Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

accustomed totravel in a developing nation and that I wanted to use my educational background in particular toaddress how end users of the filter design can properly be educated in its use and benefits.Within a month, I was informed that I was selected for the project. Starting in January, we hadour first class meeting. Myself included, there were thirteen students in the class. I was the onlygraduate student but the majority of the class included senior level students from the School ofAgricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) at Purdue. These seniors were using the projectas a capstone-design project, a graduation requirement. Two students were from the School ofChemical Engineering and another student was from the School of Pharmacy. These

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Women in Engineering

132 Develop a business plan to fund the design and development of a product which would be considered an "Assistive Technology" device. Students work with a specific client and identify Capstone Assistive F Capstone I Donn Technology project to

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

and developed ananimatronic polar bear robot shown in Figure 11. The robot successfully competed at the 2003Society of Manufacturing Engineers/Robotics International (SME/RI) event at RochesterInstitute of Technology, earning the 3rd place in the Robot Construction Category. This capstone Figure 1. Animatronic Polar Bear for the 2003 SME/RI Competitioncourse project led to the development of a cross-disciplinary honors course, enrolling art,engineering, technology, and pharmacy students2. Puppetry and mechanism design projects were Page 22.558.2the focus of this 4 hours a week course. Also following the capstone project, the author

Conference Session

Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Brandes, Lafayette College, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

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Environmental Engineering

and highlights priority retrofit projects on our campus.Bibliography 1. Mahendran, M., 1995. Project-Based Civil Engineering Courses. Journal of Engineering Education, v84 n1, p75-79 2. Thomas, J.W., 2000, “A review of research on project-based learning”. Available at http://www.bobpearlman.org/BestPractices/PBL_Research.pdf 3. Orlins, J.J., Groff, K., Greger, P., and Groff, R.W., 2002 "A Community-Based Hydrologic Design Project," 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 16-19. 4. Padmanabhan, G., and D. Katti, 2002. "Using Community-Based Projects in Civil Engineering Capstone Courses", ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice, vol. 128, issue 1, pp

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Design in Engineering Education

a larger,more challenging real-world project selected by faculty, e.g., designing, prototyping, and testingan anaerobic waste digester for a sewage treatment plant. Although not required by the program,interdisciplinary projects were envisioned at the senior capstone level as well, where teamsexecute real projects solicited from actual industry sponsors.Although the Design4Practice program overall has been very successful, the interdisciplinary Page 22.1037.3aspects have proven to be challenging, resulting a slow deterioration of the interdisciplinaryfacets of the program, particularly in the upper division; only the freshman level course

Conference Session

Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aura Gimm, Duke University; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Kevin Caves, Duke University; Robert Malkin, Duke University

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Biomedical

experience can be limiting for both student learningand the depth that project teams can achieve. While providing challenging engineering problems,all capstone design courses address basic principles of engineering design, teamwork, technicalcommunications, ethics, and professionalism. In this paper, we will discuss how a few simpledesign challenges have been used in three capstone design courses to practice and applyengineering design principles and problem solving skills. These challenges are relativelyinexpensive to implement and could be done in teams or individually. The competitive aspectsof the challenges can further motivate students. The design challenge goals can be tailored tofocus on specific aspects of design practice or skills, such as

Conference Session

Design Spine

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Design in Engineering Education

first year introduces designprocess, constraints, project management and teamwork. Second year builds on these skills andbegins to integrate the engineering sciences and adds additional elements including creativityconcepts. The third year continues the progression of sk ills development and projects are drawnfrom industry, government and non-profits. The final year capstone design course allowsstudents to pursue entrepreneurial projects of their own choosing or with external partners. In allyears, students are free to work in multidisciplinary teams according to their own preferences. 21Guelph is one of the only documented North American engineering schools with separatediscipline-specific programs that offers fully multi-disciplinary design

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Phillip L. Thompson, Seattle University; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Design in Engineering Education

Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy and assessment, technology development and clinical applications of biomedical instrumentation.Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Beyerlein serves as the coordinator for an inter-disciplinary capstone design course in the College of Engineering at the University of Idaho. In this endeavor, he collaborates with five other colleagues from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Biological Engineering, and Computer Science. He is engaged in multiple research projects associated with engine testing, alternative

