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R. Nelson; J. Bumblis; C. Liu; A. Turkmen; N. Zhou; D. Olson; R. Rothaupt

futuremanagement career track. Over the years, the industrial technology program evolved into the present-day Engineering Technology program, which currently has an enrollment of approximately 400students spread out over six concentration areas in electrical, facilities, mechanical design,nanotechnology, plastics, and production operations. In 1995 Stout received permission to offer theManufacturing Engineering Degree. With an enrollment of 230 students, this program is currently thelargest ABET-EAC accredited undergraduate program in manufacturing engineering in North America.Although the Engineering Technology3 (ET) and Manufacturing Engineering4 (MFGE) programs bothinclude aspects related to electrical / computer engineering (e.g., circuits

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James Allert

—Engineering education, ABET, accreditation.The challenge of ABET accreditation is one that no engineering program can take lightly. Itinvolves the collection of direct measures from every course in a program and from a variety ofother sources to document and provide evidence to support the claim that course and programobjectives are being met. The data stream feeding into this process comes from multiple sources,in multiple formats and must somehow be managed and made sense of. Ultimately it must becondensed down into meaningful summaries of objectives, outcomes and performance criteriasatisfaction at both the course and program level. The stream of data does not end with program accreditation either. Accreditation involvesongoing monitoring of

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Mike Rowe

engineering module has used a 3-Danimation programming environment called Alice. Alice was developed at Carnegie MellonUniversity under the directorship of the late Dr. Randy Pausch (of the Last Lecture fame) as ameans for teaching middle school students how to program 3. Alice provides over 1000 objectsthat can be added to a virtual world. The objects are supplied with various methods that allow anentire object or parts of an object to perform actions, such as move, turn, play a sound, interactwith other objects, etc. The objects also have associated properties that can modif an object scharacteristics, such as color, opacity, texture, associated sound files, connectivity to otherobjects, etc.There are many advantages associated with using the Alice

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Nathan Johnson

Assessing Experimental Design in Civil Engineering Nathan Johnson University of Minnesota DuluthAbstractOne requirement for ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accreditationfor undergraduate Civil Engineering is related to experimental design. Determining andimplementing an appropriate assessment metric for this requirement presents challenges in thelaboratory setting due to the inexperience of students and interrelated experimental variables tobe modified within the constraints of equipment capabilities. A straightforward implementationof an experimental design assessment is presented for a junior-level CE course, Hydraulics

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Neil J. Hutzler; Joan S. Chadde; David Heil; Mia Jackson

Family Engineering for Elementary-Aged Children and Their Parents Neil J. Hutzler1, Joan S. Chadde1, David Heil2, and Mia Jackson2 1 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 2Foundation for Family Science and Engineering, Portland, ORAbstractThe goal of the Family Engineering program is to engage, inspire, and encourage elementarystudents to learn about and consider careers in engineering and science through hands-onactivities with their parents at Family Engineering events. This program is designed toaddress the United States need for an increased number, and greater diversit , of studentsskilled in math, science, technology, and engineering. The Family Engineering program for6-12 year-olds and

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Genevieve Gagnon Ph.D.

methods are crucial to make students participate, getmore involved at learning in a significant way, that will last their lifetime. Keywords: excellence in engineering education, interactive teaching methods, hands-on, just in time teaching, peer teaching, clicker, Connect, Jeopardy, CramsterIntroductionDuring the last decade of teaching engineering, the quantity of information to learn hasincreased and the time to acquire this knowledge stayed the same. Maybe the solution tothis problem would be to follow the field of medicine, where they now need to have aBachelor’s degree before starting their doctors program. Skills that used to be part of thebasic formal education of engineers are gone and replaced by new primordial skills

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Stephen Patchin; Cody Kangas; Jamie Lindquist

consistsof 100 members from 37 countries, each hosting science related events or festivals annually thatare from one weekend to one month in duration. Cost to conduct these events ranges from 10,000to one million Euros. Smaller events can center around programs like the Exhibition Ship, amobile science center that travels the inland waterways of Europe. Ren Fujun is the Director of the General of China Research Institute for SciencePopularization. T e e e c ed a e c s mission includes: raise youth awareness ofscientific outlook, improve education, extend the reach of compulsory education including inrural areas, extracurricular science and technology activities, organize instruction betweenscience and technology

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Mitchell Cornelius; Bidhan Roy; Osama Jadaan

related products in markets, and the volatility (risk) faced by the start-upcompanies.IntroductionNanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter at the nanoscale (10-9 m). This wouldinvolve studying material behavior at the atomic and molecular level. Therefore, it encompassesdiverse areas such as surface science, organic chemistry, molecular biology, semiconductorphysics, microfabrication etc.Nanotechnology has the potential to create many new materials and devices with a vast range ofapplications such as medicine, electronics, biomaterials, and energy production. Therefore, itbecomes imperative to introduce and train our new generation of engineers to this exciting field.In this regard, the College of Engineering at University of Wisconsin

