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2001 Annual Conference

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Sean DiBartolo; Linfield Brown; Chris Swan

that is not generally available throughtraditional course work or laboratory projects.IntroductionWhat is WERC? The Waste-management Education and Research Consortium (WERC) is aconsortium of academic institutions, industry, and government agencies partnering ineducational, research and outreach initiatives in the environmental field. Academic institutionsinvolved with the consortium are New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT),University of New Mexico (UNM), New Mexico State University (NMSU) and Diné College.The consortium offices reside at NMSU. Major industrial partners have included Westinghouse,Fluor Daniels, Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), Rust Geotech, Inc., and Phillips Petroleum. Majorgovernment contributors include the U.S

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Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Redfield; Michael Guarraia; Suzanne Keilson

a 10 gram load.A working prototype was meticulously constructed giving the students great satisfaction andmeeting all of the design criteria and learning objectives (Figure 4). The total expense report forthe project as described was $273, well below the $400 limit. Discussion: For development of a classroom laboratory experience based on this senior designproject, the following lesson outline was constructed. We have not yet implemented a large-scale classroom-laboratory experience for all engineering students from this design project. Objective: To understand the interaction between design, design criteria and materialsproperties. Design of an application based on a materials property study/exploration. Can beused as

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Combs; Ahmad Zargari

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Karen Harris; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

manufacturing educationOver the past two years the coalition partners have launched accreditable degree programs,certificate programs, and options within degree programs at all sites 6, 7. A framework forarticulation has been approved for the block transfer of credits from one participating institutionto another. Along with the degree programs the coalition has seen the cre ation or significantenhancement of laboratory and computing facilities at partner sites. Industry partners have beeninstrumental in developmental efforts pertaining to the areas of experiential learning, internships,projects, and positioning of the coalition. The coalition has also been very active in thedevelopment of a comprehensive outreach program targeting middle and high

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Fahmida Masoom; Abulkhair Masoom

hour laboratory/discussion session per week. A part of the discussion session was usedto deliver lecture and to provide a forum for disseminating information about campus resources,majors within engineering, and presentations by guest speakers.Lectures covered topics on study skills, time management, problem solving in general, statistics,learning styles, careers in engineering, women in engineering, and ethics. A locally developedhandbook and "Introduction to Engineering" by Wright were used as required texts. Two hourhands-on sessions were devoted to topics like word processing, spreadsheets, electronic mail,curve fitting, matrix algebra, etc. Some evening sessions were held during which a half of thefreshmen class (per session) attended

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Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anthony Oxtoby

external controller to handle the acquisition and scaling of data and theappropriate handshaking for slower I/O devices along with relaying data to and from the DSPprocessor via direct memory access. Simple circuitry to implement the data transfer andhandshaking has been developed and is now included in selected laboratory exercises. This wayone can extend the interfacing options in the course, take advantage of a wider range of I/Odevices such as push buttons, LCD displays, multi-channel ADCs etc. and provide a direct link toearlier micro-processor courses. Student projects can also take advantage of this technique.Microprocessor HardwareThe DSP course uses the ADSP-2181 based EZ-Kit Lite, an inexpensive yet versatiledevelopment system from

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ET Student Design Teams

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2002 Annual Conference

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Terrence Kelly; Aaron Cowin

aircraftstructures manufacturing, systems and aircraft repair and have been required to demonstrate skillsin aircraft fabrication and repair in the classroom and in airframe laboratories. In general, they aremost comfortable with manufacturing and repair. The Aviation Science (AS) students are pilotsworking on their FAA ratings for commercial, instrument, and flight instruction and areadditionally educated in aircraft systems and management. The AS students have a firmunderstanding of aircraft systems, controls, and flight characteristics. They provide a great deal ofgeneral aircraft information and frequently make suggestions to design and configuration based ontheir flight experience or knowledge of production aircraft. The math and computer

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patricia LaCourse; Barrett Rock

; workingsof laboratories, libraries and other campus facilities; appropriate contact persons; and effectivemethods for obtaining materials and information just as Freshmen do, albeit their needs are notas extensive. Orientation may be separate or included in a seminar course that also gathersdegree candidates for discussion of research topics. Such a course could be augmented toinclude thesis preparation. While a one-credit course or no-credit seminar would be adequate, a Page 7.38.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American

