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Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Dana Warren; Abolghasem Shahbazi; Jianzhong Lou; Keith Schimmel

, 827-831.KEITH A. SCHIMMELKeith Schimmel is Associate Professor of chemical engineering, Director of the energy and environmental studiesPh.D. program at North Carolina A&T State University, and a registered professional engineer in North Carolina.He received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University. He also holds M.S. and Ph.D. degreesin chemical engineering from Northwestern University.JIANZHONG LOUJianzhong Lou is Associate Professor of chemical engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Loureceived his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Zhejiang University of Technology. He also holds M.S. andPh.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Utah.DANA M. WARRENDana M. Warren is a

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Service Learning Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Limbrunner; Charline Han; Chris Swan

. His teaching and researchinterests lie in the areas of water resources, sustainable development and appropriate technologies. Page 10.1109.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

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Carmine Polito; Rachel Husfeld

emphasize the use of materials that are available to the localpeople. This is done to simplify the maintenance of the project should replacement parts becomenecessary and simplify its reproduction should a nearby community desire to replicate theproject. This transfer of technology to the local people and the use of locally available materialsare key elements to the EWB philosophy of sustainability. Page 10.891.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The ProjectThe village of Nakor, in

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Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

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Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

. The ExcEEd (Excellence in Engineering Education)workshops were jointly sponsored by ASCE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and the Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers (IEEE). While the teaching workshop covers a variety of topics thatinclude learning objectives, communication skills, and teaching with technology, the two topicsthat participants have consistently reported as most valuable are board notes and questioningtechniques. Board notes provide a systematic means of organizing a class that helps ensurestudents will leave with good notes, lesson objectives will be met, the class will finish on time,disparate topics will be linked by transitions, physical

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tomas Cavanagh; Richard Gilbert; Linda Austin; Edwin Goolsby; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

Director of FL-ATE, the Florida Regional Center for Manufacturing Educationhoused at Hillsborough Community College. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College, and both a B.S.in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of South Florida. She has over 15 years Page 10.261.6of experience in developing curriculum in engineering and engineering technology and is a registered professionalengineer in the State of Florida. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for

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Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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JoDell Steuver; Michele Summers; Donna Evanecky

ETD 2142 The Balancing Act for New Educators Donna J. Evanecky, JoDell Steuver, Michele Summers Purdue University College of Technology Kokomo/Columbus-SE Indiana/LafayetteAbstractTenure-track positions in the field of Engineering Technology give new faculty many advantagesincluding benefits, status, prestige, a say in governance, job security, legitimacy and academicfreedom. These positions make hard demands on personal relationships and family as the newfaculty member is asked to embrace his new passion—academe. Some have suggested

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bugra Koku; Ali Sekmen

, electronic, computer software and other technologies with the aim of designing andmanufacturing effective machines” [1]. Similarly, Histand defines Mechatronics as: “A rapidlydeveloping, interdisciplinary field of engineering that deals with the design of products whosefunction relies on the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and electroniccomponents connected by control architecture” [2]. Being a product oriented discipline, Page 10.87.1Mechatronics covers a wide range of application areas such as robotics, manufacturing, system “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi

paper focuses on an innovative concept best represented by the key words of what and howwe teach our students. It discusses a new problem analysis methodology developed to encourageanother mode for student learning. The concept has been successfully applied to severalEngineering Technology courses and received excellent reviews from the students who givewitness to its effectiveness in helping them learn.Traditionally, subjects are presented in terms of these are the rules, equations, procedures andmethods for solving a problem. The underlying assumption implies that if students learn theapplicable math and engineering expressions they now know the subject material. In realitynothing could be further from the truth for effective learning.The

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Exploring Trends in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

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Llewellyn Mann; David Radcliffe

