Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Pearle; Gary Dainton; Christine Johnston; David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Jennifer Kadlowec; Joseph Orlins; Kauser Jahan; Roberta Harvey; Bernard Pietrucha; Paris von Lockette; Linda Head; Stephanie Farrell; Douglas Cleary

it’s done)4. Comments from students regarding their team experiences5. An evaluation of the study to date.Introduction Responding to the demands of industry for graduates skilled in teamwork, many engineeringprograms have introduced projects that require students to work in teams 2. Positive teamexperiences also contribute significantly to student academic success and to improved rates ofretention3. Creating teams, however, does not always engender effective team behavior 4.Students who report negative team experiences typically cite lack of communication among –and lack of commitment by – some participants as factors critical to unproductive or failed workefforts5. Nationwide there is increasing interest in the subject of forming teams on

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes and Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Matsson

Session 2263 On the Integration of Fluid Flows and Fabrication John E. Matsson Oral Roberts UniversityAbstractThis paper shows the integration of fabrication and fluid mechanics. The project consistsof the design and fabrication of a portable Taylor-Couette apparatus for visualization ofcentrifugal instabilities in fluid flows. Students were told to design the apparatus so that itwould show both primary and secondary instabilities. This necessitated incorporatingcalculations of the relevant parameter regions and the determination of a suitable methodfor

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Spencer Brinkerhoff; III, Walter Hopkins; David Hartman

-oriented design projects are assigned each semester. Each project emphasizesa different engineering discipline and relies on the students’ creative abilities rather than upontheir limited technical abilities. In the usual semester the three projects assigned could be: Page 6.511.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education 1. Build a paper bridge that spans a minimum of thirty inches while maximizing strength and minimizing cost. The student teams are provided a kit of bridge building

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Rogers; David Miller; Bruce Barna

simulation throughout the curriculum so that when startingsenior design, they have a good understanding of the benefits, limitations, and generalfunctionality of the process simulator. In practice, most students arrive in their senior designclasses without knowing how to use a simulator to help solve open-ended problems. In general,their experience has been with small, well-defined problems. To help alleviate this problem, ashort-term design project has been developed to teach the basics of process simulation within thecontext of analyzing an existing plant and suggesting process improvements. Specific goals ofthis project include (1) learn how to simulate a wide variety of unit operations, (2) learn benefitsand limitations of different

Conference Session

Hardware Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Amos L. Purdy; Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

equipment and processes. In the course, studentsinvestigated control algorithm design in detail and also discussed sensors, transducers, andinterfacing. Students used state-of-the-art design and troubleshooting tools to apply controltheory to a series of hands on laboratory exercises. In response to the alumnus request a team was formed to make the course, laboratoryexercises and the physical laboratory a reality. The team consisted of the faculty membercurrently teaching the industrial controls course, a graduate student who would be developing thelaboratory exercises for his graduate project, the alumnus, the department staff engineer and thedepartment senior technician who would plan and supervise the laboratory renovation andlaboratory

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University; Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-1234: INCORPORATING LABVIEW(R) IN JUNIOR ELECTRI-CAL ENGINEERING LABSBill Yang, Western Carolina University Dr. Yang is currently assistant professor at Western Carolina University. He holds Ph.D. degree in Elec- trical Engineering from Princeton University. Prior joining WCU he has worked more than 7 years at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technology, Inc. as Member of Technical Staff and Ciena Corp. as Principal Engineer, doing research in photonic networks and optoelectronics. His teaching interest focuses on the project-based learning (PBL) model of engineering education with self-directed learner as enhanced edu- cational outcome. His research area focuses on optoelectronics, semiconductor lasers and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine McComas, Cornell University; Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

achieve these goals, we have developed threeprimary activities: 1) providing SEI training and educational opportunities for NNIN users; 2)stimulating SEI research on NNIN users and technologies; and 3) disseminating the outcomes ofSEI research at NNIN and in the broader NSE and scientific community. Regarding the firstactivity, this presentation will discuss the type of training we do at each site to engage users inthinking about SEI issues related to nanotechnology. Regarding the second, the NNIN hasestablished a set of guidelines for investigators who want to initiate SEI research at one or moreof our sites. In 2010, NNIN had seven projects examining issues ranging from diversity toconflicts of interest among our users. Cross-cutting all three

