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Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Peter Ridilla; James Pocock

Session 1421 Project-Based Construction Education JAMES B. POCOCK and PETER A. RIDILLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United States Air Force AcademyIntroduction This paper describes project-based education as applied in two construction managementcourses at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Both courses are for senior-level civil andenvironmental engineering students. One of the courses is a construction management electiveand the other is a required capstone course for students majoring in both civil and

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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George Havener

Session 2793 Project Falcon Base: A Freshman Introduction to Engineering Using Problem Based Learning A. George Havener, D. Neal Barlow Department of Aeronautics United States Air Force AcademyAbstractThis paper is a summary report on an experimental freshman-engineering course conducted atthe United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) during the period August 1996 – May 1999.The purpose of the course, Engr 110Z, Project Falcon Base: An Introduction to Engineering,was to develop foundation skills in problem

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Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Terrance O'Connor; Nghia Le

Session 2526 Position Detector Project Nghia T. Le, Terrence P. O’Connor Electrical Engineering Technology Purdue UniversityA. IntroductionThis paper discusses the design of a project used in a second year course of ElectricalEngineering Technology at Purdue University. The design reviews material that has beencovered in the first few analog courses at the University to help students link their knowledgetogether.The project uses a variable capacitor that has a rotating plate. The circuit detects the

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Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

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Andrew Vavreck

Session 2642 Project Management Applied to Student Design Projects Andrew N. Vavreck Penn State University, Altoona CollegeAbstractStudent design projects are very useful for practically bringing student knowledge areas to bear,for giving students open ended, creative experiences, in developing team skills and for enhancingcommunication abilities. Management of these projects through sound project managementprinciples can help expand the range of experiences, as well as simply help keep projects ontrack. Project management is performed to some extent on many projects in

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ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; Clay Barbee; Brian Lenahan; Michael Warren; Joseph Morgan

providean infrastructure that would be used by Engineering Technology students and faculty for educational andresearch purposes. The Wireless Infrastructure Project (WIP) became a real worldclassroom/laboratory environment for the team members to learn about wireless communications,networking, and authorization and authentication security and to gain practical experience in projectmanagement, technical communications and presentation skills.Additionally, the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Program is developinginnovative ways to leverage the new infrastructure that depart from traditional administrative uses.Professors and students are developing coursework that utilize the infrastructure for the monitoring andcontrol of

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ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kamal Bichara

Session 3147 Implementation of design principles and methodology of rapid product development in a multidisciplinary engineering technology project course. Dr. Kamal F. Bichara Kent State University, School of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the design, delivery and outcome of a senior level Engineering Technologyproject course. Students in the course represent a variety of engineering technology academicdisciplines including electronics, mechanical, systems/industrial and computer design andanimation. The course design

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ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Pin-Hui Tan; Roman Stemprok

be effectively canceled overlarge areas. Higher frequencies have shorter wavelengths so the noise may be either canceled ordoubled. This university research project investigated this phenomena and optimized the systemto work effectively to explore the noise cancellation effect.This student noise cancellation project was a success. The equipment managed to mask theunwanted noise in an experimental box. Atmospheric silence is 57.5dB and the lowest noisecancellation level was 64.1dB during the experiment. The result can eliminate noise created bytraffic, but requires improvement to mask human conversation (60dB).IntroductionNoise control adopted passive systems, where the sound was reduced by insulation, padding, andover weighting of physical

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ET Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Myszka

” In contrast, case studies have not been so popular in technical subject areas,except as an occasional story told by an instructor. Engineering is often considered astudy of concepts, principles and scientific phenomena. On the surface, this situationappears to demand single path solutions with correct answers. However, Fitzgerald 5 hasdocumented a handful of case develop projects for engineering education. These early adopters of engineering case studies saw the value of fact-drivencases, which have multiple solutions because of insufficient date or emotions areinvolved, and business, ethical or political decisions are at stake. These cases can bringmuch needed realism to the classroom. They provide a context for the application

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multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

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Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

Session_____ Effective Internet Based International Projects to Enhance Students’ Multidisciplinary Skills Roxanne Jacoby, Jean Le Mee The Albert Nerken School of Engineering, Cooper UnionAbstract The substantial advances in Internet technology of the past decade have tremendouslyfacilitated rapid, relatively inexpensive communications around the globe. In education, a greatvariety of creative, easy to implement, budget oriented collaborative projects between domesticand overseas colleges and universities have become a reality. The Globetech International Joint

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CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ronaldo Luna

Session 1815 Liquefaction Demonstrations – A Student Project Ronaldo Luna University of Missouri-RollaAbstractThe recent increase in catastrophic earthquakes (latest India Gujarat Earthquake, 2001) and therepeated evidence of ground failure due to liquefaction motivated this student research project.Liquefaction is a soil mechanics problem that often impacts structures that are supported onsaturated sand deposits. The large deformations of the foundation soils typically cause majorfailures of civil engineering structures. This project involved research of

