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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nam Kim

, the initial parameters for the PID controller can be created. The performance ofdifferent methods using the ISE (Integral of the square error), or ITSE (Integral of the time-weighted square error) as a criterion can also be evaluated. The above-mentioned criteria can beimplemented with an on-line monitor of error and time. The base program used is LabVIEW®by National Instruments [7]. Page 9.402.1 Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition © 2004 American Society for Engineering Education This is one of the projects given to the students during the

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Khaled Mansy

, with the anticipation that this will nurturethe scientific background and design skills of undergraduate students. The secondary mission ofthe laboratory is to disseminate the same knowledge and/or skills between graduate students,faculty, and practicing professionals. The laboratory will also be an effective venue to integrateteaching and research. The specific outcome expected from this project is to enable OSU’students, and consequently OSU’ graduates to effectively incorporate daylighting systems intothe design of buildings, which should result in the conservation of energy used to operatebuildings, and the mitigation of related negative environmental impacts. The paper reports on theneed of daylighting laboratories and their relevance to

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Sustainability and the Environment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Leirad Carrasco; Charles Turner

constrains.Nonetheless, “What Students Learned” is considered an achievement itself. Students involved inthe GEBDC faced a one-of-a-kind learning experience. They were exposed to a ‘real life’scenario. At the same time, students were able to put to test their knowledge and abilities to dealwith a tangible project. They were exposed to all the aspects involved in the design andconstruction of a facility of this kind. Such experience made them to understand howinterdependent the engineering profession is. Consequently, students when ‘thinking asengineers’ must contemplate that interdependency sometimes limits and restraints a designproject. Many aspects are involved while designing in this case, designing a sustainableengineering building, and consequently

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Donald Merino

”, American Library Association, Chicago; Vol. 40, No. 1, pg. 53-60. 7) Keown, Cherly (1999, August). “A Learning Curve”, American School and University; Overland Park, Vol. 71, No. 12, pg. 116 – 119. 8) McLester, Susan (2001, April 26). “Technology and Learning; Taking A New Approach to Education”, The Los Angeles Times, pg. T7. Authors Profile: Dr. Donald N. Merino is the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Professor of Engineering Economics at Stevens Institute of Technology. He teaches Engineering Economics, Project Management, Total Quality Management, Decision Sciences, Strategic Business Planning and Concurrent Engineering. He won the Morton Distinguished Teaching Award for full professors at Stevens. He was PI

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Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

few of thedemands of faculty time. Having a community of female faculty with whom a genuineconcern for each other’s professional and personal achievements and failures was felt,was comforting particularly for those who often felt isolated and invisible among theirdepartment colleagues. Probably because of these gatherings, friendships have grownthat would have not occurred because people’s paths may not have otherwise crossed.Over the years we have celebrated together, commiserated together, and laughed a lot.Getting OrganizedIn Fall 2002, the TAMU NSF Gender Equity Project sponsored a career planningprogram conducted by an outside consultant to assist female faculty in developingsuccessful career strategies. Twenty female engineering and

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IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt; Jorge Rodriguez

students discover how imagination,creativity, technology, and engineering tools combine to turn their ideas into reality. Activelearning in a collaborative, discovery-oriented design environment that involves students in acompetitive, real-world type of project provides the opportunity for the students to acquire and/orapply multiple talents and skills. The students are constantly challenged during the two weeks asthey conceptualize and plan a product, develop models, build prototypes, evaluate and redesigntheir product, and present a finished product prototype and marketing strategy to the “contractingcompany” (i.e., industry people, Institute participants and parents).Participants. Students completing the 10th or 11th grade received Summer

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Tonkay

Systems Engineering and Director of the EnterpriseSystems Center at Lehigh University. Zimmers has been responsible for more than 200 funded research andtechnology transfer projects with over 115 industry and academic partners. He has authored or co-authored one textand over 180 technical reports and publications. He is a Fellow of SME and IIE technical societies.LAWRENCE R. BUTLER, P.E. is the founder and President of Butler Engineering and Contracting, Inc. Anengineering design/build firm that specializes in custom designed machinery, Butler Engineering and Contractinghas successfully installed many advanced integrated manufacturing machines and systems throughout the easternUS.JENNY WANG-CHAVEZ is a project lead and instructional designer at

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Swiezynski; Don Myers; Ray Luechtefeld

