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Michael J. Davidson

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Integration of Software in Structural Engineering Education Michael J. Davidson1, P.E Wentworth Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn the work place today, software is typically used by the structural engineer to analyze anddesign most elements of a structure. There is a wide variety of software available to thestructural engineer, allowing the engineer to analyze and design micro, macro and even allelements of a structure. In fact, it is common today for consulting firms and contractors to usemulti-discipline software that inputs the project, including

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Anne L. van de Ven; Mary H. Shann; Srinivas Sridhar

Pautler M, Brenner S. "Nanomedicine: promises and challenges for the future of public health." International Journal of Nanomedicine. 2010;5:803-809.4 Velez JM, Velez JJ. "The eminent need for an academic program in universities to teach nanomedicine." International Journal of Nanomedicine. 2011;6:1733-1738.5 Tsai-hsuan Ku S. "Forming interdisciplinary expertise: one organization's journey on the road to translational nanomedicine." Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. 2012;4(4):366-377.6 Martin PE,Umberger BR."Trends in interdisciplinary and integrative graduate training: an NSF IGERT example." Quest. 2003;55(1):86–94.7 Cowan K, Gogotsi Y. "The Drexel

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Corinna Fleischmann; Elizabeth Nakagawa; Tyler Kelley

the nation’s smallest service academy, the USCGA’s student body, of approximately 1000cadets, is tasked with the dual mission of earning a Bachelor’s of Science Degree and trainingservice ready Ensigns to commission in the United States Coast Guard. Due to this two-pronged 1 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conferencemission, cadets in the Civil Engineering program face challenging time constraints as they arerequired to complete an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)accredited CE curriculum in addition to military requirements

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Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala

learning attitudes about science survey,” Proceedings of the 2004 Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Proc, No. 790 (2004). 7. McDermott, Lillian C. and Redish, Edward F. "Resource Letter: PER-1: Physics Education Research". American Journal of Physics 67 (9): 755–767 (1999). 8. Beichner, R., Bernold, L., Burniston, E., Dail, P., Felder, R., Gastineau, J., Gjertsen, M. and Risley, J. “ Activity based collaborative study. Case study of the physics component of an integrated curriculum,” Phys. Educ. Res., Am. J. Phys. Suppl. 67 -74 (1999). 9. Henderson, C, and Dancy, M. H. “ Impact of physics education research on the teaching of introductory quantitative physics in the United States

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Yu Wang; Farrukh Zia; Ohbong Kwon; Xiaohai Li

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Collaborative Instruction and Team Based Project Learning - An Effective Strategy to Conduct Technology Education Yu Wang, Farrukh Zia, Ohbong Kwon, Xiaohai Li Dept. of Computer Engineering Technology New York City College of Technology The City University of New YorkAbstractCollaborative instruction is a teaching model that involves multiple instructors for a common setof educational goals, which can integrate the strengths and shared interests of faculty memberswith different expertise and research focuses. Just in time teaching for

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Sigrid Berka

. This paper is interested in showing how those desired attributes can actually be nurtured and achieved by an innovative engineering curriculum which integrates the humanities with a mandatory long-term stay abroad 7. More specifically, it concentrates on showing how the complementarities within a sequence of domestic to global research opportunities (at our German academic partner, the TU Braunschweig) to an internship in a globally operating company in Germany is uniquely set up to foster the kind of attributes within our German IEP undergraduates the ASEE study has deemed crucial for engineers to function effectively in today’s global economy. Background In the five-year dual degree International Engineering Program (IEP) 8 whose mission is

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Michael Geselowitz; John Vardalas

and other historians a two-coursesequence on the history of technology and an introduction to science, technology and society”with a strong historical component. More specialized history of technology courses have alsobeen given. Owing the structure of scheduling and curriculum by Rutgers, these courses wereseldom taken by engineering students. Our previous paper cited above and another paper co-authored by one of us (Geselowitz)3 presented results of a web survey and an email survey ofengineering schools that history of engineering courses were not widely available to engineeringstudents.As reported in the earlier paper, in 2009 one of us (Vardalas) had an opportunity, as a visitinglecturer, to teach a course on the history of technology at

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Benjamin D. McPheron

sufficient depth in their engineering education. One solution tothis challenge is to incorporate laboratory experiences in a mixed learning approach, whichincludes laboratory experiences provided by both in-class studio labs and larger take-homeprojects. This work briefly describes the mixed-learning method and provides further details onthe projects employed in a multidisciplinary digital signal processing course. This work alsodescribes the blind review method that is used to assess student learning to judge the success ofthis method.K eywor dsBlind review; Mixed Learning; Take-home projects; Reverberation; Computer VisionI ntr oductionIt is commonly held knowledge that laboratory experiences are an essential component ofengineering education

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David Willis; Jeremy Vaillant

engineering8-9. For example, several universities offer ‘ electives’ as theirfreshman year experience allowing students to enroll in an area of interest. Students are exposedto engineering through a personal interest and thus are hopefully engaged in the engineering dis-cipline. Depending on the university or college, the experience can be purely lecture based, pure-ly lab based or some combination of the two.Finally, there are several universities and colleges that provide a Freshman Year Experiencepreparation course as a sole engineering FYE course or in conjunction with an introduction toengineering course3,5. The goal of these FYE courses is to provide students with some campusorientation, strategic study skills, social integration and/or

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Jeffrey R. Mountain

issues in mechanical engineering and related fields.(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern 11. Utilize techniques, skills and modern engineeringengineering tools necessary for engineering tools (including CAD/CAM) necessary forpractice. mechanical engineering practice. 12. Develop broad based technical skills and knowledge, strong work ethic, integrity, and leadership skills that will lead to successful careers in

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Moses Tefe; Tara Kulkarni

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Educating the Engineering Educator Moses Tefe1 and Tara Kulkarni2 1 Assistant Professor, Norwich University, Northfield VT/ 2Assistant Professor, Norwich University, Northfield VTAbstractEngineering education research largely focuses on student learning to meet industry demands,with little attention paid to faculty. An assumption is that professors get their “ training” atgraduate school. This may be true of content areas, but most graduate education occurs in largeresearch focused universities. With limited and variable training across institutions, theconsensus is that many graduates are

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Colleen Symansky; Hudson Jackson; Kassim Tarhini

Construction Management Curriculum,” International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 10:111-125, 2014.LT Colleen SymanskyLT Colleen Symansky is a member of the rotating military faculty at the United States Coast GuardAcademy. She is with a Civil Engineering degree from the USCGA in 2005 and she earned herMBA and MS Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois in 2012. LT Symansky is aregistered Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut and a practicing Project ManagementProfessional.Hudson JacksonDr. Hudson Jackson is an associate professor at the United States Coast Guard Academy. He holdsa PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from Rutgers University. He is a licensed Professional Engineerwith over 25 years of experience