Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Environmental Engineering

project is an underway project for MET 421/422/423 (Senior Project Design), preformed by Page 25.120.5a team of four students, two electrical and two mechanical seniors. MET 421/422/423 is asequence of three-quarter capstone project design courses required for all the BSET majors. Thecourse focuses on planning, development, and implementation of an engineering design project,which includes formal report writing, project documentation, group presentations, and projectdemonstrations. The goal of these courses is to demonstrate the ability to manage a major projectinvolving the design and implementation of products with a mixture of electrical and

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Society for the Study of Education, Toronto, ON, 2004.[17] Butler, D. and Winne, P., “Feedback and self-regulated learning: A theoretical synthesis,” Review of Educational Research, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 245-281, 1995.[18] Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Engineering Accreditation Commission, Criteria for Accrediting, Effective for Evaluations During the 2010-2011 Accreditation Cycle, ABET, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland.[19] Jain, V. K. and Sobek, D. K. Process characteristics that lead to good design outcomes in engineering capstone projects, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2005, from http://vmw.coe.montana.edu/IE/faculty/sobek/CAREER/VDOEjpaper.DOC[20] Dym, C. L., Agogino, A. M., Eris

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering in 1987 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gennert is interested in computer vision, image processing, scientific databases, and programming languages, with ongoing projects in biomedical image processing, robotics, and stereo and motion vision. He is author or co-author of more than 100 papers. He is a member of Sigma Xi, NDIA Robotics Division, and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council Robotics Cluster, and a Senior Member of IEEE and ACM.Dr. Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Taskin Padir is an Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is also a faculty member in the Robotics Engineering program. He advised capstone

Conference Session

Design Spine

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Schiano, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Design in Engineering Education

capstone design course. The freshman courseintroduces students to the process skills associated with engineering design. Emphasis is on teamwork, communications skills, and computer-aided analytical tools. Activities include prototypebuilding and testing with industrial collaboration. As students complete this course beforechoosing a major in the College of Engineering, the technical content is general and does notfocus on a particular engineering discipline. In contrast, the senior capstone design courserequires students to apply the tools acquired in both required courses and technical electiveswithin our department. By blending professional engineering topics and project activity, theexisting capstone design course dilutes both these components

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University; David R. Sawyers Jr., Ohio Northern University; Jed E. Marquart, Ohio Northern University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

, residential institution in the Midwest. At the same time, these competitions havecome to play an important role in achieving the educational objectives of the department. Thispaper will review several such competitions, evaluate the degree to which they contribute to theeducational experience of the students, and discuss some of the advantages and limitations ofthese activities.While traditional lectures, tutorials, and structured assignments are still essential to providing thefoundation for an understanding of engineering science and the skills required to solve math- andphysics-based problems, many of the abilities required by accrediting bodies and potentialemployers are difficult to achieve using these methods. Senior capstone projects and

Conference Session

Design Spine

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

) pedagogy, students also learn and apply engineeringdesign tools and methods to a two semester, real-world, problem-based, service learning project.This pedagogy continues in the capstone design experience (Engineering Design III through VI)where students are provided with important instruction concurrently with their capstone designexperience, in which they work in groups with one or more faculty advisors on a four semester,two-year project. In this four-semester sequence, students start by applying the engineeringdesign process as well as the design tools and methods learned during the sophomore designcourses to their new projects, but also are exposed to a variety of advanced design topics anddesign challenges that aid is helping students

Conference Session

Lessons learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; William L. DUPE Chan, Josiah Quincy High School; Kristina Buenafe, Josiah Quincy High School; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teacher at Josiah High School. He has been teaching technology courses. He attended the CAPSULE professional development for teachers in summer 2010. He implemented a capstone project in his technology class by getting his students to design a low cost and portable USB power charger to charge cell phones.Ms. Kristina Buenafe, Josiah Quincy High School Kristina Buenafe is teacher at Josiah High School. She has been teaching mathematics courses. She at- tended the CAPSULE professional development for teachers in summer 2010. She implemented capstone projects in her geometry class by getting his students to design a three-legged chair.Ms. Jessica Chin, Northeastern University Jessica Chin is a Ph.D. candidate. She has

