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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

continuity to develop a relationship based on mutual respect. A good areafor interaction is through industry advisory boards. These have a formal structure but allow forcontinuous personal contact. Other good areas for interaction include industry sponsoredstudent projects (as long as the outcomes and deliverables are clearly understood by bothparties), guest classroom lectures, and getting-to-know-you days. To be effective there shouldbe interaction on all levels, from institution president/senior industry management toDean/Chief Engineer to student/engineer. There must also be an agreed on extraction process sothat if things don’t work out as expected one party or the other can gracefully withdraw withoutcreating hard feelings.III. Partnering with

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ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Z. Joan Delalic; Richard Cohen; Jim J-S Chen; Dennis Silage

-training courses, dynamic modular courses, and interdisciplinary projects and research withthe support of the microelectronics industry. The microelectronics industry is acutely aware ofthe need for innovations in packaging and thermal management to supplement the advances andpromise of low power consumption CMOS design and the SOC design methodology. Suchinnovations are needed if the clock speed and computational power of compact future systemsare to increase. This initiative addresses the development of curriculum in such micro and nanoscale technology in microelectronics and VLSI and in the materials science, heat transfer, andthermal management of such devices and, as a consequence, builds a closer working relationshipwith the microelectronic

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Richard Smith; Marv Abrams

access of physical laboratoryfacilities between academic institutions. The goals of this project are directly responsive tosignificant areas of educational and national concerns. The primary goal is in response to thedynamic and diverse expansion of new high technology subjects that make it very difficult formany academic institutions to keep pace. The rapidly evolving nature of technology makes itimpossible for most schools to keep current with correspondingly expensive laboratoryequipment and to offer newly evolving courses. Conversely, the development of sophisticatedand versatile software with constant upgrades provides an attractive alternative in computersimulations. Educators and students can become dominantly indoctrinated and highly

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Lars Cederqvist; Jed Lyons

Session 1566 Full-Body Contact Statics and Other Freshman Engineering Experiences Jed S. Lyons, Lars Cederqvist University of South CarolinaAbstractHundreds of papers presented at ASEE meetings have described introduction to engineeringcourses and projects. This paper provides actual instructional materials for three inexpensiveactive-learning activities that can be performed by first-semester freshmen to introduce them toengineering and motivate them to learn a suite of computer applications. Two of them are in

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Randall Musselman

Session 1332A Fun Hidden Transmitter Hunt Offers an InexpensiveHands-On Antenna Experiment Rich with Insight for the Students Randall L. Musselman Department of Electrical Engineering U.S. Air Force Academy, CO Abstract This paper describes an antenna design project that adds a great deal of hands-on insight into antennas and propagation. The testing of antennas in done under the guise of a game, where students use their antennas to locate a hidden transmitter. The

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Kettering University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, Kettering University; Timothy M. Cameron, Miami University

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Design in Engineering Education

on culminating learning in the academicmajor, and more than 70% require a major project or presentation.1 While a capstone course wasoriginally viewed as the "finishing touch" to provide students with the needed information orskills before graduation2,3, another view was developed considering a capstone course as anopportunity for students to demonstrate that they have achieved the goals for learning establishedby their educational institution and major department.4 Through careful examination of bothviews it is clear that the original view may lead to focusing on knowledge exchange and skillsdevelopment with no performance measures and the second view may cause no extra meaningfulknowledge and skills to be developed in the course.5

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

and retention of highlymotivated minority students into engineering disciplines. The program involves recruiting aPre-Engineering Cohort that participates in a number of enrichment activities, including aSummer Transfer Workshop. The workshop introduces cohort participants to the engineeringdegree programs offered by Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University(TAMU). Participants live in campus residence halls and interact with department faculty, staffand students through several activities, including information sessions, field trips, laboratorytours, and design projects. While students are exposed to the various engineering fields, they alsoimprove their critical thinking and problem solving skills. This paper presents

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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

researchers, especiallythose from groups that are underrepresented in the engineering population. The College ofEngineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) has an enrollment ofabout 5000 students (approximately 98% are Hispanic), 67% males and 33% females. Becauseof this, UPRM researchers have an excellent opportunity to impact both Hispanics and women,who are traditionally underrepresented populations in engineering.Currently, there are three active research endeavors funded through the BRIGE program atUPRM. The objective of this paper is to disseminate the broadening participation initiatives thathave been designed and implemented at UPRM through these projects. The first project seeks toprovide research experience to

