Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Departmentboard of industrial advisors prepared a list of major program curriculum areas. The programcurriculum would contain coursework in the essential technical aspects of the industry including:1. Generation,2. Transmission and distribution,3. Electrical machines and machine control (including PLCs as well as microprocessor controlledpower semiconductor motor controls),4. Electrical system protection emphasizing microprocessor based protection relays,5. Electrical system design and project management,6. The electrical industry practices and relationships,The curriculum would emphasize the use of computers and software in the industry and electivesin alternate energy systems, power semiconductor converters and power system communicationswere to be

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erich Schneider, University of Texas-Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin; Kendra Foltz Biegalski, University of Texas

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

disposal. Nuclear fuel managementand reactor physics are addressed in the context of fuel burnup calculations. In additionto treatment of engineering aspects of fuel cycles, the course utilizes cross-disciplinarytools such as cost-benefit and environmental impact analyses. In addition to fuel cyclescurrently in use, advanced fuel cycle concepts currently being presented in the technicalliterature are studied. The course also includes a group project to research, analyze anddocument the technical, economic and/or environmental ramifications of one of theseadvanced fuel cycles. Page 11.509.3Mathematical Methods for Nuclear and Radiation EngineersFundamental

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

surface from pulling out withthe handle. In Maya 7, the ability to crease polygon surfaces edges has been added. Polygonmode surface edges can also be manually subdivided with the Split Polygon tool. However,manual splitting of polygons tends to distort the topology of the smooth polygon surface mesh.Car Windows and Doors Image 4: Perspective ViewTo create windows and doors for the car,flat 2D NURBS curves were created bytracing orthographic views onto the X, Y,and Z planes. With the flat 3D windowand door curves were projected onto the3D car surface to create curves on surface(cos). However, since curves can only beprojected onto NURBS surfaces, thesubdivision surface was converted to aNURBS surface for final detail

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Contemporary Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology; Heinz Luegenbiehl, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

- Page 11.561.5Picayune, New Orleans’ daily newspaper, even obtained the “final review set of design 4drawings for the project”. These showed “the pilings on the New Orleans side of thecanal were to be driven 10 feet”.10 That seemed to be the last word. Even on December 22, 2005, the date I stoppedmy research, the entry for Katrina in Wikipedia (the online encyclopedia) still asserted:“The flood was caused by several levee breaches due to misdesign by the United StatesArmy Corps of Engineers, improper construction, and lack of supervision by the OrleansLevee Board.”11Cause: “take 3” As of that date (December 22), the Corps of Engineers still

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Norton, University of Michigan; Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

andhave become successful faculty at a wide range of institutions, from primarily undergraduateteaching-oriented schools to very competitive Research I universities. The UM ASEE studentchapter has had a long history of active involvement directing, organizing, and running variousservice projects. In recent years the student chapter served as essentially a service organizationthat offered various opportunities to organize and operate various teaching oriented sessions andpresentations that the members felt were unavailable from other sources and which appealed to awider CoE audience. The additional benefit of these activities was to help develop camaraderieand friendship between students of different backgrounds and disciplines.Examples of

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tommy Stevenson, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

– Provide funding for faculty to integrate undergraduate students in their research projects. Strategy 3 – Produce an informational campaign targeting underrepresented groups at the K-12 level. Strategy 4 – Establish partnerships with corporations having a strong commitment to diversity. Strategy 5 – Develop a faculty led task force for undergraduate diversity to help in recruitment efforts. Strategy 6 – Develop a student diversity team to increase student awareness of benefits of diversity. Strategy 7 – Increase undergraduate scholarships through solicitation of funds that

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Perry, University of Memphis; Jeffrey Marchetta, University of Memphis

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

been well established in the literature5-7 that engineering students are typically visual ratherthan verbal learners. Nonetheless, we engineering instructors still rely heavily on the traditionallecture to teach our students. Granted that these lectures are often accompanied by sketches onthe chalkboard or pictures projected onto a screen, but the primary instructional tool is stillverbal in nature. All too often our instructional approach is still “instructor-centered” rather than“student-centered.”Accompanying the dramatic rise in the use of the internet in the past ten years has been thedevelopment and collection of online learning materials. A learning object is any entity, be itdigital or non-digital that may be used for education and/or

