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Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

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Heidi Diefes-Dux

participants who had similar academic performance characteristics atthe time of first semester registration.II. Math Bridge ProgramBridge begins the Sunday one week before the fall semester begins. Students move into theirassigned first year housing and register for the program Sunday afternoon. The programofficially starts Sunday at 6 pm and concludes on Friday at 3 pm following the completion of theMA 151 credit exam. A summary of the program schedule is shown in Table 1. The breadth ofmath topics covered in the program is equivalent to that taught in MA 151. Math topics timeslots were broken into a series of mini lectures that introduce math concept(s) and group problemsolving sessions in which teams of four worked on a series of math problems

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Christine Masters; Renata Engel

Session 2368 Spicing up Statics Lectures with Concept Questions and ‘Around Town’ Assignments Christine B. Masters, Renata S. Engel Engineering Science and Mechanics Department The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractConcept questions and ‘around town’ assignments were incorporated into Penn State’sintroductory statics course during the Fall 2001 semester in an attempt to reinforce key concepts,catch student’s attention, provide in-class feedback, and extend textbook work to ‘real world’applications without major changes to the

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Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harry Hess

are required and what systems ofproduction are used leading up to the finished commercial product(s). In the Manufacturing Processes course, by way of the hands-on teaching approach, the solidmodeling and reverse engineering elements provide the stimulus for student learning. Solidmodeling manufacturing and the reverse engineering projects provide the learning adhesive thatunifies all of the course concepts and are the course centerpieces. They provide the transfer oflearning from course topic to topic. The following pages outline how the ManufacturingProcesses course is organized using the hands-on approaches of solid modeling and reverseengineering.II. FacilityTwo large materials manufacturing laboratories, one small solid object processing

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nancy Hubing

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationexample shown in Figure 2, where all possible equilibrium equations are provided and thestudent selects the appropriate equation(s) for implementing the step. For classroomimplementation, all of the frame analysis modules discussed in this section are specific to asingle topic, and each one only takes a few minutes to complete in the statics classroom.IV. Shear and Bending Moment DiagramsOne key to successful analysis of beams involves determining the distribution of internal shearforce and bending moment for the beam. The ability to accurately sketch the shear force andbending moment diagrams using

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Jose Fierro; Daniel Grajeda; Steve Stafford; Rosa Gomez

Copyrightã2002, American Society for Engineering Educationa dynamic facility through motivation, innovation, and the desire to be a positive part of thestudent support process - everybody wins. Those who frequent the facilities receive the highestquality of service, and the students who manage the Centers learn and practice the essential skillsof teamwork, accountability, and ownership before they graduate from this university. Students,who care about the level of excellence that they produce in college, will no doubt be equipped tooffer that, and much more to any organization that they join after college. This is why ACES is aliving model for student support.References[1]. L. Floyd, E. Ruiz, S. W. Stafford, and C. Romero, “Academic Center for Engineers

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Basavapatna Sridhara

Session 2150Ã Web-Enhanced Instruction in Engineering Technology: Advantages and Limitations B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)Abstract Web-based and web-enhanced instruction is becoming more and more popular inEngineering Education with the advancement of Internet technology.1,2 In this abstract, theauthor’s experience in using web-enhanced instruction to teach Fluid Power (ET 485) is brieflydiscussed. In the spring of 2000, MTSU obtained a site license from Blackboard.com anddeveloped CourseInfo on our server for

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Sean DiBartolo; Linfield Brown; Chris Swan

cooperation and teamwork at the competition. In addition, the adversity this team had during the bench scale model demonstration (their model failed to work) only brought them closer together.Reason for being on the team: Many of students chose to work on the project because of a need for a different, and hopefully more fulfilling, challenge in their education. All of these students felt that the project provided this necessary element to their education. Years after participation on a WERC team, many still feel that even given what they know now, they would do it again.Help from faculty advisor(s): All students felt that the faculty advisors could have provided more help. This help could have

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Richard Upchurch; Judith Sims-Knight

; Ackerman, P. L. Motivation and cognitive abilities: An intergrative/aptitude-treatment interaction approach to skill acquisition, Journal of Applied Psychology, 74(4), 657-690 (1989).8. Charney, D. Reder, L. & Kusbit, G. R. Goal setting and procedure selection in acquiring computer skills: A comparsion of tutorials, problem solving, and learning exploration, Cognition and Instruction, 7(4), 323-342 (1990).9. McKendree, J. E. Impact of feedback content during complex skill acquisition. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (1986).10. Mueller,C. M, & Dweck,C. S. Praise for intelligence can undermine children’s motivation and performance. Journal of Personality and Social

