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Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

Student's Ownership Of Class Project Improves Learning Aiman S. Kuzmar, Ph. D., P. E. The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractAn alternative approach to the project assignment process in the Steel and ReinforcedConstruction courses (AET 214 and AET 215 respectively) in the Architectural EngineeringTechnology Program at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus was introduced andimplemented in the past four years. Instead of dictating the project topic by the instructor, thestudents were given the freedom to choose their own topics with a few necessary restrictions.This paper gives details on this alternative approach. As usual, there are advantages andshortcomings. This paper

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New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

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Carmine Polito; Rachel Husfeld

Lessons Learned From An International Service Learning Project Carmine Polito and Rachel Husfeld Department of Civil Engineering, Valparaiso University/ Student President, Engineers Without Borders-Valparaiso University ChapterIntroductionIn May of 2004, a group of students from the Valparaiso University chapter of EngineersWithout Borders (EWB-VU) undertook a trip to the village of Nakor, Kenya with the goal ofconstructing a water supply and irrigation system they had designed. While the project wassuccessful, numerous problems were encountered in its implementation. These challengesresulted in the group learning several important lessons, which will not only be applied to

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bruce Feodoroff

Original Quarter One Projects Utilizing Rapid Prototyping Bruce A. Feodoroff New England Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the success New England Institute of Technology (NEIT) is experiencing ingrabbing hold of the first quarter students’ creative energy and motivating them to succeed inMechanical Engineering Technology. The introduction and use of a rapid prototype machine hassignificantly impacted not only the quality of the resulting original project models or prototypesbut has greatly enhanced the learning experience for quarter one (freshmen) students. This hashelped in sustaining the students’ interest in Mechanical Engineering

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Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Hassan Rajaei; Mohammad Dadfar

Session 3620 Job Scheduling in Cluster Computing: A Student Project Hassan Rajaei, Mohammad B. Dadfar Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419)372-2337 Fax: (419)372-8061 {rajaei, dadfar}@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractCluster computing has become widespread by utilizing COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) PCs,a high-speed network, and Linux operating system. This simple configuration of multiprocessorsystem can

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bruce Mork; Leonard Bohmann

Outcomes Assessment Embedded into an ECE Course Project Leonard J. Bohmann and Bruce A. Mork Michigan TechAbstractIn an effort to reduce the overhead associated with outcomes assessment, the Electrical andComputer Engineering Department at Michigan Tech has developed tools which extractassessment data from information collected for normal departmental operations. The ECEdepartment has developed one such tool to assess the writing skills of students in their Junioryear. A conceptual design project is assigned in a required course (the most recent project wasan off-the-grid power system for a remote cabin) with students

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Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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Peggie Weeks; Maryanne Weiss; Mark Pagano

Session 1150 ABET's TEI Project: Focus on Program Improvement Maryanne Weiss, Margaret Weeks, Mark Pagano ABET, Inc./ABET, Inc./Purdue UniversityAbstractABET, Inc. has been funded by the National Science Foundation's Advanced TechnologicalEducation Program since 2001 to lead the Technological Education Initiative (TEI). Over 500engineering and information technology faculty from 295 institutions have participated in TEIworkshops across the nation. The project’s focus has been on continuous quality improvement ofacademic programs and on outcomes assessment. This paper will describe a methodology behindimplementation of CQI in academe and

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ramesh Chawla

One-Week Design Projects for Chemical Engineering Freshmen Ramesh C. Chawla Department of Chemical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059 Chawla@scs.howard.eduAbstractFreshman chemical engineering students along with students from other engineering disciplinestake a two credit Introduction to Engineering course in their first semester. The students areintroduced to various topics including career options in various engineering fields, resume’workshop, communication skills, ethics, intellectual property, problem solving, critical thinkingand time management. Approximately 30-35% of the grade is based on homework, quizzes

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

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Serdar Tumkor; Ali Imre Aydeniz; Ismail Fidan

TEAMWORK AND GALLERY METHOD IN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT Serdar Tumkor1, Ali 1mre Aydeniz1, Ismail Fidan21 Istanbul Technical University Gumussuyu, Istanbul, Turkey/2Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505AbstractIn MAK 422E Engineering Design course, the objective is to present a comprehensive,consistent, and clear approach to systematic engineering design. At the very beginning of thesemester students in the class divide in to groups. All groups consist of 5 – 7 persons with agroup leader. In the course, in order to give an opportunity to a senior students, are making apractice of theoretical knowledge, projects are given to them. All projects are related to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mousa Gargari

1793 Project-Based Steel Design Course Mousa Tabatabai-Gargari University of CincinnatiAbstractThis paper presents an alternative method to teach an undergraduate course in steel design. Thismethod has been experimented for two quarters at the University Of Cincinnati College OfApplied Science. The idea is centered on a project where the structural elements are designedfollowing the flow of gravity forces from the deck to the ground, while paying close attention tothe way loads transfer from one member to another. The focus is on the

