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Project-Based Student Learning: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks; Frances Jallu, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-732: A SOLAR-POWERED ART PROJECT PROVIDES A REMOTEGREEN ENERGY LABORATORY FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYSTUDENTSDale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dale H. Litwhiler is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he worked with IBM Federal Sys-tems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer.Frances Jallu, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Frances Jallu is an Electromechanical

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Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-1762: WATER ANALYSIS, TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCHSERVICES: A "FARMER’S COOPERATIVE" MODEL FOR CAPACITYDEVELOPMENTJana Fattic, Western Kentucky University Jana Fattic is the Associate Director of the Center for Water Resource Studies and Operations Director of the WATERS Laboratory at Western Kentucky University. Ms. Fattic’s role as Associate Director of the Center includes budget development and project coordination of state and federal grants totaling over one million dollars annually. Ms. Fattic’s responsibilities include day-to day administration, budget and personnel management, quality assurance and quality control, and maintenance of certifications. She holds a Bachelor

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

prime example of a modified and extremely successful PL-TL program. MTSUengineering and engineering technology students voluntarily participate in the EVP as anexciting and challenging academic supplement, and some seniors within the program also useelements of the projects for their capstone research course6. This program is currently comprisedof five different student projects: Moonbuggy, Solar Vehicle, SAE Formula One, SAE MiniBaja, and Solar Boat. Instead of the original, established PL-TL model which has beenimplemented to improve classroom progression, the EVP includes real-world simulation andimplements its own unique style which is designed to encourage upper level college students

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Blanton, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maya Trotz, University of South Florida; Amy Stuart, University of South Florida; Daniel Yeh, University of South Florida; Helen Muga, University of South Florida; Linda Phillips, University of South Florida; James Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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Environmental Engineering

interest in multidisciplinary projects that encourage sustainable development and provide affordable and efficient technology to developing areas, especially with respect to improving water quality and reducing the incidence of water borne diseases and water related diseases and other health complications. She believes in holistic approaches to providing engineering solutions which incorporate women's perspectives and needs and which build local capacity. In Guyana, she works on projects with NGOs like WWF-Guianas, Conservation International Guyana and the Guyana’s Citizen’s Initiative. She is the faculty advisor for USF’s Chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World, a 2008 Kiran C. Patel Faculty

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Projects and Problems in First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; David Bowman, Clemson University; Randolph, Randy Hutchison; Carol Wade, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-1431: TUTORIALS AND IN-CLASS ACTIVITY FOR IMPROVINGSTUDENT PERFORMANCE IN A FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING COURSELisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Bioengineering. Dr. Benson teaches first year engineering, research methods, and graduate engineering education courses. Her research interests include student-centered active learning in undergraduate engineering, assessment of motivation, and how motivation affects student learning. She is also involved in projects that utilize Tablet PCs to enhance student learning. Her education includes

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Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jess Everett, Rowan University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Joshua R. Wyrick, Rowan University; Maria Perez-Colon, Rowan University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-1454: ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS: EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATIONJess Everett, Rowan UniversityYusuf Mehta, Rowan UniversityJoshua R. Wyrick, Rowan UniversityMaria Perez-Colon, Rowan University Page 14.562.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Engineers Without Borders: Experiential EducationAbstractAn Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Club has operated at our University for approximately 6years, conducting projects in Asia, Africa, Central America, and North America. EWB projectsare completed cooperatively between club members and students enrolled in an experientiallearning course required by the engineering curriculum. EWB projects provide real

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon deMonsabert, George Mason University; Cynthia Jester, United States Army Corps of Engineers

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Environmental Engineering

Page 14.165.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 AFRICOM and the Corps of Engineers Helmets .vs. HardhatsAbstractService learning projects in developing communities, offer an opportunity for students togain a full appreciation for the cultural and political limitations that engineers face whenproviding technical support to developing nations. To satisfy the project requirement forthe Civil and Infrastructure Engineering MS program at George Mason University, onestudent took on the daunting task of developing a framework for the US Army Corps ofEngineers to provide civil works expertise to desperately needy areas of rural Africa.Africa is a vast continent with over 900 million people

