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Estelle M. Eke

programming languageincluding C and C++, (ii) engineering materials, (iii) circuits and (iv) engineering mechanics –statics. The mode of course delivery is two 50-minute lectures and a 3-hour laboratory per week.Emphasis was on the introduction to numerical computation and assigned problems were solvedon a PC/Workstation. Tests and final exams that rely heavily on computation were used toevaluate student performance; laboratory reports were used to assess writing skills. It wasobserved that a typical class was made up of two types of students; those who enjoyedprogramming, and students who considered programming as drudgery and were not motivated todo more than the minimum amount of work required to get a passing grade. The latter group alsohad

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Jesa H. Kreiner; Peter W. Othmer; Timothy W. Lancey

Obsolescence”. {Proceedings of the 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, November 11-15, 2007, paper IMECE2007-43841. 7. Kreiner, Jesa, “Use of Hazard Pictorials/Symbols in the Materials Handling Industry”, Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Material Handling and Warehousing, Dec. 11-12, 1996, Belgrade, Yugoslavia pp 3.7-3.12. 8. Charles E. Harris, Pritchard, Michael, and Rabins, Michael, “Engineering Ethics –Concepts and Cases, 3rd edition, Thompson and Wadsworth, 2005. 9. Jesa Kreiner and Putcha, Chandra, “Ethical and Professional Issues Facing Engineers in Global Settings”, Proceedings of the 4th ASEE/AaeE Global Colloquium on

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Thomas J. Impelluso

Load Theory (CLT) provides guidelines to present information in a mannerthat encourages learning and optimizes intellectual performance [1]. As an example, considerthe obstacles in learning new material in a non-native language. Clearly, there is an overload:learners must master the new material and the language itself. Interestingly, this is resonant withthe challenge of learning to program a computer (learners must master operating systems and thesyntax) for students not in the computer science major. CLT can mitigate challenges in suchcases when learning loads are high. CLT was used to re-design a computer programming classfor mechanical engineers at San Diego State University. According to CLT, information can only be stored in long

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Said Shakerin

in the literature are related to fluid mechanics. Probably theoldest one and the most frequently written about “fluids toy” is the Cartesian diver, afloating object in a bottle of water that can be moved up or down based on the forceexerted on the bottle, that demonstrates hydrostatic pressure and buoyancy. Its use hasbeen documented as early as the 17th century13, but interestingly it has continued to thepresent day in several forms and modifications14-17. Another popular toy is the drinkingbird, an oscillating bird that seems to take small sips of water by tilting down to make acontact between its felt-covered beak and water in a glass and up, and repeating this cyclefor quite a long time, demonstrating evaporation and center of gravity18

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213 Prerequisite Skills Testing as an Indicator of Student Retention David Lanning Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, ArizonaAbstractThe results from a prerequisite skills exam, administered in a Solid Mechanics course in thesophomore year of the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering degree curriculums, are evaluatedas a possible identifier of at-risk students in an effort to increase student retention. Theprerequisite skills exam was first implemented over two years ago in select engineering and mathcourses as a type of mastery exam, allowing

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Lawrence Fong; Brian P. Self

tobe a motivational and fun way to help students learn about rigid body dynamics. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 284IntroductionAt Cal Poly, students have always been encouraged to utilize a hands-on approach towardslearning. In our coursework, we have found that real-world type of problems help students learnthe material more effectively, as well as prepare them for careers in engineering. Throughout allthe laboratories and student projects, Cal Poly's "learn by doing" motto is evident - in how weapply the principles of engineering towards realistic

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Debra Larson

: Application 1 engineering.6. Solve problems in solid and fluid mechanics. 4: Analysis 17. Analyze the results of experiments and evaluate the accuracy of the results within 4: Analysis 2 the known boundaries of the tests and materials in or across more than one of the technical areas of civil engineering.8. Develop problem statements and solve well-defined fundamental civil 3: Application 5 engineering problems by applying appropriate techniques and tools.9. Design a system or process to meet desired needs within such realistic constraints 5: Synthesis 3 as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical

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Geon S. Seo; Eniko T. Enikov

design-only version vs. full-scale hands-on experimentation show increasedappreciation of the field of nanotechnology, as well as in the students’ perceptions of theirmarketability.* An expanded version of this manuscript has been submitted for publication in International Journal of EngineeringEducation. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 274 INTRODUCTIONThe field of engineering involves the application of known scientific principles to harvest the threebasic resources of human kind—energy, materials, and

