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Programs That Serve Industry and Academia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Baldwin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; John Ludwick, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kevin Marshall, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Continuing Professional Development

Promotion and shared a Potluck Gold BDA for the SIGGRAPH short "Road to San Antone," which he storyboarded. As an independent project, John designed, directed and animated the short "Baguira." a depiction of one minute in a house cat's life was shown in Brazil's 2003 Anima Mundi festival. He's been published in SIGGRAPH and the The World Congress on Communication and Arts, giving analyses of Educational Animation and Design.Kevin Marshall, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Kevin Marshall currently splits his time between Director of Computer Graphics Technology for the Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, IUPUI and running his own interactive media company, Rocket

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daphene Koch, Purdue University

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Construction

AC 2009-721: RESEARCH GRANTS TO BUILD LABS: ASAMPLE--MECHANICAL BUILDING SYSTEMS LAB (MECHBUILD LAB)Daphene Koch, Purdue University Page 14.1028.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Research grants to build labs: Mechanical Building Systems Lab (MechBuild Lab)AbstractAs the requirement faculty to develop research increases, create projects with funding potentialare needed. One faculty member developed a grant to support the development of a MechanicalBuilding Systems Lab (MechBuild Lab). This lab will to serve an accredited four-year Bachelorof Science program in Construction Management. Students learning in this lab will

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oscar Nespoli, University of Waterloo; William Owen, University of Waterloo; Colin Campbell, University of Waterloo; Steve Lambert, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering Education, 2009 Engineering Case Study Implementation: Observations, Results and PerspectivesAbstractWaterloo Cases in Design Engineering (WCDE) at the University of Waterloo (UW) is a newprogram to enhance design education through the development and implementation of designcases from student co-op work term and capstone project reports.This paper summarizes the results of an implementation of the same engineering design casegiven to three separate engineering classes during the same academic term. The engineeringdesign case was written from a student capstone design project report, and was developed tohighlight the engineering design process. The case was developed as a so called

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Loutfallah Georges Chedid, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

since 2000, where he has been teaching in the areas of electronics and biomedical systems engineering, including design courses. He has conducted research, with publications, in biomedical engineering in the areas of biomechanics, bioelectricity, and biomedical imaging, since 1992. Other research interests include renewable energy, optical fiber communications, and project-based multidisciplinary education.Loutfallah Georges Chedid, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor LOUTFALLAH GEORGES CHEDID, Ph.D., Ed.M. Wentworth Institute of Technology Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Department Boston, MA 02115 USA Email: chedidl@wit.edu Telephone: 617 989 4158

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Albert Soto, Texas A&M University; Daniel Brown, Cornell University; Mason Peck, Cornell University

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Aerospace

AllianceSummer Research Early Identification Program and has conducted this research with the otherauthors and student groups at Cornell. This project has been a successful fusion of research withUndergraduate-, Masters-, and PhD-level students.Operating Principles, Theory, and MotivationActuator Design An actuator is an object which induces motion onto another connected object. A drivedesign is the specific design of the actuator. CMGs and joint motors are both actuators. Becauseof their space-flight histories, they are the focus of this project. Direct drives are the conventional actuators for robotic arm joints in space due to theirextensive use on Earth-bound robots. Joint motors are simple in concept and design, socontrolling and

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn S Jordan, Purdue University; Nielsen Pereira, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

EngineersAbstract Hands-on learning experiences and interactive learning environments can be effective inteaching K-12 students. Design, in essence, is an interactive, hands-on experience. Engineeringdesign can be taught in the classroom using innovative hands-on projects, such as designing andbuilding serve to teach design, promote creativity, and provide opportunities for hands-onproblem solving, in addition to giving students experience working in cooperative teams. In turn,these experiences could encourage students to consider future careers in engineering and science. This paper explores findings from data collected during the authors’ recent experienceteaching a group of fifteen 4th – 6th grade students enrolled in a 6-week Saturday

Conference Session

First-Year Advising and Transition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Lynnwood Brown, WikiRing Partnership; Michael McDonald, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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First-Year Programs

to a variety of criteria, including learningobjectives, tags, and resource type. In this way, instructors can easily find resources that matchthe particular requirements of their course, as well as make it easy to contribute materials thatcan be readily located by other instructors. Instructional resources include homework problemsand solutions, lecture slides, videos, project descriptions, and discussion and help topics. Thesite has been initially seeded with materials to accompany a commercially-published textbook1,but both the publisher and the author have agreed to make the site available to any confirmedinstructor of an introductory engineering course, independent of whether or not they adopt thetextbook for use at their school.The

