Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Charles Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Debbie O'Hare

built in 2003 in a predominantly ethnicallyisolated inner city neighborhood. Its location facilitated ethnicity integration without the aid of adistrict assigned plan. During its first year of operation, the school applied for and received athree year grant from the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) that provided additionalresources to support its curriculum and faculty development. The school has a K-5 studentpopulation with no special enrolment criteria and definitely functions as a typical neighborhoodschool. It has more than 600 students and at least 3 classrooms at each grade level. Studenttalents and abilities are normally distributed and there is no grouping of mainstream students bysections, test scores, and/or perceived ability

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Findlay Edwards, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

International

credit, be embedded in Indian culture, and to create bridges between faculty andinstitutions for future collegial endeavors.Six students and one professor were the pilot group to determine the viability of an engineeringstudy abroad in India program. Program planning was initiated in September 2005 forimplementation in July 2006. Due to the low number of students in the pilot program, the costper student was relatively high. $50,000 was budgeted for a six-week experience that includedall student tuition and fees, housing, meals, all travel to and within India (including allexcursions), Indian faculty salary, UofA faculty travel and living stipend, visa, insurance andprogram administration. This budgeted amount did not include the UofA professor

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Evers, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; James Ledlie Klosky

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

goals: “At the conclusion of CE 390, you should be able todefend/justify your choice of CE as a major. You should also be able to diagram and explain theCE curriculum, and be able to describe how the components of the curriculum fit into the designand construction of the elements of civil engineered infrastructure. Finally, assuming you canjustify your choice of CE as a major, you should be able to formulate a tentative plan as to howyou will use the knowledge gained in CE390 to further yourself in the Army, and beyond.” Further motivation for creating CE390 was the recognition of the lack of breadth of theCE program at West Point and the desire to better align the program with what the majority ofthe cadets who chose to join the Corps of

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology; Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ian Denholm, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Required – Order Charter for the Sensors/Material Design Project Experiment 3 (Begin) - Design/conduct an experiment to evaluate a critical component(s) of Creative Thinking your Design Project based on Analysis/Simulation or Test ; Finalize Context Diagrams and 9 Workshop Use Cases Complete Design Project Plan (WBS/Gantt Chart) - Order Sensors/Material Written Proposal Report Due - Report to be Evaluated for Completeness of Design Using Total Design Process 10 Conclude Experiment 3

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Lyndon Abrams, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Bosley, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Dawn Denney, Northwest Cabarrus High School; Kelly Teague, J.M. Robinson High School; Bill Welch, J.M. Robinson High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

classroom techniques used during thecamps, and to practice skills learned in the TECT workshop. The capstone practicum for theTECT workshop will require the participants to prepare a lesson plan incorporating a hands-onengineering activity and delivering the lesson to the summer camp students.At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be required to develop work action plansdescribing the engineering content and activities they intend to incorporate into their classroomsduring the course of the next semester. A one day follow up meeting with all participants will beheld at the end of the semester in which participants will be asked to report and critique their

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Chandrashekar Subbareddy, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

offer the most relevant and timely topics in the real world business. In addition,our new graduates have benefited from the fact that the recovery of the manufacturing sector inTexas has started sooner and exceeded than the nation average. In 2005, “Texas added roughly7,500 manufacturing jobs, a 0.8 percent increase, compared with a U.S. loss of 72,500 jobs, a 0.5percent decline” [5].The goal for the capstone design course in manufacturing engineering program at Texas StateUniversity was to provide teams of students the opportunity to work with open-ended designproblems wherein most aspects of the product development cycle, including product design,prototyping/verification, manufacturability analysis, and business plan of the product

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bodde, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

societythat held life to be precious and implemented that view in its public policies would Page 12.1294.2i This paper focuses on the content to be taught, leaving plans for integration into the engineeringcurriculum for separate discussion.require very different brakes on its vehicles than one that did not. Thus understanding theethical foundations of policy leads to better engineering.In our more complex society, we ask more complex questions in setting the societalexpectations for government policies to implement. For example: • Is the technology “fair” in the balance of risk and reward that its use imposes? For example, critics note that

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kasarda, Virginia Tech; Brenda Brand, Virginia Tech; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

phase, the capstone studentsfollow conventional steps of a design process including process planning, identification ofcustomer needs, product specification, concept generation, concept selection, concept/prototypetesting, product architecture, industrial design, design for manufacturing, and conclude with thebuilding and delivery of a final product. More details associated with Phases 1 and 2 are presentedbelow.Capstone Design and Service Learning—Bringing It All TogetherSenior mechanical engineering students at Virginia Tech are required to take a two-semesterengineering capstone design course, ME 4015 and ME 4016, in which this project is offered as oneof many options students have. Among the other projects were industry-sponsored projects