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Harvey Bell, University of Michigan; Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Gail Susan Hohner, University of Michigan, College of Engineering; James Paul Holloway, University of Michigan

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

waterpurification equipment for Brazil and biogas fermentation units for deployment in India; (3) SolarCar competition team: building power storage units; (4) Capstone design courses provided byindustry and (5) Students participating faculty research: creating new thin film conductingmaterials. The complete design, build, test cycle requires significant effort and thus the minimumparticipation level for actual project work is one semester; more typically students participate in Page 22.1031.4project teams for 12 to 18 months. Single semester experiences are most typically limited tocapstone design courses.Students with the highest participation level will

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Kelli Jayn Nichols, University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Bioengineering; Laura Wright, University of Washington; Christopher Neils, University of Washington

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Biomedical

Systems Lab 2 Failure Analysis and Human Physiology 4 TOTAL 26 TOTAL 31 Introduction to BIOEN Capstone 4 BIOEN Capstone Fundamentals 3 (Individual-based Research-Design Project), OR Capstone

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum In Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine C. Balascio, University of Delaware

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Engineering Technology

unfamiliar withePortfolios and was somewhat incredulous that the ePortfolio in conjunction with the requiredinternship (or undergraduate research) and senior capstone seminar could provide an adequatecapstone experience for the ET students. The lack of a capstone experience was cited as aweakness, and no mention of the recently implemented capstone ePortfolio was made in thepreliminary report. If such unfamiliarity with and resistance to use of the ePortfolio is commonin the ET community in general and amongst TAC of ABET evaluators in particular, thenprograms may be well advised to retain a traditional senior project in conjunction with acapstone ePortfolio.SummaryInternal funding was obtained from a UD Center for Educational Effectiveness grant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn Wagoner, Binghamton University; David Klotzkin, Binghamton University; E. White, Jr., Binghamton University

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NSF Grantees

, and junior levels followed by a comprehensive capstone course inmicrofabrication at the senior level. In this paper, we describe the specific microfabricationmodules being developed and their method of implementation.Introduction Microfabrication, the processes for fabricating structures at length scales below severalmicrons, is critical to many branches of science and engineering. It is heavily used to fabricateelectron devices, integrated circuits, accelerometers, lasers, and miniature microphones and isbecoming more prevalent in the biological sciences. Since microfabrication is such a broad andmultidisciplinary activity, the conventional approach of presenting this topic in a single course inone department seems inappropriate. Many

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

include a patent search using the online service of United States PatentOffice. In a paper delivered at the 2010 ASEEE Annual Conference in Louisville, KY, the valueof understanding the patent search process and the entrepreneurial mindset was presented1. It wasfocused on senior capstone projects and the creation of entrepreneurial teams. Studentexperiences and outcomes were documented through individual interviews and assessment tools. Page 22.1235.2The constraints and challenges of developing a product, engineering it and preparing it formarket were presented. Real world entrepreneurial learning experiences are linked to eachstudent team as

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

evaluation of work product. Numerous authorshave outlined the assessment strategy of constructing rubrics for measuring studentachievement of learning outcomes and applying them to portfolios of student work.Other authors have outlined use of rubrics for evaluation and grading of individualassignments and projects. This paper will describe the use of a consolidated rubric forevaluating final reports in the capstone Chemical Plant Design course. Instead of gradingeach report and then having some or all of the reports evaluated through a separateprocess for programmatic assessment purposes, the instructor evaluates the report onceusing the rubric, and the same raw data is used both for grading and for programmaticassessment.BackgroundSince 2000, ABET1

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

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Mechanical Engineering

factors of real-life applications.This approach is vital for reinforcing basic principles (Newton’s Laws in Mechanics, First andSecond Laws in Thermodynamics, etc.). But, by itself, it ignores the interconnectivity of theseconcepts and how they are interwoven in the fabric of real engineering problems—i.e., system-level engineering. This big-picture view is often covered in capstone design courses, butcapstone design projects themselves cover a broad spectrum of applications, and don’t guaranteethat all students leave with the same exposure to system-level integration and interactions.In addition, the development of engineering science core concepts relies upon pre-requisite pathsthat allow advanced topics to be built upon more basic concepts

