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Keeping It Real: Real World Examples and Systems Thinking
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Max Magee, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Tagged Divisions
Mechanics Division (MECHS)
. ● Write equilibrium equations for the FBDs. ● Use a coding language or spreadsheet to solve for the joint reaction forces and list in a table. Part IV ● Discuss how to model a support at a point. ● Create shear force and bending moment diagram for the vertical member of the pool lift. ● Determine the maximum shear force and bending moment location and magnitude Part V ● Choose what values to use for bending moment and centroidal axis to the point of interest for maximum
Conference Session
CPDD Technical Session 2 - Trends in Student and Faculty Support
Collection
2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kathleen Colbry, Michigan State University; Astri Briliyanti; Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University
Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. degrees in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published dozens of peer-reviewed works related to her interests in engineering education and graduate student success, and has been recognized as a Master Facilitator by the National Research Mentor Network. She is also co-PI for two NSF-funded projects that enhance graduate student success: one is a professional development program offering training in communication, teamwork, leadership, and mentoring skills for interdisciplinary work; the other is a joint effort with Spelman College (a historically black institution serving women) to expand opportunities and increase
Conference Session
Professional Skills and Community Building in Chemical Engineering Education
Collection
2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh
with all the information, including in-person or virtual presentation orhands-on activity, pre- and post- surveys to the audience, interactions with K-12teachers, flyersand other materials (i.e., materials for demonstrations, activities). Schoolteachers frequently reporton their impression or evaluation of the activities. Students gather and analyze surveys on theimpact of their activities. All classmates review and peer grade deliverables from other teams.Students evaluate their teammates’ performance in this project. Students provide a self-assessmentof their individual experience. They earn up to 10% of the definitive grade of the course for thisoutreach project. This approach has proved to be fully sustainable, and with an
Conference Session
DEED Technical Session 1: Adapting to COVID and other Design Challenges
Collection
2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University - Pueblo
engineering [5], chemical engineering [3, 4, 6], aeronautical engineering [5], industrialengineering [7], and manufacturing engineering [3, 4, 8], but none addressed engineering designcapstone courses.This work involves senior projects thus it relies heavily on pedagogical methods of PBL as a partof experiential learning [10-12]. In addition, since students work in teams, peer learning (PL) isimplemented as well. PL methods are well-represented and justified in education and psychologyliterature [13-17]. In engineering education literature, PL implementations are addressed inmechanical engineering [18], computer science [19], and electrical engineering [20]. Advantagesand disadvantages of group/teamwork, as well as best practices are also well
Conference Session
Civil Engineering Division ASCE Liaison Committee - Accreditation and Curriculums - What Changes Are Occurring?
Collection
2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Matthew Swenty, Virginia Military Institute; Brian Swenty, University of Evansville
c. Communicate any risks and limitations related to their work d. Present the consequences to clients and employers if their engineering judgment is overruled e. Keep clients’ and employers’ proprietary information confidential f. Perform services only in areas of their competence g. Approve, sign, or seal only work under their responsible charge Peers (5) a. Only take credit for professional work they have completed b. Provide attribution for the work of others c. Foster health and safety in the workplace d. Promote and exhibit inclusive, equitable, and ethical
Conference Session
First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: Student Success Boot Camps, Summer Bridge Programs, and Living Learning Communities
Collection
2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Arturo Fuentes, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
theirDesign • Taking Informed Decisions define options, evaluate own perceptions. • Explaining Decisions choices, tradeoffs, and • Communicating Alternatives communicate decision.Wednesday: • Problem Framing Problem Framing: Peer Reviews: students willReverse • Effective Communication of ability to understand, evaluate their own work,Engineering technical ideas to non-engineers; define and prioritize individually and as a team. Writing Skills complex problems. • Conflict ManagementThursday: • Safety Considerations Project Management: External Reviews
Conference Session
WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts
Collection
2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kaitlyn Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly Cross, University of Nevada, Reno
