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Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert A. Meyer, Clarkson University; John McLellan, Freescale Semiconductor; Jeffrey S Sumey, California University of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

models for effective collaboration between universities and industry in studentdesign projects in the area of embedded computing systems. The first of these at ClarksonUniversity is a senior capstone design project in computer engineering. The second at CaliforniaUniversity of Pennsylvania is a junior level course in embedded systems for students in computerengineering technology or electrical engineering technology. In each case the student work isbased on the Freescale Cup platform offered by the Freescale Corporation. The Freescale Cupplatform is used in the Freescale Cup competition sponsored by the Freescale Corporation thatchallenges students to design an autonomous model race car that must follow a black line trackas fast as possible

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Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College

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Community Engagement Division

Humanity, museums, and natural resources and conservation organizations. Anumber of institutions of higher education have engaged in K-12 outreach work6. Typically,students work with K-12 partners in order to produce curricular materials intended to introduceyoung students to engineering and to promote interest in engineering and science. Padmanabhanand Katti7 described an example of a capstone project in civil engineering at North Dakota Stateinvolving community engagement. In this project, students worked with a local homeownersassociation to mitigate slope instabilities.In common to these engineering projects is a sometimes limited amount of back-and-forthbetween the students and the community sponsors. Typically the students contact the

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Ocean and Marine Tech Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Ocean and Marine

graduating from 4-year ET program must complete some type of capstone designproject. It is of utmost that the project selected is not any project, but rather one thatsimultaneously enhances the learning experience of students, prepares the graduating ones forthe real world, increases freshmen retention and strengthens relationships between universitiesand industries. The key to making the most out of capstone design projects is to carefully selectones that will accomplish all of the above. After completing a 4-year Engineering Technologyprogram, most students are proficient in the principles they studied in the classroom. Whetherrecent graduates are able to apply these principles to various situations upon entering “the realworld” is another story

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Dana E Schnee, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has also served as the ABET assessment coordinator for the CEAE Department since 2008. She has taught first-year introductory courses for CEAE students and capstone design for environmental engineer- ing since students since 1998. The capstone design course first included service-learning projects in 2001. Bielefeldt currently conducts research on social responsibility among engineering students and practition- ers, teaching sustainable engineering, engineering ethics, and faculty attitudes toward service-learning.Prof. Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University; Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

. Size of Capstone TeamLogistics of the Course Figure 9: Student team size based on institution type.In respect to the basic logistics of theculminating design experience: team size, course length, course units and required weekly workhours per unit, there are some differences between the institution types as highlighted in Figures9 – 13. Undergraduate Only institutions are the most likely to have individual projects, whileUM and Ph.D. universities have a strong preference for team sizes of four to five students.Semester long courses are the most common lengths and definitely predominant for Ph.D.granting and public institutions. Departments at UO, UM, and private universities are morelikely to have yearlong programs.The

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Assessment of Student Learning 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micah Lande, Arizona State University; James Nelson, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

be achieved. Project-based learning is a growing pedagogy to teach capstone engineeringdesign projects, and spreading to cornerstone and engineering foundation classes. All the moreneeded then, are means and tools to help instructors, students and project coaches manageexpectations. Being able to characterize engineering design projects based on cursory linguisticanalysis can help instructors and students alike to direct activities to improve learning and bemore flexible in considering evaluation of such activities.Further Research: Automated ToolsThis work presents an initial attempt at developing procedures and means to do linguisticanalysis of engineering documentation. Steps should be taken to take the convoluted processesdescribed above

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Melanie Roudkovski, LeTourneau University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and presentations by senior capstone design project students.Implementing these best practices not only increases first-year retention, but positively impactsretention in subsequent years, as well, since students carry forward their improved study habits,academic support network, and higher level of commitment to pursue engineering. A completemodel of the project inputs, activities and outcomes is shown in Figure 1. Page 23.551.3 Inputs Activities Short-Term Outcomes Long-Term Outcomes First-Year Interest Groups

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Novel Pedagogies 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur C Heinricher, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Quinn Evaluation Consulting; Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kent J Rissmiller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Educational Research and Methods

application of existingknowledge. Each of the projects considered here are viewed (by faculty and students) as in somesense a capstone experience and so the emphasis is on application of knowledge. Every goodproject will, in fact, involve both.All of the alumni in this study graduated from WPI with a Bachelor of Science degree in atraditional discipline of science or engineering between 1974 and 2011. The undergraduateprogram at WPI was completely redesigned in the late 1960’s when a very traditional curriculum Page 23.874.3was replaced with a project-based program which emphasized the students’ ability to applyknowledge in authentic settings. In