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Waddah Akili

The Role of Adjunct Faculty in Undergraduate Engineering Education: A Cohort Needed to Enhance the Practice Waddah Akili Geotechnical EngineeringAbstract:This paper examines the status quo of adjunct faculty in engineering institutions and argues thatadjuncts could enrich an academic engineering program by bringing in their practical experienceand by introducing relevant applications and design venues to the classroom. Adjunct faculty doalso help in setting up linkages with the industrial sector, which often leads to: employmentopportunities for graduates, co-op activities, and potential development of collaborative researchprograms. Nevertheless

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Kristine Guzak; Kurt Paterson

-efficacy, and mastery of sustainable engineering are addressed.20-21 The case study reflection essay is administered with the whole cohort in a room, and handwritten over a period of 30-45 minutes. The online survey is comprised of 25 Likert-scale questions that are based in sub-groups examining self-efficacy, beliefs, and knowledge of sustainable engineering. This survey typically takes students approximately 10 minutes to complete. From this assessment a better understanding of the students, possible explanations of their sustainable engineering mindset in relation to international service, as well as the effectiveness of the programs in which they were involved can be examined

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Alon McCormick

Numerical Methods in the ChEn curriculum: One Program s Evolution over 30 Years (Extended Abstract) Alon McCormick, from discussions with Prodromos Daoutidis, Jeff Derby, Kevin Dorfman, Yiannis Kaznessis, and Satish Kumar Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 554551980 s First ChEn course in the curriculum is Numerical Methods Ted Davis introduced required ChEn Numerical Methods course in the Sophomore year (following Freshman Fortran prerequisite) a e f f da a c e our ChEn

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Robert G. Feyen; Todd W. Loushine

: Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conference Program outcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that students acquire in their matriculation through the program. 1However, he ki , k edge, a d beha i ae defi ed i a a . I fac ,accreditation and certification boards leave it to program faculty to decide what skills,knowledge and behaviors should be included in their program in order to meet their statedoutcomes. For example, the Educational Standards Committee of the American Society ofSafety Engineers (ASSE) had worked with ABET in the mid-2000s to specify

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Seraphin C. Abou

Emphasizing Environmental Health and Safety Training in all Aspects of the Emerging Nanotechnology Field Seraphin C. AbouMechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Environmental Health and Safety Program, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1305 Ordean Court, Duluth, MN 55812, USA; Email: sabou@d.umn.eduAbstract:Progress in engineering and the life sciences, including nanotechnology and high-throughputexperimentation, offers an opportunity for understanding material science, biology and medicinefrom a systems perspective. In this paper, we propose new safety system teaching approaches inthe emerging nanotechnology field of study

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Eric Musselman

response of the students, the effectiveness of the project at achieving the course objectives,and the lessons learned.BackgroundThe University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a comprehensive regional university located inDuluth, MN. There is an active student population of 11,729 as of fall 2010 enrolment3.Thereare currently 74 different majors available with one of the newest being Civil Engineering. Theprogram started in the fall of 2008 with the first graduating class in 2012. The program wasformed because of a need for a civil engineering program in northern Minnesota and was heavilydriven by local industry. The early influence of industry had an impact on the mission statementof the program included below: The i i f he De a e f

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Enemuoh Emmanuel Ugo; Samuel Kwofie

conducted were on bamboo bicycle frame; non-chemical water filter; and production of kente cloth. Students' learning was assessed with writtenreport, project presentation, and diary of tours/cultural activities linked to sustainability.Keywords: Sustainability, Embodied Energy, Eco-audit, Environmental Impact, and Study AbroadI. BackgroundUMD and KNUST have agreed to establish collaboration in teaching, study abroad experience, andresearch between the two universities. A three-credit sustainability course is designed for juniorand senior level Mechanical, Industrial and other Engineering major students in the College. Thiscourse is taught as a short term study abroad program consisting of two and half hours of lectureand several hours of field

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D. A. Rogers; B. D. Braaten

audience ofthe next few decades. We have worked in a small graduate program that already has had a good ec d f d ci g M.S. g ad a e f ab 50 ea a d Ph.D. i ce he 1980 . We e econly moderate increases in these numbers over the next few years. The electromagnetics courseneeds to serve those specializing in some area of electromagnetics, but it also would bebeneficial to attract good students who are not specialists. The course should be designed forelectrical and computer engineers and those from related fields who can benefit from it.Considering that more and more research is focusing on very high-speed or very small devices,the course should serve the traditional electrical and computer engineering (ECE) specialties andthose working

