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Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Utilize Simplify Lectures Discussion & Study Groups Audio-Visual Aids & Demonstrations Laboratory & Practice Cooperative Learning LEARNING PYRAMID Approve Assessment Assignment Select W.S.U. Continuous Rubric Improvement Procedure Summarize and Analyze Draw Significant Followed by DataConclusions the Author

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Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Kaushik Das, Texas A&M University, College Station; Stephen Oehler, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

courses can be beneficial in promoting understanding of engineeringprocesses of design and modeling and the roles of science and mathematics in engineering.These initial courses allow for students to gradually become accustomed to science andmathematics concepts in a task-oriented environment.2 In this way, projects motivate and guidethe course content rather than simply supplement the subject matter. Courses in which first-yearengineering students connect practical and technical applications with the standard curriculashow good indications of having a significant impact on student retention rates.3 Similarly,conversion of introductory engineering lecture courses into laboratory classes has had a positiveeffect in further generating student

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meg Krudysz, City College of New York; Ann Wittig P.E., City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

mapping courses and studentactivities to student outcomes3 and then selecting examples of student work in these courses oractivities. Direct evidence includes student work such as homework, laboratory reports,examinations, quizzes, and projects. These are graded, and in some cases evaluated usingrubrics, which define and describe the important components of the work and provide a moredetailed way to measure student outcomes4. Indirect evidence includes students’ self-assessmentof their learning using instruments such as survey. The scores students receive on their work orself-report on surveys are then related to a single numerical range with a threshold value that isconsidered to demonstrate achievement of the SO. Finally, the average cohort

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Mark Chrimes, Institution of Civil Engineers

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Engineering Libraries

laboratories – BuildingResearch (BRE), Road Research (now TRL) , Water Pollution Research (Now WRc). Thelatter bodies had considerably more resources than ICE. A little later the Ministry of PublicBuildings and Works, later the Property Services Agency (PSA), introduced ConstructionReferences. All of the above services developed online versions – INSPEC, BRIX, IRRD,Aqualine. BRE and PSA later briefly contributed to ICONDA. ICE briefly entered the frayagain with ICE Abstracts in the 1970s. The competition remained stiff and poor financialreturns led to its sale. It survives as International civil engineering abstracts published byEmerald.The Library also came under internal pressure within ICE. As other functions expanded itsspace was challenged. The

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Society for Engineering Education. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education.3. Sorby, S.A., Monte, A.E., and Hein, G.L. 2001. Implementing a Common First Year Engineering Program at Michigan Tech. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education.4. MATLAB, MATrix LABoratory is a trademark of The Mathworks, Inc., Natick Massachusetts.5. Bowen, J.D. 2003. Using a Hands-On, Project-Based Approach to Introduce Civil Engineering to Freshmen. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education6. Bowen, J.D. 2003. An

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Hardware Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alisa N. Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jose M. Santos, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Aaron Joseph Mills, Iowa State University

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Computers in Education

, 2008. Accessed on January 21, 2009 from http://www.ceen.unomaha.edu/TekBots/SPIRIT2/Reports/. 5. Heer, R.L., Traylor, T.T., Fiez, T.S. “Enhancing the Freshman and Sophomore ECE Student Experience Using a Platform for Learning. IEEE Transactions on Education”, 46(4), November 2003. 6. Smith, A., Heer D., Traylor, T., Fiez, T.S. “A Custom Microcontroller System used as a platform for learning in ECE”, ASEE 2004 7. Liu, Y. “From Handy Board to VEX: The Evolution of a Junior-Level Robotics Laboratory Course”, ASEE 2009. 8. Berry, C. “Mobile Robotics: A Tool for Application-Based Integration of Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Concepts and Research”, ASEE 2010

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jimmy Bill Linn, East Carolina University; Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University; Janet Hooper Sanders, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

wasimportant to understand the social structure of science, technology, engineering and mathematicsin order to understand the need and best fit for the new BS-IET program for the Eastern NorthCarolina region. Several years back, students wanting to pursue higher education aftermatriculation had only 3 choices: 1) Choice 1 was to pursue an option from among the pure sciences, such as physics, chemistry, or biology. These majors in the present context are only appropriate for people interested in pursuing additional degrees, laboratory research, or careers in education. 2) Choice 2 involved selection from among the engineering science majors like civil engineering, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering. Engineering

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Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Macho, Buffalo State College; Su Wang, China National Institute for Educational Research

