Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Page 25.233.2Supto1 taught for many years as an adjunct and humorously describes how adjuncts can betreated as a “pet rock” which is a near-perfect low-maintenance pet. Adjuncts typically are “offthe radar screen” of the Dean and Chair, hence receive minimal feedback except from students intheir classes. Adjuncts often have little authority to improve the laboratory/class they teach andmay not be included in curriculum decisions. Supto recommends that “every adjunct shouldhave a full-time faculty member assigned as an advocate and resource” but this often isn’t thecase1. Adjuncts are often left to fend for themselves.Departments and faculty may want to do an excellent job of teaching undergraduates, yet it isoften the lack of resources and not

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 Engineering: Partnerships

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, University of Kentucky; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University; Lizette D. Day, Rachel Freeman School of Engineering; Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Stevens Institute of Technology; Albert Padilla Jr., Jersey City Public Schools; Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Patty Ann Quinones, Skyline High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

theactivities in the project. Many of the teachers’ resources for science are outdated and limited.Moreover, they mentioned lack of space, specifically, computer laboratory, or science laboratoryscheduling issues. To address these needs, the instructors brought materials with them to theclassroom to help the teachers. This encouraged teachers to share materials with other teachersand with other schools. Finally, teachers mentioned the limited science curriculum in theirdistricts. We are working with our district partners to address this challenge. We are proud to saythat, due to our encouragement, some of our district partners are currently revising their sciencecurriculum to incorporate science and engineering

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Meredith, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette

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New Engineering Educators

projects and written labreports. To test the students’ power of observation, I will devote one lab to tracing water lines in a laboratory anddiscussing related issues (e.g., Was there a floor drain?). To get them thinking “out of the box”, we will discussalternative methods to verify an instrument reading. I often tell the “Angels on a Pin” story4. To strengthen theirskill at estimating values, we will count ceiling tile or concrete blocks to determine the dimensions of aclassroom. None of these traits could be demonstrated on a timed test, so get creative on how students candemonstrate those estimating skills other than through traditional testing.I try to build the exam well ahead of the exam day. I let it rest overnight so I will read it with

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Technology (New York:VCH Publishers, 1993).xxii Jet Propulsion Laboratory web-site, “Advanced System Modeling and Control of Bioregenerative Life Support”,http://aemc.jpl.nasa.gov/activities/bio_regen.cfm (accessed 1/12/2012).xxiii Terry Bossomaier and David Green, Patterns in the Sand: Computers, Complexity, and Everyday Life (Reading,MA: Helix Books, 1998) 153. Page 25.1279.15xxiv Mark Swilling and E. Anneke, Just Transitions: Exploring Sustainability in a Unfair World (University ofCapetown, 2010).xxv Alfred A Marcus and Zachary Sheaffer, “Analogical Reasoning and Complexity,” Journal of Homeland Securityand Emergency

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part I: Non-traditional Learning Methods and Expanding Student Markets

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ioan Gelu Ionas, University of Missouri; Matthew A. Easter, University of Missouri; William H. Miller, University of Missouri, Columbia; Gayla M. Neumeyer, University of Missouri Research Reactor; Valerie Deitz Taylor, Center for Energy Workforce Development; Gwen K. Weakley, Kansas City Power & Light

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

implementation. Of these challenges, the most important was to design the learningscenarios considering the need to limit the feedback the learners receive on their answers to theopen-ended questions, thus accepting diminished returns for this type of intervention.While this course is designed to be led by an instructor and has a face-to-face component, it islikely possible to deliver the course with a strong online component. That is, it is conceivablethat potential future delivery might limit the face-to-face interaction to only those activities thatrequire physical presence, such as demonstrations, laboratory work, etc., with the theoreticalcontent being delivered in an online-only format. In this case, social interaction between learnerswill be

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A. Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

expectations for each and figure outwhere the best fit is. Such exposure could include required undergraduate research experiences,internships, or for ECPs rotations in work assignments or graduate school laboratories beforesettling on a career path. We also suggest developing practices around mentoring. Mentors,whether in the form of undergraduate advisors and research professors or bosses and coworkersat a first job, can have substantial impacts on career choices. Knowing why some mentors havesuch a tangible impact can help develop a set of best practices.AcknowledgmentsThe authors wish to thank the entire EPS research team as well as the study participants. Thisresearch is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a collaborative research

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

; apply knowledge of four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering.2. An ability to Design and conduct field and laboratory 3(b) An ability to Conduct civildesign and studies, gather data, create numerical and design and engineeringconduct other models, and then analyze and interpret conduct experiments andexperiments, as