Conference Session

Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

bear on a givenmulti-discipline problem, the faculty decided that the grading rubric should be adjusted toensure that each outcome to include professional outcomes is being assessed within thecapstone course.21,22,23,24 There were over 17,000 search results for capstones being usedto provide direct results.25 Each capstone project requires coverage of the seventraditional sub-disciplines of civil engineering. Therefore, the capstone course is biggerthan one faculty to assess properly, so each faculty member assesses portions of the Page 22.1294.7submissions that fall into their areas of expertise. The entire faculty team has beeninvolved in the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

professor and the director of Architectural Engineering Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He was re- sponsible for developing the current architectural engineering undergraduate and master’s programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). During his stay at IIT, he taught fundamental engineering courses, such as thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervise many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects program (IPRO). In few months, Dr. Megri will defend his ”Habilitation” (HDR) degree at Pierre and Marie Curie Univer- sity - Paris VI, Sorbonne Universities

Conference Session

Assessment Instruments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gerlick, Pittsburg State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown, Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-907: ESTABLISHING INTER-RATER AGREEMENT FOR TIDEE’STEAMWORK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENTSRobert Gerlick, Pittsburg State University Dr. Robert Gerlick is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Pittsburg State Uni- versity.Denny C. Davis, Washington State University Dr. Davis is Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He has led numerous multidisciplinary research projects to enhance engi- neering education. He currently leads projects creating and testing assessments and curriculum materials for engineering design and professional skills, especially for use in capstone engineering design courses

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

manager and course work can be beneficial to students. It however requiresadditional resources and a lot of dedication on the part of the Professor, Project Manager and thestudents to make it work well. This innovative approach can be used together with the traditionalcapstone course to enhance the problem solving skills of students. This knowledge may howeverserve as the experience for the capstone course for Construction Management students.Construction Management students are required to take capstone course in their final year ofstudies to prepare them for the construction industry.Conclusion Page 22.616.11This paper shows that by introducing

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Claude M. Hargrove, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

. Conrad is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Certified Project Management Pro- fessional (PMP). He is also a member of ASEE, Eta Kappa Nu, the Project Management Institute, and the IEEE Computer Society. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.Claude M Hargrove, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Claude Hargrove is a Faculty Associate for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He previously taught at North Carolina A&T State University from 2003 until 2010. He has served as Branch Counselor for

Conference Session

"Green" Topics in Architectural Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Architectural

. o Individual instructor evaluation of the degree of learning achievement of individual students on a capstone team, which includes consideration of the collective achievements of the team. o Peer evaluation (optional by instructor). o Grading of deliverables by the instructors (project plan, mid-term review, final report, exhibit (and abstract), oral presentation, team minutes, web site if applicable). o Teamwork survey. Page 22.28.14 2011 ASEE Annual Conference o Self-assessment. o Senior

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

process will be used for this capstone course assessment. o Individual instructor evaluation of the degree of learning achievement of individual students on a capstone team, which includes consideration of the collective achievements of the team. o Peer evaluation (optional by instructor). o Grading of deliverables by the instructors (project plan, mid-term review, final report, exhibit (and abstract), oral presentation, team minutes, web site if applicable). o Teamwork survey. o Self-assessment. o Senior Design Symposium judging (with evaluation criteria explicitly indexed to the learning objectives and articulated via

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; Douglass Klein, Union College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Ari W. Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Gillette, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

brought together academic leaders and scholars from both engineering and theliberal arts to explore models for integrating engineering and the traditional liberal arts.The examples presented are grouped into five different aspects of undergraduate engineeringeducation, addressing different phases of students’ progress, recognizing that fosteringinnovation must be a continuous process: 1. Projects that focus on first year or introductory material 2. Projects that focus on core engineering courses 3. Projects that focus on capstone and extra-curricular experiences 4. Projects that span the curriculum 5. Faculty professional development to support projectsThe paper also reviews research results linking innovative capacity to the