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Paul Blowers

concept maps over more traditional casestudy materials. The authors ended with the idea that concept maps may be more effectivelyused as teaching tools than as grading or evaluation assignments. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 119Only one paper in the literature surveyed by the author discussed using concept maps as ateaching tool as suggested in the previous paragraph, and that was the work of Sket and Glazar1.The authors lay out a hierarchical detailing of organic chemistry syntheses reactions usingoxidation/reduction mechanisms as one axis and

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Gemunu Happawana; Amaranath Premasiri; Arye Rosen

, Photodigm, Inc., Dallas, Texas, since 2000. He is named as PattonIndustry Faculty Fellow. He has worked on converting gasoline engines to run on ethanol, natural gas or kerosene.He has more than fifty journal and conference papers, one book and two patents pending. He has graduated fourPh.D. students and served on over twenty Ph.D. and MS committees. Affiliations: SAE (member), ASME(member), OSA (member). Dr. Amaranath Premasiri received a BSc. degree in Materials Engineering (1999) and MEng degree inMechanical Engineering (2003) from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He served on the faculty of Mechanicaland Manufacturing Engineering of the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka between 2000 and 2003. He earned hisPh.D. in mechanical engineering (2008

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DingXin Cheng; Joel Arthur; Albert M. Johnson

for. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 411 Introduction to Civil Engineering Design Transportation Structures Geotechnical Environmental Contracts and Engineering Engineering Specifications Transportation Strength of Soil Mechanics Environmental Engineering Materials

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Kyle A. Watson; Ashland O. Brown

undergraduate engineering education.Finite element analysis (FEA) tutorials have been developed for various undergraduateengineering courses, including mechanics of materials, vibrations, heat transfer, fluid mechanics,and machine design and analysis; these tutorials serve as an effective teaching and learningresource that reinforces the fundamental concepts and applications of each course. This paperdiscusses the implementation, results, impact, and assessment of incorporating steady-state andtransient heat conduction tutorials into an undergraduate heat transfer course using SolidWorksand COSMOSWorks commercial software. The primary goals of these tutorials are to providethe students with (a) a different insight into the heat transfer concepts that

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Eniko T. Enikov; Malcolm T. Gibson

. Micro-robotic drug delivery is adiverse area of research with emerging applications in intraocular surgery and cancer treatments.This research requires integration of engineering sciences such as bio-systems, fluid mechanics,thermodynamics, chemistry, material sciences, and more. This allows various engineeringdisciplines to utilize their classroom knowledge in direct research with real, innovativeapplications in technology. This method of complimenting engineering education with curricula-related research has shown improvement in engineering accomplishment and learning that isadvantageous to the future success of undergraduate engineering education.Introduction Engineering focuses on the development and discovery of important resources

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Amelito G. Enriquez

) with 41 students, and theSpring 2005 (non-ILN) class started with 28 students. For both years, the majority of thestudents were male, and over 40% of the students were Mechanical Engineering majors. Forboth years, the ethnic distribution was diverse, with no majority ethnic group.Study 2: Spring 2007 Circuits at Cañada College and San Francisco State University. ForSpring 2007, two sections of Circuits courses were studied, one at Cañada College and one atSan Francisco State University (SFSU), with both classes taught by the same instructor. As notedabove, Cañada College offers only one section of Circuits every spring semester. To study theimpact of the ILN model on student performance in the Circuits class at Cañada College, theCircuits

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Vince Bertsch; John Krupczak; Kate Disney; Elsa Garmire; Tim Simpson

. It also establishes that engineeringfaculty can develop and teach courses on technological topics to non-engineers. The successfulcourses taught by engineers span a wide range of institution type and student demographics.They represent campus environments that includes large state universities [45-48,51], privatecolleges [29,37], technically institutions [49,50], selective schools [26,27,40,43], comprehensiveuniversities [28,44], schools serving working adults [16], and two year colleges [63,64]. Thebackground of the instructors include the major engineering disciplines such as chemical [48],civil [26-28,44], electrical [34,36,40], materials [45,46,61] and mechanical engineering[24,29,31,37]. A feature of nearly all successful technology

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Kate Disney; John Krupczak

179 Laboratory Projects Appropriate for Non-Engineers and Freshman Engineering Students Kate Disney, Mission College Engineering Faculty John Krupczak, Hope College Professor of EngineeringIntroductionThe engineering departments at Hope College and Mission College both offer technologicalliteracy courses targeted to non-science majoring students. These lab-based general educationcourses are designed with mechanical dissection and “make

