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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard I. Epstein

should see little effect, except for fuller classes in the fifth year. However,there certainly will be increased costs to both the student and the universities. Speaking ofcosts, one response to the position paper asked 11: Page 4.450.5 And who is going to pay for that fifth year? There are only two choices, the student and the taxpayer. How many bright students will choose another major because of the cost of a 5-year program? Is this additional financial burden on our public colleges and universities justified? For those engineering students whose career paths are firmly fixed in their minds, advanced

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Lovgren; M. Racer

applications for statistical methods. Working problems out of the book did not automatically convince the student that tools could actually be applied to that situation in the real world; Page 4.468.1 the students were not convinced that there would be a true need for statistical analysis in their future careers as engineers.The projects were designed to teach the students the technical concepts as well as the potentialfor application in a variety of settings in the real world – thus motivating interest in the topic.III. Sample Projects and OutcomesThe three projects presented here were designed to foster the students

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1999 Annual Conference

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E. Dendy, Jr. Sloan; Anthony E. Vigil; Ronald Miller

a senior mentor before they are assigned a major design. Many engineers may work on existing industrial processes without having the opportunity to perform a major plant design in their career. • Sophisticated process simulators are readily available both to senior industrial designers as well as to undergraduates. These simulators have become so familiar that they are sometimes the first and only tool considered in a chemical engineering design problem. • The challenge to chemical engineering education is the incorporation of engineering judgment to evaluate and to guide computer simulations. One prominent means to guide such judgments is engineering heuristics or rules-of- thumb

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Anton Pintar

safetyinto the curriculum: (1) a separate course on process safety, (2) integration into existing courses,or (3) a combination of the first two.A SEPARATE COURSE ON PROCESS SAFETYIn some respects, a required course devoted to process safety has many advantages. Having aseparate course in chemical process safety emphasizes the importance of process safety. Thestudents must focus on process safety and will, hopefully, recognize the importance of processsafety in their future careers. A course devoted to process safety is probably the best way to dealwith certain safety topics such as toxicology, industrial hygiene, dispersion models, design ofrelief systems, hazard recognition and safety reviews.However, one of the potential problems associated with

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Amparo Gotes; Barry McNeill; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

in the implementation of programs and research.BARRY MCNEILL is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Arizona StateUniversity. He earned all his degrees from Stanford University (BS Chem E and MS & PhD ME). He helpeddevelop and deliver a new first year and a new third year engineering design core course. He has given numerousworkshops on course/curriculum development and teaming and has co authored several papers on assessment.MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Special Programs in the Collegeof Engineering and Applied Sciences at Arizona State University. She earned her Ph.D. from the University ofIowa. She is the director of a successful Graduate Career Change Program in

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1999 Annual Conference

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Thomas E. Hulbert; Robert B. Angus; Eric W. Hansberry

, and seminars. The Webaddress is: www.neu.edu/cont-ed/FE-PE.The National Society of Professional Engineers published, in the May 1996 issue of EngineeringTimes, the rationale for professional development. “There is no argument on one front. Stayingcurrent in a rapidly changing field like engineering remains a must. It will help your career andbenefit your company, as well. ‘Knowledge has become the only source of long-run, sustainablecompetitive advantage’ says Lester Thurow, professor of economics and management at MIT andauthor of The Future of Capitalism. Recent studies show that rates of return for industries thatinvest in knowledge and skill are more than twice those of industries that concentrate on plantand equipment

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1999 Annual Conference

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Maria Amparo Gotes; Dr. Barry McNeill; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

in the implementation of programs and research.BARRY MCNEILL is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Arizona StateUniversity. He earned all his degrees from Stanford University (BS Chem E and MS & PhD ME). He helpeddevelop and deliver a new first year and a new third year engineering design core course. He has given numerousworkshops on course/curriculum development and teaming and has co authored several papers on assessment.MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Special Programs in the Collegeof Engineering and Applied Sciences at Arizona State University. She earned her Ph.D. from the University ofIowa. She is the director of a successful Graduate Career Change Program in

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2000 Annual Conference

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Patricia B Spencer; Kathryn Hollar

Program. Co-facilitation provides a safe, supported structure for students exploringteaching as a career. Using TA Fellows to deliver components of undergraduate training forgesanother link in a mentoring network, leading to future faculty in engineering. This paperdescribes the professional development of students through mentoring and teaching networks atCornell Page 5.3.1University’s College of Engineering. It also highlights the value of co-facilitation which modelsthe teamwork outcome so desired in ABET 2000.Key to terminology as used in the College of Engineering at Cornell University:• TA - graduate teaching assistant• TA Fellow

