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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ani Ural; Joseph Yost

common in engineering practice, therefore, the integration of finite element modeling as acomplementary tool to various courses throughout the engineering curriculum is expected toenhance the students' understanding of mechanical concepts as well as increase their familiaritywith computational modeling. Being exposed to an integrated approach such as in this project isexpected to provide the students with a broader perspective in solving engineering problems, tofacilitate their critical thinking, and to improve their development as engineers. In this paper, we will focus on the components of the freshman project, Analytical andExperimental Evaluation of a SMARTBEAM, that are related to understanding of themechanical behavior of structures

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Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Burian, University of Utah; Edward Barbanell, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1452: HYDROTOPIA: INTEGRATING CIVIL ENGINEERING ANDHUMANITIES TO TEACH WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING ANDMANAGEMENTSteven Burian, University of UtahEdward Barbanell, University of Utah Page 15.660.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Hydrotopia: Integrating Civil Engineering and Humanities to Teach Water Resources Engineering and ManagementAbstractThis paper describes a unique integration of civil engineering and philosophy disciplines tocreate an interdisciplinary learning experience for a multi-discipline set of students frompredominantly civil engineering and disciplines in the humanities and social sciences interestedin professions in

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CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler; Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

, 35, 65 and 100% design complete, with a goalto closely simulate the way that the work would be performed in an Architectural – 4Engineering (AE) firm. Early project activities such as needs analysis, problemdefinition, and client interface are critical skills for working engineers. However, oftenthe university degree process develops problem solvers versus problem definers7. In theacademic curriculum, these concepts may be only briefly touched upon in freshmenintroduction to design courses, and then the sophomore and junior year courses primarilyfocus on analysis techniques and design principles based on more well constrainedproblems. Importance of design documentation (critical in an AE

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Learning by Doing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1398: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO GEOLOGY FOR ENGINEERSAndrea Welker, Villanova University Page 15.614.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Geology by touch: the first iteration of integrating overarching examples and laboratories into an introductory geology classAbstractAll civil engineering students at Villanova University are required to take geology in theirsophomore year. About one half of the course is devoted to historical geology and the other halfis devoted to physical geology. In the past, the class has been lecture-based with four laboratoriesthroughout the semester. In the fall of 2009, a plan was implemented to build upon the

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

paperdescribes the course organization, the project goals, and project itself and how it supports thebroader engineering curriculum goals of engaging freshman engineering students in a designproject, exposing them in an interesting way to the breath of engineering, and motivating them intheir engineering studies.The students work in small teams and have roughly 12 weeks to design an automated electro-mechanical system that first transports three empty Snapple bottles, three tennis balls, and 36 oz.of water to a 2⁄x3⁄ operational zone. The machine must fill each bottle with 12 oz. of water, capeach bottle by covering the top with a tennis ball, and then deliver the capped and filled bottles toan area outside of the operational zone.The bottle-filling

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SE Curriculum and Projects

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

the answer is more than just having a defined process.Transparently managed projects that faculty mentors can evaluate progress on continuously,instead of in periodic increments, allow faculty to make constant small adjustments to helpstudents progress on projects and progress in achieving learning outcomes. Part of the ability tocontinuously manage Enterprise projects comes directly from Scrum. Part of the ability comesfrom having integrated tool support through Google sites and RTC/Jazz. In particular, toolsupport helps the labor-intensive tasks of estimating and tracking work in these various softwareengineering activities without creating burdensome documentation requirements.3.1 Agility and Team ConcertTeam Concert is an integrated

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Genco, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Katja Holtta-Otto, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

, B., Johnson, C., and Salas, E., 1991, Productivity loss in brainstorming groups: A meta-analytic integration, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 12(1) pp. 3-23.23. Nijstad, B. A., Stroebe, W., & Lodewijk, H. F. (2002). Cognitive stimulation and interference in groups: Exposure effects in an idea generation task. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 535-544.24. Otto, K., & Wood, K. (200). Product Design: Techniques in Reverse Engineering, Systematic Design, and New Product Development. Prentice-Hall, New York.25. Pahl, G., & Beitz, W. (1996). Engineering Design: A Systematic Approach. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.26. Paulus, P. B., and Yang, H. C., 2000, Idea generation in groups: A basis for creativity in

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University; Patrick Gardner, Western Carolina University

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Electrical and Computer

century ago. In addition,the fundamentals and basic skills that the engineering and technology education need to covercontinue to grow while the total credit hours that can be packed in a four-year curriculum arebeing limited. Furthermore, the biggest challenge for future U.S. engineers is the large shift inthe job market with the trend of continuous shifting of routine design and manufacturing jobs toIndia and China. It is clear that creativity, team working, leadership, problem solving, inter-disciplinary integration, and project management have become essential skills if theseengineering and technology students are to remain in high-demand and be globally competitive1

