Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina White, Columbia University; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kris Wood, University of Texas; Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin

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Minorities in Engineering

choices to pursue engineering, prioritizecategories to describe humanitarian engineering, level of interest and participation inhumanitarian engineering, and investigate thinking about engineering experiences as a sense ofagency and as community development. The results of this survey provide insight intoawareness of humanitarian engineering across various learning environments. Our data indicatethat a large portion of females and males are attracted to humanitarian projects. The data alsosuggest that humanitarian engineering experiences are interesting pursuits and attracters forstudents that are ethnic minorities. These important results sculpt our understandings about waysto attract and retain a diverse group of engineers

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tumkor Serdar, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Computers in Education

element methods and has interests in remote laboratories, project-based learning and student learning assessment. His research is in the areas of remote sensing and control with applications to remote experimentation as well as modeling of microstructure changes in metal forming processes. He publishes regularly in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and scientific journals. At the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, USA, he received the Best Paper Award for his article ’A Virtual Laboratory on Fluid Mechanics’.Dr. Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 22.527.1

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn A Vallas, University of Virginia; Wraegen Williams, University of Virginia, Center for Diversity in Engineering

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Minorities in Engineering

needed for America to compete in the diverse globaleconomy. This outreach effort has been designed and implemented with the aim of instillingan interest in computer science, engineering and entrepreneurship among the futureinnovators of America.LEAD-SEI’s three-week core curriculum consists of a team-based research project andcomputer science. These components allow groups to develop innovative solutions,products/prototypes, business plans and technology driven presentations to address real worldproblems; including the global challenges of the 21st century. In addition to theaforementioned, participants learn the scope of the different engineering fields fromUniversity professors and graduate students. Beyond discovering computer science

Conference Session

Impact of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Chemical Engineering Education & Misc.

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Bill B. Elmore, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

1 2 3 4 5 Comments PRESENTATION 15. Appropriate participation (all group members contribute to presentation) 1 2 3 4 5 16. Responses to questions demonstrate knowledge of subject matter and project. 1 2 3 4 5 17. All members contribute to answering questions 1 2 3 4 5 Comments Page 22.662.7Student FeedbackStudent feedback from the team assignment was mixed. The majority of teams indicated that thedevelopment of the poster presentation and learning more about a particularenvironmental/process plant

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Computing & Information Technology

needsThe administration of a large wiki textbook project is demanding, encompassing aspects oftopic selection, communication, role and responsibility assignment, assessment andmonitoring. 1. Signup sheet. Only a limited number of students or teams must be allowed to select any particular topic, to assure that all the topics will be chosen by somebody. Passing around a signup sheet in class means that some students get first choice because of where they sit in the classroom. Using standard software tools for this task—shared spreadsheets or message boards, for example—is unreliable, since these tools don’t have any way of preventing “too many” students or teams from signing up for a

Conference Session

Professional Development from a Distance

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

committees. Dr. Springer is internationally recognized, has authored numerous books and articles, and lectured on software development methodologies, management prac- tices and program management. Dr. Springer received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, his MBA and Doctorate in Adult and Community Education with a Cognate in Exec- utive Development from Ball State University. He is certified as both a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West LafayetteMark T Schuver, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette, IN Mark Schuver is the Associate Director of the Center for Professional Studies

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Joanne E. DeGroat, Ohio State University

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Engineering Technology

Page 22.333.4 • Use Quartus II software RTL Viewer to verify correct synthesis results • Incorporate Altera structural blocks in VHDL designs • Write simple testbenches for verification • Create parameterized designsThe Quartus II Software Design Series:Course DescriptionThe course provides extensive training on how to use Quartus® II development software todevelop an FPGA or CPLD. Faculty will be able to create a new project, enter in new or existingdesign files, and compile their design. Faculty will learn how to plan and manage I/Oassignments and apply timing analysis of design to achieve design goals using Quartus® IIdevelopment software [2]. The course objectives are to have class participants are able to

Conference Session

ECCD Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos, University of Texas, Pan American; Leonel Aguilera, University of Texas, Pan American; Elizardo Garcia, Universidad TecMilenio; Sanjeev Kumar, University of Texas, Pan American, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Roman Garcia, IEEE; Jose Sanchez, University of Texas, Pan American

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

founder of NSF funded Network Research Lab (NRL) in Electrical Engineering Dept. at UTPA, and an elected Senior member of IEEE..Roman Garcia, IEEE Roman Garcia earned his degree as an Electronic Technician in 2007. He is coursing his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas Pan-American. He is looking for a cleaner way to provide energy and illumination at lowest prices. His goals and vision on renewable energy and LED lightning had brought him to work as a research assistance on the project described in the paper.Jose Sanchez, The University of Texas Pan American Jose Sanchez, The University of Texas Pan American Jose Sanchez received his BSEE degree from The University of Texas Pan American in

