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Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ollis, North Carolina State University; John Krupczak, Hope College

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-engineer. Here we focus on engineering design faculty as those engineers most qualifiedto carryout this effort.Themes of Design and Their Relation to Technological Literacy Instruction The multiple dimensions of technological literacy instruction (historical,economic, technical, and social) relate clearly to the central themes of engineeringdesign. Theme: Design is multidimensional Technology literacy instruction may contain Page 11.1229.3lectures on history and technical content, laboratory work involving device dissection,assembly, or even de novo construction, and complete case studies (technical, economic,social and cultural aspects). As

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Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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2006-1020: AN EXEMPLARY CURRICULA WITH PROPER MIX OFENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS AND TRAINING STUDENTS ATSTATE-OF-ART TECHNOLOGYKanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Page 11.186.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006An Exemplary Curricula With Proper Mix Of Engineering Fundamentals And Training Students At State-Of-Art Technology. Kanti Prasad Ph.D.; P.E., Professor/Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology ECE Dept., UMASS LowellAbstract: The author established state-of-art laboratories in VLSI Design and Fabrication in 1984,and 1986

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Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark W. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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2006-1449: INTEGRATION OF REAL-WORLD MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGNEXPERIENCES INTO THE CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSEMark W. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mark W. Steiner is the Director of Core Engineering and Director of the O.T. Swanson Multidisciplinaary Design Laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY.Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Richard N. Smith is the Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic and Student Affairs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY. Page 11.806.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integration of Real-World

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Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University; Jeffrey Ray, Grand Valley State University

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electrical engineering. The students learned skills inteam building, project management, communication skills, and budgeting. The outcome of thisproject was a fully functional probe station currently used in the solid-state laboratory.1. IntroductionAll engineering students in School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) arerequired to take a multidisciplinary two-course capstone design sequence during their senioryear. The two courses are structured to provide all students with a real-world understanding ofthe practice and principles of engineering and project management. The first course, EGR485 -Senior Engineering Project I, focuses on topics directly related to project management ofindustry projects including teambuilding

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Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kurt Colella, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Simpson, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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necessary aspects of ship design during one course. Significantdevelopment and application of NA&ME fundamentals must therefore occur in the concurrentPrinciples of Ship Design (PSD), Ship Structures (SS), and Ship Propulsion Design (SPD)courses (see table below for description of course formats). It is within the framework of thesethree classes that the semester-long ship design is carried out in a laboratory setting by designteams composed of 4 cadets, all of whom are enrolled in these same 3 courses. Course Lecture Hours/Week Lab Hours/Week Principles of Ship Design 3 3 (PSD) Ship Propulsion Design 3 0

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Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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2006-1676: CAPSTONE DESIGN, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT ORPERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE?Richard Goff, Virginia Tech RICHARD M. GOFF Richard Goff is an Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head of the Department of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is also the Director of the Frith Freshman Engineering Design Laboratory and the Faculty Advisor of the VT Mini-Baja Team. He is actively involved in bringing joy and adventure to the educational process and is the recipient of numerous University teaching awards.Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech JANIS P. TERPENNY Janis Terpenny is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering

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Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Thompson, Michigan State University; Alan Haddow, Michigan State University

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therapy laboratory. Theproject involved designing and producing an exercise cycle for children ages 5 to 12, weighingapproximately 35 to 70 pounds, with a medical diagnosis of Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy. Page 11.705.4The team very quickly identified the critical design features for such a cycle: steering, seating,locomotion by pedaling, and aesthetics. The team built three complete system prototypes andseveral component prototypes. In their synthesis stage the team made considerable use of designby analogy. Some examples of this are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Design by Analogy for the Reaching Above and Beyond Cycle I

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Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; William Semke, University of North Dakota; Douglas Olsen, University of North Dakota; Arnold Johnson, University of North Dakota; Ofer Beeri, University of North Dakota; George Seielstad, University of North Dakota

