exposure of data and information, and also exposure of the system infrastructure itself. ‚ Advances in technology, for example wireless technology, introduce different and complicated levels of system vulnerability. ‚ Enterprise networks have to be protected against internal and external attacks. Page 9.671.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

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James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

Session 1149 The Next Level in TC2K: Continuous Quality Improvement Susan Scachitti, Gregory Neff, and James Higley Purdue University CalumetAbstractMany educators in engineering technology are currently working on preparations for theirnext accreditation visit by the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of theAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). With these visits come aneed to understand new evaluation criteria, TC2K; criteria focused on improving thequality of student outcomes.The TC2K evaluation criteria is a quality based standard that begins with basic qualityconcepts. This

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Sustainability and the Environment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Olivia Dees; Saeed Foroudastan

Session 3551 Sustainable Development: Intercropping for Agricultural Production Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Olivia Dees, Research Assistant Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractThe damaging effects of monoculture threaten the sustainability of our world. Geneticengineering, or biotechnology, gravely endangers the future integrity of genes withpossible unforeseen mutations. For example, Monsanto has created a terminatortechnology that will not allow farmers to reproduce their own plants from

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Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Duesing; David Baumann; David McDonald

Session 2465 Learning and Practicing The Design Review Process In Senior Capstone Design Classes PAUL DUESING, David Baumann, David McDonald, Morrie Walworth, Robert Andersen Lake Superior State University/Continental TevesAbstractOver the past ten years the School of Engineering and Technology at Lake Superior StateUniversity has developed a strong industrial-based capstone senior design course sequence. Anindustrial company provides a design project, funding, and a company representative for this twosemester-long course sequence. A key element of

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The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Roth

concrete example of implementing the ABET outcomes basedprocess defined within the ABET Criteria using an internship course. This course isoffered in a Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program. Discussion is directedat how the course is linked to its course outcomes, the MET program outcomes, and theMET program objectives. The paper demonstrates how an existing curricular element canbe reviewed and modified within the context of program objectives and outcomes. It alsoexplains how the ABET outcome based process has enhanced the MET program throughjust this course. Finally, the paper describes the added value of using the internshipexperience to further the delivery and assessment of program outcomes.IntroductionFaculty within the MET

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Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Linda Tolan; James Hurny

for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright©2004, American Sociaety for Engineering Education”The purpose of this paper is to share some targeted examples of systems change, some expectedobstacles, some unexpected challenges, and finally some suggestions to ease the process that wediscovered as we implement outcomes assessment in the engineering technology programs atRochester Institute of Technology, College of Applied Science and Technology.Much has been written about the instructional development and design process, but thisdiscussion will focus on different questions: • What are the operational requirements needed to make outcomes assessment work? • What are the hidden and explicit

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Steif

Session 2468 Use of Simplified FEA to Enhance Visualization in Mechanics Paul S. Steif, Edward Gallagher Carnegie Mellon UniversityIntroduction and BackgroundMany recommendations have arisen from national reports1,2 which noted the increasingneed to improve undergraduate education in engineering. A central suggestion is that“Institutions of higher education should provide diverse opportunities for allundergraduates to study science, mathematics, engineering, and technology as practicedby scientists and engineers, and as early in their academic careers as possible”3. This isalso recognized

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ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Arif Sirinterlikci

Session: 3447 Open-Ended Robotic Design for Enhanced Capstone Experience Arif Sirinterlikci Ohio Northern UniversityBackgroundThis paper elaborates on the capstone experiences in the Technology Program of theTechnological Studies Department at Ohio Northern University. Students from different levelsparticipate in RI/SME (Robotics International Association of the Society of MechanicalEngineers) Student Robotic Technology and Engineering Challenge, work for two consecutivequarters and earn TECH 435 – Advanced Robotics/Automation and TECH 495 – Senior Projectcredit. The