Conference Session

MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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R.L. Alan Jordan

Session Number: 2148 DESIGN PROJECTS and INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT in a MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM R. L. Alan Jordan PE, Associate Professor, Dennis S. Schell, Patent Attorney Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Technology Purdue University Statewide Technology - Muncie, IN/ Baker & Daniels Indianapolis, INAbstract Design projects are encouraged and even required in most engineering

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Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

Session 2625 Capstone Design Projects: Enabling the Disabled Patricia Brackin, J. Darrell Gibson Department of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to show how some of the ABET EC 2000 criteria can besatisfied with “service-learning” student design projects. In addition to meeting ABETrequirements, these “designing for the disabled” types of team design projects have other,less obvious, educational benefits that are not normally met with the traditional industrialprojects. Several examples of these types

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Reaching Out to the Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wayne Groff; Paul Greger; Kim Groff; Joseph Orlins

Session 2651 A Community-Based Hydrologic Design Project Joseph Orlins, Ph.D., P.E. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ Kim Groff, Ph.D. Earth Solve, Inc., Acton, MA Paul Greger, P.E., P.P. Greger Consultants, LLC, Glassboro, NJ R. Wayne Groff Pitman, NJAbstractThere are numerous small dams in southern New

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rick Johnston; Lisa Anneberg

Session 2793 Sundials Make Interesting Freshman Design Projects Dr. Richard Johnston, Dr. Lisa Anneberg Electrical and Computer Engineering Lawrence Technological UniversityAbstract: The design of sundials makes an ideal design project for students enrolled in Intro toEngineering courses for several reasons. First, the task requires some computation, but the level ofcomputation is accessible to any engineering freshman (nothing beyond trigonometry). Second, theproject requires the use of simple hand-tools and some simple mechanical

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Boronkay; Janak Dave

Session 3460 INTERNATIONAL SENIOR CAPSTONE DESIGN INITIATIVE Thomas G. Boronkay, Janak Dave, Muthar Al-Ubaidi University of CincinnatiIntroductionEvery student in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department must complete a SeniorCapstone Design Project course sequence as a requirement for the partial fulfillment of theBachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology degree. Mechanical EngineeringTechnology students at the University of Cincinnati must design, build and test their product forthe satisfactory completion of the

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anders Nelsson

Session 1420 A Project Course in Embedded Design Anders Nelsson Department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing Blekinge Institute of Technology, SwedenAbstractAt Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, a project course in embedded design is given forsecond year students of the Bachelor programs in Electrical/Computer Engineering. Theassignment for the students is to specify and design an prototype control system for a mobilerobot, currently a small car. The control system is based on a DSP (Digital Signal Processor).This course gives

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Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brian Thompson; Craig Somerton

Session 2625 Community Outreach for Capstone Design: The Cycle Projects Craig W. Somerton and Brian S. Thompson Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionA current trend in engineering education is the incorporation of a service learning experience.One such example is the EPICS program at Purdue, which involves the volunteer work ofengineering students in the community [1]. Another approach, proposed herein, is to utilize thesenior capstone design experience in community outreach. This approach has been taken duringthe past three years in the mechanical engineering senior

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Globig

Session 3549 Integrating Ethics into a Project Management Course James E. Globig University of DaytonABSTRACTIn today’s increasingly technical society, constant pressure exists to provide the engineeringstudent with a comprehensive four-year curriculum that devotes sufficient attention to thetraditional disciplines of the profession while at the same time anticipates areas of developinginterest. As if this continued monitoring and refinement of the technical curriculum were notenough, because of the frequently competing demands placed on the new engineer in

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Doug Ramers

Session 1351 Integrating Manufacturing Projects into Mechanical Engineering Programs Doug Ramers University of North Carolina, CharlotteStudents receive limited exposure to manufacturing in most undergraduate MechanicalEngineering programs - yet a significant number of mechanical engineers end up working inmanufacturing operations or engineering support. The manufacturing discipline combinesknowledge from a variety of subjects, such as statics, strength of materials, thermofluids,systems, electronics, etc., that are typically taught in

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

Session 2760 The Praxis of International Management Through Project Cycle Hamid Khan Master of Technology Program Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 41099 khanh@nku.eduABET Criterion I.C.2.b: “Technical Design Courses ---- These are courses in practice-oriented standard design applied to work in the field, such as construction, in whichstudents acquire experience in carrying out established design procedures in their ownareas of specialization. The key to this type of technical

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Matthew Obenchain; Keith Bearden; Dan Diaz; Brian Self

Section 2168 A Senior Research Project Applied Across the Curriculum Brian P. Self, Keith Bearden, Matthew Obenchain and Daniel Diaz US Air Force Academy, ColoradoABSTRACTIn most Engineering curricula, the courses are somewhat disjointed with very few projects orconcepts tying classes together. In the Engineering Mechanics Department at the US Air ForceAcademy, we have the opportunity to create a common thread through at least a few of thecadets’ senior level classes. At the same time, it is possible to involve the students in someresearch at the undergraduate level. Example projects that are

