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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Brian Resnick

Session 2548 Teaching the Programmer’s “Bag of Tricks” Brian J. Resnick, P.E. University of CincinnatiAbstractPrior to entering academia, the author provided supplemental programming education to the newhires for a manufacturer of an embedded system application. Over a twenty year period, heobserved the skill set of graduates from a variety of educational institutions, and discovered thatthey understood the syntax but were unable to conceive or express a solution to many of theproblems at hand. They had limited exposure to the problem-solving techniques

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lawrence Carlson

Session #____ Rapid Prototyping to Cement CAD Modeling Skills Lawrence E. Carlson Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado at BoulderIntroductionAn important aspect of contemporary mechanical engineering education is mastery of a modernsolid modeling computer-aided design (CAD) software package. This important skill is vital tofuture engineers’ careers and gives students immediately marketable skills for summeremployment. Students also need to learn

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sean Falkowski

Bringing Members of Industry into the Teaching Profession Sean A. Falkowski University of DaytonWhen coming from industry a new faculty member of engineering technology has manychallenges. The learning environment is enhanced by the faculty member’s experience gained inthe engineering field. Examples from industry can be used in the classroom to bring about a feelfor the applications necessary in engineering and technology. Also brought by this new facultymember are techniques used in professional practice as well as skills needed to survive in theworkplace. But this change of careers can bring new

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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Security

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2005 Annual Conference

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Philip Lunsford; Evan Wright

Closed Port Authentication with Port Knocking Phil Lunsford, Evan C. Wright East Carolina University, Greenville, NCAbstractPort knocking is a promising new technology to further secure remote services. This technologycan be used to keep all TCP ports closed until a user has authenticated with a port knocksequence. During the port knock sequence all ports remain closed, thus rendering the serverinvisible to any malicious port scans. After a valid knock sequence has been verified by thesystem, a predetermined TCP or UDP port is opened allowing for a standard connection for apredefined service. This allows an extra layer of authentication at the transport layer

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Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

Teaching Persuasive Writing Skills Using Proposals and Cover Letters Elisa Linsky, Gunter Georgi. Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York.Engineers and Scientists are trained to present information as objectively as possible. While thisis critical in the preparation of lab reports and in the dissemination of experimental results,technical professionals are often called upon to write persuasively.How do we teach our students to remain objective and still convince their readers that their idea,product, or solution is the best one?In EG 1004 Introduction to Engineering and Design, the preparation of lab reports has beentaught for a number of years. Recently, other forms of

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Tim Bower

Incorporating Source Code Reading into Operating Systems Class Projects Tim Bower Assistant Professor Computer Systems Technology Kansas State University at Salina tim@ksu.eduABSTRACTInstructors of operating systems classes have long desired to incorporate programmingprojects into the class that will give students an appreciation for the source code of thekernel of a real operating system. Unfortunately, this lofty goal in practice becomesdifficult to effectively pull off. This paper reviews the motivation and benefits forincorporating programming projects in an

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Justin Davis

Strategic Planning for New Faculty: From What to How Justin S. Davis Mississippi State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes methods of implementing advice given to new faculty members.Every new faculty member is (or should be) given advice through mentoring, new facultytraining, and development programs. Many times new faculty are told what they need todo to succeed, but not how to do it.1. Introduction Broad advice targets a broad audience, but specific advice is more difficult to givebecause every faculty member’s situation has different priorities. Therefore, theimplementation of the broad advice is left to the creativity of the faculty member

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New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michele Perrin

5-Minute Demonstrations to Enhance the Conceptual Understanding of Engineering Lectures Michele Perrin University of MissouriAbstractIntroductory engineering classes are often taught in large lecture halls, but due to a lack oflaboratory apparatus, professors use chalk or erasers to demonstrate physical principles.“Imagine this chalk is a Gaussian sphere” is a phrase underclassmen hear and are expected tolearn by. Clearly, easily accessible, illustrative instructional aids could facilitate learningcomplex engineering concepts. This paper describes a set of 5-minute demonstrations that aresimple to execute, require very

