Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; William J. Riffe, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

”Engineering Creativity” that was designed to bring out the creative side of engineering and business students. Well over 1000 students passed through this course. Because of this background, he was selected to be part of a team to teach the ”Innovations and New Ventures” class on entrepreneurship that began in the summer of 2006, with him concentrating on the innovation side of the course. To date, over one hundred and eighty students have learned how to develop a product and put together a basic business plan. He led a team to develop ”Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum” at Kettering University where faculty members attended workshops designed to help put innovation projects into their classrooms. This effort resulted

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Rencis, University of Arkansas; Hartley T. Grandin Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Mechanics

proposed approach has been used for small design homework problemsand the design projects discussed in this paper. The proposed approach can also be used infollow up design and non-design courses that includes advanced mechanics of materials,machine design, structural analysis, structural design, etc. The first author and other instructorshave observed that students who have used the proposed approach are more prepared to solvemore complex design problems than previously considered in the follow up machine designcourse than students who were not exposed to the proposed approach. Future research willassess how successful the proposed approach compares to the previous approach in terms ofstudent learning. Furthermore, we plan to assess how the

Conference Session

Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Chen, Iowa State University; Ye Li, Bradley University

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Manufacturing

and Automation, CAD/CAM and its Methodology applied in Medical Treatment Planning, and Compu- tational Geometry. Page 22.909.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Internal and External Customer Voices to Improve Manufacturing Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum Using QFDAbstractQuality Function Deployment (QFD) has been widely used in a variety of industry withthe goal to achieve quality improvement and cost reduction. QFD is one of the tools toidentify the strategy of taking into account the voices from customers and prioritize theefforts and/or recourses in

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia; Juliet J. Trail, University of Virginia, Center for Diversity in Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of participants 4 and 10, as shown in Table 1, provide two examples of exciting, novelRET-based teaching materials for elementary education. Participant 4 teaches in elementarymulti-age classrooms for K-1, 1-2-3, and 2-3-4 grades and contributes to a school-wide “STEMacademy.” Her RET research in the Virginia Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (VEST)Laboratory, in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, yielded the classroomextension module entitled, “ALGAE: A Likely Gasoline Additive for the Environment.” Theteaching module contains a series of lesson plans and teaching materials based on the use of theScenedesmus dimorphus strain of algae as a potential source of biofuel. Specifically, the VESTlaboratory focuses on

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, work that critically examines the ethicsof the Grand Challenges has so far been rare. In this paper, examining the process surroundingthe framing of the Grand Challenges generates a series of ethical questions about both thespecifics of the Challenges and the processes that gave rise to them. The outcomes of this inquiryinclude a set of research questions for scholars in engineering ethics and engineering studies, anda Grand Challenges lesson plan for classroom implementation that focuses students on the ethicsof problem framing, and the consideration of social questions as an integral part of professionalethics.IntroductionSince the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) first publicly articulated the GrandChallenges in 2008, engineering

Conference Session

Novel Approaches to Teaching Materials

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University

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Materials

. Vygotsky, L.P. (1986). Thought and Language (rev. ed.). The MIT Press, Cambridge. 3. Yeung, H. H. and Werker, J. F. (2009). Learning words’ sounds before learning how words sound: 9- Month-olds use distinct objects as cues to categorize speech information. Cognition, 113, 234-243. 4. Patalano, A. L., & Seifert, C. M. (1997). Opportunistic planning: Being reminded of pending goals. Cognitive Psychology, 34, 1-36 5. Lemke, J.L. (1990). Talking science: Language, Learning and Values. Noorwood, NJ: Ablex. 6. Parkinson, J. (2000). Acquiring scientific literacy through content and gesture: A theme based language course for science students. English for Specific Purposes, 19(4), 369-387. 7. Braine, G. (1989

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan T. Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Robert O. Warrington, Michigan Technological University; Richard N. Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; A. Kulacki, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Perry, P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

innovative and sustainable solutions to thesechallenges.The yearlong senior capstone class provides a vehicle to focus on larger scale engineeringproblem formulation, and the design, construction, and operation of a piece of hardware orprototype. The two terms would allow for the generation and selection of design concepts,engineering analyses, detailed component design, fabrication, systems integration and assembly,prototyping and testing, application, and failure analysis of the project. During the year, studentswould prepare and follow a project plan, allocate resources and budget, write progress reports,and deliver design reviews to different audiences. Ideally these projects would be industrysponsored and involve industry mentors in addition to

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Velda V. Morris, School District of Philadelphia; Rebecca A. Stein, University of Pennsylvania; James F. Keller, University of Pennsylvania; Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania