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Lynn Sears; Jeffrey L. Beynon, Flour Bluff ISD; Raul C. Rivas, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Patrick L. Mills, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Page 25.308.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Teaching Topics and Modules based on Biofuels Technology from the Project Effects ofPretreatments for Grapefruit Processing Waste (GPW) Biomass on the rates of enzymatic hydrolysis for conversion to sugarsAbstractThe objective of this work was to develop and test an aspect of the utilization of citrus waste toenergy and bring this new knowledge into the classroom for secondary science education anddiscussion. A citrus waste based biorefinery has the potential to make the disposal process botheconomically and environmentally beneficial. This potential can be achieved by developing aprocess that is rapid, inexpensive, and productive

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education: Program Models

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie-Ann Miller LCSW, State University of New York, Stony Brook

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Community Engagement Division

keep the student in TechPREP involved in STEM education.STEM Tech engages 7-9th grade girls in STEM Clubs by providing an after schoolprogram in their communities. The pedagogy of both programs is deeply rooted inservice-learning. All of the projects the students do are generated from the interestand focus on the environment and the community in which they live. Theprograms are supported by multiple community organizations, networks andcorporate sponsors.WISE has many partnerships that support its programs. Each provides animportant function that lends to their success. To get a full understanding of themagnitude of the WISE partners I have listed and given a short description on ofhow they support the WISE, TechPREP and STEM Tech students.The

Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Risa Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-3 Similarly, RIT students working as lab instructors on-campus or participating inteaching activities off-campus report that they viewed teaching experience as a valuable part oftheir college careers.4 However, in order to teach, we must first prepare our students tocommunicate their ideas clearly.Within the mechanical engineering curriculum at RIT there has been past work done tostrengthen the communication abilities of engineering students. Namely, a team-basedpresentation project has evolved within an advanced thermodynamics course as a way tointroduce upper-level engineering students to an engineering outreach opportunity while alsostrengthening communication skills and deepening engineering knowledge.5-6 Formativeassessment results

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech; Christine Marie Fiori P.E., Virginia Tech; Kathleen M. Short, Virginia Tech

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College Industry Partnerships

teams in capital projects. This knowledge not only supports the selection of successfultactics for use in future projects, but also provides key information to rethink tactics that are notbeing widely diffused.Establishing a benchmark of the current status of sustainability-related construction innovationsis important not only for understanding which companies are using what practices and technolo-gies, but also why they are choosing to use them and how to design future practices and technol-ogies to be more successful. Benchmarking is a continuous process of measuring products, ser-vices, and practices against the toughest competitors or those recognized as industry leaders1.Benchmarking in the U.S. construction industry is usually conducted

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Ressler; Steven Schweitzer; Stephen Ressler

contribution to the development of the nation’s infrastructure.According to Grayson, “Of the engineering graduates engaged in public works before 1840, asizable fraction were West Point graduates, and at least 30 percent of them served as chiefengineers of important projects on railways, canals, docks, wharves, roads, and other non-military activities.” 1Today USMA is preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of its founding. As part of thecelebration, the Academy will commemorate its proud engineering heritage by conducting anationwide engineering design contest for K-12 students.The idea for the design contest originated with the Bicentennial Steering Group, a strategicplanning committee charged with organizing the entire West Point Bicentennial

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Brune; Elaine Chapman-Moore; Dave Wiese; Hulas King

GM’s Information Officer – Develop Product, and the General MotorsUniversity President. This council sets PACE’s strategic direction, reviews PACEaccomplishments, and assures adherence of the program to its mission.One of the representatives on this council provides a link to GM’s Global EngineeringLeadership Council, assuring that PACE expands globally to match the needs of GM’sbusiness.The PACE Steering Committee consists of representatives from all four companies as wellas PACE institutions. The Steering Committee makes recommendations on strategy,decisions concerning prioritization of deployment of the project, and determinations on allmanner of PACE business. The Steering Committee also forms the basis of the SelectionCommittee that

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raghu Echempati

forming scenarios.Initial feedback of the students taking these two classes supports this idea. This new proposal is stillin its discussion stage and the resulting outcomes of such integration if any, will be presented in afuture conference. This paper outlines the integration of some of the real forming technology in tothe virtual forming course. In addition, the evaluation and assessment tools developed for thiscourse will be addressed. Also, the results of some of the undergraduate/graduate student appliedresearch projects will be presented in more detail at the meeting, and the role of tool-based learningdiscussed. Due to the large size of the simulated computer graphics files, the detailed results willonly be presented at the conference

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Shiver; Elaine M. Cooney

Session 2526 Remote Control of a Robot Using LabVIEW and the World Wide Web Elaine Cooney, Anna Shiver Electrical Engineering Technology, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisIntroductionThis paper describes a prototype system to control a robot via the World Wide Web. The user isable to move the robot and view the results through a video camera. National Instruments’LabVIEW software is used to program the system.There are two major goals of this project. The first is to replace DOS based robot controllerswith modern

