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	Title:	Integration of simulation technology into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratories
	Author:	Frederick Stern, Tao Xing, Marian Muste, Don Yarbrough, Alric Rothmayer, Ganesh Rajagopalan, David Caughey, Rajesh Bhaskaran, Sonya Smith, Barbara Hutchings, Shane Moeykens
	Address:	IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory, The University of Iowa, IA 52242-1585, Iowa City, USA.IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory, The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242-1585, USA. ' IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory, The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242-1585, USA. ' IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory, The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242-1585, USA. ' Center for Evaluation and Assessment, 210 Lindquist Center South, The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242, USA ' Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2271 Howe Hall, Room 2235, Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011-2271, USA. ' Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2271 Howe Hall, Room 2233, Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011-2271, USA. ' 248 Upson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853, USA. ' 284C Grumman Hall, 14853 Ithaca, NY, USA. ' School of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, USA. ' Fluent Inc. 10, Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
	Journal:	International Journal of Learning Technology 2006 - Vol. 2, No.1  pp. 28 - 48
	Abstract:	Teaching modules for complementary computational and experimental fluid mechanics and uncertainty analysis were developed to integrate simulation technology into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratories. Engineering faculties from a range of public and private universities and the software partner Fluent, Inc. have collaborated to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate web-based teaching modules utilising simulation technology based on further development of the commercial software, FlowLab. The first two years' formative and summative student evaluation data identified successful leaning outcomes, as well as strategies for improvement, including the need for an efficient, hands-on, 'computational fluid dynamics educational interface' to better simulate engineering practice.
	Keywords:	simulation technology; web-based teaching modules; computational fluid dynamics; CFD; experimental fluid dynamics; uncertainty analysis; fluid mechanics; undergraduate engineering; student evaluation; learning outcomes; online learning; e-learning; internet; learning technology.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJLT.2006.008691
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