Conference Session

Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

“realistic” than that offered within the business school. The term “realistic”will undoubtedly mean different things to different people. Still, there are a few elements of areality oriented engineering entrepreneurship curriculum that seem non-controversial, including: • An enhanced focus on intellectual property development and protection • A focus on real technology development and commercialization (as opposed to mere business plan development offered by most business school based programs) • Internships or practicum experiences that include placement within an entrepreneurial environment • Basic knowledge of business principles that enable identification of knowledge gaps and how to fill them with relevant

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Patti Culley, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

their first year of engineering. Most students have a highschool resume complete with all of their awards, music and athletic accomplishments, but nowthey need an “engineering” resume for an internship, a scholarship, or a research position inengineering. The resume can also serve as an excellent career-planning tool, establishing aframework on which to build and a guideline for gap analysis. Creating this new resume isdifficult for most students. They need help translating and prioritizing their previous experiencesinto “skills” that are useful in engineering. With the help of a Career Services representative,who is in close contact with what industry wants on a resume, and the director/mentor ofacademic scholarship programs, who follows

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

place,where the learning is not necessarily at the forefront for the students and is effectivelycovert. Chick’s great enthusiasm for the wonders of science spreads to the kids and theirparents by means of the museum. The school science teachers may also use the place toillustrate science principles as part of their lesson plans. The SciTechatorium alsoseemed like a wonderful place to highlight Materials Science & Engineering (MS&E) toyoung people.The student coordinator of our outreach program was persuaded to write a proposal to theASM Foundation Student Chapter Grants program3 “to excite young people in materials,science, and engineering careers.” Our grant was funded to purchase demos and builddisplays that highlighted MS&E for

Conference Session

Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentina Cecchi, Drexel University; Michael Kleinberg, Drexel University; Milo Tong, Drexel University; Bridget Kleinberg, Drexel University; Karen Miu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

powerengineering students will be highlighted. Lastly, plans for the implementation of the powersystem outreach experiments for larger groups of non-engineers and high school students will bepresented.II. Power Distribution Laboratory Facilities The electric power distribution system experiments targeted for power engineering studentswere developed and embedded within the RDAC laboratory. RDAC has four identicaldistribution stations, each of which has: 1. a power station providing three-phase 208V ac / 120V dc with 1 three-phase 1:1 autotransformer – this serves as the source of power (the substation); 2. a nine-bus distribution feeder box containing two feeders including four three-phase power distribution lines and four three

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Schimmels, Marquette University

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First-Year Programs

engineering skills associated with design andcommunication and on personal characteristics associated with good teamwork and effectiveleadership. Small group discussion related to course readings are used to increase studentunderstanding of abstract engineering concepts. Design projects are used to facilitate studenttransfer of their understanding to new contexts.The course sequence has been piloted in the Mechanical Engineering program and was shown tobe quite successful with regard to student achievement and student satisfaction. Plans are beingmade for college-wide implementation of a similar freshman experience emphasizing skill andpersonal characteristic development.1.0 IntroductionThe issues of engineering student engagement and persistence and

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Schwartz, Cornell University; Catherine Norton, Cornell University; Sue Schwartz, The Learning Web

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

technical courses.1.2 Game Design and DevelopmentEntertainment technology splits roughly into two categories: hardware and software. Whereashardware might range from toys to amusement rides, software involves virtual and interactiveexperiences, i.e., games. Some programs, like ETC, often bridge both areas. The process ofmaking a game closely relates to the engineering process, in which designers plan an environmentcomposed of physical and/or virtual constructs that interact according to a set of rules. Thedevelopers employ technology to implement the plans, working in an iterative fashion incollaboration with the designers4, 5. Page 12.1137.21.3

Conference Session

Engineering in Elementary Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Euridice Oware, Purdue University; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) program for P-4th grade studentsand a Summer Residential Program for students in grades 5-12. 12 GERI courses are taught byinstructors, predominantly graduate and undergraduate students, who develop curriculum, designlesson plans, and teach the courses.Participants. Participants in this study are 3rd and 4th grade students in the week-long SummerSession II, which was held on June 12 - June 16, 2006. There were a total of 49 studentsenrolled in the 3rd and 4th grade classes in this summer session. Participants for this study wererecruited by mailing an invitation letter and consent form to parents of the 3rd and 4th grade GERIstudents. Students who returned signed parental forms were eligible to volunteer for this study;these students signed an

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hillary Hart, University of Texas-Austin; Christy Moore, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

