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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., Texas A&M University System RELLIS Campus; Celeste Arden Riley, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Jeffrey John Hatala, West Texas A&M University; Andrew Crawford, Tarleton State University; London Knight, West Texas A&M University; Victoria June Vinzant, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

engineers taught me that engineering is much deeper than piecing somethingtogether, but rather, it is applying math, science, and design to solve a problem. Originally, I wouldlook at the world with health science tunnel vision, only focusing on the physical wellness ofindividuals. However, the more I worked with my psychology and engineering peers, the more Irealized these other disciplines should, in fact, be recognized.As I come closer to entering the work force, I can say that through this interdisciplinary education, Iwill step into the world with an inclusive perspective. Thanks to this course, I now have a uniqueexperience under my belt, and an open mind to the disciplines around me.VJV Reflections (Psychology, Texas A&M University

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Lessons Learned From Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Charles Goodman; Tracy Van Zandt

. Page 9.437.10 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"VI AcknowledgementSome of the work presented herein was partially funded by the NSF Engineering EducationDivision Grant EEC-0314875 entitled “Multi-Semester Interwoven Project for Teaching BasicCore STEM Material Critical for Solving Dynamic Systems Problems”. The authors aregrateful for the support obtained from NSF to further engineering education.VI References1) Starrett,S., Morcos,M., “Hands-On, Minds-On Electric Power Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 90, No. 1, pp93-100, January 20012) Pavelich,M.J., “Integrating Piaget’s

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ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefani A. Bjorklund; Norman Fortenberry

] Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. 2003-2004 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Baltimore, MD: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., 2002.[3] Moore, Paolo Davidian, S. M. Cupp, and N. L. Fortenberry. “Linking Student Learning Outcomes to Instructional Practices – Phase II.” Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO: ASEE/IEEE, 2003.[4] Chickering, Arthur W. and Z. F. Gamson (Eds.). “Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.” New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Vol. 47, 1991.[5] Bransford, John D., A. L. Brown, and R. R. Cocking, eds. 2000. “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School.” National Academy Press, Washington, DC

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2016 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Jim Garrett; Amr Elnashai

Immigration Reformrelated to International Students Moderated by: Jim Garrett, Carnegie Mellon University Amr Elnashai, Penn State University February 9, 2016Session ObjectivesWith just under 1 million foreign students in US higher education, weneed to:• Hear and contrast the nuanced pros and cons of mechanisms for retaining foreign STEM graduates• Have an open-minded, respectful discussion based on data and metrics• Determine what position (if any) we deans as a group should be promoting related to this issueSample of Arguments for Benefits• “Every foreign-born student who graduates from a U.S. university with an advanced degree and stays to work in STEM has been shown to create on average

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

Page 1.523.1equations associated with nuclear engineering in mind. It is also interesting to note that The Math Works has $hxd; 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..+,yTEllc:? . 1very recently announced availability of the Partial Differential Equation Toolbox [2]. It seems prescient then toforge on with this strength, A recently published paper [1] explores the use of MATLAB as a tool for the solution of hyperbolicpartial differential equations, and this spirit will be continued herein with the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahman S. Motlagh; Alireza Rahrooh

experiments, students are left with rather vagueconcepts regardless of the instructorÀs effectiveness. Laboratory assignments clarify textbookmaterials and examples, as well as help to close the gap between theory and real-life problems.An efficient laboratory experiment must [1]:clearly relate to and support textbook theory,relate to real life instances,challenge studentsÀ ability to design, build, and test, andencourage student to analyze the design and draw conclusion.With these considerations in mind a laboratory workbook has been developed at the Universityof Central Florida for the digital technology course [2].II. Overview of Laboratory ExperimentsThe experiments are designed to compliment and reinforce the lecture material throughout

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Brian Savilonis; Kent Rissmiller

throughout.With this project backdrop in mind, the Great Problems Seminars (GPS) were initiated for first year students in2007. Like the junior year project, GPS are designed to engage students with current events, societal problems, andhuman needs. Each seminar focuses on a large global issue. Power the World (PTW), focuses on energy and itsutilization. PTW is co-taught by a mechanical engineer and a social scientist (public policy).The faculty who developed the seminars [3] focused on three key principles: 1. Engage first-year students with current events, societal problems, and human needs in a project and team based learning environment, 2. Require first year students to perform/produce critical thinking, information literacy

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Robert R. Krchnavek; Raul Ordonez; Peter Jansson; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

