Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory K Watkins, California State University, Chico

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Design in Engineering Education

notask specifically about advisement of capstone design projects, there are several questions closelycorrelated to capstone course topics as well as the opportunity to submit written comments. Thestudent comments, whose purpose is to “help the faculty to improve the quality of the educationthey provide,” are the most telling data from the surveys administered prior to the 2008/2009academic year. The survey instrument is included in Appendix A.The Department chair is responsible for analyzing the survey data and writing an annual programimprovement report. The purpose is to examine the survey data and plan corrective action andprogram improvement activities. The report also updates the status of improvement initiativessuggested in the previous

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Alan Gow, Alan Gow and Associates; EunSook Kwon, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

January 15, 2011).[2] Proposal Writing Workshop Presentation (F101), http://step.eng.lsu.edu/nsf/facilitators/, (last accessed onJanuary 15, 2011).[3] http://www.uh.edu/discovery/QEP_Full_Report.pdf, (last accessed on January 18, 2011)[4] BiPOM, http://www.bipom.com/student_projects.php, (last accessed on January 15, 2011). Page 22.938.9 Appendix A Table A: Peer-in Class Evaluation, CETE Teams PresentingEvaluation Categories Team Team Team Team 1 7 8 9Project

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Bielenberg, Petroleum Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

that student acquisition of the “technologies” of reading and writing werecausally responsible for cognitive and developmental benefits that could subsequently be transferred to othereducational tasks. [1,2,3,4] This “autonomous” model has gradually given way to a more “social” model of literacythat takes into account the context in which a literacy practice takes place, and the effects that setting may have onhow literacy is conceived and enacted.[5,6,7,8,9] One of these new literacies, Academic Literacy, indicates a fluencynot only in reading and writing, but also in particular ways of thinking, doing and being that are peculiar toacademic contexts such as undergraduate engineering education. This paper reviews the changes in the concept

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Medoff, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz; Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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Design in Engineering Education

-controlled Steering Mechanism Page 22.1595.5 This project fit into the general EDSGN 100 course goals by allowing students toassemble a vehicle, modify the design, communicate with student peers, use engineeringprinciples to measure vehicle performance parameters, and become familiar with datacollection and analysis. At the end of this project, the teams were required to write areport including all pertinent information.3. Computer Engineering Course Integration Students enrolled in a sophomore-level introductory digital design laboratorycourse collaborated in the Power Wheels® project. This laboratory course traditionallycovers basic digital circuit

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Frank, Queen's University; David S. Strong, Queen's University; Rick Sellens, Queen's University

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Design in Engineering Education

peer mentorship to develop leadership and additional support for early year studentsFollowing the guidelines of the Washington Accord12 , the CEAB has established a requirementfor Canadian engineering programs to demonstrate that graduates possess attributes in twelvecategories:5 1. Knowledge base for 7. Communication skills engineering 8. Professionalism 2. Problem analysis 9. Impact of engineering on society and the 3. Investigation environment 4. Design 10. Ethics and equity 5. Use of engineering tools 11. Economics and project management 6. Individual and team work 12. Lifelong learningThe EDPS

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

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Design in Engineering Education

on the needs of the particular project. Most projects are externally sponsored, eitherby local industry or government agencies. Students also have the opportunity to propose theirown entrepreneurial clinic projects, and have them funded by the college, through the RowanVenture Capital Fund, which was created with the support of National Collegiate Innovators andInventors Alliance (NCIIA) grants and private donors.This paper focuses upon the Sophomore Engineering Clinic.Sophomore Engineering Clinic I and IIThe goals of the Sophomore Engineering Clinic consist of teaching engineering design principlesand technical communication (technical writing in the fall, public speaking in the spring). TheSophomore Engineering Clinics are integrated

