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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #9573Does Engineering Attract or Repel Female Students Who Passionately Wantto Help People?Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architec- tural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has been on the faculty since 1996. She serves as the ABET Assessment Coordinator for the Department. Professor Bielefeldt teaches introduc- tory courses for first year engineering students, senior capstone design, and environmental engineering specialty courses. She conducts engineering education

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Ali H. Al-Marzouqi, United Arab Emirates University

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Engineering Management

of the curriculum is management and management related courses. 3. Courses designated ‘Engineering Management’ are in the academic catalogue 4. Courses must be related to technology driven organisations 5. The curriculum must require each student to demonstrate command of written and oral communication skills in English 6. Courses must relate to knowledge workers in a global environment 7. Each student is required to perform a capstone project or thesis using analysis and integration of Engineering Management concepts 8. A minimum of one course in probability and statistics 9. A minimum of one course in engineering economy 10. Two courses in quantitative analysis2.3 Influencing Factors in

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University ; Jennifer Louise Mines, The Pennsylvania State University

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Industrial Engineering

industrial and systems engineering. Relevant tothis paper, these studies have been completed on implementing lean and six sigma methods into Page 24.78.4a senior design capstone project course24, and the usefulness of industry design projects forgraduate students25 and senior undergraduate students26.Taking into account the results of this current study1,2 on motivation and satisfaction and alsotaking into account the prior work cited from the literature, changes were implemented to boththe curriculum and the manner in which the engineering economy course was delivered.Incorporating senior level students with work experience and student group

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Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gladis Chávez-Torrejón, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Silvia Husted, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, 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

isbased on the idea that the best measure of critical thinking regardless of what is being evaluated,is the assessment by experts in that field.Course two major projects were presented to a group of twenty experts in the field (chemical,food, and environmental engineering professors that teach engineering design capstone coursesand alumni with such expertise) that assessed students’ critical thinking by means of aspecialized rubric3 (Appendix A). Possible performance levels were from exemplary (value of 4,skilled, marked by excellence in clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth,logicality, and fairness) to unsatisfactory (value of 1, unskilled and insufficient, marked byimprecision, lack of clarity, superficiality, illogicality

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ME Curriculum and Assessment

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazeel Khan, Miami University; Kumar Vikram Singh, Miami University

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Mechanical Engineering

details of a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored project todevelop multimedia educational material to enhance the educational experience of undergraduatemechanical and manufacturing engineering majors. The project approach departed from thetypical practice of developing supplementary instructional material for individual courses infavor of a scaffolded architecture which features scalable content for use in course groupings.Courses ranging from the sophomore to the senior level were arranged on thematic linesresulting in four groups or studios, namely: Materials, Thermo-Fluids, Design andManufacturing, and Dynamics, Vibrations and Controls. For each group, learning modules thatconnect experimental methods with foundational course content

Conference Session

Spatial Ability & Visualization Training II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark E. Snyder, Illinois Institute of Technology; Matthew Spenko, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Engineering Design Graphics

techniques and software may be more effective inincreasing spatial abilities.Finding an effective approach to improve spatial ability is considered an important research andpedagogical imperative for the profession of engineering. Research by Charyton et.al., (2011)10explored the relationship between spatial visualization and creativity in engineering design tasksand found convergent validity between assessments for creativity and the Purdue SpatialVisualization Test-Rotations; this infers that improving spatial abilities may improve studentcreativity which, in turn, may help students meet today’s engineering challenges. Seminal workby Sheppard et.al., (2009)11 in Educating Engineers, Designing for the Future of the Field founddesign projects that

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky; Dusan Sekulic, University of Kentucky; Bob Gregory, University of Kentucky College of Engineering; Adam Brown, University of Kentucky; Hai Fu, University of Kentucky

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Systems Engineering

graduate students as well.Although the course was originally planned for upper level cohorts of undergraduate students—ideally juniors, as preparation for senior design and senior capstone project work—it attractedseveral graduate students and it was early realized that graduate students in the class mightcontribute to better diversity of skill levels and performance of the teams. On the other hand,their presence made for more difficulties in gauging the appropriate depth and breadth of thecourse content. Page 24.392.11Difficulties with team work: One of the major goals of the STFS project was to increasestudents’ abilities to be successful in

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Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Lucian Ionel Cioca, "Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Romania

