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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Wang; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

engineering through exposure to four engineering disciplines: civil,mechanical, electrical and computer, and biomedical engineering. For each unit, studentstypically work in groups of three to five to complete a project under the guidance of one of fiveundergraduate Pratt Engineering student teachers. A graduate student coordinates each team ofundergraduate teaching fellows. In Techtronics I, students build balsa wood bridges,programmable robots, heart monitors, and solar powered devices. In Techtronics II, returningand new students are participating in an entirely new curriculum during the 2002-2003 academicyear. Techtronics II is comprised of approximately half returning students and half new students.Though some students have been lost, the 50

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Guido Lopez

andcomputational burden that are typical of in-class, exam, or take-home problems in physics, cannow be effectively and quickly executed by computer software. This approach frees time forinstructors to emphasize concepts instead of procedures and helps students to master theunderlying science of their engineering disciplines with greater confidence and efficacy. Thispaper presents a comparative study between a traditional approach to teaching engineeringphysics, and an innovative approach that uses the computer software EES (acronym forEngineering Equation Solver), to convey concepts and principles of physics by minimizingmathematical manipulation and computational burden associated with the practice of problem-solving. This new approach and examples

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Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ted Thiede; James Hereford

Conversion of Physics-Based Labs to an Engineering Physics Curriculum Theodore D. Thiede and James M. Hereford Department of Physics and Engineering Murray State University Murray, KY 42071AbstractIn recent times there has been a shift of enrollment of undergraduates from more traditional,research-oriented physics curricula toward more general, applied, engineering physics curricula.As part of this process, the emphasis of activities in undergraduate laboratories must shift from asole focus on understanding physical phenomena to include a focus on providing the tools andexperiences that will allow

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mike Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Ed Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

demonstrate how ahybrid approach to active learning can be accomplished. We will describe the coursestructure briefly, followed by insights derived from student writings and feedback, somediscussion of our lessons learned, and our overall recommendations for courses of thistype.II. Course structure – Elementary Classical Physics I and II (Honors)II.A. OverviewThe course we will be describing is a special section of our standard two-semestersequence of elementary classical physics. The Honors distinction implies it is forstudents in the university’s Honors Program, however we also permit other students toenroll. This distinction allows us to teach the course differently and apply differentperformance standards for the students than for those in the

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Budny Dan; Teresa Larkin

and reliable learning-style identification instrument. The PEPS is currently beingused as a research tool within the introductory physics course for non-majors at AmericanUniversity. Two teaching approaches that have been developed based on a learning-style approachwill be shared. These approaches include the use of writing as well as interactive, live online chatsusing Blackboard technologies. Ideas for effective adaptation of these approaches by educators inother branches of science, as well as mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) educationare discussed.I. INTRODUCTION The brisk changes that continue to occur in modern society, and in academia in particular,suggest that learning must be a continuous process. A growing body of

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fredrick Cowan; Alan Gravitt; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

Peters, M. J., 1982, “Teaching Problem-Solving in Physics: A Course in Electromagnetism,” American Journal of Physics, Vol. 50, No. 8, pp. 725-732.36. Yang, C. C., and Yang, M-H, 1997, “Constraint Networks: A Survey,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Orlando, FL, pp. 1930-1935.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONF. SCOTT COWANMr. F. Scott Cowan is a doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, where healso attained his M.S. His research interests include collaborative product development and engineering design.He is a 1997 NASA Graduate Student Research Fellow, and has been a member of ASME and ISSS. Scott is aSTEP Fellow from the 2002-03 academic year.MARION C

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang

Session 3480 On the Development of an Undergraduate Research Training Program in Geophysics1 Guoqing Tang*, Caesar R. Jackson*, G. Van Ness Burbach*, Dominic P. Clemence**, Legunchim Emmanwori** and Mark Kithcart*** *Department of Physics/**Department of Mathematics/ ***Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 274111. IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to present an ongoing effort to develop an undergraduate

