Conference Session

New ECE Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Constance D. Hendrix, USAF Academy; Danial J. Neebel PE, US Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

(ECE) Department at the United States Air Force Academy created a breadth-first introductory course to give students this view as a starting point in their education. A thorough review of the curriculum revealed primary knowledge areas that the students need early in their education in order to better prepare them for the depth of a rigorous ECE curriculum. This knowledge includes, but is not limited to, Radio Frequency (RF) communications, RADAR and electronic warfare, analog circuits including power generation and distribution and digital circuits and systems. These topics were selected due to their extensive use in senior capstone projects and needs the industry of the program constituents? The solution proposed here is to

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Renewable Energy Topics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William B. Phillips Ph.D., DeVry University; William S. Sullivan, DeVry University, Long Beach; Robert Aron PhD, DeVry University; Abour H. Cherif, DeVry University; Susana Fortun Ph.D., DeVry University, Chicago

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Engineering Technology

. Phillips was a faculty member and Chair for DVU’s Biomedical Engineering Technology Program where he mentored senior projects, and taught biomedical, electronics, and basic science courses. In addition, he developed curriculum and courses in these subject matters. Before joining DVU, Dr. Phillips was a Faculty Associate at Arizona State Uni- versity (ASU) for the Bioengineering Department, where he taught and assisted in the development of biomedical engineering courses and mentored student capstone projects. He holds a PhD and Master’s degree in Bioengineering from Arizona State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. Before entering into a career of higher learning

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Edward Paquette, US Coast Guard; Thomas Robert Cogley; Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Aaron Peder Dahlen, USCG; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Ocean and Marine

capstone project in ElectricalEngineering at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. In this project three students are asked to applylessons learned through three previous years’ academic experience to an autonomous floatingvessel, for the purposes of modeling and real-time heading control. Consistent with the maritimefocus of the U. S. Coast Guard, students construct a four by eight foot barge propelled by sixcommercial Minn Kota trolling motors, in order to study real time heading control algorithmssuch as those which might be encountered on typical Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU’s).Controlling a smaller scale model platform provides students an opportunity to perform systemidentification and control, and allow students opportunities to expand

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young University; Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

year students participate in culminatingpracticed leadership experiences in senior design/capstone project courses. Figure 2 illustratesthe integrated leadership development approach utilized.Figure 2 - Leadership Development at Brigham Young UniversityThe transition to experiential learning has been a gradual process. The Foundations of GlobalLeadership course has evolved in recent years from a more typical lecture-based course to anexperiential leadership development course. In recent years the course has included manypositive experiential learning activities including: student discussions, student-led activities,team-based projects, and opportunities for effective feedback. Even with these improvements thecourse has had its challenges

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim Mohedas, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

information sources do students rely on most when developing user requirements and engineering specifications?  Why do students choose particular information or information sources during front-end design?ParticipantsThe study tracked six design teams as they developed user requirements and engineeringspecifications for their senior capstone design projects. Each design team had four students. Fourteams consisted exclusively of mechanical engineering students and two teams each had onebiomedical engineering student in addition to the mechanical engineering students. All studentswere enrolled in the same capstone design course. The design teams focused on the design ofglobal health technologies for low-income settings (i.e., diagnostic

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Timothy Henry Hellickson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Community Engagement Division

of Success and Failure in Engineering with Implications for Increased Retention, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 263-274. 8. Besterfield-Sacre, M., Moreno, M., Shuman, L. J., & Atman, C.J. (2001). Gender and ethnicity differences in freshmen engineering student attitudes: A cross-institutional study. Journal of Engineering Education, 90(4), 477. 9. Bielefeldt, A.R. (2007a). Environmental engineering service learning projects for developing communities, National Capstone Design Course Conference Proceedings, Paper 12183, June 10-12, University of Colorado – Boulder, CO. 10. Bielefeldt, A.R. (2007b). Engineering for the Developing World Course Gives Students International

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Opening General Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Xiaoxiao Hu, Old Dominion University; May Hou, Norfolk State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and system integration and risk management. He is the director of the Dynamics Environment Simulation (DES) Laboratory and the Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Laboratory. He is the supervisor of the capstone senior design project team on the Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) which has competed in the international competition in the last three years. During his tenure, he has the privilege of developing 3 new undergraduate and 6 new graduate courses in the areas related to computational methods and design.Xiaoxiao Hu, Old Dominion University Xiaoxiao Hu is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Old Dominion University. She received her PhD in Industrial/Organizational psychology from George Mason

