Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E Canney, Seattle University; Christopher Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in education, both from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of retention, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering educa- tion. His current duties include assessment, team development and education research for DC Colorado’s hands-on initiatives. c American Society for Engineering

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John K. Gershenson

examples allow students to step through the use of the tools with and withoutguidance from the professor, and the design reviews allow the students to decide which oftheir ideas will represent the class. Each type of class period is singly important but all arestrongly interdependent.Lectures are used as the format to teach background material and introduce students to newconcepts and new analysis tools. There is an unusually large proportion of material based onindustrial uses of life-cycle engineering and the current research into life-cycle methodologiesand tools. The goal is to give students cutting edge information that is not available at mostcompanies or in most curricula. One noticeable addition to lectures is the interactive natureof the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry W. Samples; C. Conley; Thomas Lenox

, and faculty from other universities and institutions, will be involved in theplanned short course. People who are both respected teachers and experienced in sponsored research, oradministration, or learning models and student development, or some combination of the above, will becooperating on this endeavor. The first offering of the short course is scheduled for July, 1996. Funding to support the program is beingprovided under a grant from the National Science Foundation.Introduction It may be that truly great teachers are born teachers, and would gain little from a program aimed atteaching teachers to teach, but for the rest of us such a program has many potential benefits. Probably the onlyaspect of teaching that cannot be

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Boris Butman

. Page 4.372.2II. Economic And Management ApplicationsThere is the problem of spare parts on board. The ancient wisdom dictates the chief engineer tohave as many spares as possible on board. On the other hand, the economic consideration callsfor the minimization of inventory. Today's engineering graduates are not equipped with themodern methods of inventory management and economic justification of its size. As a result,many ships which are ready to be scrapped, carry on board millions of dollars worth ofinventory. Therefore, when adding spares to the ship's inventory, the engineers should be guidednot only by technical consideration, but also by economic reasons. For instance, the cost ofhaving certain spare part on board should be compared with

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

Educationthresholding assignment involving programming and image processing using Matlab. Multipleexpert perspectives were provided on a panel of neurosurgeons, engineers, and radiologists.Students presented their results in the form of a diagnostic report.Another example is the Chemical Engineering module, which introduced the underlyingconcepts involving prototyping fuel cells and establishing a manufacturing process. The moduleaddressed the fundamentals of process engineering, materials science research on new, cheapermaterials used for manufacturing, engineering economics in the hydrogen economy,environmental issues and pollution calculations as a result of burning fossil fuels, safetymeasures and risk analyses of using hydrogen as a fuel source, and

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Blair Rowley

in class. Here they learned about team dynamics: forming, storming, norming,performing, and adjourning. The text used in the first quarter provided the students with a goodresource for studying these concepts 1. By the middle of the quarter the seniors were beginning tolearn the design concepts but needed something more practical to practice on than in-classproblems. For this the seniors were coupled with a freshman team.Our freshman engineering and computer science program is a one quarter course offered eachquarter of the freshman year. All freshmen in the college are required to take it. The courseintegrates a lecture and two labs each week. There are also a number of team events which

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Stephen Heindel, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; Yanfei Liu, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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First-Year Programs

engineering education with an emphasis on developing and testing educational materials and learning spaces that stimulate serious play.Mr. Stephen Heindel, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Stephen Heindel is pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science and Mathematics at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). Stephen has been the Teaching Assistant for the introductory engineering course at IPFW since the Spring semester of 2012. He has been actively involved in new student outreach events for the engineering department.Dr. Yanfei Liu, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Danielle Nicole Carter; Rafael E. Landaeta, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Student

thisfigure. By USDOE standards, this characterization is indicative of a predominantly white institution(PWI). According to the Bureau of Labor Statics, underrepresented minorities (URMs) are critical to notonly fulfilling the growing need for STEM professionals but also to enhance diversity in the workforce;the National Academy of Science report states similar theories about the need of URMs to increaseinnovation. This paper focuses on reporting on an initiative seeking to close the gap of African Americanrepresentation between the College and the University and foster the innovation of URMs inengineering. The initiative Early Engineering Experience targets African American high school juniorsand seniors. Designing the program began with the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lobaugh, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Engineering Technology

