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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Scott Yost

4 Readability: grammar/punctuation/spelling 4 Clarity of the writing 4 Link between document and appendices 4Oral Presentation Analysis: 50 points/____ Possible Score Time limit 5min (6 min max) 5 Motivation: Outline of Project - overview of issues 10 Customization of content to general engineering (non-water resources) 10 audience Anticipation of client's future needs

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International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahadur Khan Khpolwak; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz

25 2000 73 23 2001 92 24 (projected) 2002 Total* Source: Brief Introduction of CRTA by Engr. Bahadur Khan KhpolwakAs is evident from Table 1.1, there has been a steady increase in the number of students enrolledin the program. At the beginning the majority of students belonged to the Herat region, but asword spread about the success of the Faculty and its program, the number of out of town studentsincreased substantially, surpassing the number of from Herat City.There are students who have returned from Iran and Pakistan to attend the Faculty. This is anindication that the concept

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2001 Annual Conference

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Diana Dabby

positioned to write aboutpainting and painters. He supplies a well-written, mostly anecdotal account of Leonardo’s life.(Vasari was only eight years old when da Vinci died.) Unfortunately, errors abound. Studentsuncover these discrepancies between fact and fiction by carefully reading Vasari’s account intandem with the more accurate chronology. In doing so, they learn the known facts concerningda Vinci's life and build the scaffolding for later information.Both Leonardo and Nabokov provide unambiguous examples of creators whose pursuit ofscience for science’s sake competed with their various artistic projects. Often, such devotion toscience enhanced their art, yet it also encroached on the time allocated to painting and writing,respectively.In

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Kist; Barbara Goldberg; William Lin

control classes experienced the same curriculum and wererequired to fulfill the same course requirements. The format of both groups includedsmall group collaborative learning activities, a cooperative learning capstone project(written and oral), individual assignments and reflections, some lectures, and classdiscussion as well as individual and group conferences.V. Data AnalysisFor this study, several forms of analysis were performed on the data. The statisticaltechniques used were selected because they provided a way to measure differencesbetween two groups. The post-test control group design enabled the researcher tomeasure differences between groups for treatment effects and key outcomes.First, descriptive statistics, simple frequency

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Names “Constructivist” (T, G), “Studio teaching,” (D, G) “ActivePhilosophy for instructional learning” (G, J, S), “Coaching” (T) approachesStrategies Concept, Problem, “Basic IT concepts, principles” (S), “Fundamental [idea]” Interaction, Exercise, (A, D, G, J), “Assignment” (A, D, T, G, J, L, S), Lab (A, Instructional period, D, T, G, J, L, S), “Project” (A, T, G, J, L), “what is a challenge, Unit, Lesson better way to present this than I've done in the past?” (A), “this is one we will build together in class

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Engineering Design in Pedagogy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lammi, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, realistic constraints,collaborative, and includes an artifact or artifact design. The high school program was chosenthrough chain sampling41. Chain sampling for this research involved asking those “in the know”(teacher educators, graduate students as practitioners, the state office of education) torecommend high school programs. The school was chosen from the Mountain West Region. The High School had predominantly White students. The school has a certified pre-engineering program using Project Lead the Way curriculum. There are six courses offered thatbecome available to the students starting their sophomore year: Introduction to Engineering,Digital Electronics, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Computer Integration andManufacturing

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn P Gross, Villanova University; David W Dinehart, Villanova University; Joseph Robert Yost, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

., and Hampton, F.P. (2009), “A Methodology for Undergraduate Curriculum Modification,” Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX.4. Mills, J.E. and Treagus, D.F. (2003) “Engineering Education, Is Problem-Based or Project-Based Learning the Answer?” Australian Journal of Engineering Education.5. Perrenet, J., Bouhuijs, P., and Smits, J. (2000) “The Suitability of Problem-Based Learning for Engineering Education: Theory and Practice,” Teaching in Higher Education, Vol. 5. No. 3.6. Mays, T., Bower, K., Settle, K., and Mitchell, B. (2007) “Using Concept-Oriented Example Problems to Improve Student Performacne in a Traditional Dynamics Course,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual

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Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

International

institution - Demonstrations or presentations (individual or collective) - Portfolios - Homework Page 25.375.4 - Student scores   - Projects at “capstone” courses - Use of rubrics - Evaluation by employers - Tests and oral presentations - Essays and papersSome indirect methods of collection include: - Surveys on attitudes and/or perceptions of students, employers and teachers. - Dropout and failing rates - Focus groups - Interviews with different members of the communityFor Georgia State University learning outcomes assessment is a systematic process of continuousimprovement based on