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

-related Self-efficacy: The Roles of Computational Capabilities, Gender, and Academic PerformanceAbstractResearch has documented that self-efficacy is a good predictor of individuals’ behavior andmotivation. In engineering education, self-efficacy has received much attention in dealing withissues regarding the retention of female engineering students. As an effort to further understandthe role of self-efficacy in computer science and engineering education, this study focused onstudents’ self-efficacy beliefs about engineering/computer science, as well as self-efficacybeliefs about computer usage, and then examined their relations to computational capabilities,gender, and academic performance.This study is part of a larger project

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Naji Khoury, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai

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Graduate Studies

82Grade, % 80 78 76 74 0 5 10 15 20 25 No. of ethical exercises Page 22.385.8Appendix 1. CASE STUDIESGroup 11. Software Testing(Web Page on this Site) Numerical CaseA project team is developing new software for airplane altitude controls combined withnavigation. How is the software to be tested? How are the results to be interpreted, and what arethe expectations and goals for the quality of the software? Suitable for courses in statistics,software engineering, reliability engineering, levels 3-4.2. Risk, Tradeoffs, and Informed Consent: "The Hundred

Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Guarino, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; Charles Adams, Boise State University; Rey DeLeon, Boise State University, Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering Department; Marion Scheepers, Boise State University, Department of Mathematics; Francisco Castellon, Boise State University; Michael G. Wiedenfeld, Kuna High School; Paul Williams, Boise State University

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Computers in Education

Page 22.393.2rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service providerinteraction.”Cloud computing architecture is conveniently described using a layered model presented byZhang (2010)7 and summarized below, from the highest layer (application) to the lowest layer(hardware):1. Application (programs accessed by users)2. Platforms (software framework)3. Infrastructure (computation and storage)4. Hardware (CPU, memory, etc)Our project uses an application cloud, which provides software-as-a-service (SaaS). Ourapplication cloud provides access to software applications and also facilitates shared use of theapplications, allowing students to collaborate remotely on the same assignments. Unlike

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert M. Ybarra

laboratory projects that demonstrate the principles of momentum andheat transfer: Pressure Drop Through Valves and Fittings; Two-Phase Flow Through a PackedBed; Reboiler and Condenser Heat Duties; Turbulent Heat Transfer in Empty and Statically-MixedTubes; and Batch Heating of a Mixed Tank. ChE 236 involves experiments that demonstrate eithera chemical separation or conversion–the “bread and butter” of a chemical engineers. Theseexperiments consist of: Heterogeneously-Catalyzed Esterification of Acetic Acid and Ethanol;Desorption of Aqueous Ammonia Using a Packed Bed; Batch Drying of a Moist Solid; BatchDistillation of Methanol and Water; and Adsorptive Dehydration of Ethyl Acetate.Course ObjectivesSince we approach ChE 234 and 236 as a two-semester

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Phylis Katz; Howard A. Canistraro; Ann Lankford; Joan Dannenhoffer; Janice Girouard

appreciation ofSMET, improving the first year experience, and increasing student retention. Increased facultyparticipation was also a primary goal. Among these courses was ET111, Introduction to EngineeringTechnology, which is required of all freshmen students attending the Ward College of Technology.To address these issues the course was completely revised to include a team teaching format,expansion of subject topics to include student academic and social requirements, basic research skillsin the form of a research project, demonstrations of scientific principles through “hands on” exercises,use of basic computer analysis techniques, and introduction to industry professionals through monthlyseminars. The importance of teamwork was also a focal point

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie A. Phillips; Dewey A. Swanson

Department is partnering with a corporate quality group at a local firm.4) The Computer Technology Department (CPT) is partnering with a Fortune 500 firm to provide Oracle database training in the form of Purdue credit courses, made available to businesses in the local community.5) The Columbus site has an Industrial Advisory Board consisting of members from local business, industry and the university.6) The Columbus Education and Career Counseling Project, made up of community leaders from government, education and industry, was created to plan the community’s workforce needs of the future, and how the local education institutions can satisfy those needs.This paper will delve further into each of the above mentioned

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Dendy, Jr. Sloan; Anthony E. Vigil; Ronald Miller

Session 2313 Structured Troubleshooting in Process Design Anthony Vigil, Ronald L. Miller, E. Dendy Sloan, Jr. Colorado School of MinesSummarySenior-level process design courses have historically focused on large-scale chemical plant flowsheet development for grass-roots projects. While this is a worthwhile and necessary part of anychemical engineering curriculum, most new process engineers will not initially be placed in adesign situation, but rather may be assigned small-scale troubleshooting projects as a means ofintroducing them to existing processes. To help students acquire experience