Erie, The Behrend Col- lege where he teaches Statics, Dynamics, and Fluid and Thermal Science courses. He earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gannon University. Page 22.1056.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Mechatronics for Non-Electrical EngineersAbstractMechatronics, or Systems Control, is a very valuable topic for students planning on proceedinginto manufacturing, processing, or machine design. The use of mechatronics in industryinvolves the combination of

Conference Session

Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; John W. Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University; Kate A. Disney, Mission College; Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University; Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Educators (ITEEA,formerly the International Technology Education Association) developed Technology LiteracyStandards7 explicitly addressing technology. While these efforts are directed at K-12 students,the general topics and organization of the technical world provide useful information for effortsintended for the undergraduate level.Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993)In 1993, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) published, Project2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy.5 The AAAS devoted one of the twelve chapters to the Page 25.381.3Designed World. The focus was on the products of engineering and their

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia; Juliet J. Trail, University of Virginia, Center for Diversity in Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Experience for Teachers program, funded by the National Science Foundation(NSF), is designed to encourage active participation of K-12 teachers and community collegefaculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research, in order toenable them to teach STEM concepts to their students and to encourage students to pursuecareers in engineering and computer science.1 Since its inception in 2001, the NSF RETprogram has facilitated direct research experiences of either one or two summers in duration.Participants use their research as a springboard for the development of new classroom teachingmaterials. These materials provide students with new knowledge, skills, and abilities andcommunicate the wonder of science and the marvels of

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Finlayson

(H,t) = 0 for t > 0Solve this problem for v0 = 0.03 m/s, H = 0.005, µ = 1180 Pa s,ρ = 800 kg/m3. Use six points inthe x direction (including the boundary points). Plot the results versus time. You can plot allvelocity values versus time, but it is more instructive to plot them versus distance, with time as aparameter. (This isn’t required, though.) Naturally, you need to verify that your right-hand sideis correct. Since this is a linear problem, this is one case where you could compare yournumerical solution to the analytical one, Eq. (4.1-40) of “Transport Phenomena”1. Page 10.833.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering 7 Education

Conference Session

ETD Green Energy/Sustainability

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Gilmore, University of Houston, Downtown; Scott Patterson, University of Houston, Downtown; Lisa Deane Morano; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

irrigation system in a Target Hunger of Houston community gardenwhich grows vegetables that are then distributed to homeless citizens of our community. As partof this collaborative project students from across UHD were encouraged to apply. We had anumber of engineering technology students that worked on the design of the system. Biologystudents from our Natural Sciences department had primary responsibility for determining thetypes of vegetables and other crops to be produced by the garden and ran genetic analysis on thecrops. A student of Social Work from the College of Public Service did research on the impact ofthe community garden on those served by the garden.Details of the aspects of our hands-on, innovative and collaborative take on building

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

engineering doctoral students in the United States.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation’s Innovations inEngineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure program, under Grant No. 0935039. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Table 1: Skills Included on the Survey of Potential Ph.D. Candidates Learn independently Create proposals Work in teams Follow safety regulations Communicate in writing Provide technical support Communicate orally Optimize products/processes Solve problems

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Patrick kinnicutt, Central Michigan University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Science Informatics at Central Michigan University, where he holds a joint appointment in the Geology and Computer Science Departments. His areas of research include spatial modeling and visualization, applications of non-Euclidean distance metrics in geotatistical modeling, applied image processing. Page 13.782.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Interactive Learning in Engineering EducationAbstractIncorporating active/cooperative learning into traditional instruction can be a useful pedagogicaltool to help students collectively work on a project inside and outside of

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gulcin Cribb

one hour presentation by a librarian and the subject coordinator emphasised the importance of information skills for professional engineers and use of critical judgement in evaluating information received from a variety of sources.• Week 2: students divided into groups of 20 spent two hours in the Library's computer facility, learning how to use databases relevant to the subject, standards, patents and product and trade information. The databases covered included: IMMAGE from the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, GeoRef, Compendex, Current Contents, Oshrom (Occupational safety and health information). All of these databases are networked which gave all students ability to have hands-on practice as well as access from home

