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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gene Liao

Session FEA Application in Sheet-Metal Assembly Process As A Senior Team Project Gene Y. Liao Wayne State UniversityAbstractAs FEA software is becoming increasingly user friendly, it is feasible to utilize it in a team-basedsenior project. The underlying philosophy of the project is to introduce students to FEA that iscurrently used in manufacturing practice in the automotive sector. In particular, students areintroduced to the FEA through a project evaluating the quality of an assembly process on theautomotive sheet

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College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Judith Miller; Paula Quinn; Jill Rulfs; John Orr

Lessons Learned in a University-Public School Partnership for Teaching Engineering in Grades 2-6 John A. Orr, Judith Miller, Jill Rulfs, Paula Quinn Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractWorcester Polytechnic Institute is conducting an NSF-funded GK-12 program titled "K-6 Gets aPiece of the PIEE (Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education).” The goals include (1)assisting the Worcester Public School System to implement curricula in engineering andtechnology at the elementary level, and (2) providing in-depth involvement with K-6 educationto WPI graduate and undergraduate students as they pursue their own technical education. At themid-point of the

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IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Archibald; Michelle Clauss; James Dupree

Entr epr eneur ship in Capstone Design Using Inter disciplinar y Teams and a Business Plan Competition Dr. Mark Archibald, Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Michelle Clauss, Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. James Dupree, Department of Business Grove City CollegeAbstr act: Mechanical Engineering seniors at Grove City College participate in thecollege-wide business plan competition as one of their Capstone Design requirements.Capstone students work on teams focused on product development – includingconception, design, market surveys, manufacturing, and production planning.Interdisciplinary teams include about six

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Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

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Doug Tougaw

SESSION 944 Integration of Active Learning Exercises into a Course on Probability and Statistics Douglas Tougaw Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Valparaiso University 1. Introduction The benefits of active and cooperative learning exercises have been promoted in workshops, education journals, and entire scholarly monographs.1-8 In particular, the benefits of these teaching methods have been studied and endorsed in recent years,9-12 including publication of results that show these methods to increase the effectiveness of teaching and the retention of the material by the

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Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Adams; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

Session 1649 A Modular Approach to Teaching “Wireless Communications and Systems” for ECET Students James Z. Zhang, Robert Adams, Kenneth Burbank Department of Engineering and Technology Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723 Abstract Recent development in wireless technologies has generated a high demand for wireless com-munications professionals. Rigorous math background is needed for students to fully understandwireless communications system fundamentals. However, Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology

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ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Matthew Panhans; Joseph Musto; William Howard

Session 1566 The Impact of Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering on a Small Undergraduate Institution Joseph C. Musto, Matthew A. Panhans, William E. Howard Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractThere is a wealth of published information offering opinions on the future of undergraduateengineering education, and proposing curricular and institutional reforms. These proposedreforms are motivated by three distinct sets of considerations: • emerging technological change, • student/population demographics, and • global sociological conditions.In this paper

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Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kris Wood; John Wood; Daniel Jensen

Enhancing Machine Design Courses Through Use of a Multimedia-Based Review of Mechanics of Materials Dr. John J. Wood, Dr. Daniel D. Jensen, Dr. Kris Wood Department of Engineering Mechanics United States Air Force Academy/ Department of Engineering Mechanics United States Air Force Academy/ Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at AustinAbstractOver the last seven years the Machine Design courses at the United States Air Force Academyand at the University of Texas, Austin have evolved through the

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Jordan; Rosalind Hale; Renee Akbar; Ramona Travis; John Fulwiler

Using a Pre-Service Teacher Institute to Improve the Science and Mathematics Skills of Future Teachers Drs. Renee Akbar, John Fulwiler, Rosalind Pijeaux Hale, William Jordan, and Ramona Travis Xavier University of Louisiana/Louisiana Tech University/Stennis Space CenterIntroductionMathematics and scientific literacy are key requisites for producing students who are problem-solvers and creative thinkers. For the past decade, the American educational landscape has beencharacterized by sweeping reforms to produce such students. The reform movement has twoobjectives – set high standards for students and develop curricula to achieve those standards.These objectives

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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leslie Brunell

students with first hand exposure of real industryprojects, practices and regulations.Additional benefits of this program include the continual interaction between students andpractitioners. Schedules are established and must be adhered to, technical writing and oralcommunication skills are honed while the students become responsible to an outside consultant.This relationship in many cases has facilitated job placement for the graduates of the program.Introduction:With the implementation of ABET 2000 several changes had to be made within the engineeringcurriculum at Stevens Institute of Technology. One of the major changes included revising thecapstone design to accomplish some of the goals set forth in ABET Criteria a through k and meetthe

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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Bertozzi

Implementation of a Three-Semester Concurrent Engineering Design Sequence for Lower-Division Engineering Students N. Bertozzi, C. Hebert, J. Rought, C. Staniunas Daniel Webster College/Embry Riddle Aeronautical University/Clarkson UniversityAbstractOver the past decade the software products available for solid modeling, dynamic, stress,thermal, and flow analysis, and computer-aiding manufacturing (CAM) have become morepowerful, affordable, and easier to use. At the same time it has become increasingly importantfor students to gain concurrent engineering design and systems integration experience. Thepurpose of this paper is to communicate the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