, we conducted a literature review as part of a larger study to understand what has beenstudied in EER regarding women’s epistemologies. The purpose of this paper is to explore thelandscape of women’s epistemologies in recent EER. Our guiding research question is: “Howhave women’s epistemologies been studied in published engineering education research?”To begin this literature review, we searched through the ASEE conference proceedings database(also known as PEER) for student women’s epistemologies from 2016 to 2021. We chose thistime frame to focus on current research of epistemologies in EER. The keywords used in thesearch were “Epistemology + Women + Engineering.” We focused on engineering students tohighlight the epistemologies that relate
Conference Session
ETD - ET Curriculum and Programs I
Collection
2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gloria Fragoso-Diaz; Billy Gray, Tarleton State University
scholarship programs[11], or through peer advising, mentoring, tutoring and professional development workshops tolearn more about factors associated with their persistence in their programs [12], or studyminorities [13], etc. We can also find efforts that begin before technologists go to a four-yearinstitution. In [11], the authors introduce the approach to understanding better of the“professional identity, culture and formation” of the technologists that will go on to four-yeardegree programs colleges. We can also find reviews of approaches to student retention such asthe work reported by Mann and Tan [14]. These authors analyzed several approaches toundergraduate engineering education including “1) development of interdisciplinaryundergraduate
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Monica Stephens, Spelman College; Tiffany Renee Oliver, Spelman College; Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, PLR Consulting
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering Division (WIED)
individualized tutoring tostudents who have trouble in a course. All students take the python programmingcourse and are placed into mathematics, either precalculus or differential calculus,based ontheir performance on a math placement assessment. Students are given the option toaccept or decline the grades for the summer courses. There is no penalty for declininga grade. Ultimately, our goal is to build students’ confidence and facility with thesecourses. 2. Enrichment SeriesThe enrichment series includes training on college readiness (study skills, timemanagement, self-advocacy), professional readiness (resume’ writing, technicalwriting, presentation skills), science identity and community (belonging, Blackfemale role models, peer-mentoring
Conference Session
Innovative Programs - Structure, Delivery, Evaluation
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Continuing Professional Development
. Tristan T. Utschig is Assistant Director for the Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Formerly, he was Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho where he developed and directed the pre-engineering program at the college. Dr. Utschig’s research in engineering education has focused on assessment at various levels from the classroom to program and institutional assessment. He has regularly published and presented work on a variety of topics including teaching diversity, using technology in the classroom, faculty development in instructional design, assessment instruments and methodologies, and peer
Conference Session
NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
David Hartenstine, Western Washington University; Perry Fizzano, Western Washington University; Joseph Arthur Brobst, Old Dominion University; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Regina Barber DeGraaff, Western Washington University
Tagged Topics
Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
ASEE in 2016 [1].The project team, all of whom are authors of this paper, includes a math professor (Hartenstine),a computer science professor (Fizzano), the host institution’s College of Science andEngineering’s STEM Outreach and Inclusion Specialist (Barber DeGraaff), as well as aneducational researcher (Brobst) and a project evaluator external to the host institution (Litzler).First, we will discuss program activities which include: recruiting, first-year seminars, eventsaimed at developing professional growth, near-peer mentoring, and advising. Next we detail theresearch methodology and results which are focused on understanding how the programactivities contribute to a student’s self-efficacy, identity, and sense of belonging (SEIB) as
Conference Session
Institutional Change
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Shannon Massie Chance, Dublin Institute of Technology ; Gavin Duffy, Dublin Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
experience atthis institution of converting a physics course to PBL (Bowe & Cohen, 2004), supervisingeducation research PhD projects, and reading and writing about the topic (Bowe, 2007).While this effort seems minor in comparison to institutions like as Aalborg (Moesby, 2002), it wasa significant development for engineering education at DIT, and it has been sustained in the periodof years since this case study was conducted. The shift is in line with recommendations byEastman, McCracken, and Newstetter (2001), McKenna et al. (2011) and the National ScienceBoard (2007). As such, the context for our study was this prevalent and sustained transformation—from a traditional teacher-centered pedagogy to student-centered learning—through
