Conference Session

Focus on Under-Represented Women

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

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Women in Engineering

the 114th ASEE Conference and Exposition (2007).51. Howles, T., “Work in Progress - Learning Community and Active Learning Study,” Proceedings of the 37th Frontiers in Education Conference (2007), pp. F4G-1 - F4G-2.52. Titus-Becker, K.; Rajala, S.; Bottomley, L.; Raubenheimer, D.; Cohen, J.; Bullett, K.; Grant, S.; Payton, F.C.; Kirby, B.; Kirkman, A.; Krause, W.; and Thomas, C., “An Integrated Living And Learning Community for First And Second Year Undergraduate Women in Science and Engineering,” Proceedings of the 114th ASEE Conference and Exposition (2007).53. Grose, T.K., “Booting Up,” PRISM: American Society for Engineering Education, 16(1), September 2006, pp. 26 – 31

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy Garrett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas Walker, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-318: STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE USE OF GRAPHICALPROGRAMMING LANGUAGESJeremy Garrett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jeremy Garrett is currently working on his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, with a specialization in Integrative S.T.E.M. Education, at Virginia Tech. His doctoral research, which he has recently begun, is on college freshmen-level engineering design curriculum. He has an M.S. in Applied and Industrial Physics from Virginia Tech, and a B.S. in Physics from Western (North) Carolina University. He has been teaching freshmen and sophomore general engineering courses for the last four years (some years as a lead teacher / instructor and some years as an

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chi Thai, University of Georgia

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Computers in Education

student learning”, and applying this trend for face-to-face instruction results in a need toprovide students more opportunities to develop course materials in concert with the instructorduring class time, such as solving an optics problem or building a simulation model, and also toparticipate in other students work or just simply to take one’s own class notes. Thus as personal“hand-written notes” and “narrations” are the most natural tools to record, review, integrate anddevelop our own learning process, we are continuing the existing project to include the use ofTablet PCs (or Pen Tablets with Desktop PCs on Windows Vista) and multimedia technologiesat the student level with the goal of achieving more active and hopefully deeper learning

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Thomas Richter, University of Stuttgart

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Computers in Education

browser of the learner. For that reason, the LMS provides information on theuser to the SCO, and the SCO returns information on the learning success back to the LMS.Most SCOs are not very spectacular: Text files, possibly some embedded images and simplemultiple-choice questionnaires make up most of the content seen by the authors. Trulyinteractive applets are rarely seen, and if so, the interactivity is often limited. If compared to lab-based interactive hands-on experiments as found in the curriculum of engineering or scientificstudies, this type of learning material has little to offer and goes only little beyond an interactivebook. By that, the LMS is degraded to a content management system for web-based data.Here we present the concept of

Conference Session

At The Institutional Level

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy Loveless-Morris, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan; Robert Embrey, Highline Community College; Kali Kuwada, Seattle Central Community College; Marisela Mendoza, Columbia Basin College; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Eve Riskin, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

participate in an engineering transfer curriculum inorder to be tracked.Another positive feature of the partnership’s data is that it allows the partnership to studyrecruitment and retention beyond one point in time. Longitudinal data collection and evaluationare not without challenges, however. An inherent challenge of evaluating long term research isthat it does not usually produce short term outcomes. External funding usually allows multipleinstitutions to work together on a common goal. External funding, such as, grant foundations,often have timelines and measureable outcomes attached to their funding. Although, thecollaboration among partners provides rich data that will produce positive future impact, thisimpact cannot always be demonstrated in

Conference Session

Special Resources and Activities for Minorities

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

, critical reading, and presentations. EducationalUnlimited21 and Sally Ride Science Camps25 sponsor a camp for girls for girls entering 6th to 9thgrades, are overnight 10-day camps held on college campuses designed to interest girls inscience, technology and engineering using the Sally Ride Science Curriculum. Entering 11th and12th graders can earn college credit and be introduced to the university experience through avariety of special programs. Educational Unlimited21 and Berkeley offer Summer Focus atUniversity of California - Berkeley 6-week summer academic enrichment program.Resources for Selecting Engineering ProgramsThe National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)26 offers an easy to useguide to scholarships, engineering

Conference Session

AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kun-jung Hsu, Leader University; Shu-Chen Lin, National Taiwan University; Yi-Rong Lin, National Taiwan University; Szu-Yu Yeh, National Taiwan University