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Page 11.479.9VI. 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”. Any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation The authors are gratefulfor the support obtained from NSF to further engineering education.VI Bibliography1 Higley,K.A., Marianno,C.M., “Making Engineering Education Fun”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 90, No. 1, pp105-107, January 20012 Knight,C.V., McDonald,G.H

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, & Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruno Osorno, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

semester we are testingthis technique again in a different course.IntroductionSTUDENT ENGAGEMENT, “SE,” is a technique devised by Celt, “Center for Learning andTeaching,” at California State University Northridge. This technique is one of many approachesto engage students. In this paper we used weekly quizzes all semester long. In addition we hadexaminations homework and group projects. While this technique is not unique or new, we areusing it in combination with its assessment to quantify its effectiveness.ECE 412 was the course used to test this approach. This course is named Power Electronics andMotor Drives. Because the complexity of the course and the required application of most of themathematical background the students should have, it was

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, Texas A&M University-Commerce; Mary Johnson, Texas A&M University-Commerce; E. Delbert Horton

program planning projected that 30 IE students would begin their studies atTAMUC during the first year it was offered. To our surprise and amazement, seventy (70)students joined the program during the Fall 2002 Semester. To date, the program has graduatedeight undergraduate IE students. All eight are now employed in the IE discipline with verycompetitive salaries, representing such reputable companies as Raytheon, MCI, and UnitedParcel Service.In preparation for the EAC-ABET accreditation visit, the initial request for an accreditationassessment is made to ABET by January 31st, in the calendar year when the assessment site-visitis planned. It should be noted that the entire schedule of events is provided on the ABET WebSite at: http

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Hudson, University of Texas-San Antonio; Dawnlee Roberson, University of Texas-San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

students who had just graduated with electricalengineering degrees. They had developed, as their senior design project, an embeddedprocessor-based device for counting the number of repetitions made when the device isconnected to the wrist of an individual exercising with a dumbbell. These were young peoplewho had come from circumstances similar to those experienced by the TRIO students. Thestudents received them well. Page 11.276.3 Table 1. Course Calendar (note: G1 is Group 1 (15 students), G2 is Group 2 (15 students)) Day

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Luntz, University of Michigan; E. Emanuel Almeida, University of Michigan; Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan; James Moyne, University of Michigan; Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in the Laboratory

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

solvingfor the terminal velocity produces the following expression: 2g( p / )m vt ? (1) A pCDwhere vt represents the terminal velocity, g represents the acceleration due to gravity, prepresents the density of the particle, represents the density of the fluid, m represents the massof the particle, A represents the projected area of the particle, and CD represents the dragcoefficient. For rigid spheres in the laminar-flow region, Equation 1 can be further simplified toyield: gD p 2 ( p / ) vt

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allene Manning, Purdue University; Virginia Booth-Gleghorn, Purdue University-MEP; Monica Cox, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

engineering project designed to expose students to the paceof learning at Purdue. Courses included Plane Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (MA 161),General Chemistry (CHM 115), Engineering Problems Solving and Computer Tools (ENGR106) and First Year Composition (ENGL 106). The courses were not offered for credit towardgraduation but exposed students to the dynamics of time management, study skills, test takingskills and teacher/professor relationship building to maximize subject mastery. Various extracurricular activities were implemented into the program in order to give thestudents a well-rounded experience. Since Purdue University is located approximately 65 milesnorthwest of Indianapolis and approximately 120 miles southeast of Chicago

Conference Session

Best Practices and Structuring for Aerospace Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiasheng Zhang, Northwestern Polytechnical University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

development Exchange scholarsCAEC has had a leadership of the board. The board is consisted of three key members, twoCEO from Ameco, Beijing and CNWA(Northwestern airline of China), the other member isthe president of the university. They are responsible to policy-making, investment deciding ,enactment of the college’s development strategy. The market orientation mechanism of theboard makes the industry –university cooperation more effective and sensitive to the industrychellanges.English is the language for working in this industry due to all the products are from westerncountries and all documents are written in English. The foreign language training programincludes the following projects

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Christina Curras, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

engineeringdisciplines so students can solve various problems in different technical disciplines. Organizingthe problems (which were stored by assignment as word-processing files) and tracking theirprevious usage became a daunting task. To facilitate our efforts, a database was developed(using Microsoft Access) to store the problems.The database is now in use and has simplified the creation of homework assignments. Thedesign of this database, its advantages, and usage issues we have encountered will be the focus ofthe paper. Assessment includes reflection by the instructors who have used the database.ObjectivesThe objectives of this project were to create a homework problems database that: Organizes more than 300 problems into an easily-retrievable format