: Gathering the DataIntroductionFor the past several years, faculty at the University of Texas at Austin have been developingweb-based educational modules designed to help Engineering faculty integrate the teaching ofethics into their existing courses. These undergraduate educational modules, known collectivelyas PRiME (Professional Responsibility Modules in Engineering), cover topics such asProfessional Ethics, Ethical Leadership, and Credibility of Sources and are already being used byfaculty at UT and elsewhere: http://www.engr.utexas.edu/ethics/primeModules.cfm. Inspired bythe success of these undergraduate modules, several faculty have outlined a plan to expand theeducational offerings by creating, with the help of a grant from the National

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

? (Nursing, Paper Science, Computer Science for example in the School of Engineering and Applied Science). Will such an inter- disciplinary approach be beneficial to the success of the project ? Do we need different equipment or instrumentation facilities? Do we need experts from industry or commercial establishments? 3. Conduct an extensive background search that focuses on salient features of the main project and address the key issues that may arise as the project unfolds. Always have a “Plan B.” Be prepared to handle contingencies. You may be very diligent in your design, planning and implementation; regardless, things may go wrong. (Example: Bridge Building Service Learning

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Durham, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

requirements. • Requiring students to plan their own flight tests, and then conduct them exposes the students to a part of flight test engineering that normally is not addressed in a classroom setting. Further, by requiring students to plan a test, the criteria that define a given test such as risk level are given meaning. • Giving students a list of requirements to fulfill for a test instead of specifying exact calculations fulfills two objectives. First it exposes students to the real-life processes that would be required of a flight test organization. Second, it gives a moderately defined assignment that requires students to use creativity to fulfill their assignments

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

ecology; • Earth science; • Energy and pollution; • Social, political, and ethical issues; • Environmental planning, management, and sustainability.When utilized in this manner, the course could form a valuable capstone experience building onthe varied skills and multidisciplinary interests of the students. More typically, students take TheGlobal Environment course to fulfill a general education requirement, where few have completedcourses in all of the areas required by the Environmental Studies Minor. Having a large fraction ofgeneral education students in the course may increase the number of different majors the studentsrepresent (more than 20 different majors in each of the last two offerings of the course to classsizes of 59 and

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Project Report and Portfolio is also examined in detail andgraded by the instructor. The instructor assigns different weights for eachcomponent of the project (Group Dynamics, Member participation, Maintenance ofLog Book, Mathematical rigor, Conforming to the principles of Liberal Education,Miami Plan Component, Technical expertise, English composition, etc.) anddetermines the overall grade based on these data.This capstone course is taken by the student groups in their senior year. They areexpected to incorporate their four-year college learning experience in a productivemanner. As such, the senior design project provides the instructors with variousassessment data. Over a period of time, it is possible to consolidate these in a systematicmanner

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University; Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M University; Ji Ma, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Jaime Grunlan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

science that students’ at Texas A&MUniversity would be able to earn. The current plan is for the students to take five courses in nanorelated areas and then do a two semester research project that is nano related. Since the programis joint between the Colleges of Engineering and Science, an introductory course has beendeveloped and was taught for the first time during spring 2007. The course is intended to be opento both engineering and science students, so there will be basic mechanics for the sciencestudents and basic quantum mechanics and kinetics for the engineering students. This builds on aprior NSF grant that was concerned with issues in nanoscale manufacturing.4As an additional part of the project, we are developing an experiment that

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ozgur Erol, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

2005confirmed this trend. The use of BPR as a management tool was reported to have gone downfrom 69 percent in 1995 to 38 percent in 2000, and revived again to 61 percent in 20041.The concept of reengineering traces its origins back to management theories developed as earlyas the nineteenth century. BPR integrates methods from total quality management, technologyand innovation management, strategic planning, systems engineering, and organizational design4.The Stevens EM program has been offering courses related to these topics and integrating BPRin the curriculum was only natural. It aimed to provide our students an understanding of theBPR as a concept, learning of the tools and techniques and the ability to find similarities anddifferences between

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Suzanne Lessack, University of Michigan; Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Rebecca Wind, University of Michigan; William Woelk, University of Michigan; Theresa Biehle, University of Michigan; Laura Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Nathaniel Gallaher, University of Michigan; Katie Thorne, Michigan Technological University; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

THIRMA helped motivate theTSSIT microgravity experiment.3.0 TSSIT C-9 ProjectBeginning with conceptual planning in August 2005, the microgravity project to validateTSATT’s separation system concept involved over two dozen S3FL students as designers,analysts, machinists, flight crew, ground support, and advisors. The experiment proposal wassubmitted by students to NASA in October 2005 and accepted that December. The project isexpected to last until April 2007 with completion of flight data analysis. Table 1 outlines themajor project milestones.3.1 Design-build-test project for undergraduatesBased on the successes of previous C-9 (KC-135 prior to 2006) flights, S3FL was interested inflying key components of a larger lab project to gain insight on