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James Barrott

movement in engineering case development and classroom teaching has itsorigins in the 1960’s at Stanford University. The American Society of Engineering Education(ASEE) and the Rose-Holman Institute of Technology sponsor an engineering case website thathas about 350 case studies1. The presence of this website leads one to believe that someengineering and engineering technology faculty members use real-world case studies.The advantages for integrating cases into any curriculum abound in the literature. These can begeneralized into four categories: 1) cases provide students with a link to the real world; 2) casesdevelop students’ critical thinking and problem solving skills; 3) cases develop students’communication skills; and, 4) cases involve

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Leyla Newton; Shawna L. Fletcher; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, G.N., & Associates. “A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention,” Journal of Engineering Education, April, 1995, pp.151-163.2. Chen, J.C., Owusu-Ofori, S., & Associates. “A Study of Female Academic Performance in Mechanical Engineering,” Proceedings, Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1997.3. Fear-Feen, M. & Kapostasy-Karako, K. “Math + Science + Technology = Vocational Preparation for Girls: A Difficult Equation to Balance”. Center for Sex Equity: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1992.4. Fletcher, S., Anderson-Rowland, M. “Developing Retention Strategies for Women that Promote Student Success in Engineering and the Applied Sciences,” Proceedings

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Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Neil Opfer; Jaeho Son; Thomas Korman

to facilitate the construction needs of their own trade.During coordination meetings, the participating specia lty contractors compare preliminaryrouting for their systems to identify and resolve conflicts. They typically overlay transparentdesign drawings on a light table. The SCOPE method continues until all interferences areresolved. This often requires preparing section views for highly congested areas to identifyinterferences. They also decide which contractor(s) will revise their design and submit requestsfor information (RFI) regarding problems that require an engineering resolution. The product ofthis process is a set of coordinated shop drawings that the participants submit to the designengineer for approval.Upon completion of the

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Intra-college Graduate Programs

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Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Martha J. Molander; Josh Corra; Bethany Konz; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller; Abdeldjelil Belarbi

interviewand the questionnaire shown in Figure 5. Some salient comments are listed below.· Did Motivation to do Interdisciplinary Work Increase or Decrease as a Result: “Increase” and “Increase – the variety was interesting”· Interdisciplinary Aspect(s) of Project for which you were Least Prepared: “Terminology, applied math in other fields,” “Planning and resources on the civil side,” and “Civil topics with my partner, … I couldn’t rely on what I already knew.”· Recommendations and Comments: “Overall, I would say that this has been a lesson in learning to communicate and work with someone with a different background and training than myself.” and “One of the biggest challenges was in the differences in connotations of words

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Engineering Economy Education Research

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Ristroph

developing any factor merely Er Ubecomes a matter of rearranging the balance equation. ••• For example, Figure 2 shows a uniform series at times r+1, r r+1 r+2 sr+2, …, s . To determine its equivalent at time r, first write the bal- Figure 2. Uniform Seriesance equation for the cash flows, Bn, Cash Flow = A (1+i ) n + U(1+ i ) n – r – 1 + U(1+ i ) n – r – 2 + ⋅⋅⋅ + U(1+ i ) n – s , (26)and then for the equivalent, Bn, Equivalent = A (1+i ) n + Er (1+ i ) n – r . (27)By definition, A (1+i ) n + U(1+ i ) n – r – 1 + U(1+ i ) n – r – 2 + ⋅⋅⋅ + U(1+ i ) n – s

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Karen Harris; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

Resource for Southwestern Pennsylvania Manufacturers, Volume 3, Number 5, November/December 1999, p. 10.4. Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report “Industry Identifies Competency Gaps Among Newly Hired Engineering Graduates”, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 19975. SME Manufacturing Education Plan: 1999 Critical Competency Gaps “Industry Updates Competency Gaps Among Newly Hired Engineering Graduates”, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 19996. Manufacturing Programs Accredited by the ABET, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, World Wide Web Site - http://www.sme.org/7. “EAC Accredited Programs for 1999”, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, World Wide Web Site - http://www.abet.org/8. Knowles, M. S. &

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Fahmida Masoom; Abulkhair Masoom

undergraduate engineering programs nationwide, this new teaching conceptcaught on very quickly and spread like wildfire across the nation=s engineering schools. Todaythere is hardly any undergraduate engineering program that does not require the freshmanengineering student to take such a course. UW-Platteville also joined the trend in the early 1990's.Initially, a pilot one-credit course was offered to one section of 40 students. It was well receivedamong students and faculty alike. After much discussion and review, the three-credit EngineeringMethods course which involved computer programming was dropped and in its place a two-creditIntroduction to Engineering course was designed and offered to freshmen. With its largeundergraduate engineering program

