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Andrzej Zarzycki

Designing Curriculum for Digital-native Architecture Students Andrzej Zarzycki New Jersey Institute of Technology andrzej.zarzycki@njit.eduIntroductionThis paper discusses a pedagogical approach toward teaching the first-year curriculum in anarchitectural program. It focuses on two courses. The first is a design studio, a 5- to 6-creditclass, taught in a small group of 12 to 15 students with a high number of contact hours, usuallyaround 12 hours per week. The other course, also geared toward first-year students, is offered ina lecture format with 30 to 36 students and covers the relationship between digital tools andconcepts

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Carl A. Erikson

Integrating Writing into the Engineering Curriculum Or How to Build a Dog House Carl A. Erikson, Jr. Department of Engineering Messiah College Grantham, PA 17027AbstractThis paper compares a seven step engineering design process to the process of writing a paper,providing a reasonable approach for an engineering student to write a good paper. This processcan be applied to all types of written documents that engineers are required to write.IntroductionEngineering graduates of all disciplines should be technically competent in their discipline andbe good

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James D. McGuffin-Cawley

“Relating the Increasing Scarcity of Mineral-Based Materials to the Materials ScienceCurriculum"James D. McGuffin-CawleyDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringCase Western Reserve UniversityCleveland OH 44106-7204Abstract: A new course was developed and offering as a senior technical elective orbeginning graduate course with the title" Strategic Metals and Materials for the 21stCentury" with the stated objective of creating an understanding of the role of mineral-based materials in the modern economy focusing on how such knowledge can and shouldbe used in making strategic choices in an engineering context. The success at garneringstudent attention will be discussed. A novel aspect of this course is the use of currentliterature

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only helpthe skills needed to simulate your problem in students learn, but also change the conversationsCOMSOL Multiphysics, whether he/she is new among instructors and students. Use thisto COMSOL or an experienced user. workshop session to gain a basic introduction to Who should attend? Anyone interested both Moodle and WordPress, when you mightin simulating and optimizing engineering use one over another and how to incorporatephenomena based on PDEs, such as structural interactive approaches that require criticalmechanics, heat transfer, electromagnetics, thinking and online collaboration.fluid flows, etc. Applications of the

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William Hornfeck; Ismail Jouny; John Nestor

. Studentsare expected to approach these constraints not only from a local/domestic point of view but alsofrom a global perspective. Issues in sustainability, environment, safety, etc., are universal bynature and warrant global consideration. Members of the Department’s Program Advisory Boardoften attend design reviews or presentations and help our students through their experiences inreal-world (often global) engineering endeavors.C. Elective CoursesRelative to other coursework, it is perhaps least difficult to infuse global concepts into electivecourses. Within the ECE curriculum, the usual elective areas are: • Solid-State Electronics • Control Systems • Communications • Signal Processing • Computer Architecture • Biomedical

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Sunghoon Jang; Kenneth Markowitz; Aparicio Carranza

Developing a Senior Capstone Project Course in Integrating Undergraduate Teaching and Research Sunghoon Jang+, Kenneth Markowitz+, and Aparicio Carranza* + Department of Electrical Engineering Technology * Department of Computer Engineering Technology New York City College of Technology of CUNY 300 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Abstract: In this current study, we will discuss how to develop a course module of seniorcapstone project as an activity of the NSF STEM grant proposal which has been awarded in theyear 2006. The

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Beth Richards; Karen Walsh

: • use a topic that allows students to identify and engage enthusiastically with the topic • deepen the connections through carefully selected readings and highly structured writing assignments that reinforce both analytical skills and communication skills • reinforce the learning process—common to engineering design and to writing—of generating ideas, making them clear to others (in speaking and writing), getting feedback, and refining the product.AssessmentAssessing the results of this approach is in its early stages. As a university we rely on theaccreditation based assessment tools such as ABET (for engineering) and New EnglandAssociation of Schools and Colleges

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Raymond Addabbo

studies that claim that student’s understanding can beenhanced when writing is incorporated into engineering courses 1 2,3. The claim of Writing Acrossthe Curriculum is that in order to write about a concept clearly you must have a goodunderstanding. In addition to the writing component, we are connecting the physics and calculuscourses that freshman take. Kumar and Jalko4 make the claim that mathematics courses shouldbe taught from an applications point of view. We also look to reinforce several efforts at Vaughn 1to improve retention rates of engineering students. Some of these efforts have included freshmanorientation courses, learning

