Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Gemma Mann, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Image 6 - environmentalThe question of relevance to this study was Question 3 as it would elicit the most in depthanswer containing the participants’ perceptions of engineering in the world.The week long academies consisted of teachers learning to use the Museum of Science’sEngineering is Elementary units. Specifically, on lesson was on water quality and purificationand the other was on machines (windmill). The lessons concentrate on developing the teachers’awareness of the design process which was explicitly defined in 5 phases – ask, imagine, plan,create, test, improve. Also, the teachers and the workshop facilitators shared ideas on how toteach these concepts within the context of a sequence of design activities. They also meet with anumber

Conference Session

Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Giver, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; Stephen Michetti, NSWCCD

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

underwaterROV by sending signals to three thrusters (again, student-built.) The controller is tethered orconnected by hard wire to the thrusters.In addition to the building phase, the curriculum includes discussion of potential careers intechnical and engineering fields, as well as related fields of study. The program is used toinform and educate students through a hands-on activity, with the objective of generating interestand enthusiasm for continued science, technology and engineering studies. The Sea PerchChallenge has been a successful event for the past two years, and this paper will discuss thespecifics of this event, as well as the plans for developing the Sea Perch Program into a nationaldesign competition over the next five

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Dhushy Sathianathan, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

International

end of last year in Lima, Peru. The Symposium focused on the needs of the productive sectorfor engineering graduates and capacity building; quality assurance in engineering education; andnational planning for financing of upgrades to engineering education. The Final Report2 calls foreducational reforms at the regional level that include the needs of the productive sector andpreparing new engineers with attributes certified by transparent accreditation systems, which willfurther professional mobility, investments levels, and therefore economic development. TheFinal Report2 urges the academic sector to boost its collaboration with industry to develop achange in paradigm to educate the engineers of the 21st Century, which they describe as

Conference Session

Electrical Engineering Technology Design Projects & Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Frank Goforth, Georgia Southern University; Shonda Bernadin, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

evaluation, which is required by accrediting agencies.Consequently, an accredited program that accomplishes its mission and successfully achieves itsprogram objectives and outcomes must have multiple levels of continuous improvement whoseresults are used to constantly update and evaluate the program for sustained improvement and Page 13.258.2continued success.For our course-level continuous improvement plan, we developed assessment tools that wereboth direct measures (measurement tools that directly correlate to student performance) andindirect measures (measurement tools that provide additional information about studentperformance). Studies have

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly; Megan Ferry

verycontroversial subject that will never receive unanimous approval. The question governments are facedwith then becomes, what course of action should be taken in light of the fact that they will be damned ifdam and they will be damned if they don’t. The decision concerning building dams is not one that can bea simple yes or no. Ultimately a decision will be made to go ahead and build a dam or shelf the plan tobuild one. However, aside from being an analytical decision that requires careful weighing of the pros andcons, the issue is influenced by an undeniable weight of emotions. There are those who feel one way oranother about dam construction and have already made up their minds about the issue even beforelistening to any argument for or against

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly; Megan Ferry

verycontroversial subject that will never receive unanimous approval. The question governments are facedwith then becomes, what course of action should be taken in light of the fact that they will be damned ifdam and they will be damned if they don’t. The decision concerning building dams is not one that can bea simple yes or no. Ultimately a decision will be made to go ahead and build a dam or shelf the plan tobuild one. However, aside from being an analytical decision that requires careful weighing of the pros andcons, the issue is influenced by an undeniable weight of emotions. There are those who feel one way oranother about dam construction and have already made up their minds about the issue even beforelistening to any argument for or against

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Cory Gionet; Ashraf Ghaly

functions of the software, each studentwas required to design and to draw a 2D plan view of a house with at least two bedrooms, a living room,a bathroom, and an attached garage. This gave the students an opportunity to use many of the basicfeatures of the software, which served as a foundation for the much more intricate projects that wouldfollow. Figure 1 shows the 2D plan view the writer designed and drew within this theme.Preliminary 3D AssignmentBuilding on the previous week’s assignment, students were required to use the plan view developed forthe house to add the third dimension and show their creation in 3D virtual space. This assignmentenhanced students’ appreciation of buildings in 3D and illustrated the functionality of the software

