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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nora Valeiras; Luis A. Godoy

of Engineering of UPR-M. The authorsacknowledge the contribution of Dr. Wanda Rodriguez-Arocho, who acted as aconsultant to the project in topics related to the psychology of learning.Bibliography1. Ashman, A. F. & Conway, R. N. F. (1997) An Introduction to Cognitive Education, Routledge, London.2. Brown, H. I (1977) The New Philosophy of Science, Precedent, Chicago, IL3. Brusaw, C. T., Alred, G. J. y Oliu, W. E. (1997), Handbook of Technical Writing, St. Martins Press, New York.4. Corso, G. S. & Williamson, S. C. (1999) The social construct of writing and thinking: Evidence of how the expansion of writing technology affects consciousness, Bull. Science, Technology and Society, 19(1), 32-45.5. Daniel, H. D. (1993

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Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Beth Todd

Session 1065 Short, Instructional Module to Address Lifelong Learning Skills Beth A. Todd The University of AlabamaIntroductionEvery engineering program must demonstrate their graduates’ abilities to recognize the need forand engage in lifelong learning, as established in ABET 2000, Criterion 3(i). 1 While facultyagree that lifelong learning is an important skill and one that is significant in the future careers oftheir graduates, they often have limited experience and resources for teaching this topic. Formany engineering programs, it is hard to demonstrate where

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2001 Annual Conference

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Thomas Hulbert; Robert B. Angus

Session 1520 A Survey Course on VEE Pro Software for Engineers and Technologists Thomas E. Hulbert, Robert B. Angus Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115-5096AbstractData acquisition requirements for manufacturing, development, and research applications havegrown significantly. A continued need is predicted for standards and software to efficientlyprocess and store that data.The authors, who created Just-in-Time (JIT) Education™, were invited to meet with a multi-national, high-technology company. Their corporate team identified a critical

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2001 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

Engineering; as well as input from local industries. The proposedcurriculum (including the 12 new technical courses) approved and the curriculum outline with itssemester sequence is provided in Table 1. Highlights from this curriculum directly related to theNSF grant and Tech 4 are provided. -Hazardous Materials A 2-semester credit hour course, Process Safety and Hazardous Materials was designed as a component of the A.S. Manufacturing Technology Program at HCC. Three MATEC modules relating to Safety and Hazardous Materials were incorporated into the course. The interactive CD-ROM based courseware package by Marcon for Safety and Hazardous Materials was also selected. The complete curriculum materials for

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1997 Annual Conference

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Samuel P. Clemence; Daniel J. McGinley

Session 2515 Issues in Professional Practice and Their Implementation in Engineering Curricula Samuel P. Clemence, Daniel J. McGinley Syracuse University/Institute for Professional PracticeA successful career in engineering is dependant not only on the engineer’s technical expertise,experience, and ability to solve problems, it is also imperative to have the acumen to foresee andmanage many of the nontechnical issues which are integral to the successful management of anyproject. Until recently, most engineering students and young practicing engineers have not

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1999 Annual Conference

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Tom Gasque Smith; Deanna E. Ramey

, and 3) writing and producing a variety of publications for the College.II. Background: Writing Center Theory Meets EngineeringAn essay well-known among students of composition and rhetoric is Stephen North’s “The Ideaof a Writing Center.”1 In this essay, North identified some of the then crucial characteristics ofwriting centers in a variety of institutions. While acknowledging the general function of writingcenters on campuses as sites where students could go to get extra-classroom assistance with theirwriting, North also posed an idea that may seem strange to those unfamiliar with writing centers.He said that those who work in them are interested in better writers—not better writing. Thisopposition, hovering between paradox and tautology

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1999 Annual Conference

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Julie A. Phillips; Dewey A. Swanson

. The followingsolution was defined:1. Cummins Engine donated 50% of the funds needed for the purchase of hardware and software required for a state-of-the-art lab. This was in the form of a grant to Purdue University Columbus. Cummins Foundation matched this grant for the other 50%.2. Cummins made members of their technical staff available to provide assistance in the selection of hardware and software, and in the installation of the new lab components.3. Technical staff from Cummins, along with the Director of Purdue Columbus, the Head of the CPT Department from the main campus, and full-time faculty in CPT from several Purdue locations, worked together to develop a curriculum of six CPT credit courses for the first

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1996 Annual Conference

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Blanca Jimenez Cisneros

2 3 3 0 0 0 = no impact; 1 = minimum, 2 = medium, 3 = maximum * The change from current to static generates ecological problems and induces eutrofication Page 1.240.3 Page 1.240.4 i% + 0... . Table 2. Bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Engineering Attribution area University Approach Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering Autonomous Metropolitan University Water/air Superior School of

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson

Session ____ Distance Delivery Squared (DD2) Andrew E. Jackson, Ph.D., Sherion H. Jackson, Ed.D. Texas A&M University-CommerceAbstract “Old Dominion University (ODU) has assumed a responsibility to serve the members ofthe armed services and their families with high quality programming that meets the unique needsof military men and women.” (NCPACE Web Site, 2002)1 ODU is one of sixteen college anduniversity partners that provide academic instruction to United States Navy personnel through theNavy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE), part of the Navy

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Topics in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

theyintend to successfully complete the park project requirements. The plan had to explainwhat it would take to do what they said they would do in their proposal. The project planmust include the following elements: -a cover letter -a table of contents -an overview including the mission and the ultimate deliverables -the specific objectives that support the mission -the general approach including the technicalities of who, what, where, when, why, and how -the contractual elements including specifics of how to meet contractual requirements -a schedule including a Gantt chart showing the time needed to support each aspect of the plan -the resources needed to support each

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Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ivan Maldonado; Henry Spitz; John Christenson; Eugene Rutz

+ skilled new workers in the nuclear industry projected in the next decade.2. General FeaturesMNE-ACCEND students have five, one quarter Co-op sections – one less than in the standardUC engineering curriculum. Limiting the number of Co-op quarters to five, allows oneadditional on-campus academic quarter before MNE-ACCEND students receive their BSMEdegree. While co-oping, MNE-ACCEND students take one UC class each quarter usingdistance-learning techniques with support before and after the co-op quarter from UCNREProgram Faculty.Except for one class, MNE-ACCEND students take all of their “name-specified” ME courses inthe sequence specified in the standard undergraduate ME curriculum and receive their BSMEdegrees with ME classmates in June of

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Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marian G. McCord; Susan Blanchard

Session 2609 Use of a Single Team-Based Written Project to Address Multiple Objectives and Outcomes for a Biomedical Engineering Program Susan M. Blanchard and Marian G. McCord North Carolina State UniversityI. IntroductionMembers of the Biomedical Engineering faculty at NC State have developed a set of studentlearning outcomes based on broader programmatic objectives and ABET criteria.1 Courselearning outcomes are being mapped to program outcomes, and assignments that provideevidence of student learning are being collected and reviewed. Assignments that are identified

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brooks Byam

Session 1566 An Enhanced Educational Experience for Capstone Design Projects: Using SAE Student Groups in An Industry Sponsor Role Brooks P. Byam Department of Mechanical Engineering Saginaw Valley State UniversityAbstract The Mechanical Engineering Department at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) isenhancing the educational experience of students by using Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)student groups in the role of industry sponsor for capstone design projects. In many engineeringprograms, industry sponsors are used as a

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2001 Annual Conference

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Gary Lewandowski; Carla Purdy

Session 2655 Training Future Professors: The Preparing Future Faculty Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati Gary Lewandowski, Xavier University, lewan@xavier.xu.edu Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati, carla.purdy@uc.eduAbstractIn the rapidly evolving fields of computing and electrical engineering, many graduate studentshave little opportunity to learn teaching skills necessary for success in an academic career or tobecome familiar with the benefits of faculty life. In the combined Electrical and ComputerEngineering

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2001 Annual Conference

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Scott Fogler; John T. Bell

2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationII. Site LayoutA web site has been developed for the laboratory accidents project ( as a sub-page underhttp://www.vrupl.evl.uic.edu ) with the general layout shown in Figure 1. The main pageintroduces users to the site, describes the overall goals of the project, personnel, etc., andprovides links to four sub pages. Two are logistical, and one is a page containing links to abroad range of external safety-related web sites, such as OSHA, NIOSH, MSDS repositories, etc. Main VRUPL web page ( Virtual Reality

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

Session 1221 Design of the Learning Environment : Professional-project- Based Learning in Construction Education Erdogan M. Sener Indiana University – Purdue University IndianapolisAbstractWith increased emphasis on the end result of student learning rather than on the process ofteaching/instruction, the design of the learning environment has become a major task for faculty. For engineering and technology curricula not only should this environment include involvementof students in simplified versions of their professional practice but also emphasize both

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott A. Starks; Reza Torkzadeh; Michael E. Austin

Session 3280 Implementing a Satellite Design Experience Scott A. Starks, Michael E. Austin, Reza Torkzadeh and Bryan Usevitch University of Texas at El PasoIntroductionThis paper describes the planning effort behind the implementation of a satellite designexperience for students. This effort has been conducted by faculty at the University ofTexas at El Paso (UTEP) working in cooperation with counterparts at California StateUniversity, Los Angeles and North Carolina A&T State University and scientific andtechnical staff from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. To date

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Omar Barkat

Session 3660 Engineering Final Projects in a 5-Year Program Higher Education Institution Omar Barkat, Ph.D., Dr. es-Sc., P.E. McNeese State University College of Engineering and technology P.O. Box 91735 Lake Charles, Louisiana, 70609-1735AbstractIn this paper, final projects work for engineering graduates in Algeria during the students lastyear are discussed. The Industrial Chemistry Institute at The University of Science andTechnology of Algiers is taken as an

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1999 Annual Conference

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Jess Everett; Kauser Jahan

Session 2251 An Innovative Environmental Design Module Kauser Jahan and Jess W. Everett Civil and Environmental Engineering Program Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701AbstractA major objective of the Junior Engineering Clinic at Rowan University is to introduce studentsto open-ended design projects. All engineering students from the four engineering disciplinesnamely Civil, Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical share a common engineering clinic class.This class is a major hallmark of the Rowan engineering

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams; Karan L. Watson

Session 1275 Teamwork: Implications for New Faculty By Stephanie G. Adams, Karan L. Watson, Ph.D.; Texas A&M UniversityAbstract In recent years, organizations in the United States have searched for ways to improvetheir overall effectiveness. No topic has garnered more discussion as an option than that ofteams. There are many types of teams being utilized in organizations. However, in the lastdecade work teams have become one of the most popular types of teams. Work teams have beencredited with increasing productivity, reducing costs, boosting moral, improving

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Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

Session # 2560 Engineering for a Better World Russel C. Jones WFEO Committee on Capacity Building Andrew Reynolds US Department of State Anthony Marjoram UNESCOAbstractIn 2003, the United States of America rejoined UNESCO after an absence of 18 years.The US government indicated to UNESCO that it wanted a significant portion of theincreased funds that it would provide to its budget to be allocated to enhancing itsprograms in

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Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Fry

Session Number: 1461 Classic Rhetorical Pedagogy as a Model for Interdisciplinary Design/Engineering Instruction. Richard Fry IDSA/ITEA Assistant Professor, Industrial Design Program School of Technology Brigham Young UniversityEngineering, Industrial Design, and Business are three disciplines that work together in the worldof product development. Power struggles exist over who is most important. Because of thesestruggles, ultimate success is often difficult to achieve. These struggles exist because of ageneral lack of understanding between

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse

Session 0492 Bringing a Short Hands-On Engineering Activity Into High School Classrooms Julia L. Morse, Assistant Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Omaha Campus) ABSTRACTHands-on, team-based engineering applications of science and math were designed which couldbe brought into a high school classroom, with the goal of transferring an excitement for creativeengineering to young people. Development of one such activity considered the challenges ofmatching the activity to the level of mathematical and technical

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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alberta Lipson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rafael Bras, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kip Hodges, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

comments. Second,we present a multiple-regression analysis that examines the extent to which selected variablescontributed to students’ overall assessment of their experience in the class.Overall AssessmentOverall, students were very positive about the class, and about Terrascope in general. Eighty-eight percent said they were “generally satisfied” or “very satisfied,” while only 12 percent saidthey were “ambivalent” or “generally dissatisfied” with the class (mean = 4.3; standard deviation= .84). Ninety-four percent said they “probably” or “definitely” would recommend this class toincoming first year students who shared their interests, and only 6 percent said “maybe not” or“probably not” (mean = 4.6; standard deviation = .69).Table 1. Overall

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Connecting BME education to the "real world"

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois, Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jennifer D. Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Janet Aderemi Omitoyin, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Biomedical Engineering

been developed toincrease interest and literacy in STEM [4]-[6], science education as a whole must also beenhanced. In recognition of this, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) weredeveloped. The NGSS are a comprehensive set of K-12 standards, designed to modernize andhomogenize the teaching of science and engineering in the United States. Each NGSS standardis considered to have three dimensions: 1) disciplinary core ideas, 2) scientific and engineeringpractices, and 3) cross-cutting concepts [7][8]. Prior to NGSS, these dimensions were oftentaught at a disconnect and by separate teachers, to the disadvantage of the student. Moreover,NGSS establishes performance expectations related to each standard as well as coherencebetween

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Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University ; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Graduate Studies

projects have been developed for the courseas a part of this practicum, and are necessary to complete many of the exercises in thecourse. Generally speaking, manufacturing is to convert materials into products. Themanufacturing processes provide the job opportunities for people. The products made bymanufacturing are to improve our standard of living. To increase the value and quality ofthe products, supply chain and services have to be involved with the manufacturingprocesses. One of the outputs must include waste from manufacturing processes. Theshadow side of manufacturing needs to be addressed first, such as environmental issuesand excess of energy used in industry. Figure 1: Green engineering strategiesAs shown in

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Lineberger; Larry Stikeleather

wheels and axles for use in the Pro/Engineer assembliessince wheel and axle kits were purchased and provided to each team.The Design Requirements Students were asked to design a car that conforms to the basic constraints shown inFigures 1 and 2. A rigid polyurethane foam material (Sign-Foam ™, General Plastics Mfg. Co.,Tacoma, WA) was used for the car bodies rather than the standard Pinewood Derby kit pineblock. Machining properties of this lightweight material facilitated the manufacturing process.The small mass of the car body allowed a larger percentage of the 5 ounce total to be auxiliarymasses, making possible, significant changes in mass properties as a function of the location ofthese weights for the different configurations used

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ty Newell; Timothy Shedd

lecture-textbook coverage. Competency and knowledge isdetermined from individual homework and exams. A common path starts with steady stateconduction situations (1-D, 2-D, and generally no extension to 3-D situations). Simple transientconduction situations (0-D or “lumped mass”, and 1-D, with limited multi-dimensional transientproblems) would be covered next. Beyond conduction, various paths are followed, such asconvection (general convection background, followed by external and internal flow situations),radiation, and heat exchangers. In this serial coverage of material, very little opportunity existsfor students to work with simultaneous combinations of the various topics in a manner typical ofpractical problems.Although the project structure

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FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly C. Huett, University of West Georgia; Barbara B. Kawulich, University of West Georgia; P.K. Raju, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Auburn University,Al; Chetan S Sankar, Auburn University

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First-Year Programs

QuestionsTwo evaluation questions were created to guide the evaluation. The questions were written to benondirectional to yield description rather than “related variables or compare groups”17: Page 23.1295.5 1. How do students perceive the value and effectiveness of the use of multimedia case studies in the introductory engineering course? 2. What strengths and areas of improvements do the students perceive are needed in the course, in general, and in the instructional methods, in particular? MethodResearch DesignAn action evaluation design12 was used to guide the systematic collection

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Kaupp, Queen's University; Brian M Frank, Queen's University

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Educational Research and Methods

iterativeprocess approach to the MEA, first generating a model, testing the model and revising themodel to develop a suitable solution38. The students’ solutions to the MEA typically takethe form of a comprehensive report outlining the process used to generate their solutionto the problem.There have been several studies investigating the impact of MEA instruction on studentlearning outcomes and general skill development. These studies have shown that MEAs: 1) Encourage a different perspective regarding the use of engineering concepts, with students applying concepts to achieve a broad, high-level solution rather than a low-level formulaic, rote approach10. 2) Encourage students to work collaboratively and cooperatively as a group, honing