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NSF Grantees: Learning Tools (Hands On)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katelyn Dahlke, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Kitana Kaiphanliam, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Aminul Islam Khan, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Olufunso Oje, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

hubs that serve as locations for one-time training workshops for geographically close “spoke” participants, specifically the Southeastand Central Hubs. Due to weather, the workshops were consolidated. At the workshop,participants heard presentations on the motivation behind this project, DLM design, instructionalphilosophy, and best implementation practices, and also had a chance to use all four modules inconjunction with suggested classroom worksheets.The effectiveness of the LC-DLMs has been previously tested; however, there was a lack ofrobust measures for assessing student understanding in prior implementations of LC-DLMs. Toaddress this, we used Bloom’s taxonomy to categorize learning outcomes, measure learninggains, and better analyze

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Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Diane Matt, WEPAN

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Women in Engineering

aboutWEPAN to ASEE WIED members and further to enhance and support dialog and collaborationbetween WEPAN and ASEE.WEPAN HISTORY 1990-2002In 1990 there were fewer than 10 formally organized Women in Engineering programs in theUnited States. While future projections for the employment of engineers was strong there weremarkedly fewer graduates in engineering, primarily white males, than there had been a decadebefore. This prompted industry and engineering programs to reconsider the demographics ofengineering programs nationwide. Thus those Women in Engineering programs which werealready in place were inundated with requests for assistance for developing new programs.Women in Engineering Program directors from Purdue University, Stevens Institute

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

initiatives described below are among the key elements ofthe CxC program that have been successfully implemented in the College of Engineering (COE).Summer Faculty Institutes. The first step in integrating specific communication skills into theCOE was to identify a core faculty group representing each of the departments. This core groupof eleven faculty members prepared for a leadership role in the communication project byattending a CxC-sponsored Faculty Institute during the summer of 2005. The engineering teamreceived a comprehensive orientation to the campus-wide CxC program and explored how theirparticipation could lead to the incorporation of communication goals in the COE curriculum

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Priya Goeser, Armstrong Atlantic State University

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Mechanics

. Themain objective of the Computational Modeling course is to study the fundamentals of numericalmethods and to develop computer programs for solving engineering problems using MATLAB.Examples of numerical methods include solving roots of equations, linear algebraic equations,integration and differentiation. Assessment of this effort was accomplished with supplementarycourse evaluation questions given at the end of the semester. This paper will discuss the resultsof the student projects and evaluations, and the authors’ experiences with this intradisciplinaryteaching effort.IntroductionThis paper presents efforts over two semesters to integrate course materials between twosophomore level engineering courses. The two courses, Statics (ENGR 2001

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

localemployees available; effective utilization of foreign aid funds, and providing a legacy ofappropriate infrastructure projects and technically competent people to operate andmaintain them; and small business startups by technically competent entrepreneurs.Capacity building can be defined as follows:Capacity building is a dedication to the strengthening of economies, governments,institutions and individuals through education, training, mentoring, and the infusion ofresources. Capacity building aims at developing secure, stable, and sustainablestructures, systems and organizations, with a particular emphasis on using motivationand inspiration for people to improve their lives.In the global economy of the 21st Century, engineers play a key role in

Conference Session

Survivor: The First Few Years

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tonya Saddler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Margaret Layne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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New Engineering Educators

program is targeted to improving the recruitment and success offemale faculty members in science and engineering through program initiatives designed toimprove departmental and university climate. As part of the research and assessment componentof this project at Virginia Tech, a research project was launched to conduct yearly interviewswith the cohort of faculty entering faculty positions in engineering in the fall of 2003. A time ofsevere budget restraints, the cohort was unusually small, with only 12 new faculty members (5women; 7 men) hired in engineering. Each member of the cohort was contacted once a year toparticipate in an interview and to discuss the priorities, challenges, and support that were uniqueto that year.PurposeIt is rare to

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

, lifelong learning. Page 13.1338.3Illustrative Case Study – The Quebec Bridge Collapse of 1907 The 1907 collapse of the Quebec Bridge during construction represents a landmark ofboth engineering practice and forensic engineering5 6. The Quebec Bridge was the longestcantilever structure attempted until that time. In its final design, it was 1,800 ft long. Thebridge project was financially troubled from the beginning. This caused many setbacks in thedesign and construction. Construction began in October 1900. Figure 1 shows the state of construction just beforethe collapse. In August 1907, the bridge collapsed suddenly. Seventy-five