Conference Session
Active Learning in BME, Session I
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nicole L Ramo, Colorado State University; Jasmine Erin Nejad, Colorado State University; Ketul C. Popat, Colorado State University; Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Biomedical Engineering
to that, he was working as a Research Specialist in the Department of Physiology at University of California, San Francisco. He has authored over 85 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Langmuir, Biomaterials, Journal of Orthopedic Research, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, etc. and has and h-index of 37. He has also presented his work at numerous national and international level conferences. He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2003, M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago in 2000 and B.E. in Chemical Engineering from M. S. University in India in 1998.Dr. Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University Professor of
Conference Session
FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nicole L Ramo, University of Michigan
Tagged Topics
ASEE Headquarters
University. Prior to that, he was working as a Research Specialist in the Department of Physiology at University of California, San Francisco. He has authored over 85 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Langmuir, Biomaterials, Journal of Orthopedic Research, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, etc. and has and h-index of 37. He has also presented his work at numerous national and international level conferences. He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2003, M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago in 2000 and B.E. in Chemical Engineering from M. S. University in India in 1998.Dr. Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University
Conference Session
Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Selin Arslan; Kingman E. Yee, Lawrence Technological University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
2015-2016. Week Intro Engr Proj Engr Proj 1 Engr Proj 2 1 CDS Overview Introduction Syllabus 2 Syllabus, Safety Proj 1 Lecture - 3 Fabrication Lab Safety - - 4 - - - 5 Rubrics, Logbooks, Proposal Team Presentations - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - Peer Evaluations - 9 Peer
Conference Session
Works in Progress: Classroom Practice
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Natasa S. Vidic, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
also was the associate director of operations for the Engineering Education Re- search Center from January 2011 to September 2013. Her work experience includes two years as a project manager in the planning department of the Port Authority of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, and a re- search associate at the University of Novi Sad’s Institute for Traffic and Transportation Engineering. Dr. Vidic has published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, including those of ASEE and INFORMS. She currently is participating in collaborative research on improving engineering students’ learning strategies through models and modeling and is interested in the assessment and effectiveness of model-eliciting
Conference Session
Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kristin Kelly Frady; Rebecca S Hartley, Clemson University Center for Workforce Development; Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Hope Epps Rivers, South Carolina Technical College System; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Stephanie Denise Frazier, South Carolina Technical College System
Tagged Divisions
Two Year College Division
needs, and passion for educating youth. In her role as Director of Operations for the Center for Workforce Development she has guided development and assessment of innovative online educational material and the integration of digital learning and visualiza- tion tools. She has been part of a team involved in disseminating those results and models throughout numerous national conferences and peer reviewed conference papers. Finally, as part of an overall team she has worked to develop a system wide support network consisting of all 16 South Carolina technical colleges, state funded organizations, National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Centers across the United States, P-12 schools and districts
Conference Session
Capstone and Design Projects
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Mohsen Azizi, Michigan Technological University; Shashank Barkur Lakshmikanth
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
opportunity to learn different styles oftechnical writing following required formats associated with various journals and conferenceproceedings. The last but not the least, it significantly improves graduates portfolio that whilelooking for the job can "bring to the table" more than their competitors - applicants.System OverviewThe developed solution is an automated robotic stacker with two wall-mounted Fanuc M710iCrobots30 being used in dual-arm configuration providing coordinated motion during operation. Amount structure for robots was built to be strong enough to bear the load from the robots and thepayload being lifted. The robots are equipped with a custom built end-of-arm tooling retrofittedwith total of 8 magswitches. These magswitches are
Conference Session
Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Renata A Revelo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