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sophoria Westmoreland, University of Maryland; Ashley Grenier, University of Maryland; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland

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Mechanical Engineering

developing formal methods for design. Her educational interests include the development of student project team training materials to build more effective engineering student project teams. Dr. Schmidt is the founder and director of the Designer Assistance Tool Laboratory (DATLab). She is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the America Society of Engineering Education. Page 14.1063.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Sketching During Mechanical Design: Studying Sketching at the University of MarylandAbstractThe

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Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Carlos Gomez, University of Texas, Pan American

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 14.523.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Construction and Testing of an Electric Generator for Wind or Human Power AbstractOne of the most important engineering challenges nowadays is the developing andimplementation of renewable energy systems that are practical, cost effective, and bring benefitsto the society as well as to the environment. In general, wind generators operate satisfactorily atcertain wind speeds which are rarely present in some geographic locations, and at other than therated speed, they have poor performance. A permanent magnet three-phase alternating current(AC) generator was built in this project and it allows

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Multidisciplinary and Project-based Experiences in Manufacturing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology; Noah Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology; Stanley Ames, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

“semester project on steroids”, students at theOregon Institute of Technology set the lofty goal of designing and constructing a RapidPrototyping (RP) machine based on an international community of “Rep-Rappers” (ReplicatingRP Machines) that was started at the University of Bathe, England [1]. The idea is based onbuilding machines that can reproduce almost all of the components to make copies of themselvesusing the RP process, and through collaboration with other groups, implement improvements tothe previous generation of machines. By looking at the machine in terms of subsystems,multiple engineering strategies and tools were employed to complete the project. The studentsalso had to consult with experts from other departments, local industry and

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthias Lang, University of Texas, Austin; Dinesh Rabindran, University of Texas, Austin; Tricia Berry, University of Texas, Austin

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Mechanical Engineering

anengineering research project within the major of both the mentor and the mentee. The GLUEprogram will be five years old in Spring 2009.This undergraduate research experience involved a project in the field of robotics. Safety inhuman-robot interaction is an issue that has received much attention in the literature recently. Tomake robot manipulators safe around humans, it is important to be able to control them in torquemode in addition to velocity control capability. The undergraduate research project presented inthis paper focused on determining the motor current to output torque relationship for acommercial robot actuator, which in turn enables torque-based dynamic control. The menteeparticipated in an experimental project to determine the torque

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Multidisciplinary and Project-based Experiences in Manufacturing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Hung, Texas A&M University; Sriharsha Sundarram, Texas A&M University; Fatih Ozkeskin, University of Michigan; Mike Powers, Agilent Technologies; Juan Manriquez, Cideteq; Venkata Vasiraju, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

educational project. Some researchobjectives have been achieved by dividing an objective into manageable laboratory projects thatcan be completed by undergraduate students in a few weeks.The anodic dissolution µECM process effectively forms and shapes micro components from anyconductive material. Unlike classical ECM technology, the novel µECM utilizes very highfrequency pulses and proprietary electrode shapes/motions to remove materials at the micro ornano scales, and can mass-produce micro components with exceptional quality and surfaceintegrity. A theoretical model is developed which agrees with experimental data for 316Lstainless steel and copper beryllium alloy. The environmentally friendly technology showspromise as a high-resolution production

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Multidisciplinary and Project-based Experiences in Manufacturing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati

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Manufacturing

toward a baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at theCollege of Applied Science, University of Cincinnati are required to complete a “Design, Build,and Test” senior capstone design project. In 2007/08, one of these capstone design projects wasto design and build a robot to participate in the BotsIQ National Competition. This robot wasbuilt to meet the BotsIQ 120lb weight class specifications.A BattleBot is a robot which possesses fighting capabilities and competes against otherBattleBots with the intent to disable them. The weapon is the main component of these robots.BattleBots compete one on one and the winner is determined by the amount of damage inflictedto the other using the weapon.In the 2007-2008 academic year, a team

