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R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

shownduring the presentation. Figure 9. Kool-Aid process flow diagram5. ConclusionsThe biomedical, mechanical, and industrial engineering curriculum at MUSE providessignificant learning opportunities to the students. Theory on design, 3D modeling and simulation,manufacturing, automation, and robotics span the curriculum. Hands-on experience in design andmanufacturing laboratories, and open-ended design projects from freshman through senior yearsreinforce the theory. Lastly, Students participate in real world experience through industry co-op, summer internship, and participation in professional society activities. Typical examples oflaboratory work (CAD, CAD/CAM, and robotics modules) developed, presented and discussedin

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Paul G. Ranky

pedagogical as well as advanced educational technology methodsand tools are discussed, and demonstrated to satisfy the above requirements forboth live and eLearning / distance learning (DL) classes.IntroductionThe objective of our case-based multimedia research, that the author has startedover 25 years ago, was to create a case-based / problem-based teaching andlearning curriculum for Millennial generation engineering and IT students. Inorder to satisfy the need of an integrated, simultaneously analytical,computational, interactive, as well as practical, real-world-focused, customizededucation, we have developed an advanced 3D web-enabled active-code caselibrary, supported by on-line features, DVD full-screen, as well as HD videos,and even by smaller

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Arthur Heinricher; Brian Savilonis; David Spanagel; Robert Traver; Kristin Wobbe

Great Problems Seminars: A New First-Year Foundation at WPI Arthur Heinricher1, Brian Savilonis2, David Spanagel3, Robert Traver4, Kristin Wobbe5AbstractThe Great Problems Seminars are a new program designed to engage Worcester PolytechnicInstitute’s first-year students with current events, societal problems, and human needs. Eachseminar starts with an important global problem and helps students to find a place where they canmake real progress, no matter how small, in solving the problem.Four WPI faculty representing Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Humanities developedand delivered two Great Problems Seminars in 2007. Feed the World

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Yiming Rong

alot from each other as well as co-advisors from both WPI and HUST. The program was enhanced in 2006 when eight senior and one BS/MS students from WPI came crossthe ocean joining twelve HUST students. Five projects with real world application background wereidentified. Among them two projects were sponsored by foreign companies running business in China. These two companies enjoyed working with the project teams and requested to continue sponsoringmore projects in next year. Together with another company, three western companies sponsored fourprojects in 2007, which bring up the total number of the projects in 2007 to seven, facilitating fifteen WPIstudents and twenty two HUST students for their senior projects. In 2007, the students

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Bassem Alhalabi; M.K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

were fardistant from constructing real experimentations online. Such a lack of real experimentation-- over theInternet, gave birth to an authentic rise beyond the restrictions of the antiquated virtual laboratories [4-7].The birth of Remote Labs Environment (RLE) at the Centre of Advanced Distance Education Technologies(CADET), a few years ago, carries with it a world of possibilities and pioneering computing technologies.Therefore, this article conducts a survey of students’ perception of on-line (virtual) labs and in comparisonto real labs. The results are analyzed and discussed to put forth an opportunity to learn about a newtechnology that might change how students conduct experiments, virtually.Keywords: Remote Labs, Distance Lab

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Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis

anticipated that both teaching and learning will be enhanced when teachers intentionally makeconnections between the subject matter being taught and real-world examples that demonstrate howengineering impacts the world in general and the quality of their students’ lives in particular. 5 Background •History Math •Societal issues •Needs at the time Applications Theory/Principles Example

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Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

Undergraduate Mechatronics Couse Design Project MAJ Ryan A. Ebel, United States Military Academy MAJ Donald S. Abbott-McCune, United States Military Academy MAJ David Chang, United States Military AcademyAbstractThere is a real need to educate our engineering students in the application of electronics, controls,mechanics, and software; this multidisciplinary initiative has led to the creation of an undergraduateMechatronics courses at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and many other universitiesaround the world. The focus of these courses is to emphasize application and hands on laboratory work ingeneral, and design projects in particular. This paper presents an