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University; Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Mark J. Stratton, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-3751: CURRICULA 2015: AN UPDATE FOR 2012Dr. Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University Hugh Jack is a professor of product design and manufacturing engineering at Grand Valley State Univer- sity in Grand Rapids, Mich. His specialties include automation, design projects, and internet application development.Prof. Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton Robert L. Mott, P.E., is Professor Emeritus of engineering technology at the University of Dayton. He serves the Society of Manufacturing Engineers through the Manufacturing Education & Research Com- munity and the SME Center for Education, and he is a recipient of the SME Education Award. He has authored four textbooks: Applied Fluid Mechanics, 6th

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Instrumentation Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University, Calumet; Joseph Edward Cody, Purdue University, Calumet

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Instrumentation

AC 2012-4826: DESIGN OF A MOBILE ROBOT AND USE OF RFID FORFAST WEREHOUSINGDr. Masoud Fathizadeh, Purdue University, Calumet Masoud Fathizadeh has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology since 2001. He has worked more than 15 years both for private industries and national research labs such as NASA, Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories. Fathizadeh has established his own consulting and engineering company in 1995 and performed many private and government projects. His areas of interests are, control systems, power systems, power electronics, energy, and system integration. Fathizadeh is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Illinois.Mr. Joseph Edward Cody, Purdue

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Electrical and Computer Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuan Liao, University of Kentucky

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Electrical and Computer

system 7. Anew course titled Power System Analysis Using Advanced Software was developed at thedepartment of electrical and computer engineering the University of Kentucky to providestudents in-depth understanding of and hands on experiences in selected software packages. Thisnew course is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students and has been offered inthe past at our university. This class also provides an opportunity for students to appreciate themodel of real world utility systems.This paper discusses the course contents and pedagogical approach employed to deliver the newcourse. The effectiveness of the class is evaluated through assigned projects and our university’sofficial course evaluation system. Evaluation studies have

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allan T. Kirkpatrick P.E., Colorado State University; Scott Danielson P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Thomas Perry P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

the mechanical engineeringtechnology graduates.The project investigated the current state of mechanical engineering education and practicewithin industry through assessment of recent literature addressing the shape and content ofengineering and engineering technology education and through conducting workshops amongstakeholders at key conferences and gatherings. The National Academy of Engineers’ (NAE)Educating the Engineer of 20201 suggests an earlier and stronger introduction to engineeringpractice within undergraduate programs, with the students experiencing an iterative process ofdesign, analysis, building, and testing. Another NAE project, Changing the Conversation2,recommended re-branding of engineering to improve its appeal to different

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omonowo David Momoh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Electrical Power Project/Service Engineer from 1994 to 2000. His research interests include Electrical Power System Analysis, Electric Machine Drives, Renew- able Energy Technology, and Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE. Page 24.388.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014DEVELOPING A RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSE FOR A MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMAbstract:A course on renewable energy has become more of a requirement in MS programs. This is theresult of continuously shrinking global energy resources. The importance of

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University; Gordon W. Skelton, Jackson State University; Pao-Chiang Yuan, Jackson State University; Jessica Buck Ph.D., Jackson State University; Britney M. Williams, Jackson State University

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Engineering Technology

degreewith a major in Emergency Management Technology requires the successful completion of 124credits of coursework, including 39 credits for the major; 64 credits in general educationrequirements; and 21 credits in the minor, electives and other degree requirements. Thecurriculum focuses on such topics as emergency planning, incident command, disaster responseand recovery, hazard identification and mitigation, agency coordination, homeland security, andcommunity emergency training. A capstone project provides the opportunity to apply anddemonstrate emergency management skills gained during the course of the program.The establishment of this Emergency Management Technology program has met the increased

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Innovative Course Developments in Construction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

trades to effectively support estimating teams in their organizations. Among thevarious trades, having a good understanding of Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing (MEP) scope ishighly valued in construction organizations since relatively fewer construction professionalspossess this expertise.Historically construction people come from diverse backgrounds, experiencing and learning theprofession in field practices1. However as projects got more complex and competition tougher,the peoples’ profile in the industry has changed over the years and college graduates mainly fromconstruction, and also from architecture and civil engineering programs started to occupyprofessional ranks in construction companies. Most graduates joining construction companiescome

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BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lacey Duckworth; Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi; Andrew Peter Strelzoff, University of Southern Mississippi