Conference Session

Design Spine

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin P. Arnett P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Craig E. Quadrato, U.S. Military Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

noted above, BIM as a field of knowledge is often relied up in the field of sustainable design.(13) BIM tools and concepts produce significantly better information for use in sustainabledesign, and there is the benefit of compatible software that can further analyze the data providedfrom a BIM model. This field is the perfect piece of a multi-disciplinary capstone project, whichmay be the best and/or only time an undergraduate program can address the material.Project ManagementIn many ways you could argue that BIM is a preeminent project management tool. In addition tosupporting project management specialties such as estimating, scheduling, and producingquantity take offs which inform management decisions (all mentioned above), BIM is also

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering

25.967.2For any department looking to create or revise a major design experience, determining the scopeof projects, assessment methods, unit requirement, team size requirements, etc. can beoverwhelming. What is appropriate for one school may not be appropriate for others. Toprovide a tool to assist Civil Engineering departments as they develop their experiences, thispaper presents the results of a national survey regarding the capstone design in CivilEngineering. The paper does not evaluate or assess the effectiveness of any one method butrather attempts to provide a comprehensive look at the variations and possibilities within a majordesign experience. Where possible, comparisons to the 1994, 2004 and 2005 surveys are offered.Survey MethodologyThis

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derrick Wayne Smith, University of Alabama, Hunstville; Monica Letrece Dillihunt, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Phillip A. Farrington, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Michael P.J. Benfield, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Matthew William Turner, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Design in Engineering Education

perspectives, (8) integrated assessment throughout, (9)polished products, and (10) multiple interpretations and outcomes.6 Therefore, the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology in criterion 5, specifies the following requirements withregard to engineering capstone project experiences: "Students must be prepared for engineeringpractice through a curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledgeand skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standardsand multiple realistic constraints.”7A 2005 survey of capstone design courses nationwide found that 98 percent of engineeringdepartments have some form of a capstone design course.8 However, reviewing the results of thesurvey indicates

Conference Session

Current Issues in Construction Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Ilyas Bhatti, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Construction

Construction Impacts • Junior Year – Development of a Mitigation Plan • Senior Year – Capstone project must incorporate implementation strategies for mitigating construction impacts.These topics could be embedded into courses such as Heavy Highway Construction, PublicInfrastructure Project Management or a new course that could be created to combine variousaspects of project management including analysis of construction impacts, strategies forminimizing impacts, negotiation skills etc. The course could also be called Contemporary ProjectManagement in the 21st Century.Curriculum Development: Any course that is developed to address the above aspects of designand construction must start with an Impacts Analysis & Mitigation

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Oswego State University College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Professor in the Department of Physics, State University of New York at Oswego. Ieta is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario. Page 25.729.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012IMPLEMENTATION OF AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH COURSEA capstone course comes as the peak experience for students in higher education programs. Thechallenge may sometime extend to their advisors as well. We report our experience with teachinga senior research project course to Physics students at a teaching university using a recently setup Applied Electrostatics Laboratory. The design of the course allowed

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 25.990.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 On a Client-Centered, Sophomore Design Course SequenceAbstractOften engineering design instruction based on real-world, client-based projects is relegated to afinal year capstone course. Our engineering program, however, emphasizes these real-world,client-based design experiences, and places them throughout our six-course engineering designsequence. Our six-course design sequence begins with a two-course sophomore design sequencethat is meant to enable mastery through both directed and non-directed learning and explorationof the design process and design tools. At the sophomore level, we aim to provide students withthe foundational

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; William Marshall, Alief Independent School District

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

industries. The discussion will also identify how the “need” for thistype of project based curriculum became obvious. Four prerequisite courses are brieflydescribed before focusing on the project based capstone course. These four coursesprovide the students with the technical skill sets needed to succeed in the senior levelcapstone course. Accomplishments and outcomes from the student perspective, theUniversity perspective, and the industry perspective will also be shared.Our advancing world of computer integration, process control, industrial automation, andtelecommunications requires technical problem solvers and knowledgeable decisionmakers. “The activities of problem solving and decision making are closelyintertwined”,1 and both skills can

Conference Session

Lessons learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Ramiro g Gonzalez, Boston Arts Academy High School; Cassandra Wallace, Boston Arts Academy High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teacher at Boston Arts Academy High School. He has been teaching chemistry courses for the past 35 years. He attended the CAPSULE professional development for teachers in sum- mer 2010. He implemented capstone projects in his chemistry class by getting his students to design solar-powered filter and lava lamp wall.Ms. Cassandra Wallace, Boston Arts Academy High School Cassandra Wallace is teacher at Boston Arts Academy High School. She teaches mathematics courses. She attended the CAPSULE professional development for teachers in summer 2011. She implemented capstone projects in her mathematics class by getting her students to design a rocket launcher