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Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Rhonda K Young, University of Wyoming; Rod E. Turochy, Auburn University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Joshua Swake, Oregon State University; Andrea R. Bill, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kevin Heaslip, Utah State University; Michael Kyte, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Civil Engineering

primary areas of research are in intersection operations, traffic signal control systems, highway capacity, and transportation engineering education. Page 23.68.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Model for Collaborative Curriculum Design in Transportation Engineering EducationAbstractThe National Transportation Curriculum Project (NTCP) has been underway for four years as anad-hoc, collaborative effort to effect changes in transportation engineering education.Specifically, the NTCP had developed a set of learning outcomes and associated

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Electrical Energy Courses, Labs, and Projects I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Al DUPE Mundy, United States Air Force Academy; Andrew Laffely, US Air Force Academy; Bryan John Cooper, United States Air Force; George York, U.S. Air Force Academy; Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

equipment, online resources, etc.,however there are few that provide undergraduate students with both an engineering education and achance to do real engineering. Our EES provides both. Through our capstone course, students have anopportunity to directly design and contribute to the overall system. USAFA does not have access tograduate students and although we can do long distance collaboration with the Air Force Institute ofTechnology, we generally consider our projects to be at the undergraduate level.Senior Capstone Design teams are nearly all multi-disciplinary consisting of students from many majors Page 23.1000.7including electrical

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Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Anthony Grenquist, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 23.774.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Integrating Interdisciplinary Project-Based Design Streams into Upper-Level Electrical Engineering Courses: A Methodology toward Implementing Applications-Oriented, Associative Project Streams into Electrical Engineering CoursesAbstractSemester-long design projects associated with capstone Senior Design courses are nothing newto engineering education.1 And, occasionally, incorporating those semester-long design projectsinto specific, design-based courses has also been well-documented.2 But, integrating semester-long design projects into all of the students’ “design-based” and “non-design-based

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Project Based Learning In ET Program

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; Joseph L Petrosky, Macomb Community College

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Engineering Technology

responders, high school and middle school teachers, and corporate partners.Master of Science in Electric Drive Vehicle EngineeringThe MS-EVE program is designed to admit students with Bachelor’s degrees in engineering orengineering technology, or with mathematics-based science degrees in exceptional cases orequivalent. Students will receive the master’s degree after completing 32 credits of formalcourses, directed studies, research, or thesis. The program offers a thesis and a non-thesis option,both of which have a group of required core courses, supplemented by elective courses.With an emphasis in integrated learning by reinforcing theoretical comprehension with computersimulations, hands-on learning in the laboratory, and capstone design projects

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Project Based Learning In ET Program

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston - Downtown; Matthew Stevenson; Sanjo Peter, University of Houston Downtown

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Engineering Technology

, students must work in teamsand complete a capstone project. This project, also called Senior Project in our terminology,provides students with an opportunity to work on complex control problems, similar to onesencountered in the industry, and employ a number of technologies and methods to provide apractical solution.In general, the Senior Project entails the design and construction of a process, identification ofkey control objectives, specification and implementation of required instrumentation for processvariable(s) monitoring and control, real time data acquisition and storage methods, modeling ofthe process using empirical and/or analytical methods, design and tuning of controllers, andclosed loop control performance evaluation.Equally

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Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob Nathan Dunn, University of Idaho Integrated Design Lab; Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg; Sherry McKibben, IURDC, University of Idaho

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Architectural

is ”Architectural Simulation Specialist” and has worked on a wide range of simulation projects dealing with both new construction and deep renovation across multiple different system types. The simulation work can range from understanding architectural design load implications, to optimizing a passive solar strategy for a zone/building, to simulating complex distribution systems and HVAC types. Dunn also serves as a teachers assistant for various courses at the Idaho Urban Research and Development Center, the satellite graduate architecture program for the Uni- versity of Idaho. He has helped deliver coursework for daylight simulation classes, run independent study courses, and facilitate integrated architecture