Conference Session

Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

AC 2008-585: ASEM EM BOKDonald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology Donald N. Merino is a tenured full professor and the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chaired Professor of Economics of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He teaches Engineering Economy, Decision Analysis, Total Quality Management, and Strategic Planning. He is Founder Emeritus of the undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management (BEEM) and the Executive Master in Technology Management (EMTM) Program at Stevens. He won the Morton Distinguished Teaching Award for full professors at Stevens. John Wiley published his book, “The Selection Process for Capital Projects”. Dr. Merino received two

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kasarda, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brenda Brand, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michael Collver, Montgomery County Public Schools; Gabriel Goldman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

successfully with the high-school population. Kasarda [3,4] described servicelearning and outreach aspects associated with the pilot year of the new capstone design course.Now in its second year, the authors have recognized, and have enhanced, aspects of the capstone Page 13.1282.2design project that facilitate the self-efficacy of both the undergraduates and the high-schoolstudents in technological and STEM literacy.Of all of the ITEA Standards of Technological Literacy [3] Standard 8: Students will develop anunderstanding of the attributes of design; Standard 9: Students will develop an understanding ofengineering design; and Standard 10: Students

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

, computational fluid dynamics, professional ethics, and piano technology.Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling. Page 13.1326.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Engineering Technology

student programs. He has published and presented widely in areas of surface science, electronic materials and processes, project management, and industry/university relations. He holds 4 patents and has received awards for excellence in technical innovation (IBM), technical authorship (IBM), teaching (University of Colorado), and scholarship (National Science Foundation).Shekar Viswanathan, National University Dr. Viswanathan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Engineering and Lead Faculty for Engineering Management and Homeland Security and Safety Engineering. He is the Lead for six full time and fifty two adjunct faculty members. His department offers three

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Issues in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

lana El Chaar, Petroleum Institute

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

demand is among the largest in the region due to financial andtourist projects as well as a growing population. According to Global Insight2, UAE has added24 percent electricity-generating capacity at an annual rate over the last 30 years. Current totalcapacity for electricity production is around 16.7 Gigawatts (GW), but will need to increasefurther considering the 10 percent per year demand rise expected through 2010. Nearly all UAEpower comes from conventional thermal generation. In 2004, consumption reached over 0.45Terrawatt-hours (TWH). By mid-2006 the total capacity for electricity production in the UAEwas 16,220 Megawatts. The demand for electricity in the UAE has been growing at double-digitrates for many years and will continue to do

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odon Musimbi, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 13.1072.2This four-year project began at the start of the academic year 2003-2004, during which newcourses, projects, and assessment activities were pilot tested. In the fall of 2004, baseline datawas collected concerning both student and faculty attitudes at CSM with respect to servicelearning activities using the “Community Service Attitude Scale” (CSAS). This instrument wasdeveloped and validated by Shiarella, McCarthy and Tucker8, but had not been used prior to thecurrent efforts to measure attitudes within engineering education.Based on the 2004 data, Bauer et al.6 completed and published a comparative analysis of studentand faculty attitudes with respect to community service. This analysis indicated that faculty hadmore positive

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl Duggins, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Engineering Disciplines? A Critical Analysis of ABET’s Software Engineering Curriculum GuidelinesAbstractSince the 1968 NATO Conference which coined the term “software engineering”, softwarepractitioners and educators alike have been fighting an uphill battle over the right to be viewed asengineers. The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical andElectronic Engineers Computer Society (IEEE-CS) joined forces to try and come to terms withthe question of what exactly is software engineering? From the initial work done by theSoftware Engineering Education Project (SWEEP) that developed draft accreditation criteria forundergraduate degrees in software engineering (SWE) in 1998, to the

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Synthesis and Analysis of Mechanisms Using MATLAB and SIMULINK Alireza Mohammadzadeh Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractThe approach adopted in this work is an attempt to introduce students, in kinematics anddynamics of machinery course, to a complete design and analysis of function generationmechanisms via analytical methods. Although the approach implemented in this work isfor function generation type of mechanisms, the concept is indeed extendable to the othertypes of mechanisms as well. As a project in the kinematics and dynamics of machineryclass, students designed, and analyzed a four bar quick-return mechanism usingMATLAB and SIMULINK as the primary software

