Cumberland County College

About: Cumberland County College is a education organization based out in Vineland, New Jersey, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Suicide prevention & Hypolimnion. The organization has 10 authors who have published 12 publications receiving 317 citations.

Use of Living Systems to Teach Basic Engineering Concepts

Abstract: Engineering educators have typically used non-living systems or products to demonstrate engineering principles. Each traditional engineering discipline has its own products or processes that they use to demonstrate concepts and principles relevant to the discipline. In recent years engineering education has undergone major changes with a drive to incorporate sustainability and green engineering concepts into the curriculum. As such an innovative initiative has been undertaken to use a living system such as an aquarium to teach basic engineering principles. Activities and course content were developed for a freshman engineering class at Rowan University and the Cumberland County College and K-12 outreach for the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences. All developed materials are available on a dynamic website for rapid dissemination and adoption. Kauser Jahan Rowan University, USA Jess W. Everett Rowan University, USA Gina Tang Rowan University, USA Stephanie Farrell Rowan University, USA Hong Zhang Rowan University, USA Angela Wenger New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences, USA Majid Noori Cumberland County College, USA DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-659-9.ch008