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Brad Kinsey

role. For example, the ability tocorrectly visualize three dimensional objects when they are represented in two dimensions, suchas in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software or in a detailed part drawing, is essential forengineers. Not surprisingly, due to self selection, engineering students typically score higher onspatial ability tests than their non-engineering counterparts. Research has shown that the spatialability of engineering students will improve during a semester long CAD based design courseand also that students prefer working with actual physical objects when developing these skillsduring a drafting course. However, whether the integration of an actual physical model with theCAD software can generate even greater improvement in

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Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Abul Azad

Cambridge, wysiwyg://437/http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONABUL K M AZADObtained PhD (control engineering) from the University of Sheffield (UK) in 1994. He is now an AssistantProfessor with the Engineering Technology Department of NIU. Dr Azad has over 50 papers in this area and isactive with professional bodies. His current teaching and research interest includes digital electronics,mechatronics, intelligent control and real-time computer control of engineering systems.ANDREW W. OTIENOReceived his Ph.D. from Leeds University, UK in 1994 and has been at Northern Illinois University since August2000. His research is in the area of finite element modelling, machining processes, tool wear monitoring andstructural health

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sallie Townsend; Natalie Segal

. Page 8.1184.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationDr. Townsend (hereafter “I”) also teaches a section of algebra-based physics for the College ofArts & Sciences. That section may include Ward College students in addition to biology, premedstudents, and criminal justice majors. The students are typically not interested specifically in theterse language of mathematics, which is, after all, the grammar of physics. But they are virtuallyall required to take the course. The issue, once again, is diversity, teaching the solution of wordproblems in physics to students who are not necessarily strong

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jolly Lesley; David Radcliffe

constructed fromthree guiding principles as follows; 1. Demonstrable Practicality 2. Critical Interdisciplinarity 3. Holistic ReflexivityThese three principles provide respectively; (i) an intrinsic motivation for all the stakeholders(including students, faculty and administrators), (ii) a contrary view to challenge tacitassumptions in engineering and engineering education and (iii) encouragement to adopt a critical,aesthetic and ethical orientation to the task.The framework is not, as might have been expected, a flow chart or decision matrix to guide thechoice of the most appropriate research method or a detailed instrument to assess the scholarshipof teaching. Guides of this type already exist and more are appearing

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nicole Loock; Joan Dannenhoffer

Engineering Education”STSC, the required attendance commitment, and their instructor’s commitment to the program.Subject matter faculty in physics reported that students in the study teams were actively workingas a team before each physics class began (comparing answers they had gotten on homeworkproblems, teaching each other how to do homework problems). This teamwork continued duringactive-learning activities during class and during physics labs.Subject matter faculty in physics reported that the students on the study teams were friendlytowards each other in class and lab and their attitude about studying physics was improved withthis additional social aspect.Improved grades, observed active learning, increased class participation, and improved

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

Session 1630 Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies Dr. John A. Marshall, Dr. June E. Marshall University of Southern Maine / Saint Joseph’s CollegeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and describe teaching tools and techniques thatwill help new faculty as well as experienced faculty become more effective teachers.Based on a review of the literature, the following excerpts have been divided into twomajor sections. The focus of the first section is the learning process, and the secondsection discusses innovative methods of teaching.Topics included in the “Learning” section include: 1) Focusing on Learning

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Eswara Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy; Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

Page 8.317.9Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. McDermott, L.C., and Redish, E.F., “Resource Letter: PER-1: Physics Education Research”, Am. J. Phys., 67 (9),September 1999, pp. 755-767, and references therein.2. Arons, A.B., Teaching Introductory Physics, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.3. McDermott, L.C., Shaffer, P.S., and the Physics Education Group, Tutorials in Introductory Physics, PrenticeHall, 1998.4. Hake, R.R., “Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand student survey o f mechanics testdata for introductory physics courses”, Am. J. Phys., 66 (1), January 1998, pp. 64-74, and

Conference Session

Physics and Math Division Luncheon

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

mathematical analysis of wavelettheory in both the one and two-dimensional case. Page 8.460.2 1 Funded by the Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”II. Two-dimensional Windowed Fourier Transforms.Let f(x,y) be a function whose domain is the spatial location within an image located at coordinates,(x,y), and whose range gives the gray level intensity at the location, (x,y) where 0 corresponds toblack and 255 corresponds to white. If we are interested in the frequency content of

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mario Medina; Louis Thurston

]. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationTAMUK is located in Kingsville, Texas. It is the only comprehensive university and the onlypredominantly residential university in South Texas. TAMUK is committed to its role in theSouth Texas area through teaching, research, and service. Its mission of teaching, scholarlyactivity and professional service is considered essential to the advancement of knowledge andregional development. The university is a member of the HBCU-MI (Historically BlackColleges and Universities-Minority Institutions). Sixty five percent of its student body is ofHispanic background.Curriculum

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Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kristin Wood; Daniel Jensen; Alan Dutson; Matthew Green

Page 8.158.1literature. In this paper we focus on three major categories of active learning: (i) hands-on Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationexperiences; (ii) interactive visually-oriented multimedia; and (iii) group learning processes. Theengineering education literature definitively shows that these active learning approaches enhancethe learning process tremendously when correctly implemented. The basis for implementing suchactive learning approaches is found in several established learning models.2. Learning ModelsThe pedagogical foundation of our active learning approach to engineering

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ferat Sahin; Wayne Walter

Session Number 1332 Multidisciplinary Microrobotics Teaching Activities in Engineering Education Ferat Sahin, Ph.D., and Wayne Walter, Ph.D., P.E. Kate Gleason College of Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology 79 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623 feseee@rit.edu, wwweme@rit.edu1 IntroductionWithin the College of Engineering at RIT, a small nucleus of faculty from four differentdepartments have been quietly developing expertise in the area of MEMS and

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wafeek Wahby

Effects Of Color In Teaching The Visualization Of Rotations In Diagrams Of Three Dimensional Structures,” British Educational Research Journal, Vol. 11(3), pp. 227-239. 4. Croft, F. M. (2001). “Using CADKEY to Solve Shortest Connector Problems,” Engineering Design Graphics Journal, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 6-13. 5. Wahby, W.S. (October, 2002). “Multi-Media Applications for Engineering Graphics Courses,” Proceedings, the Inaugural ASEE/SEFI/TUB International Conference on Global Changes in Engineering Education, Berlin, Germany. 6. Burleson, W., Ganz, A., and Harris, I. (2001). “Educational Innovations in Multimedia Systems,” ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, pp. 20-31

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Warren Turner; Glenn Ellis

Announcer, Vol. 22, No. 2 (1994). 13. Beichner, R., “Testing Student Interpretation of Kinematics Graphs”, Am. J. Phys., Vol. 62, (1994).GLENN W. ELLIS is the Ford Motor Visiting Professor of Engineering Education in the PickerEngineering Program at Smith College. Educated as an engineer, he is an award-winning teacherwho has taught at both the college and secondary school levels. His current research isdeveloping K-16 engineering curricula that adhere to the best research on learning and teaching.WARREN A. TURNER is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at Worcester PolytechnicInstitute. He has taught extensively at both the college and secondary school levels and iscurrently the laboratory coach for the United States Physics Team

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Timothy Wheeler

, J.D., Wheeler, T.F., Croskey, C.L., Meisel, D.M. (1999). SPIRIT: Student Projects Involving RocketInvestigation Techniques, ESA SP-43713 Wheeler, T. (2003). SPIRIT III: International Collaboration in an Undergraduate Research Program. Submittedto Schreyer National Conference: Innovations in International EducationTIMOTHY F. WHEELER is a Research Assistant in the Penn State University Department of ElectricalEngineering. Besides his work with the SPIRIT Projects, he teaches Senior Capstone “Sponsored Projects”sections. He also builds analog hardware for sounding rocket research probes of the mesosphere. Page 8.1025.8Proceedings of

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Safa Sadeghpour; Ragu Vijaykumar; Mark A. D'Avila; Joseph V. Bonventre; Heather Gunter

individual faculty member. Such asustainable freestanding curriculum could be disseminated amongst departments and universities.One test of its disseminability will be its effectiveness as a teaching tool in an undergraduatebiotransport course at Northwestern University during the Fall 2003 semester.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported primarily by the Engineering Research Centers Program of theNational Science Foundation under Award Number EEC-9876363. The authors are grateful toProfessor Tomas Lorenzo-Perez, and Learning by Doing, an I-Campus project of the MIT-Microsoft Alliance for assistance with the implementation of the on-line tutorials, to JairamEswara for providing the exam data from the original curriculum, to Itty ‘James’ Samuel for