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron J. Turner, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

between the TFAs and theirassigned teams. However, the class met as an entity a couple of times during the year to coverthe following topics: Course Administration, Documentation and Record Keeping; The DesignProcess; Leadership; Quality Functional Deployment (QFD); Scheduling, Gantt Charts andWork Breakdown Structures; Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA); Proposal Writing;Specifications Writing; and Ethics. Each lecture topic included an associated assignment.Senior design is considered a writing-intensive course and as such, several significant writingassignments were expected. These included individual monthly status reports, a letter of intent,monthly team status reports, a design proposal, and a final design project report

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry B. Santoso, Utah State University; Raymond E. Boyles, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education

wide-access Internet-based e-Infrastructure for K-12 education. His research interest includes learning personalization, cognition and metacognition, multimedia content, e-Learning standardization, and distance learning.Raymond E. Boyles, Utah State University Raymond Boyles attended California University of Pa. where he received two degrees; BA in Information Science: and a MS in Technology Education. He also attended Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics where he received an Associate degree in Avionics. He has professional experience as an engineering assistant, computer programmer, and a Robotics instructor, as well as volunteer experience as a teacher, advisor, peer counselor, and a special needs coordinator. He

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona; Carla Firetto, The Pennyslvania State University; L.J. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona

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Design in Engineering Education

their own set of rules. This paper reports on theeffect of team rules and the concomitant consequences that were developed by the students onteam functioning.Results of a multivariate analysis of variance shows that students perceived that they followedthat rules significantly more than the other members of their group, that they were assigned morework than their peers, that they completed more work that their groups members, and the qualityof their own work was higher. Interestingly, when asked about issues of rule-breaking that aroseout of their groups, many individuals cited issues but ultimately failed to follow the agreed uponprocedures for addressing those incidents.IntroductionTeamwork has long been considered an important element of

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design courses. He has conducted research, with peer-reviewed publications, in biomedical engineering in the areas of biomechanics, bioelectricity, and biomedical imaging, since 1992. Other research interests include renewable energy, optical fiber communications, and project-based multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary education. Page 22.912.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Online Learning in Interdisciplinary Electromechanical and Electromechanical/Biomedical Design Courses AbstractThe following paper

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dan Ewert, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Iron Range Engineering; Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College

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Design in Engineering Education

learning,etiquette, writing, ethics, etc. Each semester students are given multiple opportunities tohave feedback provided on their written work and speaking skills. They also practicegiving effective feedback to other students. Each week a different practicing engineerfrom industry comes for lunch and “story hour” where she or he shares importantmessages and experiences from their careers.At the end of the semester there are several culminating events: • Practice Final Design Review: where students get faculty and peer feedback in a non-graded opportunity to give their design project presentation. After being given the opportunity to use the feedback for improvement the students present their final design work and summary of

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rob O. Hovsapian, Florida State Univeristy ; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Bruce A. Harvey, Florida A&M University/Florida State University, College of Engineering; Okenwa I. Okoli, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Design in Engineering Education

technical but criticalfor the pursuit of a successful engineering career. These needed skills include: team-orientedmentality, problem solving, project planning and control, project management and writing skills,etc. The purpose of the Senior Design Project is to pull them all together and apply them towardsthe design and implementation of a project and to afford the students an opportunity to experienceteam-based design under conditions that closely resemble those that will be encountered in realworld. Students working in teams will develop and sharpen skills in team organization, timemanagement, self-discipline, and technical writing, in order to be successful in this course. Animportant goal of this course is to expose students to “hands-on

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Electronic Systems

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Design in Engineering Education

National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). He is currently the President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers (SoACE) having presented preconference workshops and sessions during the SoACE conference each year since 2006. In his spare time Eric has authored two books; ”Ryan’s Stories: God’s Perfect Child” (self-published),”A Common Sense approach to Leadership,” is currently writing bedtime stories, and is preparing to start a murder mystery novel. Page 22.882.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Innovative Senior Project Program Partnering

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; William F. McKenna, University of Texas, Austin; Stephanie Baker Peacock, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

