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Maarij M. Syed; Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley

from theinstructors who have been involved in this method is very positive, although no hardquantitative assessment data is available yet.2. Trials of studio physics at Rose-Hulmana. The first trialThe studio style of teaching at Rose-Hulman was first introduced in the introductorymechanics course in physics. This was a trial to test how well the students at Rose-Hulmanliked this method, and how much they would benefit from this mode of teaching. The entireclass was divided into three sections, with about 28 students in each. One of the sections wastaught in the traditional way, and the other two in the studio format. At this time, all thefreshmen had laptop computers; the students were given the option of choosing theirparticular section

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Pete Tschumi

91 Ability to Prioritize Project Needs 89 Ability to Act as Liaison Between Customers and Programmers 87 Ability to Anticipate Future Needs 86 Ability to Conduct Needs Assessment 85 Ability to Analyze Systems Inputs and Outputs 85In the category of computer engineer, there is a general preference for software over hardware.This result may be indicative of the predominance of local companies with a software emphasis.As in the category of computer programmer, there is a tendency for general items to be listedhigher than

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Mike Robinson; M. Sami Fadali; Ken McNichols

students to engineering andtechnology. Its more traditional use is in explaining the roles played by various individuals andthe social, economic, and environmental implications of those roles. This is a valuable lessonboth for students opting for a career in engineering and technology as well as for others whomust learn to live in an increasingly technological society. In addition, role playing can be usedto explain complex engineering systems to a younger audience or one with limited knowledge ofscience and mathematics.References1. M. Van Ments, The Effective Use of Role-Play: Practical Techniques for Improving Learning, 2nd Ed., Kogan Page, London, 1999.2. Boothe, M. Empathy in history: From deception to assessment, Eastleigh, England

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Jianping Yue

other relatedissues such as curriculum development, course content, teaching strategies, and appropriatemeans of assessment.1. IntroductionA design project is usually a capstone course in traditional engineering education. To completea design project, students are assumed to have completed all required courses and have mastereda comprehensive knowledge in discipline so that they can apply what they have learned to thedesign project. A new approach is to teach fundamentals of engineering design (FED) tofreshman students. The first objective of this approach is to allow students to learn theengineering subject matter right from the beginning 5. When students spend several semesters innon-major courses without encountering engineering subjects

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Yi-Xian Qin; Partap Khalsa; Michael Hadjiargyrou; Mark W. Otter; Kenneth J. McLeod; Danny Bluestein

sub-problems, review what one already knows, acquire necessary new knowledge, and practice new skills).4) To provide explicit learning outcomes and opportunities for students to assess their own acquisition of knowledge and ability to apply that new knowledge.Structure of the Contextual Learning ModuleThe typical structure of a 4-day (80 minute class session) CLM is:1) Day One: Introduce concepts within a broad contextual area with which the students have some familiarity by conducting a discussion with mandatory class participation, and use the student contributions to sketch a "knowledge map".2) Days 2-3: Formally develop the new knowledge, using lecture, class discussion, demonstrations, audio visual aids and most importantly

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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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Tim Diemer; Rob Wolter; Cliff Goodwin

withcomments specific to the individual posts. Evidently, this level of interaction was viewed bymany students as roughly equivalent to the experience of a traditional classroom.Productivity of Groups Another measure of the success of the VC was each group's self-evaluation of theirdevelopment. Midway through the semester, each VC group was asked to read a description ofgroup development as proposed by Tuckman 3,4. Groups were given a survey 1 with questionsabout group interaction and a resulting score that assessed their development according to theTuckman model. Among 14 VC groups studied, 13 rated themselves in the "performing" stage.A sample of comments from participants affirms the rating: · It is ironic that we are studying the stages in

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Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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Monica Bruning

Session 1396 Why NOT Engineering – Perspectives of Young Women and the Influence of the Media Monica J. Bruning Iowa State UniversityOverviewThis pilot study is developed to assess how young women (10 th grade girls) come to know theengineering profession. The study analyzes young women’s career exploration approach and theinfluence that the engineering language and imagery has upon the young women as they explorethe profession. The pilot study employs a qualitative research design and utilizes feminist theoryto better understand the

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Instructional Technology--What Works

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T. Michael Baseheart; Richard Miller; Mark Bowers; James Swanson; Anastasios Ioannides; Roy Eckart

