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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Qiong Zhang; Dana Johnson; James R. Mihelcic

to a higher level ofoverall applied learning (Athanassiou, et. al, 2003).The collaborative research environment enables students to gain a broader understanding ofmultiple disciplines and their interrelationship. This leads student to making better informedbusiness and engineering decisions on comprehensive and complex information.Scholar publication from the projectTwo peer-reviewed journal articles were produced from the project. One focused on waterpurification technology titled "Challenges to Implementing Drinking Water Technologies inDeveloping World Countries," in the journal Environmental Engineer: Applied Research andPractice, Vol. 1, Winter 2007, and in Environmental Engineer, the Magazine of the AmericanAcademy of Environmental

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

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James E. Hertel; Amy J. Hamlin

Engineering. As part of the first yearengineering courses (ENG1101 and ENG1102), students are exposed to all engineeringdisciplines through a wide variety of department explorations, engineering problems/projects andethics case studies. The curriculum for these courses (engineering analysis, design, computerprogramming, technical communication, the engineering profession) is applicable to allengineering disciplines, however, the six credit hours that they occupy are in high demand inevery degree program.According to Christopher Rowe (Rowe, et al., 2005), “Approximately 40% of the first-yearengineering students at Vanderbilt University are unsure of their major upon entering theuniversity.” To help students make an informed decision before getting

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Michael P. Hennessey

systemmodels, (4) rotational mechanical systems, (5) electrical systems, (6) transform function analysis,(7) developing a linear model, (8) electromechanical systems, (9) thermal systems, (10) fluidsystems, and (11) various applications. Since this is intended to be a first course in systemdynamics, bond graph theory (Karnopp et al., 2006) was not discussed, although the idea ofunification was emphasized. Analogies between 5 different energy domains minus of course thethermal inductor, since it doesn’t exist, were discussed. Applications introduced systems withelements from multiple energy domains present. Some theory was presented but the main focuswas on techniques and applications. A few demonstration aids were utilized during lecture;these include