Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Teaching Introductory Materials

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

AC 2010-2106: SPECIAL SESSION: INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES FORTEACHING INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS COURSESStephen Krause, Arizona State University Stephen Krause is a Professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering arrived at Arizona State University in 1981 after completing his research on polymer deformation at the University of Michigan. Courses he has developed and taught include; Bridging Engineering and Education, Materials Characterization, Polymers and Composites, and Materials Capstone Design,. Innovative learning tools and assessments he has developed include: Materials Mentor Fold Out Notes; Materials Lecture Work Notes; Materials Lecture Activities; a Materials

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

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Mechanical Engineering

’ instructions, examples andassessment tools.Our approach which encompasses process, methods and tools improves resource efficiencywithin and across departments. For high level materials, a consistent format is essential forstrategic plans, continuous improvement, educational objectives, program outcomes andassessment plans. Additional leverage is gained by standardizing documentation of courseimprovements, capstone projects and faculty development. Common materials that describe co-curricular multidisciplinary activities and shared facilities are prepared and disseminated at theCollege level. The purpose of this paper is to present the specifics of our approach and lessonslearned from the latest general visit along with recommendations for future

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Greg Murray; Tim Thomas

they worked. Objective 2 was thecause for concern. Program assessment led to the observations that the student skills were weakand that the program was not exposing students to emerging technologies and important moderntools of the discipline. These observations came from the program industry advisory committee,students, and program faculty.The MET industry advisory committee, the primary tool used to get industry constituent input,participated in the assessment of the program by reviewing „capstone‟ project presentations.Drawings presented were unclear and incomplete; members of the committee identified thebaseline program content weakness stating other, newer software is being widely used inindustry. Many committee members felt students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Janice Meyer Thompson, Arizona State University; Christopher Mehrens, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

mathematics in an NSF-funded Math-Science Partnership grant; serving as Director of the Master of Natural Science (Physics) program at ASU, including ASU’s Modeling Workshops and other summer courses; and leading a new summer research experience for forty math and science teachers project, funded by Science Foundation Arizona. He is also actively involved in a pilot project to provide a compact path to teaching certification for mainstream math and science majors. He has directed an NSF REU program in condensed matter physics, and he is actively involved in undergraduate education, including the teaching of the introductory courses for majors. His experience in teaching and expertise in physical

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

projects in industry encompassing principles of professional engineering. These coursesare capstone courses taken at the end of the MEP curriculum. 10. Elective or Independent Study (3 credits):Can be substituted for one of the industrial projects. Approval of advisor required.6. Implementation It is anticipated that the first cadre will be made up of approximately 20 students. Theprogram will be structured in an executive format. In this structure, professional engineers fromindustry or the military will remain together as one cadre and take courses in a prescribedsequence. Each course will be offered during the latter part of the week and during weekends andbe completed in approximately ten weeks. A distance learning format may be

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Kaiser, Montana State University; Peggy Taylor, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Howard Tenenbaum, La Jolla High School, San Diego Unified School District; Seth Hodges, St. Michael Indian School, St. Michaels, AZ

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

excellent models of using field and lab work to teach science.Students frequently comment that multiple campus field and lab courses provide the best Page 15.745.4 2experience so they are encouraged to spend as much time on campus as possible. The MSSEteachers are welcome to take as many campus courses as they wish.All graduates complete and present a science education capstone project in their final year forwhich they receive guidance and advice from a three-person graduate committee consisting of atleast one science education advisor and one

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

currentmethods of conversion to useful forms. In the second component, the students are required toread, and critically analyze two current research papers in the related field of renewable energytechnology. In the third component, students prepare design of projects that are targeted to needsof the local community. Project design is the capstone activity involving literature search andapplication of multiple learned concepts and techniques. The paper will share the experiences ofoffering two of these courses at Purdue University Calumet.The paper also shows that how classroom learning can be enhanced by making available tolearners the classroom lecture in audio /video/pdf format from anywhere and at all times ondemand. This technology, called the

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Benzley, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

environment was done generally by 1) stand-alonecourses, 2) brief class discussions that are instigated in connection with the subject matter of thecourse and 3) with modules inserted in existing classes – most often in capstone courses. Theywarned that “there are also risks in relying on general philosophy courses as students’ onlysystematic exposure to ethics. Especially when these courses are taught outside the school ofengineering, there is a risk that students will not know how to connect what they learn to theirown work.” They also point to a finding of Austin that “engineering produces more significanteffects on student outcome than any other major field.”13 Thus there is growing support thatethics should be taught within an engineering

