Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Solar

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Joel B. Shoemaker, Madison Area Technical College; Ashley Jordan Scholes, Madison Area Technical College; Hao Jiang, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jessica M.S. Silva, Azelis; Jennifer Sanfilippo M.S., L.A.T., University of Wisconsin, Madison; Walter A. Zeltner, Microporous Oxides Science and Technology, L.L.C.; Marc Arlen Anderson, Imdea Energía, Madrid

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

limited in the field when panels becomesoiled over time, reducing their electric output. In this student initiated experiment, solar panelswere treated with a nanoporous silica/titania metal oxide thin film coating to impart self-cleaningproperties. Panels from an operational 1.6 kW solar array were coated in the field to model areal-world application process. The system incorporated module level micro-inverters tomonitor the power output of individual panels. The system was installed in June, and coatingsapplied in October 2017. Data collection and analysis is ongoing. Through this research project,students learned the fundamentals of solar photovoltaic technology, aspects of solar systemdesign, safe installation procedures, and principles of

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sangsoo Ryu; M.H. Kim; Julian H. Kang; Spyros A. Kinnas

Engineering Education • Lack of parametric study by changing input values such as water depth, wave height, and wave period • Lack of visual representation of the mechanism of standing waves and the difference between standing waves and propagating waves • Lack of interests and reasons why the numerical analysis/simulation should fill in the gap between physical wave tanks and real ocean conditions • Difficulty in teaching students to make connection between theory and design/application of wave tankConsidering several effects of visualization in the cognitive process of learning a new concept, itis reasonable to expect that visual representation of wave profile would help students

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 1: Curriculum Design and Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Stransky, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ashish Agrawal, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mike Eastman Ph. D., Rochester Institute of Technology (CET)

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

application of AI to education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 WIP: Efficacy of Connecting Engineering and Calculus through AI Problem Generation1. IntroductionCalculus courses have long served as gatekeepers to STEM fields, presenting significantchallenges to students and contributing to high rates of attrition in engineering programs [1], [2].Despite being foundational, these courses often fail to connect abstract mathematical concepts totheir practical applications in engineering, leaving students disengaged and unprepared for real-world problem-solving [3]. This disconnect has been identified as a barrier to retention, withmany students citing calculus as a primary reason for abandoning STEM

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

, enabling an easier transition from theoryto practice for the student. This greatly facilitates a student’s ability to apply signal processingconcepts to real-world DSP hardware such as the widely-used Texas Instruments TMS320Cseries of fixed-point and floating-point DSP microprocessors. In particular, the sptool program issupplied with the latest release of the latest Signal Processing Toolbox (version 4.3). The StudentVersion of MATLAB (release 11) does not come with the Signal Processing Toolbox; however,students may purchase this and other toolboxes at a very reasonable price. This program providesan excellent interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for designing both FIR and IIR digitalfilters.13 The sptool program also allows interactive

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy C. Morse

. Page 3.614.1The Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology (BSET), Operations concentration, Session 3147is the initial program being offered at a distance and it provides an orientation for professionalcareers in technical management and operations in the manufacturing, sales, service andconstruction industries. Through the selection of the upper-level technical concentration,students can tailor their program, based on previous knowledge, to assist them in launching acareer that best meets their needs and aspirations. Projects in cooperation with local industry,solving real-world problems, are required of all students in the BSET program.Since the

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Colby Ryan; Alexis Crandall; Mitch Martinez; David Kennedy; Kristian Ecolango; Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

have sponsored Capstonethrough laboratory, course projects and Capstone. These have been so impressed with results that they wind upinclude: hiring one or several of the members of the team. Often • Better engagement of students and industry in the times an ESET graduate will be chosen over other learning process: From the stand-point of the applicants to a job position because the company sees the student, real-world projects that involve current scope of the Capstone project on the graduate’s resume and technology and industrial applications are realizes that that applicant will be a valuable addition to

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J.D., Christine Andrews; Leslie Wilkins

the excitement of cutting edge research intoevery course, and that faculty adopt pedagogy that develops communication, teamwork, andcritical thinking skills. 4 Curricular reforms to engage a more diverse student body by engaging Page 9.697.4students in hands-on assignments that include real-world applications have had a positive impact Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationon both recruitment and retention at Smith College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.17Curricular reform has been

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Liou

; and how I might guide these students. I enjoy learning and wish to relate current operations in the real world to classroom objectives. Learn things that I can share with my students. Form some contacts so I can bring my science club to visit labs or have guest speakers come to speak to my science club or physics class. To learn about all aspects of manufacturing and its application in the "real world". To engage in a totally different field, to learn a lot, and to jump start the new school year by starting out as a learner.VI. Workshop FeedbackParticipants found the workshop both useful and enjoyable, as supported by thefeedback summarized in Tables 5 and 6, below. Also, many of the participatingteachers intended to pass information learned

