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Larry A. Glasgow

the book and calculator part of fluid flow and forget about the actual physical, wet part of it.” “This was a great experiment because it allowed everyone to get hands-on experience.” “Just a small pump can move a lot of water fast! Lawn mowers are almost that size andwhat they do is not as impressive.” “I enjoyed an afternoon with practical application and not just book work.” “The most interesting thing I learned was the actual complexity of the emptying-tankproblem. I had never really considered a horizontal cylindrical tank as it empties and thechanging surface area at the top of the water.” “It was a very useful exercise to gain real-world experience and perspective.” ”I liked actually seeing the

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Kamesh Namuduri

systems, databases, applications, andother commonly used tools. Students will create various real world scenarios by configuring the systemsin different topologies in order to detect vulnerabilities of the software and hardware systems. Thepurpose of this laboratory is to provide a hands-on facility for students to experiment with security relatedconcepts and to develop new methods and tools for information security. Students will work in thisisolated LAN environment (disconnected from rest of the world) to run security related experiments.Information warfare scenarios will be created in which users try to attack others’ programs, files andconfidential data. These experiments will be designed to detect vulnerabilities and weaknesses ofsoftware

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Brandon W. Olson

of the learner, but rather the fundamental methods by whicheach person absorbs and processes information. Type 2 learners typically enjoy lecturepresentation because it allows them to think abstractly and observe how others solveproblems and gather knowledge. Type 4 learners, on the other hand, welcome theopportunity to test new knowledge in real world applications and experiment with it innew ways. Instructors also have learning preferences, and they tend to teach using toolswith which they are familiar and that are suited to their own learning personality. Although the general population is divided relatively equally amongst the fourlearning personalities, this does not seem to be the case in particular fields of study.Harb, Hurt, and

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Lawrence Whitman; S. Hossein Cheraghi; Janet Twomey

Shockerphant Aerospace: Towards a sustainable model for teaching production system concepts Lawrence Whitman, S. Hossein Cheraghi, Janet Twomey Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Wichita State UniversityAbstractUnderstanding cause-and-effect relationships is key to evaluating and designing aproduction system. Traditional instruction methods including textbook study andlectures introduce students to concepts, theories, and formulas involved inmanufacturing systems. Developments in simulation technology have enablededucators to give students a "real-world" model to apply the theories andtechniques learned in the classroom. Simulation has proven to be effective

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Kevin R. Lewelling; Kevin S. Woolverton; Michael C. Reynolds

project. Our selected project stressed management principles bycreating realistic budgets, Gantt charts, fundraising, advertising, and managerial interactions.Likewise, teamwork was encouraged by real-world time demands, task complexity, moderncommunications, and public visibility.2.0 Project objectives and outcomesThere were four main objectives considered in selecting the “Holiday Light Show” project whichintroduced first-year engineering students to the following concepts. 1) Exposing students tocommunication methods within the global business environment will better equip students forinternational offices and understand differences in multicultural ethics. 2) The second objectiveis to encourage creative thinking. As the pace and volume of

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Behnam Bahr; Kurt Soschinske; George Gray

” 4The objectives of the ME program are to: • Educate students to be successful mechanical engineers in their professions in a global environment. • Prepare students to pursue life-long learning. • Prepare students for real-world problems by working on industry-based projects. As seen in an American Society for Mechanical Engineering (ASME) comparison ofprograms10 summarized in Table 1, mechanical engineering program graduates at WSU areinvolved with development of new technology and products, while the mechanical engineeringtechnology program graduates are involved with application of state-of-the-art methods indevelopment of new technology and products. In industry practice, collaboration of

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Yahong Rosa Zheng; Sarat K. Chitneni; Daryl G. Beetner

) curriculum. The importance of DSP design and its integration in to the undergraduatecomputer engineering curriculum is considered critical for educating the 21st century computerengineers and preparing them to be on par with the ever increasing contribution of DSP in manyreal-world applications today. However, incorporating DSP into CmpE curriculum presents twomajor challenges: the limited number of lecture hours allocated to the DSP component and theintegration of the DSP component with other CmpE components. The curriculum guidelines [1] Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2suggests

