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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, University of Central Florida; Andrea Carneal-Burrows Borowczak, University of Central Florida

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follow-up for 5 out 7 CS perception items.3. Specifically, their perception increased continuously from pre to post to follow-up for two itemsTo what extent do educators increase the incorporation of integrated computer science contentwithin their existing coursework after participating in RET?1. All were able to incorporate integrated Computer Science into their lessons or activities2. All plan to extend this incorporation beyond the current school year3. Course participants plan to implement integrated CS in Life Science, Astronomy, Physical Science, Math, Geometry, Machine Learning, Phonics, Reading, etc.To what extent do faculty-research mentors and graduate students assist educators to incorpo-rate integrated computer science content

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ASEE-NE 2022

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Tim Reno Baci Snow, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael James Cuddy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kevin Neidhart, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Griffin O’Neil, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fiona Zoutendyk, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robert Daniello, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

of fixed and driving crossheads and uniaxial linear motion rods alongwhich the driving crosshead translates. The team planned to create a machine that was able totest a wider range of materials in both tension and compression as well as under bending. All specimens for testing have standard sizes, ASTM and ISO providing the leadingindustry standards. These standards are generally proportional when changing the specimen sizesfor both flat and round samples, focusing on the length to diameter ratio for round specimens andthe width to thickness ratio for flat specimens. It was an objective of this project to test standardsample sizes. The primary constraint for this project was the cost of purchase, fabrication, andassembly

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Jungwon Ahn

, Education for Chemical Engineers, Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp. e12-e30, 2013.[6] P. Field, Creating Case Study Presentations, Journal of College Science Teaching, Vol. 35, Issue 1, 2005.[7] P. Field, Revising a Formal Case Study Presentations as an Independent Research Project, Journal of College Science Teaching, Vol. 43, Issue 2, 2013.[8] https://cse.umn.edu/college/four-year-plans/mechanical-engineering-four-year-plan[9] B. S. Bloom, Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, Vol. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain, New York: David McKay Company, 1956.[10] T. Girard, M. Pinar, P. Trapp, An Exploratory Study of Class Presentations and Peer Evaluations: Do Students Perceive the Benefits?, Academy of Educational

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Behin Elahi

Manufacturing/Enterprise, its evolution from the Toyota Production System (TPS), its key features, and its relationships with Industrial and Systems Engineering methods. 2. Acquire knowledge of the appropriate contexts and conditions for applying Lean methods and related Industrial Engineering and Systems Engineering methods. 3. Equip students with the skills to identify, communicate, initiate, plan, execute, and manage Lean projects and programs. Table 2. The definition of course learning outcomes. Course Learning Outcomes: 1. Clearly articulate the concept of Lean Manufacturing/Enterprise, including its roots, evolution, breadth, principles, limitations, and

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

planning and steering capabilities of the boat needed to be upgraded to rankhigher in the overall competition. There were several primary objectives this year includingdistributing weight to the back of the boat, shortening the drive train, upgrading the telemetrysystem, improving the steering, and remounting the solar array. To achieve these goals, the teamcollaborated on data collection, drive train modification, and solar panel array design with acombined effort towards efficiency and functionality in pursuit of victory. In the 2023competition, our team placed fourth overall, third in the United States, third place for our videopresentation, and lastly earned the Outstanding Solar System Design. Our team was successful atmaking the necessary

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Alok Verma; Vanicha McQueen; Paul Potier; Irfan Khan; Andrew Moore; Grace Komanduru

is an example of this trend. The U.S. Coast Guard is expected to adopthis approach soon and mandate that an ETO man all ships in U.S. waters. No higher educationinstitutions, not even the seven maritime academies in the U.S., currently provide a degree or atraining course for electro-technical officers.In the future, the Marine Engineering Technology Department at the Galveston campus of TexasA&M University plans to develop a new program in collaboration with the MultidisciplinaryEngineering Technology Program from the main campus in College Station.3. InstitutionTexas A&M University at Galveston, an ocean-focused branch campus of Texas A&MUniversity, educates early 2,300 undergraduate and graduate students in a diverse range

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Graduate Student Pipeline and Workforce Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David K. Pugalee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Praveen Ramaprabhu; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; H. P. Cherukuri, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Terry Xu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Audrey Rorrer

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

]. Candidates are mentored through their Ph.D. committee and complete a subjectmatter comprehensive exam, preserving a strong emphasis on the development of specializedknowledge and skills. Patent planning is a 4-step process: understanding the invention,researching the invention, choosing the type of protection, and drafting the patent application.This provides a core program requirement which addresses recommendations around identifyingand researching a problem, developing a research strategy, and evaluating outcomes. Therequirement to develop a viable patentable technology, reviewed by the patent committee and theexternal peer review of the proposed technology, reinforces the program's emphasis ontechnological literacy. Candidates must conduct