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giovanni Loreto, Kennesaw State University; Humberto Reinoso, Mercer University

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Architectural Engineering

formed,a real-world application is connected to it. The Theorizing phase is designed to assist the intuitivegeneration of conceptual understanding. In this phase, students were required to use simulationsoftware to experiment and expand their structural understanding. In particular, two educationalprograms were used: Pull Me Push Me and Truss me! The first one is an interactive app that allows themanipulation of structural forms to help in understanding how structures respond to loads. By draggingthe mouse and pulling the structure in different directions, the app simulates load conditions andresponse (reactions) (Fig. 2b). Small variables were progressively changed, which allowed students tograsp dissimilarities in the behavior of the structure

Conference Session

Computers in Education 10 - Technology 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Mahdi Fotouhi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

-minute demonstration of their project with questions and answers to follow,vii. Submit a written report according to the Journal of Computers in Education specifications.Design ProjectTo give a student a sense of understanding practical projects with real-world applications, the NIEducational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite II (ELVIS) was selected. The purpose ofthe ELVIS II was to control/initiate the movement of the robot arm with the ELVIS II Board.The student had to design and build an interface circuit to manipulate and control the robotic armmovements.An Education MOVIT MR-999 – Robotic Arm Trainer with five axes or five degrees of freedomwas chosen. The Base can rotate clockwise (CKW) or counterclockwise

Collection

2004 GSW

Authors

E. H. Shaban

, health, safety, social, and politicalissues directly related to the engineering project [1] .This paper recommends the course“Analysis and Design of Integrated Circuits” as a stand alone course to provide thestudents in electrical engineering the experience to analyze, design, use CAD, fabricate,and test a real world engineering design circuit. This is similar to what is known in theindustry as application specific integrated circuits (ASIC). We shall briefly describe thecourse and what the students will experience and be able to accomplish. Proceedings of the 2004 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright c 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

to address a problem. The “problems” in PBLare typically in the form of “cases”, narratives of complex, real-world challenges common to thediscipline being studied. There is no right or wrong answer; rather, there are reasonablesolutions based on application of knowledge and skills deemed necessary to address the issue.The “solution” therefore is partly dependent on the acquisition and comprehension of facts, butalso based on the ability to think critically. PBL, by having students demonstrate for themselvestheir capabilities, can increase students’ motivation to tackle problems. Three major complaintsfrom employers about college graduates are graduate’s poor written and verbal skills, theirinability to problem-solve, and their difficulties

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

context of the sophomore yearof the multi-disciplinary undergraduate engineering program at Arizona State University at thePolytechnic campus, in which a project topic guides the selection of five one-credit-hour engineer-ing content modules. The ECE combines these content modules within a project-based learningenvironment; the modules are integrated with problem-based learning exercises, background pre-requisite material, and additional real-world applications. It is believed that the ECE approach willenhance students’ engagement with the engineering topics and improve their ability to structuretheir own learning.The concept of an ECE is broader in content but similar in structure to holistic content modulesdeveloped to teach numerical methods

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Fogler; John T. Bell

procedures that they have been taught.On the other hand, anyone who has ever experienced an accident is likely to remember thatexperience far longer than any set of written safety rules. Obviously we can’t deliberatelyinvolve our students in real accidents just to emphasize the importance of safety, but we can letthem experience virtual accidents, through the use of virtual reality, ( VR )[1-7]. These virtualaccidents will not have the same impact as real accidents, but they will have a more long lastingeffect than written rules on paper.One of the major goals of this project is to create a series of virtual accidents that will have asbroad an impact as possible on a world-wide scale. This goal implies delivering the simulationsvia the world wide

Conference Session

Joint Session: Entrepreneurially-Minded Learning in the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Keen Student Outcomes from Ohio Northern University.8 This exercisewas very useful for our cohort to focus us on what we were already doing and what we needed toadd. At the end of this hour, the cohort felt that the biggest missing piece in our curriculum mightbe encouraging student curiosity and the next biggest problem was explicitly asking students toconnect what they were doing in the classroom to the real world. The cohort decided to beginadding EM to the curriculum by using discussions of real-world applications and by addingopen-ended (and possibly ill-defined) projects to the classes. Progress toward these goals andsharing from one teacher to another was our primary monthly task.The cohort decided to focus on adding projects to each

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Yargo Teixeira Gomes de Melo, York College of Pennsylvania; Alex Suarez, York College of Pennsylvania

