Conference Session

Engineering and Math Potpouri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jean Hodges, VCU\Qatar Campus

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

AC 2008-76: TECHNIQUES MOTIVATING PROJECT-DIRECTEDMATHEMATICSJohn Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. John Schmeelk is a Professor of Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University at the Doha, Qatar branch campusJean Hodges, VCU\Qatar Campus Ms. Jean Hodges is an Assistant Professor in English at Virginia Commonwealth University at the Doha, Qatar branch campus. Page 13.1184.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 IMPLEMENTING TECHNIQUES FOR PROJECT-DIRECTED MATHEMATICSAbstractThis study is the third in a series examining ways to motivate learning of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

University. He joined the faculty of Old Dominion University in January 1994. He has 30 years of professional experience in consulting, industry and forensic engineering and is registered in eight states. His areas of expertise include structural design, contract documents and materials testing. Page 12.967.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introducing Freshmen to Construction Estimating and Scheduling Using K’NEX Bridge KitsAbstractThe College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University has developed project-based courses for freshmen engineering students

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Retention Programs for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Douglas, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

AC 2007-2242: K-STATE'S WOMEN MENTORING WOMEN (WMW): IMPACTSOF SHIFTING FROM INDIVIDUAL TO GROUP MENTORINGKimberly Douglas, Kansas State University Page 12.994.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Kansas State University’s Women Mentoring Women (WMW): Impacts ofShifting from Individual to Group MentoringAbstractWomen Mentoring Women (WMW) at Kansas State University (K-State) began in 1999with seed money from the Society of Women Engineers, and has expanded to support all17 engineering and science programs affiliated with the Women in Engineering andScience Program. The program focuses on supporting freshmen women in engineeringand science as they begin their

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gukan Rajaram, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Engineering. He received the B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, and his MS in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras. His doctoral research is in the area of electrode and electrolyte synthesis and characterization for solid oxide fuel cells. He has been involved in teaching mechanical engineering lab courses. Page 11.870.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 LEARNING ABOUT PARTICLE SIZE CHARACTERIZATION WITH A WATER PITCHER FILTERIntroductionParticle technology deals with the production, characterization

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Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Coyne, U.S. Army ECBC; Arthur Johnson, University of Maryland-College Park

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Biomedical

2006-1627: TEACHING PHYSIOLOGY OF EXERCISE TO BIOENGINEERINGSTUDENTSArthur Johnson, University of Maryland-College Park Arthur T. Johnson is Professor in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland. His teaching and research interests are in exercise physiology and respiratory monitoring.Karen Coyne, U.S. Army ECBC Karen M. Coyne received her PhD from the University of Maryland and is now a part-time instructor in the Biological Resources Engineering Department. Page 11.1217.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Physiology of Exercise

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Thermal Sciences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Lin, University of Southern Maine; James W. Smith, University of Southern Maine; Stephen Knittweis

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

science, all from Penn State University. From 1967 to 1975 he worked as a physicist in the Corning Glass Sullivan Park Research Laboratory. From 1976 to 1986 he worked for GTE Sylvania in a number of capacities both as an individual contributor and as a manager. Since 1986 he has been associate professor of engineering at the University of Southern Maine.Mr. Stephen Knittweis Mechanical Engineering major with 25+ years experience in the HVAC industry. Page 23.302.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Combination Unit to Support Instruction in Thermodynamics, Fluid

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Chemical Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2012-3703: INTRODUCTORY ADSORPTION LABORATORY EXPER-IMENTDr. Polly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College Page 25.853.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Introductory Adsorption Laboratory ExperimentAbstractIt is always exciting to bring nonengineering or first year engineering students into thelaboratory – they can learn a lot about engineering by working in the space, but theexperiment needs to be safe and accessible. This paper describes an adsorptionexperiment with safe and easy data collection. The analysis can be simple (graphingdisappearance of a dye as a function of time) or complex

Conference Session

Evaluation of Teaching Methods for Mechanics Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2012-3221: INVESTIGATION OF PROPORTIONAL AND NON-PROPORTIONALLOADINGS USING MOHR’S CIRCLEProf. Somnath Chattopadhyay, Georgia Southern University Somnath Chattopadhyay is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga. He teaches mechanics, design, and materials, and his current research emphasis is on fatigue crack intiation in metallic materials. He has authored a text on pressure vessel design and serves as an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology Page 25.859.1 c American Society for Engineering