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Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kirsten Hill, IUPUI Student; Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

also addresses sustainability and, in particular, the repurposing of existing objects thathas recently gained popular attention in the design community with projects involving shippingcontainers and other existing or found objects as innovative options for living and workenvironments.Specifically, this article delves into the reuse and design of aging trains to develop housing andwork environments in a specific community. This paper examines this topic within theframework of the literature that speaks to repurposing and adaptive re-use in the design field andplaces this project within the continuum of that context, meanwhile exploring the question ofhow to develop a suitable proof of concept that can leverage this into a studio or capstone

Conference Session

Best of DEED

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

typicaldesign process-to-semester mapping for capstone projects, (2) a design process rubric applicableto engineering design projects in the curriculum, and (3) a mapping between the design processand engineering design tools taught within the curriculum. The design process guide ispresented as a tool which can be used to guide students through directed exploration of thedesign process during a first design class as well as to scaffold students’ undirected designprocess exploration. Implementation of the guide during the engineering design sequence will bediscussed as well as the lessons learned after applying the guide to senior and junior projects as agrading rubric, feedback mechanism, and as an in-class guide for student reflection on a

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 4

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Pablo Afman Afman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

emphasizes research and instruction.Three projects are included in the study, progressing in level of complexity. There was somecommonality in participants between the three. The first is a large open-ended advanced conceptdevelopment exercise in an upper-division course. The second is a Capstone Design course. Thethird is a professional society’s international level vehicle design team competition. The resultsshow where and how students acquired the knowledge, skills, confidence and experience to buildthrough the years and reach a level where they could innovate and perform with excellence at thelevel of the international competition. The case study is aimed to benefit instructors who areinterested in improving the depth of their courses as well as

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #6224Talkin’ Teams – Strategies for Elevating Student and Team Skill Developmentover Project CompletionDr. Greg Kremer, Ohio University Robe Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering, and the director of the ”Designing to Make A Difference” ME senior capstone design experience. Page 23.1131.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Talkin' Teams – Strategies for Elevating Student and Team Skill Development over Project CompletionAbstractThe purpose of this

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Design Methodology and Evaluation 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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April M. Bryan, University of the West Indies

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Design in Engineering Education

design courses into every year of their program,while others provide students with a single capstone design experience in the final year.While some institutions use problem based learning approaches, others use guidedexperiential learning to teach engineering design. Design courses also vary by the source ofthe projects. In some institutions, instructors design the courses while in other institutions;students propose their design projects. A recent trend has been the use of industry-led andservice-based projects for capstone design courses. Projects often vary by team size and mayconsist of teams of one to as many as five members.A review of the literature reveals that there has been considerable investigation into thetechniques used to teach

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Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mario W. Gomes, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #7451Team-Based Design-and-Build Projects in a Large Freshman Mechanical En-gineering ClassDr. Mario W. Gomes, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)Dr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Dr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo is an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She works with students on the design of assistive devices and rehabili- tation aids, and characterizing the mechanical behavior of materials. Dr. DeBartolo serves on her college’s leadership teams for both multi-disciplinary capstone design and outreach program

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Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James P. Mwangi P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

Construction, (b) Building Repair and (c) StateUniversity of HaitiFigure 3: Community Visits (a) Sand and Rock Source, (b) Roadside CMU Production and(c) Day at the BeachLiterature ReviewABET accreditation criteria 3 item (h) require engineering programs to provide students with abroad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,economic, environmental and societal context3. Item (k) under the same criteria requiresstudents to acquire an ability to use techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary forengineering practice3.Most Civil and Architectural Engineering programs offer a senior project or a capstone course asa graduation requirement. When one looks at engineering in the year 2020 and beyond

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Implementing Active Learning in Mechanical Engineering Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Durwin Engle, Purdue University Calumet; Gregory P. Neff, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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Engineering Technology

criteriafor accrediting engineering1 and engineering technology2 programs of the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) require some sort of a capstone or integratingexperience for baccalaureate programs and appropriate industry projects can be difficult to find,designing and building trainers and equipment in-house is an attractive option. Examples ofrecent senior design projects and project selection criteria that have developed trainers andexperimental equipment are discussed.The paper will provide insights into finding projects that will provide relevant experientiallearning experiences for the students involved in addition to gaining university grants ordonations from industry while avoiding complications stemming from

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University; Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Community Engagement Division

interests in engineering education focus on project-based learning and service-based pedagogies.Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Angela Bielefeldt, PE, is a professor and associate chair for Undergraduate Education in the De- partment of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She began incorporating service-learning projects into the capstone design course for environmental en- gineering in 2001. Her engineering education research interests include attracting and retaining students, sustainable engineering education, engineering ethics, and assessment of learning outcomes.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological UniversityProf. David O