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Minorities in Engineering

design, simulation, and flight test of all Boeing rotorcraft products. At Penn, he has been active in GRASP Lab robotics outreach programs with local FIRST Robotics teams at the high school level since 2004 and at the middle school level since 2007. Jim has been a Summer Academy Robotics instructor at Penn since the program’s inception in 2005. He is studying path planning for autonomous air vehicles in surveillance and reconnaissance applications.Dr. Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania Page 22.1713.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Robotics in Urban

Conference Session

SE Tools and Techniques

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Hasker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Mike Rowe, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

language, both for identifiers and libraries. This mechanism should allow users to specify identifier syntax and library classes. • Provide a course profile mechanism to enable or disable specific checks. • Revise how feedback is given so that issues appear as notes directly on the submitted diagrams. • Incorporate natural language processing tools to provide more semantic-oriented checks such as described in our previous work.19 For example, the tool could warn against using verbs to name classes. • Using metrics such as those surveyed by Genero9 to identify common design flaws such as concentrating all processing in one or two classes.As discussed above, we are also planning a careful evaluation of the tool’s

Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Koonce, Ohio University; Cynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University; Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University; Christine Mattley, Ohio University

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Two Year College Division

advising, curriculum planning, hiringcommittees, and many others. As one biology professor stated, “Yeah, that includes service tothe college, service to the department, service to the profession, advising…we do it…we have allthat.” The majority of respondents indicated that working at a community college was just asdemanding as working at a four-year institution or in private industry. “I think the communitycollege work environment is very demanding. I don’t know that you’re able to balance life,family a little better. Maybe in the sense we are given more flexibility in our teachingschedules…but I don’t know that it’s easier.”However, a few claimed that community colleges might indeed help women balance work andfamily responsibilities. One math

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech; JillL L. Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jennifer E. Michaels, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas B. Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees

reveals thatsupplemental materials and efficiency have an impact on student response to the experiments,which confirms the need to develop a set of “best practices” to achieve widespread integration ofportable labs in lecture-based courses.Integration Across the CurriculumThe major revisions to our curriculum that are now in progress offer several opportunities for amore thorough integration of the hands-on modules being developed in this program. Almost allrequired courses are undergoing at least minor changes, and new courses are being created.These changes provide a chance to design modules that build on related materials used in earlier,prerequisite classes. As an example, we are planning to use the National Instruments myDAQ in

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Heath A. Schluterman; Kellie Schneider; C. Richard Cassady

students were able to calculate the loan repayment amount, but couldnot reconstruct a loan table to show how much of each payment was interest. There is also somespeculation that since the students knew the grades for the Post-Test would not be dependent ontheir scores they chose to not attempt the table portion.Somewhat Known, Somewhat LearnedWhen planning the curriculum, this category needs to be reconsidered. These are problemswhich the students did somewhat well on the Pre-Test and only moderately better on the Post-Test. This indicates less time could be devoted to these concepts, or more time needs to bedevoted to these to get to a mastery level. This category includes problems 3, 6, 8, and 9.Problem 3 involved order of operations and

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Douglas R. Carroll

benefits to using the distancetechnology are (1) use of high quality graphic images in the lectures, (2) recorded lectures forstudents who miss class and students who wish to review what was covered in class, and (3)ability to conduct review sessions and homework help sessions without requiring students andfaculty to be on campus.In preparing the lecture files for the class, the author gets digital access to the textbook, usuallyby getting the textbook company to give him access to the on-line version of the textbook. Filesare built in PowerPoint cutting and pasting the images and example homework problems that theauthor plans to do in class into the PowerPoint file. The author leaves lots of blank space on theProceedings of the 2011 Midwest

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Clive L. Dym

tern investment return being tied forlong term with LEED certification now fourth/fifth place.being a prominent part of facility planning One widespread area of concern aboutand design. design for sustainability is a dearth ofWhat is truly interesting about these information about many of the issuesdevelopments is that they seem to be very involved, with their seeming to be a clearmuch student driven, as opposed to being need for more

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

; also “Manufacturing Education Plan: 1999 - Critical Competency Gaps, Industry Updates Competency Gaps among Newly Hired Engineering Graduates, “ Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, MI., 1999. [Also relevant ‘The Engineer of 2020’ (NAE 2004) and ASEE Prism, Jan. 2005.] 12. Gardiner, K. M., “The Pedagogic and Technological Evolution of a Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) Graduate Program,” Paper 1561, Proceedings, 38th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct. 23-25, 2008, Saratoga Springs, NY (CD). 13. Integrated Product Development Program, Lehigh University, web site at http://www.lehigh.edu/ipd/ 14. Gardiner, K. M.,“The Future City Competition – A Successful