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mitch Keil; Pavel Ikonomov; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

Session 1368 Online experimentation for study of stress and deformation in structural beamsAlamgir Choudhury, Jorge Rodriguez, Mitch Keil, Sam Ramrattan and Pavel Ikonomov Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Western Michigan UniversityAbstract Analysis of stress and deformation of beam elements are utilized in a wide rangeof curriculum. In most engineering and engineering technology programs, analyticalmethods are often augmented with computer applications and laboratory experiments. Inthe lecture only classes, theoretical learning can be complemented by

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Turner; Joseph Hoffbeck

Putting Theory into Practice with Simulink John Turner, Joseph P. Hoffbeck University of PortlandAbstractMany students prefer to learn by induction (starting with specifics and working toward thegeneral theories). However, engineering classes are traditionally taught with a deductiveapproach (starting with general theories and working toward specifics). This paper discusseshow the software package Simulink can be used to bring an inductive element into a digitalsignal processing (DSP) course which allows the students to experiment with the theory and todirectly experience the results of the processing. This process gives the students

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michele Perrin

Thermodynamics for Tots to Teens Michele Perrin University of MissouriAbstractThis paper describes ten different ways to use a temperature sensor to investigatethermodynamics with younger students. Physical concepts such as temperature scales, heattransfer, phase changes in water, Newton’s Law of Cooling, and calorimetry can be exploredthrough typical playtime activities – touching (observation), pouring (manipulation), and sorting(classification). Activities such as mixing cups of hot and cold water allow children to continueexperimenting with their first temperature “sensors” (their fingers), while formalizing the processof

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Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

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Philip Dunn

Transitioning to Academia Philip A. Dunn, Jr. PE Assistant Professor of Construction Management Technology, School of Engineering Technology, University of Maine at OronoAbstractAfter 23 years working as an engineer in a private consultant firm, a municipality, and a statedepartment of transportation, I had the opportunity to teach at my alma mater. I took theopportunity and because of the immediate need to fill the position, I left my employer and beganteaching duties in a short two week time frame. I was assigned two full time courses andadditionally took on duties assisting with two other courses. I soon devised organizationaltechniques to

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Jeff Jackson

the development of nationally competitive grant proposals. Withmany components required for a successful grant proposal, it is important for a potential granteeto develop a set of best practices when undertaking grant proposal writing efforts.The author of this paper has written a successful NSF Adaptation and Implementation grantproposal [1] entitled “An Integrated Internet-Accessible Embedded Systems Laboratory” and asuccessful NSF Department Level Reform grant proposal [2] entitled “Developing a ModernComputer Engineering Curriculum Focusing on Embedded Systems.” The goal of this paper is tosuggest best practices for proposals for people considering writing similar grant proposals.Considerations include properly addressing program

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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Loker

Session 2147 Remote Data Acquisition using Bluetooth David R. Loker, P.E. Collin G. Frampton, Titan J. McElhaney, Jonathan R. Mook, Anthony M. Sansone Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractIn this paper, a remote data acquisition project using Bluetooth technology is presented for asenior technical elective telecommunications course in the Electrical Engineering TechnologyBaccalaureate Program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. There are several noteworthycharacteristics of this project

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Marshall

Document 2005-744 Programmable Logic Controllers in the High Schools Improves College Enrollments John Allen Marshall, Ph.D. School of Applied Science, Engineering, and Technology University of Southern Maine Gorham, Maine 04038IntroductionToo few high school students understand that a technical career path can genuinely beexciting and neat. Some have the short-term view that good paying jobs are plentiful, sowhy take the really difficult courses. Many sell their own abilities short and convincethemselves that it is too difficult a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Betsy Willis