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Kaitlyn J. Bunker; Nilufer Onder, Michigan Technological University; Raven Rachaun Rebb; Laura E. Brown, Michigan Technological University; Leonard J. Bohmann, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

similar levels of student experience variables such as confidence and studentinteraction, individuals with lower GPA are more likely to be in the “committed” group. Theseresults confirm that GPA is not an indicator of persistence when used in isolation12. Page 25.1401.3Hartman and Hartman performed a longitudinal study at Rowan University's engineeringprogram7. They found that non-persisters are less satisfied than persisters with the opportunitiesthe program offers and the choices within the program. However, levels of satisfaction withcourse workload, laboratory work, and faculty-student relationships were similar betweenpersisters and non

Conference Session

Ethics Education, Global Health, and Outreach in BME

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

practice the Four A’s strategy through a homeworkassignment in which they were asked to apply the Four A’s to a particular laboratory situation(Appendix B). The proposed case was based on a real-life example.Assessment ResultsReflective Assignment: The main goal for this assignment was to provide students with thechance to reflect on the material discussed and place it into context. Students were evaluated onwhether they provided a well-developed reflection on the implications and a personal evaluationof the proceedings (Appendix A). For the most part, students were able to synthesize theinformation presented and put it into the context of their own lives or future career goals. Withthe majority of students, obvious effort was put into

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Timothy Miller, Binghamton University ; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, Northwestern University Matthew R. Glucksberg is a professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University. His tech- nical expertise is in tissue mechanics, microcirculation, and optical instrumentation. His laboratory has developed image-based instrumentation to measure pressure and flow in the circulation of the eye, in- struments to measure the response of pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells to their immediate mechanical environment, and is currently involved in developing minimally invasive optical biosensors for monitoring glucose, lactate, and other measures of metabolic function. He is a Co-founder of Northwestern’s Global Healthcare Technologies Program in Cape Town South Africa and Co-director of an M.S

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Graduate Studies

sections of the course with a total of 34students enrolled. Of the 34 students, 24 were teaching a lecture, laboratory or recitation; and 10were non-teachers who were primarily responsible for grading, office hours and tutoringsessions. All of the students were required to do the peer observation assignment. There weresix female students and 28 male students. All of the students consented to participate in thestudy according to the university requirements from the Office of Research Protections. Of the34 students 23 were international students (4 female, 19 male). The international students camefrom a variety of countries including India, Turkey, Iran, Bangladesh, Iraq, South Korea,Ecuador, Venezuela and China. For some international students this

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Barbara A. Heifferon, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

lectures providedstudents the opportunity to learn about current research and projects being conducted inGermany. In addition, the tours included hands-on learning, where students not only receiveddemonstrations of machinery and robots, but also were allowed to test some of the equipment inthe laboratories. The demonstrations enriched learning for the engineering students because theywere not only able to hear and see technology, but they were able to experience it, too. All toooften, students recognize technology, but don’t quite understand and appreciate it. The E3program took students out of the classroom and into the environment where technology is beingused, researched and developed. This created an environment rich for learning and

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State University; Shankar Subramaniam, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, Iowa State University Shankar Subramaniam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. He received his B.Tech. in aeronautical engineering from the Indian Institute of Tech- nology, Bombay (Mumbai) in 1988 and is a recipient of the President’s Silver Medal. He earned his Ph.D. at Cornell University, subsequent to an M.S. in aerospace engineering at the University of Notre Dame, USA. After his Ph.D., he spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Theoretical Division’s Fluid Dynamics Group. Prior to joining the ISU faculty in 2002, Subramaniam was an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. He is a recipient of the U.S

Conference Session

ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Sue Guenter-Schlesinger, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

universities, especially in STEM disciplines where laboratory facilities areheavily scheduled, are often inflexible and frequently require daily commitments, perhapsmaking it more difficult to balance work-life issues, schedule research activities or participate infaculty development opportunities7-16.The survey we designed was intended to probe the concept that one’s professional successdepends upon the presence of a supportive department climate and that department environmentgreatly affects retention22-32. We speculated in our proposal that productivity in comprehensivesmay be more heavily influenced by department climate than at research-intensive institutions,resulting from qualities unique to comprehensives as noted above. For the project as