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discussed his interest in the BugHunter payload and why he needs mosquito populationsamples for his research on biogeography, and Dr. Nilles introduced the participants to potentialbiological pathogens that could use an airborne detector flown as a UAV payload to protectagainst bioterrorism. Two NASA experts were also brought to campus to meet the students. Dr.Adam Steltzner, Flight Systems Chief Engineer with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,California, talked about his experiences in helping to design and build JPL’s twin rovers, Spiritand Opportunity. Dr. Steltzner discussed the rovers’ development, testing, and recent trip to theRed Planet. In the “Marsapalooza” tour sponsored by JPL in 2004, he talked to over 10,000 K-12students, and

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Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Michael Smith, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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respective program. Thesedesign courses and the respective student projects have traditionally been completelyindependent, even though university resources, such as machine shops and laboratory space, areshared between the programs.During the past academic year, a project team made up of both ME and MET students embarkedon a joint senior project to enter the Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) Challenge, an annualcompetition sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Held eachspring, the HPV Challenge is a competition in which teams of students design and build avehicle powered solely by human power. Vehicle classes include single rider, multi-person, andpractical, each with their own design goals and constraints. The competition

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Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Somnath Chattopadhyay, Ball State University

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11.740.4Strategies for Implementing Design across the CurriculumThe courses throughout the MET curriculum in which the elements of design are to beintroduced are indicated in Table 1. Some of the courses already have significantelements of design in them, while in others the levels are low and some cases the designelement is non-existent. The objective is to have a fair to heavy emphasis of design in allof the courses in the curriculum.A. Freshman Year Courses:The freshman year courses within the program currently are Introduction toManufacturing Industries and Technical Design Graphics.We will integrate elements of design through the introductory course, presently calledIntroduction to Manufacturing Industries. The laboratory experience in this course at

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Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cesar Luongo, Florida A&M/Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M/Florida State University

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in two-semester sequences with a corresponding laboratory (e.g., thermal-fluids, mechanics andmaterials, etc.). The teaching of design has been integrated to the curriculum by devoting acertain fraction of the coursework or labs to open-ended design problems. Likewise, formalintroduction to the engineering design method is made at the sophomore level in two courses:Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Tools. These coursesintroduce the design cycle, and expose students to design concepts by using problems withinreach at the sophomore level (e.g., statics, simple material selections, etc.). The tools courseintroduces the students to the machine shop and to the software packages they need to master inorder to

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Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines; Craig Van Kirk, Colorado School of Mines

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11.432.4changes made to several courses during the past six years.Additionally, two exit interview questions were written to address this criterion as follow: Do you feel that you could design and conduct an experiment if required by your first job assignment after graduation? How would your laboratory experiences at CSM including CH 121 (intro to chemistry lab, freshman-level), PEGN 309 (reservoir rock properties, sophomore-level), MEL Labs (multidisciplinary lab, junior-level), and PEGN 413 (gas measurement, senior-level) help you complete this first job assignment? Do you feel prepared to work open-ended design problems such as the Lone Cedar project and the Brazos problem you worked in PEGN 439 (senior

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Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hansen Lukman, Bucknell University; Steven Shooter, Bucknell University; Fabrice Alizon, Bucknell University; Asli Sahin, Virginia Tech; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Soundar Kumara, Pennsylvania State University

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based on Commonality/Diversity, Modularity, and CostFew would argue that engineers are more likely to be active rather than reflective learners6, andthe benefits of “hands-on” educational activities such as product dissection are many. Forinstance, product dissection has been successfully used to help students identify relationshipsbetween engineering fundamentals (e.g., torque and power) and hardware design (e.g., a drill)7.It has also been used to help teach competitive assessment and benchmarking8, 9. Productdissection is part of the freshmen Product and Process Engineering Laboratory at North CarolinaState University where users take turns playing the role of user, assembler, and engineer10.Sheppard11 was among the first to develop a formal

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Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Semke, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; James Albrecht, Imation Corp.; Jason Moses, Imation Corp.; Peter Ridl, Imation Corp.

