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Computer-Based Measurements

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Hadi Saadat

- ment,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 6. Knight, C., ”Modern Engineering Laboratories That Deliver,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 7. Reynolds, M.C., Meckl, P.H., Yao, B., ”The Educational Impact of A Gantry Crane Project in an Undergraduate Controls Class,” Proceedings of IMECE, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 17-22, 2002, New Orleans, LA. 8. Sumali, H., Marc¸al-de-Queiroz, D., ”Teaching Instrumentation and Data Acquisition at the Federal University of Vic¸osa in Brazil,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson

/.5. Clayton, M. (1997). Delphi: A technique to harness expert opinion for critical decision-making tasks in education, Educational Psychology, 17, pp. 373-386.6. Gray, G., Evans, D., Cornwell, P., Costanzo, F., & Self, B. (2003). Toward a nationwide dynamics concept inventory assessment test. In the Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Conference of the ASEE, Nashville, TN. New York: American Society for Engineering Education. Page 9.834.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Levenburg; Paul Lane; John Farris

ownership was found withinSocial Sciences wherein 7.1 percent of students sampled (7 of 98) indicated that they arecurrently business owners. Once again, this suggests that entrepreneurship holds appealfor certain segments of the University's student population.Academic MajorChi-square testing failed to reveal a difference between business and engineering majors(B&E) and other majors (non-B&E) with respect to the statement "I would like to startmy own venture" (Χ = 5.408, df = 4, sig. = 0.248). Due to the small sample size ofengineering majors (n = 24), the chi-square test yielded three cells (20.0 percent) with anexpected count less than five, violating the assumptions of the test. As shown in Table 2,however, it was found that both the

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matthew Joordens; John Long; John Florance

activities aredesigned to allow the student who has no electronics test equipment to complete the exercisesat home.The experimentsThe lab manual is divided onto two parts: digital (part A) and analog (part B). Table 2 showsthe activities to be completed with each part. Each activity presents an essential lesson inelectronics: observing electronics theory in practice, building actual circuits, and testing Page 9.1300.2them. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 1: Deakin

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Hassan

reality and implementation to produce a new product orsystem. Such product may use other ideas and concepts and may consist of many phases andmay require days, years, or even a lifetime to utilize.After this one-hour lecture about creativity and innovation, the author goes with his routine toteach the subject on hand with reference to the many creative thinking approaches that thestudents have learned in the creativity lecture. For instance, as a simple example when the designof an electronic amplifier circuit for a specific application is covered, one can ask manyquestions to produce a new and innovative design such as (a) How to put this amplifier to otheruses or other applications? (b) How to modify it to make it better? (c) How to magnify

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gary Sandquist; Brian Moretti; Edward Naessens

distribution of grades on these evaluation instruments to assess cadet attainment of eachcourse block objective.Step 3: Assessing the Level of Attainment The achieved grades (A, B, C, D, and F) on each evaluation instrument are plotted vs.number of cadets achieving these grades. A rubric defines the standards to assess theperformance of cadets on each evaluation instrument. The rubrics allow us to assess cadetperformance as: • suspicious (most frequent grades are A and B), • acceptable (most frequent grades are C or better, with less than 20% F’s), • marginally acceptable (most frequent grades are C or better, with more than 20% F’s), or • unacceptable (most frequent grade is D or F

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BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Roselli

Session 13XX Challenge-Based Instruction in Biotransport Robert J. Roselli Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235AbstractAn introductory physiological transport course was recently redesigned to take advantage of thebenefits of challenge-based instruction. In this mode of instruction a series of specific challengesare introduced throughout the semester. The challenges are based on real problems inbiotransport and are designed to motivate students to discover a solution. For example, principlesof

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Chesler; Donna Riley

the results of the discussion in two ways. First, as examples, we include images ofsome art works chosen by participants to represent their struggles and successes.Simultaneously, we provide descriptions – paraphrases or their own words – of why theseimages were chosen and what they represented to the women who chose them. These images arepresented within categories that were identified with a post-hoc inductive coding scheme basedon the participants’ descriptions of their rationales for choosing particular images, according toestablished qualitative research methods [18-20]. The major themes identified were: (A)balancing work, family and personal life, (B) internal career barriers, (C) external career barriers,(D) optimism about academia, (E