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saylisse Davila, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Viviana I. Cesani, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

program, all students participate in aworkshop on Puerto Rican cultural scripts. This workshop is addressed to immerse the USstudents in the Puerto Rican culture. In addition; the students participate in a variety of culturaland scientific excursions including international exhibits at the Ponce Art Museum, guided toursof El Yunque National Rainforest; and trips to Old San Juan, the National Astronomy andIonosphere Center Arecibo Observatory, and the research laboratories from the UPRM MarineSciences Department at Isla Magueyes. To complement the experience, the students are alsoexposed to a variety of industrial settings, such as IBM, Hewlett Packard, Stryker Corporation,Amgen, Ethicon, among others. During these plant tours, the company’s

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Lee, Central Illinois Technology and Education Research Institute

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

distribution, transportation security, and the economy, among others, including those listed as the 14 Engineering Grand Challenges of the 21st century,6 • Exploration of existing patent publications and applications, detailing the fabrication, testing and performance evaluation of the patented device or concept, • Investigation of laboratory and so-called “workshop” projects that detail experimental setup, measurement, and test procedures, and provide results that are novel, entertaining, and motivate replication or further investigation, • Characterization of mechanisms, their applications, and the dynamics governing their behavior, • Formulation of thought provoking mathematical puzzles or problems

Conference Session

Examining Problem-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Franzosa Donnelly, Three Rivers Community-Technical College; Fenna D. Hanes, New Engalnd Board of Higher Education; James A. DeLaura, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interested and qualifiedstudents prepared to enter STEM careers must be increased.One of the reasons for declining enrollment in many STEM programs is that students are oftenturned off by the way these subjects are taught, with traditional classroom lectures and “cook-book” type laboratory experiences that provide little opportunity to actively engage in creative,real-world problem solving. Engineers and scientists are problem solvers— individuals whoskillfully apply their knowledge to tackle real-world problems by designing experiments,building prototypes, analyzing and interpreting data, and presenting experimental results topeers, supervisors and customers. It follows that in order to attract more students into STEMcareers, students must be

Conference Session

Leadership, Design, and Entrepreneurship

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Donald M. Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

that integrates experiential learning in senior projects, communityoutreach programs, plant tours, E-Teams, and laboratory environments.3, 10 As mentioned above,Lawrence Tech is now working on integrating entrepreneurial content through activecollaborative learning into a minimum of 30 existing courses. This initiative includes theopportunity to link “theory and practice” through the integration of experiential learning into theengineering, arts, and science curricula. As a final component of experiential learning, the newentrepreneurial internship and co-op programs provide an opportunity for Lawrence Techstudents to work directly with entrepreneurs in their companies. The Legends of Lawrence Tech,the alumni entrepreneurial organization, is

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

than the other two courses due to a clear “right answer” toboth homework and exam problems and general lack of open-ended assignments. On the otherhand, Chemistry and Physics can have problems that are more difficult to grade consistentlyacross sections, and laboratory courses leave a significant portion of the grade to the discretion oflaboratory instructors who may neither teach the corresponding lecture nor grade consistentlyacross sections. Beyond simply expressing institutional level effects on student performance, Padilla et al.note in their 2005 paper the importance of eliminating aggregation bias and misestimatedstandard errors that occur when researchers ignore the nested structures inherent in HLM.36 Thetreatment of HLM in

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York; Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

upon completion of the AS degree continue their last 2 years at a senior college; 2. A program where students attend both the community college and the senior college at the same time for the first 2 years. With the senior college just a short bus ride away (1.4 miles), students in the joint/dual program have easy access to both campuses. This allows them to take courses at the senior college that are not offered at the junior college for a variety of reasons. These may include inadequate enrollment in specialized engineering courses, lack of specialized faculty to teach the courses, or lack of adequate teaching and laboratory facilities and equipment. The benefits to students, following the community

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Song Xing, California State University, Los Angeles; Wang Wei, Southeast University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

in electrical and computer engineering from George Mason University, Va., in 2003. From 1985 to 1995, he was a lecturer in the Radio Engineering Depart- ment at Southeast University, China. He was also a researcher at the National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, China, from 1990 to 1995. He was a Visiting Researcher in the Electrical and Com- puter Engineering departments at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, from Feb. 1995 to April 1995 and at Boston University from May 1995 to Aug. 1996, respectively. From August 1997 to May 2003, he was an instructor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and a Teaching/Research assistant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Eric Durant, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

significant amount of time to be spent on introductory topics.Facilities needs are also challenging for these courses. As a group, these courses do not havededicated laboratory space for their offerings. This is especially problematic for networksecurity, as it is not possible for students to experiment in a “safe” networking environmentwhich is protected from outside entities. Network connectivity also poses issues. The lab spacetypically used for these courses is not equipped with wired network connections, instead relyingon 802.11g wireless networking. This poses significant connectivity issues when all students ina class are attempting to install a large binary for a commercial grade security tool.Software tool support is also a challenge for