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-hsiang Chang, Purdue University; Craig Miller, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

design rationality, general information of the students, selections of themes, exercisedesign, different forms of assessments and their outcomes. This article is concluded with possiblefuture improvements.Course backgroundProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the latest IT innovation floating around in today’smanufacturing industry. Purdue University has been engaging in PLM-related activities since1999. Through the strategic partnerships and collaborative projects with industry and softwarevendors, Purdue University has built a strong reputation in the PLM area during the past six years.While many industries are interested in PLM, Purdue University has learned from our industrycontacts that there is currently a great shortage of PLM-literate

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Doherty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shweta Shanbhag, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachers in this area. Anattempt to address this demand led to the introduction of the Pre-College Engineering forTeachers (PCET) program by Tufts University with a grant from the National ScienceFoundation [2]. The primary goals of this program are to familiarize the participating teacherswith the engineering design process, to introduce them to an assortment of projects to enhancelearning and to incorporate engineering principles in their curriculum. Starting in 2002, thisprogram has already been implemented at the high school and middle school levels and is now inprogress at the elementary school level. Table 1 shows the progression of the programimplementation and the grade levels of participating teachers.ImplementationHow it works: Each

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guoping Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Electrical and Computer

Department of Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Fort WayneAbstract In this paper, the work-in-progress project which seeks the adaptation andimplementation of one undergraduate education’s most promising and readily adoptableinstructional technique in recent years - Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT), in an electrical andcomputer engineering course — Digital Systems Design is presented. JiTT involves web-basedwarm-up assignments which students are required to complete and submit before class. Students’responses to these assignments are then reviewed by the instructor who makes appropriateadjustments in the teaching based on student’s understanding and concerns. The warm-upassignments, combined with classroom teaching, will lead

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Young, University of Auckland; Robert Kirkpatrick, University of Auckland; William Svrcek, University of Calgary

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Chemical Engineering

Kirkpatrick, University of Auckland Robert Kirkpatrick is the Distinguished Designer in Residence at Chemical and Materials Engineering and Director of the Energy Centre at the University of Auckland. He received his B.E. (1971) and Ph.D. (1975) degrees in Chemical Engineering from Auckland and the UK respectively. He has 30 years of experience in petrochemicals and oil & gas working for Union Carbide, Mobil Oil and Methanex. Roles included Technical, Operations, Design, Projects, Development and Management.William Svrcek, University of Calgary William Svrcek is a Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He received his B.Sc

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Bilbeisi, Oklahoma State University

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Architectural

issue at hand. These case study presentations are organized into a three part series:Architectural Graphic Communication, Fundamental Design Principles, and DesignProcesses. The Architectural Graphic Communication series consists of three sessions: DrawingTypes and Rendering, Orthographic Projection, and Linear Perspective. The FundamentalDesign Principles series also consists of three sessions: Form, Space and Order, Visual Devices,and Formal Penetrations. The Design Process Series consists of four sessions: ArchitecturalDesign, Architectural Engineering Design, Design and Construction, and the Interview of aProfessional. A description of the topic and associated case study, which utilize contemporary aswell as historical designers for their

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Zhao, Mercer University; Laurie White, Mercer University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

orietation) and the cutting-edge technologies. Not enough effort seems tohave been made to show how the models and principles discussed in the texts can be applied toreal world projects.A team-based software project is commonly included in a contemporary software engineering Page 11.542.2class to give students hands-on experience of the issues that they may encounter in a real-world 1development environment. It is commonly accepted that the best strategy is to guide the studentsto learn software engineering by really doing it. 3, 12 Some new textbooks 4, 3 devote moredetailed coverage on latest OOAD

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.

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Graduate Studies

supportive learning environment: ethic of cooperative support between participants, faculty, and administration; strengthened by social gatherings and informal discussions outside the classroom; a trusting environment for students to challenge and consider alternative perspectives, and engage in new learning activities. • Immersion-type experiences for students (and faculty) to work closely and build camaraderie and provide a forum to develop cohort groups, nurtured by an environment of continual interaction (classroom, lunch discussions, intensive team-based projects, external organized activities such as business trips). • Committed students with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Listening to and

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Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enno Koehn, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College

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Construction

AC 2007-401: DEVELOPING A NEW CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENTPROGRAMEnno Koehn, Lamar University Enno "Ed" Koehn is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University. Professor Koehn has served as the principal investigator for several research and development projects dealing with various aspects of construction and has experience in the design, scheduling and estimating of facilities. In addition, he has authored/co-authored over 200 papers in engineering education and the general areas of civil and construction engineering. Dr. Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi and is a registered Professional Engineer and surveyor.James Koehn