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Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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George Zion; Ronald Fulle; Carol Richardson

Session Number: 1348 Building Ethics and Project Management into Engineering Technology Programs Authors: Ron Fulle, Carol Richardson, George Zion Affiliation of All: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)AbstractOur Industry Advisory Board (IAB) strongly suggested that we include more managerial skills inthe Engineering Technology curriculum. Revised ABET criteria now require such skills. Ourprograms were already so long that they adversely impact student retention. The dilemma washow to implement more so called “soft skills” without adding more hours to the

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Roya Javadpour

Creative Approach to Teaching Project Management Service Learning Roya Javadpour California Polytechnic State UniversityIntroductionA project is a complex, non-routine, one-time effort limited by time, budget, resources,and performance specifications designed to meet customer needs[1]. Therefore, theyrequire a unique approach to management and administration. A creative approach istaken in designing and teaching the graduate level Technological Project Managementcourse offered as part of the Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering department’sprogram at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. The coursecovers the basic

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Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jessica Moffitt; Jennifer van Rij; Jeffrey Wolchok

Vibrational Energy Scavenging: An Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Project By: Jeff Wolchok1 Jessica Moffitt2 Jennifer van Rij2 1 Department of Bioengineering 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Page 10.1447.1

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Donald Schwartz

Managing and Assessing Software Engineering Group Projects Donald R. Schwartz Millsaps CollegeWhile the benefits of assigning group projects are numerous, managing and evaluating them cansometimes become daunting tasks. Among the biggest challenges include determiningindividual grades for group members and attempting to reflect the “real world” by mixing up themakeup of each group and the tasks to be completed. After trying various approaches and stylesfor more than a decade, I think that I have developed a useful pedagogy for managing groupprojects, one that attempts to allow each student to work on different parts of different projects,with a

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kendrick Aung

Session XXXX Design Exercises and Projects in Energy Engineering Course Kendrick Aung Department of Mechanical Engineering Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 77710Abstract Energy Engineering is a senior elective course for mechanical engineering majors in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. In order to increase the designcontent in elective courses, team-based design projects and assignments were extensively used inEnergy Engineering. The course covers four parts

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Diversity: Women and Minorities in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Kuyath

Session: 1148 Diversity in Engineering Technology: An NSF Project Stephen J. Kuyath UNC Charlotte, Department of Engineering TechnologyAbstractThere is mounting evidence that a nationwide shortage of qualified high-tech workers willjeopardize the country’s economic future unless the United States takes more effective action tonurture the intellectual development of underrepresented groups so that the pool of scientists andengineers expands to include more women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. This paperwill provide a global description of the Diversity in

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ramana Pidaparti

techniques andeffectively solve today’s complex design problems. In Spring 2003, senior design projectscompleted at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI (Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis) illustrated the results of a harmonious merger of the artistic andtechnical talents of our students. This paper presents information on a unique capstone designproject that involved collaboration between the arts and engineering, and the impact on thequality of the final design. It is very likely that multidisciplinary design projects will beincreasingly developed and implemented in institutions of higher learning across the country asmore art and engineering collaborations lead to creative design projects and valuable

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

Session 1969 Project-Based Introduction to Engineering – Course Assessment Samuel Daniels, Michael Collura, Bouzid Aliane, Jean Nocito-Gobel School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of New HavenAbstractThe School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of New Haven has a newlydeveloped project-based Introduction to Engineering course. This new course plays a central rolein the new Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral curriculum as the first semestercourse for all engineering freshman1. An assessment process was developed to determine theeffectiveness of this project-based course

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shaundra Bryant; David Cavallo; Arnan Sipitakiat; Anindita Basu

Opening Pathways to Higher Education through Engineering Projects David Cavallo, Arnan Sipitakiat, Anindita Basu, Shaundra Bryant MIT Media Lab, 20 Ames St., E15-319, Cambridge, Ma. 02139 Tel: 617.253.8897, Fax: 617.253.6215 Email: [cavallo, arnans, anindita, bryant]@media.mit.edu Abstract: A major obstacle to attracting minority candidates into engineering disciplines is the difficulty in ensuring a sufficient of interested and qualified candidates. We present our work in K-12 education in both school and informal settings on a constructionist approach to engineering projects based upon

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Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Beth Lakin; Gary Crossman

Session 2249 Utilizing Experiential Learning for Capstone Project Credit Gary Crossman, Vernon Lewis, Mary Beth Lakin Old Dominion UniversityI. Abstract The typical student at many (urban) universities works a part or full time job whileattending school and may already have several years of industrial experience. This experiencemay very well be applicable to courses in their engineering, engineering technology or othercurricula. In 1998, Old Dominion University established and implemented an assessmentprogram called Experiential Learning with the primary purpose of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ken Ports; Carolyn Fausnaugh; Muzaffar Shaikh; Carmo D'Cruz