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Borrmann

A1420 An SDL (Simple Description Language) Analyzer Robert J. Borrmann, Ph.D. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Manhattan College New York CityAbstractSecond-year students in Manhattan’s four-year Electrical Engineering and ComputerEngineering programs are introduced to digital circuits in a one-semester 3-credit courseELEC-229. This course includes a laboratory component in which students design andbreadboard simple circuits. While the course includes preliminary coverage of VHDL(Very High Speed

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen McClain; Soon-Seng Tang; Louay Chamra

Society LOUAY M CHAMRA Dr. Chamra received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, his MS at University of Portland, and his Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University. He has worked as a Research Associate at Penn State University. Currently, he is an assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the thermal sciences and conducts related research. Since joining the faculty, Dr. Chamra has developed two new courses. STEPHEN T. MCCLAIN Stephen T. McClain is a Lecturer and Undergraduate Laboratory Manager at Mississippi State University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Memphis in 1995, and he

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhong Gu; Sheela Ramanna; James Peters; Hal Berghel; Daniel Berleant; Steve Russell

exams. The focus in designing new software metrics is on adapting a classicalmodel to the needs and features of object-oriented, software portion of system designscontaining classes and methods. In addition, the labs for this course include a reverseengineering problem and a number of simple forward engineering problems. A web page forthis course include assignments, laboratories, lectures, and exams (seehttp://www.ee.umanitoba.ca/programs/undergrad/c24374/index.html ).Parallel processing (Senior level) This course focuses on the design of parallel processingsystems. Topics include Flynn taxonomy, parallel architectures, parallel processing paradigms,design process, implementation, speedup, performance metrics

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Menart; Elizabeth Johnson; Gary Kinzel

and to compare their experience with that of Page 6.52.10 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationtheir colleagues who took the traditional capstone design course. From this, we can identifyfive clear benefits to the multi-university design projects.1) Sharing of facilities: Students are able to benefit from laboratory and experimental facilities at other institutions. For example, SCC has an excellent manufacturing facility, and this benefited students at each of the schools.2) Lessons in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine

Business Management and Dr. Edward Lumsdaine from Mechanical Engineering). Theseven students in this class came up with three separate inventions. Also, one of these studentslearned how to protect an invention he had made previously. The students are now continuingwork to develop their prototypes into marketable products. The format of the pilot courseconsisted of brief just-in-time seminars or lectures and extensive laboratory sessions. Thestudents surprised the instructors by asking for additional class and lab time and most of all bythe quality and commercial potential of their inventions. The main seminar topics are listed inTable 1 and the main steps of the invention process in Table 2. Table 1 Main Seminar Topics

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Garen Gregorian; Francis Di Bella

type or design of the wind turbines is the onlyengineering decision to be made. The typical multi-bladed vertical axis type is anoption. The Savonius Rotor and Darrieus Rotor (vertical axis) geometries should also beconsidered. All three types of wind generators have been studied in great detail byvarious private and governmental sources. The typical efficiencies for such windturbines between 20 and 30% depending upon their final installation. In fact, it is verycommon to have these “laboratory efficiencies” compromised by local air disturbancesand frequent changes in wind direction. The result is that these efficiencies are seldomobtained on a continuous basis and a utilization effectiveness must be assigned to moreaccurately determine how

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Walsh; David Kelso; John Troy; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

adequate results in some situations, yet complex, computational models are necessary in other situations. The students are presented with a real-world challenge (in the design parlance, a primitive problem): the quantification of spatial variations in oxygen concentration within the brain of a stroke patient. Real-world constraints are put on the problem (e.g. the method of quantification must be real-time, noninvasive, and inexpensive). In small groups the students must discuss and outline potential solutions, which are presented to the entire class. Laboratory exercises are then conducted and again reported out. The exercises lead the students through various possible solutions to the primitive problem. At the end of the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis J. Hopcroft

mid-years, the student is expected to gain anunderstanding of how and when to use the theories and concepts learned. In the last years of theprogram the student is expected to become competent in applying the theories and concepts tothe solution of engineering problems.Achievement of learning objectives will focus on whether a student has gained the intended levelof ability with each objective in each semester. Not all of the learning objectives will necessarilybe addressed in each semester. Students will develop a portfolio of work examples, includingtests, papers, reports, laboratory reports, projects, etc., which, by the grades and or commentsprovided by the Professors, demonstrate achievement at the required level.There are two sets of