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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Achille Messac, Mississippi State University; James N Warnock, Mississippi State University; Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

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anddetermining the value of the technical society initiative to student professional developmentStudent Outcome Performance IndicatorsAbility to function on a multidisciplinary team • Contribute to team meetings • Display the necessary work ethic • Facilitate the contributions of other team members • Explain aspects of a project, process, or product related to engineering and non- engineering disciplinesAn

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Track 1 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Henry Griffith, Wright State University; Riad Ajami, Director, Center for Global Business, WSU; Angela Griffith

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toassume that small scale projects with limited risk may be pursued with less hesitation, and may infact help advance the achievement of the aforementioned readiness factors required forimprovement on a larger scale. For example, Doman describes such an initiative in which leanprocess improvement was used as both an educational tool and a value-added addition to the gradechange process at Oakland University (Doman, 2011). Another similar opportunity for small-scaleimplementation exists in the course redesign process. For example, Balzer describes the utilizationof lean principles to the redesign of a course in leadership. (Balzer, 2010)Engineering Mathematics Sequence at Wright State UniversityAt Wright State University (WSU), proven processes

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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Initiatives in the Romanian Higher Education, In the proceedings of the 7th WSEAS International Conference on Engineering Education (EDUCATION’10),pp. 104-109, July 22-24, Corfu Island, Greece, 2010.[3]. European Council, The Implementation of Permanent Educational Strategies in Europe. A report regarding permanent education, elaborated by the European Training Foundation (ETF) on the request of the European Council, October, 3 2003.[4]. Neculau, A., The Adults’ Education: Romanian Experiences. Polirom Publishing House, Iasi, 2004.[5]. Mills, J. and Treagust, D., Engineering Education- Is problem Based or Project-Based Learning the Answer?, Australian Journal of Engineering Education, 2003-2004, www.aaee.com.au/journal

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Michael B. Cutlip, University of Connecticut; Mordechai Shacham, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Michael Elly, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Asymco, whocovers the mobile industry has made somepredictions(4) regarding the future ofsmartphones. A particularly interestinggraphic is reproduced as Figure 1. Note thatthe smartphone numbers seem to beapproaching the world’s population in thenext 10 years. This is a challenge toconsider, but it does indicate thatsmartphones will probably be available as apossible educational tool with increasingpopularity with younger persons aseducators look toward the future. Figure 1 – Projection of Smartphone Users for 10 Years by World Region from H. Dediu (4)Special Considerations for AfricaMatthew Labrooy, who works with eLearning Africa(5), has written about Africa’s

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Henry W. Kraebber, Purdue University, West Lafayette; E. Shirl Donaldson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Katie Mae Hackney

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, 140 students have participated in short term study abroadtrips to Germany. The spring trips have grown in content and participation. The questions of thelong term impact of the short term study abroad on the participants were proposed as a graduatestudent project for the spring and summer of 2013.Survey MethodsA research survey was conducted to gather information about the impact of past on the 140students who have participated in week-long Germany study abroad trips through June of 2013.A survey was developed and approval for this survey was granted by the Purdue office of HumanResource Protection and created in online form using Qualtrics Survey software availablethrough the Purdue University Information Technology group (ITAP). The survey

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Miquela Trujillo, University of New Mexico; Peter V. Vorobieff; Francisco Martin Vigil, University of New Mexico; Tennille Charisse Bernard, The University of New Mexico; Clinton Lee Corbin, University of New Mexico

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of the Facilitator,” 2011 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada June 26-29, 2011.3. Cline, M.J., and Powers, G.J., “Problem Based Learning via Open Ended Projects in Carnegie Mellon University’s Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory,” 27th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 5- 8, 1997.4. Goulet, R.U., and Owino, J.,”Experimental Problem-Based Learning in the Mechanics of Materials Laboratory,” 2002 Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 16-19, 2002.Appendix ASample lab manuals for several laboratory experiments that were implemented in this course canbe found on the following

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Yakov E. Cherner, ATEL, LLC; Maija M Kukla, University of Maryland, College Park; Linn W Hobbs OBE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sergey V Vasilev, Yaroslavl State University; Ivan Fedorov; Alexander S. Sigov

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educational projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Use of a Virtual Multifunctional X-Ray Diffractometer for Teaching Science and Engineering CoursesAbstractA virtual x-ray diffractometer has been developed and used as a flexible and powerful tool tohelp undergraduate and graduate students become familiar with the design and operation of theX-ray equipment in visual and interactive ways and learn fundamental principles underlying theanalytical x-ray diffraction methods. The diffractometer has been used: for lecturedemonstrations, as part of homework and control assignments, for preparing students to a hands-on work in X-ray labs, in combination with actual X-ray