Session 1793 Taking Senior Design Course Projects to Market Ken Ports, Carmo D’Cruz, Muzaffar Shaikh, Carolyn Fausnaugh Florida Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes an innovative new program that is a synergistic combination of FloridaTech’s technology commercialization-related course offerings in Engineering Management, itsSenior Design course curriculum, and its new business accelerator, Florida Tech Start. Theprogram is designed for the subset of senior design course students who desire to leverage theirdesign course experience by commercializing their innovative products and technologies andcreating start-up

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Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Newell; Kevin Dahm

Session 3613 Rubric Development for Assessment of Undergraduate Research: Evaluating Multidisciplinary Team Projects Kevin D. Dahm, James A. Newell and Heidi L. Newell Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractAt Rowan University, all engineering students participate in clinic courses involvingmultidisciplinary student teams working on semester-long or year-long research projects led by anengineering professor. The difficulty arises in trying to assess student learning and

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

Session 2242 A Design Project Management Course at RIT E. C. Hensel, P. H. Stiebitz Mechanical Engineering / Industrial and Systems Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623-5604Abstract Rochester Institute of Technology is currently implementing a college-wide initiative toincorporate multi-disciplinary design as a central theme for all students in the capstone designsequence. For several years, the Kate Gleason College of Engineering has supported a number ofmulti-disciplinary design teams

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Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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K Muraleetharan; Gerald Miller; Dee Fink; Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; David Sabatini; Baxter Vieux; Michael Mooney; Carolyn Ahern; Kurt Gramoll

Session 2630 The Sooner City Project: A 5-Year Update C. C. Ahern, L. D. Fink, K. K. Muraleetharan, R. L. Kolar University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019AbstractThe Sooner City project at the University of Oklahoma (OU) seeks to reform the traditional civilengineering curriculum by including design projects at every level of the curriculum, not simply asa senior capstone project. The project can be implemented without changing the traditional coursesequencing, which enhances faculty buy-in. It is part of a larger movement to reform engineeringeducation by teaching students to

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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Patsy Brackin; Clark Merkel

Session 2566 Gravity Powered Block Transport: A Freshman Design Project. Clark T. Merkel, Patricia Brackin, Department of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroduction:This paper describes a project used for a mechanical engineering, freshmen designcourse. Its focus is on how this project was used to introduce design methodologythrough practice with a project-based implementation. Four sections of a freshmandesign course with approximately 32 students each were divided into 4 person teams andwere all given the same design task: design a device which would

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dennis Silage

Session 1532 Reintroducing Amateur Radio In ECE Capstone Design Projects Dennis Silage Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Temple UniversityAbstractPresented here from experience are the salient steps for the reintroduction of Amateur Radio intothe capstone design project in Electrical and Computer Engineering and diverse examples ofsuch projects. These steps include the involvement of the faculty supervisor, the establishmentof an Amateur Radio station as a communications laboratory sponsored by the department, asurvey

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Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael McGeen

Session 2406 Recent Architectural Engineering Projects Using Rapid Prototyping Michael McGeen, AIA Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractIn today’s construction industry, with the introduction of new materials, free-form shapesof buildings, special problems with historical preservation, LEED Certification ofbuildings and even buildings with very large components that move, there are many newchallenges for architectural engineers. This paper highlights some of the work done atMilwaukee School of Engineering by undergraduate students in summer of 2002 and2003 that links architectural

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

Session 1620 Systems Projects for a Computer Science Course Mohammad B. Dadfar, Sub Ramakrishnan Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419)372-2337 Fax: (419)372-8061 email: datacomm@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractIn this paper we discuss some practical and useful projects for our operating systems / datacommunications course. Most of our projects are assigned in a UNIX platform. The projects dealwith a

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Improving Communication Skills in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Norman Asper; Bijan Sepahpour

Session 2166 UTILIZING TEAM BUILDING SKILLS IN ENGINEERIG PROJECTS Norman L. Asper and Bijan Sepahpour The College of New Jersey Department of Engineering Ewing, New Jersey 08628-0718ABSTRACTFundamental elements of Group Dynamics can be the basis for successful engineering projects.A tested process for selection of team members is presented. In case of national or regionalcompetitions, the potential for success of a small

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joseph Urban; James Collofello; Doris Roman; Faye Navabi; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 2270 COOL (Computer Outreach Opportunities for Learning) Project James S. Collofello, Joseph E. Urban, Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Faye Navabi, Doris Roman Arizona State UniversityAbstract Although most secondary schools provide some education in computer programming andapplications such as spreadsheets and word processors, they are usually deficient in preparingstudents for careers in software development. The lack of focus on software development topicsand project level experiences fails to dispel the "hacker" mentality and "geek-image" myths mostsecondary school

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Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Miller

Session 1478 Project-Based Coursework in a Naval Architecture Curriculum Paul H. Miller United States Naval Academy Annapolis MD 21402Abstract Studies have shown the benefits of incorporating design projects into engineeringcourses. These projects allow the students to directly apply the course topics in “hands-on”applications, while also providing the students opportunities to develop group project skills. Inthe small field of naval architecture little has been