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome A. Atkins

among groups--women, minorities, and the disabled-- traditionally under-represented in S&E. The expanding need for technically trained workers in C&IT demandsexpanded access programs to offer technical training and education to members of these groups.At the same time, the massive structural shift of America’s corporate workplace to a serviceeconomy has created a glut of displaced workers, many of whom are mid-career professionals nowin need of technical re-training and re-education to re-enter the workplace. Ironically, somestudies even show a severe problem of civilian under-employment of highly-trained individualsemerging from the U.S. military services, arguably the most technologically advanced fightingforces in the world. The U.S

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1997 Annual Conference

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Michael Alley

campus.Finally, we incorporated design aspects into the course that we believe will help our students intheir engineering curricula and engineering careers. These design aspects included opportunitiesto research a topic in science and engineering, consistent instruction in writing between freshmancomposition and the technical communication courses that they will take later, and linking ofassignments so that students achieve depth in their writing and speaking. While we do not advocate that all engineering colleges try to teach freshmancommunication, we do offer the following suggestions for other engineering colleges based onour own experience: 1) Show an interest in the freshman composition course of your students. There is perhapsno better

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1997 Annual Conference

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Richard R. Schultz

source code templates of a number of useful image processingalgorithms. These C source code templates were deliberately missing critical componentsThis work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development(CAREER) Program, grant number MIP-9624849. In addition, this material is based upon work supportedin part by the U.S. Army Research Office under contract number DAAH04-96-1-0449. Page 2.392.1of the algorithms; the students finished writing the source code, and then conductedseveral experiments to visualize how well the techniques actually performed. In thismanner, the students were coerced to understand

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1997 Annual Conference

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

2.446.1themselves. One is now considering teaching as a career. Curriculum team members continuedto tutor students after the program creating a support structure for the students.IntroductionA unique, very successful summer bridge program was held for incoming underrepresentedminority freshman and transfer engineering students at Arizona State University (ASU) duringthe summer of 1996. The Minority Engineering Program (MEP) Summer Bridge Program was atwo week residential program designed to ensure academic success for the 44 studentparticipants. The program was supported by a grant from the Coalition to Increase MinorityDegrees (CIMD) and ASU’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS). (Note:CIMD is sponsored by the National Science Foundation

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert J. Beichner; Hugh Fuller; Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; Ernest E. Burniston

Engineering” (beginning and end of the fall semester, and for IMPEC only, end of the second semester). An instrument developed at the University of Pittsburgh that assesses attitudes toward engineering as a curriculum and career, self-reported confidence levels in core freshman-year subjects, and in the postsurvey, attitudes toward the freshman year experience.• Force Concept Inventory scores (IMPEC only, beginning and end of second semester). A widely used instrument that assesses conceptual understanding of mechanics.• performance on common final exam problems in calculus, chemistry, and physics courses.• responses to open-ended questions on midsemester and end-of-semester surveys (IMPEC only).• Written and oral

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1997 Annual Conference

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Barbara Olds

student. The writingincluded in a portfolio may be selected by the student or assigned by the teacher; it may cover anentire college career or a single semester; it may include samples from only one class or from anentire curriculum; it may include peer or student commentary or evaluation, or it may simplyinclude the student’s work. Any of these approaches may be successful if the instructor has aclear purpose for asking students to maintain portfolios and if this purpose is clearly articulatedto students. In the best cases, portfolios help students reflect on their growth as writers, helpstudents to interact with peers in the discussion of writing, and help faculty and students todiscuss ways in which students may become better writers. In

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1998 Annual Conference

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Richard Penson; Margaret Ross; Eur Ing

degree as a prelude to a new career direction. The report recommended, over themedium term, that a framework should be established to maintain data about lifelong learningusing a unique student record number. It also recommended, over the medium term, that CareersServices should be more fully integrated with academic affairs and that the provision of careerseducation and guidance would be periodically reviewed by the Quality Assurance Agency. It alsorecommended, in the medium to long term, that careers advice for lifelong learning should bea complementary service based inside higher education establishments. The report alsorecommended, both to theStudents' Union and the institutions, that the services offered to the students, in particular