, statistical analysis were used to assessstudent learning and student learning styles in the control class and each of the three technologyclasses. Issues examined included: how do various personality types and learning styles performwithin a specific class; how do various personality types and learning styles perform across allfour instructional formats; and how does student interest in the class or instructional technologyaffect his/her grade? The results of the assessment and surveys during this first year werereported at last year’s ASEE Annual Conference 3.During the second year of this project, academic year 2000-2001, both Mechanics I and BasicStrength of Materials were taught during the spring quarter in the four different formatspreviously

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Real-World Manufacturing Education

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Syed Azmat; Snehamay Khasnabis; Richard Darin Ellis; Pratap Srinivasa Murthy; Frank Plonka; Diane M. Schuch-Miller

interviewed to obtain their assessments and experience with theoperation.Once the situation has been identified and described to the engineering students, it is theirresponsibility to investigate and uncover what they believe to be the real problem impactingexpenses and revenue. They are challenged to determine what is relevant to the case, and analyzeits importance. Utilizing the web-based resources helps them achieve this.The ProductThe pulley is part of the accessory drive system on a diesel engine. Most of the students atFocus:HOPE had access to the operation and actually operated the balancing equipment.Therefore, the documentation of that process is primarily for students at other institutions.Students were provided with information regarding

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Issues in Physics and Engineering

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David Probst

; Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationand political environments are explicitly discussed and assessed as part of the course. Part ofthis discussion would be to consider professional and ethical issues. Outcome j is addressed tosome extent because contemporary issues undoubtedly will surface as part of the discussions justdescribed. Finally, Outcome k is addressed to some extent because students will likely need tocollect and fit data and compare it to a theoretical model. This typically involves usingcomputerized data acquisition followed by data analysis using software such as spreadsheets orMathCAD.VI. Summary and ConclusionIn summary, we have described an innovative approach to

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Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harold Evensen

give EPmajors a broad footing in engineering, while preparing them for their junior- and senior-level Page 7.854.2professional electives. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationProfessional Engineering Requirements and ElectivesThe development of the advanced curriculum was done with the ABET requirements in mind.The eight ABET Criteria for engineering accreditation2 include establishing a means to evaluate,advise and monitor students; creating program objectives with a self-assessment

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Physics in the K-12 Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sarah Faitak; Monika Blair; Matthew Johnson; Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

percent over the previous decade. 1 Butthe number of students in the U.S. choosing to study engineering, physical science and mathactually declined in the decade between 1988 and 1998 by 14%. 2Sadly, students in the U.S. are also not performing competitively in math and science incomparison to other nations. Results from the Third international Mathematics and ScienceStudy which assessed student performance from 41 countries indicates that U.S. students arelosing, rather than gaining ground as they advance in school. In the study, fourth grade U.S.students scored above the international average in math and science scores; eighth grade studentsscored only slightly above the average; and students in secondary level math and physics scoredat the

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

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Timothy Harrah; Martha Cyr; Brad George

theimplementation of project timeline usage in all project-based work on the basis of theadditional benefits discussed, with ongoing monitoring of completion times. Quantitativetest assessment of improvement in comprehension of concepts surrounding theengineering design process is currently in the planning stage.Inclusion of these methods is recommended in any technology or engineering classroomengaged in group project work at any level. They provide a valuable practical tool usefulin professional engineering practice and serve to reinforce the nature of engineering as auniversal and flexible process of modeling and solving all types of problems efficiently.References1. Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework (Massachusetts Department

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Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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Thomas Litzinger

Development. His work in engineering education involves curricular reform, teaching andlearning innovations, faculty development, and assessment. He has received the Eisenhower Award forDistinguished Teaching at Penn State as well as the Premier and Outstanding Teaching Awards from the Penn StateEngineering Society (PSES). He has also received an Outstanding Research Award from PSES and an NSF YoungInvestigator Award. Prior to joining Penn State, Dr. Litzinger had four years of industrial experience with GeneralElectric in power systems, and completed his Ph. D. studies at Princeton. Page 7.1286.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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Louis Rivest

modeling performance and involves no design work since the part is alreadydesigned. Tests are also performed to assess the performance of both solutions during modelmodifications work. To this end, students are provided with a few representative modificationscenarios.Of course, this project is by no means a full-scale benchmark between two software solutions.Students each spend the equivalent of about a week of work performing this evaluation and theyare thus asked to focus on specific aspects of product modeling. For example, they are assigned tosheet metal parts or to machined parts, but are not expected to consider other areas such asdrawing creation or assembly modeling. Even though this is a time-consuming exercise, studentsappreciate being