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

airborne presence of a UAV couldmean the difference between life and death. Furthermore, increased endurance minimizes thedowntime and logistical challenges associated with battery management, thereby reducingoperational costs, and enhancing the feasibility of UAVs for continuous, real-time applications.Consequently, pushing the boundaries of small multirotor endurance is not just a technicalchallenge, but a necessary stride toward unlocking the full potential of UAV technology inserving humanity.BackgroundWhile there are some documentations on breaking world records [1], there does not appear tobe any pedagogical efforts to document the process. The projected design predicts a flightendurance of 2 hours and 57 minutes, surpassing the current

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

Mohamed Zeidan; Ahmad Fayed; Mehmet Bahadir

courses and activities related to real world industry problems. Moreover,the ABET Accreditation Criterion 5 for Engineering Technology programs states that curriculamust include (among other requirements) “design considerations appropriate to the disciplineand degree level such as: industry and engineering standards and codes; public safety and health;and local and global impact of engineering solutions on individuals, organizations and society”[9]. Nevertheless, one of the concerns the faculty usually receive from industry partners is relatedto students lacking the knowledge and exposure to the industry standards and codes. Thisconcern is related to the dilemma of achieving both breadth and depth in 4-year engineering andtechnology programs [10

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University; Paige Janae Harvey, Morgan State University; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University; Edmund Himmie Smith, Morgan State University ; Marcial Tienteu; Vinton Amsley Morris, Morgan State University; Dennis Ndati, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Aaron A Mcclenton; Andre Latte Dean Jr., Morgan State University School of Engineering

Bluetooth orWi-Fi.The primary scope of this research is to help students prepare for successful careers by teachingthem the core concepts of cybersecurity and Internet of Things education. Secondly, studentslearn how to collaborate and work efficiently in a team. Lastly, students also developed criticalthinking and practical skills throughout the project. The objectives of this research are asfollows. 1- To explore the theoretical and practical concepts of the Internet of Things. 2- To learn about the security vulnerabilities of IoT devices using the Arm Pelion platform. 3- To engage high school students and teachers in conducting real-world engineering research and problem-solving. 4- To teach students how to program embedded

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas MacCalla; Jacqueline Caesar; Michael Maxwell; Shay Vanderlaan; Sandra Valencia; Terena Henry; Matt Leader

applicable toK-12 engineering education________________________________________________________*CIBRED is funded by NSF award OCI)-0753375 to O.Crasta Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 427IntroductionRussell A. Hulse noted in his Nobel Laureate Paper, “Preparing K-12 Students for the NewInterdisciplinary World of Science” that attitudes and habits are life skills formed during theearly growing-up years and that all students need to acquire basic factual and proceduralknowledge. He also argued that all students should have an understanding of science andthat we should

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nipul Patel, Purdue University, North Central

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Information Systems

amongproviders and patients. These issues include the role of wireless innovations in health care,technological hurdles, a fragmented cell phone market, and differences between that market and Page 15.1376.7the health care market. Nevertheless, some experts believe that wireless health care applicationsare promising.Some key forces are driving momentum for wireless applications in health care:• Wireless devices and networks allow continuous and real time link between the patients and the health care system. Remote monitoring enables health care providers to rapidly identify signs of abnormal function and provide timely intervention to avoid

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Johnson; Donatus Cobbinah; Ahmed Rubaai

ConclusionsThe new motor and control laboratory provides an excellent opportunity for our students to learnabout modern motor control and power electronics applications in a safe and flexibleenvironment. The workstations offer many possibilities for experimentation on motors and drivessimilar to those that students will counter in the real world. We are just beginning to incorporatethese workstations into our classes. At this stage, the lab had not been implemented and used bystudents. Students’ responses and measurements of their success will be reported in the future.9 AcknowledgementsSpecial thanks to Tom Greetham, Pete Sergi, Tina Stenhous, Jim Silliman and others at MoogAerospace for their generous gift. And without their support, this project

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Hendricks, Heidelberg Instruments Nano AG; Tanisha Gupta, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Emine Cagin, Heidelberg Instruments Nano AG; Brett Michael Mann, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sophia Reynolds, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nancy Burnham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Andrew DePalma, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Carolina Ruiz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI); Jeffrey Solomon, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jonas Vergés

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

provided with more support early in the learning process and thissupport will be gradually reduced as students gain confidence and knowledge. During thesemi-structured interviews, the interviewees provided invaluable insights into teachingmethods and important nanofabrication topics. The experts in nanofabrication all stated theimportance of conveying just how small the nanoscale is. This can be done using analogiesand real-world comparisons. A recommendation received from an expert in pedagogy was tokeep students' attention spans in mind. They recommended making the materials interactiveto keep students engaged. Both the experts in nanofabrication, as well as pedagogy,emphasized the importance of providing students with the opportunity to gain