A Reflexive Course for Masters Students to Understand and Plan Their Own Continuing Professional Development Llewellyn Mann, David Radcliffe Catalyst Centre for Society and Technology The University of Queensland AustraliaAbstractContinuing Professional Development (CPD) is seen as a vital part of a professionalengineer’s career, by professional engineering institutions as well as individual engineers.Factors such as ever-changing workforce requirements and rapid technological change haveresulted in engineers no longer being able to rely just on the skills they learnt at university orcan pick up on

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Lean Manufacturing and Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyejeong Kim; Sheng-Jen Hsieh

Web-Based Problem-Solving Environment for Line Balancing Automated Manufacturing Systems Sheng-Jen Hsieh1, Hyejeong Kim2 1 Dept. of Engineering Technology and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering 2 Dept. of Educational Psychology Texas A&M University, College Station, TXAbstractThis paper describes a web-based problem-solving environment designed to teach line balancingof automated manufacturing systems. This environment was designed based on analytic andsimulation models of an assembly line. Simulation models were first designed and used

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; George Wright; Joseph Morgan

Session 1347 Managing Senior Design Projects to Maximize Success: The TAT Team J.A. Morgan, G. Wright, J. R. Porter Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843Introduction The typical engineering technology curriculum culminates in a capstone senior designcourse or sequence. The goal of this course/sequence is to have students demonstrate theirmastery of the concepts they have learned throughout their degree program. While manydifferent approaches to senior design courses exist, most

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Adams; William Manion

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education.as a smaller number of sophomores in Construction Management Technology. Enrollments havegrown from about 60 in 1998 to around 100 in 2003 and 2004, nearly doubling the number ofsmall lab sections from six to ten on a weekly basis. Each student attends one two-hour sessionwith two lab groups of between four and six students. The specific topics taught are: ‚ Material variability: Thirty rough-cut wood samples are tested to failure in compression. The resulting failure stresses are analyzed statistically using spreadsheets. ‚ Compressive strength of plastics at different temperatures: Cylindrical HDPE samples are tested in compression at temperatures below zero

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tyson McCall; Corinne Ransberger; Steve Hsiung

Session 582 Implementing Simple Protocols in Multiple Processors Control Applications Steve Hsiung, Tyson McCall, Corinne Ransberger Engineering Technology Department Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529Abstract Using microprocessor/microcontroller in various control applications is not only one ofthe major topics in Engineering Technology curricula, but also of interest in industryapplications. To accomplish it correctly

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Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joanne Lax; Amy Van Epps

Research,” IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 252-257, Aug. 2001. 6. Mohammad M. Ataai, Gerald D. Holder, and Robert F. Toplak, “Research Experience for Undergraduates at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, in Proc. Frontiers in Engineering Conference, 1997, pp. 1140-1145. 7. Alfred Goldsmith, “Good Writing and Speech—Their Importance to the Engineer,” IEEE PCS Newsletter, vol. 48, no. 6, p. 26, Nov./Dec. 2004. 8. Engineering Accreditation Commission “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,” Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, MD, http://www.abet.org. 9. http://www.nanohub.org/Summer_Institute. 10. Miguel A

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Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ryan Dupont; Mary Feng; Hailey Christine

Hailey, Associate Dean in the College of Engineering,Christine Hult, Associate Dean in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, RobertSchmidt, Associate Professor in Environment and Society, and Kim Sullivan, AssociateProfessor in Biology. Mary Feng serves as the ADVANCE project leader. Ryan Dupont is theleader of the Science and Engineering Recruitment Team (SERT).Initial ConditionsAs the ADVANCE team developed the Utah State ADVANCE project, we realized that weneeded to know the local issues concerning recruitment and retention that were important towomen faculty in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) at UtahState. In 2002 and 2003, the ADVANCE team interviewed current and recent women faculty(n = 42