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Hunting for MINDs

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Sr., Willyerd Collier; Ken Vickers; Benita Wolff; Greg Salamo

for Engineering EducationIn a very real sense, the more confidence a research faculty member has in a graduate student theless time is spent in direct supervision of the student’s activities. Students must learn to adjusttheir assessment of personal interactions to this new type of academic reality, learning that is bestaccomplished during the summer Carver Project program. This allows students entering thisresearch environment after graduation the ability to focus on their academic goals withoutdistraction from the significantly altered academic operational methods.The third barrier to success addressed by the Carver Project is the increased level of effortrequired by graduate level courses as compared to undergraduate level courses at any

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anthony Trippe

conceptual material. Later in each course, tests which require writingof programs are used to assess the level at which students are learning how to solveproblems and use the available C++ tools to develop solutions.It is important to clearly set and enforce strict time schedules for assignments. I use agrade discount of 20% per day for late assignments. Even though this may sound severe,it assists students not to procrastinate and ultimately fall behind. It seems like I amforever reminding students that excuses for late submissions will not be tolerated verylong when they enter an industrial position either as a co-op or a graduate.Elements of the courses stress the importance of structured programming formats. Theuse of identification comments at

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

Design and Assessment Laboratory, and his research focuses on Web Designand Usability Assessment.Web AddressMaterials presented in this paper are available via the Internet at: http://www.umr.edu/~bestmech/preview.html Page 7.719.15 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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Sylvie Doré

): 38-39.4. Bak, C.A., Vogt, L.H., George, W.R. and Grentree, I.R. (1994) Management by team. Journal of Services Marketing, 8(1): 37-47.5. C. Charney (1991) Time to market: Reducing Product Lead Time. Society of Manufacturing Engineers.6. Thompson, B. and Borrello, G M. (1986). Second-Order Factor Structure of the MBTI: A Construct Validity Assessment. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development; v18, no. 4, 148-53.7. Johnson, D. A. and Saunders, D. R. (1990). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator-- Expanded Analysis Report. Educational and Psychological Measurement; v50, no. 3, 561-718. Aviles, C. B. (2001). A Review of the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory: A Potential Training Tool for Human

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Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Gregg

UndergraduateEducation. The course will be offered summer 2002 in Switzerland and will be structured on aclass size of 15.Students taking the initial offerings will be surveyed and interviewed later in their academiccareers to assess the impact of this course on their undergraduate experience and on subsequentinternational experiences. This paper discusses the formulation of the concept, development of thecurriculum and syllabus, logistical and financial considerations and development of internationalvisits to industry and universities. Page 7.733.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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Andrew Rose

may Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationbe. Feel free to add anything else about hobbies or other interests you may have that will help me to get to knowyou better.Please submit this assignment on Wednesday, August 29, 2001.Bibliography1. Lowman, J. Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, 2nd Ed., Jossey-Bass, Inc., San Francisco, 1995.2. Wankat, P. and Oreovicz, F., “Building Better Rapport.” ASEE Prism, November 1998.3. Welch, R., Baldwin, J., Bentler, D., Clarke, D., Gross, S., Hitt, J., “The ExCEEd Teaching Workshop: Participants’ Perspective and Assessment,” Proceedings

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mark Smith; Denny Mahoney

)proposed structure of PD21 beyond the pilot phase, 2) evaluation of the pilot phase, 3)development of a continuous curriculum improvement process, 4) development of newproposals for outside funding, 5) sharing lessons learned and best practices, and 6) facilitationof ongoing operations.Each summer since 1998, the PD21 team has organized a workshop to address bothadministrative and curricular issues. Faculty from participating universities are invited toattend, as are industry representatives, and time is devoted to formal and informal meetingsbetween faculty from partner institutions.Program assessment has remained the responsibility of individual universities, although toolsand techniques have been shared across the consortium for discretionary