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jordan Cox; Alan Parkinson

, be a catalyst for interaction with outside “suppliers” such as math and physics, and be ameans for communicating program objectives to students.IntroductionIn November 1996 the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) approvedEngineering Criteria 2000, Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the United States(ABET, 1996). The new criteria represent a paradigm shift in accreditation from a highlyprescriptive set of criteria to a relatively simplified, flexible set of outcomes-based criteria whichfocus on the attributes engineering graduates are to have. These attributes are, •an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; •an ability to design and conduct experiments as well

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Akihiko Kumagai; Mukasa Ssemakula

technological education integrating the manufacturing resources available on theshop floor into an applications-based engineering education.The Coalition’s overall educational model entails hands-on training in the programming,operation, maintenance, and repair of manufacturing equipment; interdisciplinary study ofpertinent mathematics, science, engineering, business, and general education courses; as well asstructuring and delivery of knowledge within a production environment to provide context.Another goal of the Coalition is to expand the learning experience to include teamwork, casestudies, and hands-on activities. The idea is not that the instructor will disappear from thepicture, but that his role will change from a lecturer to a coach. The

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Dallas P.E., Texas Tech University; Tanja Karp, Texas Tech University; Brian Steven Nutter; Yu-Chun Donald Lie, Texas Tech University; Richard O. Gale, Texas Tech University; Ron Cox; Stephen B. Bayne, Texas Tech University

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College Industry Partnerships

Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech Univer- sity, Lubbock, Texas, and also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). He is instrumental in bringing in multi-million dollars research fund- ing and also designed real-world commercial communication products sold internationally. He has been a Visiting Lecturer to the ECE Department, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) since 2002 where he taught upper-division and graduate-level classes and affiliated with UCSD’s Center of Wireless Communications (CWC) and co-supervised Ph.D. students. Dr. Lie has been serving on the Executive Committee of the IEEE

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; Jabulani Nyathi, Eastern Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

22.507.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Distance Education Program in Electrical Engineering AbstractTraditional engineering programs are taught in a class setting, accompanied with laboratoryexercises that complement lecture and reinforce theory. This is the ideal format, as students haveeasy access to both faculty and laboratories. Many times, however, students are place-bound inlocations where they do not have access to institutions offering engineering programs.Furthermore, engineering degrees are expensive degrees and opening one requires a significantinvestment from the organization and/or the state. On the other hand, many community

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

during the workshop: • An introduction to the broad field of engineering • Student panel discussion on what it takes to be an engineering student • Overview of the freshman Introduction to Engineering course at UMBC • High school preparation for an engineering career, including math and science • Future Scientists and Engineers of America (FSEA) program overview and competition • Tour of local engineering facilities at Northrop Grumman • Engineering faculty panel discussion on various engineering disciplines • Opportunities and rewards of an engineering career • Use of the Internet to learn about engineering • ‘Hands-on’ projects to help introduce high school students to engineering • Engineering alumni panel

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny

effective approaches to teachingdesign for faculty of particular courses. This body of work has expanded the horizons of designeducation with many outstanding new avenues of teaching design from hands-on design-buildexperiences4 to reverse engineering and dissection laboratories5 to creativity and communicationcourses6. There have also been advances with numerous service learning7, industrycollaborative8 and other innovative design projects9. While these approaches and activities havemade major contributions that have altered the techniques and pedagogy of teaching engineeringdesign available to faculty, there has been little or no work reporting on the education andpreparation of future design educators

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Terri S. Krause, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Design, Computer Science, and Engineering). Some of her previous research has focused on software designers’ formal and non-formal educational experiences and use of precedent materials, and experienced instructional designers’ beliefs about design character. These studies have highlighted the importance of cross-disciplinary skills and student engagement in large-scale, real-world projects. Dr. Exter currently leads an effort to evaluate a new multidisciplinary degree program which provides both liberal arts and technical content through competency-based experiential learning.Mrs. Terri S. Krause, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Terri Krause is a second year PhD student in Learning Design