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2011-2044: DESIGN AS A METHOD OF INSTRUCTION IN CHINASteve Macho, Buffalo State College Steve Macho is currently an Assistant Professor of Technology Education for SUNY at Buffalo State College. He completed a BS at St Cloud State University, and M.A. & Ed.D. in Technology Education at West Virginia University. Steve is a Minnesota farm boy who has been involved in technology his entire life. He has worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico Highlands University, and on various grants funded by the US Department of Education, NASA, and Microsoft. He became a member of the Oxford Roundtable in 2008 and presented at the roundtable again in 2010. Dr Macho recently began to collaborate with the

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

(Ruth) Jill Urbanic, University of Windsor; Susan S. Sawyer-Beaulieu, University of Windsor

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Design in Engineering Education

] EU (European Union), 2000. “Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September”, 2000 on End-of-Life Vehicles, 9 pp.[6] Sawyer-Beaulieu, S., 2009. “Gate-to-Gate Life Cycle Inventory Assessment of North American End-of- Life Vehicle Management Processes”, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.[7] Platts, K.W., 2004. “Developing knowledge and skills in engineers: a learning laboratory Education and Training”, Vol. 46, No .4, pp. 206-213. Page 22.483.9Appendix Table 4 Example of printed work instructions (10 pgs in length) for a parts assembly used for

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Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University; Steven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University; James Nelson, Brigham Young University; A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2011-484: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENTMS OPTION COUPLED WITH UNDERGRADUATE CULMINATING DE-SIGNDr. Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young UniversitySteven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University Steven E. Benzley obtained BES and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 1966 and 1967, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of California. He was a member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories. Since 1980 he has been on the faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University. He has also served as Associate Dean of the BYU College of Engineering and Technology, Associate Dean of BYU Honors and General Education, and is currently the chair

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Nanette Veilleux

Interpretation Laboratory. Her current research focuses on statisticalmodels of speech and language. In addition, she teaches traditional freshman in the Science and EngineeringProgram and non-traditional adult graduate students at the Metropolitan College. Dr. Veilleux chairs the AcademicPolicy Committee at the Metropolitan College, originators of a college-wide review of grading policies andpractices. Course material is posted on Dr. Veilleux’s Web site: http://metcs.bu.edu/~nmv Page 4.100.11

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1999 Annual Conference

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Bernd S. W. Schroeder; Jenna Carpenter

, as different representations occur naturally in different fields.2) In the first physics course the concept of the derivative is reviewed and its interpretation as obtaining the velocity from position data is deepened. The definite integral is presented parallel to the first physics course and the recovery of position data from velocity data is a common topic. The idea of summing large numbers of infinitesimal quantities is ever- present in the physics class. Students thus obtain a deeper understanding of the methods and applications single-variable calculus.3) The presentation of statistics early in the sophomore year supports the evaluation of experimental data in the laboratory components of the ENGR220-222 classes. Students

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Deborah B. Kaufman; Hugh Fuller; Richard M. Felder

tasks (e.g. homework assignments, laboratory experiments, or design projects) underconditions that meet five criteria: positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, appropriate use of collaborative skills, and regular self-assessment of teamfunctioning. Many studies have shown that when correctly implemented, cooperative learningimproves information acquisition and retention, higher-level thinking skills, interpersonal andcommunication skills, and self-confidence (Johnson, Johnson, and Smith, 1998).Holding each student individually accountable for work done in a team setting is a cornerstoneof cooperative learning. One way to meet this goal is to adjust team project grades for all teammembers according to how

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Yousry S. El-Gamal; Sherif M. Tawfik; Abd-Elhamid Elmaghrabi

files issimilar to the Perl code that has been used in loading the main chapter HTML file. Onthe other hand, the next Perl code depicts the operation of creating the Web page forthe selection item for one student. This page contains two-entry selection field. Thefirst is a selection field that contains all the e-mail address for all students registeredin the course. The second is the item selection for the information that the instructorcan activate.6. Testing the SystemSeveral tests have been carried out to examine the functionality of the systemcomponents using special set-up in a computer lab as follows:6.1 ConfigurationThe system has been implemented and run in a computer laboratory in the College ofEngineering at AAST. The lab contains 10

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil D. Opfer; John Gambatese

. Both the University andthe College are undergoing tremendous growth, adding significant numbers of students andfaculty each year. These resources were expected to play a key role in getting the graduateprograms started.Obtaining funding and resources for the program was a key issue in the development of theprogram. Functioning graduate programs can be quite costly with required support for facultytime, space, graduate student support, laboratory needs, and computer acquisition. The graduateconstruction program as proposed was based primarily on existing in-house resources with onlyminimal requirements for additional resources. Requesting funding can be a very real dilemma.One strategy is to ask for significant resources but risk not gaining