,shedding insight at the national level [2].Based on 1990 U.S. census data as well as 1993 and 1995 national longitudinal surveys, Burton,Parker, and LeBold concluded that as of 1995, 2.6 million people in the United States had earnedat least one engineering degree, and about 1.6 million people identified their occupation as“engineer” [3]. Additionally, they indicated that approximately 19% of people with engineeringdegrees also have degrees in other fields, usually business or science [3]. Since nearly one inevery five people with a bachelor’s degree in engineering also has a degree in another field, it isimportant to assess graduate level offerings.The intent of this survey project is to evaluate the educational needs of UMR alumni. This

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

. Dr. Zakharov is professor of MADI Technical University,Department of Physics (since 1976), lecturer of General Physics, Theory of Oscillations, Geometrical Optics andOptoelectronics; Senior Researcher (part-time) at the Institute of Molecular Physics of Russian Research Center“Kurchatov Institute” and Program co-coordinator (part-time) of U.S. Civilian R&D Foundation, Moscow office. Hewas Scientific Secretary and project coordinator of the International Science Foundation –ISF (1993-1996) andProfessor of Physics and Mathematics at Universidade E. Mondlane in Maputo – Mozambique (1981-1983). Dr.Zakharov has participation in international conferences and symposiums: IGIP'2000, March 2000, Biel, Switzerland(report), ICECE'99, Rio de Janeiro

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ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Luegenbiehl; Kathryn Neeley; Jerry Gravander

criteria capture the essence of an educational experience that we consider to beintegrated. In large part these criteria will be relevant regardless of the size or structure of theintegrative project. 1.) Integrated curriculum planning is supported on an ongoing basis by the institution: • both HSS and engineering faculty are involved and carry equal weight in discussions and decisions. • the HSS faculty include people who have knowledge of engineering practice and the contexts in which engineers typically function. • the planning group has institutional support that allows continuity over time and adequate resources in the present. • the institution

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Niebuhr; Heather Smith

modified an existinglaboratory.The integrated labs premise of this study came when the authors participated in an NSFsponsored proof of concept project to modify one laboratory experiment in a sophomore levelmaterials engineering course.9 The project chooses a corrosion of metals laboratory. A“traditional” lab experiment, which required measurement, observation, and conclusion, wasmodified to an integrated corrosion lab. The integrated lab had all the attributes of the traditionallab except it also included statistics and design (creative synthesis) and incorporated multi-mediain the form of an interactive CD-ROM. (The format of both new and old labs is explained later

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Enke; Susan Murray

to be true for most distance students, others fall on the oppositeextreme – they “tune out,” possibly since to these students the experience does not feellike a real class, or technological barriers prohibit them from participating in the course.Instructors can take steps to reduce feelings of non-involvement. Distance students can beasked to email a self-introduction to the class. Learning job titles and company names canmake the disembodied voices seem more a part of the class to the other students. Pairingdistance students with on-campus students or other distance students for class activities,homework, or projects can improve the quality of the work and the sense of belonging. Aparticularly effective arrangement is to have the distance

Conference Session

Math Software Use in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ryan

analysis tools must be used efficiently in engineering core courses so that teachingof fundamentals is not compromised. This paper describes a shaft design project assigned in ajunior level machine design course, and compares the teaching effectiveness of a traditionalanalysis by “hand” versus a computational approach using COSMOS/Works. Both approachesare found to be beneficial for student learning, and the experience suggests that a finite elementanalysis tool complements, but does not replace, traditional analysis techniques in the classroom.IntroductionThe use of modern computational tools in an undergraduate curriculum is a necessary componentof today’s engineering education. Introduction of new topics or techniques inevitably creates

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tremayne Waller; Bevlee Watford

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringEach student in the math course must complete 4 Matlab projects. These Matlab projects are tobe done on the students own time. (There is a computer lab reserved for the ASPIRE program inorder for the students to complete the tasks). The students are assign homework each night andthe homework problems are randomly collected and graded. Quizzes are given and based on theunderstanding of the material covered for each class session. Students are given 3 in class tests.Engineering Problem-SolvingThe instructor of this course exposes the students to the skills of how to solve pencil and paperengineering problems. Also, assignments cover