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Melissa Lin; Aik Mon

protocol with a default TCPport 80. HTTP has been used for global information service since 1990. A Universal ResourceLocator (URL) accesses HTML documents in a specific format (Method://Host:Port/Path), forexample http://www.purdue.edu/index.html, specifies the homepage of Purdue University usingHTTP protocol with the default TCP. HTTP is an application-level protocol for distributed,collaborative, hypermedia information systems. It is a generic, stateless, protocol, that can beused for many tasks beyond hypertext, such as name servers and distributed object managementsystems, through extension of its request methods, error codes and headers [1].As specified in the article "XML”, the Extensible Markup Language, from World Wide WebConsortium [2

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr., Oklahoma Baptist University; Christopher T. Jones; Jeffrey Anderson; Larinee Dennis; Steve Fendley

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

of engineers at itsbest.”The new engineering program discussed here will attempt to have a better balance betweentheory and application. Wherever possible, discussions on theory will be followed by examplesof real-world applications using the theory. Employers want engineers who are more than “booksmart;” they want engineers who can apply theory to actual problems, particularly ill-structuredproblems where all of the data and boundary conditions may not be well prescribed.Weak on Soft SkillsEngineering students must learn a broad range of skills to become successful practicingengineers. Besides the ability to solve a wide range of problems, which are sometimes referred toas “hard skills,” engineers also need so-called “soft skills” to be

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tala Katbeh, Texas A&M University; Gerald Benjamin Cieslinski, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Hassan Said Bazzi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Syed Mustafa Husain Abidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

to pay it forward and inspire the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers especially as a current engineering student in Texas A&M University at Qatar.”The programs are equipping students for future career pathways with projects of real-worldrelevance that they are using in their day-to-day lives and in their education. One student claimedthat “participating in the 3D CAD Camp not only taught me technical skills but also instilled inme the confidence to tackle complex problems and pursue a degree in engineering”. Anotherstudent mentioned that “a STEM program like the REV Robotics Camp is crucial for showingstudents the real-world applications of what they are learning in the classroom. It's one thing toread about engineering

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University; Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

at various levels of the ‘core’ curriculum. EML modules were based on the themeof “Quantified Self” (QS). This is a new, exciting, real-world entrepreneurship opportunity thatuses wearable sensor technology to help people understand their personal health and wellness. Thegoal of this project was to develop teaching resources that used the QS theme to motivate EML ina variety of academic topics.During the first phase of this project QS modules were developed and implemented in fourbiomedical engineering (BME) courses at the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior levels.Direct and indirect assessment was used to gauge the effectiveness of modules at changingstudents’ perceptions and improving their entrepreneurial capabilities. Then, these

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

eugene leo draine mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

recorded, and notes were taken to support dataanalysis. Audio transcripts from the focus group were coded to support data analysis. Resultsare reported in aggregate.Figure 1: This image provides an overview of the conceptual framework developed to assess theimpact of project interventions on program students and their holistic learning experiences.3. Preliminary Findings In regards to workplace-relevant skills of program students, focus group participantshighlighted various instances in which programming activities provided them with real-worldcareer readiness. In discussing an application of software to workplace duties, one participantsaid “[their learning in the program] has really helped with using the software that we utilize herein the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul G. Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Rhonda R. Franklin, University of Minnesota; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida; Tom Weller, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

learning opportunities in the ENFUSEmodules that allowed them to engage with the content in the modules. The ability to learncontent within real-world contexts and situations made the concepts more accessible andrelevant to them. Through real-world applications, students could understand therelationship of Circuits concepts to broader systems.The various ENFUSE modules were developed in stages. The first module developed,Bioelectricity, was prototyped in Summer 2013 in a foundations course for non-electricalengineering majors at the University of Vermont. Based on its implementation andstudent feedback, the approach to the subsequent modules was modified to addressstudent concerns. All modules (with the exception of Environmental Monitoring

Conference Session

Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Roper, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Research and Development Program. He has published over 150 technical papers and made numerous presentations at national and international forums. Page 15.1356.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WATERSHED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE STORM WATER ASSESSMENTAbstract:The Sustainable Development and Next Generation Buildings class worked with ArlingtonCounty Virginia to assess impacts and alternatives for a sensitive storm water project in thecounty. This was a real world application of the subjects and technologies used in the class roomfor storm water management and planning. Within Arlington

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina Montgomery, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

companies,architects, and acoustic consultants, as well as documents that describe the problem with thedesign and the alternative solutions proposed. Various tools enhance the student's learningexperience: Instant access to common Glossary terms via mouse-over Interactive reverberation simulator to demonstrate design and material effects on the reverberation time of a small room. Video interviews with company managers and engineers explaining the problem, alternatives, design issues, and business ethics that must be considered in global engineering endeavors Exposure to a real-world problem in the classroom Interactive sound simulator for learning about the effects of reverberation time on the use