intangible factors that students use to identify asengineers such as “making competent design decisions, working with others to share ideas andaccepting responsibility”4. At minority serving institutions, African American and Latina/ostudents’ identity development is shaped by the positive experiences with faculty and peers intheir programs25. In identifying as engineers, students express a certain pride in the rite ofpassage of overcoming the challenges of the engineering curriculum3,25. There are some genderdifferences with regards to engineering identity; women are less likely to identify as engineersthan men, especially freshmen female students4. Significance of Study The majority of the research in
Conference Session
NSF Grantees’ Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Christine Andrews Paulsen, Concord Evaluation Group; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Wolsky, WGBH Educational Foundation
Tagged Topics
NSF Grantees Poster Session
 significantly more likely to attend college and three times as likely to major in engineering than compared to a group of students  21​with similar background and achievement in science and math.​  A similar study was conducted in order to evaluate Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a non­profit organization that promotes pre­engineering courses in middle and high schools. This study found that PLTW graduates were five times more likely to select engineering courses compared to first­time freshmen at four­year  22 institutions, and their average freshman GPA was higher than their peers.​  Because there is
Conference Session
Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Jeremy M. Goodman, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
were most involved in creating it; students who participated less in thetechnical aspects of projects may not observe the same improvements in engineering self-efficacy as their more-involved peers. Page 26.1328.2In this study, we are focusing on the relationship between the tasks that students take on inproject work and student’s beliefs and characteristics: specifically, academic self-confidence,engineering self-efficacy and gender. We are examining the relationship between the tasks thatstudents take on during a project course and the students’ incoming and outgoing confidence andself-efficacy levels, by exploring the following research
Conference Session
Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University; Derrick Wayne Smith, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Adam Scott Carter, Washington State University
Tagged Divisions
Chemical Engineering
results from the past three years of SBL activities, will be presented. Studio-Based Learning Studio-based learning (SBL) techniques have been used in a variety of disciplines, most notably in architectural education. 2 The technique is rooted in a type of constructivist learning theory called sociocultural constructivism. 3 The SBL approach typically encompasses four key steps (see Figure 1). 4 First, students are given meaningful problems for which they have to construct solutions. Second, students present theirConstruct Present solutions to the entire class for discussion and feedback. Third, students’ peers
Conference Session
Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rajeev K Agrawal, North Carolina A&T University (Tech); Myron L. Stevenson, North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Gloster Jr, North Carolina A&T University (Tech)
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Minorities in Engineering
district. The lack of this importantresource results in rural students being ill prepared for college level math and science courses ata greater rate than metropolitan students. This lack of academic resources is reflective of thesocioeconomic disparity between regions. This is not surprising since URM primary and middle grade math scores are much lower thantheir White and Asian peers. North Carolina students’ average National Assessment ofEducational Progress (NAEP) math score for fourth graders was four points higher than thenational average of 240 in 2015. URMs average score was 232, eight points lower than thenational average and 21 points lower than White students. Eighth graders’ scores for all NorthCarolina students was equal to the
Conference Session
Learning and Assessment in ME 1
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ana Dyreson P.E., University of Wisconsin, Madison; Corinne R. Henak, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
Wednesday Friday Traditional Reading assignment Lecture Lecture Lecture Blended Online reading Lecture Worksheets, group projects, case studies, or homework time. assignment Held in active learning space working with peers and instructors.To answer the question, Do students benefit from the blended course?, we compared exam scoresfrom the traditional and blended courses. To answer the question, How do students progress onBloom’s taxonomy in the blended course?, we used worksheets that served both as learningactivities and measurements of Bloom’s taxonomy progress. We focused on two concepts thatstudents typically have
Conference Session
Two-year College Potpourri
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Diana Carmen Dimitriu, University of Texas at San Antonio
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Two-Year College
