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2011 North Midwest Section

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Waddah Akili

members to follow the same path, by searching forpractitioners-as adjunct faculty- to assist in bringing-in the practice into the classroom.The Pros and Cons of Adjuncts:There are many reasons for employing adjunct faculty. Unanticipated increase in enrollment, thestart up of new programs, the need for specific expertise, and the replacement of sabbatical oron-leave faculty, are some of the reasons that may necessitate making temporary arrangements to Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conferenceensure coverage of instruction. Unfortunately, department heads, administrators, and most a b , a a a a a - a a .N a,bthere are those skeptics

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Seraphin C. Abou

and work environments, thequality of life of the workforce may be affected because of potential adverse health effects ofthese new materials. Further, the dispersion of nanoparticles into the general environment andthe impact of exposure to the general population need to be considered in a proactive manner.The expected outcomes of the proposed education and research framework include, amongothers, (1) a roadmap and a guide for individual health and safety promotion and protectionalong the life cycle of nano-based products (i.e., nanomanufacturing enterprises, environment,product use, and disposal activities); (2) establishment of focus groups for advancement ofintegrated solutions and issues of immediate concern to individual health and

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2011 North Midwest Section

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Waddah Akili

new facts with existing knowledge). It issaid that traditional teaching engages only the first level of learning as students down loadinformation from a traditional lecture and upload it back on an examination and or a report. Notonly does traditional teaching fail to take students through all five levels of learning, it also failsto engage students in the teaching-learning process. (3, 4, 5).In civil engineering education today, there is a growing need to replace traditional approaches ofteaching by utilizing pedagogies of engagement (5), and simultaneously bringing practical Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conferenceproblems and issues that practitioners usually face, into the classroom.(6

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Michael A. Rother

, since they have already been given ample opportunity. Their otheroption is to do an academic project with at least one reactor and two separation steps. In the firstfive years, no group chose an academic project, although the Verso/NRRI project in 2006-7 (seeTable 1) amounted to an academic project when the group and company made the mutual Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conferencedecision to stop the originally suggested work on bleach-water treatment. In the last two years,two groups did academic projects, both of which worked out very well. The issue of why it is difficult to get new industrial sponsors remains and whether abetter solicitation method exists. As discussed above, the difficulty

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D. A. Rogers; B. D. Braaten

exists, students can move ahead,for the most part, in developing their own projects outside of class. This milestone in the classexperience can be a good opportunity to take some class time to talk about ethical issues in thediscipline, often taken from current news events. Two possible examples are the health concernsin cell phone usage and the health effects of high- age a i i i e. I i e ha heca c e a fi a c c i ch i e , b a ea he i be a a e ha heengineering profession is aware and concerned about such issues.We are now ready to tackle something more substantial. First, we solve the classical rectangularwaveguide problem using a product solution of the partial differential equations. This problemshows

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Christa James-Byrnes; Mark Holdhusen

asynchronously in the onlineenvironment, including an oral presentation into the online delivery of the course is a majorchallenge..There are several other difficulties that occur with any course being moved to an onlineenvironment. Some of these challenges include the students adequately grasping new concepts,the inability to ask questions in real-time, the assessment of student understanding that comesfrom being able to see their body language, the logistics of the technology working as intended,and many other issues. Above are some of the challenges unique to this course. Thesechallenges were all addressed and met to the satisfaction of the faculty. Details of how thechallenges were met are in the course content section below.Course Development for

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Kristine Guzak; Kurt Paterson

Learning Through Service: Student Motivations Authors: Kristine Guzak, Ph.D. Student; Kurt Paterson, Ph.D., P.E.1. BackgroundOver the last few years, concerns have escalated among many national organizations thattechnical expertise is no longer solely sufficient for the development of futureengineers.1-5 Additionally, in the United States engineering programs continue to struggleto attract students, especially women and minorities, despite decades of strategies tochange these patterns.6-9 Independent of these challenges, students have rapidly createdextracurricular service efforts, of considerable note is the quick emergence of EngineersWithout Borders chapters at more than 200 universities within eight years.10