Visioneering – Designing the Future Betsy F. Willis, Ph.D. School of Engineering, Southern Methodist UniversityAbstractScience Fair meets rock concert meets a day at the mall meets sporting event….welcome toVisioneering. Visioneering is an annual engineering outreach event and TV show produced inconjunction with National Engineers Week. The goal of Visioneering is to excite K-12 studentsabout science, math, engineering and technology in a high-energy, high-impact atmosphere.Visioneering brings together students, educators, higher education, and industry. Now in its 5thyear, Visioneering has grown from a live event for 250 middle school students to a by

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Donald Peter

MINDSTORMS LOBOTOMY: ROBOTIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, COORDINATION, AND CONTROL SYSTEM WITH PARALLEL ACOUSTICAL TRACKING CAPABILITY Luke Yoder, Mychal Hall, Kyle Madson, Anthony Donaldson, Don Peter Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WashingtonAbstract A system for wireless, multi-robotic communication, coordination, and control, based onLego MindStormsTM robots and a PC-based Command Center, has been demonstrated at ®Seattle Pacific University as an example of fruitful undergraduate research and as a powerfulextension of MindStormsTM capabilities for use by future students with minimal programmingand hardware changes. A custom program

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Karim Muci; Jonathan Weaver

Session 1125 Using Industry-Like Product Development Projects in Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Courses Karim H. Muci-Küchler1 and Jonathan M. Weaver2 1 Mechanical Engineering Department South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2 Mechanical Engineering Department University of Detroit Mercy Abstract A good engineering education involves more than preparing students that have soundtechnical knowledge in a

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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N. Romey; R. Swartz; D. Behrend; M. Cheung; R. Beitle

Plant design with teams of mixed vision capabilityN. Romey(1), R. Swartz(2), D. Behrend(2), M. Cheung(3), R. Beitle(1)(1) Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas. 3202Bell Engineering Center Fayetteville AR 72701.(2) Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas. 213 Memorial Hall FayettevilleAR 72701.(3) Department of Chemical Engineering. The University of Akron. 404 Auburn Scienceand Engineering Akron OH 44325.This presentation will describe our efforts to provide a meaningful design experiencewithin the framework of balancing visual and verbal dialog elements. Such efforts stemfrom the simple fact that pedagogy typical to chemical engineering design must bealtered when a visually impaired student

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Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Wronecki; Donivan Potter

Document 2005-2223 Designing for Special Needs “A universal design for a computational input device.” James A. Wronecki, Donivan Potter East Tennessee State University, Johnson CityThe industrial design of traditional computational input devices such as keyboards and mice onthe consumer market today often do not lend themselves to the needs of individuals withphysical limitations. To help such individuals the coauthors, a graduate art student and anindustrial design professor set out to design a new input device.To appropriately constrain the design a

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Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tom Eppes; Peter Schuyler

Novel Distance Laboratory LabVIEW Control Panel Tanuj Oruganti, Tom Eppes and Peter Schuyler University of HartfordAbstractThe paper discusses the use of National Instrument’s LabVIEW for distance laboratoryexperiments. LabVIEW is being used in conjunction with a proprietary distance laboratorysystem called ALTE (Automated Laboratory Test Environment). ALTE is used by students inthe Electronic & Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) Department at the University ofHartford to perform experiments over the Internet on a 24/7 basis. The system architectureconsists of a management server that provides access control and archived experimentalprocedures. The

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

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Derek Yip-Hoi; Zbigniew Pasek

LEGO FACTORY: AN EDUCATIONAL CIM ENVIRONMENT FOR ASSEMBLY Zbigniew J. Pasek, Derek Yip-Hoi University of Michigan / University of British ColumbiaABSTRACTThis paper describes a general concept for a computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)environment intended for the design and assembly of “products” built out of Lego blocks. These“products” are conceptualized and designed within a Lego CAD System from a small set of themost commonly used Lego building blocks. Process planning and trajectory planning software isused to determine the build sequence and robot program for assembling the model directly fromthe 3D CAD model. The robot program is fed into a cell