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 13.11.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Case Study of Student Learning in Civil Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe curriculum of the four-year, TAC/ABET accredited Civil Engineering Technology Programat Georgia Southern University covers three traditional areas within the discipline of CivilEngineering. These areas are environmental, structures, and transportation. In an effort toimplement the continuous improvement plan for the program, assessment and evaluation of theprogram objectives and outcomes are being done on an ongoing basis. The term “assessment”means one or more processes that identify, collect, use and prepare data that can be used toevaluate achievement of program outcomes and educational objectives

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

purposeful ‘creativeproblem-solving’ that is needs-driven, encompassing all phases of problem recognition,formulation, and solution. In its broadest sense, the essence of creative engineering practiceencompasses the functions of needs-recognition, vision, conceptual planning and creative designfor the generation and development of new technology and executive engineering leadershiproles of organization and responsible leadership to bring new, improved, and breakthrough ‘ideasand concepts’ to practical use in the creative solution of the hopes, wants, and needs of people Page 13.561.4for the advancement and improvement of the quality of life (both

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Ian Gravagne, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Baylor University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) presented to theSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Faculty were given the opportunity todevelop residential learning communities for incoming freshmen that revolve around a theme.The topic of energy, and its associated societal, political, environmental and economic threads,was submitted by the authors and eventually selected for development into a course that is beingoffered for the first time last fall. A total of 28 freshmen from a wide diversity of disciplinesvoluntarily signed up for the course and will remain in it for up to four consecutive semesters.The paper examines the structure of this course and our assessment goals.The Case for Energy EducationPeople often assume

Conference Session

Multinational and International Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design:design for development vs. design for a well-defined problem.II. Brazil Course BackgroundThe purpose of this course was to promote effective, virtual and in-person international studentcollaboration in the undergraduate engineering and business design curricula using the theme ofsustainable product design. The goal was to create a course for which University of Pittsburghengineering and business students design, construct prototypes, and create business plans for newtechnologies, using sustainability as a framework, directly with students from the University ofCampinas in Brazil, for Brazilian and U.S. markets. That is, this course addressed the productrealization process in the context of sustainability, especially for the developing world, in

Conference Session

Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Julie Olney, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

building program for current women engineering students. During the2006/07 academic year, WE@RIT hosted over 1500 participants in their various programofferings with the support of 175 people, most of whom were volunteers.The organization and its programming flourish using a managed resource strategy in a climatewhere funding is limited. Student and faculty volunteers and/or student employees performmuch of the effort involved in designing and administering various programs. A uniqueleadership structure allows a faculty member through work plan adjustment to serve as theprogram’s executive director while a full-time coordinator handles daily program activities. Inorder to run the organization using resources effectively, the group created overall

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Bradley Dearing, Illinois State University; Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to significantlyimprove subsequent years of the program. Some teachers felt that certain experiments did notaddress the frameworks needs; in fact they had this concern about their highest rated activitywhich was subsequently one used most often in their classrooms. Others felt some activities didnot fit the grade level they teach and they felt uncomfortable modifying the activity. In follow-up interviews, none of the teachers used all, or a majority, of the experiments from the year oneInstitute. Many of the simpler experiments (earthquakes, acids and bases, density) wereincorporated into lesson plans, but the teachers avoided experiments such as ethanol production,perhaps because they did not have a high comfort level with using a perceived

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Lund, State University of New York at Buffalo

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

for other activities.The second major objective of the TExT is to provide learning activities to be used in the class-room along with detailed lesson plans describing how to conduct these activities. To the maxi-mum extent possible, this includes providing the resources necessary for conducting the in-classactivity. In cases where the resources cannot be provided, the lesson plan includes a list of all theitems the instructor will need in class along with an indication of those that must be obtainedfrom a source external to the TExT. The key points of this objective are to ensure (a) that eachactivity is well designed as a student learning experience, (b) that implementation of each activ-ity is straightforward and time-efficient and (c) that

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Daniel J. McCarthy; Michael J. Kwinn

astray.In this paper, we discuss the process we followed and the results of our efforts to deliberately assess thesystems engineering program and make changes as necessary. We discuss the effort to align the program,the ongoing assessment and evaluation plan we established to ensure we maintain alignment as we moveforward and then we summarize with some lessons learned and conclude. We begin with a shortbackground of the Department of Systems Engineering, the newest department at the United StatesMilitary Academy, and its namesake academic program. Page 1BackgroundIn 1989 the Department of Systems Engineering spun off from the former Department of Engineering(now the Department of Civil and

