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Lawrence Whitman; Karen Reynolds; Zulma Toro-Ramos

, “well-rounded Renaissance Engineer”[s] [3]. Turns, Atman, et al., [4] use thesereports as an input to what an engineer needs to know. Dym, et al. present how engineeringeducation is being challenged to require students to consider additional design constraintsrequired as part of “new fundamentals” [5]. In response to this challenge, the CoE at WSU is aleader in reshaping the undergraduate experience to prepare the engineer of 2020, and at thesame time make the educational experience more meaningful to the student and the student moredesirable to local and national industries. As such, the CoE requires that for an Engineering BSdegree at WSU, each student will complete the program course requirements and at least three ofthe following six

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Marwan Abumahaimed; Joseph J. Rencis

contended that the experiential learning is the fundamental base ofeducational settings. Dewey first identified experiential learning as a fundamental foundation informal educational at the beginning of the 20th century. After Dewey, many psychologists andeducators believed that experiential learning is a valuable process and could be added totraditional instructional methods rather than replace them. Others believed that experientiallearning is an enhancement tool of the learning process that cannot be replaced.27Experiential learning is a stage or process where the student is prepared to do more than just anobserver. Labs, workshops, projects, presentations, class discussions, and teamwork all fall intothe experiential learning category

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James G. Steuber

Design Manual Project.Most, if not all, of these skills are addressed by the Design Manual Project. Students will continueto acquire new tools with on-the-job experience including perhaps an increased ability to handleuncertainty or to make estimates–tools which require more hands-on experience. The primary tool developed by the Design Manual Project is a design philosophy. The num-ber of considerations that need to be made when designing or selecting a machine component issometimes overwhelming without some sort of plan or design philosophy. For example, whiledeveloping the design manual for springs a student must ask themselves: How does one select aextension spring? The answer is by asking the right questions! In writing a manual students

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Robert I. Egbert

fundamentals of theengineering design process.Over the past four years the author has been responsible for teaching the introductoryengineering course for students on the Missouri State University (MSU) campus who areparticipating in the Cooperative Engineering Program operated by Missouri University ofScience & Technology (Missouri S&T) in cooperation with MSU.During that time, a number of different ideas and topics have introduced in the course. Somewere successful but others failed for a variety of reasons. This paper discusses both thesuccesses and failures and offers suggestions for other teaching similar courses.IntroductionOn August 21, 2006, the Governor of the state of Missouri, along with the Curators of theUniversity of Missouri

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Jeffery S. Thomas; Malcolm E. Hays; Megan J. Meyer

instructional developer for Missouri S&T Educational Technology. He has a BA in Englishwith an emphasis on technical writing. Since fall 2007 he has helped faculty to use Blackboard and otherinstructional technology in pedagogically sound ways.MEGAN J. MEYERMegan J. Meyer is a senior at Missouri University of Science and Technology majoring in engineering management.She will become an Engineer-In-Training upon graduation in December of 2011. She has worked as a teachingassistant for several semesters and as an engineering intern at Ameren Missouri and The Dial Corporation. Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education

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Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

., & Rideout, V. (2005). Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-Olds. A KaiserFamily Foundation Study, Menlo Park, CA. 29 June 2011Biographical InformationMELISSA MILLERMelissa Miller is a sixth grade teacher at Lynch Middle School in Farmington, AR. She has th thtaught for 26 years, primarily at the 5 and 6 grade level in math and science. She is a 2003Milken National Educator, a 2001 Presidential Award winner, 2008-2010 NSTA District VIIDirector, and is currently serving on the writing team for the Next Generation Science Standards.RANDALL REYNOLDSRandall Reynolds is an eighth grade teacher at Gravette Junior High School in Gravette, AR. Hehas taught Pre-Algebra for all 11 years of his

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Thomas R. Marrero

., “Understand the Fundamentals of Centrifugal Pump,” Chem. Eng. Prog., 106(10) 22 (2010).7. Vanderslice, N., R. Oberto, and T. R. Marrero, “Centrifugal Pump Experiment for Chemical Engineering Undergraduates,” to be published, Chem. Eng. Ed., Vol. 46(1), Winter, 2012.Biographical InformationThomas R. Marrero received all his degrees in chemical engineering; B.S. from the PolytechnicInstitute of Brooklyn, M.S. from Villanova University, and Ph.D. from the University ofMaryland-College Park. He is a professor of Chemical Engineering at the University ofMissouri-Columbia, Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and a registeredProfessional Engineer in Missouri. He recently taught the Chemical Engineering Laboratorycourse and developing