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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AHAMAD FARHOUD

Session 1347 An Educational and Entertaining Senior Capstone Design Ahmad M. Farhoud Engineering Technology Department University of ToledoAbstractThe renovation of Lucas County’s Winter Wonderland Christmas exhibit presented a uniqueopportunity for students to become involved and use their knowledge to design new displays.The project presented herein represents an ideal learning experience. It was an occasion forstudents to have fun, while demonstrating their technical knowledge. At the same time, studentsexperienced some of

Conference Session

Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Walter Bankes; Michael Eastman; Anthony Trippe; Jeffrey Lillie; George Zion

Students Sharing Their Co-op Experiences Mike Eastman, Anthony Trippe, Walt Bankes, Jeff Lillie, George Zion Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractAs a mechanism for providing students with a meaningful oral presentation experience, theComputer Engineering Technology program at RIT has instituted a new requirement for eachstudent to meet. The requirement is related to their co-operative education assignment. Studentsreturning from co-op are required to create a PowerPoint presentation and a poster describingtheir co-op experiences in order to receive a passing grade for their co-op assignment. Theserequirements are in addition to the employer’s and student’s co-op evaluations

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Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Gregg; Tamara Knott; Jenny Lo

Transitioning from Adjunct to Tenure Track Jenny L. Lo, Tamara W. Knott, and Michael H. Gregg Department of Engineering Education Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractThree faculty members in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech discusstheir successful transitions from adjunct faculty to tenure-track faculty. One faculty member hadindustrial experience, worked as an adjunct in a community college before becoming tenure-track faculty, and is now a tenured faculty member. The second faculty member had experienceas a university researcher, worked as an instructor in one department and as an adjunct in

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Stuart Bernstein

ENGAGING ENGINEERING STUDENTS THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING Stuart Bernstein University of Nebraska, Lincoln at OmahaAbstractIn the Personnel & Supervisory Methods class (CET 4200) the students start off by writing apaper describing what they expect to get from the class. I received comments such as, “nothing,I think this is going to be a big waste of my time” , and “I’ve spent the past six months as anassistant project engineer and already know how to manage people.” That kind of negativeattitude can be difficult to overcome, but each year I have tried new exercises in an effort tomake this an important and enjoyable class.Due to the

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

Enhancing Capstone Design with an Industry Sponsored Project Center Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411, USAMechanical Engineering Capstone DesignSenior capstone design courses have become a critical component of undergraduate engineeringeducation, as mandated by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).The Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone Design at North Carolina A&T State University(NC A&T) is a two-semester project course. The course allows students to take design projectsfrom conceptual

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Dullanty

Practical Design Considerations for Large Marine Structures in South Carolina Robert E. Dullanty Sr., P.E. Principal Engineer Schneider & Associates, Inc.AbstractCriterion 3 of ABET 2004-2005 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs requires that allengineering programs seeking accreditation manifest that their graduates have an ability to“function on multidisciplinary teams.” Students should be able to serve as both a team leader anda contributing member of a design team. This paper presents a case study of two heavy marinestructures in the Charleston, South Carolina. Heavy marine

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New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

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Vivian Bergel; Jean Fullerton; Troy McBride

wheelchair ramps, a jig set to perform life skills, a dollhouse forvictims of abuse, a vertical maze for a children’s display, and a handrail system for a walkingbridge. In the Fall of 2004, 36 students worked on ten projects including a wheelchair ramp,proximity sensors for a power wheelchair, toy-boxes for families in transitional housing,basement access for a community center, CAD and GIS map work for a neighboring boroughand two dollhouses for a fundraising auction. These projects are well suited to first yearengineering students, as they generally do not require skill-sets developed in upper-level scienceand engineering courses. Yet, these projects are genuine, have real clients, and are able toaddress many important topics in the Introduction