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Teresa M. Ogletree; Brian P. Self; James Widmann

248 Using Model Eliciting Activities in a Dynamics Course Teresa M. Ogletree, Brian P. Self, and James Widmann California Polytechnic State University San Luis ObispoAbstractTypical assignments in a traditional dynamics course often do little to motivate students or togive them an indication of how they would use the material in a future job situation. Manyinstructors are now attempting to provide motivational projects, hands-on demonstrations, andeven laboratory assignments to increase understanding and motivation. To

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Stephen Beck; Joshua Brent; Thomas Brown; Agostino Cala; Eniko T. Enikov; Richard Lucio

teaching materials compared to other expensive, specializedproducts. Our project involved presenting students with a task of designing a ribbon-climbingrobot which must detect a randomly placed marker and report its height through a wirelesscommunication link. The students were provided with basic mechanism design formulas andcalculations allowing them to optimize their design. The project culminated in a finalcompetition between the teams in the class. The project emphasized self- and team learning. Theteamwork and the final competition encouraged flexibility, interaction and support between thestudents, behavior necessary of successful engineers.IntroductionEngineering is often a daunting subject for incoming students. Lack of knowledge about

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Yusuf Ozturk; Emrah Orhun; Chris Bowerman

perspectives, new training materials and approaches. These will take place largely in the first half of the project as materials are redeveloped to embody a full multidisciplinary, global perspective and are made available on the electronic learning platform.• To provide 48 students with benefits from global exchange and training activities and in addition, by means of local, national workshops and online communities of practice, spread the benefits to a further 60 non-exchange students and around 20 academics.• To disseminate proven practices, models and study programs.3. Planned ActivitiesThe project and its aims have been developed not only to meet a need for computingworkers of all levels but also to meet the needs of the

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Pradip Peter Dey; Thomas M. Gatton; Mohammad N. Amin; Mudasser F. Wyne; Gordon W. Romney; Alireza Farahani; Arun Datta; Hassan Badkoobehi; Ralph Belcher; Ogun Tigli; Albert P. Cruz

. As a result they either tune out or never develop a deepunderstating of the materials and simply imitate mechanical operations and the essential analysisand arguments necessary to solve the problem. One common criticism of the PBL method is thatstudents may not recognize what might be important for them to learn, so the facilitator must beextra careful to assess each student’s prior knowledge. Another criticism is that instructorscannot cover as much material as the traditional method. Furthermore, the method is hard toimplement and there are different definition and interpretation of the strategy and the manner ofits implementation, within instruction, appears to be ad hoc. PBL requires a lot of planning andextensive work by the instructor

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Jiancheng Liu

422 Laboratory Projects Introduced in Teaching Manufacturing Processes Course Jiancheng Liu, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering University of the Pacific 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211-0197 jliu@pacific.eduIntroductionMechanical engineering students should graduate with strong practical and interpersonal skills (1,2) . Manufacturing Processes is a fundamental mechanical engineering course

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Learning and Cognitive Load Theory to Enhance Computer Programming for Mechanical Engineers: Qualitative Assessment, Thomas J. Impelluso 70 15. A Junior Level FPGA Course in Digital Design Using Verilog HDL and Altera DE-2 Board For Engineering Technology Students, Tariq Qayyum 80 16. Design, Fabrication, and Analysis of Photodynamic Therapy Monitoring System for use in Esophageal Carcinoma, Gemunu Happawana, Amaranath Premasiri and Arye Rosen 89 17. SimzLab - Interactive simulations of physical systems for active individual and team learning, Richard K. Herz and Gregory E. Ogden

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Ranjan K. Sen; Pradip Peter Dey

,  in  acquiring  a  network  port  it  uses  socket service of underlying network system.  2.3 Data and Database Programmers  recognize  the  value  of  associating  a  type  with  a  data,  composing  data  in  databases  for efficient  storage  and  retrievals.  They  are  aware  of  the  mechanisms  used  for  opening  database, connecting to it, querying for information etc.  2.4 Network and distributed processing Network  is  how  computers  connect  to  each  other  and  other  devices  of  various  types.  They  know  the different  protocols  used  in  such  communications.  They  are  aware  of  ports  that  are  the  interface  to  a computer and machine network addresses.  2.5 Multi‐threading One  important  understanding  in  this