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Vanderbilt University; Robert James Webster III, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Nagy, Z., 2009, “Applying Kolb’s experiential learning cycle for laboratory education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 98, pp. 283–294. [4] Wieman, C. and Perkins, K., November 2005, “Transforming physics education,” Physics Today, pp. 36–41. [5] Fraser, D., Pillay, R., Tjatindi, L., and Case, J., 2007, “Enhancing the learning of fluid mechanics using computer simulations,” Journal of Engineering Education, No.4, pp. 381–388. [6] Goeser, P., Johnson, W. M., Hamza-Lup, F. G., and Schaefer, D., 2011, “VIEW - a virtual interactive web-based learning environment for engineers,” Advances in Engineering Education. [7] Terpenny, J. and Goff, R., 2006, “Utilizing assistive technology design projects and interdisplinary teams to

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

lend support toneoliberal trends in academia.It may be premature to begin a conversation about alternatives before the critiques of OBE inengineering education have been fully articulated. Tentatively, then, I will point to somestrategies that may address the concerns I have raised here about OBE and EC 2000.We have learned from critical pedagogy that our apparatuses of university administration andaccreditation will reproduce structures of power that we ultimately seek to dismantle, resist, orchange. We cannot retain the same decision-making structures – neither in our universities nor inour accreditation system, and expect to see different results. Thus, a project as simple aschanging ABET outcomes - for example to include diversity as a new

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen M. Doerr, Syracuse University; Jonas Bergman Arleback, Syracuse University; AnnMarie H. O'Neil, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, our goal was to prepare students for success intheir first mathematics course, whether that placement was pre-calculus or calculus. Toaccomplish this goal, we designed a summer course to engage students in challengingmathematics through hands-on modeling projects using collaborative group learning. Thefollowing section of this paper describes the design of the course and its implementation. Thenext section describes results of the students’ performance both within the course and in theirsubsequent courses in mathematics. We then conclude with comments on lessons learned fromthe first implementation of the course, the continuing re-design of the course andrecommendations for future efforts.Course DesignThe overarching objective of this course

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Leah Rineck; Ethan V. Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

minorities and women to UWM’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Jablonski is focusing her dissertation on sustainable oxidation of textile wastewater and is working to create small-scale wastewater treatment units for cottage textile industries. She trained at the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in Nagpur, India where she worked on biodegra- dation of azo dye intermediates. Jablonski served as Co-chair of UWM’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders for two years since its inception in 2007 and continues to help design and implement water distribution projects in Guatemala. Jablonski was a 2008 recipient of the NSF Graduate Fellow- ship Honorable Mention, the 2008 Wisconsin

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

HSIs in preparing atechnically-talented STEM workforce.IntroductionThe powering of today’s New Economy requires individuals to posses the 21st Centuryknowledge, skills and competencies that are needed to fully participate in the STEM Enterprise.At the core of this New Economy is technology, an artifact that must increasingly be leveragedto maximize earning potential and learning experiences. According to the U.S. Department ofCommerce (Langdon, McKittrick, Beede, Knah, & Doms, 2011)1, in 2010, 7.6 million people or1 in 18 workers held STEM jobs. Over the past 10 years, STEM jobs grew three times fasterthen non-STEM jobs. Between 2008 and 2018, STEM jobs are projected to grow by 17 percentcompared to 9.8 percent growth for non-STEM jobs

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

proposal and technical report. The technical report includes a component of each of theprevious assignments – graphics, a definition and a description are all required – and so studentscan learn how these individual pieces of technical writing can function together to form adifferent whole. In the 13th week of class, the content focuses on oral presentations, and studentspresent a five minute oral report on the topic of their technical report. The final week of class isspent reviewing material for the final project, which is a portfolio of the student‘s correctedwork. Throughout the semester, students receive their assignment back with fairly extensivefeedback from the instructor. For the final project, students have to make corrections to

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Penn State University; Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andras Gordon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3118: THE IMPACT OF COGNITIVE STYLE ON CONCEPTMAPPING: VISUALIZING VARIATIONS IN THE STRUCTURE OF IDEASDr. Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Joanna DeFranco earned her Ph.D. in computer and information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, M.S. in computer engineering from Villanova University, and B.S. in electrical engineering from Penn State, University Park. She teaches graduate courses, including Problem Solving, Project Man- agement, Software Systems Design, Computer Forensics, Ethics and Values in Science and Technology, Advanced Software Engineering Studio, and an Information Technology seminar. Previous to entering academia, DeFranco held a number of