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Manufacturing

Electronics Course with an Increased Content of Renewable EnergyApplications, June 14-17, 2009 Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, 2009 (CD Proceedings).13. R.G. Belu – Design and Development of Simulation System for Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2010 ASEEE Page 24.730.12Conference & Exposition, June 20 - 23, Louisville, Kentucky (CD Proceedings).14. R.G. Belu and D. Koracin – E-learning Platform for Renewable Energy Sources, 2010 ASEEE Conference &Exposition, June 20 - 23, Louisville, Kentucky (CD Proceedings)15. R.G. Belu - Renewable Energy Based Capstone Senior Design Projects for an Undergraduate

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Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); KETKI GHAISAS, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

/12. R. G. Belu, A Project-based Power Electronics Course with an Increased Content of Renewable EnergyApplications, June 14-17, 2009 Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, 2009 (CD Proceedings).13. R.G. Belu – Design and Development of Simulation System for Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2010 ASEEE Page 24.1169.12Conference & Exposition, June 20 - 23, Louisville, Kentucky (CD Proceedings).14. R.G. Belu and D. Koracin – E-learning Platform for Renewable Energy Sources, 2010 ASEEE Conference &Exposition, June 20 - 23, Louisville, Kentucky (CD Proceedings)15. R.G. Belu - Renewable Energy Based Capstone Senior Design

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Construction Safety and Risk Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Essam K. Zaneldin P.E., United Arab Emirates University; Amr M.I. Sweedan, United Arab Emirates University; Munjed A. Maraqa, United Arab Emirates University

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Construction

been observedin the UK in the last 20 years23.The authors also believe that it is crucial to introduce the DfCS principles to seniorundergraduate students. The difference between traditional design approach that targets end-usersafety and DfCS that addresses safety of workers during construction and maintenance stagesshould be clearly outlined and explained to students. Nonetheless, DfCS could be incorporated inmost of the currently offered traditional design courses. Enhancement of DfCS could also beachieved by making it a requirement in capstone courses (graduation projects), where studentsdemonstrate how the concept is applied during their project design stage.Conclusions and RecommendationsThe current study assessed the extent to which

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

redundancy in datacollection. In this regard, the UGEC determined that assessment would be performed in ninecore courses ranging from the sophomore to the senior level, including the capstone designexperience courses. The rank order helped in this regard. After some optimization, the finalassessment matrix was established as shown in Fig. 5. A shaded checkbox indicates an assessedoutcome for a given course. As the figure shows, each course is responsible for performingassessment on no more than three outcomes, thus minimizing faculty effort. Moreover, sincethese outcomes were based on faculty-ranked importance for a given course, faculty are morelikely to actively participate in the assessment as it provides them with information on studentlearning

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim G. Kotnour, University of Central Florida; Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida; John A. Selter, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

. The intent of the tool is to provide students with acapability to: • Capture and describe professional development experiences (e.g., class projects or work experiences) • Evaluate the creativity, innovation, collaboration, and solution delivery practices and results from the professional experiences • Self-reflect on how the student would change (i.e., start, stop, or continue) his/her behavior on the.When the student is preparing for a job interview they can review this portfolio with prospectiveemployers. Part of the focus of the Engineering Leadership Capstone course within the minorand certificate will focus the student on developing their final portfolio.Idea/Creativity &

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Robert Smith, Brigham Young University; Rollin H. Hotchkiss P.E.,D.WRE, F.ASCE, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

a major term project. The sophomore-level studentsworked on a non-technical “social change” project, and were for the most part in groups of five.The students in the capstone class worked on an engineering design project, and were generallyin teams of four.ProcedureA feedback procedure was developed for this study which incorporated many of the elements ofeffective feedback. These elements included: rater training, requiring justification of ratings, timefor reflection and goal setting, disclosure, as well as repetition and follow-up.In preparation for the evaluations students did some reading on supportive communication and Page

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ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven P Marra P.E., Johns Hopkins University

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Mechanical Engineering

are returned at the end of the lab to be graded. There are nolab reports, and no homework is assigned.The guided laboratory activities are designed to provide the students with several deliverables,including: • familiarity with various common machine components through hands-on experiments • practical applications of the material presented in the Mechanics Based Design lecture course • appreciation of the limitations of theory • preparation for the senior-level capstone design project course • experiences in decision making, design, and basic machiningIn order to better provide for the last bullet-point above, a new miniature mill and miniature lathewere added to the laboratory in 2013. The mill is a

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Beth A. Powell, Tennessee Tech University