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Turner Ralph Swanson, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society; Justin Matthew Collins, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jill Frey, Sweet Water Foundation; Joey Zocher, Escuela Verde; Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

MSOE’s TRIO Student Support Services program. He is developing a liquid-nitrogen-fueled vehicle with a group of fellow undergraduates for his capstone senior design project, and he is co-founder of Milwaukee Cryonetic Motors, Inc. a sustainable transportation start-up company working to commercialize this novel vehicle technology.Mr. Justin Matthew Collins, Milwaukee School of Engineering Justin Collins is a junior in the mechanical engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He has distinguished himself both as a scholar and as a member of the student community through his classroom performance and involvement in extracurricular activities. Justin has been on the Dean’s List with High Honors

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Self-Assessment. in ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. AC 2011–1275 (2011). Page 24.748.69. Novick, M. R. The axioms and principle results of classical test theory. J. Math. Psychol. 3, 1–18 (1966).10. Brown, C., Murphy, T. J. & Nanny, M. Turning Techno-Savvy into Info-Savvy : into the College Curriculum. J. Acad. Librariansh. 29, 386 –398 (2003).11. Kotys-Schwartz, D., Knight, D. & Pawlas, G. First-year and capstone design projects: Is the bookend curriculum approach effective for skill gain? in ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. (2010).12. Fabrigar, L. R., Wegener, D. T., MacCallum, R. C. & Strahan, E. J. Evaluating the use

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Educational Research and Methods

collaborations. Coming to understand (scholarship of merit) and promotingthe efficacy of project-based learning and design thinking (scholarship of impact)22 are theexpected results of this project. Page 24.902.9References1. Todd, RH, SP Magleby, CD Sorensen, BR Swan & DK Anthony (1995). A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America. Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 165- 174.2. Newstetter, Wendy C, Eastman, Charles E, McCracken & W Michael (2001). Bringing Design Knowing and Learning Together. In Design Knowing and Learning: Cognition in Design Education.3. Lande M and Leifer L (2009). Work In Progress

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Greg Rulifson P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Community Engagement Division

service-learning capstone is torture for them. They are not interested in health projects. Some change regarding this would be good. Students should be allowed to choose other projects with other professors, and do things according to ABET.”This faculty was opposed service-learning and felt it should not be mandatory for students.Rather it should be optional and students should be given the choice to work on projects thatinterest them.No Longer Teaching the Course: All of the faculty members stated they no longer teach thecourse in which they had implemented S-L. For example, one faculty states: “I was asked to incorporate it [service-learning]. I don’t teach that course anymore.”Another faculty states: “The main

Conference Session

Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina; Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Owen Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

has been involved in research projects to develop, refine, and apply innovative assessment tools for characterizing student knowledge of sustainability. Her ultimate goal is to use this assessment data to guide the design and evaluation of educational interventions to improve undergraduate sustainability education. In the area of bioprocessing, Dr. Watson has experience using bacteria and algae to convert waste materials into high-value products, such as biofuels.Mr. Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch Joshua Pelkey is currently a product manager at AirWatch in Atlanta, GA. He completed his MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at GT and his BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He has conducted

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

. Incertain departments, such as the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, students canalso elect to take EPICS for capstone design if they are working on a project related to thatengineering discipline (e.g., electrical engineering students designing a robotic arm). Page 24.916.6Currently, there are around 30 teams in EPICS, each having a different theme. Within each teamthere might also be multiple projects, and each project is assigned one project partner from theorganization. Sometimes a single individual is the primary point of contact for all projects, whilein other instances there are multiple contacts. Students work on the projects

Conference Session

Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John David Cioara, Arizona State University; Dean Takeo Kashiwagi, Arizona State University; Sylvia Romero, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

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Construction

success of the classtransformation, there has been indication of utilizing the industry projects to create a template forothers to use in their classes. More research is being conducted to create a structure for otheracademic institutions to use this methodology. IntroductionThe Construction Contracts Administration (CCA) class is a capstone class in constructionmanagement programs approved by the American Council of Construction Education (ACCE)accreditation. Construction contracts are the mechanism whereby construction contractors,owners who buy construction services, and suppliers of materials interface. The lack ofunderstanding a construction contract can be detrimental in the field, so this class is

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James F. Groves, University of Virginia; Leigh R. Abts, University of Maryland, College Park; Gail Lynn Goldberg

