Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

other majors.Twelve of the 46 students in the class indicated that “energy” was their primary specialty choice(second only to 14 students stating an interest in water). Student interest in energy related topicswas also strongly apparent among the applicants to a summer Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) program in EVEN, with 42 of 84 applicants stating an interest in workingon research related to energy topics. These energy projects were the most popular among all ofthe 15 different research topics advertised. This paper describes the existing energy-relatedcourses at the University of Colorado at Boulder. It also describes ways to incorporatesustainable energy into existing courses. Environmental engineering needs to determine what

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Masten, McMaster University; Robert Fleisig, McMaster University

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Design in Engineering Education

Students in Engineering Design through Engineers Without Borders ProjectsAbstractIt is important that first year engineering students learn that the engineering design processinvolves more than mathematics and physics. To accomplish this, students choose designprojects from a variety of disciplines, developed with Engineers Without Borders (Canada) andsituated in either a developing country or a remote area of Canada. All projects required, not onlya technical solution, but also consideration of ethics, health and safety, economics, and impact onthe community. Among the design projects were a rain-water harvesting system and ceramicwater filter for villagers in Cambodia and a press for extracting oil and producing biodiesel

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

landing gear design and analysis project. Acomparison of outcomes is made of results for semesters in which the videos were used withoutaccompanying lectures with other semesters in traditional lecture format. The changes to the coursethat were adopted based on the assessment are presented. The assessment procedure is used to improvethe quality of the course and to satisfy ABET requirements. It is proposed that this assessmentprocedure using marker problems can be used in other design courses.IntroductionThe ability to design components and systems is recognized as one of the key characteristics definingan engineer. Design is a “systematic, intelligent process in which designers generate, evaluate andspecify concepts for devices, systems, or

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

landing gear design and analysis project. Acomparison of outcomes is made of results for semesters in which the videos were used withoutaccompanying lectures with other semesters in traditional lecture format. The changes to the coursethat were adopted based on the assessment are presented. The assessment procedure is used to improvethe quality of the course and to satisfy ABET requirements. It is proposed that this assessmentprocedure using marker problems can be used in other design courses.IntroductionThe ability to design components and systems is recognized as one of the key characteristics definingan engineer. Design is a “systematic, intelligent process in which designers generate, evaluate andspecify concepts for devices, systems, or

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

landing gear design and analysis project. Acomparison of outcomes is made of results for semesters in which the videos were used withoutaccompanying lectures with other semesters in traditional lecture format. The changes to the coursethat were adopted based on the assessment are presented. The assessment procedure is used to improvethe quality of the course and to satisfy ABET requirements. It is proposed that this assessmentprocedure using marker problems can be used in other design courses.IntroductionThe ability to design components and systems is recognized as one of the key characteristics definingan engineer. Design is a “systematic, intelligent process in which designers generate, evaluate andspecify concepts for devices, systems, or

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Dunn, University of Maine; Kenneth Nichols, University of Maine

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Engineering and Public Policy

administration and civil engineering fields are alwaysworking together in practice. Public administration professionals are decision makers whoprovide the long-term plan and vision for development within federal, state, and local levels. Asdecision makers, these professionals decide which projects are viable. Engineering professionalsdesign, analyze, and execute planned projects. These professionals take the vision to a realitythat ultimately the public uses and the public administration professional needs to maintain. Though public administration and engineering professionals work together, they oftenmisunderstand one another’s roles. The public administration professional works within a publicpolicymaking process and regulatory sphere that

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-710: AN INNOVATIVE FRESHMEN ENGINEERING COURSE TOIMPROVE RETENTIONJale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleJohn Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleJames Mathias, Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleLalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleRhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Page 13.182.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Innovative Freshmen Engineering Course to Improve RetentionAbstractAs part of a federally funded project to improve retention, the College of Engineering (COE) atSouthern Illinois University- Carbondale (SIUC) has implemented a college

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Callaway, CH2M HILL; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

and light gauge steel design and construction. Page 13.1130.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Sustainable Research and Design in a Civil Engineering Senior Design CourseAbstractIn an effort to help students understand the broader impacts of land development, a significantsustainability component was added to a capstone senior design project course in a small civilengineering program. This year-long course traditionally involves students completingstraightforward designs in the areas of structural, transportation, geotechnical, and municipalenvironmental engineering. In a