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Wendy Reffeor; David Blekhman

cFigure 2. A half of a dog-bone connecting rod with the dimensions used in calculations.Figure 3. Connecting rod fracture due to axial loading.Holes act as stress risers due to a dramatic change in cross-sectional area (see Figure 4 for afailure example). In practical calculations, this is accounted for by evaluating the stressconcentration factor defined as: u maxK? u nomFor a bar in tension, u nom is the average stress based upon the net cross-sectional area. In theseparticular calculations, the maximum allowable stress u U is substituted for u max as the rod wastested to failure. The value of K can be found by applying the ratio of d / b in graphs found inStrength of Materials texts, for example Gere6 used in our course. Thus the

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Christopher R. Carroll

experiences for students in all engineering programs at UMD. Thecourse will also provide a setting in lecture format for describing to students the “soft”engineering topics identified as the “Professional Component” of engineering by ABET,including engineering ethics, engineering economics, and other similar topics. Through a seriesof lectures and lab assignments, this course will specifically address the “ProfessionalComponent” ABET topics and provide multidisciplinary design experiences that students willenjoy.References 1. Seebauer, E. G., and R. L. Barry, Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers, Oxford University Press, 2001. 2. Fleddermann, C. B., Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall, 1999. 3. King, J., Exploring

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Carmen Boje; Nicolae Dragulanescu

(transmission medium) USERb) TRANSMITTER RECEIVER ENCODER CHANNEL DECODER S U message signal noise signal+noise message’ FEEDBACK Fig. 3 – Adapted Shannon’s and Weaver’s Model of a General CommunicationSystem (as Physical Model); a) The Simplified Model, b) The Detailed Model He recognized that all these categories of problems are closely interrelated andoverlap in a “rather vague way”…Shannon

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Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Waters

procure a suitable model. After extensivesearching for available models from various sources, a set of lines corresponding to a generichigh length-to-beam ratio (L/B) SES hull were provided by a local engineering consulting firm.From these lines, the USNA Model Shop constructed the model, using advanced composites toreduce the structural weight without sacrificing rigidity. The final product was a model with alength of 7.8 ft (2.4 m), resulting in a 1/64 nominal scale SES, whose principal characteristics areshown in Table 1. Table 1: SES Model Particulars Model Full-Scale LOA 94.5 in 504 ft

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

accompanied by loud heavy metalmusic which intensifies the shocking elements. The irony is that the fast-paced media (such asCNN) helped promote the phrase “Shock and Awe” during the 2003 Iraq War. Although itcannot be documented, one wonders if the U.S. Army’s enlistment increased from the media’suse of the phrase “Shock and Awe.”B. Successful Youth OrganizationsYoung people are drawn to adventure16, and adventure has been defined as a dangerous, exciting,or perhaps shocking experience17. (This helps explain the popularity of fireworks amongteenagers.) Imagine watching a 12 years old grab an axe and proceed to sharpen it. Next theyouth begins chopping at some logs. Then he/she starts tossing the logs into a bonfire that isblazing next to him/her

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Kashef; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

. (communication, accountability, and trust arewhat employers need from executives). Nation’s Business3. Ezell, E. B. Jr. (Summer/Fall, 1990). Effective leadership can support faculty in the research and publicationactivities needed for promotion and tenure, The Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau V. XVI N. 2.4. Savoie, M. J., & Sawyerr, O.O. (May/June, 1991). Faculty Promotion and tenure decisions: A proposed model.Journal of Education for Business, 66:278-282.5. Homkes, R. (1994). Promotion through publications and politics. 1994 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.ALi E. KASHEFAli E. Kashef is Professor of Industrial Technology at the University of Northern Iowa. He also serves as acoordinator for the Technology Management and cooperative program. He received

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Craft; David Click; P. Paxton Marshall

themselves. The eleven skills specified by ABET in criterion three, together with the designrequirement of criterion four, emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of 21st century engineering. Page 9.1291.1Not only must engineering graduates engineers be able to demonstrate competence in traditionalengineering-related tasks: a) apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering, b)design and conduct experiments as well as analyze and interpret data, c) design a system,component or process to meet desired needs, d) identify, formulate, and solve engineeringproblems, and k) use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Joyce

and supported by bushings at two locationsalong the length. Torque is applied to the free end of the cylindrical shaft using a ~six inch longloading lever arm from which is hung a cradle of deadweights. The angular displacement of theshaft in response to torsional loading is measured using protractors two protractors (marked indegrees) located at B and C along the length of the shaft to eliminate any rigid body motion atthe fixed end (A). Two different apparati are used for this experiment; the test piece for the firstapparatus is a 0.250” diameter solid cylindrical rod, the test piece for the second apparatus is ahollow rod with an outer diameter of 0.310” and a wall thickness of 0.025”. The material of bothtest pieces is brass with a