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mohammad N. Amin; Pradip Peter Dey; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Gordon W. Romney

  24    Figure-7: MSWC Program Learning Outcomes and Project Learning Outcome13In this program, students are encouraged and recommended to work as a team to gain valuableexperience that is needed by most industries in the 21st Century. In the first month, students formteams (2 to 3 students in a team), select research topics, conduct literature search, analyze criticalaspects, and plan to reach a viable solution. In the second and third months, students perform thenecessary tests/experiments, data collections, build prototypes, prepare project reports, makeformal presentations, and prototype demonstration. All MSWC projects are subject

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen F. Gygi, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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College Industry Partnerships

, how useful, what learned • Cheat sheet • Practice and demonstrate communication skills • ID area to improve, or goals • What about academic portfolio? Co-op Group 2 • Give a clear idea of what you have done and how to tell people about it (rehearsal) • Recap what done and organize it • Learn more from the experience (not just a boring meeting); goal is to take experience forward • Extra reflection…what really got out of it…..Insight 2: Articulating What it Means to be an EngineerOne of the first activities in the workshop is to have students introduce themselves and brieflydescribe their career plans. Many did not have a clear idea of what profession they were headedfor. Writing

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

— a performance-enhancing first year for highly motivated but under-prepared students — are encouraged or, insome cases, required to use the SSC.18In the 2010-2011 academic year we are encouraging the formation of more collaborative studygroups in the SSC, by designating times for calculus sessions that are facilitated by specifictutors. In this manner, we can support, with the presence of a known tutor, the numerous studentswho want to meet others who are working on the same problems as they are.We also plan to offer facilitated, collaborative, workgroups for Calculus 3 and DifferentialEquations, while also adding to the number of facilitated workgroups for Calculus 1 and 2 thatdo exist. These types of workgroups can also play a significant

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

scripts for theassembly of the setups were discovered, but they have been fixed since. However, once theassembly of the experimental setups was completed, the remainder of the experimentalprocedure was carried out very smoothly. Nevertheless, the students felt an average of 70%satisfaction regarding the reliability of the setups.A more detailed assessment study of the learning effectiveness of the game-based virtualenvironment is planned for the Spring 2011 semester. If this more in-depth assessment generatessimilarly encouraging results, then further extensions of this pilot implementation of the virtuallaboratory environment to the design of other gear train types will be considered in the future.4. ConclusionsThis paper examined the potential

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Kelly, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

asimportantly, the two instructors left the course energized as a result of the collaboration and thefeedback from the students.There were several areas of improvement that were identified either from the post-class studentsurveys or from observations by the instructors. All of the students, especially the businessstudents were interested in getting more exposure to biotechnology science and engineeringtopics. For the next course offering, the following changes are planned for the course: - Adding a few emerging technical topics such as genetic engineering, personalized medicine and cell-based therapies as at least one additional technical lecture - Posting pre-class notes/reading material earlier (i.e. several days before

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Mechanics

degree programs or leaving theuniversity (and perhaps higher education altogether). The prerequisite skills exam implementedin solid mechanics appears to offer such an indicator. The author plans to continueimplementing the exam in future semesters and monitor student outcomes during the final Page 22.88.11exams.Prerequisite skills exam learning materialsThe author is happy to provide any educator with the learning materials described earlier in thispaper. The four documents include the (1) list of skills, (2) practice exam, (3) final solutions,and (4) worked solutions to the practice exam, and are the same documents provided to all

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Rinehart, Rice University; Eden B. King, George Mason University; Mikki Hebl, Rice University

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Women in Engineering

(1.95 inNatural Sciences; 2.08 in Engineering, 1.8 in Humanities, and 1.68 in Social Sciences). Womenalso reported higher quality mentoring than men across all the schools.Expansion of MentoringThe Provost has placed faculty mentoring as a high priority at Rice University. As such, thedepartment chairs and deans are developing a plan concordant with their faculty and perceivedneeds to meet this clear mandate for mentoring — and this priority is being reinforced both fromthe highest levels of the institution and from the faculty. In response to the Provost’s request formentoring, the ADVANCE Program developed a Department Grants Program in summer 2009.ADVANCE and the University leveraged resources to fund six grants totaling $23,400.Although the

