Conference Session

Creating 'Materials' Awareness

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University; Scott Chumbley, Iowa State University

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Materials

, and others. IFigures 3A: TWT in Local Classrooms, Dr. Genalo Views a Test RunFigures 3B: TWT in Local Classrooms, Young Engineers at Work Page 12.233.4The Toying With TechnologySM (TWT) Program (http://www.eng.iastate.edu/twt), anengineering/teacher education collaborative effort4, often interacts with the materialsdepartment since Dr. Genalo directs that program. Future and current teachers learn aboutmaterials, along with other engineering professions, in undergraduate and graduateclasses taken by education majors. This program also has a large K-12 outreach programthat sees over 200 kids per year.An innovative

Conference Session

Physics Education Research (PER) Relevant for Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

physics, Prentice Hall, NJ, 2002.4. C. J. Hieggelke, D. P. Maloney, T. L. O'Kuma and S. Kanim, E & M TIPERS: Electricity and magnetism task Page 13.718.15 (Education Innovation-Physics), Prentice Hall, 2006.5. N. Nguyen and D. Meltzer, Visualization tool for 3-D relationships and the right-hand rule, Phys. Teach. 43, 155-157 (2005).6. C. Singh, Student understanding of Symmetry and Gauss's law of electricity, Am. J. Phys. 74, 923-936 (2006); C. Singh, Improving student understanding of Gauss's law of electricity, Proceedings of Phys. Ed. Res. Conference, Sacramento, CA, AIP, (P. Heron, S. Franklin, J. Marx Eds

Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2008-158: METRICS TO ASSESS BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEMElizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering Elizabeth Cady is an associate program officer at the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering.Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering Norman Fortenberry is the founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering. CASEE is a collaborative effort dedicated to achieving excellence in engineering education--education that is effective, engaged, and efficient. CASEE pursues this goal by promoting research on, innovation

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Lund, State University of New York at Buffalo

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Educational Research and Methods

. 99.23. Cyr, M., V. Miragila, T. Nocera, and C. Rogers, A low-cost, innovative methodology for teaching engineer- ing through experimentation. J. Eng. Education, 1997. 86(2): p. 167.24. Buch, N.J. and T.E. Wolff, Classroom teaching through inquiry. J. Professional Issues Eng. Educ. Practice, 2000. 126(3): p. 105.25. Gregson, P.H. and T.A. Little, Using contests to teach design to EE juniors. IEEE Trans. Education, 1999. 42(3): p. 229.26. Angelides, D.C. and A. Poulopoulos, Case studies and information technology in civil engineering learn- ing. J. Professional Issues Eng. Educ. Practice, 2000. 126(3): p. 125.27. Bequette, B.W., K.D. Schott, V. Prasad, V. Natarajan, and R.R. Rao, Case study projects in an under

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauri Burke, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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International

Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at the Colorado School of Mines (seehttp://www.mines.edu/research/ca-stem/).References1 Bellinger, R. and Leopold, G. (1998). Industry lauds H-1B vote; vows to aid U.S. education. EE Times.2 United States Congress (2000). American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000. On-line: Page 13.523.16http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/L73IMjj091800.pdf.3 White House (2006). Fact Sheet: American Competitiveness Initiative: Encouraging Innovation. On-line:http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases.4 Downey, G., Lucena, J., Moskal, B., Parkhurst, R., Bigley, T., Hays C., Jesiek, B., Kelly, L

Conference Session

Industrial Technology/Industrial Engineering Technology Forum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

operations management, 8th ed. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ.Inbound Logistics, http://www.inboundlogistics.comInstitute for Supply Chain Management (ISM), www.ism.wsInternational Journal of Logistics Management, http://logisticssupplychain.org/index/supplychain.htmKrajewski, L. J. & Ritzman, L. P. (2005). Operations Management: Processes and Value Chains. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ.Mohr, J. (2005). Marketing of high-technology products and innovations. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ.McClellan, M. (2002). Collaborative Manufacturing: Using Real-Time Information to Support the Supply Chain. CRC Press.Palmer, R. C. (2001). The bar code book. Helmers Publishing, Inc.: Peterborough, NH.Print Solutions

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi Thai, University of Georgia

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Computers in Education

Hewlett-Packard Company at( http://h20325.www2.hp.com/blogs/highered/archive/2006/11/17/1948.html ). This webminarUU UUmade us realize that the 2 NSM tools “Tutor” and “Control” can be combined “innovatively” toprovide both “teacher-centric” and “collaborative e-chalkboard” modes in an “undocumented” Page 13.35.4way with pen and audio technologies. Why "undocumented"? It was because the softwaremaker (NetSupport Limited) did not themselves envision for the software suite to be used in thismanner.Figure 1 described the IT architecture used for the BAE Interactive