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Howell; Pat Shamamy; Feierfeil Greg; Chris Reidel; Tarek Rizk; Lisa Anneberg

, Gantt charts, CPMProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationscheduling, activity duration compression, project activity optimization, activity analysis, costand schedule performance indices, and cost estimating. Active learning is utilized with acombination including lectures, discussions, readings, case studies, and hands-on projects.Strategic Management for EngineersThis course deals with how top management develops plans to attain outcomes consistent withan organization’s mission and goals. Using case studies, students will learn how to establish anorganization’s mission and develop its goals

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Hines; Belle Upadhyaya

materials. One of Page 7.409.4the important applications of ECT is the detection and sizing of flaws in steam generator, heat Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationexchanger, and boiler tubing used in power generating plants and chemical process plants. Thedefects in tubing are caused by stress corrosion cracking, pitting, mechanical wear, sludgedeposits, and others.ECT measurement is based on inducing small, circular currents in a test specimen. ECT useshigh frequency AC current in a primary coil

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division

materials with case studies, class exercises, and case study videos. Thetemplates for the ALTs have been developed and are described below. The authors have alreadydeveloped one ALT, a case study video, which is currently incorporated in a softwareengineering course at one of the author’s institution.4.1. Case StudiesCase studies can serve as useful tools to teach applications of science and engineering principles.In a study at Middlesex Community College [10], case studies were used in teaching GeneralBiology - I where 88.2% of the students surveyed found the cases to be useful or better forlearning the course content. 90.9% of the students surveyed thought the cases were useful orbetter in making the course more interesting. Case studies were

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural

concepts. The objectives of this NSF sponsored CCLIgrant (DUE #0737198) include the utilization of proven techniques to develop nine instructionalmodules for three bioprocess engineering courses (three modules per course) and to assess theeffectiveness of the instructional modules. One module in the bioprocesses separationengineering course challenges students to determine a process to produce ethanol from locallygrown feedstock. The unit ends with students developing a laboratory manual that allows for theevaluation of process efficiency of ethanol production of a locally grown feedstock. One modulein the bioprocess validation and quality engineering course challenges students to understand theprocess validation required for bioproduct production

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Riddell, Baker College Of Flint; Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

that students havesufficient technical background and that placement of the material is in the latter portion of thestudent’s educational path.Baker College system utilizes the quarter schedule, classes are offered in 10-week quarters inFall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. All Mechanical Engineering courses are 4 credits per 10-weeks. For courses without a laboratory component there are 40 contact-hours of instruction perquarter, thus, three quarter classes are roughly equivalent to the number of class hours of two 3credit courses over two semesters.2. Topics and Course RequirementsThe course description as initially run is as follows: “Alternative energy methodology will bediscussed and analyzed based on practicality, efficiency and overall

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Maughmer

than maintaining aerospace dominance. Airbus on the other hand makes nosecret of the fact that employing engineers and advancing European aerospace interests arecentral to its mission. Thus it can justify even a very small profit margin on the grounds that itprovides high-value technology jobs. Global economic contractions have driven down thedemand for airliners well below supply capabilities for the immediate future. In thisenvironment, profit margins are shaved even lower. The entry of lower-cost manufacturers,possibly Japan or China, in the lead system integrator role is not an immediate fear; however, itis a legitimate concern over the 15 to 20 year life cycle required to make profits on a new airlinerproject. In the commercial space

Conference Session

Sustainability and the Environment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leirad Carrasco; Charles Turner

. D.candidate in the Environmental Science and Engineering program provide two perspectives onthe challenges and outcomes of this effort. This paper is of interest to faculty members involvedin the integration of sustainable design concepts into the curriculum. The contest provided acooperative learning experience for both students and faculty, and consequently, madesignificant contributions to the student’s engineering education.BackgroundUTEP initiated green engineering and science efforts in 1997. UTEP joined forces with VirginiaTech (VT) to submit a proposal to a large energy corporation for the development of a studentand faculty exchange that would initiate a greening program in the Colleges of Engineering andScience at UTEP. UTEP would build on