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identified as key factors, and each is discussed in detail. Toprovide a concrete context for the discussion, highlights from past projects are provided.The UND/Imation partnership was initiated when select Imation personnel were invited tocampus in 2001 by the Dean of the School of Engineering & Mines, Dr. John Watson. TheImation representatives toured the university engineering laboratories and spoke with anumber of engineering faculty to determine mutual interests. The visit served as a chance forboth parties to discuss their activities and capabilities with the intent of identifying synergisticactivities. The visit resulted in identifying two areas of mutual interest; one in ElectricalEngineering and one in Mechanical Engineering. The

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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) budgeting that culminates in a written proposal and oral presentation requesting funds for development of a product. The third in a sequence of formal design courses that emphasizes completion of a client-driven project usingECE 460 – Engineering Design I (Senior – 4 credit) the design process. Student teams carry a project from inception to completion to satisfy the need of a client. Integral laboratory

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Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Barrett Myers, Purdue University

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-hour meeting of his/her team in theEPICS laboratory. During this laboratory time the team members will take care ofadministrative matters, do project planning and tracking, and work on their project. All studentsalso attend a common one-hour lecture each week. A majority of the lectures are by guestexperts, and have covered a wide range of topics related to engineering design, communication,and community service. The long-term nature of the program has required some innovation inthe lecture series since students may be involved in the program for several semesters. This hasbeen addressed by rotating the lecture topics on a cycle of two to three years and by creatingspecialized lecture supplements called skill sessions that students can

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Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Lawrence Neeley, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

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the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999, and in 2004 she was awarded the ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award in recognition of distinguished accomplishments in engineering education.Larry Leifer, Stanford University Larry J. Leifer has been a member of the Stanford School of Engineering faculty since 1976. Professor Leifer teaches a year long master’s sequence in “Team-Based Product Innovation with Corporate Partners,” the “Design Theory and Methodology Forum,” and a freshman seminar, “Designing the Human Experience: Design Thinking in Theory and Practice.” From 1997-2001 he served as founding director of the Stanford Learning Laboratory, an ongoing university

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Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Gershenson, Michigan Technological University

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2006-2472: HOW TO ENGINEER A WINNING COMPETITION PROJECT:LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE CHALLENGEJohn Gershenson, Michigan Technological University Dr. Gershenson is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan and directs the Life-cycle Engineering Laboratory. Professor Gershenson performs research in the areas of life-cycle product architecture and lean and sustainable design and manufacturing. Specific research interests include: product and process architecture, product platforms, modular product design, lean manufacturing, lean engineering, life-cycle design, and design for the environment

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Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cari Bryant, University of Missouri-Rolla; Eric Pieper, University of Missouri-Rolla; Brandon Walther, University of Texas-Austin; Tolga Kurtoglu, University of Texas-Austin; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla; Daniel McAdams, University of Missouri-Rolla; Matthew Campbell, University of Texas-Austin

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2006-1758: SOFTWARE EVALUATION OF AN AUTOMATED CONCEPTGENERATOR DESIGN TOOLCari Bryant, University of Missouri-Rolla CARI BRYANT is a Ph.D. student at The University of Missouri-Rolla, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The objective of her research is to develop design methods and tools that build on existing design knowledge to support the design process, specifically during the concept generation phase of product development. In 2003 Cari received a M.S. degree in mechanical engineering and an M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan while doing research in the University of Michigan Orthopaedic Research Laboratories. Contact: crb5ea

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Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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useful for this project. 2.85 3.50 1.09 6. I knew very little about the topic of my project before this semester started. 2.95 2.27 4.82 7. I would support a “learning laboratory” in the Dept. where students could “interact” with 4.29 4.17 4.64 various mechanical devices on their own timeDiscussionFemales entering an engineering discipline may do so with a perceived “competitivedisadvantage”. The results of this paper strongly disputes this perception related to design andproblem solving issues. The Sun Clock Project could be viewed as “creative” or “original”design, and both

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Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; James Colgate, Northwestern University; Gregory Olson, Northwestern University

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integrating design education throughout the engineering curriculum at Northwestern University.Gregory Olson, Northwestern University Gregory B. Olson, Fellow of ASM and TMS, is the Wilson-Cook Professor of Engineering Design and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, Associate Director for Research of the IDEA Institute for Design Engineering & Applications, Director of the Materials Technology Laboratory/Steel Research Group, and a founder of QuesTek Innovations LLC. He received the B.S. and M.S. in 1970 and Sc.D in 1974 in Materials Science from MIT and remained there in a series of senior research positions before joining the faculty of Northwestern in

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Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology