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Women in Engineering

teamsAbstractWomen in masculine fields such as engineering often face a paradox when it comes tointerpersonal communication: if they speak like a woman they may be perceived as weak oremotional, but if they speak and act like a man they may be perceived as difficult to work with.This project attempts to uncover the tacit knowledge that successful engineering women haveaccumulated about communicating successfully as an engineer so that we can pass thisknowledge down to students. Discourse completion interviews with 23 female engineeringprofessionals and 19 female undergraduates asked participants to identify how they wouldrespond to situations where a teammate is dominating a project. We find that while students tendto either avoid conflict or correct

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Terry L. Alford, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny Ph.D., Arizona State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Brady J. Gibbons, Oregon State University; William Joseph Stuart P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean Maass; Candace K. Chan, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10148JTF Web-Enabled Faculty and Student Tools for More Effective Teachingand Learning Through Two-Way, Frequent Formative FeedbackProf. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is professor in the Materials Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials science and engineering. His research interests include strategies for web-based teaching and learning, misconceptions and their repair, and role of formative feedback on conceptual change. He has co-developed a

Conference Session

Innovative Graphics Instruction

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick

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Engineering Design Graphics

/  Students undertake an individually driven capstone project Spring  The focus of this project centers around innovations that will contribute towards the development of graphical capability and the promotion of graphical subjects in high schools Semester** Teaching practice placement takes place in Year 2 - Spring Semester & Year 4 - Autumn Semester Page 24.654.7Although the main focus of this paper is on the philosophy and nature of graphics atUniversity of Limerick, it is also important to consider the treatment of

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Trends in Engineering Education 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan-CSHPE

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Educational Research and Methods

thefield is acknowledging its role in preparing students to tackle complex problems and developinnovations that will advance quality of life, economic growth, and national security. Efforts toenhance students’ interdisciplinary knowledge and skills include the development ofinterdisciplinary design courses through the NSF-funded SUCCEED Coalition and ABET’s lateraccreditation mandate for undergraduate programs to prepare new engineers to work onmultidisciplinary teams7. Borrego, Froyd and Hall observed that the high level of awarenessamong engineering department chairs of interdisciplinary capstone design projects was “anobvious response to ABET EC2000 criteria”8 (p. 197).Richter and Paretti9 provided further evidence of the burgeoning interest in

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Design in Engineering Education

that first year students did not have the capacity to comprehend engineering design beforecompleting the fundamental coursework of engineering. Now, as the engineering curriculum hasprogressed, first year design courses, known as the cornerstone engineering courses, have become staplecourses across engineering programs in the United States [1]. Similarly, fourth year design courses,referred to as capstone courses, have seen significant development over time through integration ofindustry-sponsored projects with real world applications into the coursework. However, these capstonecourses serve as the only standard opportunity across engineering education for undergraduateengineering students to showcase their engineering education. In

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Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-Packard Inkjet. Henderson was featured in the book—Engineers Write! Thoughts on Writing from Contemporary Literary Engineers by Tom Moran (IEEE Press 2010)—as one of twelve ”literary engineers” writing and publishing creative works in the United States. Henderson’s current project is a textbook pioneering a new method for teaching engineers workplace writing skills through the lens of math. Page 24.64.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Math-Based System to Improve Engineering Writing OutcomesIntroductionThis paper

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mails: ravivd@fau.edu and aradzins@fau.eduAbstract This paper describes an undergraduate-level problem-based design project that relates toeasing a real annoying experience for most drivers: the speed bump. It focuses on an engaging,mentoring-based learning process from inception to prototyping, while bearing in mind aspectsof commercialization. The process starts with observation – an essential first step in problem solving – of whatwe take for granted, in this case, the solid, static, annoying speed bump. The next step isdiscussing and thinking critically, identifying pros and cons of existing solutions. It is followedby a more broad definition of the problem as a “vehicular speed

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bushra Tawfiq Chowdhury, Virginia Tech; Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech, Industrial Design

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Design in Engineering Education

, Fairfax, VA, USA. He studies the use of informa- tion and communication technologies (ICT) for engineering learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He is a co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Ed- ucation Research (CHEER), Cambridge University Press (2014). He can be reached at ajohri3@gmu.edu. More information about him is available at: http://mason.gmu.edu/˜ajohri3Prof. akshay sharma, Virginia Tech, Industrial Design Akshay Sharma, an Associate Professor, is passionate about creating thin interfaces in analogue as well as digital media and about using design as a catalyst for the empowerment of women. Currently he is working on projects related to: micro

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Trends in Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerard P. Lennon, Lehigh University; John B. Ochs, Lehigh University; Derick G. Brown P.E., Lehigh University

