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Vijay Kanabar; Carla Messikomer

Integrating Project Management Knowledge Modules in Engineering Education Vijay Kanabar, Carla Messikomer, Boston University, Project Management InstituteAbstractA survey of twenty-two programs by Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2013 revealed thatthere is an opportunity to strengthen undergraduate project management (PM) education inengineering schools and colleges. In response to this need PMI sponsored a “for academics byacademics” global curriculum project to baseline undergraduate PM competency. This newcurriculum framework was launched in February 2015. It was the result of five exploratoryworkshops involving eight-five faculty as well as a

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Michael S. Lehman

University Economic Development Association (UEDA).Building a new Master's of Engineering in Technical EntrepreneurshipLehigh University, a private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has anational reputation in engineering, as well as entrepreneurship. Looking back almost twodecades, the undergraduate Integrated Product Development (IPD) capstone course sequence inthe P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science won a curriculum innovation awardin 1996 from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Over fifteen years later, theNational Academy of Engineering of the National Academies selected Lehigh’s IPD offerings,and the newly-created Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Innovation, as anexemplar

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Kevin Scoles

of HOMER software from HOMER Energy. Several weeks of tutorials areperformed in HOMER before projects begin so students are comfortable with the software andcan concentrate on system design choices.This paper reviews the course learning goals, course design and delivery, project details, andcourse assessment results.I. IntroductionAn introduction to renewable energy course was added to the undergraduate ECE curriculum tofill a gap in the electric power program. The course is intended to draw an audience from acrossengineering and science. It is offered as an elective at the pre-junior/junior (3rd or 4th year)level. Course prerequisites have been kept to a minimum, and include calculus and physicsappropriate for the student’s major. Concepts

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Gary A. Gabriele; Edmond Dougherty

general.The skills associated with an entrepreneurial mindset fall into three main categories,Opportunity, Design, and Impact (Table 1). Of these, the skills associated with design arealready integrated into our engineering curriculum to various degrees of success, thebiggest example being the capstone design experience usually positioned in the senioryear. Additional design experiences in the earlier years also exist in many curriculums,but in most cases the focus is on developing a purely technological solution to aspecifically stated need. The skills associated with discovering opportunities, assessingtheir potential impact, are acting upon viable opportunities are rarely, if at all, covered inthe standard engineering curriculum. Doug Melton, KEEN

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Joseph Tranquillo; Keith Buffinton

 Grand Challenges facing society,” and integrates research, entrepreneurship, and service learning. The Reed­Garman Award was established in 2014 through an endowment created by Bucknell alumnus Robert F. Sykes to provide a summer fellowship for a student to refine a new product, service, or technology. In addition, there have been many student groups that have arisen, such as the Entrepreneurship Club, Launch Group, and Bison Consulting Group, all of which foster student peer­to­peer mentoring on many entrepreneurial topics. Many of these groups have also brought thought leaders to campus, for example Fred Thomas (Bucknell ’82) speaking on his role in the invention of the Zip Drive and David Robertson, author of​ Brick by Brick: How LEGO

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Danai Chasaki

. Throughout this course, students learn howto apply mathematical concepts in solving cryptographic puzzles[1]. Another important objectiveof the mini-project is for students to be able to effectively function as a team member, witheffectiveness being determined by peer rating and self-assessment.I. IntroductionThe College of Engineering at Villanova University has established a new seven-week coursethat is required for freshman-engineering students. An integral part of this new course is aninterdisciplinary project-based experience, which according to the literature, has shown to be aneffective way to improve learning in freshman as well as upper level courses[2-8]. Previous workin project-based, hands-on learning experiences shows that restructuring

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Ryan Richards; Abdullah Konak; Michael R. Bartolacci; Mahdi Nasereddin

for information systems technologies. Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2012 IEEE, IEEE,1-9.13. Hamada, M. (2008). An integrated virtual environment for active and collaborative e-learning in theory of computation. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies 1(Copyright 2009, The Institution of Engineering and Technology), 117-130.14. Hu, J., Cordel, D. and Meinel, C. (2005). Virtual machine management for tele-lab" IT-Security" server. Computers and Communications, 2005. ISCC 2005. Proceedings. 10th IEEE Symposium on, IEEE,448-453.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University15. Kneale, B., De Horta, A. Y. and Box, I. (2004). VELNET: Virtual Environment for Learning