Conference Session

TAC/ABET-related Outcome-based Assessment Methods and Models

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint; James Riddell, Baker College, Flint

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Engineering Technology

through direct assessments administered in several courses. Figure 1 illustrates therelationship between the various outcomes. Program Educational Objectives - PEO 1, …, PEO 6 Program Outcomes - PO a., …, PO m. Program Courses – Student Learning OutcomesFig.1 Relationship between Student Learning Outcomes, Program Outcomes, and ProgramEducational ObjectivesOne important curriculum change implemented by the program just before the ABET visit in2009 was to introduce a Capstone Project course at the end of the program requiring students tocomplete and present a hands-on project utilizing the knowledge and skills acquired throughouttheir studies. The

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Schiano, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Electrical and Computer

design course and a senior capstone design course. The freshman courseintroduces students to the process skills associated with engineering design. Emphasis is on teamwork, communications skills, and computer-aided analytical tools. Activities include prototypebuilding and testing with industrial collaboration. As students complete this course beforechoosing a major in the College of Engineering, the technical content is general and does notfocus on a particular engineering discipline. In contrast, the senior capstone design courserequires students to apply the tools acquired in both required courses and technical electiveswithin our department. By blending professional engineering topics and project activity, theexisting capstone design course

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, University of Idaho; Phillip L. Thompson, Seattle University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Jennifer E. LeBeau, Washington State University; Robert E. Gerlick, Pittsburg State University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Design in Engineering Education

, including the Integrated Design Engineering Assessment and Learning (IDEALS) project, which seeks to enhance learning and assessment in design. Davis has taught multidisciplinary de- sign that integrates engineering and business development skills. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Steven Beyerlein is professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Idaho, where he coordinates the capstone design program and regularly participates in ongoing program assessment activities. He re- ceived a Ph.D. in M.E. from Washington State University in 1987. His research interests include catalytic combustion systems, application of educational

Conference Session

Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; J. Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University; David W. Hey, California Polytechnic State University

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Community Engagement Division

two multidisciplinary service-learning programs: the Access by Design project that has capstone students design devices for people with dis- abilities to participate in adapted physical activity, and Organic Twittering that merges social media with sustainability.Dr. James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is a professor of mechanical engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently, he is a visiting Fulbright scholar at Kathmandu University in Nepal. He teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of machine design, fluid power control, and engineering

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald G. Kander, Philadelphia University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

  Arts/Culture   Business  Models   Capstone  Project   History/Language   Business   Systems  Analysis   Humanities   Design   Research  Methods   Integrated  Teams   Seminars/Capstone   Engineering   External  Customers   Real  Deliverables   First, College

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Che, Geneva College; David Allen Clark, Geneva College; David W. Shaw, Geneva College; James S. Gidley, Geneva College

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Design in Engineering Education

of a SAE Baja team tobe formed and financed was a distant one. But a series of events happened in the 2008/2009academic year that prompted the birth of the college‟s first ever SAE Baja team. It was quite ajourney for all involved. We started from scratch with no experience and little resources. Thelearning curve was steep during the first year, and there were crisis moments during the secondyear. And now we are on our journey of a third year.It was set up as a two semester senior capstone design project since its start. We soon realizedthat it was not all vehicle dynamics that we had to deal with, but also team/group dynamics.Lessons were learned in building a successful team and the importance of team work, individualaccountability and

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry L Wear, University of Washington, Tacoma; Orlando R. Baiocchi, University of Washington, Tacoma; Matthew Alden, University of Washington, Tacoma; Robert Gutmann, University of Washington, Tacoma; Jie Sheng, University of Washington, Tacoma

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Electrical and Computer

 statics,  we  documented  how  his  capstone  project  involved  learning  and  applying  probability  theory  to  a  design  problem.  Be  sure  your  student  advising  records  document  any  discrepancies  between  what  students  have  done  and  what  they  were  suppose  to  do.    Program  Objectives    Assessing  how  well  your  graduates  have  achieved  your  program  objectives  is  usually  difficult  for  programs  that  have  only  produced  one  or  two  graduating  classes.  In  our  case,  we  had  one  group  of  graduates  who  had  one  year’s  experience.  With  so  little  experience  it  was  not  surprising  that  only  a  few  of  the  graduates  had  achieved  some  of  the  program  objectives.  However,  we  were

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert G. Ryan, California State University, Northridge