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Ekenseair, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Bayer, University of Texas, Austin; Margaret Phillips, University of Texas, Austin

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Chemical Engineering

working with Dr. Nicholas Peppas to develop carbohydrate-decorated hydrogels for oral protein delivery. She is currently serving a two year term as the National Student President of the Society For Biomaterials. Page 14.685.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Impact of Integration of Undergraduate Students in an Engineering Research Laboratory: A Case StudyAbstractParticipation in undergraduate research projects in engineering can result in lasting benefits forthe education and careers of both the undergraduate students and their graduate student mentorsand supervising professors. This

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ehsan Sheybani; Singli Garcia-Otero; Keith Williamson

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Electrical and Computer

lessons learned andinnovative approaches in the new ABET accreditation process at VSU∀in this first visit arepresented.Capstone Senior Design Course:Capstone senior design experience is both a graduation requirement for undergraduateengineering majors and for ABET accreditation of these programs. A senior design course istypically the last bridge for students between undergraduate education and the engineeringprofession in their respective disciplines. The course differs from other lecture and laboratorybased courses in the engineering curriculum in fundamental ways. Many capstone senior designcourses include lectures to develop students’ knowledge of the product development process,project management, professional engineering practice, and the

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Strife, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

for group discussion and consultation on this floorand expect it to be a more active floor. The carpet on the first floor is the most worn and in needof replacement. This is where this process began. Since the Provost was responsible for thechoice of carpet in 1999, we needed his support and approval to have the carpet replaced. Withhis consent, all was on target for replacement over Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks in 2006.Enter the concept of an information commons with flexible learning spaces and the opportunityto reclaim space in our building from Academic Information Services (AIS), and the process wassuspended. Carpet replacement had not required an approved plan. The anticipated changes inthe project required that we submit a plan to

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raju Dandu, Kansas State University, Salina

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Engineering Technology

management experience in establishing andimplementing major project activities. Further, the paper discusses how these activitiesbroadened and enhanced the educational, professional, and personal skills of students.IntroductionKansas State University’s Engineering Technology (ET) programs are receiving far moreemployer requests for graduating students than students available to fill the need. This is notmerely a local trend. The National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council(2005) confirms that domestic supply of qualified workers is not keeping up with the skilldemands in fields that require strong backgrounds in science, technology, engineering andmathematics. To address the shortage, in 1999, the NSF approved a new program

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; David Torick, University of Pittsburgh; Joe Marriott, University of Pittsburgh; Amy Landis, University of Pittsburgh

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Design in Engineering Education

. During the course, students will interact with two different local partners where theylearn about the organization and discuss potential DfE challenges with the partner through a fieldtrip to the partners’ facilities and a lab experience developed with the partner. The field trip willbe utilized to introduce students to the organization and to brainstorm potential projects with theorganization.Multidisciplinary E-Teams will be assembled (approximately 3 to 4 students per team) from theclass members; the E-Teams will be challenged to identify a sustainability-related problem withone of the industry/organization partners and to propose a DfE solution that is both practical andsustainable. Throughout the semester, the teams will develop a plan and

Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

addition, ASU transfer students are available at the METS Center for mentoringthe new transfer students either informally or formally.Many of the communities across the state of Arizona have a high proportion of Hispanics and arein or near Native American reservations, therefore providing the CCs with the opportunity torecruit from a diverse community of students. The project includes four steps. First, high schoolstudents and their parents are invited to engineering events at the local community college, co-sponsored by ASU. Secondly, after the community colleges’ recruitment efforts, the engineeringstudents need to be encouraged and hear again about engineering from a career standpoint atevents and in classrooms on their CC campuses. Through

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1996 Annual Conference

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Susan Anderson; Ray Chen; Meg Karakekes; Jim Moharam

Dual-use & End-to-end System Testing Industrial Technology Institute (Michigan) Optical Metrology and Durable Goods University of Connecticut Laser Materials Processing The University of Texas at Austin Semiconductor The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) (NAPEM is partially funded through a federal Technology Reinvestment Project grant.) Additionally, each regional program recruits a Curriculum Advisory Board. NAPEM unites thestrengths of a professional society, educators, engineering managers, engineers, and human resource personnelin designing, implementing, and evaluating experimental continuing education programs

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1996 Annual Conference

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Brian A. Alenskis

challenging for a small staff that also processes admissions, registration,financial aid, purchase requisitions, budgets and adjunct contracts. Although Purdue University technology degrees have been available for over twenty-five years inRichmond, the programs have remained relatively unknown. Local high school graduates routinely overlooknearby higher education; often leaving the area to enroll in similar programs. Non-traditional and underpreparedstudents do not learn of the opportunities to succeed at Purdue’s technology site. To address this challenge, we devised a marketing project with three goals: ● Increase program awareness with high school students, parents, advisors, teachers, administrators and the community