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randal Abler, Georgia Tech; James Krogmeier, Purdue University; Aaron Ault, Purdue University; Julia Melkers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tamara Clegg, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

improve bothVIP and the collaborative system.1. IntroductionThe Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) Program is an engineering education program thatoperates in a research and development context.1 Undergraduate students that join VIP teamsearn academic credit for their participation in design efforts that assist faculty and graduatestudents with research and development issues in their areas of technical expertise. The teamsare: multidisciplinary – drawing students from across engineering and around campus; vertically-integrated – maintaining a mix of sophomores through PhD students each semester; and long-term – each undergraduate student may participate in a project for up to three years and eachgraduate student may participate for the

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, 2008.4. Gary B. Randolph, “Collaborative Learning in the Classroom: A Writing Across the Curriculum Approach,” Journal of Engineering Education, 2000, Vol. 89, 119—122.5. L. J. Shuman, M. Besterfield-Sacre, and J. McGourty, “The ABET “Professional Skills”–Can They Be Taught? Can They Be Assessed?” Journal of Engineering Education, January 2005, 41—55.6. S. Kumar and J. K. Hsiao, “Engineers Learn “Soft Skills the Hard Way”: Planting a Seed of Leadership in Engineering Classes,” Leadership and Management in Engineering, January 2007, 18—23.7. D. Shetty and R. A. Kolk, Mechatronics System Design, PWS, Boston, MA, 1997.8. C. W. de Silva, Mechatronics: An Integrated Approach, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2005.9. D. J

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Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

, June, 2009.3. Carl J. Spezia, “A Task-Oriented Design Project for Improving Student Performance,” Journal of Engineering Technology, Spring 2009.4. Stewart J. I., “Teaching and Assessing Using Project-based Learning and Peer Assessment,” Journal of Engineering Technology, Spring 1999.5. Akins, Leah, M. and Ellena E. Reda, “Implementation of an Integrated Project for the Electrical Engineering Curriculum,” Journal of Engineering Technology, Fall 1998.6. Gerhard, Glen, C., “Teaching Design with Behavior Modification Techniques in a Pseudocorporate Environment,” IEEE Transactions on Education, November 1999.7. Wei Pan, S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Kenyon Hart, “Digital Signal Processing: Theory and Practice, Hardware

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Shey, United States Naval Academy; Ryan Rakvic, United States Naval Academy; Thomas Salem, United States Naval Academy; Samara Firebaugh, United States Naval Academy

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Electrical and Computer

Technology in 1997 and 2001, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy. She has conducted research in several areas of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) including microscale chemical reactor systems, integrated photoacoustic spectroscopy, microwave switches, variable thermal radiators and microscale robotics. Page 15.998.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Project-Based Thematic Learning though a Multicourse Multidisciplinary Robotics ProjectAbstractThe

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Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

justifications were measured only that they were the impressions of themanagers surveyed. It was pointed out “that the integration of training management and coursecontent delivery systems provided a means for easier assessment of training effectiveness”. 37This evaluation process is an integral part of these training programs.As suggested by Piccoli, Ahmad, and Ives (2001) virtual learning environments (VLE) can beused for IT technology skills training. This preliminary research suggests that these VLEs canprovide organizations an “effective means to update the IT skills of their work force”.38 VirtualLabs (VL) have become more prevalent in current research. The Rochester Institute ofTechnology39 and Drexel University40 have created essentially Virtual

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalia Litchinitser, SUNY at Buffalo; Albert H. Titus, SUNY at Buffalo; Alexander N. Cartwright, SUNY at Buffalo; Vladimir V. Mitin, SUNY at Buffalo

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Electrical and Computer

diodes, lasers, and display systems. Inaddition, it has been essential in the development of new imaging techniques for biomedicalresearch, as well as in the development of new fabrication methodologies for electronics. Todate, these remarkable contributions to engineering have largely been ignored in theundergraduate curriculum in electrical engineering.Here, we present our efforts to develop educational modules for nanophotonics with an emphasison how the resulting technologies apply to sustainability and quality of life via devices based onnanostructures: e.g., solar cells, high efficiency lighting, environmental sensing, and other lowerpower optoelectronic devices. Specifically, in this project, we are developing nanophotonicsKnowledge