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Construction

AC 2012-5327: USABILITY OF A COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL REAL-ITY ENVIRONMENT EARTHWORK EXERCISESDr. Lacey DuckworthDr. Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi Tulio Sulbaran received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology with a con- centration in construction management and with a minor in computer engineering and strong statistical background. He has more than eight years of work experience in the A/E/C (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry with office and field experience in scheduling, estimating, and project man- agement in the United States and several international locations, including Venezuela, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Thailand. Sulbaran is an

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Alexandra Chincarini, RETainUS

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Nekovei is currently co-PI for two NSF projects related to teaching by design research and develop- ment, one in nanotechnology (NSF-NUE) and another in robotics (NSF-CCLI). He was a senior Fulbright grantee at Bucharest Polytechnic University during 2008-09 academic year where he performed collabora- tive research in computationally complex circuits and studied ”teaching by design” methodology. Nekovei was the recipient of university distinguished teaching award in 2008. He is a member of IEEE and Etta Kappa Nu honor society.Ms. Alexandra Chincarini, RETainUS Page 25.1173.1 c American

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Sue Ann Kearns; Merredith Portsmore; Judy Barsosky; Catherine Rogers; Chris Rogers

activities at the first grade level.IntroductionThe primary goal of Tufts University’s Center for Engineering Educational Outreach (CEEO) isto bring engineering into the K-12 classroom. Constantly building and taking things apart togain a better understanding of how they work, children are natural engineers. By bringingengineering into the classroom, these natural instincts can be capitalized on to excite childrenabout math and science and interest them in a future careers in science , math , and engineering.Engineering also provides a way to integrate subjects and to show students the real worldapplications of the subjects they are learning. It lends itself to the development of personallymeaningful projects that the students can relate to and

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jeff Fant

, local ham radio clubs, and local radio-controlled aircraft organizations. TheTAP Program includes workshops for training teachers in wireless telecommunicationsand summer camps for middle school (grades 7-9) students with game-based activitiesthat teach the fundamental technologies that will prepare them to enter further studies inResidential Broadband Wireless, Voice over IP · TCP/IP Wireless Networks, and Voice,Video and Data Integration. Plans also include transmissions to and from theInternational Space Station and other projects coordinated with the help of NASA.Background:The U.S. Census Bureau reveals that less than twenty percent of all new jobs created inthe twenty-first century will require a four-year degree or higher. Greater than

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2001 Annual Conference

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Shirley Holloway

Session 1845 Transforming Curriculum Development: Putting an entire institution on line for the benefit of students, faculty, the professions and industry. Shirley A. Holloway The Northern Alberta Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn response to current trends in post-secondary education, the Northern Alberta Institute ofTechnology (NAIT) in Edmonton, Alberta has embarked on an institute-wide initiative dubbed“LOGging Our Curriculum.” The goal of the project is to create outcomes-based, modularized,digital curriculum housed in a database accessible to NAIT instructors

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2001 Annual Conference

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Roger Smith; Holly Bentley; William G. Fahrenholtz

Composition C PlaneFigure 1. A hypothetical binary phase diagram with an isopleth at Figure 2. A hypothetical ternary phase diagram 32 weight percent B. with an isopleth at 20% A, 70%B, 10%C.When studying phase diagrams, the most common exercise is an isoplethal analysis. Anisopleth* is a line of constant composition, shown in Figures 1 and 2. Isopleths are parallel to thetemperature axis in a temperature-composition diagram. In a two-dimensional projection of athree

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2001 Annual Conference

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Mileta Tomovic; William Szaroletta; Bruce Harding

(PDS) to providethat early skills set which could then be employed in any subsequent course. The goalbeing to encourage IronCAD™ to become as ubiquitous among the MET student body asExcel™ is now. Since IronCAD™ features both photorealistic rendering, web graphicsformats and animation, it is anticipated that students will have sufficient skills to useIronCAD™ to prepare graphic information for presentations and web projects in almostany other classes.II. Production Design ApplicationsFollowing a first semester introductory CAD tools course utilizing AutoCAD™, secondsemester students advance into MET 102, Production Design & Specifications, a coreMET course. This course as its name suggests, allows students to learn industrialproduction

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2001 Annual Conference

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James Wade; Virginia Elkins; Roy Eckart; Catherine Rafter; Eugene Rutz

Session 3430 Utilizing New Instructional Technologies to Optimize the Learning Process Roy Eckart, Virginia Elkins, Terri Heidotting, Catherine Rafter, Eugene Rutz and James Wade University of CincinnatiAbstractThe goal of this project, funded by a grant from the General Electric Fund, is to determinewhether using new instructional technologies to optimize the learning process for students withdifferent learning styles and personality types. This paper presents the progress made towardthis goal in the first year of a