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth M. Purcell, University of Southern Indiana

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Paper ID #10218Evaluation of Publisher Provided Online Learning Systems as Pedagogicaland Curriculum Assessment ResourcesDr. Kenneth M Purcell, University of Southern Indiana Dr. Kenneth M Purcell is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Southern Indiana. His research interests include low temperature/high magnetic field studies of heavy fermion superconducting materials. Page 24.549.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Evaluation of Publisher Provided Online

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New Course Development Concepts in ET II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Alexander, Oklahoma State University; Kenneth Belanus, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #9316Construction of a Vibrating Structure for Demonstration of Vibration Mea-surement and FFT AnalysisProf. Aaron Alexander, Oklahoma State University Aaron Alexander is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Oklahoma State University. He received is BSE from Messiah College and his MSME from Purdue University. Before entering academia he spent eleven years as an Acoustical/Noise Control Engineer in industry and still continues to consult in that field. His research interests are fluid flow, wind turbines, noise control, and computational fluid dynamics.Prof. Kenneth

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #8394LabVIEW: A Teaching Tool for the Engineering CoursesDr. Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona Dr. Alireza Kavianpour received his PH.D. Degree from University of Southern California (USC). He is currently Senior Professor at DeVry University, Pomona, CA. Dr. Kavianpour is the author and co-author of over forty technical papers all published in IEEE Journals or referred conferences. Before joining DeVry University he was a researcher at the University of California, Irvine and consultant at Qualcom Inc. His main interests are in the areas of embedded systems and computer architecture

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob Freeman

of this approach is planned for Fall 2003, along with formal assessment andevaluation.Acknowledgments: This work was supported in part by the CCLI-Educational MaterialsDevelopment Program of the National Science Foundation under Award Number DUE-0089035,the Engineering Research Centers Program of the National Science Foundation under AwardNumber EEC-9876363, and by The University of Texas System TeleCampus. Page 8.183.15

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Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Koffman; Bryan Waltrip; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

education. In particular the major concentrates oncontrol of electrical, computer and mechanical systems. In addition to several tracks, students havethe opportunity to independently research a field of interest. This is a great opportunity for teachersand students to pursue more in-depth analyses. This paper will describe one such experiment in thefield of metrology.Very often engineering laboratories at undergraduate schools are well equipped with power supplies,signal generators, oscilloscopes and general-purpose multimeters. This set allows teachers andstudents to set up test-beds for most of the basic electronics circuits studied in different engineeringtracks. Modern instrumentation is in general user-friendly and students like using the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Richard T. O'Brien

vehicle model is introduced and the students apply root locus techniques to the design ofan automated steering controller.I. IntroductionThe availability of computer simulation tools such as MATLAB has created both opportunitiesand challenges in engineering education. These tools allow the students to simulate, analyze, anddesign engineering systems quickly and easily, but the underlying concepts can be obscured. Inthis paper, a series of design projects for a first course in linear control systems are presented. Inthese projects, MATLAB is used to reinforce the course material and introduce the studentsopen-ended design problems.The problem of designing an automated steering controller is investigated in three design

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

O. Kenneth Sergeant; Linda O. Hardymon

environmentallyfriendly fuel alternative. It is a mainstream resource and important to the futureof our environment. The environmental gain is reduced pollution and increased Page 5.550.1awareness of environmental stewardship. The educational gain is theà Ãdevelopment of a project making use of available technologies from start tofinish and a hands-on opportunity for students. Practical experience gainedusing solar technologies stimulates student’s interest and the Rayce provides acompetitive forum for solar vehicle design. Another plus was that the SolarBikeRayce event, to test the performance of the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas M. Mattox; David D. Mattox

. Page 5.560.5Bibliography1. M. F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Pergamon Press, NY (1992).DOUGLAS M. MATTOXDoug Mattox is Professor of Ceramic Engineering in the Ceramic Engineering Department of the University ofMissouri-Rolla, Rolla Missouri. He received B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Ceramic Engineering from RutgersUniversity. Following graduation he began a twenty-five year career in industrial research and management,mostly with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh, PA. He came to UMR in 1989 where he firstserved as Department Chair. He is particularly interested in creating courses, which bring increased real worldexperience in engineering education, thereby shortening the learning curves of new