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mathew Hyre; James Squire

personnelexpenses). The expenses listed are a rough guide, prepared using the data from the VirginiaMilitary Institute in 2001 as a sample.Printing Brochure printing $0.75 ea, for a double-sided glossy color trifold Conference schedule printing $2.00 ea, for a B&W 30 page 8.5x11 with cardstock cover Judge/VIP/presenter name cards $0.75 ea Postage Paper (e.g. Judging sheets, awards, thank-you cards) Miscellaneous printing costs (e.g. single-page flyers)Keynote speaker Honorarium $1000 Travel $1000Catering Kickoff meal (e.g. lunch) $8 ea Awards banquet meal $15 per Awards banquet table decorations $20 per tableGifts e.g. T-shirts

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TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mark Schumack

, American Society for Engineering Education Chiller (X 4) A B 2 3 Run A: L = 300 ft, 15 elbows, 6 valves C Run B: L = 250 ft, 10 elbows, 5 valves Run C: L = 200 ft, 8 elbows, 3 valves Heat exchanger D Run D: L = 150 ft, 6 elbows, 3 valves KL = 30

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Pietryga; Gregory Dick

of C vis-à-visFORTRAN. Students experience more difficulty in mastering these elements. Typicalproblem areas have to do with those language elements that generate subtle errors.Examples include, among others: Confusion of logical conjunctions (i.e., && and | | ) with bitwise Boolean operators (i.e., & and | ) Confusion of the replacement operator “=” with the relational operator “==” Misplacement of the semicolon punctuation mark.Specific examples include: if (a = b) { conditional statements }This code phrase is syntactically correct and will compile and execute without error orwarning. However, it will not test to determine if “a is equal to b” as the neophyteprogrammer

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

Science Education( ITiCSE ), pp. 13-16, Helsinki, Finland ,July 2000. 19. L. L. Peterson and B. S. Davie, Computer Networks – A Systems Approach, Morgan Kaufmann Publishing, 1st edition (1996), 2nd edition (2000), 3rd edition (2003). 20. P. Steenkiste, “A network project course based on network processors”, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, vol. 35, issue 1, January 2003. 21. A.S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 4th edition, Prentice Hall Publishing, 2003.BiographicalMAURICE F. ABURDENE is the T. Jefferson Miers Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of ComputerScience at Bucknell University. He has taught at Swarthmore College, the

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Pacheco; Renato Carlson; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco

Transactions on Education, Vol. 45, No. 1, February 2002, pp. 4-5.9. Houshmand, A. A.; Papadakis, C. N.; Mcdonough, J. F.; Fowler T. W. and Markle G., “Methodology for Improving Quality of Instruction,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 85, No. 2, April 1996, pp. 117- 122.10. Pacheco, R. L.; Carlson, R. and Martins-Pacheco, L. H., “Continued Formative Assessment Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Fuzzy.” In: World Congress on Engineering and Technology Education -WCETE’2004 – Proceedings, March 13-19, 2004.11. Axelrod, R., Structure of Decision. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1976.12. Klir, G. J. and Yuan, B., Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic – Theory and Applications. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995.13. Motorola, Fuzzy Logic

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Woodruff; Farhad Reza

thank Dr. Earl Lhamon of the LimaAstronomical Society for his enthusiasm and cooperation. The authors also thank the Lima CityEngineer Kirk Neimeyer and his staff for their assistance. The assistance provided by Dr. JasonPinkney of the Physics Department at ONU was also appreciated.Bibliogr aphic Infor mation 1. Chan, E. H. W., Chan, M. W., Scott, D., and Chan, A. T. S. (2002). “Educating the 21st century construction professionals,” Journal of Professional Issues In Engineering Education and Practice, 128(1), 44-48. 2. Molenaar, K. R., and Saller, B. J. (2003). “Educational needs assessment for design/build project delivery,” Journal of Professional Issues In Engineering Education and Practice, 129(2), 106-114. 3