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

creating projects, building models, choosingstatistics, managing scenarios, and viewing results. Students will be required to follow thetutorial provided by the software. Then, the students are required to use OPNET to simulate thethroughput of a shared Ethernet network under different traffic load. Fig. 4 shows the createdvirtual Bus Ethernet by using OPNET IT GURU. Fig. 4: Building an office Ethernet using IT GURU.Once the virtual network is built and network nodes are configured, students will be able to runthe simulations and check the network performance plots such as throughput and delays.Lab 4: Use OPNET IT GURU to Compare Networks Connected by Switches and HubsNow continuing from lab 3, students will use OPNET IT GURU

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Racquel Brown, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

excellent practical tool that doesn't lead to wasting real physical chips if mistakes are made.” “I just remember that it was a big project, and it was pretty straight forward. It was tough to use at first, but very quickly it became simple and easy, and I remember doing well on it.”Students have been supportive of simulated instruction; the fact that ROM program from PSpiceis used in industry is another advantage of using computer simulated instruction. Page 11.1256.10Bibliography 1. “How ROM Works” http://computer.howstuffworks.com/rom.htm, 1998-2005 How Stuff Work .Inc. 2. 2. “Microprocessor”, EDN, Vol 49 Issue 25, p110

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Ziegler, State University of New York-Binghamton University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

projection of the CRSsystem within the classroom, and each student responds to questions as they are posed by thesystem for the entire class. With this method, all students must work at the same pace.The types of testing available through automated systems are at times criticized for not beingcapable of testing conceptual topic information. However, there is very little difference betweenthe types of questions capable on a CRS system, and the majority of questions on testinginstruments such as the PSAT, SAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, etc.According to research as discussed by Duncan1, “When properly prepared, multiple-choice testscan generally be considered as good indicators of students’ conceptual understanding. Suchtesting instruments are generally

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andre Butler, Mercer University; Priscilla Hicks, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. Chubin, D. and Babco, E., “Walking the Talk” in Retention-to-Graduation: Institutional Production of Minority Engineers – A NACME Analysis, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (www.cpst.org/WalkingtheTalk.pdf), July 2003.6. Morrison, C., Griffin, K., and Marcutillio, P., “Retention of Minority Students in Engineering: Institutional Variability and Success,” NACME Research Letter, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1995.7. Peterson, L., Pinkham, S., and Jordan, C., “ALVA: A Successful Program for Increasing the Number of Minority Undergraduates who Earn Engineering Degrees,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, June 2005.8. Morning, C. and Fleming, J., “Project Preserve: A Program to

Conference Session

Digital System Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben Shaw, Youngstown State University; Faramarz Mossayebi, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

access instructions, andexception-generating instructions8. The proposed IP methodology allows the software and hardware paths to be developedconcurrently as shown in Figure 1. This approach introduces the students to current SoC designissues, such as bridging the design gap between the software and hardware engineer9. Thisdesign flow may be partitioned within a project group. Thus, allowing the software andhardware paths to be developed simultaneously. During the time the hardware components ofthe CPU are being designed, test vectors are created using the FlexARM1 instruction set with theuVison3 ARM assembler developed by Keil10. The assembler translates the test instructions intomachine code as an output file (.hex) in Intel Hex Format

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Barnes, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

rapid growth in the number of engineering graduates in Asia and around the worldan important question is: how should we be preparing the undergraduate in the US tocompete? Asia is graduating more than half a million engineers a year compared to roughlysixty thousand in the US and starting wages are one third to one tenth those in the US.Several approaches to this question will be presented including, the broadening of the typicalengineering program to include specific focuses on leadership skills, the understanding ofmajor issues such as the environment, population dynamics and poverty. A second approachwill be getting our students involved in working on trans-national design projects that requireworking with other students over time and

Conference Session

Effective Teaching with Online Technology

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

driving. Other items would also be available to students and learners of different tastes. Page 11.377.4 3. Creating synergy and managing of the project. Perhaps the most important part of flexible classes is the managing team. When there are many modules that are taken separately, a directing team is needed to put it all together. When a student of electrical engineering takes the class, the path for the student will be different from the student of mechanical or chemical engineering. There needs to be a way for each student to find the right path for their discipline, their interest, their learning style, and