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University; Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

project site andactually implement their ideas.Since the ISD program began in 2001, ten senior design classes (118 students) have successfullycompleted projects improving water supply, water resources/management; site master planning;site reclamation; solid waste management, and wastewater treatment to benefit communities inBolivia and the Dominican Republic. Currently, 20-25% of undergraduate civil andenvironmental engineering majors take this course. Ownership of the student design projects isso great that 15% of ISD alumni have returned for additional ISD in-country experiences asmentors and class assistants.ISD began as a single semester, 3-credit, major design experience that could also fulfill atechnical elective requirement. In 2004, the

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Jernquist, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

various stages of writing.More importantly, the chart helps writers to grasp more fully the complexity of college-levelthinking and writing. It also suggests that writers (with guidance by their instructors and studentsupport services) need to plan time in order for an audience to emerge to the writer as a genuinepresence that can guide and shape their ideas. Because the chart helps writers locate themselvesin their own composing process, in the world of ideas and among a community of readers,writers are less likely to just “fix grammar” on a draft or decide that they “just can’t write.” Witha basic language and a growing sense of the time required to produce a college-level engineeringproject, writers gain a growing sense of “authority” over

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunnar Lucko, Catholic University of America; Panagiotis Tsopelas, Catholic University of America; Timothy Garland, Catholic University of America; Rodrigo Gonzalez, Catholic University of America; Thomas Lee, Catholic University of America; Justin Molineaux, Catholic University of America

Tagged Divisions

Construction

sustainability.Since then the faculty members have taken steps towards developing such programs, beginningwith offering the “Sustainable Development Principles and Practice” course that coverssustainable development, international practices, policy, and ethics and complements the“Construction Systems and Planning” and “Civil Engineering Systems Management” coursewhere engineering and architecture students create a detailed proposal for a semi-realistic teamproject (1). Subsequently, a task group examined the feasibility of further courses. A new studentchapter of EWB has been founded at the university, which crystallizes the interest of theengineering students in bringing their skills to developing regions and which is enjoying anexceptionally active group of

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahman Motlagh, University of Central Florida; Michele Shahir-Motlagh, Harcourt School Publishers; Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

International

how outcome will be assessedCourse delivery project, on the other hand, involves project planning and project monitoring2. Page 12.414.3In order to utilize project management techniques in delivering courses we took the followingsteps: 1. Identify objectives and desired outcomes for every course. 2. List all topics that need to be covered within a course. 3. Consider each topic as a task and identify all activities that need to be completed such as lectures, posting assignments or projects. 4. Define all assignments or projects elements clearly such as research activities, deliverables, due dates

Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitty Plummer, University of North Texas; Jerome Davis, University of North Texas; Charles Bittle, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

andrelationship building with the plant management. Effort must also be directed to educating andinvolving University management in the program.The Hope for the Future: In the September 2006 edition of Nuclear News2, TXU announced plans to build six morenuclear power plants in addition to the two units at Comanche Peak that they already own. Inorder to benefit from the subsidies being offered for early builders of the next generation ofnuclear plants, the utility must begin construction by January 2010, a short 2.5 years from now.The Nuclear Engineering Technology program must bridge this small gap to continue to deliverits benefits to the utility and the North Texas Region. Construction offers access to much largerpools of potential students than are

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II / Design for Special Services

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conry, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

work that has been reported in the European community2, we first describe ourpedagogical framework in terms of its components then indicate how it is instantiated in threecontexts, each of which is one exemplar of a software engineering senior design experience.Pedagogical FrameworkGoodyear2 has suggested that a pedagogical framework has four components:1. Philosophy: a set of beliefs about what knowledge and competence are and about how learning occurs,2. High level pedagogy: the concrete manifestation of the philosophical principles guiding the framework,3. Strategy: a broad brush depiction of plans – a description of what could or should be done to achieve the desired objectives,4. Tactics: a set of specific detailed activities by

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Sandfry, US Air Force Academy; michael bettner, US Air Force Academy; Tim Lawrence, US Air Force Academy; Michael Sobers, US Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Astronautics. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Tau engineering honor societies and holds Acquisition Professional Development Program Level II certification in Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering and Level I certification in Test and Evaluation. Page 12.626.3© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering Education Lessons From a Sounding Rocket Capstone Design Course AbstractThe FalconLAUNCH program is a two-semester capstone engineering design experience for theAstronautical