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This 12-page article, published in the American Journal of Engineering Education, explores Madison College's experience offering a project-based engineering design course. This article discusses challenges and opportunities for engineering design courses at two-year colleges and includes recommended ...

These slides, on Carbon Capture and Storage and Potential CO2 Solutions, were presented on January 21, 2010 as part of the High Tech Workforce Initiative (HTWI). HTWI is part of the Center for Workforce Development and a member of the Division of Academic and Student Affairs at the Maricopa...

The objective of this learning activity is to "create an awareness of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and how their use in future applications within the field of nanotechnology can benefit our society." This will be achieved through the use of hands-on models that explore bonding and molecular geometry....

This learning activity will provide a useful technique for students to learn casting concepts. The class will be allowed a hands-on experience with casting. Students will make their own fishing sinkers. The lesson plan document includes step by step instructions for the lesson along with...

This resource, provided by Lorain County Community College, is a glossary for terms used in nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and nondestructive testing (NDT). NDT is the process of studying an object without harming it. While NDE is often used interchangeably with NDT, it specifically refers...

This learning activity will provide an introduction to ceramic slip casting for advanced high-school and introductory college and technical school students. The exercise covers the properties of ceramics, the slip casting process, and the limitations of slip casting. The module can be completed in...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the concept of semiconductor manufacturing. Students will learn how scientist "take advantage of diffusion to 'dope' or introduce atoms into a silicon wafer to change its conductive properties." The lesson simulates...

This downloadable publication from the National Academies Press concerns the public understanding of the field of engineering and ways to attract young people to the profession. The report offers tested messages that reposition engineering as a satisfying profession that involves creative ideas and...

This animation is provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) and shows the dual damascene process. There are many different ways in which the dual damascene process is used. The animation shows an overview of one process: In the dual damascene process, a low-k dielectric is...

This simulation, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), uses controls (drop down menus) to adjust down force and platen speed parameters to determine an optimum CMP process recipe for focal semiconductor manufacturing. Users may assume that focal is using a rotational...