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Disadvantages  Research contracts render  Inappropriate theses if not properly opportunities to render valuable supervised public service, particularly in  Certain types of sponsored research problems of national defense may be more suitable for industrial  Contracts for basic research are organizations with which the desirable as means of building up educational institution should not [the] research atmosphere of the compete institute  Steer project in direction of funding  Research contracts… make it agency interest

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A. Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

enhanced using theextended EPS research team as resources with expertise. The extended team includes theinterview team and the external project evaluator, as well as other researchers working on EPS.In addition to reviewing the questions with the extended research team, the interview teampiloted questions with graduate students and working ECPs of similar age as the samplepopulation (between 25-26 years old). The questions were revised and improved during multiplerounds of pilot testing. The final interview protocol probed the ECPs’ past and presentexperiences and future plans. For example, the ECPs were asked if they are currently doing whatthey thought they would be doing as an undergraduate.Participants As previously mentioned, the participants

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

2015. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an11% growth in the need for nuclear engineers in the period up to 2018” [16]. A parallel examplecomes from the UK where in respect of a large underground rail development in London(Crossrail) the contractor reported that it will require 1000 tunnellers. But there were only 500tunnellers in the whole of the UK whose average age is 55 years. Unfortunately it did not saywhat qualifications were required [17].More generally in the United States recent evidence on the demand for personnel seems tosuggest that the pattern of demand is changing. So is there a changing pattern in the demand forpersonnel with technological skills

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Rivera, Universidad Icesi; Andrés López, Universidad Icesi; Andrés Calderón, Universidad Icesi

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

activities, plans and projects to turn the Strategic Intent into reality.Operations professionals will need to provide company leaders with a clear picture of thecompany’s capabilities in terms of technologies and their innovations. They will need to findchallenges that serve the deployment of the corporate strategies in ways the operation’semployees find interesting and engaging. They will explore new areas of operation andknowledge that take advantage of teamwork and shared technical expertise. They have alsoknowledge of the rhythms and cycles of technological change, which they can apply to decisionsrelated to product innovation.One of the additional resources employed in the class is the analysis and discussion of a videorelated to the

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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Catherine Baker Lipe, Cañada College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

originally proposed in the project. This is due to the fact that funds originallybudgeted for a Math Instructional Aide have been freed as a result of Cañada College’s newgrant initiative funded by the US Department of Education through the Hispanic-ServingInstitution Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HSI STEM) grant program. Weanticipate to be able to fund two additional scholars next year. Grant Period Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Number of Applicants 35 31 62 Number of New Awards 21 20 21 % Successful

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Retention of Women Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State University; Shankar Subramaniam, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

faculty in an informal setting.This is one of the most popular events – it attracts 25-40 students, predominantly women, eachtime it is held. This event also attracts women students outside the department (typically 10students) as well as about 8-12 faculty and staff. Page 25.1483.7d) Dead week treats: This event is held the week before the final exam week in fall and spring.This   event   provides   the   women   students   with   a   small   break   from   studying,   test   taking,   and  working   on   final   projects.   Food,   refreshments   and   various   stress-­‐busting   activities

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Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juyeon Y. Kluin, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Investiations and Oversight. (1993). Projecting science and engineering personnel requirements for the 1990s: How good are the numbers? Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 14. Jesiek, B. K., Newswander, L., & Borrego, M. (2009). Engineering education research: Field, community, or discipline? Journal of Engineering Education, 98(1), 39–52. 15. Carroll, D. R. (1997). Bridge engineering for the elementary grades. Journal of Engineering Education, 86(3), 227-231. 16. Jeffers, A. T., Safferman, A. G., & Safferman, S. I. (2004). Understanding K-12 engineering outreach programs. Journal of

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K-12 Teacher Professional Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory; Jill K. Hettinger, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

all general engineering design configurations 1. These common elementsinclude: identifying a problem or forming a goal, recognizing the criteria and constraintsassociated with the problem or goals, brainstorming and exploring potential solutions,constructing a prototype, and evaluating the results. As the National Academy of Engineeringand National Research Council 1 acknowledge, design is not a linear process. Elements of theprocess are revisited when needed and if the project dictates, as optimization can require multipleiterations. Based on the work of NAE and NRC 1 we developed a model that condenses thisprocess into five elements that represent the fundamental aspects of design (see Table 1). Ourintention was to simplify the design

