Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Anthony Radzins, Florida Atlantic University

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Design in Engineering Education

design. Redefining the problem allows for innovative ideas toflow, taking off from the current inside-the-box thinking. Students who have been involved inthis on-going project have gained experience in multiple non-technical soft skills such ascommunication, time management, problem-solving, and the ability to benefit from constructivecriticism. The status of the project sits in the middle of testing our latest prototype which utilizessprings as a mechanism to make the speed bump more dynamic. The idea is to have themechanism impact fast vehicles while having no impact on vehicles abiding by the speed limit.1. Introduction Ever since the first means of speed reduction were implemented their designs haveremained unchanged and have

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aruna Shekar, Massey University

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Design in Engineering Education

stated that “There is a need forprofessional engineering graduates who are “rounded” and not just technical boffins -manyof the existing graduates do not have strong “soft” skills. Graduates entering industry havetechnical knowledge that is largely theoretical, and industry needs to invest considerably toclose off the knowledge gap between principles as taught and codified knowledge as used inindustry1.” The US Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) have saidthat-“students should develop higher order thinking skills of analyses, synthesis andevaluation2.” Students have felt that sometimes they do not see the relevance of what they aretaught to real-life practice. Hence there is a need to transform the way 21st century

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Amy Rigby, www.amywriting.com; Maureen Milch, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

level of compliance by allstakeholders to consistent practices. As a consequence, the IPPD financial and travel procedureswere removed from the training manual and replaced with a series of how-to presentationsdelivered during IPPD class time.Since its inception in 1995, the IPPD Program has always included a lecture component. Thelectures traditionally only focused on technical topics relevant to product development. Feedbackgathered from sponsoring companies and faculty mentors indicated there were weaknesses instudent team project management, effective meetings, and presentation skills. Industry-ledseminars were incorporated to address shortcomings in these so-called “soft”skill/professionalism areas.While the liaison engineer and faculty