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Navigating Diversity and Equity in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Smith, CSEdResearch.org

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

of these changes mean that little is known about how thesechanges are understood by HEFS.Objective: The primary purpose of this paper is to answer the question: How do higher educationfaculty and staff, especially those in engineering, perceive the new legal landscape?Methods: We gathered data from HEFS who chose to participate (n = 46) in a community ofpractice designed to help participants understand and negotiate the new legal landscape. This dataincluded a survey, written artifacts from community activities, meeting transcripts, and plans foraction. We performed a content analysis on this data using the framework developed by Kania etal. for understanding systems change that considers structural, relational, and transformativefactors in

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angel Guillermo Ortega, University of Texas at El Paso; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso; Angel Flores Abad, University of Texas at El Paso; Victor Manuel Bonilla, University of Texas at El Paso; Louis J. Everett, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

removed from our networks, anyfindings in our research will automatically apply to minorities as the vast majority of ourstudent demographic is Hispanic.Future WorkWe have information on the students’ grade classification at enrollment, we plan to use that infuture iterations of the models. We aim to increase the number of predictor data we haveavailable and grade the effect of each of these predictors in guiding the outcome of ourstudents in the program. Such predictors include nationality, first-generation status,socioeconomic status, employment, scholarship status, military participation, and firstlanguage. We are working closely with university administrators and student offices to obtainmore student data for our efforts. We are also making

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Duff's Dynamic Duo: Harnessing the Power of Teamwork for STEM Excellence!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Penn State University, Harrisburg; Brittany Anderson, Penn State University, Harrisburg

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

workshop and howwhat they learned would impact their future career plans. Table 1 shows the 2023 workshopschedule and the following paragraphs provide brief descriptions of workshop sessions.Mathematics: During this session, students learned about coding theory, history and technology.Students were taught integers modulo and cut out two wheels to make their own ciphers. Acipher is an algorithm for encrypting or decrypting messages. During this time, studentsencrypted their own messages and let other students decrypt them. Students also learned aboutcryptology through other ciphers like the affine ciphers and other ways of encryption anddecryption like error correcting code and public key encryption. In addition, vectors and matriceswere also

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cara J Poor P.E., University of Portland

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Room was often at capacity during tutoring hours. Peertutors are a low-cost, community building way to provide more resources for student success.The implementation of ICPT has improved the peer tutoring program at University of Portland,and we plan to continue implementing ICPT in other classes and engineering disciplines.Paper Type: Evidence-Based PracticeKey Words: tutoring, peer learning, conceptual understanding, multidisciplinaryIntroductionPeer tutoring has been used extensively in the past 20 years, and many studies have shown that itis beneficial to student learning [1]-[5]. Peer tutoring is particularly helpful in the first two yearsof engineering, when most students leave engineering for other majors [6], [7]. Peer tutoring

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christa James-Byrnes

hours a week the student should plan on spending on the course. Now, the students are informed on the very first day that they should plan on spending 15-18 hours a week on the course. This time is derived from 3 hours per week to “attend lecture”, 3 hours of out of class study per week for each credit (9), and 3 to 5 hours per week checking the site, reading discussions, and submitting homework. Connectivity & Participation As part of the training for on-line instruction it was stressed that the students should participate in discussions and problem solving as a group to ensure that they feel connected to the class and the university. During the initial offering students were

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mariappan Jawaharlal

San Luis Obispo students have the unique opportunity to designand build a float for the Pasadena Rose Parade every year. They have been participating withtheir own float in the Pasadena Rose parade for over 40 years. The planning and building processof the rose float is a year long undertaking and requires serious engineering. Students from bothcampuses work in multi-disciplinary teams and focus on various fields such as electronics,engines, hydraulics, construction, animation control and administration.To improve student design experience and increase their participation, a new course has beendesigned and offered in the spring of 2006 at Cal Poly Pomona. This new course has beenstructured to assist students with special focus on the design

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Keith E. Holbert; George G. Karady

Removing an Unsupported Statement in Engineering Education Literature Keith E. Holbert and George G. Karady Arizona State University, Tempe, AZAbstractThe STATEMENT that “students retain 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% ofwhat they see, …” enjoys widespread appearance in engineering education papers. The firstarchived occurrence of the STATEMENT emerges in a trade magazine article by Treichler (1967).A continuous improvement plan compels the re-evaluation of the status quo, and as such thispaper provides a critical review of this unsupported STATEMENT and its proliferation. Thoserecent ASEE conference papers