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 14.1285.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Two is Better Than One: Experiences Revitalizing a Capstone Design Competition ProgramAbstractThis paper examines the steps taken to revitalize the Baja SAE program at the United StatesMilitary Academy (West Point). Due to some significant issues with the 2007 Baja SAE team,West Point did not compete in the 2007 competition. Because Baja SAE is conducted as a seniorcapstone design project, the lack of competitiveness led the senior faculty advisor to examine theprogram and take steps to prevent future failures. A brief history of the West Point Baja SAEprogram, course framework, and steps taken to revitalize the program are discussed in

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

decade, in the first junior level laboratory our Electrical Engineering students haveassembled, tested and analyzed an AM/FM radio using a commercially available kit. A primarygoal for this course is for students to understand basic concepts from electronics,electromagnetics, and signals and systems along with how these concepts are integrated torealize a working radio. Students studied schematics, received training in how to solder,modeled portions of the circuit with PSpice, and studied operation of a variety of devicesincluding diodes, transistors, and antennas. Towards the end of the semester, students weretasked with a design project. This tended to be the students’ favorite part of the course, beingsomewhat more involved than the kit

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Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-82: WEST AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, ANDRECIPROCITY IMPLEMENTATION IN BENINBradley Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Bradley A. Striebig is an associate professor of Engineering at James Madison University. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University, where he was the head of the Environmental Technology Group at the Applied research Laboratory. Prior to accepting a position to develop the engineering program at James Madison University, Brad was a faculty member in the Civil Engineering department at Gonzaga University. He has worked on various water projects throughout the US and in Benin and Rwanda.Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University Susan

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Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-186: INDUSTRIAL INTERNSHIPS: THE FINAL PART OF ATHREE-PHASE MULTISUBJECT EXPERIMENT IN PROJECT-BASEDLEARNING IN VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY STUDIESEmilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences Emilia Bratschitsch is head of the Department of Vehicle Technologies (Automotive and Railway Engineering) and teaches Electrics, Electronics and Methods of Signal Processing at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum in Graz (Austria). She is also a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Transport of the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria). She graduated with a degree in Medical Electronics as well in Technical Journalism from the Technical University of Sofia and received her PhD

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tim Brower, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-261: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:AN ACTIVITIES-, PROJECT-, AND PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING APPROACHTim Brower, Oregon Institute of Technology Page 14.1118.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Systems Engineering in Undergraduate Education: An Activities, Project, Problem-Based Learning ApproachAbstractSystems engineering is an interdisciplinary collaborative process by which a customer’sneeds are satisfied through the conceptualization, design, modeling, testing,implementation, verification, and operation of a working system. It provides a focus thatenables practicing engineers to integrate their specialties in the

Conference Session

Projects and Problems in First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-270: A LEGO ROBOT PROJECT USING CONCEPT MAPS ANDPEER-LED TEAMS FOR A FRESHMAN COURSE IN ENGINEERING ANDENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYMehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Dr. Mehrubeoglu received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering, respectively, from Texas A&M University. After working as a research engineer and software engineer at Electroscientific Industries, where she developed new algorithms for machine vision problems, she joined Cyprus International University as the Chair of Department of Computer Engineering. After returning to Texas she

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Projects and Problems in First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Senay Purzer, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

constructivist theory wereused as theoretical frameworks. Twenty-five first-year engineering students (six teams)participated in the study and their team discussions were video and audio recorded betweenFebruary and May 2007. During the study, students worked on three design projects: a firerescue project, a pharmaceutical lozenge design project, and a street-crossing problem. A three-stage sequential mixed-methods approach (qualitative quantitative qualitative) was used fordata analysis. The first and second stages involved the coding of student talk and correlationanalyses between self-efficacy, achievement, and discourse type. Results from these two phaseswere presented in detail in a previous paper. In summary, the analyses showed a

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Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge