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Marie-Pierre Huguet; Tom Haley; Sehnaz Baltaci-Goktalay

against because of anxiety-laden names like ‘Einstein's special theory of relativity.’ Presentingthe course content in a blended manner meant the student could engage with the material when they feltready for the focus required. They took as much or as little time as they were comfortable with. Thisapproach also allowed the instructor to concentrate on stimulating interest in applications, which bestpromoted student engagement with this type of content and ultimate comprehension of the fundamentals viacontemporary real-world contexts.”More specifically, the qualitative discussion forums provided both a creative and reflective outlet forstudents, especially those who were passionate about a topic. The passion for understanding can beinfectious

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David I. Schwartz

represents certain kinds of games, and the study of algorithmic gamecomplexity involves a deep study of algorithms. However, when confronting a “realistic” game, themultitude of choices, especially in “real-time” games, can bog down both approaches. Although atheoretician might wish to explore the mathematical and computational complexity, a practitioner mightfind the theory too computationally expensive for design and implementation. For educational purposes,students learning about game design and development early in academic studies lack the proficiency andtheoretical depth. 2Instead, consider the notion of studying games as simulations. A game can simulate a real-world system,creating an abstraction

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David J. Palazzo; Chad C. Schools

... 100 80 60 40 20 0 Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Agree Disagree Figure 6: Summary of student assessment. Question 1 (in blue): Video analysis demonstrated the “link” between classroom physics and real world application. Question 2 (in red): I would learn more from a video analysis lab than a traditional lab experiment. The data are encouraging that students felt a connection between the physics taught in class and theapplication of those physics to such complicated

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John Adams; Charles Kochakian

material, the expectation is that the students will gain quitea bit of value from the combination of business and technical topics. Also, while the CS studentsmay not understand all of the hardware aspects of the course material, they will understand someof the software issues much better than the EE students. While it is a significant challenge for theinstructors to present course material to students from different majors at the same time, thedepartment believes that the advantage of being able to form true multidisciplinary teams makesthe challenge worthwhile. A major component of the course is a project involving looking deeperat the application of RFID in a real world context. The most positive experience to date has beenthe four-person team

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Robin K. Burk

Project-Based Team Learning: Teaching Systems Engineering When the Data are Sparse Robin K. Burk U.S. Military AcademyABSTRACT: Undergraduate systems engineering courses face several challenges, including the need toprovide students with integrative projects which present sufficient depth and complexity while beingscoped for execution within a one or two semester course.This paper describes the results of providing students with challenging real-world analysis projectsdespite the sparse availability of established technical and operating data. Sixteen teams werepresented with projects regarding evaluation of advanced

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M. Ali Montazer, University of New Haven

Sigma initiatives, (2) to provide the students with industrialprojects for which they have the opportunity to work on the various stages of real worldprojects from problem definition to final reporting and presentation, and (3) to furtherpromote amongst the students the concepts and techniques of modeling and simulationand their applications to manufacturing. The center is equipped with the state-of-the-artcomputing hardware and simulation software including ARENA and QUEST as well asother modeling and computational analysis software. It is staffed by a part-time director,a fulltime graduate student, technical and secretarial support. The program wasinaugurated with graduate and undergraduate student teams working on two projectsprovided by

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Adam Halstead; Jennifer Zirnheld

the process involved in designing and constructing, the students could get an idea of what the engineers working on the project experienced. Why did they decide to build a sculpture in Stockholm Harbor? How did they come up with the design? What types of people were involved? What constraints did the designers have to meet? How did they go about meeting these constraints while still achieving their original objective? These are all questions that can be answered by studying an example that clearly demonstrates the engineering process and how it fits in real-world applications. There is a lot to learn by studying the Rainbow Sculpture. However, we also want to appeal to those students who

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Evolution of a Senior Capstone Course Through the Assessment ProcessAbstractThe civil engineering senior capstone design course at the United States Coast GuardAcademy has evolved over the past fifteen years. Historically teams of cadets worked inparallel on one design problem with a single faculty advisor. The senior design projectsnow actively involve students in a variety of real world consulting projects to help theCoast Guard and local communities meet technical challenges. Each student team workson a unique project with a faculty advisor. The departmental assessment processconfirmed the educational benefits of student exposure to real world projects with clients,budgets, and deliverables

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Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