Session 2532 CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ECE PROGRAM John L. Schmalzel1, Shreekanth A. Mandayam1, Ravi P. Ramachandran1, Robert R. Krchnavek1, Linda M. Head1, Robi Polikar1, Peter Jansson1, and Raúl Ordóñez2 1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of DaytonAbstract - We have developed a new Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program at RowanUniversity. The first class graduated in May 2000. Features include: a continuous Engineering Clinicsequence, a mixture of two-, three-, and four-credit courses

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Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; David F. Vreeland, University of Oklahoma; Christopher Robert Griffin, University of Oklahoma; Mark B. Yeary P.E., University of Oklahoma

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Electrical and Computer

priority on the facilities and tools available to students and listed it isone of the main reasons he chose to come to OU and major in electrical engineering. He closedhis response with the following statements: “I believe that the combination of exceptional toolsand passionate minds creates the ideal learning environment. The university gave us the tools;it's our job to bring the minds. That's why I recruit: to bring the brightest minds to the mostvaluable facilities, advancing the frontier of learning for all.”There are many other OU-ECE students that have a similar mindset. The other student co-authorof this paper will be highlighted in later sections, but his testimonial offers some insight into thistopic. This student is the current president

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The Fundamentals of Fun

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hanus; Stephen Ressler

successfully identified situations towhich their classroom instruction in engineering mechanics can be applied; and they havesuccessfully modeled, analyzed, and drawn well-reasoned conclusions about those situations.The student solutions (particularly the narratives that accompany their calculations) alsodemonstrate considerable enthusiasm for this rather unorthodox homework requirement. Thesuccess of this project suggests that the “new and unfamiliar contexts” necessary for stimulatingtransfer of learning need not be confined to traditional engineering problems.References1. Bransford, John D., Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, ed. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, 2001.2

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Mechanics Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Sarah Wodin-Schwartz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Mechanics

Definition and Solution,” Springer, Cham, 2015, pp. 435–455.[3] D. Riley, “Engineering and Social Justice,” Synth. Lect. Eng. Technol. Soc., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1–152, Jan. 2008.[4] J. Lucena, J. Schneider, and J. A. Leydens, “Engineering and Sustainable Community Development,” Synth. Lect. Eng. Technol. Soc., vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1–230, Jan. 2010.[5] L. Winner, “Do Artifacts Have Politics?,” Daedalus, vol. 109, no. 1, pp. 121–136, 1980.[6] J. A. Leydens, K. Johnson, S. Claussen, J. Blacklock, B. M. Moskal, and O. Cordova, “Measuring Change over Time in Sociotechnical Thinking: A Survey/validation Model for sociotechnical Habits of Mind,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Juval V Racelis, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Paper ID #45088Full Paper: Examining first-year students’ nascent disciplinary identities andepistemological orientationsDr. Juval V Racelis, Wentworth Institute of Technology Juval Racelis is an Associate Professor specializing in writing pedagogy. His research focuses on pedagogical innovation across multiple contexts. In his teaching, he works in the intersections of writing, language, and culture to enrich students from diverse backgrounds. 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE): Boston, Massachusetts Jul 28 Full Paper: Examining First-Year Students’ Nascent Disciplinary

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 3: Evaluation & Assessment

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas H. Cheong; Meagan Eleanor Ita, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University; Ethan Cartwright, The Ohio State University; Amanda Singer Nault, The Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

(KEEN) for contributing to this work.One way that educators have eased the infusion of aspects of entrepreneurship education intoundergraduate engineering curriculum is through Entrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML). Forthis work, we use KEEN’s approach that focuses on attributes of the “Entrepreneurial Mindset”(EM) [3]. Broadly speaking, we define EM as a collection of mental habits that empower one toquestion, adapt, and make positive change that engineers possess and leverage in theirprofessional work. This mindset is applicable for engineers broadly, not only in the context ofentrepreneurial ventures and starting new companies.The increased integration of EM has pushed universities to evaluate its impact. While othershave developed holistic

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Darby Rose Riley, Rowan University; Divya Sindhu Lekha

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

participants in the year following the workshop. Details of theworkshops of interest are provided in Table 1. Table 1. Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development Workshops of Interest Workshop No. Facilitators/ Short Title Major Topic No. Participants Coaches Basics and application of entrepreneurially- ICE June 29 7 minded learning Basics and application of entrepreneurially- ICE July 26 4 minded learning