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. By the end of 2013, nearly 16,000 users had createdaccounts on the Innovation Portal (Figure 2), thereby generating a large repository of studentdesign work from which research team members are endeavoring to solicit materials forassessment as part of the rubric refinement, validation, and reliability verification process.Figure 2 Distribution of users of the Innovation Portal e-portfolio system. Most of the accounts have been created by high school seniors, reflecting use of the portal as a host site for capstone design projects undertaken by Project Lead the Way students.Refining, validating, and preparing the EDPPSR for useSince the fall of 2011, the research team has drawn together a set of institutional review

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G. Meyer, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 24.288.1 http://www.ltu.edu/engineering/experimental biomechanics lab.asp Dr. Meyer directs the Experimental Biomechanics Laboratory (EBL) at LTU with the goal to advance ex- perimental biomechanics understanding. He developed and teaches a number of courses in the Biomedical c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10438Engineering program, including; Introduction to Biomechanics, Biomechanics Lab, Tissue Mechanics,Medical Imaging, Orthopedics, BME Best Practices, Intro to BME, and Fundamentals of EngineeringDesign Projects. Recently, the EBL has partnered with ME and EE faculty to

Conference Session

BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; John V. Tocco JD, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

Administration.ECE4021 and 4033 Civil Engineering Senior Design I and IIObviously, a capstone sequence is required of all civil engineering programs but our sequencewas modified to insure redundant BOK2 Outcome coverage at the highest Bloom’s level byintroducing requirements for Outcome 9: Design, Outcome 10: Sustainability, Outcome 13:Project Management, and Outcome 16 Communication. Finally, professional mentors andimproved rubrics were added to the course which assists with direct assessment of BOK2outcomes. Page 24.138.12Figure 3: Breadth and Technical Specialization Coverage Page 24.138.13IV. ABET In

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Design, Creativity and Critical Thinking in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn F. Trenshaw, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Troy J. Vogel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Chemical Engineering

more successful peers? And what caninstructors and the teams themselves do to mitigate difficulties and avoid complete teambreakdown? To answer these questions, we investigated the engineering teams in a chemicalengineering design capstone course for seniors. We assessed the possibility that the differences,rather than being due to team demographics or GPA discrepancies, were actually due to minutepersonality type differences among team members. We gave students the Myers-Briggs TypeIndicator® (MBTI)1 at the beginning of the course, but did not reveal their types to them so thatthey would not modify their behavior based on that knowledge. Throughout the course, theinstructor kept notes on student interactions during team meetings and

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology; Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology

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International

, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainabilityIn keeping with the major design experience required in the capstone sequence EENG 489, 491,the final project report requires student teams to consider their designs within realistic constraintsand any ethical issues with regard to product safety, disposal, regulation, etc. and the outcome ofa global perspective. To foster cross-cultural interactions/global competency students are askedto consider the following questions in analyzing the societal and ethical implications of theirdesign projects: 1. What is the effect of the project on natural resources? 2. What are the raw materials this project would consume? their availability

Conference Session

Sustainability

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch; Michael Owen Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

, she has been involved in research projects to develop, refine, and apply innovative assessment tools for characterizing student knowledge of sustainability. Her ultimate goal is to use this assessment data to guide the design and evaluation of educational interventions to improve undergraduate sustainability education. In the area of bioprocessing, Dr. Watson has experience using bacteria and algae to convert waste materials into high-value products, such as biofuels.Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch Joshua Pelkey is currently a product manager at AirWatch in Atlanta, GA. He completed his MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and his BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He has

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

manufacturing, communications and informationtechnology, defense and national security, energy, and health and medicine. While photonicsplays such an important role in enhancing the quality of our lives, higher education programs toprepare technicians to work in this area are few across the country. The existing programs do notproduce a sufficient number of graduates to fill the current and projected industry needs forphotonics technicians in our state and region as well as nationally2. Baker College has startedaddressing this gap by developing and introducing a two-year Photonics and Laser Technologyprogram, the only such program in our state. This initiative has received enthusiastic supportfrom the photonics industry in the state, and is also

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew E. Jackson, East Carolina University; Sherion H. Jackson, Grand Canyon Univeristy

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College Industry Partnerships

projects that combine inquiry and discovery with teaching and service. But it has to happen. (Ellison & Eaton, 2008, p. 8)2The primary goal of Outreach Activities in this context is to provide assistance to local (orregional) organizations/businesses in the form of student semester projects, capstone courseprojects, professional consulting, and/or advisory services to enhance and improve thefunctionality of the organization and to improve its products and services. For faculty memberswho take on the challenge of creating an outreach activity such as those within the categoriesabove, their PTR documentation must ultimately demonstrate a contribution to the discipline,similar to the funded research projects that they may pursue. In

