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New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mark Cambron; Jian Peng

in Introduction to Industrial Automation. Students in the microprocessorscourse use the Motorola HC12. Another course, EE design I, also has a strong digitalcomponent.The results of the initial offerings, including student feedback and course assessment areincluded. Examples of projects tackled by the students, lessons learned by the faculty, and listsof necessary equipment are provided.IntroductionWestern Kentucky University has had an engineering technology program for more than thirtyyears. This program has served the need of local Kentucky industries. However, with the rapidprogress in the local industries, engineering technology program can not satisfy the localindustry’s requirement any more. WKU decided to phase out the engineering

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Bob Wilkins

learning therespective software programs as described earlier. The computer classrooms were used to teachthe students fundamental components of each respective software program. Faculty memberswould provide a short tutorial during the initial portion of each period, followed by hands-on Page 9.915.5practice by the students working with their functional counterparts from other teams. For Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lumsdaine Arnold; Jack Waserman; J. A. M. Boulet

curriculum, and that haveunique answers. Because of this last restriction, we do not include open-ended problems Students’ difficulties in moving from textbook problems to realistic engineering problems isnot surprising, since textbook problems are necessarily much simpler than realistic engineeringproblems. (One must first grasp basic concepts and principles, and then apply them to simplified“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.1297.1 Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”situations to solidify that initial understanding. Only then

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Valerie Vance; Michael Cornachione; Harriet Cornachione

includecomputer software engineering technology, computer engineering technology, electronicengineering technology, mechanical engineering technology, manufacturing engineeringtechnology and environmental science. While teaching is the focus of the schoolmission, two research departments are active; these are the GeoHeat Center and theOregon Renewable Energy Center.Course Development Ongoing assessment of student outcomes for the civil engineering graduates utilizingthe ABET 2000 criteria identified several areas that could be improved1. Particularlyhelpful assessment tools included feedback from the Industrial Advisory Committee forthe Civil Engineering & Geomatics department, employers, and graduates, as well asclassroom assessment tools for

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DEED Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Krouglicof

and Team Selection 3 Engineering Design Tools: Preparation of Initial Concepts for Motion Analysis, Animator First Engineering Design Review 4 Actuator Selection and Sizing: First Engineering Design Review Servo and Stepper motors 5 Actuator Selection and Sizing: Reorganization of Teams as a Result Fluid Power Actuators of Design Review 6 Drive Train Design: Detailed Design of Prototype: Gears Kinematic, Dynamic and Stress Analysis 7 Drive Train Design

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NEE Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Loendorf

cultural shock was experienced during the transitionfrom industry to education. This ranged from excitement to anxiety including a wide array ofemotions in between. Actually this was nothing new. Everyone has experienced it before andsurvived. Just recall the feelings from that first day on the job after graduating from college.Typically it begins at a high point with some trepidation, followed by a low point when realityhits and then settles into a steady state as a semblance of a normal routine appears.How can this transition be made as smooth as possible? Tackling the problem as an engineer,research would be the first step. Many excellent books and papers have been written on effectiveteaching techniques and practices including those by Gupta

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

their classes. Theproject is currently in the first year of a five-year program that establishes mentor teachers whothen assist in the dissemination to other teachers from their grade levels. The initial set ofteachers is high school educators. In subsequent years middle school, late elementary, and earlyelementary teachers will have the same professional development and mentoring opportunities.IntroductionIn response to the educational reform act of 19931, Massachusetts implemented statewidecurriculum frameworks in 1994. The state education reform included a mandated review of thecontent standards used in the curriculum frameworks after five years of implementation. Reviewof the initially implemented sciences standards, along with knowledge of

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Johnson

pneumatic actuators. Additionally, switches were installed in amanual control box to facilitate testing of each pneumatic actuator in isolation.The smart pallet communicating by means of the infrared emitter/detector circuit initiates arequest for loading services. If the loading station is available, it acknowledges the request forservice and deploys the pallet stop pin on the assembly line. Next the pallet lifting pins areactivated, the transfer arm is extended, the pallet lifting pins are then deactivated and the smartpallet is moved to the assembly position. Once the smart pallet is in the assembly position, the Page 9.1435.3microcontroller