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sedki Riad; Mostafa Kamel

faculties of Engineering on their main campusesand some have additional faculties of Engineering on their branch campuses.Appendices B and C survey the different institutions listed here with a brief history and summaryof their engineering programs. Location and Websites of Egyptian Univer sities Institution Location Web Site 1 Cairo University Giza (Cairo) http://www.cu.edu.eg/ 2 Alexandria University Alexandria http://www.alex.edu.eg/ 3 Ain Shams University Cairo http://www.asunet.eun.eg/ 4 Assuit University Assuit http://www.aun.eun.eg/ 5 Al-Azhar University Cairo http://www.alazhar.org/english/about

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams

you withincentive to continue to grow as a person following graduation (e.g., through reading,professional development, activities involving learning new skills, etc.)?” The possibleresponses offered to the students were (N.D. stands for the University of Notre Dame): (a) “Yes,N.D. has strongly encouraged me to pursue future opportunities to grow as an individual”, (b)“Yes, I anticipate that N.D. has bred within me the desire to continue to grow”, (c) “I have thedesire to continue to grow, but it is unclear how my education impacted this desire”, (d) “No,while I have the desire to continue to grow, N.D. has probably turned me away from intellectualpursuit in the short term”, and (e) “No, definitely not”. The second set of results

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Hsiao

which the break occurs using a magnifying glass. What is demonstrated is plasticdeformation – a type of deformation in which the object undergoes a permanent shape change, orfracture, and evolution of energy is usually involved in the deformation. This test also illustratesthe mechanical property of ductility, in which a material is capable of undergoing plasticdeformation before fracture. In this case, the number of bends the metal paper clip can withstandbefore fracture is a comparable measure of ductility. The new employees must also address thefollowing question in their memorandum: b) What would be the case if the metal paper clips had no ductility? Sketch the curve plotting Stress as a function of Number of Bends for a brittle

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

Laboratory Kits,” 2003 ASEE Annual Conference (June 2003).16. Cooper, Doug, “ Hands-On Workshop Series using Control Station,” (2002).17. Riggs, James B., Chemical Process Control, Ferret Publishing, Lubbock TX, (2001).18. Systems Technology, Inc., 13766 South Hawthorne Boulevard, Hawthorne, CA 90250-7083, http://www.programcc.com, accessed March 2004.S. SCOTT MOORScott Moor is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Lafayette College. He received a B.S. and M.S. inChemical Engineering from M.I.T. After over a decade in industry he returned to academia at the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley where he received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and an M.A. in Statistics. He is aregistered Professional Chemical Engineer in the State of

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Tsang

phenomena by describinglight reflection, refraction, absorption, and transmission as discrete and separate – see Figure 1(a) and (b) below. In reality, these phenomena take place concurrently in materials such as quartz– see Figure 1 (c) -- in fiber optics communication.This paper will describe the work by first-year engineering students, senior Industrial Designstudents, junior business students, and senior industrial and manufacturing students in designing,testing, revising, and building a working prototype OPTX (Optical Phenomena Teaching andeXperiment kit), which can be used by teachers to demonstrate or by students to experiment withlight reflection, refraction, absorption, and transmission. The paper will conclude by describingthe Western

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Reising

easier reference in what follows: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Justine Stiles; Ashly Middelberg; Farhad Reza; Subhi Bazlamit

. (1999). “Expanding participation in undergraduate research using the affinity group model,” Journal of Engineering Education, Oct. 1999, 409-414. 2. Zydney, A. L., Bennett, J. S., Shahid, A., and Bauer, K. W. (2002). “Impact of undergraduate research experience in engineering,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 2002, 151-157. 3. Zydney, A. L., Bennett, J. S., Shahid, A., and Bauer, K. W. (2002). “Faculty perspectives regarding the undergraduate research experience in science and engineering,” Journal of Engineering Education, July 2002, 291-297. 4. Schowen, K. B. (1998). “Research as a critical component of the undergraduate educational experience,” Assessing the Value of Research in the

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Schuch Miller; Donald Falkenburg

Session 1163 Strategies for Creating Web-based Engineering Case Studies Donald R. Falkenburg, Diane Schuch Miller Wayne State UniversityAbstractLinking academic learning with real-world experiences motivates students and significantlyimpacts depth of learning. The Greenfield Coalition is developing and deploying case studies tosupport its programs in manufacturing engineering and technology. This paper describes theGreenfield case methodology, and presents a four-step design process used to author anengineering case.Integrating LearningMost engineering problems are not like the problems at