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Carpenter

Using Learning Objectives for Course Design and Curriculum Improvement Donald D. Carpenter Civil Engineering Department Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI 48075AbstractLearning Objectives are statements of specific observable actions a student should be able toperform after an established period of time (a lecture, course, or curriculum). LearningObjectives, which are also commonly referred to as Instructional, Teaching, or EducationalObjectives, clarify the expectations of faculty in terms of measurable or observable studentperformance. In other words, these statements describe the ability of

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

andcontinued in the NACME program for fall 2004. The reasons that eight students did notcontinue were: three students were not qualified for the program due to low grades, two studentsdid not enroll for fall 2004 although eligible to continue in the program (one of these students isworking for a year and considering a transfer to nursing), two students transferred to anotherschool (one to Aeronautical Technology and the other to another Engineering school near home),and one student, who did not see value in the NACME program, did not reapply.The one-year retention rate for the students continuing in the NACME program is 57.1%. Theone-year retention rate for the NACME students within the Fulton College of Engineering is14/21=67.7% and the one-year

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh

Design of Web-Based Ladder Logic Tool Kit for Programmable Logic Controller Education Sheng-Jen (“Tony”) Hsieh Dept. of Engineering Technology and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TXAbstractLabs are often an essential component in engineering education. However, factors such aslimited lab time, expensive equipment and high student-to-equipment ratios often hinderstudents’ learning. Simulation tools can be used to help prepare students to take full advantageof limited lab resources. This paper describes a web-based Ladder Logic Toolkit that providesphysical and procedural simulation

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Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Turpin; Donald Richter; William Loendorf

Page 10.1269.3both the college and K-12 education levels. For example, Stanford University used a similarcompetition as a class project for its Mechatronic Systems Design and Methodology course and Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationGeorgia Tech’s Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) has proposed paper vehiclecompetitions. These ideas served as the foundation on which this competition was built.The Annual Human Powered Paper Vehicle Competition takes place in early spring on thecampus of Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington. The success of the HPPVcontest in meeting

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Westbrook

below.Attribute 1, Goals - 1Attribute 2, Support - 1Attribute 3, Peer Support - 3Attribute 4, Access to Technology - 3Attribute 5, Support of “Godfathers” - 1Success Environment Measure – 9Conclusion: low probability for success.Case 2In the early 1990’s, the Industrial Engineering Department of Central South University wasstruggling to survive. Enrollment was declining. Two of the ten full time faculty members had left.Contracts and grants were lower than other departments and were declining. There was talk of mergingthe department with Mechanical Engineering, which both departmental faculties were against, or closingdown the department entirely. The Dean agreed to a plan developed by the IE Department. The planincluded hiring a new faculty member with

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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

Database Management System Track for Computer Science Students Reza Sanati-Mehrizy Afsaneh Minaie sanatire@uvsc.edu minaieaf@uvsc.edu Computing and Networking Engineering Department Sciences Department Utah Valley State College Orem, Utah 84058Abstract:Utah Valley State College is a four year college with only undergraduate programs located in anarea with many technology oriented business. In our Computer Science program, we offer onlyone database course titled “Database

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Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas

An Experimental Approach for Evaluating Harmonic Frequencies of a Flexible Beam Weining Feng and Alberto Gomez-Rivas Engineering Technology Department, UH-DowntownAbstract This paper presents a simple experimental approach that can be used to evaluate lower-order harmonic frequencies of a flexible beam. The beam was simply excited by a tap at aspecific point, and the beam vibration was detected by a piezoelectric accelerometer. Thevibration data was acquired and analyzed in the frequency domain. With proper choicesof sampling frequency and the locations of the sensor, the frequency modes of a flexiblebeam can be estimated via frequency domain analysis.IntroductionThe

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Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

Box Elder High School in Brigham City, Utah in June of 1999.Following his freshman year, he took two years off school and re-entered the Academy in the class of 2005.He will receive a B.S. on June 1st, 2005 in Electrical Engineering. He will go on to serve in the Air Forceas a developmental engineer.BARRY E. MULLINS is an Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB OH. He is aregistered Professional Engineer in Colorado and a member of Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering), TauBeta Pi (Engineering), IEEE (senior member), and ASEE.DANIEL J. PACK is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the United States Air