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Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manar Shami, University of the Pacific; Ed Pejack, University of the Pacific; Ravinder Jain, University of the Pacific

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

innovative systems to integrate teachingand research. Upon its completion, this lab will become a benchmark for integration ofteaching and research in civil engineering. Page 12.524.3Functional Components of the Structural and Construction LaboratoryThe lab is planned and designed while having the following strategic goal in mind: “Toprovide students and local/regional engineering/building/construction industry withsuperior technology and world-class testing and research capability.” It contains threemodules. Module 1 has the MTS facility, versatile structural testing facility, and scaledbridge testing and monitoring systems. The second module has the

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CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronaldo Luna

for Engineering Educationthe advisor to get a fundamental understanding of the problem. As the semester progressed, itwas evident that the independent research was put aside to keep up with the student’s regularcoursework. Then, the strategy was modified to include weekly meetings with the studentcomplemented by off-campus site visits and laboratory hands-on experience.Learn from Past ExperiencesThe liquefaction demonstration tank is not anything new. In fact, it’s a classic in a geotechnicalengineering program. This demonstration experiment tends to leave a lasting impression on thestudents mind, as it did to the author twenty years ago. As recent as this month, email inquiriesfrom professional engineers are being made to faculty on how to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver; Heather Lynn Johnson; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; David C. Mays; Tom Altman

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

that faculty need immersive training in cultural responsiveness, and that suchtraining is the lowest hanging fruit [3]. Furthermore, Mack and colleagues clearly document thebreadth and depth of the cultural disconnect between engineering faculty and their students,explaining that this problem cannot be fixed with a checklist, and instead call for the cultivationof mindfulness among faculty [4].One reason that attempts to change faculty behaviors fail may be how independently facultyoperate in the classroom. Any attempt to shift teaching practices cannot rely on top-downmandates, but instead needs top-down support with bottom-up encouragement from colleagues,accompanied by a shift in the overall culture of a college of engineering. By providing

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University; Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University

Paper ID #36072Correlations of Student Personality Components with First-Year StudentSuccess and RetentionDr. Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University Dr. Cavalli is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.Ms. Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University Anetra Grice is has served as the STEP Program Director for Western Michigan University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences for since 2010. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

SESSION 2475 INTEGRATING TEACHING, RESEARCH AND SERVICE TO DEVELOP SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Albert Lozano-Nieto The Pennsylvania State University School of Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Engineering P.O. Box PSU Lehman, PA 18627 Phone: (570) 675-9245 FAX: (570) 675-7713 email: AXL17@psu.eduAbstractThe publishing of scholarly work is one of the most critical elements at the time of

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jacqueline Faith Sullivan, University of Central Florida; Mark Easley, Texas Instruments, Inc.

Paper ID #35511Partnering with Industry to Improve First Year OutcomesMrs. Jacqueline Faith Sullivan, University of Central Florida Since 2012, Jackie Sullivan (MSEnvE), has been an Adjunct Instructor at UCF (Orlando) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) and has instructed the first year engineering students since 2015. Ms. Sullivan worked in consulting engineering and STEM program development prior to joining UCF.Mr. Mark Easley, Texas Instruments, Inc. The TI University Program is committed to engineering student success and supporting institutions of higher learning that will train the next

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Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Penn State Behrend; Qi Dunsworth, Penn State Behrend; Mary L Kahl, The Pennsylvania State University, the Behrend College

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Manufacturing

engineering disaster videos to convey the messages. Some techniques toimprove soft skills were immediately applied to subsequent simulation activities. For example, toreinforce metacognitive awareness, students were asked to use mind mapping to represent theprocess of maximizing the profit yield in the physical simulation activity.4. Results and Analysis4.1 Metacognitive AwarenessThe metacognitive awareness scores of all the student groups also increased after the soft skillsworkshops were introduced. Figure 3 below displays the averages of the standardized MAIscores from all members in their groups. The picture on the left shows the mind mapping activitybeing applied to the physical simulation. Figure 3. Mind mapping (left) and metacognitive

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Gates; Mary Lamont; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

meet the needs of its students. Some practical examples from the past are:adjusting the placement and content of hands-on lab exercises to relate more closely to materialcurrent in students’ minds; identifying material not clearly conveyed in lecture; intervening withstudents who are having academic problems; and, uncovering misconceptions about course,College, or University polices. Clearly, if evaluations and comments were collected only at theend of the course, most, if not all, of these kinds of issues would either not come up or would Page 7.162.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Humphrey