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Mechanical Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Assessment of a New Design Stem Course SequenceAbstractIn Fall 2009, the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University, Northridgeimplemented significant changes to the curriculum by creating a new course sequence focusedon design. The course sequence is distributed throughout the four years of the program, andculminates in the traditional capstone senior design course. One of the features of the newsequence was the requirement of a team project in each course, including oral design reviewsdocumenting the projects’ progress. Enabling our students to continuously develop anddemonstrate skills related to design and communication was the main incentive behind

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Mark Anderson, University of California, San Diego

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Design in Engineering Education

projects we have chosen arereduced degree-of-freedom systems with very specific and quantifiable performance objectives.There still remain many areas of optimization, yet these optimizations relate more to parameterselection and detail design, rather than conceptual changes. We do not intend to minimize theimportance of conceptual design, but rather have specifically chosen to have students focus intheir first senior design effort on a challenge where the concept generation component of theproject has already been determined. The second set of projects is truly open-ended and similarto traditional capstone design courses.The working baseline approach emphasizes analysis, but is distinct from experimental lab coursewhere students conduct a set of

Conference Session

National and Multi-university Initiatives

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; Edmond John Dougherty, Villanova University; Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy; Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Kenneth F. Bloemer, University of Dayton

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

HHDN project’s contribution to exposing the student to all aspects of intrapreneurship, shown here in the funnel and gauntlet model form.Currently, the learning objectives outline above are met in part and to varying degrees by theHHDN partners, primarily through real-world capstone project experiences. The HHDN partnerswill leverage their industry outreach to conduct an in-depth study of intrapreneurship toprecisely define the educational outcomes listed above and map them to a generic engineeringcurriculum. The HHDN partners will also synthesize their combined experience and practices inindustry-connected, project-based learning to create a proven, scalable and transferable set oftools for the proper

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

their requiredmajor courses. In the junior year, disciplinary grounding in a student’s major continues whiledisciplinary grounding in the other major (ECE for SYS majors, SYS for ECE majors) tapers off.The tapering is due to an increased focus on integration in the junior year. The focus of thejunior year is two LEP classes (one each term) in which teams work to design and build actualsystems. Finally, in the senior year, students continue to concentrate on integration whilecompleting capstone projects designed specifically for LEP teams.Purpose/need and critical reflection are incorporated into the LEP curricula through the LEPLearning Community. The LEP Learning Community meets every two weeks for one hour withgoals of developing a sense of

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

MENG 4018, Thermo II ENGR 3500, PM survey Outcome assessed with student  work samples Outcome assessed in capstone  project evaluation Program Outcome a) …apply knowledge

Conference Session

Relevance of and Models for Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan McCahan, University of Toronto; Holly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Mark R. Henderson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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Community Engagement Division

goals.Courses or experiences in quadrant 3 could best be described as traditional technical engineeringcourses. There are few or no social or cultural learning goals. The service may provide somecontext for the technical learning, but there are no planned learning outcomes in thesocial/cultural domain.Most engineering service learning programs would then be situated in quadrant 4. At a freshmanlevel the learning goals on both axes may be modest. However, in a capstone type project or amulti-year project we would expect substantial learning to take place in both dimensions. Ideallythe program would be planned to have deliverables, learning outcomes, reflection andcommunity engagement that supports substantial learning in dimensions 11 and 12

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative Energy Courses and Concepts

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendrick T. Aung, Lamar University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

for Engineering Education, 2012 Integration of System Thinking, Engineering Reasoning and Decision Making Skills in Design of Thermal Systems CourseAbstract Design of thermal system is in essence a Capstone design class for thermal andenergy systems. One of the major difficulties encountered by instructors in theseCapstone design courses is that many senior students do not have adequate preparation inapplying design skills such as critical thinking, engineering reasoning, and decisionmaking to successfully complete their design project. In this paper, the process ofintegrating system thinking, engineering reasoning and decision making skills intoDesign of Thermal Systems course is

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mark J. Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Computers in Education

development of an understanding of the problem from the client’s perspective as wellas an analysis of solution alternatives.Unfortunately, in many cases, the software engineering course is offered late in thecurriculum, typically at the senior level. This makes it difficult for students to apply theknowledge that they have learned effectively on capstone and other academic projects.Students often comment that it would have been “nice to know this” before making thewrong decisions on their capstone projects. Thus, to be successful, components of softwareengineering need to be taught earlier in the undergraduate curriculum. This shifting to anearlier level, however, poses pedagogical issues.This paper describes the metamorphosis of an undergraduate