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Thomas Ask

personal experiencesagainst their self-image and is motivated to behave consistently with this self-image. Actionsand emotions that are inconsistent with one’s notion of an ideal self may not be accepted into theconsciousness. A well-adjusted person will behave in a manner consistent with an ideal self,while those who behave inconsistently will be made to feel anxious about facts that highlighttheir incongruous behavior.8Understating creativity lies with the integration of psychological and sociological theories. Theidentity theories, along with the phenomenological perspective of an ideal self, suggest that whenself-proclaimed creative people gather in groups, they will deeply nurture each other’s creativityand at the same time excoriate other

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Peter Mark Jansson; Amal Kabalan

engineering design processes. Thecourse activities build student confidence, skills and exposure with 3-D modeling software(Solidworks®) and 3-D printing technology. This practice comes in the form of team-basedproject assignments from designing / building a ‘Pod’ for Digilent’s Analog DiscoveryTM ® tofunctional decomposition of a photovoltaic lamp where each team is responsible for theirfunctional component and integration with all of the other teams. The final project includes theidentification of an important global, societal, environmental and/or economic problem whiledesigning a small scale solution to some aspect of it. This meets an ECE curriculum need toenhance students’ awareness of and interaction with ABET outcome ‘h’ and provides one

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Anita Singh; Dawn Ferry

teaching engineering solution approach involving concept generation,selection, prototyping and validation. In majority of cases, significant emphasis is put onteaching the engineering solution strategy for a specific problem statement that was introduced tothe students. Rarely is an emphasis placed on problem identification. Innovation often takes a bighit due to insufficient experience in identifying unmet needs, especially in the field ofBiomedical Engineering that fosters on the mission of improving society, human health andhealth care. This paper includes details of integrating clinic and classroom settings to teachBiomedical Engineering students about observation and identification of an unmet biomedicalengineering problem, followed by

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Wenli Guo; Weier Ye

both NES and non-native speakingstudents in terms of identifying and differentiating main ideas and major supporting details inreading, maintaining focus and unity, paraphrasing, and making logical connections among ideas.The community college students taking a physics gateway course often confused key ideas withsupporting details. Consequently, they failed to show an understanding of the text. As reading ascience textbook is daunting for many students, 100 level science courses should emphasizesummary writing across the curriculum. Students should be encouraged to produce and revisesummary writing in different disciplines on a regular basis. The college has a huge, diversestudent population. Since ESL students have limited English reading and

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sunil Dehipawala; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz; Chantale Damas; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

Entrepreneurially Minded Learning & Fluid Intelligence Building in Community College Pre- engineering Calculus Physics Pedagogy Sunil Dehipawala, Vazgen Shekoyan, Raul Armendariz, Chantale Damas, Todd Holden, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics DepartmentAbstractThe importance of including Entrepreneurially Minded Learning in an engineering curriculumcannot be overemphasized, according to The Kern Family Foundation. Currently most publicengineering schools lack the funding to include Entrepreneurially Minded Learning, according tothe results of our web search using the Goggle Search Engine. The

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Ralph C. Tillinghast; Amelia W. Wright; Leslie A. Stevens

undergraduate education.II. Current State and Attributes of MOOCsOver the last few years the MOOC market has been able to grow and take hold. Free educationalmaterials have been available through the internet for some time but the course created bySiemens in 2008, Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, is considered the first MOOC.3 4 Atthe end of 2014, roughly 2,400 courses were available, reaching ~17 million students, doubling Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universityfrom the year before due to an estimate growth rate of two new courses being offered each day.5The majority of English speaking courses at this time are provided by Coursera, Khan Academy,Udacity and edX. Miriada X in Spanish, FUN

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Shawn Gross

thetopics of eleven of these periods. Specific learning outcomes are identified and an in-depthreview of one flex-period exercise is provided. Student feedback from two years of studentsurveys is presented. Administrative considerations such as faculty time requirements andcourse section sizes are also discussed.IntroductionThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Villanova University beganoffering its required mechanics sequence in a new integrated format to sophomores beginningwith the Fall 2009 semester. As shown in Table 1, the classical sequence of coursework insubjects of Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids, Fluid Mechanics, and Civil EngineeringMaterials was replaced with a series of three four credit courses. An

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Russell Trafford; Linda Head

