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Faculty/Staff Papers on PROCEED Project-Centered Education in Mechanical Engineering

Below are citations of papers written by ME Faculty/Staff about Project-Centered Education in Mechanical Engineering (PROCEED). Click on the links to download a copy of the paper in Adobe PDF format. If you don't already have it, you will need to download the free Adobe Reader to view the files after downloading them.


Proceed Planning and Management

PROCEED: A Department-Wide Curriculum Reform Initiative in Project-Centered Education, P.S. Schmidt and Joseph J. Beaman, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Session 2366, June, 2003.

Managing a Major Curriculum Reform Effort in a Large Research University, P.S. Schmidt and J.J. Beaman, Jr., Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, ASME Paper IMECE2003-43515, November, 2003.


Freshman Programs

An Introduction to Engineering through an Integrated Reverse Engineering and Design Graphics Project, R.E. Barr, P.S. Schmidt, T.J. Krueger, and C.Y. Twu, Journal of Engineering Education, October, 2000.

The New Digital Engineering Design and Graphics Process, R. Barr, T. Krueger, and T. Aanstoos, Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 66 (3): 6-11, 2002.

Industry-Sponsored Design Projects for Freshmen Engineering Graphics Students, R.E. Barr, T.J. Krueger, T.A. Aanstoos, J. Horan, and J. Moore, presented at the Gulf Southwest Section Meeting, American Society for Engineering Education, March, 2003.

Assessing Student Outcomes in an Engineering Design and Graphics Course, R.E. Barr, T.J. Krueger, and T.A. Aanstoos, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Session 2238, June, 2003. (Winner of the Best Paper Award for Design Graphics Division). Also published in Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 68(1):22-36, 2004.


Machine Design

Teaching Machine Design through Product Emulation, M.J. Campbell, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Session 2366, June, 2003.

Bridging Mechanical Engineering Analysis and Design: Reinventing the Classical Machine Elements Course, M.I. Campbell, K.J. Schmidt, and S.N. Beretvas, International Journal of Engineering Education, 2004 (in review).


Thermal-Fluid Systems

A Project-Centered Approach to Teaching of Thermal-Fluid Systems Analysis and Design, P.S. Schmidt, J.W. Jones, G.C. Vliet and T.L. Jones, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Session 1566, June, 2003.


Student Portfolios

Web-Based Engineering Portfolio System, M.I. Campbell and C. Moore, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Session 1520, June, 2003.

Polaris: An Undergraduate Online Portfolio System that Encourages Personal Reflection and Career Planning, M.I. Campbell and K.J. Schmidt, International Journal of Engineering Education, 2004 (in review).

Early Reflections on Engineering Web-Based Portfolios, M.I. Campbell and K.J. Schmidt, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Session 1520, June, 2004.


Assessment

Self-Reported Instrument for Measuring Student Learning Outcomes, T.L. Jones, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Session 2793, June, 2003.

Conveying Instructor Expectations in a Project-Centered Course, T.L. Jones, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Session 2166, June, 2003.

Quantity/Quality/Improvement (QQI) Assessment of Project-Centered (PROCEED) Courses, T.L. Jones and P.S. Schmidt, Executive Overview Report, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, June, 2003.

Automated Outcomes-Based Assessment Process for Traditional and Project-Based Engineering Instruction, P.S. Schmidt and T.L. Jones, Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, ASME Paper IMECE2004-60947, November, 2004.