Interdisciplinary Learning for Chemical Engineering Students from Organic Chemistry Synthesis Lab to Reactor Design to Separation Matt Armstrong, Richard L. Comitz, Andrew Biaglow, Russ Lachance, Joseph SloopAbstract A novel approach to the Chemical Engineering curriculum sequence of electives here at WestPoint enabled our students to experience a much more realistic design process, which more closelyreplicated a real world scenario. Students conduct the synthesis in the organic chemistry lab, then conductcomputer modeling of the reaction with ChemCad and Mathematica, analyze chemical separationprocesses, and design a reactor system. This interdisciplinary learning approach

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B.M. Wright; C.W. Swan; D.M. Matson

Service learning as a catalyst for sustainable change in Ecuador B.M. Wright, C.W. Swan, and D.M. Matson Tufts UniversityAbstractThe student chapter of Engineers Without Borders at Tufts University allows students the opportunity ofservice learning while exploring sustainable solutions to real world problems. Interdisciplinary teamsresearch potential technologies and propose implementation strategies, conduct laboratory research at theuniversity on performance trade-offs, and then gain field experience by traveling to the target communityto develop personal relationships which support sustainable social change. One such investigation hasfocused on water quality

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Aaron S. Bradshaw; Gary N. McCloskey; Franklin Miguel

various levels, the ability to understand and continually evaluate the problem athand, the ability to consider the impacts that a solution may have on the community and the environment,and the ability to deal with uncertainties that are prevalent in the natural world. For most students, theirfirst exposure to these aspects of engineering may not be until after graduation when they enter theprofession. However, it is also possible to give students “real world” exposure in the classroom if thecourse can bring in some of these elements.This paper presents a design for a civil engineering design course where the students apply learnedtechnical skills while fostering their “soft” engineering skills that are critical for success in practice. Thecourse

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Robert Dees; Ken S. Gilliam; Michael J. Kwinn

and theconsequences therein. Quite naturally, cadets tend to apply the decisive action – and minimal riskassessment – they learn in a field training environment to their academic requirements. For most of thesestudents, the real world will quickly manifest itself as a hostile environment in which a new platoonleader must weigh life or death situations laced with multiple levels of uncertainty. In our DecisionAnalysis course for Systems Engineering cadets, we aspire to make our students better assessors ofprobability and risk, and thereby better decision-makers in the face of uncertainty, through a series ofchallenging and thought provoking “probabilistic multiple choice” problem sets. Secondly, we aspire togain more information about the

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A.E. Schuster; J.A. Sanchez; C.W. Swan; J.L. Durant; D.M. Matson

. 1. Support mechanisms such as the existence of a water board, a partnership with a local NGO, and strong personal relationships with community members can contribute greatly to sustaining a small-scale project. 2. Engagement in hands-on projects in a real-world environment helps students to better understand the engineer's role in society and transition to a successful professional career. 3. Student reflections show how these experiences have enhanced their education beyond the traditional classroom experience.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the Tufts University School of Engineering, the Tufts Institute for GlobalLeadership, and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service

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Christopher W. Swan; Julia Carroll

2.5 25 0Conclusions and Recommendations This paper presented a new course that was developed with an overall goal to presentmany of the non-technical skills desirable in the engineer of the 21st century, namely effectivecommunication, knowledge of leadership skills, and an appreciation of professionalism andethics. Through lecture, assignments, workshops, and a term project, students are exposed tothese and other issues engineers face in professional practice. The term projects have bothtechnical and non-technical challenges, thus providing direct experience in how these skills arecombined to execute and deliver real-world engineering projects. Shortcomings of the course included insufficient time to delve

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Eman Abdelfattah

period of time. Sendinga packet via a route will reset the associated expiration time.2. Testing EnvironmentIn this paper, we use NS simulator for simulating different routing protocols [1, 2]. NS simulator uses avisual tool called NAM. NAM is a Tcl/TK based animation tool for viewing network simulation tracesand real world packet trace data. The design theory behind NAM was to create an animator that is able toread large animation data sets and be extensible enough so that it could be used in different networkvisualization situations. 2The first step to use NAM is to produce the trace file. The trace file contains topology information, e.g.,nodes, links, as well as packet traces. Usually, the

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Barrie Jackson

enterprise.The other aspect of the Engineering Profession today, that we as educators must recognize, is that changeis rapid and all embracing. There are several quotes from an excellent paper entitled “Who Moved myKnowledge” as followsWhat was once done with a pencil and paper, steam tables, a slide rule and an in-depth knowledge of theunderlying physics is now done by entering the boundary conditions into a software application andpushing a button. In this process the innate relationships of the measured data to the physical systems isoften lost. This is especially true in the operation of complex systems.The economic drivers and expectations of today preclude this and further generations from spending thetime necessary to fully immerse themselves in