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1996 Annual Conference

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Gordon W. Couturier

V13NTANA’s 3GroupSystems and LOTUS Notes) to assist in the collaborative efforts of a systems analysis and designclass. In additio~ cooperative learning techniques were employed to encourage and enhance thecollaborative tools. In the following, the results of this endeavor are related along with problemsencountered on the way.CASWGROUPWARE APPLICATIONS: During the fall semester of 1995, the CASE tool and cooperativelearning techniques were used to successfidly analyze and model five team projects in a Systems Analysis &Design class of twenty students: 1. Student/advisor access @student records over school’s H This system would allow a student and/or advisor to sit down at a terminal connected to the university’s LAN

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1996 Annual Conference

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Mohammad H. Ahmadian

systematically analyze,troubleshoot, or even design various circuits in an orderly and effective manner. Most electronics courses taught these days are organized around what is called lecture-and-lab structure.This structure typically uses lectures on subject matter and is supplemented by laboratory experience. Inaddition to familiarizing the students with the type of equipment that he or she will use in industry, theexperiments are also designed to verify or prove out the theoretical concepts discussed in the classroom. Veryoften this experimenting in the lab is the only hands-on experience the electronics students are likely to get.Students do not ordinarily build permanent, working prototype projects. If the laboratory experiments are

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1996 Annual Conference

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Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto; Carol L. O'Loughlin

professional- quality design.4. It must include industrial linkages so that students will be exposed to the industrial world early in the curriculum.5. It must integrate principles of cooperative learning.6. It must include material of an interdisciplinary nature.7. It must be pedagogically sound. 1 This project is partially funded by FIPSE grant #Pl16A-50067 Page 1.24.1 ?$ihj 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..+,El#l,: ‘ 1

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1996 Annual Conference

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Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Peggy Fussell; Manuel Aroz; EIT, Maria Reyes; Catherine R. Cosgrove; Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

panels for a "Discussion of Engineering Majors" and a "Discussion of AppliedSciences Majors." Other sessions conducted during the week were: "Accessing the Internet and E-Mail,""Project Management for the Engineering and Applied Sciences Majors," "Time Management for theEngineering and Applied Sciences," "Cornell Notes for the Engineering and Applied Sciences Student," and"CEAS Student Leaders and Involvement." On Saturday two specialized workshops were held. An underrepresented minority student workshop,sponsored by the CEAS Office of Minority Engineering Programs, included returning students as well as thenewly admitted. The event used the assistance of members of the student minority engineering organizations.A workshop for newly

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1996 Annual Conference

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Steven H. Chin; MaryJac Reed; Ardoth Hassler

). As part of this initiative, CUA iscurrently funded by the National Science Foundation on a 4 year project called "The Connections Program".Through this program, the affiliated high schools have access to the computing facilities of the University. Thisincludes Internet access, use of CUA's scientific applications (e.g., math and science related applications such asMatlab and Mathematica), and on-line library catalog access. A crucial part of the project is multi-tieredtraining. An ethics statement and fair usage policy has been drafted to ensure that the provided resources willbe used in the appropriate fashion.I. Introduction Connecting our schools, colleges, and companies to the Information Superhighway may be the singlemost

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela A. Hayward

presentation in an engineering course. Although the project that the student is presenting may be well-designed, pmr presentational skills can detract from his/her engineering expertise and hurt his/hercredibility in the course. The student is placed in a no-win situation. His/her project grade hinges onhis/her ability to make an effective oral presentation, however the student has been given no formalinstruction in the necessary skills. In an attempt to rectify this no-win situation for students in a senior-level electrical engineeringcourse at a Midwestern university, a team of instructors in the speech communication department wasapproached to develop a public speaking workshop. The challenge for this workshop team was to condensewhat would

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell A. Aubrey; Dennis O. Owen; Jack Beasley

facilitate articulation agreements with post secondary institutions. The ideal program should provide a seamless transition for students from high school to the university to industry. This paper describes interactive, hands-on activities involved in a model Tech Prep collaboration currently under way at the Purdue University Programs Site in Anderson. The program began in the Fall of 1994 with twenty-two freshman students visiting the campus hi-monthly to participate in technology related activities. This fall it will continue with these twenty-two students as sophomores and thirty-seven entering freshmen. The methodology of Purdue’s participation is presented and evaluated. Specific student technology projects that

