Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET II

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany; Matthew Turner, Purdue University, New Albany

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #28661Purdue Mission to Mars 2.0: A learn-by-doing approach to recruitingDr. Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany Dr. Rustin Webster is an assistant professor in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University and specializes in mechanical engineering and computer graphics technology. Dr. Webster’s industry expe- rience includes time as a contractor for the Department of Defense as an engineer, project manager, and researcher. He holds a B.S. in Engineering Graphics and Design and a M.S. in Management of Technol- ogy from Murray State University, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hector E. Medina, Liberty University; Jonathan Tristan Polk, Liberty University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

preserved in thescaled IST. The core region, heat transfer, flow patterns, and coolant inventory in the downcomer, coreand the riser above the core were all kept in similitude with an actual reactor. The steam generatorpreserved the heat transfer and boiling effects and the condensation with and without non-condensablegases [2]. Outside of these, the design of the IST included features to support its adaptation for otherdesign or research missions. While testing in support of the mPower SMR ended in 2014, the facility has been maintained tosupport other projects. The facility is still in use by several companies and Liberty University for thepurposes of furthering nuclear engineering research on multiple fronts.Description of Thermal Hydraulic

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Weihui Li, Biomedical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Weihui Li, Biomedical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology Weihui Li received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University and her PhD from Tulane University. She was also a research fellow in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

M. Nazrul Islam; Joseph Abel; Qinghai Gao

trained on the hardware tools and softwarealgorithms for cryptography, identification of user, authentication of user and data, monitoring ofcritical digital activities, and prevention from intrusion. Students will also be engaged in real-lifeproblem solving process through design projects. Graduates of the program will be equipped withskill in state-of-the-art technology in the field and hence be competent to serve the public andprivate sectors to ensure security and privacy in the digital world and to help development andgrowth of the community.AREAS OF EXPERTISEThe curriculum will incorporate the following areas of expertise. 1. Computer Programming 2. Digital Logic and Systems 3. Cryptography 4. Computer Network 5. Data Security 6

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Thomas Ask

materials, 3) thermodynamics, 4) fluiddynamics, and 5) heat transfer.Examples of student work are shown in Figures 1 and 2.Figure 1 –Student painting representing mechanistic and non-mechanistic insights, sentient andtranscendent knowledge.Figure 2 – Student drawings representing tension, compression, shear, flexure, torsion, stressconcentrations, fatigue, buckling, impact, and corrosion.OutcomesThe results of five years of conducting these creativity exercises in an introductory mechanicalengineering class are anecdotal and are based on less than one hundred students. When askedabout the abstract image project in which they were required to draw an abstract image of anassigned abstract noun, students reflected on their work in three ways: 1

Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Joel Abreu; Chris Cassidy; Jamie Kubeck; Jon Laos; Matthew McGarvey; Alexander Loui; Raymond Ptucha

friendly, and safe manner. Most car manufacturers are focusing on publicroad transportation, but an intermediate proving ground may be large industrial, government andacademic campuses. This paper discusses the design and integration of an autonomous golf cart vehiclecalled the Autonomous People Mover (APM) as part of a multidisciplinary capstone project for engineeringseniors. The APM has been through prior capstone projects which firstly made the vehicle remote control,and then added advanced sensors such as LiDAR, computer vision, and GPS. The focus of this research ison navigation, localization, and obstacle avoidance on a large college campus. Through theimplementation of a particle filter algorithm combined with A* navigation and image

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-1012: PODCAST-ENHANCED LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERINGKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson has been on the Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty at Michigan Tech since 1993. His research interests include public health, engineering and social justice, effective teaching methods, and multimedia-based learning. His teaching repertoire ranges from first-year students to graduate students, all his classes are designed along best learning practices. Kurt is coordinator for several international study programs at Tech, and is co-director of the International Sustainable Engineering Initiative there. He is involved in many engineering projects

Conference Session

Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelton Houston, University of Southern Mississippi; Billy Walters, University of Southern Mississippi; Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi

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Information Systems

database applications development. His interests are in open source software deployment, programming, applications design, and project management.Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi Tulio Sulbaran is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Construction and is the director of the Innovation for Construction and Engineering Enhancement (ICEE) center. He received his BS in Civil Engineering from the University Rafael Urdaneta in Venezuela and his Ph.D in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interest is on the impact of information technology resources on construction and engineering education and training