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Kenrow

-called TCAD framework tools, like GENESISe from ISE [1], canovercome this dilemma. GENESISe is a work environment, which creates a user-friendlyinterface for the TCAD simulation tools. It organizes and maintains simulation projectsautomatically. GENESISe allows to set-up TCAD simulation projects in a parameterizedmanner. Within this work environment the student has easy access to certain parameters(predefined by the instructor). For example, the student can modify these parameters and rerunthe simulation after reading a brief instruction page. The interested student can always venturebeyond the prescribed parameterization to explore the subject at hand to any depth withoutlimits. Some TCAD vendors [1] offer free self-study introductory training

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shakil Akhtar; Alaa Aly

for a networks course following a laboratory based approach to Despite the difficulties of including security related support an active learning environment. The suggestedtopics at the undergraduate level, the recent trends suggest methodologies for delivering the course are engagedthat undergraduate programs in computing include learning, project-based learning, cooperative learning, andsecurity related topics. The CS volume of the Year 2001 problem-based learning. However, in this paper we onlyModel Curricula for Computing (CC-2001 [3]) contains emphasize on the developed labs. The specificseveral modules with area

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

M.L. Meier

awordprocessor.A critical and challenging part of an on-going project to develop spreadsheet modules for use inthe materials science and engineering curriculum is finding the best way to introduce these intoexisting courses. This paper describes an effort to integrate spreadsheets into a sophomore-levelintroductory materials science course.Why Spreadsheets?While spreadsheets have been around for many years, dating back to the late 1970s and early1980s when the availability of programs such as VisiCalc and Lotus 123 alone justified thepurchases of the hardware, the engineering student and instructor today have many more optionsfor mathematical and number-crunching software. TKSolver, Maple, MatLab, Mathematica, andothers offer powerful modeling and

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

Michigan State University. She was part of a research team studying bestpractices in Science, Math, Engineering and Technology Undergraduate Reform for SRI and NSF, and policyevaluator for an NSF Rural Systemic Reform project on math and science curriculum reform in the Navajo Nation.Taner Eskil is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan StateUniversity. Mr. Eskil holds a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and will soon complete his Ph.D. research in the areaof internet agent support for electronic commerce. Mr. Eskil has been instrumental in developments in the College ofEngineering freshman gateway course in computational tools.Timothy Hinds is an academic specialist in the MSU Department of Mechanical

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Mohammadzadeh

ball, V is the speed of the ball, t is the density of the air,A is the projected area of the ball normal to the air flow, and CD is the drag coefficient.Neglecting the surface roughness of the ball, the drag coefficient CD depends on, airviscosity, air density, ball speed, and ball diameter. That is: C D ? f ( o , t , V , d ) (2)Where o is the air viscosity, t is the air density, V is the speed of the ball, and d is thediameter of the ball. The effect of all these parameters on the drag coefficient can belumped into a single dimensionless parameter known as Reynolds number (Re). That is: Page

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Session 1359 INSTRUMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL AND HOMEMADE PASSIVE SOLAR PANELS Emin Yılmaz University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, Maryland 21853 (410)-651-6470 E-mail: eyilmaz@mail.umes.eduAbstractThe purpose of this project was to compare water-heating capacities of a commercial passivesolar panel and a home designed passive solar panel. The home made solar panel consisted ofsix, 10 ft long parallel, ½ in

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Christine Anderson-Cook; Amy Bell; Steve Spencer

, West Lafayette, IN, 1998. Page 9.1117.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education[11] Goodman, I. F., Cunningham, C. M., Lachapelle, C., Thompson, M., Bittinger, K., Brennan, R. T. and Delci, M., “The Women’s Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) Project,” Goodman Research Group Inc., April 2002.[12] Hall, R.M. and Sandler, B.R., “The Classroom Climate: A Chilly One for Women?,” Project on the Status and Education of Women, Association of American Colleges

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Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Narang

methodologies and others do notconsider the linkage between basic inventory management principles with lean manufacturing.This paper presents an approach to implement lean manufacturing from the existing condition ofmass or batch production. The implementation consists of series of activities or projects thatneed to be done from start to finish and repeated again. Some projects have to be done beforeothers can start. The paper also shows how some important principles of lean manufacturing canbe taught using inventory management concepts. Page 9.164.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Morris, Brigham Young University; Dawn Conniff; James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy

tend to damp out intellectualexcitement somewhat.Instant MessagingThere are two primary networks that now dominate the Instant Messaging arena, and the growthof this communication mode is nothing short of phenomenal. According to PR Newswire(2002), an authoritive study of internet use predicts “IM accounts will grow from 225 million in2002, to reach 989 million in 2006. It also predicts that Instant Messaging will becomeincreasingly commonplace in corporate environments over the next four years, projecting thatworldwide IM accounts for business purposes will grow from 35 million in 2002, to reach 118million in 2006”. When combined with the observations of the authors, and Madden’s 2003study, the picture is clear-IM use is ballooning, and young