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Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Holly Ault

students must have the ability to communicateeffectively,1 but leave the interpretation of the outcomes that define effective communication tothe individual programs. It is desirable for the students to learn these communication skills in thecontext of their specific disciplines; therefore, the trend has been towards integration of writingexercises through design and laboratory reports in the engineering courses in addition to theircourses in the humanities component. Although much emphasis has been placed on theintegration of both written reports and oral presentations into the core engineering curriculum,little has been said or done concerning the use of graphics as a communication medium. It hasbeen said that graphics is the language of

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

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H. Oner Yurtseven

mathematics faculty member or an electrical engineeringfaculty member knows what hoops to jump through to get to the promised land of tenure.Their peers who will make the recommendation to grant or reject promotion and/ortenure all seem to know what it takes to vote for or against the candidate.In a typical university setting, as the lay of the land for a newly hired engineering orscience faculty member is presented and expectations are spelled out, and the necessaryresources such as laboratory space, equipment for experimental research, computer setup, release time, graduate and/or undergraduate student assistance, etc., are provided.Thus, the necessary elements of meeting a set of expectations are spelled out and anunwritten contract is agreed upon

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2001 Annual Conference

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Daniel Walsh

Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationof metals. The availability of transparent materials for metallic analogs presents an opportunity todirectly observe the phenomena that determine the structure of cast metals and fusion welds.The organic compound found most suitable for purposes of the laboratory was succinonitrile. Thespecimen was encapsulated in a cell comprised of a slotted brass plate and two rectangular coverglass slides. The cover glasses rested on a lip in the slotted plate. A movable platform held thiscell. The platform is comprised of an aluminum plate, slotted to hold the brass cell plate. Theplate is mounted on four pillow blocks, that run on case hardened steel rails. The entire platformis driven by a 1/16

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2001 Annual Conference

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Vince Prantil; Joseph Musto; William Howard

widespread commercial use in our region. We chose not to usean FEA program that is completely integrated into the solid modeling program, as we wantedstudents to use a variety of element types. Page 6.502.2 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”The class structure of the course is two hours per week in lecture and two hours per week in acomputer laboratory. The class is 10 weeks long (one quarter). The relatively short amount oftime in lecture has led us to prepare extensive note packets

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2001 Annual Conference

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Walter Kaminski

the next class who then act on therecommendations to make improvements to the experiment.Although the students perform a series of six experiments during the quarter, this paper describesthree of the more interesting and unique laboratory experiments. The experimental facilities discussedin this paper have all been built by MET students at a relatively low cost and fully tested over the lastseveral years. Design details and approximate costs are presented in the paper so that others maybenefit from our experiences. The paper contains a set of test data from each experimental facility sothat the reader may judge the effectiveness of the experiment. All of the experiments performed withthese facilities utilize state-of-the-art instrumentation

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2001 Annual Conference

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Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux

"course learning objectives" (CLO’s) to address these issues. 3. ABE 325 and ABE 330 need to incorporate more design problems and PO 3, 4 introduce more constraints in their designs. 4. Department should direct/redirect more resources (personnel, facilities, S space, funds) to teaching laboratories and equipment. 5. Department should hire a part/full time technician dedicated to teaching S laboratories. 6. ABE 430 (Instrumentation and Measurement) should become a required PO 5 class for Mechanical Systems Engineering students, either as a restricted S technical elective or be substituted for another

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2001 Annual Conference

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Martha N. Cyr; Barbara Bratzel; Ben Erwin

. (1991). Constructionism. Norwood, NJ: Ablex3. Kafai, Y., and Resnick, M., eds. (1996). Constructionism in Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in a Digital World. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.4. Papert, Seymour. A Critique of Technocentrism in Thinking about the School of the Future. Espitemology and Learning Group Memo No. 2. MIT Media Laboratory: Cambridge, MA. (available at http://el.www.media.mit.edu/Papers/memos/memo2/2.Bulgaria.html)5. Papert, S. (1993). The Children’s Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer. New York: Basic Books.6. Resnick, M., Martin, F., Sargent, R., and Silverman, B. (1996). Programmable Bricks: Toys to Think With. IBM Systems Journal, vol. 35, no. 3-4. pp. 443-452.7. Resnick, M