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Daniel J. McCarthy; Michael J. Kwinn

astray.In this paper, we discuss the process we followed and the results of our efforts to deliberately assess thesystems engineering program and make changes as necessary. We discuss the effort to align the program,the ongoing assessment and evaluation plan we established to ensure we maintain alignment as we moveforward and then we summarize with some lessons learned and conclude. We begin with a shortbackground of the Department of Systems Engineering, the newest department at the United StatesMilitary Academy, and its namesake academic program. Page 1BackgroundIn 1989 the Department of Systems Engineering spun off from the former Department of Engineering(now the Department of Civil and

Conference Session

Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University; Joseph Prince, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Engineering Education.Joseph Prince, Middle Tennessee State University Joseph W. Prince is a senior at Middle Tennessee State University majoring in Aerospace with minors in Mathematics and Engineering Technology. He is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Tripoli Rocketry Association, and served as Vice-President of The Space Elevator Team of MTSU. Joseph plans on continuing his education in graduate school with an academic and research emphasis on propulsions. Page 13.1093.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Some Interesting

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Durward Sobek, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

collaboratively with our Multi-Disciplinary Advisory Committee, whichincluded a dozen faculty and professional staff from the college’s five engineering degreeprograms and one research center. This advisory committee also helped us develop andhone a set of “key attributes” for effective performance on a multi-disciplinary team. Thefinal set of key attributes selected is listed below: Interpersonal Communication Collaboration Understanding and Communicating Disciplinary Tradeoffs Empathy for Diverse Perspectives Planning and Organization Accountability and Reliability Common Goals and Shared Outcomes Conflict Management and Resolution Willingness to Learn Inclusive Decision MakingThese ten

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

is implemented. During the solution implementation phase, the problemsolver performs a variety of roles for implementing the idea including: directing, planning,organizing, and gaining support.Teamwork and the Creative ProcessTables 1 and 2 identify the major advantages and limitations of creative problem solving teamsover individual problem solving6.Table 1: Major advantages of creative problem solving teams • More information and knowledge available to solve problems • Generation of more ideas • Synergistic effects of problem solving teams • Different thinking skills available to solve problems • Greater likelihood for finding the best solution • Greater solution acceptance and commitment of the chosen solutionTable

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; Janet Twomey, Wichita State University; S. Cheraghi, Wichita State University

environment is the primary objective of simulation. Traditionaltextbook and lecture methods normally have exercises designed around individual concepts.“This instructional method, while somewhat attributable to the usual trend to compartmentalizecourse material into homogeneous blocks, is more often due to an attempt to model traditionalmanufacturing organizations in which the product design function, manufacturing engineering,and production planning are separate corporate entities”4.This paper reports on the use of simulation to enhance learning in a production systems course atWichita State University. Production systems have become more complex due to technology aswell as capital investment and the increase in the number and variety of products

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Willis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Image Processing FPGA Board(s) and environment sensors (light, acceleration, compass, bump, and sonar). 4. Develop algorithms that translate image knowledge and sensor measurements to path planning, complete with in-course path modification. 5. Test the system on flat and angled terrain with existing obstacles.Specific educational outcomes of the robotic design aspects of the project included (1)understanding pulse width modulated (PWM) motor controllers, (2) power considerations inmobile computing designs, (3) Linux device driver programming, (4) RS232 hardwarecommunications design.3. Results AchievedAs is typical of ambitious senior design projects such as this, the teams fell short ofaccomplishing all their stated goals. This

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

QFD – House of Quality Requirements DocumentTeaming: Theory, Skills, and Practice Teaming Exercises Interim ReportCreativity and Idea Generation Concurrent Engineering Design ReportIdea Selection/Decision Schemes Drawings/Layouts/Analysis/Economics Critical Design ReviewDesign for Sustainability Design Verification/Test Plans Manufacturing and Test ReviewDesign for Safety Technical Reports Senior Design ExpoDesign for Manufacturability Presentation Skills Final Project ReportTQMContinuous ImprovementThe new capstone model created at Cal Poly is considered a working template that is

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Don Schillinger, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

differences between tasks andprojects that encourage hand-on doing and those thatencourage doing with understanding…”3 With this inmind, the authors set off to design a one week programthat would provide an engaging academic challengefor students.Building Bridges to the Future encompassesengineering aspects of bridge design as well as teamskills, creative problem solving, and careerexploration. Each of the explorations planned for the Figure 1: Students testingcamp are designed to pique student interest and show K’Nex bridge designsthe importance and relevance of both mathematics andscience. Experiences indicate that topics which utilize hands-on activities and lead to a designcompetition will motivate students4. The