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University; Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Texas A&M International University

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Instrumentation

a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Vice-President and Treasurer of the Society of Engineering at TAMIU. In addition, Sof´ıa was a Research Assistant for the project ”Topography of an Object: Detection and Display (Software and Hardware)” and was team leader of the Engineering Senior Project Design entitled ”New Classroom Propulsion Demonstrator.”Dr. Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Texas A&M International University Dr. Fernando Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Math and Physics Department at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. He is currently involved in implementing a new undergraduate Systems Engineering degree program which includes selecting the curriculum

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

NationalScience Foundation) have been widely reported (e.g., Refs. 7, 8).Several of the studies have involved bringing research activities directly into the curriculum(e.g., Refs. 9, 10, 11, 12). Most of these investigations appear to keep research as the focal pointof the experience for the students. Sanford-Bernhardt and Roth reported multiple options foradministratively promoting research activities for students. 9 Others have reported research-oriented capstone project experiences (e.g., Ref. 10). A lesser amount of research experiences forconventional lecture and/or laboratory courses has been reported (e.g., Refs. 11, 12), especiallyin civil engineering. When incorporated, students have reacted favorably to having curricularcontent that is not

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Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Kenneth D Dawson, Tuskegee University; Jonathan Rocha, Tuskegee University

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Mechanical Engineering

computation and simulation capabilities to the determination of the motion(including velocity and acceleration) of mechanisms starting from the governing ordinarydifferential equations. It was noted that the animations were effective in supporting the learningof visual learners6. Yin devised a 2-semester long computationally intensive project to designtwo specific mechanisms one for de-watering of moored boat and the other a piston crankmechanism for small internal combustion engine7. Excel computation and graphic capabilitieswere central to the project. The spreadsheet computations mainly consisted of inverting thecoefficient matrix of the systems of simultaneous equations describing the mechanism motion.Liu and Boyle used a pseudgraphical method

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Lemke; Jeremy Saunier; Jeff Haar; Adam Smith; John Estell

uploaded via proprietarysoftware to a desktop computer. The purpose of this senior design project was to offer a newapproach to patient self-monitoring through the development of a diabetes management systemusing the Handspring Visor Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The design consists of aSpringboard module containing blood glucose metering hardware and an accompanying softwarepackage that operates the module and allows for the storage and processing of data. Thefollowing sections outline the process followed by the senior design group in their developmentof the design.Obtaining Information About Current Glucose MetersThe first step to determine how current glucose meters obtain a reading was to look online fordocumentation. This allowed the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

students to visualize and understand the development of stresses instructural members. The experiments and design projects outlined, combined contact, bearing,and axial stresses; the experiments were designed and constructed for the use of mechanicalengineering undergraduate courses. The suggested experiments and design projects for thesenon-traditional combined structural stresses are included to improve the students’ comprehensionin upper-level Experimental Mechanics course or Machine Design course.IntroductionThe ever-increasing demand from industry for more sophisticated structural and machinecomponents requires a solid understanding of the concepts of stress, strain, and the behavior ofmaterials. At the sophomore level, students in a

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Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

visualization skills of on-campus undergraduate students. (2)Microsoft PowerPoint software capabilities can be utilized to create simple but effective,animated, multi-media, graphical presentations that enhance students’ visualization skillsand give them the know-how to hand-solve a variety of projection problems, geometricshapes drawings, and architectural engineering concepts, in an easy and affordable way.RationaleSince their infancy, this generation of on-campus undergraduate students grew up withdifferent forms of multimedia ranging from toys to video games, electronic gadgets,computers, Internet, radio, television, video, CD/DVD, and a long list of appliances.Reaching out to students “in their own language” naturally calls for the use of multi

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

amodularity concept. Under this strategy there needs to be a few modular hardware and softwareblocks that can be made easily adaptable to a range of engineering and engineering technologylaboratory experiments. In this project, while developing the experiments for Internet delivery, amodularity concept has also been addressed.2 Experimental FacilitiesIn this project four experiments were conducted, and all of them can be accessed and controlledthrough a remote PC over the Internet. The experiments were developed through a project thatinvolved collaboration between two engineering departments: Industrial Engineering andEngineering Technology. The choice of experiments has been made to cover a range of areaswithin the two collaborating departments