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nikolay Kravchuk; Ryan Colquhoun; Ali Porbaha

EQUIPMENTOverview and Initial PlanThe preliminary model of a Friction Pendulum bearing is consisted of a simple springsystem connected to an anchor, as shown in Figure 4. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Bolts Spring Anchor Top Plate Bottom Plate SpringsShake Table Profile View Plan View Figure 4. Preliminary design of friction pendulum system This model was developed to

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cheng Chen; John DeAndreis; Peter Moala; Agustin Robles; Jose Valdovinos; Qiming Zeng; Amelito G. Enriquez; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shanasser; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi

experience enabled the interns to realize how trained civil engineers in the fieldwill have to collaborate with other members on their team. Trained civil engineers will need tomake weekly meetings with their supervisor to discuss their progress on their design and providefeedback on what they can improve. They will need to make a detailed, tentative plan that theymust follow until their deadline when the building must be constructed. The research projectcould not have been completed by one engineer because it takes teamwork and collaboration oneveryone’s part to get the project done.To obtain a quantitative assessment of the project and further improve the project in the future,an exit survey was conducted for all twelve student participants

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jesus Acosta-Iriqui; Eniko T. Enikov

andassessment style encourages students to become more pro-active and accountable for their ownlearning, and inform experiences of living and traveling in a foreign country reinforce students’self-efficacy.Students from third cohort had similar experiences to the first one; they did not experiencedcultural and logistical difficulties as students in the second-year cohort described. Thesedifferences are almost certainty the result of varying individual experiences and perceptionsrather than actual differences in the program. Moreover, the difficulties described by returningstudents did not adversely affect their overall experiences in any meaningful way.Career goals and aspirationsHundred percent of students indicated plans to work in engineering. Some

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lucia Riderer; Harmonie A. Hawley

of this paper and is described in detail.Links to Engineering was designed to link Citrus College female students in EEWIE to femaleengineers at 4-year colleges and in the industry. There were three main components of Links toEngineering. The first part was presentations and discussions by faculty and students at 4-yearuniversities. The second portion was field trips. The third portion was participation in researchprojects related to an engineering discipline.ResultsSeventeen (17) women students from Citrus College participated in the EEWIE program. Ten(10) of those students are still at Citrus College with plans to graduate from Citrus College andtransfer to a 4-year institution. Six (6) of the students transferred to 4-year universities

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Sergio Mendez; Lisa AungYong

appropriate to require students to perform this type of hands- 4 15 35 41 5 Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 508on/computational teaching module in a lecture course.7. I would like for the faculty to develop such teaching modules for other 33 39 11 17 0chemical engineering courses.8. I plan to learn more about COMSOL Multiphysics and try to perform

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Alex Edgcomb; Frank Vahid

modes but does not capitalize on theweb’s potential for interactivity. Supplemental interactive activities has been done but mayincrease the burden on the student if not accompanied by decreases in excessively-largetextbooks, class notes or Powerpoints, and other materials. Carefully planned interactive webactivities can potentially decrease the need for lengthy written materials and thus improvelearning.This paper describes several types of interactive web activities developed for an introduction toprogramming course, namely binary-to-decimal converter, interactive inheritance tree, equationplotter, swap sorter, and quick sorter. The eventual goal is to create many tens of such activities,parameterized so that they can be reused across STEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney D Giles, University of Vermont; Larry R Medsker, University of Vermont; VARUNI ANURUDDHIKA SENEVIRATNE, University of Vermont; Priyantha Wijesinghe, University of Vermont

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maps for their courses and guide them through five stagesof course design, centering on the ILOs in the sequence. The research team will provide detailson relevant learning theory, instructional design, and active learning approaches as well asindividual or group prompts at each stage. By the end of the workshop, faculty participants will 3have a plan in place for modifying their courses beginning in the next academic year. The fivestages of facilitation are summarized in Table 2. The effect of the intervention on courseplanning and faculty knowledge of instructional design methodologies will be assessed throughfaculty pre- and post-workshop surveys, a follow-up analysis of course materials in

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

K. Madhavan

was not clear whether the drainage plans were followed at the time of construction.Even though there were two detention basins, at least one of the drainage outlet pipesfrom the detention basin was clogged. Consequently, water was not draining out of thebasin; instead the water was recharging the sandy silt layer and hence water was seepingout of the cracked pavement.Construction specifications must be followed while earthwork is in progress. Eventhough the geotechnical report called for particle sizes not exceeding three inches are tobe used in the subgrade, large boulders two to three feet in diameter were found buried inthe subgrade. The base course materials were mixed with clay soils; whereas thespecifications called for crushed