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Enos Charles Inniss

.Author BiographyENOS INNISSEnos Inniss is Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio(UTSA). He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2000. Histeaching and research interests are in pollution control, more specifically water (biological) treatmentprocesses. He is currently one of two Master WebCT Users in the College of Engineering as designatedby Teaching and Learning Center at UTSA. Page 8.526.11 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American

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Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

Session 3475 Teaching Reflective Skills in an Engineering Course David Socha†§, Valentin Razmov§, Elizabeth Davis † Center for Urban Simulation and Policy Analysis § Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of WashingtonAbstractOne of the most effective tools for lifelong learning is the ability to reflect and learn fromexperience. Reflection helps to clarify our understanding of the world and to create newdistinctions and possibilities for the future. It is a way of

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Burt Swersey

Inventor’s and Innovator’s Alliance.11 AndNCIIA has funded a number of the individual projects, allowing for the filing of patentsand further development. An example of a project that started in IED and continued inInventor’s Studio, is the development of a Double Dutch rope jump machine. One patenthas issued on the original design and a second patent is pending.Ten Suggestions for Teaching Engineers to Invent:1. Prepare the students by coordinating the course with prerequisites that cover topicssuch as the design process, using a design notebook and team skills.2. Insist on designs that are innovative, provide significant benefits to users, combine newtechnology in unique ways, do not require extensive research and can be done in onesemester.3

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Oerther

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences.1. Oerther, D.B., 2002, Principles of Biology in Environmental Engineering: Molecular Biology-Based Identification of Microorganisms, Proc. of the 2002 ASEE Ann. Conf. and Expo. Session 2251. CD-ROM. 7 pages.2. Oerther, D.B., 2002, Developing a New Course to Introduce Molecular Biology to Environmental Engineers, J. Chem. Engrg. Ed., 36(4):.Biographical Information.DANIEL B. OERTHER is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Oerther’s research and teaching interface environmentalengineering with

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

rewarding experience. Page 8.691.10 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationJEFFREY A. STARKE is an Instructor in the Environment al Engineering Program at the United States MilitaryAcademy. His current research interests include evaluation of the efficacy of iodine and UV as methods ofdisinfection for small scale water treatment systems. His teaching interests include physicochemical and biologicaltreatment processes and water

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

. degree from Cornell University in 1980, and a B.S. from theUniversity of Kentucky in 1979, all in Civil Engineering. Dr. Philpot teaches Statics and Mechanics of Materialsand is the project director of the U.S. Department of Education grant that supported this work. Dr. Philpot is theauthor of MDSolids – Educational Software for Mechanics of Materials.RICHARD H. HALLRichard H. Hall is an Associate Professor of Information Science and Technology at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He received his BS degree in Psychology from the University of North Texas, and PhD degree inExperimental Psychology from Texas Christian University. He is the director of UMR’s Media ResearchLaboratory, and his research focuses on Web Design and Usability

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gary Gray; Andrew Miller; Francesco Costanzo; Charles Randow

, will present some examples of notebooks we have created, and will provide advice for instructors wishing to create notebooks of their own. It is hoped these in- novative approaches will help educators to better illustrate and will help students to more easily grasp fundamental concepts that are crucial in understanding dynamics.IntroductionThere are a great variety of tools and teaching methods available to lecturers who areproviding instruction to engineering students in today’s colleges and universities. Thechoices made among these many options are often due to the particular backgrounds and Page 8.839.1 Proceedings of the 2003

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Manuel Rossetti

II, ChemistryI, English Composition I and II, and Principles of Industrial Engineering. Satisfactory completionof the pre-professional curriculum is a prerequisite for enrollment in any 2000-level or higherengineering course. The course has contained between 80 and 100 students over the last fewofferings and is divided into a group lecture component and individual drill sections containingaround 20 students each. In the past, the course has relied heavily on lecture supported by handson laboratory/drill sections. The material in lecture was often a survey of topics in IndustrialEngineering delivered in a standard lecture format. In addition, the lecture included curriculumadvising, faculty introductions, and study skill development. Drill or