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Pakize S. Pulat, University of Oklahoma

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 23.1027.6Additional, survey responses are discussed in later sections of the paper. Figure 2 shows thatmost ChemE students are second semester seniors (4.5) and most of the ME students are secondsemester sophomores (2.5).Fig. 2: Spring 2012 Survey: progress towards degree. 1.5 = 2nd semester freshman.From experience with this course, the sophomore level ME students tend to embrace theopportunity to do a robot competition, but the ChemE students are more resistant because seniorsdon't feel they have time for an additional project as they are busy working on capstone courserequirements and making preparations to graduate. III. Implementation of a Robotics ProjectThe decision to incorporate a robotics project into the ENGR 3431 course came

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A Challenge to Engineering Educators

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

capstone course by extending the time period over which such credited treatmentoccurs, while offering additional benefits. Among the added benefits is increased projectcontinuity, as senior students pass on knowledge, expertise and progress to juniorstudents, sustaining project work in service of the client over multiple academic cycles.While clients and faculty enjoy project continuity and longevity, the multi-year projectplan benefits students by increased opportunities for management and leadership, makingthe educational experience a more complete and realistic one. Coyle, et al. has presentedthe EPICS model for a multi-year engineering project program with multidisciplinary andservice-oriented emphases, as implemented at a large university.1

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

. References                                                                                                                1  Todd, Robert H. et al. "A survey of capstone engineering courses in North America." Journal Of EngineeringEducation-Washington- 84 (1995): 165-174.  2  Dutson, Alan J. et al. "A review of literature on teaching engineering design through project-oriented capstonecourses." Journal Of Engineering Education-Washington- 86 (1997): 17-28.  3  Pimmel, Russ. "Cooperative learning instructional activities in a capstone design course." Journal Of EngineeringEducation-Washington- 90.3 (2001): 413-422

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Using graphics in the rest of the engineering courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy S Zhang, New York City College of Technology of CUNY; GAFFAR BARAKAT GAILANI, New York City College of Technology

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Engineering Design Graphics

components [1-5].In fall 2012, a team of faculty members consisting an instructor who taught the capstone Page 23.810.2course: Machine Design that has a senior design project, and two instructors, one full-timeand one part-time, both were teaching t h e engineering graphics c o u r s e c a l l e dA d v a n c e d S o l i d M o d e l i n g started to work on a collaborative project to address theissues mentioned above. Based on the findings that many students who were enrolled in theMachine Design class did not have enough knowledge and skills in creating gears and sheetmetal components, a special design project that requires students to

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Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John C. Anderson, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell, Northwestern University; Barbara Shwom, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Segal Design Institute; John Andrew Lake, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Kellogg School of Management. For the past fifteen years, Professor Shwom has been teaching communication to engineering students within the context of engineering design courses– both at the freshman level and the capstone level.Mrs. Stacy Benjamin, Segal Design InstituteMr. John Andrew Lake, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University Page 23.476.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Embedding communication in an interdisciplinary project-based upper-level engineering design courseAbstractOur experience working with junior and senior students in a

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devdas Shetty, University of District of Columbia, DC; Arunkumar Chandrashekarappa Giriyapur, B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

systemdesign process. More important is the student experience if they are to become industryready. In this paper an attempt has been made to evolve a prescriptive approach tomechatronics system design for engineering undergraduate students.2. Background Four years ago, the B.V.B. College of Engineering and Technology, India had starteda School of Automation and Robotics with the intention of developing engineering graduateswith a multidisciplinary experience in system development. The new integrated curriculumwas introduced in this programme. In addition, a project mechatronics course was started atthe third year level to give the students an experience in mechatronics system design beforethey move to the final year capstone project. This

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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg P.E., Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

provide experiential learning siteson campus for project-based and student-centered professional experiences that are integral totheir preparation for further studies or employment. The nature of the student involvement versusthe quality of their deliverables and output has been assessed. Research projects (graduate orundergraduate) that include direct on-on-one interaction with a faculty advisor have generatedthe highest quality work – though this approach is also time intensive and not sustainable.Integrating this system into senior capstone design classes involves more students and is a morerealistic model for the real world. Final deliverables from these classes are, however, morevaried in their quality.IntroductionThe use of on-campus