Contents Part I Special Issue: Active Learning Guest Editors: Noel Leon, Darinka del Carmen-Ramirez and Erik de Graaf M. S. Wald 1049 Editorial Darinka del Carmen-Ramirez, Noel Leon 1050 and Erik de Graaff N. LeoÂn-Rovira, Y. Heredia-Escorza, 1051±1061 and L. M. Lozano Del-RõÂo Guest Editorial H. Elizalde, I. Rivera-Solorio, Y. PeÂrez, R. Morales-MeneÂndez, P. Orta, D. Guerra and R. A. RamõÂrez 1062±1070 An Educational Framework based on Collaborative Reverse Engineering and Active Learning: a Case Study A. D. Vidic 1071±1077 Development of Transferable Skills within an Engineering Science Context using Problem-Based Learning A. S. Blicblau U. R. Abeyratne 1078±1083 1084±1090 Interactive Capstone Portfolios Learning How to Learn Medical Signal Processing: a Case Study D. R. Schneider, M. LeoÂn, C. van der Blink, N. Ahmed, D. Shah and K. Li 1091±1102 Active Learning and Assessment within the NASA Robotics Alliance Cadets Program Systematic Creativity, Challenge-Based Instruction and Active Learning: A Study of its Impact on Freshman Engineering Students Part II Contributions in: Engineering Education Research, Statics, Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, Geological Engineering, Engineering Management, Hydraulic Engineering, Engineering Competencies, Signal Processing and Spreadsheet Applications R. Lynch, N. Seery and S. Gordon 1103±1110 D. Parsons 1111±1118 Design of a Novel Diagnostic Tool for Student Performance in Engineering Degree Courses Is There an Alternative to Exams? ± Examination Stress in Engineering Courses Team-Based Learning Communities in Virtual Space P. Gibbings and L. Brodie 1119-1129 A. Mottart and J. Casteleyn 1130±1138 Visual Rhetoric Enhancing Students Ability to Communicate Effectively R. Luechtefeld, D. Baca and S. E. Watkins 1139±1147 Training for Self-Managed Student Teams B. E. Barry, S. P. Brophy, W. C. Oakes, 1148±1162 M. K. Banks and S. E. Sharvelle Developing Professional Competencies through Challenge to Project Experiences D. Ibrahim 1163±1169 Teaching the Principles of Modern Electricity Metering S. Dormido-Canto, J. SaÂnchez and S. Dormido 1170±1179 New Control Laboratory Using Parallel Programming M. Castro, L. Iglesias, R. RodrõÂguezSolano and J. A. SaÂnchez M. MartõÂnez and J. V. Salcedo J. L. Cano, I. LidoÂn and R. Rebollar 1180±1190 Revising a Geodesy and Cartography Engineering Curriculum 1191±1198 ProPID: An Interactive CAD Tool for Control Education 1199±1209 Learning Project Managment through Working with Real Clients V. BermuÂdez, B. Tormos, P. Olmeda and J. MartõÂn 1210±1216 Spreadsheet for Teaching Weibull Statistical Distribution Fitting in Maintenance Engineering C. Schroeder, M. Elahinia and M. Schumack A. DollaÂr and P. Steif 1217±1228 Integrating Education and Research: Development of an Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle Laboratory 1229±1241 An Interactive, Cognitively Informed, Web-Based Statics Course C. K. Pang, W. E. Wong, C. Li and A. Al Mamun 1242-1257 A Toolkit with MATLAB GUI for Learning Position Error Signals in Data Storage Systems