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Liberal Education

teach allthe “tool” subjects without hopelessly overloading the curriculum it will be necessary toprovide some form of integration. The possibility of understanding the principle ofmutual relations would seem to be better in an integrated program than in a traditionalsubject based curriculum. The key to creating that understanding and developingreflective practice will be in the techniques of assessment that are used and the backwasheffect they have on teaching as well as learning. The model shown in exhibit 2 isintended to illustrate this fact and also to show what is possible in a short period of time.It is based on part of course that was developed for the Engineer in Society examinationof the Council of Engineering Institutions in the UK

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Hyman, University of Missouri; Jim Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri

integrative,synthetic thought processes as well as reductive, analytical processes”.1 The National Academyof Engineering (NAE) adds to this call with its recommendation that “…the essence ofengineering - the iterative process of designing, predicting performance, building, and testing-should be taught from the earliest stages of the curriculum, including the first year”.2 Inaddition, a workshop sponsored by the National Science Board concluded that “Since traditionalcurricula are so full, it is difficult to add traditional courses to the curriculum. Thus, it may benecessary instead to integrate experiences throughout the curriculum…. Experiential learningcan …motivate student learning in the fundamentals(;) and can create opportunities to bringdesign

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Christina White, Columbia University; Kristin Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

than relying on self-formed teams.The cumulative research data incorporates the reflections about curriculum and teachingfrom the students and instructors; an array of pedagogical practices; recognition of variedlearning and teaching styles; and multiple literacies practices 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. We haveemployed both quantitative and qualitative approaches to understand these data. Thismixed-methods analysis offers insights into effective approaches to teaching engineeringconcepts to non-engineering majors. The course provides a foundation for developingother engineering courses for non-engineers. Our research demonstrates tools thatengineering educators and other scholars can apply in designing their own curricula oninnovation and serves as a model

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Minorities in Engineering

, though they follow somewhat different mechanical constructionprocedure, electronic packaging and software for programming. Currently we are in the processof acquiring electronic components so that students can start fabricating the new sensor boardwhich will be integrated with the BalloonSat for further testing of the circuit and software. Weexpect to launch our payload along with next balloon launch by the Columbus group which hasbeen tentatively fixed at the first or second weekend of April 2010. Because of the timeconstraint, it was decided to postpone the launch of the second payload with Arduino, GPSmodule and solar cells for a future mission. Since the launch will take place within an hour’sdrive from the university, it will allow us to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland

practicedthroughout the engineering curriculum culminating in the capstone design course. During secondand third year courses, the engineering curriculum focuses on analytical concepts and techniquesultimately intended to support design analysis ability. Given the overcrowded traditionalengineering curriculum, it is not surprising that students do not improve their creative processingskills. The proliferation of assistive software for design has an impact on student training as well.For example, sketching was a critical skill in traditional engineering design but the practice hasbecome less important to students as computer-aided drawing tools have become available tothem.Industrial and academic leaders long expressed concerns about the impact of

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education

work on complex, multi-faceted problemsrequires increased efforts to include more breadth in both engineering and liberal education.This paper reports on one school’s pilot program to integrate engineering and liberal artseducation, motivated by the need for a technically literate citizenship, work force, and politicalleadership, fostered by providing students in technical and non-technical programs opportunitiesto communicate with one another. Rather than take the approach of an institutional mandate for a“tech lit” requirement, we present models that are small-scale, portable, and that can be grown Page 15.779.2organically with the right

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History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2010-1117: INTEGRATION OF JOURNAL CLUB IDEOLOGY INTO ANANOTECHNOLOGY COURSESmitesh Bakrania, Rowan University Smitesh Bakrania is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his PhD from University of Michigan in 2008 and his BS from Union College in 2003. His research interests include combustion synthesis of nanoparticles and their applications. Page 15.782.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integration of Journal Club Ideology into a Nanotechnology CourseNanotechnology is bound to dramatically impact how we use materials in all aspects ofengineering

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; William Danley, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

adequatechanges are being made to improve program quality. Figure 4 also shows comparison inevaluation by all constituencies included in the assessment. Figure 4: Evaluation results for Program Educational Objectives comparison chartThe NSF CCLI phase I and II projects have facilitated the integration of Internet-basedtechnology education in E-quality for manufacturing at Drexel and delivery ofappropriately designed courses in the engineering technology curriculum, which enablesstudents of diverse educational backgrounds to enter the workforce. The findings fromthe project’s external evaluator in 2009 confirm a successful completion of an integratede-laboratory and courses with various tools. The experiments explored the use of Web-based maintenance