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

significant innovation was to introduce the use of a team charter as a means for the team toformalize roles and responsibilities and the “ground rules” of team operation. This was done atthe time that the Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued to the teams for their major designproject – projects are posed as business opportunities, hence the use of the RFP. Each team wasrequired to develop a team charter and review it with the instructor. The week prior todeveloping the team charter, the students were given a survey (see Appendix 2 for sample) tocomplete in which they were asked to assess their own contribution and that of their teammatesto the performance of the team up to that point in the semester. This self & peer survey, knownas the Team

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Giullian, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Jason McCammon, Brigham Young University; Brad Brooks, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. The students were encouraged to stretch their capabilitiesand those of the software being used to create an innovative and aesthetic design. In addition,the students were challenged to incorporate the ideas of parametrics and modularity into thevehicle design. The organization of the project was similar to that of GM, with BYU acting asthe vehicle integrator, Virginia Tech acting as the power train integrator, and all others schoolsworking on specific parts of the vehicle. Each group of engineering students was responsible fora particular component of the vehicle such as the brakes, suspension, or steering assembly. Fourindustrial design schools were assigned to create individual exterior designs for the vehicle, andBYU industrial design

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Sandfry, US Air Force Academy; michael bettner, US Air Force Academy; Tim Lawrence, US Air Force Academy; Michael Sobers, US Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Department of Astronautics at the United States Air Force Academy. He directs one of eleven AFOSR funded USAFA research centers, conducting space technology research to design and build innovative low cost spacecraft and sounding rockets with 15 faculty from 5 academic departments, 56 cadets, 6 contractors, and 3 reservists under an annual $1M budget. Lawrence is also the small satellite program director, setting goals for performance, schedule and cost to meet DoD mission objectives for 3 microsatellites. He directs and teaches senior level capstone courses in spacecraft design determining content, leads sessions, and evaluates performance. Lt Col Lawrence is originally from Waterloo, Iowa. He was a

Conference Session

Effective Tools for Teaching Engineering Economy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Ryan, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; Rahul Marathe, Iowa State University; Pavlo Antonenko, Iowa State University; Piyamart Kumsaikaew, Iowa State University; Dale Niederhauser, Iowa State University; Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

frequently extend far into the future. The decision maker must gather and combineinformation from both the engineering and the business sides of the organization, as well as fromexternal suppliers and customers, forecasts of economic trends, and projections for futuretechnological innovations. Extracting the information necessary to estimate alternative projectcash flows is the difficult and essential prerequisite to conducting a present worth or internal rateof return analysis (a typical basis for these types of decisions).Irrelevant, redundant, or conflicting informationWhen ample information is available, a problem solver must select which information to use. Insome cases the task relevant information may be available from multiple sources and

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Conference Session

Project and Model-Based Mathematics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Berkey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bogdan Vernescu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

andbusiness. At the middle and high school levels, these projects provide the motivation somestudents need in their mathematics classes and the connections to concepts from their scienceclasses; for mathematics undergraduate and graduate students it provides them the training theyneed for a more diverse set of career options and brings them closer to the engineering andscientific campus community; for mathematics faculty these projects provide a different type ofchallenges, a new tool for training their students, and a way to use their knowledge for a broadergood; for corporations they provide new approaches and solutions to their problems, and accessto students and faculty.The models developed at WPI form a vertical integration of innovative

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne McClain, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Dale Feldman, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Lee Meadows, University of Alabama Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

school mathematics teachers with the experiences and the confidence toanswer their students when they ask, “How will I ever use this?” In answering this question,what could be more effective than demonstrating applications of mathematics and who usesmathematics? These activities directly support the May 2005 NSF Engineering Task Forcerecommendation to, “support and expand pre-college teachers’ understanding of the engineeringprofession, especially the creative, innovative aspects…” [2].The field of engineering is well suited to demonstrate the usefulness of mathematics, since itapplies the principles of science and mathematics to create solutions to practical problems for thebenefit of mankind. Engineering research and development includes many

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paris von Lockette, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2024: CONVERGING-DIVERGING DESIGN STRATEGIES IN ASOPHOMORE LEVEL DESIGN SEQUENCE: REVIEW OF ANELECTROMECHANICAL PROJECTParis von Lockette, Rowan University Paris von Lockette is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1999. His interests include the physics or polymers and numerical / computational methods in materials science.Eric Constans, Rowan University Eric Constans is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. His areas of interest include developing innovative techniques in engineering education and engineering curricular reform. His research areas

