Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thuy Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin; William O'Brien, University of Texas at Austin

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2415: TECHNOLOGY SKILL ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTIONSTUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERSThuy Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin Thuy Nguyen is a research assistant at the University of Texas at Austin. She is pursuing her PhD studies in the program of Construction Engineering and Project Management. Her research interests include project management, instructional design, human resource management and educational psychology.Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The FIC’s mission is to provide faculty with effective instructional tools and

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruben Morales-Menendez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Tomas Lopez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Ricardo Ramirez Medoza, Institute Tecnologico De Monterrey; Luis E Garza, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Chemical Engineering

the following way: First, a state-of-the-art review of similar projects ispresented. Second, the design principles of the engineering course at Tecnológico de Monterreyare briefly described. Third, the academic proposal is described. Fourth, results of undergraduatesenior students are presented. Finally, conclusions and future work end this paper in sectionFifth.State-of-the-artAlthough there are many significant projects in this field, the projects described below aremainly related to the continuous control systems domain. The papers were organized in threetables based on the main contribution/innovation: simulation, laboratories and remotelaboratories

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vijay Renganathan, Institute of International Education; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Peggy Blumenthal, Institute of International Education; Allen Greenwood, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

International

initiatives that have demonstratedshort-term success, offer long-term potential, and are helping to balance theworldwide flow of engineers. Finally, we will offer some conclusions about the likelychallenges going forward and how universities can address these challenges withexisting solutions.Broadening the Definition of Competence to Include Global CompetenceThere is a growing consensus on the broad outlines of what is needed to bring globalcompetence. However, there is also an awareness that such innovations require timeand funding to achieve, and that not all majors can readily accommodate studyabroad, given the constraints of existing course requirements, especially in scientificand technical fields. Calls to bring back a foreign language

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Lyndon Abrams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Bosley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

have included a total of 29 STEM teachersand 15 guidance counselors from 24 local area high schools. This paper first presents theframework for the project and discusses some of the innovative materials and content developed.Finally, the paper concludes with some of the results and findings that demonstrate theworkshop’s potential to significantly increase participants’ self-efficacy in counseling studentsabout engineering careers and majors. The Challenge: Bridging the Engineering Awareness GapAccording to Thomas L. Friedman, in The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century,America now imports foreigners to do the scientific work that its citizens no longer want to do oreven know how to do [5]. Nearly one in five

Conference Session

Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Education and has published widely in the engineering education literature. He won the Wickenden Award from the American Society for Engineering Education for best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education during 2005.Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines Barbara M. Olds is Associate Provost for Educational Innovation and Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) where she has been on the faculty since 1984. From 2003 to 2006 she was on leave at the National Science Foundation where she served as the Division Director for the Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication (REC) in the Education and Human Resources Directorate

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Amy Thompson, University of New Haven; Carl Barratt, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven

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First-Year Programs

his/her section,an experienced faculty member will attend classes to assist a first-time instructor.Faculty collaboration plays a pivotal role in ensuring consistency among all sections ofEAS107P throughout the semester. Group meetings with all faculty teaching the class are usedto troubleshoot any problems that arise. Both formal and informal meetings allow faculty tocommunicate their concerns and help track the progress of each section. In addition, thesemeetings provide a forum whereby faculty from the various engineering disciplines teaching thecourse can share their experiences and ideas, often resulting in improvements and innovations inthe projects.Another method used to ensure consistency among multiple sections of EAS107P is the use

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mia Markey, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Wonsoon Park, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical

for coordinating instructional technologies to reinforce learning and the recruitment and retention of a diverse student body.Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the Director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In this position, she promotes the School's commitment to finding ways to enrich teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including design and development, faculty training, learner support, and evaluation.Wonsoon Park, University of Texas, Austin WONSOON PARK is a doctoral student in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Fuller, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2009-1744: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DATASYNCHRONIZATION CASE STUDYMichael Fuller, Auburn UniversityChetan Sankar, Auburn UniversityP.K. Raju, Auburn University Page 14.409.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Design and Development of the Data Synchronization Case StudyAbstractThe Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE)at Auburn University has been developing case studies that engage students incross-disciplinary learning and require engineering and business and students ofother disciplines to work together in order to solve a common problem. The DataSynchronization case study is one of the latest case studies from LITEE, whichfocuses