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra Seniow, Oregon State University; Eric Nefcy, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 15.1030.8Figure 5. Model Representation Component Key.Results and DiscussionModel Representations have been generated for the Virtual Laboratory projects of students of thesenior capstone laboratory course at Oregon State University in Fall 2008. The class consisted of55 students majoring in chemical engineering, 19 majoring in bioengineering and 6 majoring inenvironmental engineering, who worked in 27 teams of 2-3 students on either the Virtual CVDLaboratory (41 students) or the Virtual Bioreactor Laboratory (39 students).Instructional ContextOver the course of the 10 week term students complete three laboratories, each requiring aboutthree weeks. The first and third laboratories are physical laboratories (a heat exchanger and

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Enayat Mahajerin, Saginaw Valley State University; Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint

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Mechanical Engineering

obtained, has always been a challenge. They tend to think of components that are too simple to analyze. Therefore more guidelines have been provided on how to select an appropriate component for the project that addresses all CLOs. Where necessary, an engineering component has been selected for them to work on.As a side note to this, few students always creatively think of a common project topic thataddresses different aspects and requirements to satisfy another course(s) they take during thesame term, for example, a senior capstone design course or another ME elective course such asfailure considerations in design or failure analysis courses. This is a highly desirable as itprovides a total learning experience for the

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Tocco, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

, studentsparticipate in a two-course capstone design sequence during their senior year.Historically, a majority of civil engineering graduates find employment in southeastern Page 15.128.2Michigan. Over the last couple of years, however, a growing number of graduates are acceptingemployment with out-of-state engineering and construction firms. Additionally, many studentsare pursuing advanced engineering and business degrees.The Lawrence Tech website is located on the Internet at: www.ltu.eduB. Overview of BOK2The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), when it published Policy Statement 465 (PS465), Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional

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e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University

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Continuing Professional Development

manager in any high-techcompany has three major features to reconcile: The deliverables are managed within projects that are tightly constrained to meet very specific goals on-time and within budget. The reward process therefore drives most projects to an optimized point solution. Systems are continuously evolving so there is also a higher need for a platform design that can deliver many point solution variants over time. However, no customers for the point solutions wish to pay the infrastructure costs for platform development and support. The system provider can take on that strategic role but it implies higher overhead and a perpetual accounting problem. New technology, especially for data

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Chowdhury

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Construction

18 18 Senior YearFirst Semester Sem. Hrs. Second Semester Sem. Hrs.CMG 400 Construction Accounting 3 MGT 352 Entrepreneurship 3CMG 410 Concrete/Steel/Wood Des. & Con. 3 CMG 450 Construction Codes & Quality Control 3CMG 420 Internship 3 CMG 460 Capstone Project 4CMG 430 Advanced Const. Cost Estimation 3 12

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Hung, Texas A&M University; Jorge Leon, Texas A&M University; Luis San Andres, Texas A&M Univeristy

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Manufacturing

design and manufacturing of microturbomachinery. Some students study materials, dynamics, or thermal aspects ofturbomachinery, while others explore and develop various micromanufacturing technologies formicroturbine fabrication. The nature of micromachinery requires the development of novelmicromanufacturing technologies for superalloys and other robust engineering materials. Theselected participants study micromilling, electrical discharge micromachining, electrochemicalmicromachining, and vacuum assisted microcasting. They complete a research methodologyworkshop and then apply to their own projects through setting objectives, planning schedule,performing experiments, documenting data, presenting results at the campus-wide poster session

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles Baukal; Joe Colannino; Wes Bussman; John Matsson

entrepreneurship education and capstone projects while exceeding ABET requirements, proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, paper AC 2006-1330.6 J.P. Gosink and R.A. Streveler, Bringing adjunct engineering faculty into the learning community, J. Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 1, pp. 47-51, 2000.7 A. Rose and N. Voigt, The role of adjunct faculty in future engineering, proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, paper AC 2008-2046.8 V. Varma, Practitioners as adjunct clinical professors: Their role in teaching real-world engineering applications in design and construction, proceedings of the