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Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Glenn R. Blackwell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

difference between ECTS credits and typical U.S. university credits is that anECTS credit includes not only lecture and laboratory times but also individual out-of-class workand exam times. According to the current ECTS system a 15 weeks semester of higher educationcorresponds to approximately 30 credits.As a beginning comparison between U.S. and European systems (2), “Regarding undergraduatedegrees, there is a clear trend across Europe toward assigning between 180 and 240 ECTScredits, equaling 3 to 4 years of full-time study, while graduate degrees at Master level normallycarry 60-120 ECTS credits”.This paper will discuss some of the variations in both courses and degrees, including the three-year bachelor degree. It will also discuss ways for U.S

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tao Xing, Tuskegee University; Legand L. Burge Jr., Tuskegee University; Heshmat A. Aglan, Tuskegee University

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Computing & Information Technology

AC 2011-1296: INTEGRATION OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY INTO UN-DERGRADUATE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMTao Xing, Tuskegee University Tao Xing is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering department at Tuskegee University. He re- ceived his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 2002. His recent research focuses on computational fluid dynamics, most recently applied to renewable energy, and integration of mobile technology into engineering courses and laboratories. Address: Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Luther H. Foster Hall, Room 532, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088 Ph: (334) 727-8986 (O), Fax: (334) 727-8090, Email: taox@tuskegee.edu, Web

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Martin W. Weiser, Eastern Washington University, Engineering and Design Department; Hani S. Saad, Eastern Washington University; Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Mechanical Engineering

) heat transfer problems. Goldstein4 also used computational methods to teachseveral topics in heat transfer courses besides the standard in-class lectures. All of the abovementioned efforts were provided to strengthen the students’ understanding in several topics in aheat transfer course. In our institution, several laboratory experiments are usually conducted besides theregular lectures to enhance the students’ understanding of numerous concepts of heat transfer.This is definitely beneficial for our students to get real hands-on experience. However, someexperiments might be difficult to perform and time consuming. Additional experimental work toconduct parametric analysis is challenging. Therefore, computational (or numerical) analysis

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Design Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; William A. Stapleton, Texas State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2011-97: LESSONS LEARNED IN IMPLEMENTING AND ACCRED-ITING A MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAMVedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University-San Marcos Vedaraman Sriraman is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas State University- San Marocs. In the past, he has served as the Manufacturing Engineering program coordinator. He has received several gramts form the NSF and SME-EF to initiate new curriculum and laboratories. Dr. Sri- raman has received several teaching awards and has served as the faculty advisor to the student chapter of SME.William A Stapleton, Texas State University Dr. William A. Stapleton received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Alabama in 1997

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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peggy Layne, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

personal path led me from a [university] BS/MS in 1969/70 to industry experience in [state]. After balancing family obligations and career motivation in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I returned to school and received my PhD from [different university] in 1985. My continued commitment to education led me to the newly created chemical engineering department at [another university] in 1986, where I started as an assistant professor just before turning 40.” – Diane Dorland, dean, Rowan UniversitySally Ann Keller gained leadership experience at the National Science Foundation and LosAlamos National Laboratory before becoming dean: “When I look back on my career, I can honestly say I did not spend much time planning

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

AC 2011-1971: RECONFIGURABLE AND SCALABLE AUTOMATED SYS-TEMS PROJECTS FOR MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION AND CON-TROL EDUCATIONSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. students tocomplete a Teaching Practicum course during their doctoral studies. Students work closely withfaculty mentors in teaching a course. While the focus of the class is on pedagogy, the goal is forstudents to find the experience useful regardless of whether they are going into academia,industry, a research laboratory, or other career pursuits. In addition to issues dealing withteaching engineering, sessions are organized for career planning, success in both academia andindustry, ethics, and basic counseling and mentoring skills. This paper is a study of theeffectiveness of the Teaching Practicum experience. Survey responses are analyzed from nearly100 Ph.D. alumni for the period from the summer of 1996 to the spring of 2009. The

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures, LLC; Abe Eftekhari, Northern Virginia Community College; Ji Hyon Mun, Thomas Nelson Community College

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Two Year College Division

Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST). Dr. Mead also maintains an active laboratory group that develops laser systems for optical sensing and LIDAR applications. Dr. Mead has previously served as Senior Program Officer at the National Academy of Engineering and served as study director for the pivotal report, Engineering of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century.Dr. Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures, LLC Gwen Lee-Thomas has been an external consultant for over 12 years serving businesses as well as private and public colleges and universities in the state of Washington, California, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska and Virginia in diversity, STEM education, organizational culture, and leadership strategies