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro

Discrete Event Simulation Using Excel/VBA David Elizandro and Jessica Matson Tennessee Technological UniversityAbstractThe spectrum of discrete event simulation modeling courses in industrial engineering programsvaries from an emphasis on learning concepts of discrete event simulation to modeling simplesystems using a commercially viable simulation language. Often, when the emphasis is onlearning a commercial language, much of the course becomes training at the expense ofconcepts. As a result the student has a basic understanding of the language and modeling butlimited understanding of discrete event simulation concepts. In either case, modeling

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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Colwell; Richard Warren; Rich Warren

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”OutcomesThe PIC microcontroller has been used for three academic years now, and the first students to useit are currently seniors in the Bachelors program in Computer Engineering Technology. In theirsenior projects class, the students all developed a project with similar requirements. Briefly, therequirements were to develop an external hardware/software based device for a PC that allowsthe user to select from two pieces of information on the Internet that are then displayed on theexternal device in real time. Interestingly, all five groups chose to use their PIC trainer board thatthey built two years earlier as sophomores

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Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fengfeng Zhou

Incorporating Math and Design in High School Physics Fengfeng Zhou University of CincinnatiIntroductionGlobal competition is intense not only in business, but also in education. Although the mostrecent report (2003) from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)1reported progress for U.S. 8th-graders in their math and science performance, the newest report(2003) from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)2 showed that 15-year-oldU.S. students rank near the bottom of industrialized countries in math skills. To promoteinquiry-based learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills in K

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Wangping Sun; J. M. Zhang; Z. J. Pei

instructors of IMSE 564 have had more than four years of industrial experience. From theirpersonal experiences, the learner-centered approach in engineering education is an efficient wayto facilitate learning and simulate motivations for engineering students. In order to establish suchan environment, they have explored the following five areas: (1) Select suitable topic; (2) Encourage group activities of the students with the facilitations of the instructors; (3) Use multi-media technologies in teaching; (4) Involve industrial professionals in teaching; (5) Make the course project-based.2.1 Topic selection in engineering educationProceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering

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New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

device experience who want to enter the industry.StudentsAs noted above, Minnesota has many medical device manufacturers as well as a vibrantenvironment for new ventures. Much of this activity is concentrated in the metropolitanMinneapolis/St. Paul area. Education in the common elements of the medical device businesstended to be available only through “on the job” training. With the prominence of this industryin the region, and the promising future for medical technologies with an aging population andnew scientific discoveries, it is critical to provide continuing education to constantly update theskilled workforce needed to grow this industry.The University of St. Thomas School of Engineering identified the need for an additional sourceof

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Teaching Team Skills Through Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Shooter; Soundar Kumara; Robert Stone; Timothy Simpson; Janis Terpenny

from the traditional productdevelopment process, which focuses on optimized designs for individual products. Productfamily planning places a much higher demand on management of information of multiple typesand from multiple sources. In response, researchers at four universities are collaborating on thedevelopment of an information technology infrastructure to support product platform planning.This is a relatively new development in engineering design that is typically not part of theundergraduate education; therefore, we see an intrinsic relationship between the need forintegrating the development of research directly with educational enhancements to teach studentsabout these concepts. This paper describes an undergraduate research/learning

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tadeusz Majewski; Hector Cervantes; K. V. Sudhakar

Session # INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING FRACTURE MECHANICS K.V. Sudhakar, Tadeusz Majewski, Hector Cervantes Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Santa Catarina Martir, Puebla 72820, MexicoAbstractAn elective course on fracture mechanics is planned to be introduced for the undergraduatestudents of mechanical engineering. At the present time, some of the topics on fracturemechanics are covered in a course on selection of materials. The present paper discusses specificteaching methods and relevant experimental