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

A. Lambert; D. J. Russomanno; P. Palazolo; S. Ivey

-dimensional solutions to these problems can be provided best by acoordinated, integrated team of educators, students, and employers working together tomaximize results.6,7 One study described the multi-disciplinary approach succinctly as atype of “bridge program” between attrition and retention of students, meaning that eachmember of the team functions as an integral component in guiding STEM students tosuccess.8One such example in the planning stage involves the overlapping premises of theexpectations of the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) E: 2020 report and theexpectations of industry employers. Specific objectives target students, educators, andindustry employers with the following goals: • To meet national needs through increased and

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Roy A. McCann

Revitalizing Undergraduate Electric Energy Conversion Education Roy A. McCann Department of Electrical Engineering University of Arkansas–FayettevilleAbstractThe content of the core curriculum course in energy conversion for electrical engineers has beenincrementally updated over the last 50 years. However, recent advances in micro and nano-science have created many new devices and analysis methods. Consequently, there is an increas-ing gap between the classical topics covered in existing textbooks and course plans on energyconversion compared to the emerging needs for government and industry in areas such as fuelcells, artificial muscles

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse

possibly process) characteristics and needs of multiple users. ○ Recognize constraints, relations, and other design intent which is intended or suggested in a design. Q10a, b 6 Q11 4 Q12a, b 6 ○ Plan and create model to maintain design intent: R Part Symmetry R Concentric holes Part 2 15 R Supports maintain width when total part length is increased R Other Implied design intent ■ Execute good practice in parametric modeling part modeling

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas Mertz

never intended that the projects be done totally during class and yet moststudents think this should be the case. They perceive the class sessions as time set aside to workon the project rather than time to meet in teams to plan and allocate the work to be done outsideof class. To combat this in future semesters, I plan to assign the project even earlier and adopteven more suggestions of Felder and Brent [2, 4], such as requiring non-binding peer ratingsearlier in the course, allowing firing and quitting of team members, having the teams regularlyassess their performance and using class time to discuss and promote effective team dynamics.The SurveysAt the end of each of three semesters, the freshman participants were surveyed to ascertain

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Suzanna Long; David G. Spurlock

by 2010; and 473,000 by 2015. Areas most at risk for outsourcing are those thatare not tied to the firm’s core competencies or needed to facilitate strategic planning.8 The shift to a flat or horizontal structure is primarily a response to global competition.Flattening the organizational structure streamlines management functions and shifts decision-making authority to lower levels. Synergy between former competitors is increasing as verticalintegration becomes less beneficial in modern economic structures. In the past, firms controlledthe entire production process from raw materials to marketing. However, diversification hasmade specialization on core areas, along with outsourcing a greater mechanism of efficiency. Proceedings of

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kellie Schneider; Heath A. Schluterman; C. Richard Cassady

FEP works in conjunction with the CDC toprovide a series of PDI workshops to our students. Students who complete the requirements forthe PDI Career Planning Program before graduating receive a Certicate of Recognition from theCDC and a Letter of Commendation from the Dean of the student’s college or school. During the2008-2009 academic year, 84 FEP students completed the program.Resumes and Job SearchThis resumes and job search workshop assists students with transitioning their high schoolresume to a professional resume focusing on university activities and accomplishments. Studentsare introduced to the co-op and internship opportunities available to engineering students as wellas the UofA resources available for securing co-ops, internships

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Specking; Edgar C. Clausen

groups were first briefed on the carbohydratecontent of algae and how it might be extracted, and then were given time to locate techniques onthe internet for extracting sugars from biomass. The student groups each decided on a plan ofattack within the constraints of available materials, implemented the plans, and then submittedsamples for sugar analysis. Procedures ranging from mild acid or base hydrolysis to enzymatichydrolysis (from human saliva) were tried. While waiting for sample analysis, the studentsplayed with a remote-controlled car that was fueled with biobutanol.Results from the ProgramsSeveral measurable results were obtained from the three summer programs which demonstrategrowth, interest and early success: • In 2010, EEP1 had

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James G. Steuber

Design Manual Project.Most, if not all, of these skills are addressed by the Design Manual Project. Students will continueto acquire new tools with on-the-job experience including perhaps an increased ability to handleuncertainty or to make estimates–tools which require more hands-on experience. The primary tool developed by the Design Manual Project is a design philosophy. The num-ber of considerations that need to be made when designing or selecting a machine component issometimes overwhelming without some sort of plan or design philosophy. For example, whiledeveloping the design manual for springs a student must ask themselves: How does one select aextension spring? The answer is by asking the right questions! In writing a manual students