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Educational Research and Methods

cofounder and director of Lehigh University’s Masters of Engineering in Technical Entrepreneurship (www.lehigh.edu/innovate/). He joined the Lehigh faculty in 1979 as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, was promoted to associate professor in 1983, and to full professor in 1990. He founded and directed of the Computer-Aided Design Labs in the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department from 1980 to 2001. From 1996 to the present, he has directed the University’s Integrated Product Development (IPD) capstone program (www.lehigh.edu/ipd). The IPD and TE program bring together students from all three undergraduate colleges to work in multidisciplinary teams on industry-sponsored product development projects

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ECE Program Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh; Gregory F. Reed, University of Pittsburgh

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Electrical and Computer

Power Concentration Certificates Awarded from 2008 through 2012The undergraduate students who declare electric power as their concentration of choice oftenperform an investigation in a power related area for their capstone senior design project, which isoften sponsored through an industry partner of the program, such as Eaton Corporation whosponsors several projects each term. In addition, a series of undergraduate student projects overthe past several years in the area of solar energy generation have been inspired and advised byDr. John A. Swanson, founder of ANSYS. The most recent of these includes the installation of asolar power array on the roof of the school of engineering, the first solar array of its kind oncampus. The installation is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

learning effectiveness. The first step requiresrestructuring the current courses IE 4352 Digital System Simulation. The second step willinvolve the development of one new Internet based manufacturing technology course: IE/ME4395 Design for Manufacturability. The third step will involve developing one restructuredcourse ME 4390 Rapid Manufacturing Systems. These courses, of interdisciplinary nature andtheir associated hands-on laboratory experience will become capstone courses, which willinclude CBRM practice, operating on hardware, virtual facility embedded tutor systems and termprojects. Moreover, the proposed activities also include project competition in IE/ME 4395. Twostudents who perform excellent in the semester project from each department

Conference Session

Developing the Design Skillset

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

that student views onstakeholders during design varied significantly; from a complete lack of appreciation forstakeholders during design to the development of significant relationships with stakeholders asdesign collaborators14.As an increasingly appreciated methodology in engineering design, the use of designethnography and the ways in which students learn to practice design ethnography requirethorough study. An understanding of these techniques can help improve their application duringdesign and support the development of relevant and effective design pedagogy. The researchdescribed in this paper contributes to addressing these gaps in knowledge by studying howengineering students apply design ethnography techniques in their capstone design

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Beau R. Vezino, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona; Jeffrey B. Goldberg, University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school, not a full network of schools (20,21, Page 24.518.522) .Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is national program that offers high school engineering. PLTW(23) , is a well-received, four year program that starts with a high school freshman leveldesign/drawing course and finishes with a senior year, capstone experience. The PLTWcurriculum is a complete, well-tested program that includes teacher training as part of thepackage. PLTW coursework is accepted for college credit in many engineering technologyprograms and some university engineering programs. However, looking back to our goals forENGR 102 HS, we see this four year approach to high

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zupeng Zhou, Guilin University of Electronic Technology; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

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International

, and runs the Industrial Design Clinic, where students work on real-world industry problems with specified deliverables for their capstone projects. He is also interested in global engineering and the evolution of engineering education. Page 24.1288.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Understanding Change and Development of Engineering Education in ChinaKey Words: Understanding; Change; Development; Engineering Education; ChinaIntroduction: It well known that Chinese economy is booming, with a dramatic increase in people’sstandard of living. For instance, in China, the

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann D. Christy, Ohio State University

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Biological & Agricultural

bioenergy, biological engineering, capstone design, HVAC, thermodynamics, waste management, and professional development. Ann was the chair of her department’s academic affairs committee for ten years, over- seeing their undergraduate programs in engineering, construction systems management, and agricultural systems management. She has won multiple teaching awards at the departmental, college, university, and national levels. She is experienced with undergraduate program assessment and accreditation, having served both the ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission and the American Council for Construc- tion Education as a program accreditation evaluator. She leads an extension program called ”Barn Again” about the

Conference Session

FPD 1: The Path to Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University

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First-Year Programs

engineering arestarting to be explored,2 studies on the effect of K-12 engineering programs on university successremain limited.Numerous venues exist for exposure to engineering prior to matriculation in a collegeengineering program. Elementary engineering programs such as Engineering is Elementary aimto reinforce students understanding of mathematics and science via simple engineering designprojects.3 Students can further explore engineering concepts in middle school classes, and studydiscipline-specific content or complete a capstone design project as part of a high school class orcurriculum like those developed by Project Lead The Way4 or the International Technology andEngineering Educators Association.5 Outside of a formal class setting