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of the Engineering Curriculum to Include a Design Experience each Semester”, ASEE, 1999.9. Pugh, S., “Total Design”, Addison-Wesley Publishing Corp., 1991.10. Lyons, J., Young, E., “Developing a Systems Approach to Engineering Problem Solving and Design of Experiments in a Racecar-Based Laboratory Course”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 353-357, 2001.11. Wilczynski, V., Douglas, S., “Integrating Design Across the Engineering Curriculum: A Report From the Trenches”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 235-240, 1995.12. Moriarty, G., “Engineering Design: Content and Context”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 135-140, 1994.13. Wigal, C., “Systems and Creative Thinking and Student Experience of Design”, 34th ASEE

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Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

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alumni of these competitions feel that these events helped themto gain better employment opportunities and faster career advancement? Both alumni who hadthese experiences and alumni who did not have these experiences were surveyed.This paper provides a brief introduction to the SAE design competitions along with the results ofthe alumni survey.IntroductionStarting in the early 1960s, engineering education shifted away from engineering practice andmore towards engineering science. Declining enrollments and shifting priorities causeduniversities to reduce program length. In order to accomplish this, many programs reducedapplication oriented courses and laboratories.1 This has resulted in a gap between whatuniversities are teaching, and what

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; James Kamman, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Mohammed Elsamawal, Western Michigan University; Michael Desjardins, Western Michigan University

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calculated therefore, refining and maximizing the efficiency ofthe system. After completing the design of the hydraulic circuit (Figure 1), components werespecified that met the design requirements. The hydraulic circuit was assembled in the laboratory Page 11.755.4and its performance was tested (Figure 2). After fine-tuning the circuit for improving itsperformance, a complete 3-D CAD layout of the hydraulic circuit was developed using Pro-Engineer8.Design of Bicycle FrameAfter completion of the hydraulic circuit design, a recumbent frame was chosen for the system asopposed to designing and fabricating the frame from scratch. This allowed the group

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Juliet Hurtig, Ohio Northern University

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-nology.com 2005 [Online]. Available: http://www.teach- nology.com/tutorials/teaching/rubrics3. S. M. Blanchard, M. G. McCord, P. L. Mente, D. S. Lalush, C. F. Abrams, E. G. Loboa, H. T. Nagle, Rubrics Cubed: Tying Grades to Assessment to Reduce Faculty Workloads, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.4. V. L. Young, D. Ridgeway, M. E. Prudich, D. J. Goetz, B. J. Stuart, Criterion-Based Grading for Learning and Assessment in Unit Observations Laboratory, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.5. What is a Rubric? Relearning by Design, Inc., 2000 [Online]. Available: http://www.relearning.org

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Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asli Sahin, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Steven Shooter, Bucknell University; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla

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. Specific activities guide learners through a platform planning process. In addition toproduct platforming, the cases promote learning concepts of function-based family design,component sharing, modularity, customer needs-driven approach, market analysis, decision-making, etc.Five senior engineering students have studied these three case activities during their summerresearch experience at SMART (Systems Modeling and Realization Technologies) laboratory atVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University4. The students were sponsored by theNational Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Program forproduct platform planning5. This study involved the students’ learning experiences with the casestudies. First, the students

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Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paris von Lockette, Rowan University; Dom Acciani, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Chenguang Diao, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

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incorporate feedback from this teaching of the courseand from the follow-on project to improve students' application and written communication ofparametric design techniques.1 J. A. Newell, D. K. Ludlow, and S. P. K. Sternberg, "Progressive development of oral and written communicationskills across and integrated laboratory sequence," Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 31, pp. 116-119, 1997. Page 11.281.122 D. K. Ludlow and K. H. Schulz, "Writing across the chemical engineering curriculum at the University of NorthDakota," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 83, pp. 161, 1994.3 N. Van Orden, "Is writing an effective way to learn

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Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

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to future employersCourse Instructors Want to mentor in a challenging and complex environment; stay current with industrial practices, technology, and design tools; collaborate with peers; be treated fairly and rewarded for performanceTechnical Staff Want to advance professional skills by consulting on real-world engineering problems; generate resources for expanding design/laboratory infrastructureProject Advisors Want effective course infrastructure and support, including well-defined