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Qaissaunee

telecommunications; • Develop collaborations with regional high school, 2-year and 4-year colleges and business and industry; • Provide professional development opportunities for regional collaborating institutions, possibly for academic credit; • Develop business and industry training initiatives and develop a team of faculty to provide this training; • Plan, develop, and host academic/industry training seminars, in collaboration with NCTT; • Contribute to regional institutions’ program improvement; and • Assist regional institutions in applying for grants and other sources of outside support; This project will provide technician training in wireless communications

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Trends in Biological & Agricultural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ron Lacey; Ann Kenimer

agriculturalengineering as potential majors also take the course. Students meet twice per week, one hour forlecture and a second hour for recitation.The primary educational objective for the freshman design course is providing students with aworking knowledge of the engineering design process. Additional outcomes include introducingentering students to topics germane to biological systems and agricultural engineering andintroducing students to the department and its engineering curricula. Finally, the course aims toexcite students about the majors, initiate a sense of camaraderie amongst students, generatestudent interest in professional organizations, and facilitate mentoring by senior leaders.The freshman design course uses semester-long design projects to

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International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

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Roger Hadgraft

Modelling Negotiation Oral Numerical Interviews Prototyping GraphicalAn important role for the initial stages of Program Renewal is to meet with stakeholders toelaborate this group of capabilities. Each discipline also needs to identify those technicalcapabilities that will define the RMIT graduate.Stakeholder needsSome simple questions used to open the discussion with stakeholders were:• What industry segments are represented?• What are the emerging trends in your businesses?• How are your businesses responding to

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ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anthony Dean; Carol Considine

during the initial offering of these classes, CET460 in the fall of 1999, CET 495 in the summer of 2000, and ENMA in the fall of 2001.TELETECHNET classes are typically offered in a three-hour delivery window one-day a weekthrough out an entire semester. The lecture periods were broken into three 50-minute sessionswith 10-minute breaks between sessions. All notes were presented via Power Point with theinstructor expanding on the content during the class period. This lecture format was tedious forthe instructor and the students. The information was fed in one direction, teacher to students,students were given copies of Power Point so there was little note taking, and the instructorperformed example problems. Other than a few questions there was

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Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joel Weinstein

communication and was giventhe task of managing an outside organization composed of professionals. Nepotism mayhave been the only qualification for the customer to have their position.The students were reminded that they would have to create a product based on theinformation received from the customer—and the customer was often unwilling or unableto supply enough detail. This required that the team research the problem, the industry andthe solution space to complete the task at hand. These harsh lessons in reality wereconsidered one of the highlights of what the student teams learned in the course.Course Methodology Page 8.347.2This course was taught in a

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Heist; Paul Marnell; Graham Walker

, andthe images of the slides are captured directly from the computer. This subsequently results in acommunication issue in that when the instructor refers to an element on the slide the instructortends to point to the item. However, since only one still shot is recorded for each slide, thestudents sometimes have problems following the presentation on an initial viewing. This problemhas not been resolved fully at present, but one solution being explored is to capture a new stillimage of the instructor each time the instructor points to the slide.Video LimitationsThe video element also proved to have a significant flaw in that the resolution proved to be toopoor to clearly capture clear computer screen shots. Initially, the images from the

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Redfield Robin; Robert Borchert; Brian Self

work on homework problems, and occasionally we havemandatory labs or projects during the second hour.Finally, USAFA is an undergraduate only institution where education is the top priority. Classsizes are small, averaging 15 students per class section. This allows us opportunities that may notbe practical at traditional universities with large class sections. Many of the projects that we usemight serve as interesting class demonstrations, or could be used in a recitation section.Assessment ToolsMany universities have now established departments to assist with educational research andtechniques. The Center for Educational Excellence (CEE) at USAFA offers numerous brownbaglectures as well as expertise in assessment and pedagogical improvement

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krupczak

Engineering (SME&T) programs concentrate more effort on the80% of college students who are not SME&T majors. In response, science and engineeringfaculty are developing courses intended to specifically address the needs of the non-SME&T Page 8.40.1students. A review of some historical background information and relevant new developmentsProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationhas been compiled by Byars [2]. In these initiatives for non-SME&T students, a need exists forlaboratory exercises to accompany the lecture