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University

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Aerospace

program. Since joining the CCSU faculty, Dr. Naoumov has spearheaded the development of a NASA Moon Buggy program at the University. Page 14.650.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Go For Aerospace!: Recruiting and Mentoring the Next Generation of Aerospace EngineersAbstractRecruitment for engineering programs is a real challenge for universities nationwide. To addressthis problem, Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) has received funding from NASA toconduct an innovative, year-long extracurricular program designed to reach out to high schooljuniors with high potential in

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie-Pierre Huguet, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frank Wright, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

instrument ineducation3 and its integration is often seen as a significant force driving change4. It is nowcausing educators to re-think the very nature of teaching and learning. But where do you start?How can instructors design powerful, innovative, and effective web-based environments that canbe successfully integrated in a face-to-face class or stand alone to support a distance course?In this paper, we answer the question from the perspective of a four-year long project that led aninstructor from using an institutional, unimaginative, web-based template to designing a fullycustomized, award-winning course that truly reflected his teaching style and philosophy,supported the institution’s mission statement and the course objectives, and supported

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Bret Swan, Brigham Young University

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Information Systems


 • Teambuilding • Team Dynamics • Engineering Economics • Developing/Writing Functional Specifications • Safety in Product designAnother study examined the standardization of capstone course outcomes. In, “How Universalare Capstone Design Course Outcomes,” Davis, Beyerlein et al.4 developed a list of attributes forthe best outcomes: “The attributes of top quality engineers include: (1) motivation, (2) technical competence, (3) judgment and decision making, (4) innovation, (5) client/quality focus, (6) business orientation, (7) product development, (8) professional/ethical, (9) teamwork, (10) change management, and (11) communication”Other studies are also available. Many of them refer back to the 1995 study

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Hochstein, University of Memphis; Shelia Moses, University of Memphis; Daphne Jones, Memphis City Schools

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering creatively applies scientific principles to analyze Science seeks to events, design processes, explain the complexity of develop materials, and the natural world and construct objects uses this under- that benefit society. standing to make valid and useful predictions. Technology utilizes innovative tools

Conference Session

Panel: What Funding Agencies Look For

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Daniels, Henry Luce Foundation; Kathleen Christensen, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Jessie DeAro, National Science Foundation; David Ruth, Elsevier Foundation

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

emphasis placed on programs that: • enable scientists to attend conferences, meetings, workshops and symposia that are critical to the development of a career in science by helping them with childcare and other family responsibilities when attending scientific gatherings; • encourage networking and mentorship within the institutions and disciplines in ways that support the challenges of faculty and staff with family responsibilities; • demonstrate innovative program ideas; • demonstrate a strong institutional commitment to advancing women in science; • have the potential to serve as models and encourage continued efforts to advance women in science; and • promote partnerships and knowledge sharing

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Thuriya Rajkumar, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

completion of the project and more importantly in the education of new engineers.The Integrated Product and Process Design program is an innovative educational initiative at theUniversity of Florida. Over two semesters, (eight months), in weekly classes, students fromvarious engineering and business disciplines are taught how to design products and processes.Then, working in small multidisciplinary teams under the guidance of faculty coaches andindustrial liaison engineers, the students design and build authentic industrial products.Over a thirteen-year period, spanning more than 300 industry-sponsored design projects, a widevariety of interaction patterns have been observed between project teams and liaison engineers.With help from the best

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace & Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey; Yu-Ling Cheng, University of Toronto

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International

"focus on technologies that address the mostimportant problems facing the world; and recognize the global nature of all thingstechnological". The U.S. National Academy of Engineering in "The Engineer of 2020"wrote that "we aspire to a future where engineers are prepared to adapt to changes inglobal forces and trends and to ethically assist the world in creating a balance in thestandard of living for developing and developed countries alike.”19 In addition, asThomas Friedman famously crystallized12, a number of technological innovations haveled to the levelling of the competitive playing field, and North American engineers nowcompete with top talent from around the world.The combination of globalization trends and accelerating change forecasts a

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yogesh Velankar, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

simulation of an aerospace designfirm with an innovative work environment designed to foster the generation of new ideasfor advanced aircrafts. Students take on the role of an intern working in the Research andDevelopment portion of a company called AeroQuest. The major goal of the game is todesign a competitively priced aircraft and/or rocket that a client needs delivered in a very Page 14.1052.3short time. Each student is part of a design team who has their own room where they cansolve problems and develop their conceptual design for the RFP. Students collaboratewith each other in various rooms in the 3D virtual world. Figure 1 illustrates thesevarious