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Architectural

, as well as how different kinds of value systemcan be re-examined. The optimal way of realizing inter-disciplinary collaboration and itsrespect methodology can be proposed. As a pedagogical model for integrating the sustainabledesign issues, the course curriculum: “Construction System for Planning and Design” then can beopen to students in the fields of engineering, construction, design, and landscape planning.In the following paragraphs, we will first describe the case of the engineering planning process ofthe Elephant-Hill eco-tourism pedestrian path. After redefining the concept of sustainableplanning, design, and engineering professionals via co-working, we confirm a fundamentalhidden dilemma: the value systems of different disciplines

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego; Frank Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest Kim, University of San Diego

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. The University of San Diego (USD) falls into the latter category withan electrical engineering (EE) curriculum focused on the electronics and communicationsindustries rather than on electrical machines. Recent additions of a mechanical engineering(ME) program and an industrial & systems engineering program to the existing electricalengineering (EE) program have altered the student population balance and, necessarily, haveshifted the focus of many lower division courses. In response to these changes, the one-semester, sophomore-level electric circuits curriculum was changed. Prior to the change, all Page 13.192.2engineering students

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Kremer, Ohio University-Athens; David Burnette, Ohio University

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Design in Engineering Education

DESIGN COURSES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLSIntroductionIn addition to completing a challenging technical curriculum, engineering graduates mustdemonstrate teamwork, communication, and other professional skills including professional andethical responsibility, life-long learning, and understanding the impact of engineering solutionsin a global and societal context. Unless these outcomes are integrated into students' conceptionsof being a "successful engineer" (getting a job and advancing their career), they will be under-valued and under-developed. This project demonstrates the use of industry-modeled 360°performance reviews in a team-based capstone project to link professional skills with an

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Schrage, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Kenneth McPherson, The Boeing Company; Xavier Fouger, Dassault Systemes; Cedric Simard, Dassault Systemes

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Design in Engineering Education

projects that are beingused to introduce PLM education is described. This academic model is intended to closethe gap between university and industry needs. It is aimed to have the students gainessential knowledge of how current global engineers use CAD as an integral part of theirdaily work. The approach of how PLM is being integrated within the university’sAerospace curriculum through their strategic partnerships provides a framework andmodel in which other universities, colleges, and industries can have the opportunity tofollow.We are not suggesting that this approach is better than others in the US, but rather we aresimply sharing what we are planning in the future with hopes that others will also sharetheir successes. The main goal here is to

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Plumley, US Coast Guard Academy; Vincent Wilczynski, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

benefits which relateto effective assessment. By making an effort to talk to faculty about the curriculum and ask themfor reflections on the impact of particular projects, the portfolio provides a natural way to engagecolleagues in discussion about the impact of specific courses. Discussions related to portfoliodevelopment can foster relations between faculty and offer areas for collaboration in theachievement of outcomes outside of the program’s normal assessment procedures.The portfolio is not intended to be a collection of all work, or to serve as the primary means ofassessment. In fact it is quite the opposite. At the Coast Guard Academy a regular process ofassessment and improvement already exists for curriculum review. In end of course

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education

Doe Run in La Oroya, PeruEthics of how to integrate cultural considerations into science and engineering: the case of well-building in KenyaAnalysis of China’s industrialization and widening economic inequality: the role of technology in education andhealth care disparitiesAssessmentBecause learning and assessment are highly linked63, the self-directed learning reflections ofstudents provide a primary vehicle for assessment. This is inherently a qualitative approach toassessment, and one that involves subjective judgment and interpretation of student narratives.Such an assessment follows logically from the content and pedagogy employed here; when oneintentionally teaches content that challenges positivist assumptions, with pedagogies that do

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University; Richard Mark French, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

partner institutions. Web-based course/module supportmaterials are also being developed.The next phase would be related to the integration of the comprehensive design curriculum intothe existing academic program, development of workforce training and development of anoutreach program via existing pre-college outreach programs at partner institutions.3. Product Design and Realization and Global Working EnvironmentProduct design and realization includes the whole spectrum of conceptualization, detailed design,analysis, simulation, and prototyping. In collaborative design, multidisciplinary teams participatein design decision-making. Product information is shared across enterprise boundaries in anInternet-enabled distributed environment. Product and

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

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Design in Engineering Education

University of Applied Sciences (FHM) was forged in 2005. Afterrunning parallel teams during the 2006/2007 school year, two international project teams wereformed for the current academic year. These teams are working to design, build and test Page 13.534.4solutions to externally supplied problems. Each team consists of two Cal Poly and three FHMstudents. Plans to add an Asian University are included as an enhancement for the fall of 2008.Extension to a Full YearBased on broad agreement that the capstone course is one of the most important as an integratingelement in the mechanical engineering curriculum, the faculty has agreed to extend theexperience