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2000 Annual Conference

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William L. Call; Saleh M. Sbenaty

. Page 5.186.14. To nationally disseminate information related to SEATEC activities, materials, and results, including outcomes of the use of case studies in field-test setting.II. The Evolution of SEATECThe current SEATEC effort to develop the case study method in technical education began as anoutgrowth of a previous NSF-funded grant titled TEFATE (Tennessee Exemplary Faculty forAdvanced Technological Education). SEATEC, like TEFATE, is a consortium developed by apartnership of five two-year colleges in Tennessee with representatives from four-yearuniversities, secondary schools, business and industry, and government entities in Tennessee,Kentucky, and Alabama. The TEFATE project had several important components:interdisciplinary faculty

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2000 Annual Conference

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Stanley J. Pisarski

peripheral and a serialcommunications interface in addition to input capture and output compare functions. This year anew member was born and has been added to the ever-expanding list of experiments utilizing themicrocontroller as the main control unit. The UPJ EET MicroMouse is the combination of aminiature land rover vehicle with sonar-type sensors that scurries around on the floor mapping outits surroundings while avoiding obstacles in its path.This paper focuses on the evolution of this course, the newest member of the group (UPJ EETMicroMouse), and links student learning to the use of exciting projects compared with moretraditional mundane cookbook experiments. It will examine the fundamental reasons for learningwhile comparing and contrasting

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2000 Annual Conference

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John C. Anderson; David Kelso; Charles Yarnoff; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

knowledge to engineering.3-8 In contrast, an integrated approachto communication instruction has the potential to show students that engineers value—and dependon—effective communication, just as team projects give students valuable experience in theteamwork skills they are likely to need in the workplace.But integrating instruction in teamwork and communication into engineering courses isn’t easy,especially when engineering faculty already have overcrowded syllabi and have little idea how toteach teamwork and communication—even if they are convinced of the importance of thesetopics. Moreover, teaching communication usually requires assigning and grading more papers,a burdensome task that many engineering faculty prefer to avoid

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2000 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Reid

been the most popular course offered throughout the Young Scholarprogram. A Peek Inside the Computer, a class on computer software and hardware ,was developed this past summer for the first time. Both courses were filled to capacity,and generated very positive feedback. Every session involves hands-on activities, withlecture content tailored to the lab. This paper will describe the typical students, thecurriculum and projects, and important points to making this and similar programssuccessful.Introduction:The K-12 students of today are potentially the college students of tomorrow. In manycases, their math and science classes may be weak, and they may have littleunderstanding of engineering and technology. The IEEE has identified one of its

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2001 Annual Conference

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Julia Williams

Page 6.978.1needs of engineering education. By this I mean that many of the portfolio models we areProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationworking from come from the language arts and education fields; while these portfoliosmeet the needs of certain faculty and students, they are less applicable to engineeringstudents, faculty, and programs. In designing an engineering portfolio, I believe we can,however, adopt several portfolio principles that seem to be common across disciplines.For the purposes of this paper, I am focusing on documentation of student learning incommunication, but I have evidence from the portfolio project

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2001 Annual Conference

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James Newell; Kevin Dahm

been conducted. Students are presented with a list of possible stadiumdesigns, in which the major parameters are cost and seating capacity, and are challenged todetermine which best meets the team's needs. Working in teams of 3-4, they analyze data toquantify the effect of team payroll on won-loss record, which in turn affects ticket sales andmerchandising revenues. They produce an optimized economic strategy for running the team,the cornerstone of which is the stadium selection. To support this project, engineering classroominstruction is devoted to introducing the design process (~2 weeks), fundamentals of engineeringeconomics (~6 weeks) and basic statistics (1 week). Concurrently, communications facultymembers train students in public

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2001 Annual Conference

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Ted Aanstoos; Steven Nichols

, theseprofessional skills are taught on-the-job by mentoring, “stand and deliver” instruction,correspondence, computer-based instruction, etc. Such internal training may require severalmonths of a new engineer’s first year on the job.In a recent course in Engineering Professional Responsibility, student teams were assigned asemester research project in which they were tasked to 1) Analyze their own four-yearcurriculum in comparison to other Universities, 2) Determine the preferred set ofknowledge/skills/abilities at the entry level for the job they plan to seek, and 3) Plan thesupplemental education (through seminars, short courses, certificate courses, etc) required to“bridge the gap.” In researching for this project, student teams were encouraged to