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Flora McMartin

intended.IntroductionTraditional engineering education emphasized individualism, in contrast current practiceincreasingly involves team projects, cooperative learning and an emphasis on the synergypossible through group processes. Most faculty who interact regularly with their studentshave a general sense of a student’s teamwork skills. However, in order for faculty to developeffective interventions, it is necessary for them to measure the underlying skills that contributeto successful teamwork. Building on a number of existing instruments (e.g., the FoundationCoalition’s Team Evaluation Sheet) the Synthesis Coalition’s assessment team developed aself/peer assessment instrument that incorporated the best practices in engineering and otherdisciplines. This instrument was

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile

forgotten and others he may have never taken. Inaddition to traditional topics, the student must become familiar with vastly new and diversesubject matter.In order to expose undergraduate students to experimental modal analysis to support capstonedesign projects and other related projects, a simplified approach is necessary. Complexmathematical concepts can be easily illustrated using detailed pictures where color becomes anextremely important contribution. These concepts can be further explained through the use ofmultimedia format presentations. Multimedia provides a mechanism for students to reviewmaterial as often as needed to fully understand complex concepts. This paper addresses some ofthese issues through the use of some typical teaching

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Raji Sundarajaran; Christina Sisterna; Charles A. Lipari; Robert W. Nowlin

be used in other projects regardless of the specifiedlocations used in this project.How do you tell to Synplify that you are writing a hierarchical design? You need to code all theentity/architecture pairs that you need in the same project. Write the top-level entity/architectureat the last.When you are using a schematic tool, you tie a component, which is available from a library, toother component using wires. In VHDL you can create hierarchical designs by instantiating onearchitecture inside another. By instantiating you are tying different components together to giveanother bigger.The natural form of hierarchy in VHDL is the component. Any entity/architecture can be used ascomponents in a higher level architecture. Thus, complex circuits

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy R., Jr. Craig; Edward McConnell

final design project report are included in the Appendix.5. The New/Revised Labs The new, or substantially revised, laboratory exercises are listed below, along with themajor new features that were incorporated: Lab Status New Feature(s) 3) Second-Order System Behavior; Rev. V’scope Virtual Oscilloscope 6) Digital Signal Processing New DSP topics; Spectrum Analyzer 7) Measurement of Force and Acceleration; New Piezo. F&A; FRF’s; Ratio Ratio Calibration Calib.; Spectrum Analyzer 8) Beam Vibration New FRF’s

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James A. Jacobs

a rational focus for improved materials engineeringeducation and research. Keeping the series of workshops going annually has been a challengedue to ever decreasing of funds to support these important activities. NASA, DOE, NSU,NIST, and Boeing Airplane Company have provided crucial support to maintain the workshops'continuation. The automotive industry has recently joined our partnership. The project relieson scores of peopling helping to make it successful, including authors of experiments,volunteers who organize and manage each workshop, college and university faculty whoparticipate and spread the word, and staff and members of technical societies as ASEE, ASMI,MRS, and ICME

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald H. Rockland

project lab that incorporates these steps are also discussed.IntroductionTechnical people do not think effectively in assembly or higher level programming languages,but rather in their native language. However, it is too easy for students taking an introductorymicroprocessor course to start programming first by thinking in a computer language, withoutany planning. This can lead to poor programming skills, as well as frustration with programmingin general.In a third year introductory course to microprocessors in the electrical engineering technologyprogram at NJIT, assembly language was introduced as a tool to understand the x86 structure. Inthe past students were given assignments to enhance their programming skills, and developedincreasingly

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kuruvilla Verghese; Douglas Peplow

the bene ts of collaborativelearning without sacri cing subject content. This program was instituted as a project forone of the authors DEP under NCSU's Preparing the Professoriate" program PPP. PPPprovides a one-year mentored teaching experience to a few select senior PhD students whoaspire to have an academic career5. Page 4.126.22. Out-of-class Small Group Learning ActivityStudents are required to register for an extra 2.25 hour period per week for an out-of-classgroup learning session. This ensures that they all will have the same time each week dedi-cated for this activity.Graduate student volunteers are recruited as tutors based on their

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

David P. Heddle; Robert F. Hodson; David C. Doughty

atChristopher Newport University. Web-4M, which is now commercially available, was designed byCNU faculty to address the needs of science and engineering students in network-based learning.This software uniquely merges SLNs and ALNs by linking synchronous tools such as chats, whiteboards and slide shows with a common data repository that is also used by asynchronous tools suchas email, news groups and a file manager. These communication tools are used in a variety of waysincluding: simple file transfer, virtual office hours, student project logs, posting review material,collaboration with other institutions, and student to student collaboration. This paper discusses theunique features of Web-4M and faculty experience in the application of this tool set

