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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pat Smith, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts

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interest. Not all of our students are interested in thismaterial or plan to follow a career where this work will be performed. Additionally, it wasobserved that in several cases the courses that would be augmented were electives. While thiswas viewed as a plus in that only those students interested in the material would enroll in thosecourses, it was also seen that the material would be “buried” in courses whose title didn’t clearlycommunicate that software engineering methods and skills were strongly present in the courses.Approach 3: This is a hybrid of options 1 and 2. In this option a “Software EngineeringEmphasis” track is identified. This track will be available to both EE and CompE students.Software engineering topics are added or

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sally Sue Richmond, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Kailasam Satyamurthy, Penn State University; Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

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teams isa common practice in higher education. The benefits of student teams are many, including improvedlearning and enhanced teamwork skills (Elliott & Higgins, 2005; Willey & Freeman, 2006). Team skillsare critical for engineering students, since they will likely work in teams throughout their careers. As withindividual student work, it can be used to improve learning, it can also help teams form a common vision.Two motivations are given for using PA and SA in teams. The first is to encourage all team members tocontribute equitably, since typically all team members receive the same grade regardless of individualcontribution (the so-called “free loader” effect) unless peer-assessment is included in grades. Whileinstructors and

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Elizabeth E. Vidal, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín

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. Budny can be reached at the University of Pittsburgh, Freshman Engineering, 126 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261; 412-624-6474. [budny@pitt.edu]Mrs. Elizabeth E. Vidal, Universidad Nacional de San Agust´ın c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Adding “Professional Awareness” to the Software Engineering CurriculumAbstract - This paper presents a proposal to integrate the learning skills and professionalawareness in an engineering education course for the Professional School of SoftwareEngineering at the National University of San Augustine, Arequipa - Peru. The knownproblems of writing and oral communication in technical careers from other engineeringprograms are outlined. Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda M Laird, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Nicholas S Bowen, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering with Cyber-Physical Systems. He recently retired from IBM after a 31-year career. He held a diverse set of leadership positions across product development (both hardware and software), supply chain and manufacturing, sales operations, research, corporate strategy, leading large teams, and talent development. Nick has led and contributed to many critical projects including saving the mainframe business, taking AIX/Power to the #1 UNIX position, establishing Linux servers in the enterprise market, and was on the team that built the first Bladed architecture for the general purpose x86 market. Nick received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an M.S

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Tappan, Eastern Washington University

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, however, this freedom becomes a crutch to avoidcritical thinking and truly understanding the problem and solution. It is normal for students tostart at this level; the danger is that they never grow out of it and continue these poor practicesinto their careers, where the consequences are real and significant. Figure 1 is a long-standingcartoon from the public domain that captures the universally acknowledged dysfunctional natureof software development in reality. While none of these disconnects are entirely avoidable, manyof the problems that could be resolved early unfortunately propagate to the later stages, wherethe cost to correct them rises exponentially. (The term “disconnect” is appropriate because thesedecisions indeed seem like the

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Software Engineering Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Alexandria Spradlin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Thomas Rogers Bassa, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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, and they learned technical and professional knowledge that they would not believe would be available to them through their high school education. • They thought that the interaction with the customer was very good, but they complained about the changes to the requirement by the customer (this was actually designed into the experience by the PI). • They now have a better understanding of what it takes to work on a complex project and be part of a big team. • They now have a better understanding of what potential career opportunities exist, if they purse a computing degree. • Most of the students thought that they underestimate the complexity of the project, but as they proceed

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Software Engineering Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stefan Christov, Quinnipiac University; Mark Hoffman, Quinnipiac University

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medical processes, with a focus on detecting human errors before harm is done and preventing such errors. He has used software engineering techniques to formally represent and analyze models of complex HIPs and industrial engineering techniques to elicit and validate models of such processes. He is also interested in human-computer interaction techniques for presenting information to assist process performers during an ongoing process. Stefan Christov holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Dr. Mark Hoffman, Quinnipiac University Mark Hoffman is a professor of computer science at Quinnipiac University. He joined the University in 2001 following a career in industry and has taught