Development of Engineering Case Studies for Integrating Finite Element Analysis into a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Dr. Robert G. Ryan, Dr. Stewart P. Prince California State University, NorthridgeAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University, Northridge usesSolidWorks and related analysis applications such as CosmosWorks and FloWorks as thecomputational tools of choice for solid modeling (CAD) and finite element analysis (FEA).Originally the use of these tools was concentrated in the senior design capstone course, but oneof the Department’s goals is to integrate the use of this

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

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Adam El-Mansouri; Kevin Buck; Herbert Hess

Session: 2220 Technical Aspects of Creating and Assessing a Learning Environment in Digital Electronics for High School Students Adam S. El-Mansouri, Herbert L. Hess, Kevin M. Buck, Timothy Ewers Microelectronics Research and Communications Institute Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Idaho Moscow, IdahoAbstract To develop an interest and an understanding of digital electronics for high schoolstudents, we have created digital electronic projects using a Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA). The approach is module-based

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Security

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2005 Annual Conference

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G Murphy; G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

which canoverwhelm network administrators. Security systems are traditionally often layered in a top-down manner. Abstract models could enable administrators to focus upon relevant details whilstfiltering out non-essential details. Such models could also be used in a top-down fashion thuspermitting the control of complexity via recursive decomposition. There are currently manysecurity models used in industry and for teaching students about network security. These modelsare not only restricted to confidentiality, authentication, data integrity, non-repudiation, andaccess control, but also take into account physical and human aspects that can effect security. Amodel based upon Finite State Machines (FSM) and called a state model is proposed as an

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Exploring Trends in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

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Llewellyn Mann; David Radcliffe

A Reflexive Course for Masters Students to Understand and Plan Their Own Continuing Professional Development Llewellyn Mann, David Radcliffe Catalyst Centre for Society and Technology The University of Queensland AustraliaAbstractContinuing Professional Development (CPD) is seen as a vital part of a professionalengineer’s career, by professional engineering institutions as well as individual engineers.Factors such as ever-changing workforce requirements and rapid technological change haveresulted in engineers no longer being able to rely just on the skills they learnt at university orcan pick up on

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Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sudepta Shabhag; Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

Engineering Implementation in Grades 6-12: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Workshop Model Bonniejean Boettcher, Bree Carlson, Martha Cyr, Sudeepta Shanbhag Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA / University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MAAbstractIn order to assist math, science, and technology education teachers learn engineering designbased content they can use in their classrooms, the Pre-College Engineering for Teachers (PCET)program [1] was developed to provide teachers with professional development training. Throughthis program, teachers can participate as Mentor teachers who attend a two week workshopcalled Tufts Engineering Mentor

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Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Pastirik; Michael Robertson; William Singhose; Joshua Vaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

Involving High Schools Students in a University-Level Mechanical Engineering Design Competition Michael Robertson1, Joshua Vaughan1, William Singhose1, Michael Pastirik2, Marion Usselman3, Donna Llewellyn4 1 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering 2 Cedar Grove High School, DeKalb County School System 3 Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing 4 Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Georgia Institute of Technology

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EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sam Geonetta

Management for Students of Technology: A Case Study in Information Technology Education Dr. Sam C. Geonetta University of Cincinnati, College of Applied Science 2220 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45245Introduction In her article on graduates of engineering and technology programs Kerry Hannonobserves that “. . .corporations want the whole ball of wax—soft skills, science skills, anddiversity.”1 Loria Yeadon, a patent attorney who holds a master’s degree in electricalengineering, emphasizes the need for technology professionals to be “business-minded”.2 InInternetWeek, Nick Evans states that “Most will agree that

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Diane Hickey; Raluca Rosca

Session xxxx How a Successful Idea Traveled: Implementing the Engineering Teaching Portfolio Program at University of Florida Raluca I. Rosca, Diane P. Hickey Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Florida/ Material Science Engineering, University of FloridaAbstractThe paper describes the successful implementation at the University of Florida of theEngineering Teaching Portfolio Program, first developed at University of Washington, Seattle.The local version of the program (ETP-UF) was realized as a graduate student program of theSociety of Women

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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sam Geonetta

Thinking, Communicating, and Practicing: Development of a Senior Design Capstone Curriculum In Information Technology Dr. Sam C. Geonetta University of Cincinnati, College of Applied Science 2220 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45245Introduction The University of Cincinnati’s College of Applied Science Information Technology (IT)program, founded as the Information Engineering Technology program in 1998, has a significanthands-on component in its requirements. The IT program offers a Bachelor (BS) and Associate(AS) degree option with both day and evening schedules. Learners choose a

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jackson Denise; Charles Aikens

Ignite: A New Paradigm for Curriculum Design and Deployment In Undergraduate Industrial Engineering Education C. Hal Aikens, Denise F. Jackson University of Tennessee – KnoxvilleAbstractThis paper describes a process for achieving major reforms to the undergraduate industrialengineering curriculum at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville (UTK). The work describedhas been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and has as its main goal thedevelopment of a new paradigm for baccalaureate engineering education. The model underdevelopment in UTK’s Department of Industrial and Information Engineering is called Igniteand will build on seven years of