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Melvin Cherno; Kathryn A. Neeley

basiccategories: (1) direct application in the mechanics of design and construction (acoustics,physics, astronomy, drawing, geometry, materials, and arithmetic); (2) making the architect’swork intelligible and meaningful to his client and to other members of his culture(communication, cultural history); (3) making his project workable in relation to context anduse, including connection to various social systems and customs (geography, religious customs,medicine, law); and (4) making the architect ethical or “high-minded” (philosophy).Throughout the Ten Books, he is guided by a concrete vision of the use to which a design orsystem will be put. He defines the context of engineering broadly, and considers factors rangingfrom religious and social customs to

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Yannuzzi; Edward McDonnell; Bradshaw Kinsey; Robert Bowman

element of its institutional identity onthe outcome of the joint venture. Community College of Philadelphia, which had for yearsoffered courses at the Shipyard, had to agree to invite other "competitor" institutions onto its"turf." Delaware County Community College, from the suburbs, had to agree to manage a grantand provide administrative support for a project where it would enroll fewer than one-third of thestudents. Camden County College, across the river in New Jersey, had to agree to share itstechnology programs and facilities with students from another state. Drexel University, a leaderin engineering and technology research, had to adapt to the short-term delivery modes andapplied technology programs needed for workforce retraining. At

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Rossler

-methodsengineering course. Design problems were limited to those solved using paper, pencil, and acalculator. During the past two years, Professor Rod Johnson expanded topical coverage andincorporated computer-based design tools into the course, specifically FactoryCad, FactoryFlow,and FactoryPlan. These tools were used in a semester design project. Because the course had noofficial textbook, Professor Johnson also developed a set of lecture note handouts for student use.I followed Professor Johnson’s approach when teaching the course this past summer. I thenbegan to integrate into the course the design experiences described in this paper when teachingthe course this fall.The Learning ContextStudents’ academic workloads and learning attitudes led to and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert J. Beichner; Hugh Fuller; Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; Ernest E. Burniston

(PowerPoint); assignments that involve summarizing sections and doing chapter-end exercises in Studying Engineering by Raymond Landis; orientation presentations by representatives of different engineering departments; field trips to engineering laboratories and a construction site; guest presentations by recent engineering graduates; and team projects that involve elementary engineering design and analysis, application of principles from the science and calculus courses, and preparation of oral and written project reports.• A nominal schedule states which courses meet during which hours, but the actual schedule changes every week according to which topics are to be emphasized. Most class periods are taught by individual

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas I. M. Ho; Brian Ho

://www.engr.iupui.edu/cpt/courses/cpt115f96/115syl.htmlIndiana University (1997). Internet Skills (CPT 299), Fall 1997 Web site [WWW document]. URLhttp://www.engr.iupui.edu/cpt/courses/cpt299.f97RealNetworks (1997). Web site [WWW document]. URL http://www.real.comTimecast (1997). Web site [WWW document]. URL http://www.timecast.comUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1997) Shakespeare Globe USA Web site [WWW document]. URLhttp://talon.extramural.uiuc.edu/shakespeare/University of Washington (1996) CSE/ENGR 142: Computer Programming I, 1996 Summer Web site [WWWdocument]. URL http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/projects/tslides/index.htmlBiographical InformationTHOMAS I. M. HO is Chairman and Professor of Computer Technology at Indiana University Purdue

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra K. Varma

the third year, and one summer after the fourth year, taking practicaltraining in industry. We were required to write a technical report on our engineering experiences,and on return to the school, we were interviewed by a team of professors to evaluate ourinvolvement, and depth of exposure to various engineering functions while on the job. Theinternship gave us the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the profession which wewere to join on graduation.What were my on-the-job internship experiences? One summer, I interned on a steel millconstruction project which required huge foundations supported on massive pilings. The othersummer, I was involved in the intricacies of design and construction of a defense project ofmajor

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Seattle, WA, 28 June - 1 July 1998ABSTRACTThe primary goal of Rowan University's freshmen engineering course is to immerse students inmultidisciplinary projects that teach engineering principles using the theme of engineering meas-urements in both laboratory and real-world settings. Currently, many freshman programs focuseither on a design project or discipline specific experiments that may not be cohesively inte-grated. At Rowan, freshman engineers are introduced to industrial problems through a series of 4modules and a interrelated-interactive lectures on problem solving, safety and ethics. In this pa-per a the process engineering module using the vehicle of a cogeneration plant is presented.INTRODUCTIONThe Rowan engineering faculty are taking