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science and Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hong Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Mathematics

courses teach students to work on well-defined andoversimplified problems. Average college students believe that the solution to all problemssimply implies finding the right formulas and plugging data into those formulas. Consequently,the learning of mathematics comes down to remembering formulas. Given application problemswhere the solutions are not based on formula association, most students do not know how to starttheir work. With the increasing complexity of postmodern technology, bridging the gap betweenreal-world problems and problems in textbooks becomes an increasingly critical pedagogicalissue. Berkey and Vernescu 1 presented an extensive survey about the curriculum reform effortof project-oriented education in 30 years. Many articles

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods

fallsophomore course presents Rowan engineering students with their first exposure to open-endeddesign problems in a team setting. The current course features a four-week introductory projecton bottle rocket design, completed in teams of 3-4, and a 10-week main project on crane design,completed in teams of 4-5. The teaming aspect of the course is a challenge to engineeringstudents, particularly in that many of them are naturally pre-disposed to prefer working alone.The Let Me Learn (LML) Process is an integrated approach to teaching and learning that startswith administration of the Learning Connections Inventory (LCI), a survey instrument thatassesses individual learning patterns. All Rowan Students now take the LCI as enteringfreshmen. In this study

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daren Wilcox, Southern Polytechnic State University; Steve Wilson, Southern Polytechnic State University; Gerd Wöstenkühler

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Electrical and Computer

Embedded Design in a Sophomore CourseAbstractRecently in academia, a push has emerged to include engineering design early in a student’s coursesequence. The desired result is to captivate the student’s interest in engineering before the student hashad a chance to change majors. Otherwise, the student would not experience the design process until thecapstone courses in the senior year. In this paper, an embedded design project in a sophomore course ispresented. The design project is based on the USB Toolstick from Silicon Laboratories. The USBToolstick is an 8051 series microcontroller that is self contained, economical, and very student friendly.What follows is a discussion of the sophomore course, an overview of the USB Toolstick, and examplesof

Conference Session

Anything New in Dynamics?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts

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Mechanics

Investigating Impulse Loading using Model Rocketr yAbstractA project is presented that uses experimentally determined thrust data for a commercial modelrocket engine to investigate impulse loading relations. Certain model rocket engines approachimpulse loading; completely burning in a fraction of a second. Using a fixture instrumented withstrain gages and a high-speed National Instruments data acquisition system, the studentsexperimentally collect the thrust verses time response of several Estes model rocket engines. Thestudents formulate two flight models for a rocket of known mass loaded with the specific enginebeing investigated. The first model uses the measured thrust data directly as input to the governingdifferential equation for the rocket. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P K Raju, Auburn University

Raju, Auburn University Dr. P.K. Raju, Mechanical Engineering and Director, AETAP. He is a PI on three current NSF projects and directs the LITEE and the Auburn Engineering Technical Assistance Program (AETAP). The mission of AETAP is to provide technical assistance and technology transfer to industries and community in the State of Alabama using the resources from Auburn University and other research labs in Alabama. In addition to consulting for the United Nations and several industries, he has developed an excellent team in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering that is successfully conducting research in acoustics, non-destructive evaluation, and vibration. He is the recipient

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robb Larson, Montana State University

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Design in Engineering Education

club-to-coursework relationship occurs inthe interdisciplinary (ME and MET) Capstone Design course. Club-sponsored automotivedesign and build projects are treated essentially as any other industry-sponsored project,with the twist that they are funded primarily by students who are primarily enrolled ineither the ME or MET curriculum. Many of the students fill dual roles: That is, they helpdefine the projects in their role as club members and are then enlisted by courseinstructors to design/build/test the components as members of the design teams working,resulting in a course grade. This scenario has resulted in a level of student involvement in– and enthusiasm for – the engineering education process that has rarely been seen beforeat this

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Dadds, USNA; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, U.S. Department of Defense