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1996 Annual Conference

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Mohamad Qatu; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

teaching method of instruction. Thispaper discusses the rationale for team teaching and presents three models based on current team-taughtcourses at Lake Superior State University. The discussion then contrasts the effectiveness of the team-teaching method in each model. The authors conclude that team teaching requires additional coordinationand communication between faculty that is time consuming, but that team taught courses are rewarding forboth the students and the faculty. Introduction The recent development of courses that integrate a number of disciplines and project-based courseshas created a need to use the special skills of multiple instructors. This need for multiple instructors

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1996 Annual Conference

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R. Bryan Greenway; Qiyi G. Zhang

, thechallenge of OACS and basic concepts of an OACS as well as its development and perspectives are discussed.In Section three, the research work on OAS conducted at the KU CIM lab are summarized. Projects thatinvolve using of OACS in engineering education are introduced in Section four. Finally, Section five gives thediscussion and conclusion. Page 1.497.1 \... jyc,,

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1997 Annual Conference

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N. Yu; Peter K. Liaw

Laboratory(ORNL) and industrial companies, such as DuPont, 3M/Delta G, B. F. Goodrich, Amercom,Refractory Composites and B. P. Chemicals Ltd. The CFCCs are being recognized as necessaryfor high-temperature structural applications. The pertinent applications include heat exchangers,combustors, hot gas filters and boiler components in power generation systems, and first wallsand high heat flux surfaces in fusion reactors. The technology for fabrication, characterization,modeling, design, and applications of ceramic composites is of crucial importance for improvingU.S. industrial competitiveness in the worldwide market. A three-year project on "Ceramic Matrix Composites - A Combined Research-CurriculumDevelopment (CRCD) Program" has been supported

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1997 Annual Conference

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Ronald W. Smith; Robert Bowman; Carole M. Mablekos

coalition devoted to Page 2.110.1manufacturing education and training, PRIDE consists of Drexel University, Camden CountyCollege, Delaware County Community College and Community College of Philadelphia, theU.S. Navy, and local Government. To establish the project, the consortium received a $2-million, 3-year grant from ARPA's Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP), with participatingorganizations providing a match of another $2 million--for a total $4-million effort. Over itsfirst three years, this partnership has sought to lower the barriers to improved work forceeducation, without sacrificing standards. The project's mission focused on educating

Conference Session

Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Hernandez, Michigan Technological University; Stanley Vitton, Michigan Technological University

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Civil Engineering

(L3) 6. Risk and Uncertainty (L3) 7. Project Management (L3) 8. Communication (L4) 9. Leadership (L3) 10. Teamwork (L3) 11. Attitudes (L2) 12. Professional & Ethical Responsibility (L2)This structure utilizes the cognitive domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy to enable students whocomprehend the fundamental concepts of soil mechanics. Each laboratory workshop will guidestudents through the cycle of learning by starting at stage 1, knowledge, where students begin toexplore the concepts of the topic and building up to stage 6, evaluation, where students are ableto grasp the larger picture by being able to communicate what

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University; Ronald Way, El Camino College; Bradley Harriger, Purdue University; Buford Pringle, Butler Community College; Scott Schaffer, Purdue University

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Aerospace

easier and more uniform throughout aerospace schools. It is clear thata tradeoff exits: too much modularization suggests lack of cohesion; the reverse suggests lack offlexibility. The modules’ development is still in the formative stages with a focus on validatingthem within a variety of academic contexts. The next phase of activity may involve movementtoward certification which would require more curricular cohesion and moving beyond pre-postcriterion-referenced testing to standardized tests.IntroductionThis work is being funded by a National Science Foundation grant entitled “AdvancedAerospace Manufacturing Education Project” (NSF Award #0603221).The aerospacemanufacturing industry is undergoing radical change .These changes are being driven

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Alfrey, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Educational Research and Methods

theassignments to practice critical thinking will also be complex. According to theliterature3, most assignments take one of two forms: reflective writing or solving open- Page 14.444.3ended problems. Since this project focuses on critical thinking in engineering andtechnology, solving open ended problems is a natural fit: problem solving is an objectiveof all accredited engineering and technology programs6,7. Many programs and coursesrequire some type of design or project that asks students to define a problem, posepossible solutions, select the “best” solution, then implement and test their solution.These types of projects may be done in a group or

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to enrich teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including design and development, faculty training, learner support, and evaluation. Contact k.schmidt@mail.utexas.eduRichard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin Dr. RICHARD H. CRAWFORD is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his BSME from Louisiana State University in 1982, and his MSME in 1985 and Ph.D. in 1989, both from Purdue University. He teaches courses in mechanical engineering design and geometric