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware; Thomas Brumm, Iowa State University; Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University

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Engineering Technology

competencies are informed bythe student’s performance in a “Discovery Learning Experience” – either a technical practicumin industry or an undergraduate research project. Page 15.299.2Introduction and Background:The University of Delaware’s Department of Bioresources Engineering offers a B.S. degree inEngineering Technology (ET) that has been a TAC of ABET-accredited2 general ET programsince 1988. The program typically graduates 20 to 25 majors per year. Both EAC of ABETand TAC of ABET accreditation regimes require outcomes assessment. TAC of ABETdocumentation2 under Criterion 3, Program Outcomes, stipulates that each program mustdemonstrate its

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Turton, West Virginia University; Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University

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Chemical Engineering

education, and outcomes assessment. Joe is an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, and he is a co-author of the text Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes (3rd ed.), published by Prentice Hall in 2009. Page 15.56.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Module for Teaching Batch OperationsRationaleFor the past several years, the majority of projects chosen for one of the two required designs inour senior capstone course have involved some form of batch or semi-batch process. However,no formal instruction in the design and operation of batch processes was

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Paul Skaggs, Brigham Young University; Richard Fry, Brigham Young University; Brian Howell, Brigham Young University; Richard West, Brigham Young University

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Design in Engineering Education

innovation principles andactivities in an effort to develop a new innovation product, process, or service. The purpose ofthe capstone experience was to evaluate if the students understood the principles well enoughthat they could go through each principle as steps towards identifying a problem and thendeveloping an innovative solution. Consequently day-two of the Innovation Boot Campconsisted of each group showing how they came up with the problem and solution of theircapstone project using the five key principles of innovation. A panel of judges from local designand engineering companies were brought in to evaluate the student’s projects. Additionally, thestudents self and peer evaluated each other’s projects, in an effort to help them further

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Feola, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

title“Students working on industry projects in class” also opens the webpage source:University of Colorado at Boulder school’s page, featuring the Capstone DesignConference in this website article7. From this separate browser page, the high schoolstudent can read about this program and also continue to use that school’s website tocontinue to research this program and other school facts that would be of interest. Page 15.262.8Figure 3. Landing page (left) and Search page (right) from Preparing for Advanced Manufacturing CareerAnother way to learn about manufacturing education programs from this page is byclicking the “Looking for More?” link

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Gregory Leman, Baylor University; William Jordan, Baylor University; Brian Garner, Baylor University; Brian Thomas, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

regularlyteaching the latter two Machine Design focuses on engineering analysis and the design andselection of machine components to meet specific requirements. Senior Design is the capstonecourse of the engineering degree plans (mechanical, electrical and computer, and generalengineering) program, and it brings to bear all of the students’ prior training to incorporatedesign creativity, engineering analysis, teamwork, budget management, and technicalcommunication.It is in the capstone course, Senior Design, that our second KEEN Innovator chose to integrateentrepreneurship concepts and skills into the student experience. The course is project orientedwhere students team up to solve a specific problem that is provided either from external industryor private

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Donnelly, Three Rivers Community College; Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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Two Year College Division

required classroom course ininstructional technologies at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) will be adapted toinclude instruction PBL methodology and applications. The course is currently offered once peryear and is required of all Technology and Engineering Education (TEE) majors (pre-serviceteachers) at CCSU. Approximately 15 undergraduates enroll in the class each year. Theadaptations required to incorporate PBL theory into the current course framework will becompleted prior to the spring 2011 semester, when the new PBL-based version of the course willbe delivered for the first time.As a capstone project for the course, students will use the pedagogical strategies and technicalskills they acquire throughout the semester to develop an

Conference Session

Special Session: Next Generation Problem-Solving

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Jack Patzer, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 15.1080.1 Public Schools working to integrate technology into their classrooms. TEC will be extended to include teachers on the White Earth Reservation.Jack Patzer, University of Pittsburgh Jack Patzer is Coordinator of the Bioartificial Liver Program in the McGowan Institute for© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Page 15.1080.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Model-Eliciting Activities – Instructor PerspectivesAbstractAs part of a larger NSF-funded project to develop Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) inengineering courses (MEDIA), the

