Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati; Howard E. Jackson, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Connecting Academic Content to DesignProjects; and 4) Sharing Course Plans. The seminars were spread out over three months,February to April, during which the instructors were also developing their course materials.Each of the seminars included activities, discussion, and assignments that helped the instructors Page 23.1263.6to develop their SIT courses. More details of these professional development seminars arepresented next in this paper. The first seminar (February 21, 2012), titled CEEMS Vision, Goals, and Structure,facilitated by two of the Principal Investigators of the CEEMS project, began by providing adetailed explanation of challenge

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Jose Soares P.E., Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Rabbani Muhammad, Florida A&M University; Doreen Kobelo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; G. Thomas Bellarmine P.E., Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Chao Li, Florida A&M University; Salman A. Siddiqui, Florida A&M University

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Community Engagement Division

Engineers Society. He is licensed to practice architecture in Washington D.C., Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Muhammad has won the following awards: the Florida A&M University’s Division of Engineering Technology Teacher of the Year Award for the years 1993, 1994 and 2000; theZeta Educational Thespian Association Design Award; and the 1st Place Kopper Corporation Design Completion Design Award. His research travels have taken him to Mexico, Senegal, Edmonton, Canada, Lagos, Nigeria, and London and several other places. Muhammad has completed projects in planning and approval stage, renovation, new housing, international large scale, preservation, religious, hotel, food preparation, medical facility

Conference Session

Integration of Manufacturing and Society

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Bonita Barger, Tennessee Technological University; Ersel Obuz, Celal Bayar University; S. Murat Bagdatli, Celal Bayar University; Ismet Anitsal; Meral Anitsal

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Manufacturing

University Dr. Bonita Barger is currently an associate professor of Management at Tennessee Technological Uni- versity. She is perceived as an innovative professional with diverse domestic and international operations experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. She has consistently demonstrated an ability to conceptualize and implement effective strategic human resource management plans that further broaden corporate objectives.Dr. Ersel Obuz, Celal Bayar University Dr. Ersel Obuz is a faculty member of Bioengineering Department at the Faculty of Engineering, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. His areas of research are mainly mathematical and statistical modeling, fresh and processed meat products

Conference Session

Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Corinne Johnson Rutzke, Corinne Rutzke

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

courses and currícula; 3) motivate and inspire students topursue careers in the STEAM disciplines with appreciation of sustainable issues; and 4)strengthening collaborations with existing partners as well as school systems for future projects(both research and education) on bioenergy and bio-based products and global climate change.Each NBBEP partner offers internships (summer field experience) and a NBBEP Institute duringthe summer at their site, immediately following the three-week enrichment and planning effortheld at Cornell University where all the site instructors and project leaders participate. This paperfocuses on the summer institute on Bioenergy and Bioproducts held at UMES led by the authors.2.0 NBBEP and the Kolb’s Experiential

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Vandenbussche, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Mathematics

anintensive precalculus course for the second half of the semester8. At North Carolina StateUniversity9, students in a Calculus course identified as at-risk early in the semester were invitedto participate in a program in which they met with an academic advisor and developed anaction plan for improvement.The incentivized remediation program discussed in this paper bears strong resemblance to twoprevious studies. One study involved a “Success Enhancement Program” in a Physics forEngineers course at the University of Tennessee3. Students were able to earn back lost pointson their first exam by completing various requirements based on their performance on theexam, including completing corrections, working extra problems, attending study sessions

Conference Session

Minority Student Success

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Rohitha Goonatilake; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University; Dan Mott, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

12.5 12.5 12.5 Planning a technical Conducting Managing time "Fitting in" with a Communicating project technical tasks while working on a new group with project project personnel Fig. 1. Feedback on questions 1 through 5 Page 23.1001.4  Extent of increase in students' confidence (Q6‐Q10) No Increase Little Increase Good Increase Great Increase Not Sure

Conference Session

Distance Learning and Online Teaching Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

23.1119.3Regional Engineering Program (GTREP), collaborate with other institutions in order toprovide Internet-based access to shared laboratory resources (facilities, equipment, faculty,etc.) necessary to offer remote laboratory exercises3; and a number of remote laboratorysolutions exist for individual online courses and programs at various institutions. In thefollowing pages we will examine several of these solutions and the cited advantages anddisadvantages that they offer.Survey of Remote Laboratory SolutionsSouthern Polytechnic State UniversityIn the “SPSU Distance Learning Strategic Plan 2010-2015” one of the institutional objectivesstates “Academic computer, lab, and library resource access agreements are in place withpartner agencies for students