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Bryden

programs, undergraduate research assistants in traditional researchprograms, laboratory assistants, undergraduate teaching assistants, undergraduate graders, and ahost of other opportunities. The common bond between these experiences is developing apersonal connection between the professor and the student and enabling the student to participateas a stakeholder in their education. The student still does the class work, still gains a strongfoundation in the fundamentals of engineering, but the classroom experience is supplementedand strengthened by working directly with a professor implementing one or more aspects ofher/his education. Rather than regarding these experiences as “extra-curricular” activities, theseactivities should be regarded as “off

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan W. Scott; M. A. Mannan; H. P. Lee; Brian J. Stone; A. Y. C. Nee

then nearly 300 students will come knocking on your door.In the event the server was equally reliable for both courses and this was not a cause forconcern. Notes on the WWW were available to both classes. Significant use was made ofanimation programs in the lectures.The students at UWA had access to a laboratory with 128 Macintosh machines of which 64were booked for the times when a human tutor was in attendance. At NUS there was a roomwith 40 pc’s available for the equivalent session. The computer software was diagnostic in thatif students entered an incorrect answer the computer would sometimes be able to offer adviceon what had been done wrong. It should be noted that each student had a different set ofnumerical values for the parameters in

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Tze-Leong Yew; Kian-Huat Tan; Kurt C. Gramoll

, companies, research laboratories, homes and government offices.The World Wide Web is the graphical user interface to the Internet. One can access theInternet using a wide variety of applications; the most common of which are the Webbrowsers.The amount of data that can be transmitted increases as the bandwidth of the Internetgrows. This allows for more 3D-model visualization over the Internet that can be CPUintensive in addition to accommodating large file sizes. For example, even in VRML, acommon 3D file format for web use, the files are generally designed to be small but eventhese files can quickly become complex when trying to realistically model an actualobject or system. Thus, it is expected that the increase in bandwidth will be offset bymore

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorraine Holub; G.V. Loganathan; Craig Moore; Bill Greenberg

provided with a complete set ofnotes on the experiment to be performed. The ESP instructors also assign problems emphasizingthe current experiment. Each laboratory session entails the following elements.MotivationA faculty member presents a 5-minute clear exposition of the application of the experiment(beam) in real life with a set of visual aids. The role of geometrical and material properties isthen introduced. With the aid of Figure 1, the question to ask is “Which beam will bend more?” 1 ton load Large diameter beam Small diameter beam Figure 1. Role of GeometryAfter receiving a response from the students, it is revealed that the large

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Claire Hill; Gulcin Cribb; David Radcliffe

engineering, petroleum andoffshore engineering, mining engineering, minerals processing and metallurgical engineeringThe types of materials included in AVEL are:- engineering publications, databases, researchprojects, theses, technical reports, electronic journals, pre-prints, technical data, physicalproperty data, software, patents, standards, directories, conferences, online teaching modules,product information, companies, research centres and laboratories, educational institutions,professional associations and societies, government departments, newsgroups, links to librarycatalogues, links to document delivery services, links to printed resourcesThe subject area(s) used to describe each resource in AVEL is selected from a controlledthesaurus. The

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael T. Hertz; Luna P. Magpilli; Michael E. Gorman

letter explaining the research project thatwas beginning at Monsanto. Rogers threw the letter in the garbage, but after some prompting from hiswife, he called Jaworski back and was soon part of the team. The final member of the team, Robert Horsch, was looking for a research career. He was doingpost doc research at the University of Saskatchewan. Researchers suggested contacting Jaworski becausehe had connection to University and supported its programs. Jaworski’s group was first temporarily housed in the new biotechnology laboratories on the fourthfloor of “U” Building at Creve Coeur campus in 1981. In the same year his group started with 36 members.Later, they increased to more than 100 people housed in a $150 million modern

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Dianne Martin; Edmund Tsang; Rand Decker

Education," in Service-Learning in HigherEducation, edited by B. Jacoby and Associates, Jossey-Bass Press, p. 1. 2. Learn & Serve America: Higher Education Program Application Guidelines (1995). 3. "Engineering Education for a Changing World" (1994). A Joint Report by the Engineering DeansCouncil and Corporate Roundtable of theAmerican Society for Engineering Education. 4. Hart, D., Engerer, B., and Goodman, D. (1994). "A Coordinated Freshman Engineering Program,"ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, p. 2314-8. 5. Kozick, R.J. (1994). "Electrical Engineering Laboratory for First-Year and Non-Engineering Students,"Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Jose, p. 63. 6. Gerbec, D.E