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Joshua H. Smith; David Brandes

. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR.4. Blass, V. D., and Dinh, M. H. L., 2006. Interdisciplinary approach to a multi-phase engineering project for the developing community of Araypallpa, Peru. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL.5. Gordon, R., Gordon, A., and Bedient, P., 2006. Rice University Engineers Without Boders: An exercise in international service learning. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL.6. Polito., C., and Katterheinrich, B., 2006. Experiences with international well-drilling. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL.7. Swan, C., Gute, D., Matson, D., and Durant, J., 2007. International community-based projects and engineering education: The

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Christopher L. Reitsma

and integrate the circuit and code together, which is electronicallyprovided, include a working demonstration, and then allow the students an opportunity toperform the activity themselves. These “observational and hands-on activities will have moreeducational value if they are planned so as to be integrated with overall course objectives andactively connected to what is happening in class.”3Incorporating the Robot SystemIn many engineering, math and science courses, teachers take a very active approach to assist thestudents in learning. Mainly, in-class exercises or daily work problems help achieve this goal.With computer science, practice in writing code with various structures are demonstrated andexecuted. With robotics, especially a small

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Christopher L. Reitsma

. This paper will address indicationsdemonstrating procrastination, techniques encouraging continuous learning and completionsenabling proactiveness. Analysis is obtained from many engineering and non-engineeringstudents across several engineering courses and semesters. Preliminary results verifyimprovement not only with grades but also with feedback and results in follow-on courses.Key Words—student procrastination, course workload, grade distribution, study habitsIntroductionMany students learn new materials in different methods. Some require a crawl, walk and runapproach. Some require more visual versus verbal styles. Others still may require multipleaspects and iterations to the same problem to achieve understanding—intuition versus sensing

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Timothy B. Whitmoyer; David T. Vader; Joel Z. Bandstra; William H.J. Strosnider

based on durability and efficiency. In addition, the teamredesigned the rebar truss, reducing its overall size and eliminating complex weld angles. Theteam also made fixtures for the pump seals and rebar truss to reduce construction time and toprovide more repeatable construction process. The updated design was installed at HeA in thesummer of 2007. The 2006-2007 academic year also marked the implementation of theIntegrated Project Curriculum (IPC) for engineering majors at Messiah College.During the fall of 2007, IPC students began work on creating a construction document andbuilding new fixtures (the originals were left in Burkina Faso). Considering the difficulties ofmaintaining a working relationship with Burkina Faso, the project contacted

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Andrew Grossfield P.E.

and their combinations. Not only was function redefined, but inaddition, continuity, differentiability and integration were consequently defined in terms ofdeltas and epsilons. For the working mathematician, this approach was right. It was fantasticallysuccessful in promoting the development of new mathematics. General techniques weredeveloped that worked for all kinds of wild combinations of functions by applying essentially thesame definitions and mechanisms of proof.Nonetheless these definitions took the focus of calculus away from intuitive smooth curves.These 19th century definitions were and continue to be meaningless for many students andtherefore it is time for the STEM community to re-examine the effect on the students of

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Arthur D. Kney P.E.; Nancy Ball; Traci Shoemaker; Danuta Bukatko; Angela Moran; Joe Colosi

STEM content.  Increase amount of inquiry-based science in 3rd-7th grade STEM classes linked to state standards.  Develop new hands-on, inquiry-based activities as well as enhance existing activities.  Develop STEM cyber-mentoring relationships between college undergraduates and 3rd- 7th grade students.  Engage 3rd-7th grade students in cyber-learning experiences that introduce students to cyber-communication (email, videos, Wiki’s, blogging, twittering), an interactive website, and technology-based research tools (Google Earth, remote sensing, telemetry data collection).  Provide opportunities for 3rd-7th grade and college students to observe how scientists, engineers and others

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William Jemison; Christopher Nadovich

, and the scope of thework does require some rudimentary planning, they have little concern for largerissues such as system engineering, multi-level schedule development, systemacceptance testing, staff management, and budgets. Nor do they seriously grapplewith manufacturability, reliability, or maintainability aspects. The second courseof the senior design sequence, senior design II, is radically different.In senior-design II, all the students in our senior class are grouped into a single,large design team and are presented with a challenging design problem thatrequires a multidisciplinary, systems engineering approach. The students arepresented with the equivalent of a real-world statement of work (SOW) defining aset of high-level system