Session 3675 Excelling in Two Careers: A New Team Approach Ben Humphrey Parks College of Engineering and Aviation Saint Louis University INTRODUCTION Dual career family situations have traditionally been approached with the assumption thatboth spouses have individual careers and must integrate them into their family situations. Thispaper presents the viewpoint that one spouse can successfully administer two different careerssimultaneously, if the other spouse acts as organizer/augmenter to both careers (and

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M3B: Learning in Context 2

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2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Darlene Spracklin-Reid P.Eng., Memorial University; Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

, calculations and data. Survey resultsindicate positive outcomes in students’ awareness of the profession, skills required of anengineer, different disciplines, ethics, use of computer tools, core technical skills, and what realengineering problem look like. It is hoped that giving students a holistic view of engineering intheir first year, while helping them acquire the “habits of mind” [3] of professional practitioners,will provide them with a foundation for approaching the remaining curriculum with motivationand increased capacity to connect course material with their life experiences and aspirations.References[1] B. Seely, “Patterns in the History of Engineering Education Reform: A Brief Essay”,Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering

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International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Kander

Statistics Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Technology Education Electrical Engineering Microbiology Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Environmental Engineering Molecular Biology Theoretical Biology Managing such a diverse program is surprisingly easy; primarily because of the energy andenthusiasm exhibited by the faculty and students alike. Furthermore, we consciously emulate thecooperative team environment that we are trying to foster in our students in every aspect ofcurriculum development, course delivery, and departmental administration.Contribution to Engineering Education: We must keep in mind that the goal of the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rob Guardiola; Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Session 1608 Development of Workplace Competencies Sufficient to Measure ABET Outcomes S. K. Mickelson, L. F. Hanneman, R. Guardiola, and T. J. Brumm Iowa State University/Iowa State University/ Development Dimensions, International/Iowa State UniversityAbstractThe opening paragraphs of the ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 state: “To be considered foraccreditation, engineering programs must prepare graduates for the practice of engineering at theprofessional level.” Criterion 3, Program Outcomes and Assessment, states, “Engineeringprograms must demonstrate that

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Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Architectural

possible toconceive in the human mind, it cannot reveal, amplify, or clarify that semi-to-subconscious state ofmind where much of the uniquely individual and human creative act takes place (Sorenson, 2007).It doesn’t really matter if mechanically engineered lines are drafted by triangle and T-square or bycomputer assisted design software. It does matter that the drawings should present the designers’personality and immediate response of solving the problem. Mechanically created images tend toproject a sense of sterility, of surreal environments devoid of the messiness of real-life experience,absent all evidence of human spirit or soul and passion (Sorenson, 2007). Thus, keeping freehandsketching in the schematic design phase and representing the

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

Session xxxx INTRODUCTION OF PLM CONCEPTS IN A GRADUATE INSTRUMENTATION COURSE Vijay Vaidyanathan, Roman Stemprok, Preethi Nagarajan University of North TexasAbstractProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a vital component of a company’s function as it goesthrough various rites in passage from idea conception to development and finally to producttransition. The Electronics Engineering Technology program at UNT offers undergraduate as wellas graduate degrees in electronics. A graduate course in instrumentation design is offered as partof the core curriculum. It was decided

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Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

that arefor kids all ages. They keep children occupied and can challenge the mind of even the mostintelligent people. These toys possess the capability of providing high level learning skills.In order to increase student learning in design projects, these procedures have been implementedin a new elective chemical engineering course at Michigan Technological University, CM4900:Interdisciplinary Design. The project that the students worked on focused on the developmentand construction of a prototype bench scale reactor to mix three fluids together in a desiredproportion. For their electrical networks, students used one of two electronic kits to develop afoundation of knowledge in electronic circuits: · the BASIC Stamp II Microprocessor

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Nancy J. Moore PhD, North Carolina State University; Aaron Smith, Mississippi State University

Paper ID #40948Motivations of Students in a Thermodynamics CourseNancy J. Moore PhD, North Carolina State University The author is a Teaching Associate Professor at North Carolina State University in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. She teaches undergraduate courses in the thermal-fluid sciences. She is the course coordinator for Thermodynamics I and has taught the course in the traditional lecture and flipped formats.Dr. Aaron Smith, Mississippi State University Aaron Smith is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Mississippi State University. He obtained his