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Randal S. Martin; Clinton P. Richardson

ofScience degrees in Environmental Engineering since 1970 and became officially ABET-accreditedin 1993. As a part of the periodic reviews mandated by ABET, as well as by the North CentralAssociation of Colleges and Schools, the Environmental Engineering Program at New MexicoTech developed an assessment survey to evaluate alumni’s opinions concerning the program’scurriculum and its preparation for their subsequent careers, whether professional employment orgraduate school.BACKGROUND AND SURVEY INFORMATIONThe required course work leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineeringat New Mexico Tech (NMT) includes 59 credits of college-wide basic requirements, 55 credits ofsupporting engineering and science classes, and 24 credits of

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal F. Jackson; James L. Barrott

. 3147Lang, C. Case Method Teaching in the Community College. Newton, MA: Education and Development Center, Inc. 1986.Meadows, Robert E. “In Defense of Focused Cases.” 1996 Proceedings, Society for Case Research.Packer, Arnold and Elizabeth Mathias. “Proving A Concept.” Community College Journal. Oct/Nov 1995.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONJames L. Barrott is presently serving as the Dean of Engineering and Environmental Technology at ChattanoogaState Technical Community College. He teaches courses in the Mechanical Engineering Technology andCAD/CAM Technology programs. He is a co-Principal Investigator for SEATEC and TEFATE – NSF AdvancedTechnology Education funded projects.Neal F. Jackson is Dean of Career Studies at Jackson State Community

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ansari, Virginia State University; Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Krishan Agrawal, Virginia State University; Arthur Fridrich, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

been seen at the mastersand doctoral levels 3.The National Science Board has concluded that the number of native-born S&E graduates Page 15.666.2entering the workforce is likely to decline unless the nation intervenes to improve success ineducating S&E students from all demographic groups, especially those that have beenunderrepresented in S&E careers 4.National Science Foundation data also shows that in 2005, a total of 466,003 S&E degrees wereawarded to US citizens and permanent residents. African-Americans earned 39,283 (8%) of theawarded Bachelor of Science degrees, yet they composed 15% of the population. The NSF datashowed

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Morgan, Texas A&M University; Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering at Texas A&MUniversity has two distinct Masters degrees: the Master of Engineering (ME) program and theMaster of Science (MS) program. The MS program is research based, requiring the developmentof thesis research, while the ME program is the pre-professional degree. Both programs share acore set of courses and include an increase in basic structural engineering skills. However, whileMS students are working on their thesis research, the ME students are taking additional coursesfocused on professional preparation. The dual tracks by no means limit a student’s career path; itis simply a different emphasis.Prior to the Fall of 2009, the ME degree differed from the MS only in (1) not requiring thewriting of a thesis, and (2

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Mohammed Safiuddin, State University of New York, Buffalo; Chilukuri Mohan, Syracuse University; Steve Macho, Buffalo State College

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

). Fig.3. Typical LevelAddressing the challengesIn September 2009, Department of Energy issued a call for proposal DE-FOA-0000152Recovery Act – Workforce Training for the Electric Power Sector seeking applications that willsupport and greatly expand job creation and career advancement opportunities within the utilityindustry and the electric power system equipment manufacturing sector. Two types ofapplications were specified:Topic A. Developing and Enhancing Workforce Training Programs for the Electric Power Sectorwith subtopic Strategic Training and Education in Power Systems (STEPS) and Topic B. SmartGrid Workforce Training. The objective of STEPS is to support educators at universities andcolleges (including community colleges) in developing

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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Liberal Education

Warren R. Hull, Sr. manages the Engineering Communications Studio at Louisiana State University. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University and an M.S. in Environmental Health from Harvard University. His engineering career spans over 40 years. He is a licensed Professional Engineer who was previously an engineering consultant, and is also a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel.David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge David (Boz) Bowles is a Technical Communication Instructor in the Engineering Communication Studio at Louisiana State University. He earned a baccalaureate degree in English and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Virginia

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Klenk, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Anne D'Agostino, Compass Consulting, LLC; Ed Maxa, North Carolina Cooperative Extension; Kate Guerdat, North Carolina Cooperative Extension

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for student responses. The goals of these focus groups areto answer the questions: 1) do students know what engineers do? 2) have there been changes instudent attitudes towards science, math, and engineering? 3) are students more or less interestedin pursuing a career in science, engineering, and technology? 4) do students in rural and urbancounties have different preferences in engineering activities? 5) do girls/boys have differentpreferences in engineering activities? Three focus groups were completed during the fall of 2009based on the Bioimaging and Your TV Remote modules, and data from those groups ispresented. TechXcite is an Informal Science Education program funded by the National ScienceFoundation (Grant 0638970