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

,university recruiters, and practicing professionals from our area.This paper will present an analysis of our experience with the challenges encountered and theencouraging results of the first five years of the MESA Program at our community college, aswell as offer recommendations and outline future plans. Page 23.1199.2Brief HistorySince its inception in 1970 the MESA Program has been the subject of numerous papers andarticles documenting its success in helping students excel in math and science and go on to attaindegrees in the fields of engineering, science and mathematics (1), (2), (3), (4), (5). This one will addanother perspective to this body of

Conference Session

Novel Methods of Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University - San Marcos

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Construction

focus is in active learning and project based learning in engineering and technology education. Contact: kgt5@txstate.edu Page 23.1286.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Unrealized Potential: Course Outcomes and Student LearningAbstractDo you recall those course-level student learning outcomes on your syllabus? Ones that wereargued over in some curriculum planning meeting long ago when they were developed to satisfyan accreditation agency. You know, those outcomes that students rate at the end of the semesteras to how well they agree that they learned various things in

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Experience, Exchange Programs and Student Retention

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Imran, Ajman Univeristy of Science & Technology, UAE; Mohamed Nasor M. Kalil; Fahar G. M. Hayati, Ajman University of Science & Technology

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International

respective programs was acause of concern for the College of Engineering. To understand the causes and to find remedies,systematic and well planned actions were taken which included obtaining and analyzingfeedback from various stakeholders including the following: a) Employers of the program graduates b) Program alumni c) Senior level students d) Program faculty membersIn addition, comparative studies involving similar programs of other reputed universities fromdifferent countries were also conducted to analyze the curriculum design and contents.Further, expert advice was sought from senior evaluators of engineering programs including

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Chandra Y Austin Ph.D, Auburn University; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University

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Minorities in Engineering

“My experience in MESA allows me to”. Example survey items included (a) Myexperience in MESA allows me to discuss future plans with my advisor and (b) My experience inMESA allows me to feel a sense of accomplishment.Data CollectionIn Spring 2012, the revised ESIPS survey that included the “impacts” section was distributed tostudents from the states of Washington, California and Utah. Students completed the test onlineusing SurveyMonkey7 and were asked to rate their degree of agreement, on a 10-point scale, withthe 39 impacts statements. Of the 224 students completing the survey, fifty-eight percent of thestudents were female and forty-two percent were male. Forty-six percent identified themselves asHispanic / Latina / Latino, twenty percent

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University; Wanda Moses, South Carolina State University; James Allen Anderson, South Carolina State University; Cynthia T Davis, SC State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mission of STARS Alliance. SC State’s STARS SLC aims to encourage and informstudents at all levels on the various computing careers that are available to them. The following are someof the details of our SLC: Page 23.317.3 SLC Participation & OrganizationThe SLC at SC State consists of 10 computer science students and 3 computer science faculty. We meettwice a month to plan various outreach and professional development activities. The students work ingroups under the supervision of a faculty mentor. They prepare the K-12 outreach lesson plans anddeliver the lessons to the participating K-12 school

Conference Session

CEIII Wrapup

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Bates Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

about the Page 23.360.2program and past research can be found at our website and in past publications4,5,6,7,8.RoboticsRobotics technology has been shown to be an effective means of engaging students inmeaningful design activities. In a study of a summer program using LEGO® MINDSTORMS®robotics, 10- to 13-year old students built submersible boats over 3.5 hours at a summer camp9.Many students let the materials drive their progress and engaged in trial and error designs,becoming frustrated during the process. Some students stayed within the problem but spent timeplanning and were able to generate designs. Some students spent time planning and

Conference Session

Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Drew Witte, IUPUI; Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

America, can be seen from space, and is full. It is scheduled to closein October 20134. NYC has shifted all their MSW transfer stations to the waterfront, to providemore options for export of trash5. The “City that Never Sleeps” is already the biggest exporter inthe US, sending trash as far away as Indiana and Texas. In the European Union, available spacefor new landfills has already vanished, and has sparked huge interest in converting waste intoenergy, thereby solving two problems at the same time6. In the US, a few waste-to-energy(WTE) projects are either being planned or are in pilot scale operation. For thermal energy only,a number of “mass burn” facilities exist which combust trash to produce steam, although theenvironmental suitability of

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory A. Hixson, Virginia Tech; Thomas W. Mason, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

, engineering faculty motivation, and institutional policies that influence both engineering education and entrepreneur- ship.Dr. Thomas W. Mason, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Tom Mason is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Engineering Management at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where he has been teaching since 1972. He was founding Head of the Engineering Man- agement Department and its M.S. degree program and founding Vice President for Entrepreneurship & Business Planning of Rose-Hulman Ventures and has also served Rose-Hulman as Head of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vice-President for Administration and Finance, Head of Engineering Management, and Interim Vice President for Development. While on a