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Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Guillermo J. Serrano, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

independent investigators. With this project, two courseshave been developed for undergraduate research that has impacted about 80 students. Four ofthese students went to work as mentors to 48 high school girls and boys at a MechanicalEngineering Summer Camp. During the 6-day camp, students were introduced to ME as a careerand were also exposed to laboratory activities in diverse areas. Finally, the goals of the thirdproject are to develop a Spanish version of the statics concept inventory (CATS) and todetermine if bilingual students exhibit the same misconceptions as those identified in CATS.This study has broadened the participation of underrepresented groups in two ways: 100% of theparticipants are Hispanic students, something that hasn’t occurred

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Impacts on Engineering Education Through Collaborative Learning, Project-based, and Service-learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fanyu F. Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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International

well.New design for student lab activities seems to enhance student engagement, motivate theirlearning, and provide them with a new array of opportunities to obtain and sustain theirknowledge gained from their college education. It confirms possibility of developing andimplementing advanced curriculum for a lab in addition to course itself. The lesson learned fromthe experiment has laid out a solid foundation for future improvements and experiments with alarger student sample size.. Page 25.275.8Bibliography 1. Chan, C. and Fok, W., “Evaluating learning experiences in virtual laboratory training through student perceptions: a case

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education: Program Models

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Light, Lewis-Clark College

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Community Engagement Division

-Learning in the Disciplines, 2000. Page 25.288.93 Forest Products Laboratory. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory: 508 p.Retrieved 12/15/11;http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/products/publications/several_pubs.php?grouping_id=100&header_id=p4Uniform Building Code, 1997, International Conference of Building Officials - International Conference ofBuilding Officials.5 th 5 Year Wheelchair Ramp, Dir. Lindsey Davies, 2011, Service Learning Center, Lewis-Clark State College,(youtube video) http

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Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Yaw D. Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Engineering Laboratory 3EGEE 302 Principles of Energy EngineeringProfessional Elective 1 3 EGEE 438 Wind and Hydro Energy Engineering 3 16 15 7th Semester 8th SemesterENGL 202C (GWS) Technical 3 EGEE 494A Research Projects 2 WritingFSC 432 Petroleum and Natural Gas 3 EGEE 437 Solar Energy Engineering 3 ProcessingEGEE 441 Electrochemical Energy 3 EGEE 464W Energy Design Project 3

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Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Butler, University of Oklahoma

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Environmental Engineering

process and discussion of public databases forconducting the life cycle inventory step of the life cycle assessment (e.g., the NationalRenewable Energy Laboratory Life Cycle Inventory database13). An overview of the life cycleimpact assessment process was also given, including a discussion of the following impactcategories: global climate change, acid precipitation, eutrophication, ozone layer depletion, andsmog formation.Finally, students performed a limited life cycle assessment using the public domain software“Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability” (BEES)14. Students worked in smallgroups of 3-4 to compare the environmental and economic (i.e., cost) impacts of buildingproducts. The software BEES was chosen for this life cycle

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Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair J. McDonald, University of Texas, Pan American

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Civil Engineering

when necessary. Startedwith virtually no funding, laboratory space with 20% utilization was made available to studentsto study in during the unused 80% of the schedule. The program was initiated in the Fall 2011term. The academic performance of a targeted set of at risk students was observed during thesemester.The motivation for this program and its objectives are discussed. Data collected following thefirst semester of operation is presented and discussed. Conclusions are drawn regarding theenvironments impact on the program.IntroductionStudents at every academic level are prone to fall behind during the semester. Key to “keepingup” is having adequate prerequisite knowledge to comprehend and implement new concepts asthey are presented in

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ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Paul Francis Mlakar, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

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Civil Engineering

, manyprograms fix the shortcomings and make necessary changes to the program that will earn anultimate NGR rating. Programs are encouraged to work with the ABET team chief to take fulladvantage of this due process period.810. Laboratory Safety. There are not a lot of shortcomings in the areas of facilities, resources,or faculty qualifications. One exception to that has been laboratory safety which seems to Page 25.313.7generate a lot of attention. Include it in the self-study and be ready to address it during thecampus visit when the evaluators are given a tour.11. Don’t embellish. There is a natural tendency for a program to cite its accomplishments