or she can change the world and make a differenceforever, that mentor leaves an indelible mark on the mentee. Above all other professions,engineering has the power to change the world on a large scale. Since I started to take my mentorship duties seriously, and I started reading aboutmentoring and visiting websites dedicated to mentoring, I realized that my vision and myphilosophy are similar in some ways to other mentors, but in some ways, they also are quiteunique. Upon discussing them with other faculty, I could see that when people write aboutmentoring they make it appear more institutionalized and well regulated but when they talkabout it, mentors emphasize the personal touch and the relationships that they developindividually
Conference Session
Around the Water Cooler: Ideas and Issues in Civil Engineering Education
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Nicholas Tymvios, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Eliana Christou, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Benjamin B. Wheatley, Bucknell University
Tagged Divisions
Civil Engineering
: Arts & Science Focus or Engineering Focus.The survey consisted of questions of identification and differentiation such as demographics,name of institution faculty is serving, their title, and time in current position. The surveyparticipants were also asked to identify if they were tenured or in tenure-track positions, thepercentage of time they dedicate to research/teaching/service/other activities, and state thatpercentage according to their departmental guidelines for their job description.Survey participants were asked to state if they were given guidelines of tenure requirements andto provide these guidelines in terms of “Teaching Work Load”, “Teaching Evaluation Metrics”,“Research Dollar Amount”, “Number of Peer Reviewed Journal
Conference Session
Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Norman Pestaina, Florida International University; Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Peter J. Clarke, Florida International Univeristy
Tagged Divisions
Computing & Information Technology
project may be used to assess the SOs of a computer scienceprogram. Farrell et al.8 describe an approach that attempts to develop a system for the fairallocation of course grades to the members of the senior project team. In grading our seniorprojects we use some of the ideas presented by Farrell et al.8, e.g., peer group assessment andevaluating meeting minutesAhmad et al.5 performed a study of the undergraduate software capstone project at 19 Pakistaniuniversities and provides generic support for quality assessment of capstone projects at theundergraduate level. The study investigated the current practices followed for assessment ofcomputer science and software engineering capstone projects and the formulation of genericrubrics for quality
Conference Session
Recruiting and Building Diversity
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Nancy Horvath; Cecilia Lucero
professional colleagues, peer students, spouses or partners, children, friends, etc. Thus,the PI will focus on variables that participants may identify as significant to their life as graduatestudents.Timeline GEM proposes a three- to five-year study of graduate student socialization. This willallow for investigation of students’ experiences at critical periods during graduate school. Thus,students will be surveyed and interviewed 1) during the first year or two of coursework, 2)during the comprehensive examination period, 3) during the dissertation proposal phase, and 4)during the dissertation research and writing phase.Data Analysis Phenomenological data analysis involves imaginative variation, examining andinterpreting the different manifestations
Conference Session
Innovations in Design within BME Curricula
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University
Tagged Divisions
Biomedical
end of the two weeks. Concurrently the students are assigned toenter personal data into the CATME Team-Maker online software (Available at:https://www.catme.org/login/request ). This software was utilized to generate potential teams.After listening to the mini feasibility reports from their peers, the students completed a projectpreference form which was used to display their interest. The inputs from Team-Maker andstudent interest were then used to create teams which the instructors felt had the best potential.The final team creation step was to allocate one class period for students to negotiate changes.Students could initiate a change of project group by conferencing with the instructors andgaining approval from the respective teams
Conference Session
Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University; Jintana Nina Phanthanousy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education
notes taken from traditional lectureenvironments.Project-based learning activities featured in Cornerstone environments include:collaborative/cooperative/peer learning in that projects are typically team-based andparticipative; just-in-time instruction in the form of lectures and class interactions that addressissues instructors anticipate students will soon address; topic integration in that students mustcall upon many skills to diverge/converge towards their design solution; problem-based learningin the many smaller problems they encounter through the course of completing their project; anda context which mimics that of the professional environment in which most students willeventually find themselves. Students involved in these projects find