Conference Session

Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Svetz, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

22.742.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Generalizing the Particular:Rethinking the Role of the Case Study in Building Technology Courses Page 22.742.2 In many ways my argument is best made as a tale of two textbooks (and for this audience Iwill assume well-known textbooks) in the development of two different building systemscourses that were started in a nine lecture-hours per week trial by fire in the summer of 2003.The first text is Norbert Lechner’s Heating, Cooling, Lighting (HCL), at last now moreconfidently subtitled in its third edition, Sustainable Design Methods for Architects.1 Secondwe have the quintessential all-systems tome, Mechanical and

Conference Session

FPD XI: Tidbits and Cookies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas J. Vasko, Central Connecticut State University; Peter F. Baumann, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Page 25.332.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Comparison of a First-Year-Experience Course with and without a Living-Learning-Community ArrangementAbstractCentral Connecticut State University has offered a First-Year Experience (FYE) program in theDepartment of Engineering since 2003. The program is offered through an Introduction-to-Engineering course. In the fall of 2010, a Living Learning Community (LLC) for incomingengineering students was also established. The LLC arrangement places students who volunteerfor the program in the same wing of a campus dormitory and requires them to take the sameIntroduction-to-Engineering and math courses. The goal of this arrangement is

Conference Session

Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Kozak, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-3545: A SELF-ADMINISTERED GAGE ANALYSIS INTERVEN-TION AND ASSESSMENTProf. Michael J. Kozak, University of Dayton Michael J. Kozak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. He primarily teaches classes related to mechanical engineering technology and his main research interest is pedagogy. Page 25.101.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Self-Administered Gage Analysis Intervention and AssessmentAbstractA solo gage repeatability and reproducibility (gage r and r) study exercise was developed

Conference Session

Laboratory Innovations

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven O'Halloran, University of Portland; Matthew Rodrigues, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-3976: POWER AND EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT IN A THER-MOELECTRIC GENERATORDr. Steven O’Halloran, University of Portland Steven O’Halloran is an Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Portland (UP) and teaches courses in the thermal/fluid sciences. He conducts research in the area of heat exchangers including both experimental work and numerical simulations. O’Halloran received his B.S. (2000), M.S. (2002), and Ph.D. (2006) degrees in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University.Mr. Matthew Rodrigues, University of Portland Matthew Rodrigues is a senior in mechanical engineering at the University of Portland, Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Kee; Jean-Pierre Delplanque

a flow over a flat plate.Such a dataset could also be used to illustrate concepts such as the displacement thickness.In this way, geometrically simple configurations can also be very beneficial.2.2 From Fluid Flow Problem to SpreadsheetOnce the fluid-flow problem has been chosen, the resulting flow field must be obtained.This is done using a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software. Since the resultingdatasets will be treated like a “numerical experiment,” it is important that the softwarechosen be reasonably advanced and efficient. The code used in the examples presented hereis CFD-ACE+TM version 5 (CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL). The details andintricacies of the numerical solution of fluid-flow problems are not within the scope of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin LaFerriere; John M. Spinelli

. Finally, when major conceptssuch as frequency response have been mastered the black boxes can be used to motivatethe student design of equalizers or approximate inverse systems.In a chemistry laboratory, students are frequently presented with an "unknown" samplewhich needs to be identified by testing for the presence of various substances. In a Page 5.20.1systems lab, a similar educational experience can be gained by giving students anunknown system and asking them to describe its behavior and properties qualitatively andquantitatively. With appropriate equipment at their disposal, they can ask questions like"What would happen if I applied a particular

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward H. McMahon

concept. Most students find theexercises helpful to understanding the lecture material. Students also find redesign to be difficult.It is difficult to come up with novel ideas for existing products. The students indicate that theywould prefer to choose their own project and this may be tried in the future. The students alsoindicated that they would like to spend more time in class working on the project.The emphasis on the formal written reports serves two functions. It treats the initial assignmentas a draft and gives the students an opportunity to improve both content and the writing.Recently the university approved a new general education requirement that includes disciplinebased writing and requires multiple drafts. This assignment will be in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Hiranniah; N. W. Scott; B. J. Stone; M. A. Mannan