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Innocent Afuh, Texas Tech University; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

adopted from Atman et al.15 The coding consisted of nine elements,namely, problem definition, gather information, idea generating, modeling, feasibility analysis,evaluation, decision, communication, and other. Since the thrust of this research was oninformation gathering activities, the “gather information” element was further broken up intonine distinct information gathering activities, namely, 1. ask client-expert 2. library research 3. internet use 4. ask other-expert 5. plan to gather 6. gather info (general) 7. parts: plan to gather info 8. parts: gathered info 9. procedure: gather infoFurthermore, the “communication” element was also broken up into 1. Citation 2. Presentation or written report 3. Report

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Waldron, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Christopher Pung, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Contact with junior robot Page 13.1380.3Figure 2. Decision matrixStudents made models of three of concepts using foam core, box cutters, and glue guns during thesecond week. Digital pictures, descriptions of each model, and a decision matrix for choosing the bestconcept were submitted along with solid models of each part of their design. A Decision matrix like theone shown in Figure 2 was used to select the best design. Process plans were required for the third weekalong with a Pro/E assembly file, G-codes to produce all parts with comments that identify which codesor lines were used to manufacture each feature of the part. A process plan

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

coding descriptors, for example “planning maintenance” and“developing technical standards”. There was little or no supporting evidence for somedescriptors, and others had to be merged when it became clear that the evidence could notdistinguish one from another. For example, separate descriptors for “marketing”, “assistingclients develop projects”, and “researching client needs” were merged into a single descriptor“influencing clients”.Several unexpected aspects of engineering practice emerged from the interview data. By farthe most significant was technical coordination. There were three questions in the interviewto explore supervision relationships (with superiors, contractors and subordinates). The initialreview of responses led to a single

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

to successfully perform critical work functions ortasks in a defined work setting. The competencies often serve as the basis for skill standards thatspecify the level of knowledge, skills, and abilities required for success in the workplace as wellas potential measurement criteria for assessing competency attainment2. Product design, as anintegrated profession, covers a wide range, including: engineering (technology, techniques,material and processing), ergonomics (operation, safety, usability), business (marketing,management, planning, corporate identity), aesthetics (form, visualization, style), and evensocial, environmental, and cultural issues. Design educators and professionals are alwaysconcerned with the issue of industrial designers

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; James Baish, Bucknell University; William King, Bucknell University; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

will operate. The external mentor is expected to give feedback which shouldbe incorporated into future prototypes and the final functional deliverable.Device BenchmarkingThe students must develop a benchmarking plan to assess whether or not their finaldevice meets each specification. Similar to the feasibility testing, the external mentorsmay provide the appropriate medical environment in which to perform the finalbenchmarking.Functional DeliverableAll groups are expected to create a functional deliverable that solves the problem asstated in the problem description by meeting all specifications. Results from thebenchmarking tests are used to assess whether the device passes or fails eachspecification. At the conclusion of the semester

Conference Session

Experiments and Laboratories in Mechanical Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Liou, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

: Page 13.422.2 1. Acquisition of customer’s requirements, 2. Problem formulation, 3. Cost estimation, 4. Product conceptual design, 5. Product representation (Solid Modeling), 6. Product conceptual prototyping, 7. Make/buy decision, 8. Manufacturing process capabilities, 9. Manufacturing process identification, 10. Process planning, 11. Fabrication and Assembly.In this course, interdisciplinary teams with students from various engineering andtechnology disciplines worked together to design, manufacture, and assemble real-lifeproducts. Senior students in manufacturing options participated in this course. Studentsin the MS program actively participated in the project as part of their practice-orientedcredit requirement. The

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jeffrey J. Heys

of objectslike mathematical equations, lines, bold face text, and links to other webpages. The ‘discussion’tab, shown in Figure 1, is a similar window where group members can discuss their plans witheach other and the instructor can leave comments for the group.Figure 2. Edit page of the wiki.Clicking on the ‘history’ tab in any window brings up a page showing a detailed list of thechanges that have been made to the webpage. The history tab for the main page (figure 3) showsthat the page has mostly been modified only by the instructor, ‘Jheys’. However, it also shows astudent changing the name of a project (the only part of the individual student projects appearingon the main page), and another student corrected the instructor’s spelling and