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

the University of Florida applied directly to their academicdepartments through a paper application for admission into the Integrated Product and ProcessDesign. Academic advisors verified the applicant qualifications against discipline-specificprerequisites, and faculty coordinators approved or rejected applicants. The paper-based processworked, but left many information gaps in the project and student recruitment process. Toaddress these gaps, an information system was developed to streamline the capture, processing,and disposition of student applications. Today, students apply over the web, advisors andcoordinators review the applications online, and accept or reject decisions are based upon needspublished in the system by the program

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

, she is involved in the following projects: National Science Foundation project: Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive Design Education, Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation Project: Product Lifecycle Management Curriculum Modules and Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Opportunity Fund for North Central Indiana: Development of Integrated Digital Manufacturing Curriculum. She is a student member of the American Society of Engineering Education, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Society of Woman Engineers (SWE), and Woman in Technology (WIT). She published two chapters in two textbooks, two journal articles and presented 23

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments; Greg Crouch, National Instruments; Reid Lee, National Instruments; Brian Johnson, National Instruments

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Design in Engineering Education

dataflow as discussed in the previous section. The NI LabVIEW FPGA Module usesLabVIEW Embedded technology to extend LabVIEW graphical development to target FPGAs on NIreconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware. With the LabVIEW FPGA Module, educators can create custommeasurement and control hardware without low-level hardware description languages or board-leveldesign and perform unique timing and triggering routines, ultrahigh-speed control, interfacing to digitalprotocols and digital signal processing (DSP). One of the features listed on the LabVIEW FPGA page [9]is its ability to target FPGAs without having to write any textual code. It can also integrate existingVHDL code if needed[10]. Figure 6 shows an example of code written using LabVIEW FPGA module

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Riddell, Rowan University; Maria Simone, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 13.303.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Communication in a project based learning design courseAbstractSophomores in the College of Engineering at Rowan University take a two-semestersequence where they are taught design and communication in a project-based-learningsetting. In the fall and spring semesters, communication instruction focuses on technicalwriting and public speaking, respectively. The fall semester has developed into a highly-integrated technical writing and design course, allowing students to comprehend howwriting informs the design process as much as the designing informs the writing. Likewriting, public speaking is an essential aspect of engineering practice. However,integrating public speaking

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Graham Thomas, Texas Southern University; Esther Thomas, Texas Southern University

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Design in Engineering Education

designing cars which are truly green (i.e. produces zeropolluting emission). After discussing in their small groups they were to present their findings tothe class. The class got an opportunity to critic each group’s presentation and offer suggestionsfor overcoming the challenges which would be faced by the engineers doing the actual design.Their approach had to account for the integration of electronics. In the first phase of the caseanalysis, the integration of electronics in the design was emphasized. As each group presentedtheir analysis, other groups were allowed to critic the presentations, provide support for theissues they identified and present their suggestions for improvement. In the second phase, thegeneral class discussion, students

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tongele Tongele, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Design in Engineering Education

through the curriculum culminating in a major design experience basedon the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier coursework and incorporating engineeringstandards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economic;environmental; sustainability; manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; andpolitical.”1 In the new ABET criteria for accrediting engineering programs during the 2008-2009accreditation cycle, it is under criterion 5, explicitly titled “Curriculum”, that the requirement forusing engineering standards is placed - in these terms: “Students must be prepared forengineering practice through a curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on theknowledge and skills acquired in

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

understand how they and their teammates view learning and tasks.The second module addresses communication, feedback and team dynamics with the thirdmodule on project management. This threaded approach is also seen in a recent paper8 whichdescribes how team skills are developed through two lecture courses and then implemented inteam projects throughout the curriculum. In our work we also integrate the development of teamskills through the curriculum as a means to reinforce the process of developing the requisitecognitive and behavioral skills and attributes.Development of a Teaming ThreadThis paper describes an approach to developing team skills through a series of engineeringdesign courses. The curriculum at Stevens Institute of Technology has a

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Innocent Afuh, Texas Tech University; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

critical because of demand by industry for broadly qualified graduates. Intheir previous paper, the authors analyzed the student information gathering patterns using onlythe students’ final reports at the end of the semester. An assessment rubric and scoring for thestudents reports was proposed. In this paper, additional to the final reports, the student designnotebook and presentation slides are also analyzed. An assessment rubric and scoring areproposed for the design notebooks and the presentation slides. The data collected is used to mapthe information gathering activities across the whole design process. Using the informationobtained, information literacy is integrated into a capstone syllabus. Information literacy mayinculcate in the