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Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bekir Kelceoglu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Goodman, Indiana University Purdue Unversity Indianapolis (IUPUI); Cluny Way, College of the North Atlantic; Joseph Tabas, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; J. Craig Greene, College of the North Atlantic; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sandi Perlman, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

of multi-disciplinary studies into the viability ofconverting used shipping containers into an Intermodal Steel Building Unit (ISBU) studentdormitory. Initial studies are slated to begin in January, 2010 and will follow upon those studiesnoted in this paper that were conducted at IUPUI.Students in the third year of the Architectural Engineering Technology program at CNA inCanada will be conducting detailed technical design studies in three key areas of this applicationunder cold climate conditions, while ensuring that all applicable codes and life-safety standardsare met. These particular studies include: ≠ Investigation into options for exterior cladding systems; ≠ Design and integration of all mechanical and

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Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Leonard, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Merrill, Roch Inst of Tech; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)has implemented an alternative to the capstone project technique commonly used to satisfy theABET Criterion 5 Curriculum section d. (Capstone or other integrating experiences must drawtogether diverse elements of the curriculum and develop student competence in focusing bothtechnical and non-technical skills in solving problems.)1A majority of Engineering Technology and Engineering Science programs rely upon a capstoneproject for providing an integrating experience which, by their very nature, are burdensome tothe program resources and invariably suffer many disadvantages in their operation. Due to thesize and complexity of capstone

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Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Na Lu, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert Swan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Materials

adequate foracademically introducing students to the basics of construction methods and materials, it fails toadequately expose the students to how all the fundamental topics are interrelated nor does itnormally provide meaningful hands-on experiences on real job sites. This paper reports on theresults of a project that targets the course in ―Construction Materials‖ to affect an evolutionarytransformation marked by active-learning by augmenting instruction with real-world hands-onconstruction experience at local job sites. This paper discusses the integration of studentinvolvement in a nonprofit, ecumenical housing program known as Habitat for Humanity.The Courses: “Construction Methods” and “Construction Materials” The ―Construction Methods

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Donald D. Joye

A LIFELONG LEARNING EXERCISE (ABET REQUIRED) IN AN UNDERGRADUATE FLUIDS COURSE by Donald D. Joye Professor, Chemical Engineering Villanova UniversityAbstract Students were asked to investigate pump designs that would accommodate the pumpingof maraschino cherries from a tank into the container in which they would be sold. This is acomplex mixture of low viscosity liquid and large, soft solids whose integrity must bemaintained. The only pumps students knew about at the time were centrifugal and positivedisplacement (piston/gear) pumps typically used in the

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Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Fred Allen, Drexel University; Elisabeth Papazoglou, Drexel University; Mustafa Sualp, Untra Corporation; David Delaine, Drexel University; David Hansberry, Drexel University

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Educational Research and Methods

and/or situations. In contrast, this proposal concentrates heavily on the development of processes that integrate instructional (student, instructor, course, curriculum) measurements and analysis with ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)-mandated assessment and improvement. Thus, a major deliverable of the project is a transferable system with which other engineering programs could monitor their own instructional environment and develop and test their own educational innovations. 3. Ease of use - A key trade-off in the utility of any innovation is the time and resources needed to implement it versus the benefits that result from the implementation (in this case, improved student learning

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Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; Hani Saad, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

buildingprogressed fiscal concerns caused a reduction in the number of Living-Building Laboratorycomponents that were actually funded ultimately resulting in little of the original conceptexisting in the completed building. A grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF)Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement program (CCLI) was obtained in order torestore some of the benefits of the Living-Building Laboratory concept and this paper describesthe use of some of this newly available building data in a thermodynamics laboratory exercise.Introduction to the Living-Building Laboratory ConceptThe idea of using the academic building as a laboratory is an easy concept to grasp. Students inthe sciences (and really all disciplines) should be taught to

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Materials Lab Experiments and Demonstrations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori Rosario, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2010-593: BIODEGRADABILITY OF PLASTICS TESTING IN ANUNDERGRADUATE MATERIALS LABORATORY COURSELori Rosario, Rochester Institute of Technology Lori Rosario is a graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Mechanical & Manufacturing Systems Integration. She completed her B.S.in Mechanical Engineering Technology. She has completed internships at Johnson and Johnson McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Delphi Automotive Systems and the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Systems (CIMS)at the Rochester Institute of Technology as a Fuel Cells Research Engineer.Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology Elizabeth Dell is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing & Mechanical

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Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Berge, University of South Carolina; Joseph Flora, University of South Carolina

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2010-1752: ENGAGING STUDENTS IN CRITICAL THINKING: ANENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EFFECTNicole Berge, University of South Carolina Dr. Nicole Berge received her BS and MS degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of South Carolina in 1999 and 2001, respectively. In 2006, she received her PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Central Florida. From 2006 – 2008, Dr. Berge worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at Tufts University. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina.Joseph Flora, University of South Carolina Dr. Joseph Flora is currently an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. He received