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M. S. Stachowicz; L. B. Kofoed

ence .This paper is dealing with the pedagogical principles of Aalborg University PBL model and how it canbe used as a pedagogical approach for a workshop where engineering students are completing a firstsemester project as well as a senior design project. The Design Workshop at the ECE program,University of Minnesota, Duluth [1] is used as one case and a first year workshop at the Medialogyprogram, Aalborg University is the second case [6]. The focus will be at the process competenciesconnected to PBL in the workshops and the evaluation methods. Finally evaluation methods arediscussed.Problem Based Learning and the theoretical background for teaching and learning.Problem Based learning (PBL) is very often an abbreviation for both Problem

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Byron Garry

Examples of Rubrics Used to Assess ABET Student Outcomes in a Capstone Course Byron Garry South Dakota State UniversityIntroductionIn our Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) program, we are continually re-evaluating thestudent outcomes and how they are measured by the assessment process. We have defined, withthe approval of alumni and our industrial advisory board, sixteen Student Outcomes labeled (a) -(p). These begin with the ABET Criterion 3 Student Outcomes (a) - (k)1 , and then add theProgram Criteria for Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology, and some universityrequired student learning outcomes, which are labeled

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Waddah Akili

experience and its related protocols are the emphases onengineering design and the practice, teamwork and leadership development, organizationalmanagement, and oral and written communication skills. The paper concludes by confirming thatdiscussions, through an open forum, are judged to be superior to traditional lectures in improvingcritical thinking, cultivating desirable personal attributes, and acquiring problem-solving skills.I n t r o d u c t i o nLec eac b e e ad a a d the most widely used form of instructionin most engineering institutions. The major drawback of the lecture approach is that it usuallyresults in long periods of uninterrupted instructor-centered, expository discourse, relegatingstudents to the

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P. B. Ravikumar

order to check the degree of association between personality types and program majors, a Chi-square test as previously planned was conducted using different re-binned combinations of thecontingency tables 8a through 8e. For example, a 4 X 2 contingency table relating artisans,idealists, rationals, and guardians to enrollments in non-LAE and LAE courses was set up asshown in Table 9 below (drawn from Tables 8a through 8e) and analyzed as follows: Table 9 Artisans Idealists Rationals GuardiansEnrolled in Non- 24 5 10

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Ahmet Turkmen; Jon Breen

Fourier Workbench Ahmet Turkmen and Jon Breen University of Wisconsin-StoutAbstractIn this study, a Java-based program, Fourier Workbench, was developed. This software processesan audio input signal on the fly, displaying both the FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) and the DFT(Discrete Fourier Transform) of the signal at the same time. The software automatically updatesthese graphs at a user specified interval. This can be paused or updated manually as determinedby the user. The time the calculations took for each algorithm is also displayed after everyupdate. The software was designed especially for processing of musical instruments like a

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Lisa Watrous; Mari Buche; Susan Bagley; Jason Keith

School of Chemical Engineering Dr. Keith's research uses mathematical modeling to improve air quality and energy efficiency through the applied fields of reactor design and alternative energy. He has also spent time studying, evaluating and implementing faculty development programs. Prior to joining Mississippi State University, Keith was a faculty member at Michigan Technological University, most recently as an associate professor. Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conference

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Keith B. Lodge

a single session. Typically, the enrollment is in the range of 30-36 studentscorresponding to 3 laboratory sections. The requirements for the course are admission into theupper division of Chemical Engineering, completion of the two-semester lower-division physicssequence, and at least co-enrollment in Fluid Mechanics. There is a single midterm and a finalexam. Students complete 8 experiments in 8 laboratory sessions and there are 3 homeworkassignments in addition to the written work associated with each laboratory. The ChemicalEngineering Department is an undergraduate-only program, so no graduate-student assistance isavailable. The instructor-of-record is responsible for setting up each lab, tearing down each labas well as the grading

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Steve Sternberg

Academic Integrity in the ClassroomAuthor: Dr. Steve SternbergAffiliation: Chemical Engineering, University Minnesota Duluth ssternbe@d.umn.eduThis paper will explore issues of academic integrity (AI) in the classroom: Define several meanings of academic integrity Explore how and why students cheat Describe techniques to enhance student integrityThe work is based on personal observations and informal discussions with many studentsthroughout my career as a student and as an instructor.Academic Integrity is a term used to describe the expectation of honest, open, and responsibleconduct while engaged in scholarly activity - be it research, teaching, service