Conference Session

Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong 'Jeffrey' Nie; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

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Engineering Technology

projects include wireless sensor and digital signal processing technologies for data acquisition systems in machine condition monitoring, and ultra wide-band techniques for wireless sensor transceivers in industrial environments. Before Dr. Nie joined UNI in Aug. 2006, he won several federal level research grants in Canada as a principle investigator.Recayi "Reg" Pecen, University of Northern Iowa RECAYI “Reg” PECEN Dr. Pecen holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.S. in Controls and Computer Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, an M.S.E.E. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (UW). He has served as faculty at

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb; David Chang, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects and examples, elucidated by discipline specific instructors, to academic settings.IntroductionRecently the National Academy of Engineering developed a publication “Educating the Engineerof 2020”, which mentioned many ideas of co-teaching, just in time teaching, and multi-disciplinary teaching. Industry and various academic institutions feel that it is vital to integrateengineering because most systems existing presently are developed with integrated engineeringteams1. Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) proposed and was awarded National ScienceFoundation funds in 1987 to develop an Enhanced Experience for Engineering Education (E4)2.This program integrated students and faculty from all engineering disciplines for the first twoyears of

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-2926: PRECURSORS TO ENGINEERING THINKING (PET)Sean Brophy, Purdue UniversityDemetra Evangelou, Purdue University Page 12.1169.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Precursors to Engineering Thinking (PET) Project: Intentional Designs with Experimental Artifacts (IDEA)IntroductionChildren’s play naturally employs skills of observation and experimentation that lead to thedevelopment of intuitive models for how things work. These spontaneously occurring activitiesare precursors to engineering thinking that we recognize as preparation for future learning. Weare engaging in a research agenda to explore the learning progression [1] of

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Golter, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washginton State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

Mechanics and Heat Transfer course, ChE 332, into two sections. Onesection was taught using a novel pedagogy that combines Cooperative, Hands-on, Active, and Problembased learning (CHAPL). The other was taught initially in a manner that attempted to simply removethe hands-on component of the pedagogy. In response to student feedback, this was shifted to an inter-group collaborative environment with each group providing hands-on demonstrations for the rest of theclass. As shown by a focus group study, survey, and end-of-semester written course evaluations, thestudents in the CHAPL section showed greater enthusiasm for the course. Sections of the studentsreports from projects in the class were also analyzed using a critical thinking rubric (CTR

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Bai, University of Kansas; Oswald Chong, University of Kansas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

literature review, there are severalmethods that have been used to assess program outcomes. Some of the examples include alumnisurvey, capstone project, employer survey, fundamentals of engineering (FE) examination,graduate questionnaire, focus group exit interview, and internship report5, 6, 7. Since there areeleven attributes in the ABET Criterion 3, it would be impossible to use only one assessmentmethod to evaluate the outcomes toward attaining acceptable performance of Criterion 3. Anengineering program has to use assessment portfolio approach, in which multiple assessmentmethods are utilized, to demonstrate that the program meets the ABET requirements.Assessment’s most powerful point of impact is the individual classroom8. Traditionally

Conference Session

Topics at the intersection of Aero and Naval Eng.

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Konstantin Matveev, Washington State University

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Ocean and Marine

. One research project andoutreach activities are described in this paper.IntroductionAdvanced air-assisted marine craft, such as Power Augmented Ram Vehicles (PARV), Wing-In-Grounds (WIG), and Air Cavity Ships (ACS), can benefit many naval and civil applications,including landing/patrol/rescue missions, high-speed Sealift, Arctic operations, and shipping andrecreational industries. For example, a demand for these craft has been demonstrated by a recentBroad Agency Announcement of the Office of Naval Research.1 Due to complexity oftechnologies associated with high-speed motion at the air-sea interface and complex physics ofmulti-phase flows, traditional rigorous R&D approaches require enormous resources andsophisticated facilities. These

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Boyer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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International

University at Harrisburg. Page 13.16.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Color Image Merging Algorithm Using MATLAB Eric Boyer and Aldo Morales Electrical Engineering Program Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA 17057Abstract:Students in the Electrical Engineering program at Penn State Harrisburg have manyopportunities to apply their acquired knowledge through hands-on course projects andlaboratory experiences in electronics, digital and image processing, VLSI, power andother courses, in addition to their capstone