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Instrumentation

AC 2008-1852: OBJECT CLASSIFICATION USING ROBOTIC MANIPULATORINSTRUMENTED WITH SENSORSNicholas Dadds, USNASvetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, U.S. Department of Defense Page 13.938.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Object Classification through Tactile Sensing Nicholas A. Dadds and Dr. Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic United States Naval Academy Department of Weapons & Systems Engineering The goal of this project is to classify objects based on their individual characteristics.This project will span over two semesters in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denine Northrup, Western New England College; Steven Northrup, Western New England College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 13.914.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Multidisciplinary Teamwork Assessment – A Generalizable InstrumentAbstractDuring a semester long course entailing a multidisciplinary team project, students in computerengineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering were required to work togetherto design, integrate, and test their project. Over the past four years, teamwork surveys for thisproject have been implemented and analyzed. Iterations of this survey have been revised todevelop a shorter and non-project specific survey instrument that measures the effectiveness ofteamwork. The purpose of a concise global teamwork survey is to allow assessment acrossprojects in a consistent manner with established

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Andrew Hak, Rowan University

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Electrical and Computer

for Engineering Education, 2008Medium Voltage Switchgear, Transformer and Interconnection Specification in an ECE ClinicI. AbstractWorking on real world engineering technology projects with industry is a key component ofRowan University’s engineering clinics. Our College of Engineering has Industrial affiliates whoregularly act as sponsors of the ECE curriculum by bringing important and diverse real worldengineering design challenges to ECE students. This paper discusses how undergraduate ECEstudents were called upon to first learn about the proposed renewable energy system (in this casea 3MW photovoltaic system – the largest of its kind east of Arizona in the U.S.) optimize thearray field and the DC wiring, and then

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.

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Graduate Studies

industry. The professional curricula is being designed asa matrix of studies integrative with engineering practice that match, support, and correlate with themodern paradigm of engineering practice and progression of professional abilities required forresponsible leadership in engineering innovation from entry level engineer through chief engineer levelresponsibilities. The evolving model is centered around five major components: a) Relevant advancedstudies; b) Self-directed learning; c) Experiential-learning; d) Project-based learning [advancedtechnology development project directly relevant to industry / socio need]; and e) On-going engagementin engineering practice for innovation and creative works. The process is centered around the

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Digendra Das, SUNYIT

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Engineering Technology

. Page 13.931.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 New York Nano-Bio-Molecular Information Technology (NYNBIT) IncubatorAbstractThis paper presents the outcome of an effort made by a consortium of six universities inthe State of New York to develop a Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) in theemerging field of Nano Bio-Molecular Information Technology. The effort consists ofactivities such as organization of the NYNBIT incubator, collaborative research projects,development of courses, an educational program for high schools, and commercial start-up programs.IntroductionSix New York Universities met in the Fall of 2004 at a workshop held at the SUNYInstitute of Technology (SUNYIT), Utica, NY, and explored

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew O'Fallon, Washington State University; Jack R Hagemeister, Washington State University; Clint Cole, Washington State University, Pullman; Joseph Harris, Digilent Inc.

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Electrical and Computer

free developmenttools now allow each student to have access to state of the art development tools and hardware.Students must be provided access to these industry leading tools to be competent and competitivein the marketplace.A study to be conducted at Washington State University will measure changes in studentperformance and retention when first year engineering students have exposure and unlimitedaccess to state of the art development tools and hardware. Data will be collected from surveys,exams, project reports, laboratory assignments, and homework.Quantitative data will be analyzed by comparison to historical data gathered from studentgroups that did not have exposure to and unlimited access to development tools.Qualitative data will be

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gabriel Alungbe, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University; Jason Stepp, Morehead State University; Ahmad Zargari, Morehead State University

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Construction

Association for Project Managers (APM) formed a standing committee on certification in1998. Members were surveyed during the summer of 1998 to establish the range of members’attitudes toward project manager certification and attain the members’ opinions on the possiblestructure of a certification program as well as the cost and format. This survey was also used tosolicit comments on certification on a broad-spectrum. These efforts resulted in theestablishment of the APM Project Manager Certification Program.5CertificationsThe American Institute of Constructors (AIC) offers two levels of certification for constructionprofessionals. The first level that must be attained is the Associate Constructor (AC)designation. Candidates for this certification

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University; Dennis George, Western Kentucky University; john bruni, Western Kentucky University; Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University

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Educational Research and Methods

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. He is a registered engineer in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. His current research interest include: engineering education, bio-sensing devices, machine vision, robotics, learning systems, neural networks, and controls. Page 13.165.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Algorithm for Defining Student EngagementAbstractThe mission of the Western Kentucky University Electrical Engineering Program is to producegraduates who have been engaged in a variety of project experiences throughout the curriculum.Several assessment measures have been employed to determine