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Redfield; Michael Guarraia; Suzanne Keilson

Session 3264 Motorless Motion with Ni-Ti: A Senior Design Project Michael Guarraia*, Robert Redfield, Suzanne Keilson Loyola College, Department of Electrical Engineering and Engineering Science, Baltimore, MD, 21210/ *currently at Lockheed Martin Corp., MarylandAbstract: The goal of this project was to develop a senior design project around the principle ofmotorless motion utilizing the shape memory properties of a Nickel-Titanium (Ni-Ti) alloy.Ultimately, this was incorporated into a working prototype of a three-fingered robotic hand

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Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Wiggins

Section 1421 Teaching Construction Project Management With an Historical Perspective John A. Wiggins, J.D., P.E. Assistant Professor Department of Engineering Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology ABSTRACTThe construction techniques, successes and failures of historically significant projects are mostoften learned as history lessons in social studies class with little emphasis placed on the actualevents, circumstances, technology and creativity that led to the success or failure of theseprojects. A close study of the

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nick Salamon; Gautam Wagle; Cliff Lissenden

Session 2468 Design Project for Advanced Mechanics of Materials C.J. Lissenden, G.S. Wagle, and N.J. Salamon Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State UniversityAbstractAdvanced mechanics of materials is a broad subject encompassing many topics. However, oftenthere is only room in the curriculum for a single course. Thus, there is a tendency to pack thecourse full of topics, in which case sufficient depth of coverage can be lost. Furthermore, designis at the heart of engineering and demands attention. Advanced mechanics of materials is amajor part of many design problems. In this

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kevin Sutterer

Session 2468 Sophomore-Year Project Design in Mechanics of Materials Kevin G. Sutterer, P.E. Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroductionCivil Engineering students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (R-HIT) begin to learn open-ended, project-based design in a first year civil engineering design course where groups of 3-5students work for outside clients on a simple civil engineering project. In their Junior year,students participate in a three-course structural engineering sequence (1) where they design aproposed 2 to 3-story campus structure, beginning with design of

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Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Fan Lau; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Kauser Jahan; Bernard Pietrucha; Paris von Lockette; Linda Head

Session 2426 Bugbots! A Multidisciplinary Design Project for Engineering Students Kathryn Hollar1, Fan Lau2 Linda Head1, Kauser Jahan1, Eric Constans1, Paris von Lockette1, and Bernard Pietrucha1 1 College of Engineering, Rowan University 2 Cornell UniversityAbstractRowan University’s College of Engineering stresses the importance of a well-roundedundergraduate engineering curriculum, incorporating relevant aspects of all engineering fields aswell as promoting teamwork through multidisciplinary group

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Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

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Francis Di Bella

Session No. 2566-3 MECHANICAL ENGINEEING DIVISION: TEACHING ENGINEERING ETHICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS Francis A. Di Bella, PE Assistant Professor, Northeastern University Boston, MA 02131 (617-373-5240; fdibella@coe.neu.edu)ABSTRACTHow and when should engineering ethics be taught in a typical four-year engineeringcurriculum? Should ethics instruction be left to the individual’s own morals educationafter graduation and thus classroom time spent on more tangible subjects? This

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Charles Forsberg

Session # 2793 A Senior Capstone Project in Pump System Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549AbstractHofstra University recently received a grant from the American Societ y of Heating,Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for students to design and build apump system demonstration unit for the mechanical engineering laboratories. The grant wasawarded through ASHRAE’s Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. Senior mechanicalengineering students designed and built the pump system as their capstone design

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Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Rabb; Ronald Welch

Session 2425 Projects Day: Completion of the Engineering Capstone Design Robert J. Rabb, Ronald W. Welch United States Military AcademyAbstractProjects Day at the United States Military Academy (USMA) is an annual event to showcasesenior design projects. The goal of Projects Day is to “promote academic excellence” 1 byproviding senior students “with a public forum in which to present their senior theses or designprojects.” 1 The students work on these projects all semester and, in some cases, all year.Projects Day allows the students to present their projects, relate their

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Innovative Curriculum in E/M ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Marvin Needler; Kenneth Rennels; Patricia Fox

Session 3150 Fostering Senior Design Projects that Change Lives Ken Rennels, Marvin Needler, Dr. Chuck Dietzen, M.D., Patricia Fox, Scott Blackwell, Michael Venne, Lisa Hickman-Lause, Paula Jenkins-Williams, Elaine Cooney, Robert Herman Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis/Timmy FoundationA few years ago, an engineering student recovering from leukemia found himself in aconversation with his doctor on how engineering and engineering technology students could usetheir talents to help children with special needs. That conversation started a relationship with theChief of