’ notebook supported the students’learning by making their problem solving processes explicit and visible. In addition,Jensen and Harris14 demonstrated that students in a college communication class believedthat notebooks—that included information such as daily journal entries, preliminaryspeech ideas, peer feedback, outlines of speeches, etc.—supported their learning byhelping them identify key concepts in class and relate the course material to daily life.Methods  In order to explore the breadth of ways in which students and teachers use and interpretengineering notebooks, we examined the use of engineering notebooks in 3 high-schoolengineering classes. Students in each class were expected to maintain an engineeringnotebook. Each class was taught

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cheng Hsu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Alben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

part of the faculty responsible for RPI’s Capstone Design Course. Page 22.205.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Analysis of Engineering Capstone Design Student Reflective Memos: What Students Say and What They Don’t SayAbstractHaving students articulate and reflect upon their experience is a valuable and importantway to reinforce an appreciation for lessons learned in the context of capstone design.Taken together with peer evaluations, end-of-semester student reflective memos can bean invaluable source of assessment information and provide guidance for

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Mary A. Moriarty, Smith College; Apurva Errabelli

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

separating the technical skills versus the process related skills. (S4) Page 22.1543.10 We actually made a list on paper to write down what goes in each category … We split up our map into different areas of transferability. (S2) We decided to just get a bunch of colors and shapes and kind of throw them in the middle. (S6)Interestingly, several of the students commented that their process of making the map was areflection of their overall team process throughout the project: We each shouted different things at each other and said ok so what do we want to see, and then we just kind of went for it. … that

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and passing judgment on a possible or planned solution to theproblem. Evaluation (EVAL): Comparing and contrasting two (or more) solutions to theproblem on a particular dimension (or set of dimensions) such as strength or cost. Decision(DEC): Selecting one idea or solution to the problem (or parts of the problem) from among thoseconsidered. Communication (COM): The participants’ communicating elements of the designin writing, or with oral reports, to parties such as contractors and the community. Other: None ofthe above codes apply. See table 1.Table 1Coding Scheme and Description Code Description of Code Problem Definition (PD) Define what the problem really is, identify constraints

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eckehard Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Bridget N. Bero, Northern Arizona University

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Design in Engineering Education

considerations for future courses of this sortin European higher education: • Adaptation to semester dynamics. Project-based courses typically build in intensity, peaking in a flurry of effort shortly before the final deliverable; this intensity requires even more effort in a large interdisciplinary team. Placing the final deliverable at the end of the term (its logical place) interferes with the unique dynamics of European higher education, where the last weeks are increasingly devoted to studying for all-important final exams. Design courses must be planned and scaled accordingly, by moving up the final deliverable, and planning lower intensity (e.g. reflection, report writing) activities in the final

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Crockford P.E., Sam Houston State University; Bruce Hamby, The Hamby Law Firm

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

method of addressing the issue of variance reduction due to group evaluation inthis type of projects course is well treated by Earle and Wood12. To determine individual gradesfrom group efforts, they use a nomograph in conjunction with (a) student assigned values ofpercent contribution for each member of their own group, and (b) an overall team grade assignedby the instructor. This assumes, of course, that the students provide an honest assessment oftheir peers, and on the whole this would seem to be a reasonable assumption if it is done “in theblind”. To evaluate the initial project proposals, we used a similar concept but did not use thesame approach. We had the students rank the project proposal presentations and the instructorprovided his

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jitesh Panchal, Washington State University; Sammy Haroon, The RBR Group; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

products arebeing developed through such principles. Examples include open-source 3D printers [15],electronics prototyping platforms [16], cell phones [17], cars [18], prosthetics [19], machinetools, robots, and other socially relevant design projects [20].As alluded to before, in the era of Globalization 3, new organizational structures based on self-organizing communities are emerging to complement traditional hierarchies. According toTapscott and Williams [8], the new principles for success in Globalization 3 are a) openness toexternal ideas, b) individuals as peers, c) sharing of intellectual property, and d) global action. Insuch emerging organizations, individual success is defined by the recognition gained throughcontributions towards a

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Palmer, Montana State University; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Betty J. Harper, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education