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, and(c) cultural disparities between engineering departments regarding reasonable levels ofassignment difficulty and commensurate time investments. A ‘traditional’ homework, project,and test approach is therefore awkward in this course, which has recently taken on more of aseminar format with higher-level discussions that come with a risk of more superficialassignments and follow-on assessments. For example, electronic instrumentation topics thatwould previously have been addressed at the circuit level must now be taught at the level of ablock diagram so as to engage all of the students. Additionally, team teaching is a temptation, asis a reliance on third-party videos created by experts in the various subject areas. In aggregate,these

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jon Dixon

organizations, particularly technical organizationsthat cannot afford short-term focus. Capital equipment expenditures, research anddevelopment projects, staffing issues and product development are all under increasedpressure to perform anachronistically in the short-term. Even the professionaldevelopment of technical staffs takes a back seat to short-term focus. It is not likely thatsignificant answers to “future needs for life-long learning” will come from this focus.Our graduate engineers are poised to jump into these companies. They are excited aboutbeing offered jobs and beginning careers. They desire to demonstrate ability to translatefrom potential to kinetic their energies. The “real world” is, however, not a warm andfuzzy place. It is into

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2001 Annual Conference

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David Schmidt; Gregory Plett

arm Side View Front View Figure 2. Two views of the MagLev device.The magnets are of an ultra-high field strength rare earth (NeBFe) type. A dry-lubricated guidebushing at the center of the disk slides up and down the rod. A white reflective surface coversmost of the disk. Two laser-based sensors make use of the reflective properties of the disk surfaceto measure the magnet positions. The laser beams are spread by an optical element into a fanshape and are projected onto the diffuse white surfaces of the magnets. Photodetectors view thebeams and generate voltages proportional to the amount incident beam power. The lower sensoris

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Garen Gregorian; Francis Di Bella

thefollowing courses: Machine Design, Statics and Dynamics, Intro. to Design and Intro. to Product Design aswell as student Capstone Design Projects. He is also the Faculty Advisor for the Student’s Mini-Bajavehicle competition.Mr. Garen B. Gregorian, PE, MSCE, MSME is a Project manager with Gregorian Engineers and is anAdjunct Professor at Northeastern University in the Department of Art and Architecture. He has 15 yearsof experience in the construction industry and is a registered professional engineer in five states. Page 6.752.15 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Srinand Karuppoor; Ravinder Chona; Christian Burger

findings have been combined and evolved into acohesive design approach. At the core of this approach is a design philosophy based on goodabstraction, good critical parameter identification, a methodology for questioning and a cognitiveprocess of concept-configuration looping. This philosophy along with the design process istaught in the senior under-graduate design and graduate design courses at Texas A&MUniversity. The students understand and experience the design philosophy and apply the designprocess on real world design projects provided by the industry. This paper describes the designphilosophy and discusses its application in the various stages of the design process. It alsodiscusses the methodologies involved in working through each of

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2000 Annual Conference

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Badrul H. Chowdhury

start-up, good load-following, etc. ♦ short project and construction times Page 5.234.5 ♦ lower operation and maintenance costs. Fig. 2. The combined cycle power plantThe plant arrangement is illustrated in Figure 2. The power block includes a hydrogen-cooledgenerator, a horizontally arranged heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG), a gas turbine, asynchronous clutch used for the steam turbine connection to the generator to maximize operatingflexibility, and a steam turbine that typically features a high-pressure (HP) turbine and acombined intermediate/low-pressure (IP/LP) turbine.3. Power Generation from

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Hajrudin Pasic; Gregory G. Kremer; Bhavin V. Mehta

of entry-level engineering students is focused at Ohio University, but eventually wewould like to extend this effort to other universities. The IPS evaluation team is interdisciplinary, representing the fields of psychology,instructional technology, and education. The team members are particularly qualified to developand lead the evaluation for this project because of their experience in both evaluation andinformation technology. The evaluation plan uses a mixture of quantitative and qualitative(descriptive/anthropological) methods as appropriate for both formative and summativeevaluations as described in Table 5. Ultimately, we plan to compare perceived (survey) andactual (pre/post test) learning, determine if problem solving improves in