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama in Huntsville

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Educational Research and Methods

economic difficulties have led state governments to pressfor a lowered rate of increase in funding for state-supported universities. Private donors whohave often generously supported colleges and universities are also feeling financial strain as theycontemplate their plans for charitable donations9. On the other side, Dunbar et al.10 and Logue11found students are under increasing pressure to complete their degrees, find gainful employmentin a very tough economic climate, and begin repaying student loans that are approaching acrushing level of burden. Both sides have a vested interest in increasing the efficiency andeffectiveness of undergraduate engineering education.Bell12 discussed the similarities that universities have to a manufacturing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Marie A. Boyette, FLATE

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

regarding time, rules, and regulations. Schools also have constraints for days and times and even “better” or preferred months during the school year and even times of day for students to leave a school. Listening to these stakeholders and honoring their constraints and limitations is one step in organizing a good and effective tour. The Tour Process (before, during, after) Generally, a tour process has three stages: pre-tour planning, the tour event day, and post tour follow up and activities. All of these are equally important to provide good experiences for all participants (industry hosts, students, parents, and teachers, and third party organizers or

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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Community Engagement Division

connected-capstone, along term process of developing more and more relational modes of learning was undertaken,with the goal of putting the students in a variety of roles within learning relationships, spanningfrom learner to peer coach to mentor.The decision to apply a relational approach to the DMAD community engagement experience issupported by the study of Program Planning in Service Learning by Sandmann et. al. 8 Theycharacterized traditional program planning approaches on a scale from technical rational throughrelational, and summarized the characteristics and the faculty role in each approach (see Figure3). Their study “emphasizes the key role of relationship building for program planning inservice-learning contexts” and provides some

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Teresa Napoli, UC Santa Barbara; Arica Lubin, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California, Santa Barbara; Liu-Yen Kramer, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California Santa Barbara; Jens-Uwe Kuhn, Santa Barbara City College; Nicholas Arnold, Santa Barbara City College; Ofelia Aguirre, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships; Megan T. Valentine, University of California, Santa Barbara

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

faculty with astrong interest in promoting student success in all aspects of program planning and execution; 2)the design of activities that provide an encouraging peer group, as well as the level of supportthat students might need because of lack of confidence and/or unfamiliarity with a universityenvironment, while setting clear goals and high performance expectations. At our campus, theINSET program has been the inspiration for the creation of other CC-university partnerships. Weanticipate that INSET might also serve as a successful model for other institutions, who want toencourage and support the advancement of CC students in STEM fields as they transfer to 4-yearinstitutions.INSET Program Design and ActivitiesEntering its twelfth year

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petronella A James-Okeke, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; LaDawn E. Partlow M. Eng., Morgan State University; Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University

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Computers in Education

through the software by aggregating formative assessments at the course level in order toimprove activities and processes that ensure attainment of program goals. Data collected eachyear are used for annual reports and to guide long term planning. Summative evaluations also aidin the achievement of program goals and objectives.SearchLight™ also offers the means to perform program assessments through both direct andindirect means. Direct assessments are appropriate for determining the effectiveness of in-classteaching practices and course outcomes. Indirect assessments through various surveyinstruments are appropriate for determining best-practices for STEM pedagogy and courseoutcomes. Both direct and indirect methods can be mapped to program

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Ramirez Apud Lopez Zaira, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Chemical Engineering

conditional knowledge(knowledge about when and why to use strategies). KC includes knowledge of task, strategy, andpersonal variables. RC covers five areas: planning (goal setting), information management(organizing), monitoring (assessment of one’s learning and strategy), debugging (strategies usedto correct errors) and evaluation (analysis of performance and strategy effectiveness after alearning episode). RC includes the ability to monitor one’s comprehension and to control one’slearning activities. The self-regulation factor of metacognition describes activities that regulateand oversee learning such as planning (predicting outcomes, scheduling strategies) and problem-monitoring activities (monitoring, testing, revising and rescheduling during

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Gerardo Chang, Universidad de Piura; Christine Marie Fiori P.E., Virginia Tech; Edward J. Jaselskis, North Carolina State University; Cliff Schexnayder, Arizona State University; Lisa G Hogle, Arizona State University; Jennifer S Shane, Iowa State University

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International

team with manydissimilar perspectives and specialized knowledge of the Inka culture and road.The term multi-cultural team is defined as a community comprised of different cultural groupsworking together on an activity that spans national borders9. Since the seminal book by GeertHofstede on culture’s consequences5 most of the research on culture has focused on identifyingthe core cultural values that differentiate cultures5, 8 and their implications for work behavior.There have been numerous studies on how to lead in other cultures, how to negotiate4, and howto motivate1. A research program plan and a workshop were use to bring the team together andaccount for the obvious social differences from an engineering perspective, such as language