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

graduatelevel. We propose to capitalize upon this diversity by building team-oriented Capstoneassignments that require students to seek opinions and guidance from these graduate studentsregarding completing projects in their home countries. Teams will then report their learnedexperiences to the class in a communication method already well established in our Capstonecourses. Of course, development of the assignments and the logistics of involving internationalgraduate students must be well planned to succeed.As mentioned previously, our alumni survey was intended to help guide our efforts in itspreliminary stages; however, as we undertake the development of assignments, we will alsoconduct a more detailed alumni survey. The design of this survey is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees

administered at different types of institutions and differentdepartments across the United States. Since we have shown that the DLCI is a reliable and valid estimator of students’ conceptualunderstanding in digital logic, there are many new directions for research and development.There are two main categories of future research: pedagogy studies and assessment tooldevelopment. We plan to conduct a large scale pedagogical study where we will use the results from theDLCI to compare the effectiveness of different teaching methods. We will look for statisticallysignificant differences in performance between institutions on the DLCI as a whole, onconceptual subtests, and individual items. We will then collect artifacts of instruction (syllabi

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

production comes down, LH2 becomes an evermore attractive option. As planned there, the concept exploration results from last year havebecome the starting point for this year’s course assignments. The gaps in learning seen last yearare being addressed this year.The new paper for 2011 extends prior work through a second cycle of iteration, bringing in theexperiences of developing a paper for professional peer review, presenting to visiting technicalexperts from industry, and hopefully, presenting to the airline industry in 2011. It also discussesthe experience from a current experiment to close the iterative cycle of improvement: refiningthe undergraduate high speed aerodynamics course, incorporating the lessons and capabilitieslearned from the

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

be conflicts in thevalues systems used in the design process when two or more of these groups are involved in thedecision making process, as they always are. These conflicts should be acknowledged andaccounted for using proper decision making techniques.IntroductionThe choice between alternative facility plans in wastewater treatment plant design can be a verycomplex decision. In this situation a choice must be made between several acceptablealternatives based on many different criteria. In addition, typically several different groups areinvolved in the decision making process including consulting engineers, facility owners, andgovernmental regulators

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

interconnections between engineering, technology and other areas ofsociety and culture. These four categories are proposed as templates or models that other facultycan use in developing and planning a course. These four models were found to be consistentwith the recommendations made by the National Academy of Engineering and the InternationalTechnology Education Association regarding standards for technological literacy. It is intendedto develop an online database of course materials organized around the proposed framework. Anadditional feature to be included is classification of material based on cognitive level of Bloom’staxonomy. The current status of the development of the online system is described.BackgroundThe goal of the work reported here is the

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Ayhan Zora, Deere & Company

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, mechanical integration and modifications, electricalintegration and wiring, design, measurements and instrumentation, welding and aluminumcasting etc. There is currently a hiring process to improve and extend the project due tograduation of senior students. Due to budget considerations students involved in this projectworked either voluntary or enrolling an independent study course. Student feedbacks are verypositive. Especially graduating students commented that why they were not given such extensiveprojects for especially student cannot get internship opportunity. It is planned to offer extensiveprojects on the campus for students who are willing to do internship on campus in near future.Students involved in the project experienced structured

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Maryfaith Rodgers, Rowan University; Pavlo Kostetskyy, Rowan University; Keith McIver; Haddy Diallo; Kaitlyn Jean Zienowicz; Jason J. Giacomelli, Rowan University; Vladimir de Delva

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NSF Grantees

Particulate Systems (C-SOPS) is striving tobecome a focal point in pharmaceutical processing. The overall goals of the EngineeringResearch Center are coordinated through carefully planned thrust areas. The thrust areas includethe major research initiatives of the Center: manufacturing science; composites structuring andcharacterization; and particle formation and functionalization. Three test beds based onprograms developed from the thrust areas have been created at the Center. DevelopmentProgram I concentrates on the continuous manufacturing of pharmaceutical tablets. Continuoustablet manufacturing processes offer significant advantages over batch processes. Theseadvantages include an increase in tablet uniformity and stability, reduced production

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Harvey Bell, University of Michigan; Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Gail Susan Hohner, University of Michigan, College of Engineering; James Paul Holloway, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of failure, and transformingfailure into learning opportunities, in design work. Sometimes, you are gonna have to fail. We knew what was wrong. It’s not like we weren’t gonna be able to fix it remotely. It’s just we didn’t have the equipment there with Page 22.1031.9 us, so it’s learning to be resourceful in areas where you don’t have everything with you or you didn’t plan certain things to happen…Sometimes, yeah, things will run a lot smoother if it’s structured, but will the students be getting the same experience? Probably not. Will some of them fail? Yes. But again, like I said before, they’ll