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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jason Moore; Mitchell A Thornton; Ronald W. Skeith

Encouraging Computer Engineering Students to Take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination Jason Moore, Mitchell A. Thornton Ronald W. Skeith Southern Methodist University University of Arkansas Dallas, Texas Fayetteville, Arkansas ABSTRACT We describe the experience of pursuing EIT registration and in particular sitting for theFE examination from two perspectives; that from a recent computer engineering graduate whosuccessfully passed the examination, and from the viewpoint of educators in encouragingstudents

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jung Oh, Kansas State University at Salina; Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University at Salina

information from multipledirections. Highly toned information literacy skills are the key to unlocking the potentialfor lifelong learning.How do we teach our students to be lifelong learners? This paper shares a glimpse of howa science course instructor, librarian, and the writing center staff have dialogued for acommon goal based on individual and collective teaching/learning outcomes. Scienceliteracy, information literacy and communication skills are crucial and criticalfoundations for students in Engineering Technology programs to become lifelonglearners. One of assignments from the University General Education course,Introductory General Chemistry, involves an integrated three-step process withdiscipline-specific pre-lab activity, general

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph J. Rencis; Hartley T. Grandin; William O. Jolley

. The project and several of the homework exercises also illustrate commonmajor conceptual mistakes made by students and, often, by practitioners usingcommercial software. 2What is the Finite Element Method?The finite element method (FEM) is a mathematical technique that simulates physicalbehavior by means of a numerical process based on piecewise polynomial interpolationapplied to the controlling fundamental equation. The method has been used extensivelyduring the past thirty years in industry and is now a standard engineering tool for bothanalysis and design. Engineering analysis has always faced the challenge of modeling complex realproblems