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Hinkle</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:red'>Assistant Dean for Student Affairs</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:#0080FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td width=259 valign=top style='width:2.7in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:navy'>N</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:#339966'>S</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:red'>B</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:#339966'>E </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:#1F497D'>&</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:#1F497D'>AESC</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:navy'>Advisor</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:navy'>College of Engineering</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:blue'>San Diego State University</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:blue'>5500 Campanile Drive</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:blue'>San Diego, CA 92182-1326</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:#0080FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p></td><td width=331 valign=top style='width:3.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:#0080FF'><img width=113 height=118 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDAC4D.BC6CD240" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01C944C2.0FADEA90"></span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:#0080FF'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=590 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:6.15in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:navy'>Voice: (619-594-5807) Fax: (619) 594-3138</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:navy'>Email: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="mailto:lhinkle@mail.sdsu.edu"><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>lhinkle@mail.sdsu.edu</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Elephant","serif";color:#0080FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Landis, Ray [mailto:rlandis@exchange.calstatela.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> Landis, Ray<br><b>Subject:</b> New Directory of Projects Suitable for First-Year Engineering Students<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=idOWAReplyText81955><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear Engineering Educator:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I am pleased to announce the creation of:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>A Directory of Projects for First-Year Engineering Students</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You can see the directory at: <a href="http://www.discovery-press.com/discovery-press/studyengr/projects.asp">http://www.discovery-press.com/discovery-press/studyengr/projects.asp</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There you will find assignment statements for more than 100 projects currently being used at both community colleges and 4-year institutions across the nation. Many of the projects are design, build, test projects. Others focus on one or more aspects of student development. Some projects are small (one or two weeks) while others are comprehensive (semster long or year long).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Also included in the directory is a catalog of 33 regional and national engineering student design competitions (e.g., steel bridge truss, solar splash, Baja SAE, etc.). Although these projects are not strictly for first-year engineering students, you can perhaps find a role for your students in them.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Links are also provided to other sources of design projects for first-year engineering students. The first link is the IEEE Real World Engineering Project Library. There you will find 28 electrical and computer engineering projects for first-year engineering students. The second link is a directory of 70 first-year engineering projects compiled by Southern Methodist University in the mid 1990s.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The directory is a "living" resource. Additional projects are always welcome as are any references to sources of projects. Comments on how to improve the directory will be appreciated as well.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope this directory serves as a resource to bring more and better engineering projects to first-year engineering students. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ray Landis<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dean Emeritus of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>California State University, Los Angeles<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br />--
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