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Hyun Kyoung Ro, Penn State University; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

industry connections also provide a pool of adjunct faculty that has, historically, beenengaged in teaching engineering at ASU, particularly at the capstone design level. Thesepractitioners have the potential to provide a valuable connection for students in the areas ofdesign and problem solving.Another theme that arose from our study was instructional innovation, initially stimulated byinvolvement in the Foundation Coalition in the early 1990’s. An education faculty membernoted that the Foundation Coalition was very influential in the area of engineering design and“thinking about what that capstone design project should be. . .and they spent a long timeworking on it very, very hard.” One outcome of the Foundation Coalition and two other

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Rizzo, University of Vermont

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Council of Sections

,develop IT skills, and considered economics in decision making as related to the possibleintroduction of a “raingarden” near one of UVM’s parking lots.Mentoring Children using Biomimicry Projects: Teams of juniors worked with local home-schooled (K-12) children to create innovative solutions to problems of mobility, while using thefun and inspiration of biomimicry.Low Impact Design using Green Roofs and Porous Pavement: Seniors worked in teams todesign solutions to stormwater runoff for Burlington (with a combined (sanitary + stormwater)sewer system) in the senior capstone design course. They analyzed stormwater runoff in parts ofBurlington to determine impact on wastewater treatment plant capacity, performed structuralanalysis of building to

Conference Session

Manufacturing Process Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University

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Manufacturing

, Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, KY.[6] Dahm, K., Riddell, W., Merrill, T., and Weiss, L., “Fostering Entrepreneurship While Teaching Design,” 2010, Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, KY.[7] Capraro, R. and Slough, S. W., Project Based Learning: An Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Approach, 2009, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.[8] Hyman, B., Borgford-Parnell, J., and Lin, Y., “Curriculum-Wide Project Based Learning by Refining Capstone Projects,” 2010, Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

4341synergistically assisted students in seeing the big design picture and the nuances ofteamwork, leadership and management required in the two-semester senior design(CENG 4115/4315) by analyzing and discussing solutions to leadership issues seenduring the one credit hour CENG 4115 in the fall and public policy affecting engineeringprojects in Texas, business practices that could constrain their capstone project design aswell as how well they have been managing their personnel assets within their team duringCENG 4315 in the spring. Even though some public policy is being covered inenvironmental engineering, the in-depth coverage of public policy and administrationwithin CENG 4341 along with leadership, business practices, asset management andother

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

team envisioned a single joint research & development-based capstone Directed Project/Thesis required of all students. The team alsoenvisioned, in their initial publication about the concurrent master’s degree program[4]: In addition to the two degrees awarded upon completion, each student will receive a transcript and diploma supplement from each partner university. The European Masters degree may be awarded by either of the two European partner institutions. The duration for the program is planned for four semesters, which is shorter than were the students to pursue two separate programs on their own. This fact in addition to the waiving of external student tuition fees for the exchanging students and the 12K $ or

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl F. Zorowski, North Carolina State University

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International

comment were withheld until the teamcompleted its report. An example of the slides used by Team 1 is presented in Appendix 3.Both electronic and hard copies of the presentation slides were provided to the Caterpillarvisitors.Assessment Evaluation and assessment of student performance, success and satisfaction together witheducational goal achievement in engineering design courses has resulted in a variety of practices,methodologies and instruments that deal largely with capstone design project activity 12-15. In Page 22.33.7this abbreviated industry based design project a limited set of desired educational outcomesappropriate to the student

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston; Victor J. Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Morteza Sameei, Houston Community College Northeast

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Engineering Technology

possibility of closing the gap increases. Another mechanism for closing this gap is theimplementation of efficient peer-to-peer mentorship programs to facilitate knowledge and skillstransfer.With these concerns in mind, the main objectives of the project included:(1) developing experiments that engage students with inquiry-based learning style; Page 22.1059.3(2) introducing students to real world projects; and(3) improving communication skills through required product documentation.In our capstone course specifically, the student project has many components that emphasizecommunication skills. These include weekly progress reports, weekly meeting agenda