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Electrical and Computer

, oscilloscopes and signal generators – at a mouse click. Thestudents benefit from immediate and tangible experience in applying the complex theories andprinciples they are trying to master.Perhaps the most attractive aspect of SDR is the availability of signal databases8-10. In SDR Page 14.1332.3large sections of the RF spectrum can be digitized and recorded in computer files. These filesallow students to experiment with real signals without any hardware component. This alsoallows faculty to assign projects to students without requiring expensive hardware. Section III ofthis paper gives an overview of SDR for those unfamiliar with this relatively new

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Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Hoover, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; JianJian Song, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Drewniak, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Electrical and Computer

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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Richard Sheryll, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology; Rustam Stolkin, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

for Engineering Education, 2006 Discovery based learning in the engineering classroom using underwater roboticsAbstractUnderwater robotics projects offer an excellent medium for discovery based engineering andscience learning. The challenge of building underwater robotic vehicles and manipulatorsengages and stimulates students while encompassing a very broad spectrum of engineeringdisciplines and scientific concepts.This paper describes the successful design and implementation of student projects, building wireguided remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) with motorized grabbers. This work ispart of an ongoing effort to incorporate innovative, hands on projects into our freshmanengineering curriculum

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Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

uses of web-based group platforms, such as wikis and weblogs in industryand education, have been adopted for project management, to support “folio thinking”1,to encourage reflective practice and to build communities of practice. This qualitativeand quantitative study looks at the pilot semester of using social software in a well-established senior capstone design course to support collaborative knowledgemanagement and group assessment. We want to answer the question: How do we assessteam or group learning?From this research question, we developed three project goals: 1. Leverage the group-editing capabilities of WSU Wiki to facilitate a new course dimension: collaborative knowledge management. 2. Pilot the use of social software as a

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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ari Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alberta Lipson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rafael Bras, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kip Hodges, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

2006-435: TERRASCOPE: A PROJECT-BASED, TEAM-ORIENTED FRESHMANLEARNING COMMUNITY WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL/EARTH SYSTEMFOCUSAri Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ARI W. EPSTEIN, a Lecturer in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, earned a Ph.D. in Oceanography (specializing in physical/biological interactions) in a program run jointly by MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He is particularly interested in free-choice learning, such as the learning that happens through museums, media, libraries and community-based organizations.Alberta Lipson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ALBERTA LIPSON is the associate director of the Teaching and Learning

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Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Billy Hill, Rowan University; Ryan McDevitt, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

outfitted withanemometers in southern New Jersey. The students are gathering critical resource data forassessing the economics and effectiveness of wind turbines for potential customers throughoutthe coastal environs of New Jersey. The students have also created the New Jersey AnemometerLoan Program official website4 which provides consumer outreach, online wind resource links,and essential “how-tos” regarding wind resource assessment.II. IntroductionEngineering clinic educational objectives at Rowan University include the following:At the conclusion of the course, students will (i) Demonstrate expanded knowledge of the general practices and the profession of engineering through immersion in an engineering project environment of

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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Ric Williams; Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Geoffrey Dieck, East Carolina University; Steve McLawhorn, East Carolina University

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First-Year Programs

services from both a worship follower’s and a worship leader’s perspective.William Howard, East Carolina University William E.(Ed) Howard is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at East Carolina University. Prior to joining ECU, he was a faculty member and program coordinator at Milwaukee School of Engineering. Howard has fourteen years of industrial experience in design and project engineering functions. He received BS and MS degrees from Virginia Tech, and his PhD from Marquette University. Howard is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin.Rick Williams, East Carolina University Rick Williams is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at East Carolina University. Prior to

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Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Janna, University of Memphis; John Hochstein, University of Memphis

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Mechanical Engineering

Pennsylvania State University (1979), and a Ph.D. from The University of Akron (1984). Page 11.328.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 COLLABORATION OF FRESHMAN WITH SENIORS IN A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSEAbstractAn innovative capstone design course titled “Design of Fluid Thermal Systems,” involves groupsof seniors working on various semester-long design projects. Groups are composed of 3, 4 or 5members that bid competitively on various projects. Once projects are awarded, freshmenenrolled in the “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course are assigned

Conference Session

Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Hazel, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson

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Energy Conversion and Conservation