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Hrishikesh Potdar; Kurt Gramoll

, including K-12,industrial training and higher education. This paper focuses on the application of educationaltechnologies and the Internet for industrial engineering education. In particular, an online reviewsystem developed by the University of Oklahoma for the morning and afternoon session of theFundamental of Engineering Exam for Industrial Engineering is presented and demonstrated asan effective use of the these new electronic communications tools and networks. This workforms a part of the Fundamentals in Engineering Review project carried out by the University ofOklahoma. The online review is web-based and can be freely accessed over the Internet.Currently, all topics in the morning General Exam are completed and both the IndustrialEngineering

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl G. Boden

support of testing andintegration, coordination with DoD/NASA laboratories or universities for collaborative projects,and guides USNA Midshipmen through the DoD Space Experiment Review Board (SERB) flightselection process. The satellite development process is a multi-semester effort requiring the contributions ofMidshipmen from several consecutive graduating classes. Senior students in our AerospaceDesign course initiate the process in the spring semester with identification of the mission anddetermination of requirements, followed by development of the conceptual design. Students insubsequent classes will take the satellite through feasibility study, final design, construction,testing, and launch platform integration. Each spring

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Dava J. Newman; Amir R. Amir

reflect the realnature of the hands-on design element. The use of the World Wide Web (Web) was made an inte-gral part of the course. Utilizing the Web allows for more flexibility in teaching and learning thanconventional approaches [2]. Interactive courseware has been developed for almost every level ofengineering education. The most relevant materials are multi-media curricula developed to aug-ment hands-on design courses [3], [4]. Introduction to Aerospace and Design combines the new opportunity to interactively presentand disseminate curricula over the World Wide Web with a hands-on, lighter-than-air vehicledesign project to motivate and teach students about engineering. The Lectures encompass tradi-tional classroom presentations as well as

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. Mihir K. Das

has put a General Education course called “TotalQuality and Continuous Improvement” on the web. Many timely reminders such as importantdates, assignments, projects, class schedules and daily agenda are available for students to seeon the web. As a result, they are better prepared when they come to the classroom. Otherimportant features such as the grading policy, texts and bibliography, course outline, classsupplies, and student profiles are also displayed. Many web links to other websites and homepages on subjects of interests provide a very useful tool for research and, helping students gain abroader understanding of the subject matter. As a part of a set of exercises the students areencouraged to design their own web pages covering topics

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles H. Dowding; Joseph J. Biernacki

and cooperativeresearch experience needed to be successful in either industrial research and engineeringor academic positions. The experience focuses on civil engineering materials, although,the program recruits from all engineering and science disciplines as well as mathematics.Students may be placed with faculty mentors from their discipline or from anotherdepending on the project, the student’s background and the faculty's expertise andinterests. A typical three student/three faculty team may consist of two civil engineers, achemical engineer, an environmental engineer, a structural engineer and a geotechnicalengineer, creating a truly interdisciplinary working group. This program incorporatesalternative team structures that represent the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Don McMurchie

metallographic specimen examination. Other classes that may benefit from this type ofexamination would be senior projects and group projects. In these classes, perhaps not every projectwould require metallographic examination, however many of these projects would be greatlyenhanced by doing so.Nearly every lab would benefit from technical photography support. From Oregon Institute ofTechnology's manufacturing engineering technology program, the following list has been identifiedas benefitting from technical photographic support: Manufacturing Analysis and Planning Geometric Dimensioning and tolerancing/Metrology Page 2.22.3 Tool

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Marc A. Mesmer; Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

are introduced to the designprocess, by being part of a 3-5 member team that completes a 10 week design project. Inaddition to introducing the design process, the course develops studentsÕ computing skills andcommunication skills, with an emphasis on team work and writing. During the first 4 weeks ofthe semester, an hour a week is spent on team building skills. A description of the labs forbuilding team work skills can be found in [2]. During the fifth week of the semester, the designproject and the design teams are assigned.Three weeks into the project, each student is required to fill out a form, evaluating the strengthsand possible areas for improvement for the team and all team members (including him or herself).The student and the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

are being met and if students haveacquired identified skills.In 1994, a partnership of universities - called the Manufacturing Engineering EducationPartnership (MEEP) - initiated the design and implementation of a novel undergraduatemanufacturing program, better known as the Learning Factory1,2. This paper describes howMEEP designed the assessment strategy to evaluate the curricular innovation project outcomes,and presents some of the assessment instruments/tools designed. The tools developed, some incollaboration with industrial partners, were utilized for assessing overall and specificqualitative aspects of the program as well as student performance (e.g., teamwork skills andoral presentation/written skills). A total of 9 assessment

