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Joseph J. Rencis; Hartley T. Grandin

A New Approach for an Undergraduate Mechanics of Materials Course that Integrates Theory, Analysis, Verification and Design Joseph J. Rencis, Hartley T. Grandin, Jr. Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Arkansas/Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstract This paper presents a description of a first undergraduate course in mechanics ofmaterials. Although many of the features of this course have been used by other faculty andpresented formally in textbooks, the authors believe they have united them in a way thatproduces a course that is unique and innovative. The title of the paper includes Theory,Analysis, Verification and Design to

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George D. Gray

be todevelop more comprehensive coverage of composite materials within an existing materialscourse or develop a new single course that would be mainstreamed and required for allgraduates. These two approaches would better integrate the material, rather than having itfragmented. This would also lend itself to a more concurrent engineering approach, therebyinsuring that graduates are more qualified to work in the composites industry.Composites Material Engineering at the Baccalaureate Degree LevelA case for the stand alone composites material engineering program was made by Winona StateUniversity (WSU) in Winona, Minnesota, in 1989. Today, the Composites MaterialsEngineering (CME) program at WSU is the only undergraduate engineering program

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Larry N. Bland

Can ABET Professional Skills Stimulate Curriculum Changes That Aid in Student Recruitment? Larry N. Bland John Brown UniversityIntroduction In November 1996, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)board of directors approved one of the most significant changes to accreditation of engineeringprograms in modern times. Previous accreditation requirements had been a very rigid set of rulesfrom almost thirty pages of detailed requirements that covered course requirements, credits anddistribution, faculty staffing, and laboratory facilities. [1] The new criteria became known asEngineering Criteria 2000. These

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Dale E. Schinstock

Integrating Education in Mathematics, Physical Science, Engineering Science and Application in a Required Course Dale E. Schinstock Kansas State UniversityIntroductionThis paper addresses a common problematic scenario in engineering education through a specificexample of the overhaul of a required course in a mechanical engineering curriculum. Thecourse was designed with three major themes in mind: 1) often, less is more in the context of thetopical coverage and retention and understanding, 2) application of material and active learningare important motivating factors for the students, and 3) moving engineering application toearlier in the

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R. L. Kolar; K. M. Dresback; E. M. Tromble

includesthe following: holistic, interdisciplinary approach to civil and environmental infrastructure prob-lems; collaborative research within and outside CEES that teaches valuable partnering skills; par-ticipation in CEES’s novel educational efforts, including integrated curriculum projects,multidisciplinary design experiences, team learning, team teaching, and K-12 alliances; a full yearin the classroom team teaching with a faculty member; and participation in new faculty seminarsand at least two educational methods courses. Table 1 below lists 10 measurable objectives takenfrom our GAANN contract, that we are using to track progress of the fellowship program. Ourbroad-based program exposes GAANN Fellows to all of the rigors associated with a

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Stephen B. Taylor; Darin W. Nutter; James A. Davis; Joseph J. Rencis

. Theimplementation of these retention strategies require additional funding to help an institution bearthe financial load of more faculty, facilities, or resources and thus has been investigated more bylarger COE programs or by those with outside funding. The programs that are choosing to initiate a completely overhauled curriculum arefocused primarily on the COE as a whole. The approach most of these institutions take is togeneralize the first two years of the curriculum by having the freshman take the same SMEcourses that are required for all engineering degrees. This places these engineering students in atheoretical academic community within the COE program that can, in itself, improve freshmanretention 18. These new curricula offer engineering

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Kellie Schneider; C. Richard Cassady

ofparticular interest to new students. Next, we offer the students bonus points for participating invarious university-sponsored events. Finally, our department funds each student’s first-yearmembership in our primary professional society. Our goal is to make the students feel like a partof our departmental family by making them aware of the resources available to help themsucceed as an INEG student. Near the beginning of the semester, the officers from our student chapters of the Instituteof Industrial Engineers (IIE), the leading professional society in IE, and Alpha Pi Mu, the IEhonor society, come to class to welcome the new students, invite them to our annualdepartmental picnic, and announce their free one-year membership in IIE. We also