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TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

20% of the students receiving the grant werefrom underrepresented groups in science and engineering, and approximately 40% of therecipients were women. The scholarships and fellowships are managed by each state consortiumand detailed information can be obtained through Space Grant’s websitehttp://calspace.ucsd.edu/spacegrant.Space Grant also sponsors the NASA Academy for undergraduate students of the memberinstitutions. NASA Academy is a ten-week summer program at several NASA centers.Participants work as research associates on projects under the guidance of NASA scientists.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Ames Research Center inMoffelt Field, California have maintained regular Academy programs. The Goddard

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Kulonda; Thomas O'Neal

Research at the University of Central Florida. In that role, he directs theoperation of the UCF Technology Incubator, perennially ranked among the top incubators in the country.He has served as business development manager for several entrepreneurial ventures and has UCF degressin electrical engineering, business administration and engineering management. He is currently a doctoralcandidate in Engineering Management at UCFDENNIS J. KULONDA is Associate Professor of Management at the University of Central Florida. Hisresearch and teaching is focused in Engineering Management. He has extensive experience in thedevelopment and management of industrial engineering projects in operational and financial planning andis developing a third edition of

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Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Jones; Beth Tieszen; Dennis Schulte; Ann Koopmann

usingCoET-required courses such as freshmen, sophomore and senior seminars, and required AGENand BSEN courses. These seminars and course include the selected survey requirement on the Page 9.640.4syllabus assuring completion of the surveys at the “right times.” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education ResultsThis section provides a snapshot of the kind of data being acquired, but the project is very earlyin its evolution and conclusions at this time

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosa Pinkus; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Mark Sindelar; Larry Shuman; Carl Mitcham; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Harvey Wolfe

- Page 9.283.4ess, initially utilizing the first three of four sequential levels proposed by Jones in his “model for Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationethical decision making”: recognizing a moral issue, making a moral judgment, and establishingmoral intent [48]. In doing this, we drew upon Pinkus, Chi, McQuaide and Pollack’s experiencegained in the cognitive study they conducted to understand how students learn ethics using acase-based reasoning approach [49]. This study was part of a larger initiative that developedPETE (Project Professional Ethics Tutoring Environment) a web-based tutoring

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ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reginald Tomkins; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Joseph Kisutcza; Deran Hanesian; Howard Kimmel

Fellowand Life Member in the American Society of Engineering Education.LEVELLE BURR-ALEXANDER is the Project Manager for Instruction for the Pre-Engineering Instructionaland Outreach Program and serves as the NJ Affiliate Director for Project Lead The Way®. She has degrees inChemistry and Biomedical Engineering, and is currently completing her Ed. D. in Curriculum Development andSystemic Change. Ms. Burr-Alexander has nearly two decades of experience in curriculum development andimplementation of educational programs for educators and students in science, mathematics and technology.HOWARD KIMMEL is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Director of the Center for Pre-CollegePrograms at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has spent the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Drez; Deepthi Werapitiya; Jerald Rounds

and evaluations are also discussed.History of the Construction Supervisor Certificate ProgramThe University of New Mexico (UNM) in partnership with the Albuquerque TechnicalVocational Institute and the Construction Advancement Institute (CAI) launched a fully onlineprofessional Civil Engineering certificate program in the fall of 2002. The ConstructionSupervisor Certificate (CSC) program was created based on projected demands in the Page 9.1047.1construction industry, as tracked by CAI. The professional certificate requires a total of thirty(30) credit hours for completion, and includes lower and upper division courses. The upperProceedings of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

support of the US Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA), a Green Engineering Project has fostered efforts to incorporate green engineeringinto the chemical engineering curriculum. This paper focuses on the integration of greenengineering concepts into the courses in the chemical engineering curriculum that coverseparation processes (distillation, extraction, absorption, membranes, etc). The paper describeshow the green engineering topics are “mapped” into a separations course and presents a sampleof the novel types of problems that were developed for instructor use. Green engineering is defined as the design, commercialization and use of processes andproducts that are feasible and economical while minimizing: generation of pollution at