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Cook, Montana State University; Robb Larson, Montana State University; Keith Fisher, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, computer and manufacturing knowledge and experience to produce practical, effective and innovative solutions to problems. (contributes to abet criteria a, b, c, d, f, k) 3. Design: Demonstrate the ability to apply the engineering design process to solve open- ended problems while integrating knowledge and experience from various disciplines. (contributes to abet criteria a, b, d, e, f, g) 4. Problem recognition and resolution: Understand and coordinate interrelationships necessary for successful design-to-build processes, and develop and apply successful problem solving processes. (contributes to abet criteria a, b, c, f, g, h, k) 5. Project Management: Demonstrate an ability to successfully lead an integrated design

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; Adeeb Rahman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Josh Bostwick, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

critically,grounding their problem-solving skills in the core ideas of mechanics itself. We have alsodefined reasonable and practical measures that can be used to assess both student work andeducational materials. Our work shows that in general, students usually miss at least one criticalelement of a problem, even when they get the correct answer. It is precisely this gap – betweengetting the right answer with faulty reasoning, and getting the right answer with correctreasoning – that must be filled if students are to become true problem solvers. We have alsodemonstrated that textbooks often fall short in demanding critical thinking of their studentreaders.We believe that the assessment tools that we present here are useful and innovative, but we

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bowen, Rice University; Marcia O'Malley, William Marsh Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Systems (HAPTICS’03), 2003.[9] P. Dalep, “LV as a Standard” Email posted to info_labview@pica.army.mil on September 1993, archived on ftp.pica.army.mil[10] G.B. King, R.D. Evans, D.P. DeWitt, and P.H. Meckl, “Curriculum-wide Systems Programming Environment for Mechanical Engineering Instructional Labs,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 233-236, 1994.[11] B. Kauler, “Dataflow and visual programming: The way ahead for engineers,” Education Conference, New Zealand, 1993.[12] O.A.A. Zeid and M.M. Tanyel, “Innovation in teaching mechanical engineering applications,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 82-86, 1994.[13] J.M. Weaver and S. Das, “Overhaul of an

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

and research, and a broad body of discipline-specific knowledge in standards, best practices, and lessons learned,2. Provide a testbed of validated knowledge and instrumented knowledge management tools to enable experiments that evaluate the effectiveness of the students and instructors using the collaboration environment in learning and applying software engineering knowledge,3. Conduct focused experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of these collaborative tools and knowledge objects in helping students meet learning objectives,4. Based on experiment results and further research, incrementally improve the collaboration tools, knowledge, testbed, and experiments toward creating and assessing innovative and effective

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 43, No. 2, May 2000. 7. Besterfield-Sacre, M., Shuman, L.J., Wolfe, H., Atman, C.J., McGourty, J., Miller, R.L, Olds, B.M. and Rogers, G.M., “Engineering Education Assessment Methodologies and Curricula Innovation,” Available on-line at: http://www.engrng.pitt.edu/~ec2000/ec2000_attributes [Cited 2005-03-03]. 8. Bloom, B.S., M. D. Englehart, M.D. Furst, E.J., Hill, W.H. and Krathwohl, D.R., Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Handbook 1: Cognitive Domain, Longman, Page 11.458.11 New York 1956 & 1984.9. Karimi, A., Clutter, K. and Arroyo, A., “An Example of Course and Program

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University

configurations of equipment. ISEAGEcontains a vast warehouse of attack tools that will be able to simulate point-to-point anddistributed attacks. ISEAGE represents a new paradigm in the area of security research, cyberforensics, and will enable new and innovative research needed to solve the current securityproblems facing the world today. Page 11.345.4Figure 1 shows a block diagram of ISEAGE and how it is connected to support the summercamp. As shown in the figure, ISEAGE is a 64 node computer cluster that is capable ofrepresenting any IP address space. In addition to IP address space mapping, ISEAGE alsoprovides tools to generate background traffic and

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Nate Evans, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

distributed attacks. ISEAGE represents a new paradigm in thearea of security research, cyber forensics, and will enable new and innovative research needed tosolve the current security problems facing the world today.Figure 2 shows a block diagram of ISEAGE and how it is connected to support the CDC. Asshown in the figure, ISEAGE is a 64 node computer cluster that is capable of representing any IPaddress space. In addition to IP address space mapping, ISEAGE also provides tools to generatebackground traffic and background attacks. This helps create a realistic environment where notall traffic seen by the blue teams is coming from green or red teams. We also collected all of thetraffic from the CDC and are using that in security research projects