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

whenit deals with unreal forces.As explained in more depth in [3], our new approach delays the treatment of machines andstructures and instead focuses initially on situations in which the forces of interest are readilyperceivable. Such forces include those that students exert with their own hands, as well as forcesthat are evident by virtue of the perceivable deformations and motions associated with them. Wetake advantage of people’s strong intuitive sense of how to balance objects in various ways byhand and how to balance themselves. All the basic concepts of Statics, including forces, Page 8.813.1moments, couples, static equivalency, free

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Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Harris

. Theresults are assessed with student surveys. The technical aspects went well, but students wouldhave liked to have learned more about their counterparts’ culture. In the Spring of 2003, we arerepeating the course with a planned Spring Break trip to Turkey.Course StructureThe METU seniors in the project had completed EE413, a senior/Masters-level VLSI designcourse taught by Tayfun Akin in Fall 2001. Six of the students chose to continue with the designproject in Spring 2002. Although the initial proposal called for granting credit, the METUbureaucracy could not approve credit in time and the students participated on a purely voluntarybasis.The HMC juniors and seniors were enrolled in E158 (Introduction to CMOS VLSI Design),taught by David Harris in

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2001 Annual Conference

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Walter E. Thain Jr.; Thomas Fallon

model requires synergy between a number of groups within a corporation thattraditionally operate in a more autonomous fashion. One of the most valuable assets in this newtype of corporation is an employee that has a good understanding of the technical aspects of acomputer network, how networks under gird server-based applications, and how to manage andoptimize these resources.1 Page 6.20.1The State of Georgia is actively involved in fostering the growth of the telecommunicationsindustry within the state through its Yamacraw program.2 The Board of Regents of theUniversity System of Georgia is seeking ways to support this initiative, one of which

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2001 Annual Conference

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Herbert Hess

Figure 5. Power Quantity Improvements. wind energy is also significantly greater during the winter. A study of the wind patterns reveals that another windmill may cut the remaining diesel generator load in half, saving a great deal of fuel. Details of the design are shown on the project’s website [3]. The students express the results of their investigation in terms of the number of times that thebatteries would have to be charged weekly. This is a metric that the homeowner easilyunderstands. Initially, theenergy requirements drain thebatteries eight times per weekin the winter and 4.1 times perweek in the summer. Theeffect of each of theimprovements is apparent inFigure 5. They are additive.The homeowner may use

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2001 Annual Conference

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Abraham Michelen

high-level mathematical language for technical computing. In manyuniversities and colleges it is the standard instructional tool for courses in mathematics,engineering, technology, and science. In industry it is widely used as a tool for analysis,development and research. MATLAB integrates computation, visualization andprogramming in an environment that is easy to learn and use.From the point of view of its usage, MATLAB is mainly an interactive system. At thecommand line the user types statements expressed in familiar mathematical notation,and the system responds immediately with the solution of the request. For instance, tocreate a plot of the function t*sin(t) for the time interval 0 to 20 in steps of 0.05, wewould type

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2001 Annual Conference

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Mark Plichta; Mary Raber

operatetheir own business. Development and implementation of this program was made possible in largepart through support from the National Science Foundation's Action Agenda Initiative for Sys-temic Engineering Education Reform. Program development has been a collaborative effortbetween faculty in the College of Engineering, the College of Sciences and Arts, and the Schoolof Business and Economics. Within engineering programs the philosophy behind the EnterpriseProgram is to provide a flexible curricular structure that leads to a traditional engineering degreewhile at the same time enabling students to participate in the operation of a real enterprise overmultiple years. During the first year of the program (AY2000-01) eleven enterprises have

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2001 Annual Conference

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Allen Estes; Stephen Ressler

Session 2215 ExCEEd Teaching Workshop: Fulfilling a Critical Need Allen C. Estes, Steven J. Ressler United States Military AcademyAbstractIn response to the need to develop Civil Engineering faculty as effective teachers, the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers developed the landmark faculty development initiative ExCEEd(Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) which includes the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop(ETW). The ETW is an intense, hands-on, high quality five-day workshop consisting ofseminars, demonstrations, practice classes, critiques, and social events. Three ETWs have