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Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

on a restructuring of schoolscience around real-world problems [1], inquiry based studies [2][3][4][5] including Design-Based Science(DBS) [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] and Learning By Design (LBD) [16][17][18], augmented reality(AR) [19][20][21][22][23][24][25], and Technology Assisted Science, Engineering and Mathematics (TASEM)[26][27][28]. A unique feature of the TASEM program is that it, encompassing a number of inquiry-basedhands-on ideas, focuses on current and future technologies and it is capable of dealing with a variety of learningconcepts and environments studied by other researchers [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. BecauseTASEM is based on technology, it can address (a) technological learning issues in a

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Bahram Nassersharif

, to name a few. Virtualenvironments provide the sensory experience of being in a computer generated, simulated space. Theyhave potential uses in applications ranging from education and training to design and prototyping. Animmersive environment simulates a virtual environment by “imbedding” the learner in an environmentwhere “discovery” becomes part of learning. Therefore, we have chosen the term discovery learningwhere professors and students are enabled to “explore” through immersion, simulation, and animation.This article discusses the implementation of a Discovery Based Learning Classroom for Engineeringcourses. The Discovery-based Learning Center is a sophisticated viewing facility, theater, and lectureroom for interactive real-time

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structural integrity was more important than creativity; even though they were evaluated on that aspect. They said that they were willing to sacrifice creativity because “in the real world, no one will be impressed with an exotic design if it fails.” • Measuring Creativity can be easy. A simple rubric proved to be effective and gave a good indication of the students’ perception of creativity (refer to Table 6). There are many sophisticated models to measure this attribute which are outside from the scope of this article.Students’ perceptionsAt the end of every semester, a university course evaluation and a Mechanical Engineering web-basedcourse exit survey is administered for each course. Under the general

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Dean M. Aslam; Aixia Shao

nano-concepts without focusing on education research. Historically, efforts to increase impact of learning techniques have Fig 1 Cell phone: Integration offocused on a number of ideas; a restructuring of school science around new technologies; current (solid),real-world problems [1], inquiry based studies [2][3][4][5] including in 2008 (dashed) and futureDesign-Based Science (DBS) [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] (dotted). 1and Learning By Design (LBD) [16][17][18], augmented reality (AR) [19][20][21][22][23][24][25], andTechnology Assisted Science, Engineering and Mathematics (TASEM) [26][27][28]. The explanation ofnano-structures and nanotechnology are

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NADIYE O. ERDIL; KOENRAAD E. GIESKES

would be both creative for students and applicable in real life,the residential assistants suggested that a miniature golf course for use in the Mountainview Communitywould be utilized by the residents if it were portable. Having students work on the design of a portableminiature golf course seemed like an excellent application for our purpose, and a fully formed projectplan was developed. The project was divided into two stages. The first stage was to design a portable baseupon which the holes would be built, and the second stage was the actual design of the obstacles on thegolf course. Since the golf course was to be fabricated on campus, it was decided that one semester wasnot enough time to complete the whole project. Therefore, the project

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Gregory S. Parnell; Michael J. Kwinn

applying it to a real world problem. The program director decided to experimentwith the two project concept (SE 301 experiment in Table 1). The experiment was successful. Next, wedescribe the development of the text and the SE301 redesign based on the text (Table 1).5 The initial problems were problems that the cadets understood, e.g. redesign the cadet laundry system. 4Development of our textbookThe first author of this paper decided to begin writing the text during his sabbatical and volunteered toteach our first course “until he got it right.” His original plan was to write the text over several years.When he presented his

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Frank X. Wright; Marie-Pierre Huguet

From Chalk to Electrons – Blended Engineering Education Frank X. Wright Director of Undergraduate Education Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Marie-Pierre Huguet Senior Course Developer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NYAbstract:“Performance counts!” In many ways this may be the only way to change the world. This paperchronicles one instructor’s journey from chalk-mediated, in-classroom andragogy to electronic-mediated,learning-time andragogy in an introductory course in management. The student