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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Kanti Prasad

the students are before even they graduate and they become productive rightfrom the first day on their job.In 1996 we were cited a weakness in our Capstone Project that we are not integrating socialaspect, economic impact, environmental consideration, and ethical considerations. Although thedesign was robust in most of the Capstone Projects but these four aspects were lacking. Afterconsulting the ABET reviewer who agreed in advance that if these four issues were addressed bythe industrial personnel, the weakness may be taken care of. It is because of this reason that welaunched a course 16.400 Engineering Topics which is being offered under my supervision bythe industrial giants of our region, where all these 4 aspects are being addressed

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Kenneth Edward Dudeck; Wieslaw Grebski

conducted at the Penn State Hazleton campus.The solar car was designed by Penn State Hazleton engineering students and built in cooperationwith high school students. The photovoltaic power station was erected in conjunction with aphotovoltaic installers training course which was offered on site at the Penn State Hazletoncampus.As a positive result of these projects, the Penn State Hazleton Campus decided to develop andoffer a new innovative Bachelor of Science in General Engineering with an Alternative Energyand Power Generation Track. The General Engineering with an Applied Materials Track was Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Annual Conference University of Hartford