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Melissa Lin; Aik Mon

a Web-enabled alumni database for remote access by our faculty andstaff. The alumni database was created from a spread sheet that contains the following fields:Title, Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial, Degree Received, Major, Graduation Date,Address, City, State, Zip code, Email address, Phone, Employer, ID, Last Gift Amount, Last Giftdate, and Total Gift Amount. The developed Web-based alumni database has the followingcapabilities: • View data records for all alumni (20 records per screen) • Find a specific alumnus or group of alumni by their Last Name, First Name, Graduation Date, City, State, or Employer • Update specific fields on alumni data records • Update, delete, and add alumni records to

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Eaglin; Z. Qu; Q. Zhang; P. Wahid; Issa Batarseh

curriculum, especially in the engineering transition courses. Page 5.460.1Over the last few years, several national efforts have been initiated to develop multi-media and web-based education material [2-9]. Most of these efforts focused on developing Graphical UserInterfaces (GUI) for the purpose of "display", but with limited interactivity. Based on our research,none of today’s web-based educational tools allow students to perform a generalized and real timesimulation of engineering problems in the interactive web-based instructional environment. Forexample, in [3,6], the web-based simulation sites are predefined and only limited to specific

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2000 Annual Conference

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William H. Sprinsky

previous surveying courses. SeeSprinsky, 1997 [1] for the initial approach to construction of large scale mapping. We alsoemphasize the continuum of the large scale mapping task by using photogrammetry to obtain the(X,Y,Z) coordinates of points in the DTM, as students did in their previous ground surveyingclasses. From the construction of the DTM onward the process is identical. An additional Page 5.491.3product of the Photogrammetry instruction and practice is an understanding of the role played byASCII and .DXF files in the integration of products from a number of very different softwarepackages. As well, the students learn to judge each step of

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2000 Annual Conference

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John S. Mullin; James J. Alpigini

tree for finding the string with the greatest value,given strings: S1, S2, and S3.The definition and use of arrays, the while, and do..while statements are covered in lecture four.As an introduction to the corresponding assignment, the focus returns to the use of the Waterfallmodel. The initial problem statement is that the program must request the temperatures for a weekfrom the user, determine the average, the high and the low temperature, and the day on which thehigh and low occurred. Before moving to the analysis stage the students are asked if they aresatisfied with the statement of requirements. Typically, the students erroneously indicate that theyare in fact satisfied. In one case a student with significant marketing experience

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Nestor

, and for a number of other CAD tools as well.Following the general framework of iterative algorithms, simulated annealing repeatedlyapplies moves to different cells in a placement, and “downhill” moves that decrease thecost function are always accepted. However, “uphill” moves are also sometimesaccepted probabilistically under the control of a temperature parameter T. Specifically, amove that increases the cost function by C is accepted with probability P=e-( C/T).The algorithm operates in two nested loops. In the outer loop, the value of T is graduallylowered from an initial value which allows most uphill moves to be accepted down to afinal value where no uphill moves are accepted. In the inner loop, a large number ofmoves are attempted at

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Buchal

includes over 200 ADAMS mechanism animations and simulationmodels. Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics by Hibbeler11, includes a CD-ROM withover 120 simulation models based on Working Model 2D 12 from MSC Software.To the author’s knowledge, no one has yet attempted to create a catalog of useful mechanismsincluding animations and simulation models.Procedure for creating a mechanism simulationThis section outlines the generic procedure used to create mechanism animations and simulationsusing a midrange CAD package coupled with a mechanism simulation package. The author ismost experienced with Solid Edge and Dynamic Designer, but the procedure would be similarwith other tools.Creating CAD modelsMechanisms can be initially modeled as

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff

first of these conditions is, of course, the use of active methods whichgive broad scope to the spontaneous research of the child or adolescent and require that everynew truth to be learned be rediscovered or at least reconstructed by the student, and not simplyimparted to him”2. Active learning is more engaging and stimulating. Our goal is to educateexcellent engineers by engaging students through inspiration, example, and by giving themaccess to relevant and interesting in class activities rather than using lecture methods alone.First year students today tend to come in with good “virtual” skills but with limited tinkering andhands-on experiences with devices and consumer products. The results of a survey given to all1200 incoming engineering