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

13.310.2Student group exercise and project examples are given that use the various logic control units.IntroductionWhile both educational and industrial software are used in various courses, the focus of thispaper is on a prime example, the EET-3334 Electrical Power Systems course.The goal of the EET-3334 Electrical Power Systems course is to impart knowledge of boththeory and application. After the basic electrical power systems circuit theory is completed, theapproach used is to impart knowledge of both electrical power system theory and applicationconcurrently. This is accomplished by having the students learn and use the educational softwareand industrial software together. While this may lead to a few students not learning the softwaregreatly in

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Roller, Purdue University Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

8 weeks Introduction to rapid 1 week prototyping Introduction to finite 2 weeks element analysis Introduction to CAM 2 weeks Design project 2 weeks Table II - Topics in CGT 351 Topic Allotted Time History of Multimedia 1 week Complex Multimedia 4 weeks Project Design Interface Design

Conference Session

Solar Power, Wind Power, and Energy System Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Andrew Hak, Rowan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-2241: LARGE-SCALE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM DESIGN: LEARNINGSUSTAINABILITY THROUGH ENGINEERING CLINICSPeter Mark Jansson, Rowan UniversityUlrich Schwabe, Rowan University Ulrich Schwabe is a graduate student at Rowan UniveristyAndrew Hak, Rowan University Andrew Hak is a senior in electrical and computer engineering at Rowan University Page 13.837.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Large-Scale Photovoltaic System Design: Learning Sustainability through Engineering ClinicsI. AbstractWorking on cutting edge technology projects with industry is a key component of RowanUniversity’s engineering

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Junichi Kanai

required little encouragement to start usingthis system, many project teams quickly learned to use it productively and obtained good results. Thesystem allowed sponsor mentors to share project information with a broader audience within theirorganization. It enabled them to provide better and timelier feedback to students and faculty; therefore,the students were able to explore more realistic design solutions. The faculty advisers were also able toassess a team’s progress, problems, and individual contributions more effectively by monitoringinformation posted by the team. The system made a significant impact on the project outcome andstudents’ learning experience.IntroductionThe O. T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory (MDL) at Rensselaer

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Junichi Kanai

required little encouragement to start usingthis system, many project teams quickly learned to use it productively and obtained good results. Thesystem allowed sponsor mentors to share project information with a broader audience within theirorganization. It enabled them to provide better and timelier feedback to students and faculty; therefore,the students were able to explore more realistic design solutions. The faculty advisers were also able toassess a team’s progress, problems, and individual contributions more effectively by monitoringinformation posted by the team. The system made a significant impact on the project outcome andstudents’ learning experience.IntroductionThe O. T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory (MDL) at Rensselaer

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Collins, J.P. Morgan Chase; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Richard Weisman, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University; Joseph Sterrett, Lehigh University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1253: A DECADE OF UNIVERSITY SPORTS FACILITY DESIGNCOURSESMichael Collins, J.P. Morgan Chase Michael G. Collins is a first-year analyst in J.P. Morgan Chase’s Management Services Program where he will rotate between 4 different branches of the bank. He is a January 2008 graduate of Lehigh University earning both a B.S. in the Integrated Business and Engineering Honors program as well as a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Michael has participated in 3 different courses at Lehigh which utilized a project-based curriculum to partner students with outside clients. In the Integrated Business and Engineering Capstone Project he worked with Online Staffing Solutions of Allentown, PA

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

focuseson content but also emphasizes the importance of developing communication and collaborativeskills24. Engineering organizations focus on teamwork because of its ability to help spark Page 13.1289.2innovative ideas and allow participants to produce higher quality projects 18, 23. As a result,interdisciplinary or cross-functional teams are a required part of an accredited undergraduateengineering curriculum. The teams are typically involved in a range of functions that includedesign, development and manufacturing. This move to a curriculum that includes teamworkskills is in response to the engineering industry need for engineers who are

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University; Angie Hill Price; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; MS (2000) and PhD (2004) degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Angie Price, Texas A&M University Dr. Angie Price is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. She teaches courses in the areas of welding, project management, and design. Dr. Price's research interests are in welding processes and troubleshooting, welding metallurgy, thermal damage from grinding of precision gears, weld overlay systems. She received her BS degree in engineering technology (1987), MS in industrial engineering (1990), and PhD (1999) degree in