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Hulme, State University of New York, Buffalo; Edward Kasprzak, Milliken Research Associates; Kenneth English, State University of New York, Buffalo; Deborah Moore-Russo, State University of New York, Buffalo; Kemper Lewis, State University of New York, Buffalo

innovative methodology for coupling gaming, motion simulation,and educational practices together in a cohesive pedagogical approach. The approach is designedto enhance learning about road vehicle dynamics through active student participation in authenticengineering experiences for learning about dynamic systems.The most engaging environment for vehicle dynamics education would have students drivingreal vehicles, performing specific driving maneuvers, and collecting performance data usinginstrumentation. After modifying the vehicle, students could collect additional data andinvestigate the changes in its characteristics. Concerns about cost, time, space, safety andweather make this impractical at most schools. However, many students have

Conference Session

Robot Mania in Precollegiate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bing Chen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Neal Grandgenett, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mathematics education and educational research classes. He is a current co-investigator on two NSF funded educational robotics projects, funded within the ITEST and Discovery Research K12 programs. The NSF projects are associated with training teachers and developing a national curriculum related to educational robotics. Dr. Grandgenett is a review editor for new curriculum applications in the Mathematics and Computer Education (MACE) Journal, published internationally, which sometimes showcases educational innovations related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. His prior work on various interactive learning environments was awarded the NASA Mission Home Award in 1999

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Bucks, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

theprocesses that are used to integrate the teams, and provides specific examples of projects wherethese tools are utilized.IntroductionThe importance of significant design experiences to prepare undergraduate engineering studentsfor engineering careers has been well-documented1-4. These experiences typically emphasizethe application of technical skills as well as professional skills, such as communication in bothwritten and verbal form, working as a team, and customer interaction. The need for suchexperiences has spawned many innovative approaches to capstone senior design courses.However, capstone senior design courses do not include underclassmen. Earlier designexperiences have become more common and have shown to be valuable in motivating students

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University; Davis Harbour, Louisiana Tech University; Hisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech University; Danny Eddy, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

complete an open-ended innovative design projectwhere they conceive, design and fabricate a “smart product” based on a “bug list” that theycompile over a period of several weeks. The temperature and salinity controlled system that is the focus of the second course inthe freshman sequence is also the focus of this paper. The system consists of a control volumewith a flow loop in which the temperature and salinity is to be controlled. There is a conductivitysensor inline in the flow loop that feeds information regarding the salinity of the water to aBASIC Stamp – the microcontroller platform chosen for the freshman sequence. A temperaturedetector is immersed in the fluid in the flow loop and sends information about temperature to theBASIC

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

PhysiologyAccredited BME programs must demonstrate that graduates have an understanding ofphysiology and can apply advanced mathematics, science and engineering to solve problemswhere the life sciences and engineering interface2. Adaptive expertise is an outcome measure thathas been useful in assessing student development in many biomedical engineeringsubdisciplines10-13. The collaborative, challenge-based learning activities in this study are anatural environment to assess participants’ levels of adaptive expertise in physiology.One model of adaptive expertise focuses on two dimensions: knowledge and innovation.Knowledge refers to the taxonomic understanding of the field. Innovation involves the ability toperform in novel situations. Improvement in both of

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

indicate areas for future innovation. We discuss course-level innovationsin the context of the larger curriculum-integrated information literacy program in engineering. Page 14.761.2IntroductionOver the last several years, advocates of information literacy education have supported the ideaof curriculum-integrated instruction as an effective student learning strategy, and this strategyhas begun to be employed within engineering education.1,2 Curriculum integration necessarilyrequires buy-in and collaboration from faculty3 as well as detailed attention to course-levelintegration. 4,5 Despite some support found in the ABET 2000 outcomes criteria,6

Conference Session

Implementation of Experiments in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Gray, Texas Tech

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Manufacturing

Style Innovations to Improve Retention,” Proceedings of the 1995 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education 95 Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.7. Sleeman, K., Sorby, S., 2007, “Effective Retention Strategies for Engineering Students,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education-ICEE 2007 Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, September 3-7, 2007.8. Lamancusa, J.S., Jorgensen, J.E., Zayas-Castro, J.L., 1997, “The Learning Factory-A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum”, Journal of Engineering Education, April, pp. 103-112.9. De Ramirez, L.M., Lamancusa, J.S., Zayas-Castro, J.L., Jorgensen, J.E., 1998 Supplement, “Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg

, except for handful institutionsthat offer a Master of Science program in M&S, no other educational program is currentlyavailable at the undergraduate level, especially for electrical engineers. This demands thedevelopment of a curriculum and requirements for its assessment, which is the topic of thispresentation. The development is part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for acourse, curriculum, and laboratory improvement project called Undergraduate STEMEducation Initiative in Creative Educational (USE-ICE) innovation for electricalengineering students at the College of Engineering, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln(UNL).1. IntroductionGlobalization and international research and development have changed the way the UnitedStates

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2009-2414: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PBL AND OTHERINDUCTIVE PEDAGOGIES IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE: WORK IN PROGRESSJosef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology The author has an academic background in chemical and materials engineering at bachelor and master level and a doctorate in engineering education.He teaches primarily in areas of materials, manufacturing and process technology and is an active member at University's centre for innovation and sustainability. Page 14.466.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Other

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

, is one of the December 1995, pp 101-107.more important factors in a successful teaching innovation. Ellison G (1992), ‘Assessment methods in engineeringWe have an analogy from football: a class can be ‘on-side’ degree courses: a discussion document prepared by the EPCor ‘off-side’. A class that is ‘on-side’ will listen patiently in Working Party on Assessment’, Engineering Professors’lectures, and is likely to give the thumbs-up to nearly any Conference Occasional Papers Nº 5reasonable teaching innovation; a class that is off-side will Scott NW & Stone BJ (1995), ‘Student behaviour near aprobably not bother to come to the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron K. Bhada; J. Derald Morgan; Abbas Ghassemi

. Because the WERC I n t e r n a t i o n a lEnvironmental Design Contest represents real DOE waste problems and issponsored by DOE sites that are actively seeking innovative approaches tos o l v e t h e i r p r o b l e m s , Rust Geotech approached WERC with the FAST conceptprior to the 1995 competition. The c r i t e r i a w h i c h was suggested for selection of potentialtechnologies from the 1995 competition included: Ability of the technology to meet the performance specifications of the problems; Practicality of the technology and the feasibility of scale up to field application; Simplicity of approach; Commercially available components; Effort

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudeep Bhoja; Ku-Jei King; Krish Bandaru; David G. Meyer

The original VideoJockey System was developed by Michael Hoefflinger, with equipment funding pro-vided by Digital Equipment Corporation. Additional funding was provided by a series of Dean’s Club CreativeUndergraduate Instruction Project Grants along with a Class of 1941 Teaching Innovation Grant. Equipmentadditions were made possible by an AT&T Foundation Grant. A number of system enhancements haverecently been developed by Richard A. Krzyzkowski, Sudeep Bhoja, Ku-Jei King, and Chris Niessen, withfunding provided by Ameritech. The experimental course format development was also made possible by fund-ing from Ameritech. REFERENCES1. House, D., ‘‘Cruising Your PC Down the Information Highway

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Tsung-chieh Tsay; Richard E. Larew; Fabian C. Hadipriono

capacity of the equipment will be used for simulating construction operations. It is expected thatthis innovative technique for using laboratory exercises to improve students’ understanding of basicengineering principles will establish the education enhancement factors.VR technique in Engineering Education Fisher13 defines a VR technique as an “innovative way that represents first-person or direct experiencethrough the development of multi-sensory media environments in which viewers can interact with theinformation presented as they would in encountering the original scene.” The essential attributes of VR are itssimultaneous immersive and interactive capabilities, which cannot be obtained through the use of othertechniques. With the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Vipin Kumar; Miguel Torres; Jens Jorgensen; John Lamancusa

Page 1.298.3 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings2.2 Course Development The course (and the other new courses developed by MEEP) was developed by an innovative, fourpart process designed to take maximum advantage of the strengths and diversity of each school.1) Planning - coordinators from each school agree on overall course objectives and content and how that course fits into the balance of the curriculum2) Piloting - one school takes the lead role in developing the course specifics and offering it on a trial basis3) Publication - The piloting school makes all course materials available in electronic format for use by other schools in the partnership.4) Deployment - The remaining schools