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

Engineering Program proposed by COPEC-OPASS educational programs designteam can be described as: The field of study, which main goal is to solve social issues promotingthe civilization evolution. It is not just the application of technology to solve social issues. It is apractical study which tries to reform the society by means of the development of new policies,planning, or by presenting concepts. Certainly it is not an easy task to accomplish such programprincipally because it is a bold ambitious project and because it is an engineering program lesstechnical and more practical. Anyway the whole concept is very new and feasible once it is Page

Conference Session

Engineering in Elementary Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Debbie O'Hare, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

main instructional strategies used throughout the units is the implementation of theJamerson Engineering Design Process modeled after the Informed Design Process3. Our designprocess is used throughout the day in all subjects to provide a framework for students to solveproblems and adapt their thinking based on experiences, models, etc. at an early age. Our endresults is a curriculum that represents a tangibly reinforcement of Petroski’s views about earlyeducation4 and Miaoulis’ opinion that "Engineering in these (early) grades offers a wonderfulrange of problems and projects" that can encourage a child to "pull together a range ofdisciplines and see a project through from start to finish”. 5As suggested above, our curriculum units are

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Diane Schaub, University of Florida; Patrick Patterson, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

knowledge in a specialized area related to civil engineering. 13. An understanding of the elements of project management, construction, and asset management. 14. An understanding of business and public policy and administration fundamentals. 15. An understanding of the role of the leader and leadership principles and attitudes. Page 12.211.2The topics in Outcomes 13 through 15 in Table 1 are discussed extensively as requirementsengineers of the future in Educating the Engineer of 20202. The Body of Knowledge Committeeof the American Society of Civil Engineers viewed these outcomes as “raising the bar” andencouraged

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronan Dunbar, University of Limerick; Seamus Gordon, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

students responded to a Page 12.46.4new educational paradigm as they entered third level education. This original study and itsresults lead to further investigation and inquiry which led to this current study. In the initialstudy the students’ preferential learning styles and the students’ performances in theirintroductory subject specific module were recorded. The students’ performances weremeasured under specific tasks. These included in-lab skills development assessment, on-going practical project work, a theoretical exam (traditional academic assessment) and anaesthetic design challenge. By using these specific tasks the assessment of the

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Bert, U. S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

in the K’nexercise, a construction management exercise requiringthem to serve as contractors, construction managers, architect-engineer firms, and suppliers.CE489 – Judging of student project posters prepared for display on USMA Projects Day.CE489 – Judging of student project presentations on USMA Projects Day.CE492 – Overall result of embedded indicator matrix. NOTE: CE492 is the CE CapstoneDesign Course. An extensive embedded indicator system encompasses the entire course.5Section III.C of the document presents the results of the overall program outcome assessment.The implementation of this process began during AY 05-06 with the first results based onembedded indicators being collected during AY 06-07. Throughout the semester, each

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petru-Aurelian Simionescu, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa; John R. Shadley, University of Tulsa

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Computer Aided Engineering, Solid Mechanics, Vehicle Dynamics and Traffic Crash Reconstruction.John R. Shadley, University of Tulsa John R. Shadley is Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Tulsa. He taught solid mechanics courses and laboratory classes at the University of Tulsa, and was engaged in research projects involving solid mechanics and materials. Page 12.439.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Data Acquisition and Computer Simulation Integrated Experiment for an Undergraduate Machine Dynamics

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Cejka, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

through high school4,5. Teacher education, however, often lags these politicalchanges and many teachers, especially at the younger grades, have little experience in technicalareas.While many professional development workshops have been developed to address needs in K-12engineering education, these experiences may not be enough for a teacher to successfullyimplement engineering and technology activities in their classrooms. Having volunteers in theclassroom to support K-12 teachers as they adopt engineering activities and curriculum can makethe difference between success and failure in the classroom. First, the volunteers can serve as anextra pair of hands to help students with design projects, replace the batteries in a roboticmanipulative or

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Lee, San Jose State University; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Tai-Ran Hsu, San Jose State University; David Parent, San Jose State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

terminologies, and areas of academic emphasis. project work arranged in teams that favor mixed student backgrounds. Varying constraints in equipment availability, Flexible technical modules, selected and organized budget levels, and schedule. based on device type as well as fabrication method. Different levels of student preparation in different Clearly articulated team functional prerequisites*, subject areas, knowledge, and skills. rather than course prerequisites. Lack of open-ended problem-solving opportunities, Semi-custom design flow* and low-resolution rapid limited by high demand in cost and time