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry W. Samples

Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, aSenior Research Associate at Cornell University, and an Assistant Professor at the University of MassachusettsLowell. He has taught a wide variety of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.COLONEL THOMAS A. LENOX is a Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Civil EngineeringProgram at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He is very active in ASEE -- Chair-Elect of the CivilEngineering Division and Chair-Elect of the Middle-Atlantic Section – and the educational activities of ASCE.Colonel Lenox has been involved with the conduct of initial faculty development programs at USMA for 14 years.LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEPHEN J. RESSLER is an Associate Professor in the Department

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Roland Jenison; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg

with instructions and safetywarnings. They are prompted to make appropriate observations as they proceed to disassemblethe product. The dissection takes two laboratory periods and the entire project requires approxi-mately three weeks. At the completion of the project a formal report is submitted by each teamthat summarizes what the students learned about their product and engineering design. Procedures and ObjectivesThe students are initially divided into teams of three to five members each. The teamwork expe-rience provides students with an opportunity to discover the advantages and disadvantages ofworking with others. Since collaboration will be a part of their future real world experience asthey pursue

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James A. Liggett; David A. Caughey

. R. C. Reid, J. M. Prausnitz, & B. E. Poling, The Properties of Gases and Liquids, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1987. 6. A. H. Shapiro, Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow, Vol. 1, Ronald, New York, 1953.8. Biographical InformationDavid A. Caughey is Professor and Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering at Cornell University. He received his baccalaureate degree in Aeronautical andAstronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan and the Ph.D. in Aerospace andMechanical Sciences from Princeton University. Before joining Cornell, Dr. Caughey worked asa research scientist at the McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories in St. Louis, Missouri.James A. Liggett is Professor

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Faye; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

costoutside these set times. Tutors are also responsible for per page was $0.04.marking under the traditional system. Marking is made iii) Computer Laboratory: the idea of opportunity costsredundant in computer-based tutorials, where on-the-spot meant that expenditure on furniture (chairs and tables),marking is completed by the computer. However computer- lighting and cleaning were ignored. These costs should bebased tutorials have some additional costs: the expense of much the same for both traditional and computer-basedprinting handout

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Neima Brauner; Mordechai Shacham

packages enableundergraduate engineering students, with moderate statistical background, to carry out rigorousregression and statistical analysis of data. They are able to select the most appropriate correlation model and test its statistical validity using residual and confidence region plots. They cananalyze the quality and precision of the laboratory data by plotting one independent variableversus the others to detect hidden collinearity that may exist among the variables. Page 3.157.1Shacham et al (1996) had described a set of lectures and exercises that is used to introducefreshman engineering students to the basics of data modeling and

Conference Session

Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess Everett, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

15.943.2materials before covering them in class. Calculation exercises were used as homework (HW) toPage 15.943.3Page 15.943.4was insufficient evidence to claim that students completing MML homework performed betterthan the students using traditional paper-based, instructor-graded homework (at a significancelevel of 0.05). However, the student success rate (final grade of A, B or C) was 70% in theMyMathLab group and 49% in the traditional homework group. In another study, introductoryphysics students completed homework using either the Web or paper.12 Performances on regularexams, conceptual exams, quizzes, laboratory, and homework showed no significant differencesbetween the two groups. Students in an electrical engineering signals and systems course

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mrinal Saha, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Bipul Barua, University of Oklahoma; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University

applied [16-17].During the early development stage of the CSI system, heuristic evaluation methods willbe used to evaluate the scenario design aspects including interface, story, and mechanics.When the CSI system takes shape, laboratory-based user testing sessions will beconducted with students, followed by satisfaction questionnaires and interview. User’scomments, failures, and subjective feelings will be used to identify design charactersleading to positive and negative user experience.Conclusion and Future WorkIn this paper an interactive scenario based learning environment has been presented. TheCreate your Scenario Interactively (CSI) module has been developed to actively involvestudents in the learning process and to enhance the learning

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Audo, Pittsburg State University; Seth O'Brien, Pittsburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

forward. The propertiesof differing materials are discussed with special attention given to which loads, tension orcompression, each material is capable of holding.The properties of concrete material are explored along with the ingredients that make upconcrete. Students then go into the materials laboratory and mix up the proportions of rock,sand, cement and water to make up a concrete mix. The students then make a test cylinder usinga plastic mold. Their test specimen is then tested in compression in a later session so they can seehow the strength of their mix is performing.Students are then taken to the computer lab to use AutoCAD Revit Architectural to design theirdream house. They are shown the basic steps of using the Revit Architectural