Conference, ETM93 Bandung, Indonesia, 1993, 426- 4312. Stone, B. J., 'A Computer Assisted Learning Package for Two-degree of Freedom Vibration.' Proceedings of ASEE '94 Conference. Edmonton, Canada. 1262-1266.3. Scott, N. W. and Stone B. J., 'A flexible Web-based tutorial system for engineering, maths and science subjects', Global Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 2 (1998), No. 1, 7-164. Scott, N. and Stone, B. J., 'Continuous monitoring and class performance', 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 222002, 1-7.5. Faye, C, Scott N. W. and Stone BJ., 'Computer-based tutorials: cost functions and software durability' ASEE Annual Conference 19986. Devenish, D. G., private communication, 1999.7. Scott, N. W. and Stone, B. J., 'The

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Wicks

Page 3.185.1effect cooler that is used in automobiles. Figure 1 Instrumented Window Air Conditioner American Society for Engineering Education Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Impacts of Changing Technology Session Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, June 30, 1998 2 A cycle diagram is then constructed of a pressurevs enthalpy thermophysical properties chart for freon22. A corresponding property table is constructed for thepoints

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert M. Koretsky

Philosophy In order to formulate a unique motivating strategy for students at the beginning of theirengineering educational experience, two fundamental approaches have developed. First, thecreative aspects of their normally routine in-class work and homeworks are emphasized bykeeping the worked examples and exercises open-ended. For example, a given architecturalelevation drawing can lead to any number of generated plan views that the student is allowed toinvent on her own. All submitted work suits the particular individual esthetic and appeals to thestudent’s talents, common-sense, and notion of what is appropriate. Second, subject matter isspecialized according to the discipline of interest. For example, the class is tracked into Civil

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin S. LeBlanc; Bruce E. Segee

in VisualC++. Similar to device drivers, OLE controls can be easily customized to external hardware andutilized in software. In this fashion, hardware control is easily integrated into a Windowsapplication. Furthermore, OLE is a great educational tool because it modularizes the applicationat hand. This allows a number of students of differing skill levels to take part in programdevelopment.With using OLE as a software building tool, development, management, and enhancement ofsoftware is drastically simplified. Likewise, software is less prone to errors and less time is spentin development.1. IntroductionThis paper is organized into six sections. Section 2 briefly explains OLE, why one would useOLE over other Windows interprocess

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard L. LeBoeuf; Gregory Spaulding

of information. The team members appeared to be most comfortable working ontraditional classroom problems, where all of the information was given and they were left tosolve for the correct answer. In this design project not all of the information was know and therewere numerous solutions and numerous correct answers. The team members were uncomfortablemaking the educated guesses necessary to move the project ahead. The faculty found innecessary to nudge the team members through several of these situations. This nudging wouldtypically progress in the following manner. The team members would be directed to gather all ofthe available facts. The team would then be encouraged to locate sources of expertise such asother instructors and suppliers

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

education at a community college. The department of electricalengineering technology is a part of the School of Information Systems and EngineeringTechnology and offers Bachelor s degree programs in electrical engineering technology,computer engineering technology, and photonics. A Master of Science in Advanced Technologyis jointly offered by the departments of electrical, mechanical and industrial engineeringtechnologies.The SUNY Institute s electrical engineering technology curriculum includes theoretical issues,but our objective is to teach students to use current, state of the art equipment and emergingtechnologies to solve practical design and application problems. State of the art equipment andlaboratories are critical for the electrical

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip C. Wankat

Session 1675 Effective, Efficient Teaching Phillip C. Wankat Chemical Engineering, Purdue UniversityAbstractNew professors are anxious to prove themselves in the classroom, but they know thattheir promotion and tenure prospects likely depend more on research productivity thanteaching. The challenge is not only to teach well, but also to teach efficiently.Fortunately, most good teaching practices are both effective and efficient. Methods fordeveloping a good course and hints on lecturing, testing and improving rapport withstudents are presented. Finally, a path for future