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Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Julie Petlick; Alice Scales; Aaron Clark

Trends and Issues for Engineering/Technical Graphics Education: A Follow-up Survey Aaron C. Clark, Alice Y. Scales and Julie H. Petlick Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7801ABSTRACT –During the 1998-1999 academic year, a survey was conducted to look at current trends andissues in the profession of graphics education (Clark & Scales, 1999). The survey solicitedinformation from the membership of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of AmericanSociety for Engineering Education related to the field. This survey examined their view offuture growth areas, existing

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Fisher; Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

Effects of Participating in a GK-12 Program on the Graduate Students’ Programs of Study Jed S. Lyons, Steve Fisher, and Stephen Thompson University of South Carolina – ColumbiaAbstractThe NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education program at the University of SouthCarolina supports engineering and computer science graduate students to serve as contentresources in local schools. This paper analyzes how participation in the GK-12 program affectedthe Fellows’ university research and program of study. Qualitative and quantitative assessmentdata were collected from the Fellows and from the Fellow’s advisors, evaluated and used toidentify intended as

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Norma Mattei

Measuring the Effectiveness of a Series of Workshops Focused on the Retention of Underrepresented Engineering Faculty Norma Jean Mattei, Ph.D., P.E. University of New OrleansAbstractWith a workforce that is heavy with engineers nearing retirement age and an engineeringundergraduate population growth rate that is fairly flat, administrators will have to focus moreand more on recruitment and retention. Women and minorities have long been underrepresentedin engineering and are a potential source of future engineers. A diverse faculty would, of course,be an asset in getting and keeping a more diverse student body. However, the pool of women andminority

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

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Duane Dunlap; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

Session 2660 Collaborating With Chinese Universities on Engineering and Technology Education: Potentials and Issues From a Curriculum Perspective James Zhang† , Lingbo Zhang‡ , Duane Dunlap† , Ken Burbank† , Xingsheng Gu‡ †Department of Engineering and Technology Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723 USA ‡College of Information Science and Engineering East China University of Science & Technology 130 Mei Long Road, Shanghai, P. R. China 200237 Abstract The globalization of our economy has

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Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joseph Holles

Theory and Methods of Research (or How to Be a Graduate Student) Joseph H. Holles Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MichiganAbstract Today’s graduate students are coming from increasingly diverse backgrounds. Thisincludes students who were in the work force for a few years, students with many yearsexperience now seeking professional degrees, international students as well as conventionalstudents directly from undergraduate programs. While this breadth of backgrounds can result ina vibrant program it also may result in a wide range of ideas about what graduate school actuallyentails and what is expected of the

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College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

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Russell Faux; Meredith Knight; Brian Gravel; Christine Cunningham

Session 2510 Learning through Teaching: A Longitudinal Study on the Effects of GK-12 Programs on Teaching Fellows Brian E. Gravel, Christine M. Cunningham, Meredith T. Knight, Russell Faux Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach/ Museum of Science, Boston/ Davis Square Research AssociatesAbstractIn 1999, the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education began a new projectcalled the GK-12 program. These grants are awarded to universities to have graduate studentsand faculty in STEM fields work with teachers, schools

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Duane Bolick; Richard Drushel; John Gallagher

Increasing Accessibility to a First-Year Engineering Course in Mobile Autonomous Robotics John C. Gallagher 1,2, Richard F. Drushel 3, Duane Bolick 1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering 1 Department of Electrical Engineering 2 Wright State University {dbolick,jgallagh}@cs.wright.edu, rfd@po.cwru.edu Department of Biology 3 Case Western Reserve University rfd@po.cwru.eduAbstractIntroductory classes in the design and programming of mobile autonomous robots offer bothpotential and

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ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Alok Verma

2005-220Physical Simulations in Classroom as a Pedagogical Tool for Enhancing Manufacturing Instruction in Engineering Technology Programs Alok K. Verma, Han P. Bao Anand Ghadmode, Swanand Dhayagude Old Dominion UniversityAbstract Lean is a powerful philosophy that advocates minimization of waste within anorganization. The adoption of Lean Manufacturing philosophy by major manufacturershas created a demand for qualified personnel in this area. Higher education is not farbehind in incorporating this philosophy into their curriculum. A number of

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Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

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Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Dave Confer; Steven York; Michael Gregg; Jeffrey Connor

Design and Implementation of a Fuel Cell Laboratory Experience for Freshman Engineering Students SC. York, Dave Confer, Jeff Connor and Mike Gregg Department of Engineering Education Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityThe Department of Engineering Education (ENGE) at Virginia Tech conducts severalhands-on exercises in the Frith Freshman Design Laboratory throughout the academicyear. A recent addition to this design laboratory experience is a laboratory on fuel cells.This laboratory experience focuses on the operation and applications of fuel cells as apower source and allows the students to handle and operate their own bench-scaleprototype fuel