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 23.1142.7The importance of planning was learned through a bitter way. Without enough back-up parts,one team wasted a week after the original ones were broken. Another team spent too much timeon building the hardware and had not enough time to tune the integrated system for the projectgoals. Furthermore, almost all the teams had to work late in the last week to catch up the projectdeadline.At the end of the semester, each team presented the design with a demonstration to the class. Afinal group report was also required to conclude their team project. The project accounted for15% of the final grade in the second control course, which included the demonstration, thepresentation and the report.Observations and DiscussionsThe assessment of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Joseph Lee Gutenson, University of Alabama

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

on ways to connect hands-on experiential components with distance learning opportu- nities for future water and waste water treatment operators.Dr. Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky UniversityMr. Joseph Lee Gutenson, University of Alabama Mr. Gutenson is currently pursuing his master’s and Ph.D. in Civil/Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. His research interests include water resource planning and security, computer in- formation systems, and environmental sustainability. He has worked on a variety of water-related projects including several funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Institute for Hometown Security

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

students’reflections on their experienced, enacted, and espoused philosophies.Respondent Demographics, Prior Experiences, and Future Career GoalsA diverse population of graduate students elected to complete the Educational PhilosophySurvey. Of the 291 respondents, 60.8% were male, 76.9% were US citizens, and 83.0% weremajoring in a technical field (engineering, computing, or science). In addition, a majority ofparticipants were pursuing a PhD (63.2%), while others were planning on enrolling in a PhDprogram in the future (12.4%) (Table 2).In addition to training in their respective fields of study, some students also reported priorexperiences to aid in molding them into effective instructors. While 67.4% of students reportedcompleting no formal instruction on

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, Student

. Page 23.563.62. Introduced information systematically and concisely (but with enough details) at the level of knowledge for undergraduates to comprehend with the goal of showing students what had been done and what needed to be done.3. Explained and discussed background knowledge multiple times to help students understand the complex issues and disciplinary fundamentals necessary to solve problems.4. Played devil’s advocate, that is, pretended to be against student’s ideas or plans in order to make the student discuss it in more details.5. Created and gave appropriate levels of assignments (or tasks) to be solely completed by undergraduates to help them understand certain theory behind the research. Some tasks included operating

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Valeria Quevedo, Universidad de Piura; Dante Arturo Guerrero, Universidad de Piura; Martin Palma, Universidad de Piura; Susana Vegas, Universidad de Piura

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #6168Improving Generic Skills among Engineering Students through Project-BasedLearning in a Project Management CourseMs. Ana Valeria Quevedo, Universidad de Piura Ms. Ana Quevedo has a master’s of Management in Operations Research from UBC. Quevado is an Industrial and Systems Engineer with the Universidad de Piura.Dr. Ing. Dante Arturo Guerrero, Universidad de Piura Doctor of Project Management specializing in Project Planning and Management for Sustainable Rural Development, Master of Engineering with specialization in Rural Development Projects / Local from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Masters in

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Recognition: Student will be able to: Recall or locate data in the text for quizzes Create ideas for the idea pitch and new venture analysis Acquire customer/market data Analyze customer/market data Prepare a customer/market analysis Acquire competition data Analyze competitor data Prepare a competitor analysis Acquire data for a product design and/or production plan/team plan/organization plan Prepare a product design and/or production plan/team plan/organization plan Construct a scenario based financial analysis Integrate the four feasibility analysis components into a final report2. Presentation Skills: Student will be able to: Develop a two minute

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Principles students be able to know or do as a result of the course? The answer to thisquestion is also a key input to the Pelligrino assessment triangle that we will discuss.Figure 2: Learning Objectives of Principles1. Opportunity Recognition: Student will be able to: Recall or locate data in the text for quizzes Create ideas for the idea pitch and new venture analysis Acquire customer/market data Analyze customer/market data Prepare a customer/market analysis Acquire competition data Analyze competitor data Prepare a competitor analysis Acquire data for a product design and/or production plan/team plan/organization plan Prepare a product design and/or production plan/team plan

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Idalis Villanueva, University of Maryland, College Park; Rachel L. Manthe, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park; Kevin M Knapstein, Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park

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Biomedical

findings, and justify their plans to the student body. Thus, our researchhypothesis for this study is that the combination of an ill-structured course using design- andproject-based instructional frameworks can help entry-level bioengineering students overcomeinitial frustrations and failures during development of desired competencies in bioengineering.This paper outlines the preliminary results from select instructional strategies and assessments asthey relate to the development of these competencies (as seen in the overall scores) anddevelopment of human traits (e.g., confidence) throughout the course of the semester.MethodsRationale for the course re-designBiology for Engineers Laboratory (BIOE 121) is a 1-credit cross-disciplinary course