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Dobrowski, Purdue University-North Central

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

dollars to tens ofmillions of dollars. As stated above, there are many questions that must be resolved before thepartnership is set. Who has the rights to any product that results from the research anddevelopment? Are the students or university held liable for mistakes or erroneous conclusions?Who has publishing rights and at what time? How is the funding to be split? Will students beasked to work on projects that have a very narrow use in the industry that they have chosen?There are several known cases of professors directing students to perform senior projects in areasthat were not going to be useful in their upcoming careers, but were designed to further researchfor the professor. The university must still isolate itself so that it does not

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Ethling Hernandez, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Hamidreza Eskandari, University of Central Florida; Serge Sala-Diakanda, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida

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Industrial Engineering

Technology.Ethling Hernandez, University of Central Florida Ethling Hernandez is a Master’s Degree student of the Engineering Management program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering in December 2004, from UCF. She is a student member of the Industrial Engineering Society as well as the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Since 2003, Ethling has been a Research Assistant for the IEMS department. Some of her interests are Project Management, Program Development and Quality.Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida Lesia Crumpton-Young, Ph.D., is the Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering and

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Coutermarsh, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Shortened attention spans hinder students Page 11.1062.2from staying engaged and focused in technical classrooms, resulting in poorerperformance and diminished interest in pursuing technical careers.5 Notwithstanding therecent advances in educational technology, we need to incorporate more dynamic, hands-on opportunities to reach and motivate more diverse populations. Today’s engineeringstudents don’t enter college with the same amount of hands-on experience that priorgenerations typically had.6, 7Project OverviewThe "Mobile Studio" project is developing hardware/software and pedagogy with supportfrom both Analog Devices and HP which, when connected to a PC

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Lars Knipping, Technische Universitat Berlin; Raul Rojas, Freie Universitat Berlin; Ruedi Seiler, Technische Universitat Berlin

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Mathematics

University of Technology using a digital whiteboard and an extra projectorIn order to use the eChalk Software in the classroom, one needs a pen based input device and awide display. Mainly, the following alternative device configurations are in use: • Digitizer tablets or tablet PCs with LCD projector The lecturer writes on a tablet while the computer screen is projected by a beamer. Digitizing tablets are comparatively affordable and easy to transport. The lecturer can face the audience while writing, if a tablet with integrated display is used, supporting interaction with the audience through eye contact. As an additional advantage, this solution is highly mobile

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xueshu Song, Northern Illinois University; Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

journal and conference papers and one edited book in these areas. He has active membership and involvement in several learned societies, including the IEE, IEEE, ASEE, and ISA.Xueshu Song, Northern Illinois University Xueshu Song received his PhD from The Pennsylvania State University in 1989 and is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Illinois. He is a Professor of Engineering Technology at Northern Illinois University, USA. He has been the principal and co-principal investigator for eight application software development projects funded by the National Science Foundation. He is active in professional societies

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

11.1300.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The importance of Collaborative work among Countries in Engineering Education Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and Sciences Vladimir G. Zakharov, Irina A. Avenarius MADI State Technical UniversityAbstractA comparative analysis based upon recent international conferences held in Brazil shows thatmany opportunities have been created among researchers and teachers mainly in engineering andtechnology fields of exchange and cooperative projects with others from other Countries. Theobtained results are partial and may

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adel Shirmohammadi, University of Maryland-College Park; Arthur Johnson, University of Maryland-College Park

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Biological & Agricultural

made ofstudents in our group projects at the University of Maryland.Tiny (to Big): “So, you got dem stiffs, an’ stiff-ettes, organized into gangs. How’d it go?”Big: “Good, boss. Over on 485 and 486 dey choose who dey want t’woik wid. On most of da udders we give ‘em an offer dey can’t refuse about who dey haft ta woik wid. On some streets dey keep woikin’ wid da same mugs for a coupla toims. On udder streets dey get shifted aroun’ during da toim. Dat keeps ‘em on dere toes a liddle betta.”Populating GroupsGroups are formed in some of our courses ad lib; others are assigned group members. There isenough group work in our courses that students know each other very well. This overcomes thenatural tendency to pick only