Teaching Fundamental Concepts of Engineering and Cryptography to a Multidisciplinary Freshman Engineering Class using Flipped Classroom Ideology and Incorporating Smart Devices in the Classroom. Russell Trafford and Linda Head Rowan University – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering traffo17@students.rowan.edu head@rowan.eduAt Rowan University, undergraduate engineering students from all available disciplines(Biomedical, Chemical, Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer, and Mechanical)take part in an 8 semester long sequence of “Clinic” classes. These classes are

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Matthew J. Traum; Christopher F. Anderson; Christopher M. Pastore; Michael J. Leonard

Initial Lessons from Nexus Learning for Engineering Students Achieved Via Interdisciplinary Projects for Outside Clients Matthew J. Traum, Christopher F. Anderson, Christopher M. Pastore, Michael J. Leonard School of Design & Engineering Philadelphia UniversityAbstractPhiladelphia University’s approach to education is called Nexus Learning. It emphasizes active,engaged learning; collaborative and interdisciplinary team work; and experiential real-worldlearning. Emulating professional practice, students participate in curriculum-integrated projectsfor external clients. These real-world projects are intentionally organized with a broad andchanging

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William E Kelly

    ​ Wplanning ethics could be integrated throughout an engineering curriculum.   Spring 2015 Mid­Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10­11, 2015 Villanova University   The teaching tools section  is oriented toward teaching ethics  but it should also be a useful resource for including design in engineering courses throughout an engineering curriculum.  An  9 example is the section on Numerical & Design Problems With Ethical Content.​ The Institutional Programs Bibliography provides examples of how professional topics can be integrated across university curricula.    Table 1 OEC Resources   Resources by Type

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Kara Vance; Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Gul E. Okudan Kremer; Ivan Esparragoza

) disciplines. Inparticular, effective teamwork can improve an engineering team’s performance, communication,and collaboration. In this paper, we discuss students’ attitudes toward teamwork, teamwork self-efficacy, and interest levels in developing teamwork skills and abilities. Although literatureprovides guidance on how to gauge teamwork self-efficacy, the level of interest towardteamwork and students’ positive or negative teamwork attitudes, the relationships amonginterest, efficacy and attitudes toward teamwork are not clear. We argue that assessing students’interest levels should be an integral part of teamwork assessment because interest is a construct,which can predict students’ long-term dedications to grow professionally in a domain.Therefore

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Aparicio Carranza; Casimer DeCusatis

growing demand in this field4. While industrycertification programs are available5, they tend to emphasize memorization and repetition over adeeper cognitive framework or understanding. It can be quite challenging to prepare students forIT careers in this rapidly evolving field, or to integrate these offerings into a more traditionalundergraduate engineering curriculum. More hands-on experience is desirable, since studentsmust be prepared to deal with not only existing security threats but also new and increasinglycomplex exploits which emerge more frequently each year. However, students require a secure,isolated environment in which to practice their security skills without risking damage to thecampus data centers or servers on the Internet

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Firdous Saleheen; Salvatore Giorgi; Zachary Smith; Joseph Picone; Chang-Hee Won

initial study suggests that VOLTA can be used as aneffective learning tool in circuits laboratories.I. IntroductionLaboratories in which engineering concepts were reinforced by hands-on experience have alwaysbeen an integral part of engineering education. Traditional on-site experiment-based laboratorieshave many limitations including space, equipment, scheduling conflicts and limited contacthours. Therefore, numerous alternative approaches have been explored such as virtuallaboratories1, table-based laboratories2, and remote laboratories3.In a traditional “closed laboratory” environment, students perform the assignments following a“cook-book” lab manual and submit a written report drafted after the laboratory has beencompleted. It is argued that

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Garrett M. Clayton; Allen Tan; Jordan Ermilio; Aaron Wemhoff

. Ultimately, the success of this partnership has been a result ofGWHF’s appreciation of the learning opportunity that this work brings to undergraduateengineering students, and their ability to implement projects in complex environments. At the Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universitysame time, the success of this partnership has been a result of VU’s appreciation of the projectpartner’s needs, and their ability to leverage humanitarian design projects with undergraduateengineering curriculum. Throughout this process, students have been able to gain valuableexperience in an international setting, collaborate with experts in the humanitarian technologyfield, and develop applied skills in engineering