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

are being met and if students haveacquired identified skills.In 1994, a partnership of universities - called the Manufacturing Engineering EducationPartnership (MEEP) - initiated the design and implementation of a novel undergraduatemanufacturing program, better known as the Learning Factory1,2. This paper describes howMEEP designed the assessment strategy to evaluate the curricular innovation project outcomes,and presents some of the assessment instruments/tools designed. The tools developed, some incollaboration with industrial partners, were utilized for assessing overall and specificqualitative aspects of the program as well as student performance (e.g., teamwork skills andoral presentation/written skills). A total of 9 assessment

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Huff

between FOPsand other documents in a module.The Computer Presentations, which utilize PowerPoint, lead Instructors through their classroomwork and are closely tied to the Instructor Guides. Many of the graphics and pictures included inthe Guides and Workbooks are include in the Computer Presentations. As with the Computer-Based Training, many of the pictures transform into video clips.SummaryThe NAQTC project is a leading example of several regional quality assurance programsundertaken by state transportation agencies in the United States. The synergy created by thealliance has resulted in a higher quality and more cost-effective program than the agencies could

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 27

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, University of Georgia; Daniel Bayah, University of Georgia; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University ; Scott R Bartholomew, Brigham Young University; Scott Thorne, Purdue University ; Wonki Lee, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

capacity of researchers and practitioners to measure design thinking. Specifically,this project investigates the potential development of design thinking mindset among secondarystudents by appraising the validity of an existing design thinking mindset survey when used inthe secondary-education context. Despite its importance, design thinking is invisible like otherforms of cognition, presenting difficulty when monitoring students’ development as designthinkers. Dosi et al. (2018) worked on measuring design thinking mindset resulting in a 71-iteminstrument to assess design thinking mindset based on 22 constructs. Our ongoing researchinvolves design thinking mindset and we had interest in the questionnaire. However, differencesbetween the present

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jin Ryu; Erika Saur

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-Methods Study of Statistical Thinking in Engineering PracticeProject OverviewThis short report gives an update on the NSF-supported project “ERI: Towards Data-CapableEngineers with a Variability-Capable Mindset” (Grant No. 2138463).Statistical variability is an important phenomenon to consider for safe engineering design.However, variability is under-emphasized in engineering education, and it is unknown to whatdegree variability is considered in engineering practice. Our project seeks to understand howpracticing engineers respond to statistical variability, and to use these observations to improveundergraduate engineering education.Recent WorkOur work has better characterized the consideration of variability in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra McCall, Utah State University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Vanessa Tran, Utah State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Group.Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University Gabriel Van Dyke is a Graduate Student and Research Assistant in the Engineering Education Department at Utah State University. His current research interests are engineering culture and applying cognitive load theory in the engineering classroom. He is currently working on an NSF project attempting to improve dissemination of student narratives using innovative audio approaches. Gabe has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University (USU).Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University Maimuna Begum Kali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Engineering and Computing Education program at the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; Wendy Robicheau

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

it for use in their ownclassrooms. To accomplish this, the workshop instructors provide participants with all thecomponents of the desktop trainers from metal bases to all electrical and mechanical parts.Participants go step-by-step through the process of assembling the trainers as their studentswould do including troubleshooting any issues. Each trainer works independently, but all four beattached to create Finally, participants are provided with the curriculum that corresponds to thecourse.Results of expanding professional development workshops to a national modelThe NCNGM began its partnership with the iMEC 2.0 project by hosting an eight-hour Conceptsof Electronics Workshop at the High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HI-TEC) in

Conference Session

Safety and Sustainability in the ChE Classroom

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather L. Walker, University of Arkansas ; Edgar C Clausen, University of Arkansas

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

include foundational sustainability principles, corporateenvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting, decarbonization, sustainability inmaterials, life cycle assessment (LCA), renewable energy, and sustainable engineering designprinciples. In addition, students participate in three lab components—two experiments and onedemonstration—exploring alternative energy sources including the production of H2 fuel, solarpower, and polymer pyrolysis to fuel oil. Student learning is assessed through reflection papers atthe end of each unit, two lab reports, and a group project at the end of the semester. A newcourse in LCA will be taught in the department in Spring 2024 to supplement the sustainabilitycurriculum.The Introduction to Sustainable