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Callaway, CH2M HILL; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

development to future civil engineers.” Journal of Professional Issues In Engineering Education and Practice., 128(4), 212-216. 4. Carew, A.L. and Mitchell, C.A., (2001). “What do engineering undergraduates need to know, think or feel to understand sustainability?” Sixth World Congress on Chemical Engineering. Melbourne, Australia. 5. Siller, T.J., (2001). “Sustainability and critical thinking in civil engineering curriculum.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice., 127(3), 104-108. 6. Robinson, M. and Sutterer, K., (2003). “Integrating sustainability into civil engineering curricula.” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Nicholas Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Robert Johnson, Oral Roberts University; James Wanjiku, Oral Roberts University

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Design in Engineering Education

strongimpression of the action of a transcendent, yet calculating, intentionality. The most coherentview of the cosmos appears to be that of an engineered system of interdependent subsystems thatefficiently interact to prepare for, develop, and support advanced life, subject to variousconstraints. Considerations of intention and purpose in natural science have recently beendisallowed, and yet our world seems to be infused with purpose. The cosmological quest benefitsfrom the integration of knowledge from all areas of study, including those that considerquestions of purpose, such as design engineering. The synthesis of this knowledge that providesthe most satisfying answers for the human condition is one that admits the recognition ofpurpose, and possibly

Conference Session

Multinational and International Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Norton, LeTourneau University; Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; Paul Leiffer

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 13.923.21 Introduction and BackgroundMany engineering schools are now employing a service-learning approach to globally-basedhumanitarian projects1,2,3,4. The importance of integrating both globalization and social needsinto the engineering curriculum is acknowledged by the ABET criteria5, and human need is aclear priority of the engineering profession, as indicated in the NSPE creed*,6. However, themajority of North American engineering students are not familiar with the contexts in which vastneeds exist, such as those among the physically disabled or the estimated 4 billion people livingon less than $2 a day (PPP)7. These conditions represent a formidable “frontier designenvironment”, or environments outside the experience and expertise

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

program, and mostthought it was an excellent addition to the curriculum. Although the percentage of responses waslow (3%), we did make contact with some excellent prospects.Another source of prospects is to contact any company in the area that hires engineers. This listis publicly available through a “Book of Lists” that is published by a national newspaper chain,the American City Business Journals (www.bizjournals.com). A database was created with thesecompany names and addresses, their websites were visited and contact information extracted.Directors of Engineering and Human Resources were added to the database along with the typeof work the company performed and the disciplines of engineers they had recently hired. Usingthe database

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Masten, McMaster University; Robert Fleisig, McMaster University

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Design in Engineering Education

express their own opinion on an engineering issue, present facts andevidence, and draw a conclusion. An important part of the learning process was the “peerevaluation”, in which students graded each other's work and calibrated their own performance. Afew students chose not to write one or both articles. In some cases plagiarism was an issue, eitherbecause students were ill-prepared to write a technical article in English, they did not understandissues of academic integrity and ownership of intellectual capital, or simply because they did notallow themselves the time to complete the assignment and thus, resorted to copying at the lastminute. Because performance on the articles was not significantly correlated with success in thecourse (final grade

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University; Monika Lumsdaine, E&M Lumsdaine Solar Consultants, Inc.

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Design in Engineering Education

improvement, and integration into a larger system,these students potentially had an opportunity to apply class learning creatively in many differentways while roughly following the given report formats. Also, the lectures during the last twoweeks were different for the enterprise students to provide closure to their course participation.The required content of the three project reports is shown in Table 2. Students did not need torewrite the entire report each time, since much of the information from a previous report couldflow into a subsequent report with minor updating, with new sections added to report progress Page 13.720.8made on the project.5,6

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 13.723.125. Evan I. Schwartz, Juice: The Creative Fuel That Drives World Class Inventors, Harvard Business School Press, 2004.6. David C. Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg, Paths of Innovation, Cambridge University Press, 1998.7. Michael george, Fast Innovation, McGraw-Hill, 2005.8. Guy Kawasaki, The Art of the Start, Portfolio, 2004.9. Muci-Küchler, K.H., Dolan, D.F. and Jenkins, C.H.M. A Comprehensive Education in Product Development: The Key to Introduce Practice into the Engineering Curriculum. Integrating Practice into Engineering Education Conference, Center for Engineering Education and Practice (CEEP), University of Michigan – Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan, October 3 to 5, 2004.10. Muci-Küchler, K.H

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Shaw, Geneva College; Murat Tanyel, Geneva College

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Design in Engineering Education

) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-on computer experiments for engineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a visiting professor at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain, UAE where he helped set up an innovative introductory engineering curriculum. Dr. Tanyel received his B. S. degree in electrical engineering from Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1981, his M. S. degree in electrical engineering from Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA in 1985 and his Ph. D. in biomedical engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA in 1990