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

-quo relationship.But, times have changed. In this new era of belt tightening and limited discretionary funding,Industry is looking for more bang for its buck(s) and is trying to refocus its attention oninstitutions that best meet its business and philanthropic giving needs. Academia is looking forways to ensure continued funding streams. The problem for both then, is to establish a mutuallybeneficial relationship, one that allows both parties to achieve their goals.Well, what does Industry want from Academia?First, and most obvious, Industry needs a steady supply new engineers; and more to the point,entry-level engineers who are appropriately trained in needed skill areas, who have thecharacteristics desired by Industry and who are motivated

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Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Edward Vavrek

dt (3) d2x a= = − R ⋅ ω 2 ⋅ cos ωt 2 dtThe students solve for a Scotch-yoke problem, where link 2 rotates counterclockwise at 100 rpmand is 203 mm long. The position, velocity, and acceleration were calculated and are shown intable 2. The motion of the Scotch-yoke is shown in figure 11.Table 3 Position Velocity Acceleration SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION θ [mm] [mm/s] x 10 2

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Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anthony Oxtoby

Session ____ Interfacing a Graphics LCD to a DSP via a Micro-controller – Simple Distributed Processing used to Enhance the Integration of DSP and Micro-controller Courses in an EET Program. Anthony J. A. Oxtoby, Christopher S. Arndt Purdue University, West Lafayette IN/Xilinx Inc., Boulder COAbstractThis paper describes a hardware arrangement that allows data transfer between the 16-bit fixedpoint ADSP2181 digital signal processor and a Seiko G1216 graphical LCD via an 8-bit 80C552micro-controller. In this application, the LCD is used to display the results of a 128-point DFTimplemented

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gul Okudan Kremer

. Page 7.194.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 4 Copyright © 2002, American Society from Engineering EducationV. ResultsTeam cohesion and design project performances measured for both design projects are given inTable III and Table IV respectively.As can be seen in Table III, section 1’s TABLE IIIdesign project 1 performance is considerably DESIGN PROJECT I RESULTSlower than the other two sections. This is Team Demo Overall

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Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Marcal de Queiroz; Hartono Sumali

Education. 95 p. 2000.5 Davis, C., Seigel, A., and Chin, M. W. “Transfer of high technology via continuing education: A case for South- North partnerships.” International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education. v 2 n 2-4 1992 p 248-2556 Evans, D. S. and Vergnaud, S. “Pedagogical Engineering in Intercultural Terms: Critical Success Factors.” International Journal of Educational Management. v12 n4-5 p149-53 1998.7 Klahr, S. C. and Ratti, U. “Increasing Engineering Student Participation in Study Abroad: A Study of U.S. and European Programs.” Journal of Studies in International Education. v4 n1 p79-102 Spr 2000.8 Kulacki, F. A. and Krueger, E. R. Trends in Engineering Education--An International Perspective. 6 p. 1998.9 Linna, E-K

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nick Salamon; Gautam Wagle; Cliff Lissenden

approach the design was formulated early on. Experimental validation part was interesting and necessary part of the project.” · “I thought when I enrolled in this class I would be learning material that is applicable to the real world. But apparently I was wrong most of the material is geared toward grad work or upper level research. The only practical thing was the project.”Bibliography1. J.D. Lang, S. Cruse, F.D. McVey, J. McMasters, 1999, “Industry expectations of newengineers: a survey to assist curriculum designers,” J. Engng. Education 88:43-51.2. T. Mase, 1997, “Integrating design in advanced mechanics of materials through industrycollaboration,” 1997 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 2266, pp. 1-11.3. http

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Kristen Larson; Jeffrey Newcomer

the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”so make thoughtful notes after every class and be ready to do things differently the next timearound.Bibliography1. Sherwood, J. L., J. N. Petersen, and J. M. Grandzielwski, “ Faculty Mentoring: A Unique Approach to TrainingGraduate Students How to Teach,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, April 1997, pp. 119-1232. Gosink, J. P., and R. A. Streveler, “Bringing Adjunct Engineering Faculty into the Learning Community,”Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. 47-513. Conley, C. H., S. J. Ressler, T. A. Lenox, and J. W. Samples, “Teaching

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Mark Evans; Joe Hanus

and veteran teachers. This standard is achieved bydevoting significant resources (mostly time), to the new instructors’ education and preparationduring the summer when they first arrive. The program of teacher-instruction is called theInstructor Summer Workshop (ISW), which the first author has directed for the departmentduring the last two summers.Workshop OriginsThe Instructor Summer Workshop has evolved over the decades, since it was first conducted inthe 1940’s, shortly after WWII. The ISW program is reported to have its origins in theMechanics Department, whose faculty had the reputation of being among the best teachers atUSMA. The ISW program continues to evolve to ensure that new instructors achieve the highestquality instruction

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Michael Ropp; Steven Hietpas

Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives, Technology and Applications, IEEE Press, (1997).2. S. M. Hietpas and M. E. Ropp, “Improving Undergraduate Power Engineering Education: A System-Level Approach to Teaching Electromechanical Energy Conversion,” NSF-CCLI A&I Grant, # DUE-9952517, June 1999.3. Kambhammettu Vijay, James Ziebarth, Michael Ropp, Steven Hietpas and Lewis Brown, “Proposal for New Energy Laboratory in the Crother's Engineering Hall Addition”, South Dakota State University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Brookings, SD, Jan. 21, 2001.4. NSF-Faculty Workshop on Teaching of Electric Drives, University of Minnesota, Department of Electrical Engineering, Minneapolis, June 19-21, 1997.5. S. M. Hietpas, "Redesign

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Thomas Ho; Jack Hopper; David Cocke; Daniel Chen; Carl Yaws; Kuyen Li; John Gossage

most from PBL” D.R. Woods Publishing, Waterdown, ON, 170 pp.5. Woods, D. R., “1996, Problem-Based Learning: Resources to Gain the Most from PBL”, D. R. Woods, Waterdown, ON, ISBN 0-9698725-2-6, Chapter 5, distributed on the WWW through http://chemeng.mcmas-ter.ca/problem based learning/.6. Woods, D. R. et.al., 1997, J. Engr. Edu. April, 75.7. Woods, D. R., A. N. Hrymak, R. R. Marshall et. al., “Developing Problem Solving Skills: the McMaster Problem Solving Program”, J. of Eng. Edu., April, 75-91, 1996. (Winner of the Wickendon Award of the ASEE, 1998.)8. Montgomery, S. and H. Scott Fogler 1999, http://asee.org/jee/00276.PDF9. Rankin, J., 1998, Handbook on Problem Based Learning, Forbes Custom Publishing.10. Ryan, G. (ed) 1993

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Martha N. Cyr; Barbara Bratzel; Ben Erwin

. They provided technicalsupport and also created a modified version of LabVIEW to suit the special needs of ROBOLAB.For more information about ROBOLAB, visit the following sites:http://www.natinst.com/robolab/http://www.lego.com/dacta/robolabhttp://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/http://www.pitsco-legodacta.com Page 6.624.6 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”VI. References1. Dewey, John. Experience and Education. 1963. New York: Collier Books.2. Harel, I., and Papert, S., eds

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Rui Shen; Maruthi Dantu; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

.• User Interface: It is the mechanism by which the user and expert system communicate.• Fact-List: It is a global memory of data stored in WxCLIPS syntax as shown in Figure 2.• Knowledge-base: It contains all rules used by the expert system. The Rule(s) syntax is presented in Figure 3 and an example rule is shown in Figure 4.• Inference engine: It makes inferences by deciding which rules are satisfied by facts, prioritizes the satisfied rules, and executes the rule with highest priority.• Agenda: A prioritized list created by the inference engine of instances of rules whose patterns are satisfied by facts in the fact list. An example is shown in Figure 5. Agenda

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Kenneth Manning; Luke Bellandi

Session 1520 Interactive Java Applet for Equation Derivations Kenneth S. Manning, Ph.D. and Luke B. Bellandi Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAbstractThe Equation Activity applet, developed by Project Links at Rensselaer, is an engaging andinteractive tool that allows instructors to guide students through the steps in deriving a particularequation. Project Links, an NSF-supported project at Rensselaer, is a cooperative effort byfaculty from several departments, schools, and institutions to develop materials linkingmathematical topics with their applications in engineering and

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

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means are equal ( p<< .001). Once again, the most gain was made with questions 2 and 5.Due to the differences in point distribution with the removal of quesiton 1 for the second year, itis not possible to perform direct statistical anaylsis between the two years. However it is stillpossible to make some observations. It is surprising to see all the 0’s on question 2 whenlooking at the points distribution for the 2010 post-test. The amount invalid samples (incompletetests) for 2009/2010 was also remarkable. Both years showed improvement on questions 2 and5. Question 2 addressed Quality Function Deployment while question 5 addressed the content ofprogress reports. These are both topics that are directly applied to design projects in this

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Information and Network Security

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peng Li, East Carolina University; John M. Jones, East Carolina University; Kris Kareem Augustus, East Carolina University

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Computing & Information Technology

PC to teach computer networking and operating systems”, Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Information Technology Curriculum, Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 2003.2. A. Gaspar, S. Langevin, W. Armitage, R. Sekar, and T. Daniels, “The role of virtualization in computing education”, Proceedings of the 39th ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education Portland, Oregon, USA, 2008.3. J. Ekstrom, M. Bailey, “Teaching Web Deployment with OS-virtualization”, Proceedings of 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, USA, 2009.4. P. Li, “Integrating Virtualization Technology into Remote Lab: A Three- Year Experience”, Proceedings of 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, USA