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer E. LeBeau, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Noah L. Schroeder, Washington State University; Brian F. French, Washington State University ; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #8885Building Assessment and Evaluation Capacity of Engineering Educators ThroughASSESSDr. Jennifer E LeBeau, Washington State University Jennifer LeBeau conducts program and project evaluation through the Learning and Performance Re- search Center and teaches in the Department of Educational Leadership, Sport Science, and Educa- tional/Counseling Psychology. Dr. LeBeau’s primary interests lie in evaluation of projects related to STEM education and student success.Dr. Denny C. Davis P.E., Washington State University Dr, Denny Davis is Emeritus Professor at Washington State University, after over 25 years of

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University; Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Paper ID #10496Creating Research Opportunities with Robotics across the UndergraduateSTEM CurriculaDr. Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University Janusz Zalewski, Ph.D., is a professor of computer science and software engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. Prior to an academic appointment, he worked for various nuclear research institutions, including the Data Acquisition Group of Superconducting Super Collider and Computer Safety and Re- liability Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He also worked on projects and consulted for a number of private companies, including Lockheed Martin, Harris, and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California

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Design in Engineering Education

key functions of complex systems. To date, however,few efforts have been devoted to apply the IDEF0 method to model a design course as a complexsystem. Next, we explain our interpretation of a (good) “design thinking” course with respect tothe four IDEF0 building blocks: input, output, mechanism, and control. The conceptual model isillustrated in Figure 1.Input of a “design thinking” course includes both design methods and design projects. Theformer specifies a particular process (or pattern) of performing design, which the instructor cansystemically teach step-by step. Whereas the latter allows the students to practice the newmethods that they learnt by solving real-world design problems. In some sense, a certain designmethod can be

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. However, resources are limited for assessing students’ abilitiesto consider design from a broad perspective and to account for a design’s impact on itsstakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a rubric to assess how students perceiveand integrate stakeholders into the design of a complex system. Following a description of therubric and its development, this paper describes results from the initial application and evaluationof the rubric by a panel of faculty, graduate students, and research scientists, as they used therubric to assess aircraft design projects. This initial evaluation demonstrated the strengths of therubric (particularly with regards to validity) and how the reliability of the ratings among raterswas sensitive to the

Conference Session

Developing the Design Skillset

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claes Fredriksson, Granta Design, Cambridge (UK); Mats Eriksson, Univeristy West; Hannah Melia, Granta Design, Ltd.

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Design in Engineering Education

industry, consists of all the necessary steps tobring a new or redesigned product to the market. Although the process is practiced in manydifferent ways, depending on, for instance, company size and customer requirements, there aremany common elements. These need to be covered by University teaching to prepare studentsfor jobs in industry. This paper considers how students can be supported to make open, creativeand well informed decisions in several stages of the product development process.A teaching approach suitable for the product development process is described and investigated.The pedagogic context of the approach is project based learning in small student groups withshort regular meetings with an instructor for consultation and supervision

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren F. Smith, UNSW, Canberra, Australia; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

consistentwith the highly contextualized nature of professional engineering expertise [8]. Each of theseapplication activities provides students with opportunities to apply different component skillsfrom their engineering education, in different contexts and to different types ofproblems/situations [9]. Design courses in general and the capstone in particular serve as platforms to facilitate thisintegrative application of basic science and engineering principles on ill structured problems thatrequire students to first apply divergent thinking and then converge to one solution [10]. Eventhough project based design courses are introduced in the curriculum to provide engineeringstudents with “real world” and “hands-on” design experiences to facilitate

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Joseph, Pace University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

level engineering capstone design courses that were cross-listed as a single course, which was open to MBA students24, 25. The purpose of this cross-listed course was to produce business minded future engineers who through the experience of producing marketable products would develop better teamwork skills, adaptable communication skills, be comfortable with business plan development, and be knowledgeable of patents and intellectual property. Student team projects were either assigned or self-generated. The final product of the project was a functional product prototype supported by a written report describing its business and engineering aspects. The project evaluation was based on the intended business and engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anthony Joseph Bonifonte, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gloria J. Ross, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-rater reliability of the final version of the scoring system, we have collectedscores from raters in three different contexts. The Institutional Review Board approved thisresearch project. Prior to each rating session, permission was obtained from each presenter andrater to use their work in this research. Each of these contexts is representative of a commonsetting where the rubric might be employed.Setting 1 – “Industrial Engineering Session” – In this capstone design context students werepreparing and presenting several presentations to clients and to academic faculty. A mixture ofvideotaped interim and final presentations was used for this session, where 20 presentations wererated by seven TAs who had moderate familiarity with the scoring