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Johannes Strobel

Compound Problem Solving: Workplace Lessons for Engineering Education Johannes Strobel Engineering Education Purdue University, IN AbstractFor practitioners and researchers who incorporate real-world problems into their teaching, it isessential to understand real-world problem solving and the nature of problems for better designof the instruction. Several models exist that address the categorization of problems. DavidJonassen’s design theory of problem solving describes eleven different problem-types mappedon a four-dimensional scale. Real world

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Abu S.M. Masud; Don E. Malzahn

because of the program’s emphasis on solving real-world problems in industries and organizations in the Wichita metropolitan area.The current process for determining and evaluating program objectives is shown inFigure 1. This evaluation process (steps 2 through 4) is formally repeated on a scheduleas described in the previous section: • The Industrial Advisory Council (IAC) meets each fall and spring. At each meeting, ABET assessment/evaluation reports are presented. At the spring meeting, IAC formally approves any change in the Program Educational Objectives or reaffirms to continue with the current PEOs. • Each alternate year, Alumni Survey forms are mailed by the college to the graduates of the

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Surendra Singh

6experience while in school. The students have benefited by getting “real-world” engineeringexperience. The companies have been able to boost their sales and enhanced their product linewith minimal investment.Bibliography:[1] S. Lekhakul and R. A. Higgins, “Senior Design Project: Undergraduate Thesis,” IEEE Trans. Education, vol. 37,no. 2, May 1994, pp. 203-206.[2] K. J. Zdunek, “Engineering Education: A Young Engineer’s View,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 18,n0. 2, March 1980, pp. 14-18.[3] G. W. Schmid-Schonbein, “The Industrial Internship Program at UCSD Bioengineering,” Proc. 1st JointBMES/EMBS Conf. Serving Humanity, Advancing Technology, Oct. 13-16, Atlanta, GA, pp. 1258.[4] L. M. Waples and K. M. Ropella, “The Biomedical Engineering

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Saeed M. Khan; Gregory Spaulding; Deanna Livengood; Paul Benjamin; Justin Schemm; Kenton Dreilling; Chase Maxton; Fred Kreiman

anyantenna is a good way to learn about impedance matching, guided wave propagation andthe radiation characteristics of antennas. Furthermore, the building of a high gain antennawith real world application and record dimensions appealed to all involved. The paperwill also comment on student enthusiasm and teamwork in this interdisciplinaryendeavor. The sections to follow cover all aspects of antenna development, includingdesign, simulation, construction, measurement and testing. A discussion of the learningoutcomes is presented just before the concluding remarks.Design:We employed design principles to those of the standard cantenna2 combined with the“Theory of Small Reflections3.” The standard cantenna is essentially a cylindrical

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J. Collins

the structure of pedagogy 2 . The novice progresses through variousstages of structured “participation” in the community of practice, including learning thespecialized tools and discourse of the community. Communities of practice are a “set ofrelations among persons, activities, and world, over time and in relation with otheroverlapping communities”2.In their study of engineering teams of students, graduate students, and faculty, Donath,Spray, Alford, et. al. applied a community-based model of learning, using the term“distributed cognition” to explain the integrated contributions of team members to theglobal problem-solving of a group 3 . Cognition is an activity distributed among personsand their environment 4 , including team members, and

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William A. Kline; Thomas Mason

modern engineering tools necessary for engineering k practice Table 3 – ABET Educational Outcomes ‘a through k’In Shuman et.al.8, it is suggested that an environment with high ‘fidelity and complexity’ are theideal context for team skills education. Experience from the RHV program indicates that theconcept of the ‘real workplace’ provides the fidelity, complexity, and ambiguity ideally suited toa broad range of technical and professional skills experience and application. Attributes of aproject environment with capability of describing the degree to which a ‘real workplace’environment has been achieved are proposed below in Table 4. Project Attribute Levels