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Joonwan Kim, LeTourneau University; R. William Graff, LeTourneau University; Don Willcox, LeTourneau University

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Computers in Education

standard isenriching not only to students’ education but also to their careers. Furthermore, many of thehardware and software design abilities the students gained will be useful in applications beyondthe Digital Radio Mondiale project, especially as communications technology becomesincreasingly software-driven. Ultimately, however, one of the most important contributions ofsuch a design project to engineering education is the practice that students gain with theplanning, management, and execution of a complex project. Page 15.426.6When a project is extended over multiple years with tasks divided among different teams, notevery student will have the

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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International

appropriatebackground and training in this emerging and lucrative field of alternative energy. Theimproving economy and alternative energy sources are combining to create a brighteremployment outlook for engineers and technologists in energy engineering. The experts areexpecting a solar market tornado as it has transformed into a worldwide movement and thegrowth will be around US$ 30 billion and US$ 200 billion in 2010 and 2020 respectively.Students will be motivated by understanding that a career in renewable energy is both rewardingand a positive contribution to the fight against global warming. The impact of alternative energyon global economy is undeniable and its proper use is highly desirable.IntroductionUnited States consumes almost one quarter of

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies

job. Technical skillsalone are no longer sufficient to prepare graduates in engineering and engineeringtechnology for a career. ABET and other accreditation standards acknowledge the roleof these skills in engineering and engineering technology education at the undergraduatelevel, but what is the role of the so-called softer skills in graduate education? This paperwill explore the definition of these non-technical skills, recent emphasis in the job marketon soft skills for employees, the role of these skills in technical education, and providesome thoughts on how soft skills can be incorporated in graduate education inengineering and engineering technology.IntroductionRecently, there has been significant discussion in the media on the skills

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Carreño, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

willingness to engage in engineering related activities9.Ultimately perceptions could affect students’ career options, contributing to the significantmismatch between the demographics of the engineering work force and the demographics of thegeneral population in Mexico. The first step towards increasing participation in, and developinga greater understanding of engineering disciplines is to inform P-12 students about engineeringdisciplines and reduce inaccurate perceptions related to these fields8.Further, Mexican women teachers have to work on their stereotypes about gender-relatedprofessions, because most of their drawing were related to a men figure, that means that most ofwomen teachers believe that women should not pursue engineering as a career

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Donald Gaitros, Baylor University

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Computers in Education

University was designed for intellectuallygifted, highly motivated students entering the School of Engineering & Computer Science (ECS)with a wide range of interests, who desire a more diverse experience across the disciplines. Theprogram seeks to broaden Computer Science Fellows’ backgrounds in their chosen area(s) ofdiversification while preparing them for a graduate studies or for successful careers. TheComputer Science Fellows is a major within the School of Engineering & Computer Sciencewhere fellows are free to create an individualized course of study with the advice of a programdirector who mentors them throughout the entire undergraduate experience. The program hascourse requirements in computer science as well as other core courses

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University

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International

is the school’s satellite dish. Page 15.686.12 Figure 10—Solar panels after installation at Sonrise SchoolImpact upon our StudentsThe students were impacted in a number of profound ways. Comments from three students areshown below. They are representative of the sorts of comments we have received from studentswho went to Rwanda. These students have had their lives changed in ways that will impact theirfuture careers. Their lives were also affected in other ways as well. All three students whosecomments are shown below are now either in graduate school or are planning on going tograduate school. Their experiences in Rwanda have

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

energyworkforce by providing relevant education at the AAS, certificate program, and the BS degreelevels both in the state of Arizona and Texas. The consortium partners of this project arecurrently serving a large percentage of underserved minorities and will further assist and nurturethese minority groups by preparing them for STEM careers in high technology industries. Page 15.192.2 The energy field is becoming a major economic driving force in the State of Arizona [4],the nation, and the world. The Department of Electronic Systems has academic programs in thisemerging field supported by a unique set of laboratories that facilitate hands-on

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Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #8628Machining Experience in a Mechanical Engineering CurriculumDr. Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Kiefer has spent the past thirteen years teaching mechanical engineering at four institutions. As an exemplary teaching specialist in mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, Scott received the Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence, given to one faculty member in the College in Engineering for outstanding instructional performance. Scott specializes in machine design, vibrations and controls, and mechatronics. He started his career at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez in the