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina White, Columbia University; Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel Jensen, United States Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, George Washington University; Andy Szmerekovsky, US Air Force Academy; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

historical innovators as provided in the CG suite.Originally, the historical innovator technique was introduced as part of the capstone designexperience at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), Department of EngineeringMechanics. We tested the evolved technique with the extended set of innovators at TheUniversity of Texas (UT) as part of freshman signature course and a multi-disciplinary seniordesign projects course. To introduce students to our idea of being inspired by historicalinnovators, we present an example about how other students have used this model for designideation. We prompt the discussion with paragon words of wisdom from Isaac Newton, “If Ihave seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

usinghydrogen fuel, quantifying the economic opportunities in the Carbon Market. Sophomores inresearch Special Problems were tasked with extending the freshman experience to supersonicairliners, as part of a team including senior students. These students explored radical concepts forsuch airliners. An upper level aerodynamics course was used to develop technical figures ofmerit for supersonic hydrogen airliners from basic aerodynamics knowledge. The processidentified numerous gaps in the comprehension of the students from their courses. Theintegration challenge of this project enabled iterative refinement of their understanding. Theconcepts and analysis approaches taught at each level are seen to have become useful only whensubjected to integrated use

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Inez Hua, Purdue University; Ernest Blatchley, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University

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Environmental Engineering

recruit and involve people involved in three specific types of courses: 1) introductory classes, including college-wide “First Year Engineering” courses and disciplinary introductory or introductory design courses; 2) engineering fundamentals courses, especially those related to materials, which could address the source, lifecycle, and energy requirements of manufacture, manipulation, recycling and disposal of materials in addition to the current focus on material properties; 3) design courses, including capstone or senior design projects: these are the places where skills learned through the curriculum are integrated and creativity and problem solving are center-stage. Design is, by definition

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

F. Carl Knopf, Louisiana State University; Kerry Dooley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

above-mentioned topics in classes rangingfrom introductory Sophomore-level to capstone design.Curriculum Enhancement through Cogeneration Educational ModulesWe have developed educational modules based on cogeneration that can be integratedthroughout the Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering curricula. The cogenerationsystem is an ideal means of establishing an energy thread in Engineering curricula, in bothlecture and lab courses. The six currently available modules include: for the Sophomore orJunior Years, ideal gas performance (IGP); for the Junior Year data reconciliation (DR) and real-gas performance (RGP); for the Senior Year numerical modeling of heat transfer (HT), levelizedeconomics (LE), and cogeneration system optimal

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

. The fill-in sheetswere very useful as templates for homework, tests etc. Informal discussions with faculty whoteach system dynamics and capstone design have indicated that over the past few years – studentperformances have improved in design and analysis. Students are drawing clearer free bodydiagrams, have shown improved problem solving skills and use more analysis than before in thecapstone design projects. Observers from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence had thefollowing comment on the fill-in sheets and use of tablet-pc: “Students seemed to understandconcepts and fill-in sheets, and they had a sense of accomplishments.” Below are some of thecomments from students to the question “Pleasegive me your feedback on the use of the

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anirban Ganguly, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

/ Experiments Techniques Critical Review of Literature X Capstone Project / Thesis X X X Others Project management X X X X X X X X Business Process Re-engineering X Risk Analysis X Environmental Policy X Organizational Behavior X X X X

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lance Schacterle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

(ACC) has primary responsibility for reporting to theRBE Faculty. Senior Capstone projects (MQPs) are reviewed by every program every two yearsand those results are likewise reported. Page 15.1046.5 RBEFigure 3. Continuous improvement process flow.All assessment is performed relative to overall program objectives and specific educationaloutcomes.3.2. ObjectivesThe objectives of the Robotics Engineering Program are to educate men and women to • Have a basic understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

William Hornfeck; Ismail Jouny; John Nestor

engineering experience.II. Electrical and Computer Engineering CurriculaThe curriculum in Electrical or Computer Engineering at most colleges and universities satisfiesABET accreditation requirements2, 7 by means of four-year programs that generally begin with aFirst-Year introductory design experience, followed by a thorough exposure to analyticalfundamentals, core courses in the engineering major, and finishing with a capstone designexperience in the last year. There are generally no requirements, either within accreditationguidelines or within institution-specific curricula, pointing to educational goals that address theworldwide nature of their engineering field, or the momentum of the trend toward globalization.At Lafayette College1, the program