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A. Lambert; D. J. Russomanno; P. Palazolo; S. Ivey

Enhancing Engineering Education to Reflect the ProfessionalExpectations of the 21st Century: Examples from In-Process Programs A. Lambert, D.J. Russomanno, P. Palazolo, S. Ivey The University of Memphis AbstractThis paper examines complex issues associated with 21st century engineering practice asdescribed through comparisons between a controversial report, The Engineer of 2020:Visions of Engineering in the New Century, and our own engineering students of 2005.According to this report and other recent studies published by leaders in engineeringeducation, engineering students of the 21st century will possess a markedly different setof skills and

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Edgar C. Clausen; W. Roy Penney; Cole E. Colville; Alison N. Dunn; Noor M. El Qatto; Crystal D. Hall; W. Brent Schulte; Christopher A. von der Mehden

dynamic viscosity of air, Ns/m2ν kinematic viscosity of air, m2/sρ density of the aluminum plate or cylinder, kg/m3σ Stefan-Boltzmann constant, W/m2K4References 1. Ellis, T., 2004, “Animating to Build Higher Cognitive Understanding: A Model for Studying Multimedia Effectiveness in Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93, No. 1, pp. 59-64. 2. Wise, M., Groom, F.M., 1996, “The Effects of Enriching Classroom Learning with the Systematic Employment of Multimedia” Education, Vol. 117, No. 1, pp. 61-69. 3. Grimson, J., 2002, “Re-engineering the Curriculum for the 21st Century,” European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp

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Brandon W. Olson

on performance, attitude, and group behaviors in a technical team environment”, Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA: 1994.Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 114 Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. T., Smith, K. A., “Cooperative learning returns to college”, Change, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1998.5 Jutras, P. F., “Developing student’s capacity for learning and thinking through integrated curriculum and team learning experiences”, Annual International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education, Portland, OR: 1994.6

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Roy A. McCann

composites: • There is student interest in emerging technologies. • Students are concerned with improving employment prospects by having an awareness of new products and trends. • The study of micro and nano-level technologies often reinforces basic concepts learned in previous engineering and science courses.There has been an overall favorable response to including content as outlined in Fig. (1b). Addi-tional curriculum changes are under consideration, particularly with respect to educational out-comes and objectives for the undergraduate curriculum as a whole.V. ConclusionThe outline and benefits of a revitalizing the core undergraduate electrical energy conversioncourse has been presented. The approach taken is in

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Christi L. Patton; Daniel W. Crunkleton; John M. Henshaw; Douglas Jussaume; Robert L. Strattan

selected for thiscompetition. The University of Tulsa, with the smallest engineering program, wasselected because of its unique interdisciplinary approach to the design process. Throughtheir involvement in this project, students have the opportunity to develop skills withintheir selected field of study and beyond their chosen major.As part of this program, the University of Tulsa has established an interdisciplinarycourse so that students working on this project may earn course credit. This course mayonly be a means of recording their hard work on this very challenging project, but insome cases, with the approval of the individual department chair, it may be used to fulfillupper-level engineering elective credits. Regardless of the type of credit

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Larry N. Bland

that period, the Walton International Students Program was established that broughtmany students from Central America into our engineering program. This program provides fulltuition, room, board, books and fees to needy Central American students. Instead of increasingour total enrollment, this program kept our enrollment stable as the domestic enrollment wasactually declining. A look at similar institutions within the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universitiesdid not indicate the same drop in domestic enrollment. In fact, there were institutions thatestablished new engineering programs, completed the ABET accreditation process andestablished enrollments that were more than double that of JBU. This quick analysis indicatedthat we

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Wangping Sun; J. M. Zhang; Z. J. Pei

instructors of IMSE 564 have had more than four years of industrial experience. From theirpersonal experiences, the learner-centered approach in engineering education is an efficient wayto facilitate learning and simulate motivations for engineering students. In order to establish suchan environment, they have explored the following five areas: (1) Select suitable topic; (2) Encourage group activities of the students with the facilitations of the instructors; (3) Use multi-media technologies in teaching; (4) Involve industrial professionals in teaching; (5) Make the course project-based.2.1 Topic selection in engineering educationProceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering