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Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy; James Baughn, University of California-Davis

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Mechanical Engineering

2004-2005 and 2005-2006 academic years. Page 12.1369.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Teaching Psychrometry to Undergraduates by Michael R. Maixner United States Air Force Academy and James W. Baughn University of California at Davis AbstractA mutli-faceted approach (lecture, spreadsheet and laboratory)used to teach introductory psychrometric concepts and processesis reviewed. During introductory lectures, basic thermodynamicprinciples

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Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Dick Blandford, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #6426Frequency Domain Concepts for EE FreshmanDr. Christina Howe, University of EvansvilleDr. Dick Blandford, University of Evansville Dick Blandford is the Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Evansville. Page 23.617.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Frequency Domain Concepts for Electrical Engineering First Year StudentsAbstractA major component in the retention of students for any program

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Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central; Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of Analog and Digital Signal Processing, Second Edition, AuthorHouse, 2008, and Analog Signal Processing and Filter Design, Linus Publications, 2009. Page 15.1178.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Laplace Circuits and System Analysis with Various Engineering Applications in Mechanical Engineering Program Jean Jiang, Li Tan College of Engineering and Technology Purdue University North CentralAbstract This paper presents new pedagogies developed from our experiences in teaching

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lie Tang, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Robert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology

AC 2010-1427: DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL ANALYSIS OF A MINI CNCRAPID DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMLie Tang, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRobert Landers, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyHong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRichard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 15.398.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development and Initial Analysis of a Mini CNC Rapid Development SystemAbstractThis paper describes the development of a mini Computer Numerical Control (CNC) RapidDevelopment System (RDS). The mini CNC RDS, which is based on Matlab Simulink, providesthe student

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marian Stachowicz; Rocio Alba-Flores

,thermistors, small microphones, micro switches, small cameras, and ultrasound rangers. Some ofthe sensors required an interface to connect them to the NMT MRK board, therefore each teamhad to design and implement the appropriate interfaces. With these components, students had awide range of hardware support for designing their projects.The NMT MRK BoardIn previous workshop courses [3], [4] and senior projects based on microcontroller applications,the Motorola M68HC12EVB Evaluation Board had been used. The main disadvantage that wehave found in this board for applications using Fuzzy Logic has been the small amount ofmemory available. The M68HC12EVB includes 1K byte of RAM, half of which is used byMotorola on board monitor software, 768 bytes of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Moriarty

valuable lesson.The on-board data acquisition systems generally were designed for a race-mode as well asa post race-mode. The modes could either be hardware (switch) based or software(specific bit patterns in memory) based. During race-mode, as the vehicle traverses thecourse, parameter data was acquired and stored. At the end of the race, the systemsoftware was reset to post race-mode. The sampled data was then transferred to a PC viaRS232 serial cable for analysis. Typical data included solar panel voltage and current andlight intensity. Other analog parameters may include wind speed and frame vibration.Sensing axel rotation and utilizing an on-board timer determined Road speed. Typicalsensors include beam-interrupt as well as Hall Effect

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

and comfortable with the use of electronic presentation styles. All student projectswere required to be posted on the College's Web server for peer and instructor evaluation.One major goal of the course was to increase the students' familiarity with and willingness touse software for electronic presentations.V. Engineering AspectsConsidering only the engineering essentials, the structure of a building can be defined as theassemblage of those parts that exist for the purpose of maintaining shape and stability. Itsprimary purpose is to resist any loads applied to the building and to transmit those to the Page 6.1011.4ground.In terms of architecture

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair J. McDonald, University of Texas, Pan American

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-5117: CIVIL ENGINEERING MENTORED LEARNING ENVI-RONMENTDr. Blair J. McDonald, University of Texas, Pan American Associate Professor and Civil Engineering Program Director Page 25.312.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Civil Engineering Mentored Learning EnvironmentAbstractEarly in their college career, many Civil Engineering students experience problems learning.Their problems may be associated with inadequate study skills, insufficient prerequisiteknowledge, an unfamiliar environment or a host of other things that a program can neitherpredict nor control. Regardless of the cause, the

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Instrumentation Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University, Calumet; Joseph Edward Cody, Purdue University, Calumet

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Instrumentation

University, Calumet Joseph Edward Cody is a graduate of the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Power School for Enlisted Personnel and a veteran of the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Submarine force. He is currently employed as a Electrical Com- munications Specialist with Novaspect, Inc. of Schaumburg, Ill., and specializes in industrial electrical communications and protocols. Cody remains engaged at Purdue University, Calumet, as a student and plans on staying educationally active for as long as possible Page 25.397.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Design of a Mobile Robot and use of

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Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Blanton, East Tennessee State University; Zhibin Tan, East Tennessee State University; Davin A. Strom, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Fast Fourier Transforms for Technologists, Engineers, and Other Non-Ph.D.sABSTRACT.The number of professional areas in which Fourier transforms appear is impressive. Fouriertransforms play an important role in optics, medical imaging, acoustics, waveform analysis, andeven business analysis. Quite often the Fourier Transform is first encountered in a formalmathematics class after the study of the Fourier series. As needed, the Fourier transform isrevisited in senior level and graduate level courses. Unfortunately, many engineering technologystudents, science majors, and even some undergraduate engineering students are not introducedthe Fourier transform.The relevancy of the Fourier transform

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry D. Peel P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

&M University, Kingsville Page 25.1204.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Studying the Physical Properties and Auxetic Behavior of 3D-printed FastenersABSTRACT Fasteners are used in every industry, and in virtually every component. The idealfastener would be relatively easy to insert or push into a hole, but take much more force toremove or pull out of the hole. Such fasteners would not require nuts screwed onto bolts, orother retaining rings. The current work attempts to develop a simple fastener with a lowInsertion Force / Removal Force

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan

Session 2559 Integration of Design and Selected Process Engineering Components into the Unit Operations Laboratory Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan Chemical Engineering Laboratory Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130IntroductionABET 2000 criteria require each educational program to include meaningful design experiencethat grows with the students’ development1. Design of any chemical, petroleum, biochemical,materials, environmental, etc. process involves proper selection and sizing of various

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Kiriakos Kiriakidis; Jennifer Waters; George Piper

parameter being measured is set by software (an in-housedeveloped C-program). The final result of sampling the many sensors is a large data file inMATLAB [3] containing time data for each of the sensors. The data is gathered over severalweeks.2.1.2 Data Analysis of Environmental DataEnvironmental data for the atmosphere will usually contain several components: i A trend component (seasonal warming, cooling, etc.) i Two frequency components (daily and seasonal) i Noise, usually introduced during the measurement processTo familiarize the students with the type of data they will be required to analyze, a simulatedsignal developed in MATLAB is generated. An example of such a signal is shown in Figure 1.Using Fast Fourier Transforms

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Davis; Laura J. Genik; Craig W. Somerton

the concepts and ability to perform the necessary manual calculations, computerprograms can be used to allow the students to study more advanced topics in the materialwithout being bogged down in the calculations. To ease the considerable calculationsinvolved in solving vapor-compression refrigeration (VCR) cycle problems in the course,a text-based computer program was written, complete with property evaluation for 3three substances, by L.J. Genik and C.W. Somerton at Michigan State University. Thisprogram has recently been revised to be compatible with the Microsoft Windowsoperating environment prevalent today in engineering software. In addition, a fourthrefrigerant, R-134a, was added to account for the addition of new refrigerants in

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Mualla ÖNER; Gürses ÖNER

, J.O., Computers & Chemical Engineering, 5, 4, 225, (1981). 3. Kister, H.Z., Distillation Design, McGraw-Hill, New York, (1992). 4. Geankoplis, C.J., Mass Transport Phenomena, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., (1972). 5. Öner, M.., Bar• s, S., Öner, G., AIChE Educational Computer Software Demonstrations, LA, (1997). 6. Kister, H.Z., Chem. Engng., January 21, 97, (1985). 7. Kister, H.Z., Chem. Engng., May 13, 71, (1985). 8. Jenny, P.J., Trans. Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs., Vol. 35, No. 635, (1939). 9. Yaws, C.L., Li, K.Y., and Fang, C.S., Chem. Engng., June 1, 63, (1981). 10. King, C.J., Separation Processes, McGraw-Hill, New York, (1980

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele H. Miller

manufacturing improvement workshop. Theremaining time provided brief exposure to activities such as environmental affairs, producibility,business systems software implementation and training, and knowledge based product design.Manufacturing activities were heavily emphasized, which matched my background of teachingmanufacturing courses in our Mechanical Engineering department and conducting machiningresearch.One of the difficulties of setting up the internship was to make it somewhat immersive whilegiving exposure to a variety of job functions. The lean manufacturing improvement workshopwas the most immersive activity. I was a member of a team attempting to improve cycle time ina mold machining operation. I participated rather than simply observed

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Marin; James E. Armstrong

a five step process for ferreting out, or mining the key design issues in acomplex system in the hope students will discover a nugget that eventually leads to a successfuldesign and unique educational experience. The five step process we use to incorporate the Houseof Quality in capstone design is depicted below in Figure 1 and subsequently explained. Step 1: Scope and Bound the Problem Step 2: Create a Value System Step 3: Construct a House of Quality Step 4: Analyze the House of Quality to Ferret Key Design Issues Step 5: Assess Student Capabilities and Select Key Design Issues Figure 1: Five step process for ferreting out the key design issues. A. Scope and Bound The first step in

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

E. L. Gerber

2520 MAPLE for CIRCUITS and SYSTEMS E. L. Gerber, Ph.D Drexel UniversityABSTRACTThere are three popular software programs used to solve circuits problems: Maple®, MATLAB®, andSpice®. Each one has a different approach to the manner in which the problem is implemented andsolved. Spice will solve a circuit given its schematic diagram without the user having any knowledgeof circuit analysis or circuit equations. MATLAB is useful in solving systems when the system isdescribed in a strict and often unnatural format. This has the disadvantage of

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John D. Clayton; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

AC 1998-404: Nearly Singular Integrands in the Axisymmetric Finite ElementFormulationJohn D. Clayton,Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas Page 3.421.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 1998 Session 1268 Nearly Singular Integrands in the Axisymmetric Finite Element Formulation John D. Clayton1, Joseph J. Rencis2 Georgia Institute of Technology/Worcester Polytechnic Institute ABSTRACTThe formulation and explicit integration

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg; Sohail Anwar

laboratory requirements. Week 2, 3 and 4: Basic experiments using gates and counters to familiarize the students with the two basic building blocks of digital systems. 5 Introduction of the design problem and team brainstorming on general solution options. Reduction of the class to four teams of four students per team, assignment of subsystem design components to team members, and assignment of the team project coordinator. 6-9 Subsystem design, software analysis, bread

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University; Cyril B Okhio P.E., Kennesaw State University

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing Entrepreneurial Skills through an Innovative Senior Capstone Design Project - MouseHeadAbstractWhilst the Senior Capstone Design Project course has traditionally been used to train students ofengineering (E) and engineering technology (ET) with practical skills and to prepare them for realengineering life, there has been somewhat of a lack of training and encouragement of students tobecome entrepreneurs after graduating from their degree programs.Through recent modifications and additions to the course content offered by the ECE and EETprograms at Kennesaw State University, the Capstone Design course experience now includes acomponent that seeks to encourage

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Paper ID #42963Teaching Programming Languages by Two Teachers: Instructor and ChatGPTDr. Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University Dr. Alireza Kavianpour received his PH.D. Degree from University of Southern California (USC). He is currently Senior Professor at DeVry University, Ontario, CA. Dr. Kavianpour is the author and co-author of over sixty technical papers most of them published in IEEE journals or conferances. He has one pending patent . ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Teaching Programming Languages by Two Teachers: Instructor and ChatGPTThis

Conference Session

DSA Technical Session 7

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saquib Ahmed, The State University of New York Buffalo State University

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Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA)

Paper ID #41278Versatile Recognition of Graphene Layers from Optical Images Under ControlledIllumination Through Green-Channel Correlation MethodProf. Saquib Ahmed, The State University of New York Buffalo State University Dr. Ahmed uses DFT, MD, and various Data Analytics tools such as ML and Neural Networks to probe atomistic, molecular, and device level phenomena within photovoltaics, battery and supercapacitors, 2D and quantum materials, and semiconductors. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Recognition of graphene layers from optical images in varied lighting conditions using the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Goldberg

was added after students requested such information.Downloads - The Downloads section contains all of the spreadsheets that are available fordownloading. The spreadsheets are all in MS Excel 6.0 for Windows 95 format and these areupdated periodically as the software versions change. The page also has space for audio andvideo downloads, however these have not been created at this time and are left to future work.Class Email Listing - This page contains a complete email listing of all students in the class, theinstructor, the teaching assistant, and the class newsgroup. This information comes in handywhen the students are working in groups on the case study or homework, or when a student wantsto communicate to the entire class simultaneously

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce A. Finlayson

lectures to display the role of innovation. Safety aspects in polyethyl-ene plants can be addressed by using films prepared by SACHE (Safety and Chemical Engineer-ing Education).Course Objectives. The goal of the course is to learn to apply mathematical and numericalmethods to chemical engineering problems. This goal involves learning to use existing softwarelike EXCEL and MATLAB, learning some rudimentary programming in MATLAB, and espe-cially learning to check your results numerically, since there are often no known analyticalsolutions for comparison. The instructor’s task is to achieve those goals within a structureimposed by a case study. In this course the structure was provided by a series of problemsarising when modeling processes to obtain

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-430: EVALUATION OF REDESIGNED PARTS CONSIDERINGANALYSIS, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION FACTORSJorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan UniversityAlamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University Page 15.542.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Evaluation of Redesigned Parts Considering Analysis, Production and Distribution FactorsAbstractWhenever a new or improved design is proposed, it is important to consider more than just thetechnical aspects of the new design (e.g., safety, deformation, strength, weight). It is essential totake into account several additional factors in the total production cycle of the new or improvedproduct. Ideally

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Daniel Fisher, The George Washington University; James P Ferguson, The George Washington University; Esha Niraj Patel, The George Washington University; Gujri Ahluwalia, The George Washington University; Joseph Anthony Barbera M.D., The George Washington University; Joost R. Santos, The George Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Paper ID #44984Optimizing the distribution of combat casualties for quality medicalcare: a prototype decision support tool for patient-healthcare facilitymatchingMr. Daniel Fisher, The George Washington University Daniel Fisher, James Ferguson, Esha Patel, Gujri Ahluwalia, Joseph Barbera, Joost SantosMr. James P Ferguson, The George Washington UniversityEsha Niraj Patel, The George Washington UniversityGujri Ahluwalia, The George Washington UniversityDr. Joseph Anthony Barbera M.D., The George Washington UniversityDr. Joost R. Santos, The George Washington University ©American Society for Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Hammad Mansoor, Fairfield University; Danushka Bandara, Fairfield University

Paper ID #44896Automating Annotations for Leopard VocalizationsMr. Hammad Mansoor, Fairfield University Hammad Mansoor is a passionate programmer currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Software Engi- neering at Fairfield University. He is a graduate assistant at the Fredrickson Family Innovation Lab. With a strong affinity for Python, he enjoys crafting elegant code and has gained valuable experience in applied machine learning. Outside of the digital world, he finds solace in the great outdoors and often explores nature through hiking.Danushka Bandara, Fairfield University Danushka Bandara received the bachelor’s

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Mirco Speretta, Fairfield University

as a security incident manager for mobile websites and applications. His early research focused on the development of semiautomatic techniques to build ontologies and the creation of user profiles that improve search results. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Statistical Word Analysis to support the Semiautomatic Implementation of the NIST 800-53 Cybersecurity Framework Rohan Sahu1 and Mirco Speretta2 1 Westhill High School, Stamford, CT 06902; 2School of Engineering and Computing, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06824 Abstract: Cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura P. Ford, University of Tulsa

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Chemical Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using a Journal Article with Sophomores to Increase Lifelong Learning ConfidenceIntroductionJournal articles are often used in upper-level engineering courses as reference material toencourage students to develop life-long learning skills. How early in the curriculum are journalarticles introduced? This paper presents the results of a study on using a journal article in asophomore-level class.Chemical Engineering Progress often includes articles appropriate for use in sophomore andjunior engineering science classes of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer 1-6.These articles use only the concepts covered in the course and include analytical results