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Elahinia, University of Toledo; Constantin Ciocanel, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

., “Teaching Smart Materials to Engineering Undergraduate Students: A Problem Solving Approach,” 2004 ASEE Annual Conference (Salt Lake City: ASEE, June 2004).[7] Prusak, Z., “Development of Engineering Problem Solving Skills Through Laboratory Experimentation,” 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Albuquerque: ASEE, June 2001).[8] Morgan, R., and Jones, K., “The Use of Simulation Software to Enhance Student Understanding,” IEE International Symposium on Engineering Education: Innovations in Teaching, Learning and Assessment (Ref. No. 2001/046), 2001, 33/1- 33/6.[9] Pitts, G. “How do we teach students to relate to real applications,” IEE Colloquium on Engineering Education in the Twenty-First Century (Digest No: 1996/105), May 1996

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Craig Malquist, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

given destination.Available Software and Operating SystemsA number of de-facto software environment standards are developing in the user community forsensor mesh networking. One of these is TinyOS16 (http://www.tinyos.net). TinyOS is an open-source operating system designed for wireless embedded sensor networks. It features a component-based architecture which enables rapid innovation and implementation while minimizing code size as required by the severe memory constraints inherent in sensor networks. TinyOS's component library includes network protocols, distributed services, sensor drivers, and data acquisition tools – all of which can be used as-is or be further refined for a custom application. TinyOS's

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University; Girish Rao, SPRINT

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and ASME. She is also a National Research Council-US AFRL Summer Faculty Fellow of the Human Effectiveness Directorate for 2002, 2003 and 2004.Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University Madara Ogot is an Associate Professor in Engineering Design and Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the co-author, along with Gül Okudan of an introductory engineering design text, Engineering Design: A Practical Guide. His current research interests include design under uncertainty, stochastic optimization and innovative design. He received his BSE from Princeton in 1987, and his MS and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1989 and 1991, respectively.Girish Rao

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Scambilis, Sinclair Community College; Jennifer Wise, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

• The evaluation • Post Evaluation, responses to evaluators’ comments A. Sinclair Community College: Sinclair Community College is a public, comprehensive two-year college located in downtown Dayton, Ohio. The college has a long history of serving the community beginning in 1887 when one room was set aside for an evening school at the Dayton YMCA. Since that first year of operation the school has steadily matured and today serves over 24,000 students each quarter, on a campus of 21 buildings as well as remote sites. Sinclair is a member of the League for Innovation in the Community College and a Vanguard Learning College. B. Engineering and Industrial Technologies Division

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cari Bryant, University of Missouri-Rolla; Eric Pieper, University of Missouri-Rolla; Brandon Walther, University of Texas-Austin; Tolga Kurtoglu, University of Texas-Austin; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla; Daniel McAdams, University of Missouri-Rolla; Matthew Campbell, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Page 11.1138.3themselves that they made a good initial decision.3 Lindgaard also relates this phenomenon to theshown tendency of doctors to make a diagnosis following their initial hunches from a patient’s1most immediately obvious symptoms. Putting this in the context of making design decisions,even though experience in the form of design knowledge may be accessible to an inexperienceddesigner, (s)he may feel compelled to select a concept to embody based on a subconscious desireto validate an initial ‘gut feeling.’ So, the challenge becomes finding innovative ways to guide anengineer toward the best solution(s) by building on existing design experience while simultane-ously discouraging tendencies to make choices or evaluations based on

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

".This story was utilized by the author to let his students develop the equation for the viscousforce by asking them about the factors that led to his slide. But the instructor should push itonly that far. The rest should be up to the students’ innovation in relating what factors affectcalculation of the shear stress, i.e. τ = f(µ,V, ∆y).The students came up with these parameters: V (velocity), ∆y (quantity of oil indicating itsheight), µ (viscosity) and ρ (density). The problem was that at least half of the class includedthe density in their answers. Then came the role of the instructor to guide them to realize theindependence of the shear force on the density. He prompted their thinking by asking thefollowing question: What difference would

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Charity Tsuruda, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Anaïs Miodek, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Fri. July 29 Ice Skating Sun. July 31 Tour of Monticello Thurs. August 11 Farewell LuncheonThese four main components form a holistic experience through which the participants learn notonly laboratory procedures and how to conduct research, but also analytical thinking and team-work. Some REUs focus entirely on the laboratory experience and do not include other types ofactivities for participants. Other REUs focus only on team-work so that the student participantsare not individually responsible for making progress. By providing many interactive outlets forthe participants, UVa’s REU endeavors to engage the participants on multiple levels. Thismethod stresses not only the importance of individual responsibility and innovation