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Reid Bailey

effects of informing individuals of their interpersonalbehavioral tendencies as characterized by a quantitative metric, the Kolbe A Index. The Kolbe AIndex is used to assess each student’s instinctive tendency to use certain approaches in handlinga problem (i.e., their conative ability). It is hypothesized that merely knowing ones instinctivetendencies as measured by the Kolbe Index will improve team performance, regardless of teamcomposition. The results indicate that something more than merely knowing ones Kolbe Index,such as stronger coaching and support for use of the index, is needed to improve teamperformance.The students involved in this study are all in a first-year engineering class at the University ofArizona that involves three

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New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gordon Goodman; Edith A. Lawson; C. Richard Helps; Barry Lunt

theresults of our exercise. We feel that this exercise, despite its informality, presented a snapshot ofthe discipline both as taught and practiced at this moment. What is remarkable about the resultsof our exercise is the high degree of overlap and consensus. There certainly isn’t unanimity yetabout all the details of the curriculum, but it was reassuring to find that the view of IT from thediverse programs at the first CITC conference has so many common areas.This exercise generated a list of topics, a productive start in developing a curriculum and anecessary first step. In the process of establishing an IT curriculum, we will probably want tomove to a more behavioral approach to specifying learning that lends itself to assessment such asthe

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Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kevin Dahm

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 2: Summary of course and teacher evaluations. Student responses were on a scalefrom 1-5, with 5 being best.Question Fall 2000 Fall 2001Were the additional activities (HYSYS) helpful for 4.63 4.88understanding of the subject matter?Considering everything, how would you rate this teacher? 5.00 4.71Considering everything, how would you rate this course? 5.00 4.65SummaryIn assessing how modern process simulators should affect teaching of separations, chemicalengineering

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Teaching Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Cary Fisher; John Feland

assessment models like the Meyers-Briggs Temperament Indicator. While interesting,these methods do not provide the students with the skills necessary to work in any team. Ourgoal in developing this portion of the curriculum was to help our students develop theinterpersonal skills they will need to thrive as members of any team, rather than the ideal case.In order to demonstrate the importance and value of this “fuzzy behavioral science stuff” to ourstudents, we taught teamwork in the context of their actual design projects. As teams succeededor floundered we were able to help the team members understand the role and importance ofteam dynamics to the success of their engineering design project. We also allowed our studentsto choose their own teams

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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jordan Rosenthal; James McClellan

most of the learning tasks are traditionalpaper-and-pencil assignments, e.g., homework problems, lab reports, etc.This assessment of student usage also shows that students will not use the GUIs without specificassignments. Therefore, to engage students in the interactive process of trying different cases withthe GUIs, we have written several laboratories centered on the GUIs for convolution and frequencyresponse. In these labs, the students run the GUIs to generate observations and then perform acompanion analysis to explain the observations with theoretical results. In addition, we are creatingnew GUIs that generate drill problems on other basic concepts such as spectrum diagrams andfactoring z-transform polynomials. The goal is to promote

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Technology Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Katherine Emery; John Feland

the School ofEngineering. She earned a master’s degree in Learning Design and Technology from the School of Education atStanford, and has published in the areas of cross-disciplinary teamwork, and assessment of online collaboration.JOHN FELAND is a Research Associate at the Stanford Center for Design Research. A former Assistant Professorof Engineering Mechanics at the United States Air Force Academy, he has returned to Stanford to finish his PhD inMechanical Engineering. He has published in the areas of design education, systems engineering requirementcreation and management, risk management systems, innovation, entrepreneurship education, and team building

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Jose Fierro; Daniel Grajeda; Steve Stafford; Rosa Gomez

schedule at ACES is very flexible and works around their courses, theyhave to keep track of their study time. Because they have to balance time between work andschool they have become more disciplined individuals and, in turn, better students.Being a part of ACES has given Daniel and Jose the opportunity to excel in many fields, butnone more important than academics. As ACES employees, they are challenged every day toapply their knowledge to an array of projects such as developing better methods to promoteACES, developing workshops appealing to students, and constantly assessing innovative ways toserve the needs of our students. The inquisitive and analytical skills they developed at theCenters have helped them become more conscientious thinkers

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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

additional advantage is the potential for an undergraduate publication, which is Page 7.104.7also beneficial to faculty members who devote most of their time to teaching. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1. Haag, S.G., Rhoads, T.R. (1998) Assessing the effectiveness of integrated freshmen curricula inengineering. Proceedings of the 1998 28th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Nov 1998,Tempe, AZ, p. 998.2. Karunamoorthy, S., Ravindra, K. (1998) Integrated curriculum design in