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Romney, Brigham Young University; Ronald Gonzales, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

course instruction with “current” WSL trends and demands. Elective courses area possibility but faculty constraints make this solution difficult. Working WSL key concepts intocourse instruction; and lab, homework, and project assignments becomes the more viablesolution. Examples will be given in this paper.Rationale for PHP ExampleA candidate WSL was sought that would best exemplify the instruction challenge that confrontshigher education. Our IT program was already confronted by its IT industry contacts with adeclared “immediate” need for PHP skills that, now, is over two years old.We, likewise, were aware of the surging demand for open source solutions. A request that camefrom both established Fortune 500 companies as well as startup IT

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuko Hoshino, Nihon University; Wayne Sanders, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

& M University. Professional Experience: 1960-1969 in Industry; 1974-1980, Assistant Professor, Lamar University; 1980-Present, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Page 11.481.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Differences in Cultural Expectation between Faculty and Students in an International CollaborationAbstractThere have been various attempts in the field of engineering education for international teachingteams to work together. Some projects saw successes and others found difficulties. This paperdiscusses a case study in developing

Conference Session

Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashant Jain, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; James Stubbins, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Rizwan Uddin, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

, Distance Lab via LabVIEW and Webcam”, Trans. ANS, 92 (2005).[6] YUXIANG GU et al. “UIUC's Contribution to Big-10's INIE Project”, Proc. of the PHYSOR 2004, 2067- 2077, Chicago, IL, ANS (2004).[7] J. W. HINES, “Distance Education: Teaching from a Distance” Trans. ANS, 91, 978-979 (2004).[8] S. E. BINNEY, K. A. HIGLEY, “Distance Learning Revival at Oregon State University”, Trans. ANS, 91, 975-977 (2004).[9] NPRE-351 LAB MANUAL, Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2005). Page 11.290.13[10] USB-TEMP, Temperature Measurement Module

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Wang; Oguz Soysal

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

with the course outcomes. Examplesmay include one or more of the following: an individual quiz or an exam question, anindividual laboratory assignment, a project assignment, or an individual homeworkproblem2.Table 2 Assessment tools and their relationship to the course learning outcomesAssessment Tools Course Learning Outcomes a e g i k Math Physics Engineering1. Test 1 – Problem 1 X X2. Quiz 5 X X3. Test 3 (Take home) X X X X X X X

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Bonventre, HST Division, Harvard and MIT; Heather Gunter, Harvard University; Sarah Henrickson, Harvard University

Page 11.964.7backgrounds to customize the module to their needs, based on the results of their formative assessments 6and their interests. Future efforts will also focus on packaging the module for easy dissemination to otherclassrooms and institutions.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported primarily by the Engineering Research Centers Program of the National ScienceFoundation under Award Number EEC-9876363. The authors are grateful to Professor Tomas Lorenzo-Perez, and Learning by Doing, an I-Campus project of the MIT-Microsoft Alliance for assistance with theimplementation of the on-line tutorials, to Larry Howard, for assistance with the CAPE system andextremely valuable advice

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmad Sarfaraz, California State University-Northridge; Tarek Shraibati, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

experienced whenstudents work on their senior design projects. Therefore, this section of the course was selectedto study two strategies; weekly quizzes and group problem-solving activities. By using thesetwo strategies, we expect students to move from memorizing concepts to explaining those sameconcepts, to satisfactorily completing the course, and ultimately to using those concepts in real-life problem solving situations. Furthermore, engineering economic analysis is one of the coreengineering competencies addressed by the “Fundamentals in Engineering” exam. This exam is arequired step in the process of earning the Professional Engineering (PE) license. By using theengagement strategies, we hope to improve student’s ability to develop cash flows

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman P.E.; Barbara Chaparro

incorporate variability in muchof the content. A half semester long case-study based active learning project was added in 2001to stimulate student interest and understanding of factory systems [16]. As part of an overalleffort to incorporate virtual reality with a single case study, the initial version of this module wasimplemented in the production systems course [17].MethodA primary aspect of this study was the concept of student motivation. Arnone [18] considers theconcept of curiosity and presents several instructional design strategies for fostering curiosity.The first strategy presented is to use ‘curiosity as a hook.’ The method in our study is to usecuriosity in the Virtual factory to get students interested in the task at hand. Flowerday