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Nontraditional Teaching Approaches

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayano Ohsaki, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology; Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foundation

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of the instructional strategy. Cheville and Bunting [8] and Smith [9]have showed that higher levels of competencies can be developed by active learning, often usingteams and projects. Simpson et al. [10] advocate interdisciplinary capstone projects since thatexperience is more representative of what students will find in the real world. Prince and Felder[11] have found out that inductive methods like project-based learning are more effective thantraditional deductive methods, for achieving a broad range of learning outcomes. Schaffer et al.[12] have concluded – based on their study of 256 students from 60 teams - that crossdisciplinary team learning increases self-efficacy. Apelian [13] believes that one of the importantskills for the 21st

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International Educational Experiences (2)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Lacksonen, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Scott Springer P.E., University of Wisconsin, Stout; Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders brings African entrepreneurs toUnited States campuses for six weeks every summer, providing an excellent opportunity toidentify potential clients for global engineering class projects. The university’s engineeringfaculty partnered with fellows on projects in freshman Impacts of Engineering, junior LeanManufacturing, and senior Capstone Design classes. Projects have included conceptual productdesign, detailed product design, process selection, manufacturing equipment design, andfacilities design. Several engineering and technology majors have participated in theprojects. The highlight is a micro-hydroelectric generator design project spanning severalclasses and semesters.The projects are similar to

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International Research Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ming Li, Tsinghua University; Qing Lei, Beihang University

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assessment.18-24Otherresearches focused on the assessment methods of program and course. Course is an importantcarrier of engineering education, and course quality is the core element of the engineeringeducation quality. Therefore, the course assessment is an important aspect of the qualityassurance in engineering education. Related researches concentrated on general courseassessment, capstone design course assessment,25 EPICS project assessment,26 and also shareexperiences based on course assessment within institutions practice.272.2. Research ReflectionThe research perspective tends to the nature of “practice” when responding the programaccreditation, however, weakens the nature of “theory” when discussing the quality ofengineering education. Most

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International Educational Experiences (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Yanchun Yang, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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speaking countries maytest out the first level of Academic Writing course. In that case, the students must choose to takea second-language course such as Chinese or German language courses offered at the jointinstitute.Every student must complete a 4-credit Capstone Design course replacing the graduation thesisthat is typical in traditional Chinese universities. Through carefully designed and open-endeddesign problems, students learn how to approach design problems in a systematic way and howto use the engineering knowledge and skills acquired from various courses to tackle engineeringproblems. Many “soft skills” such as oral presentation, teamwork, critical thinking, timemanagement are re-emphasized in this course. A full project report and a

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They need more than technical skills!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Feifei Zhong, Southwest Jiaotong University; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University

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Classics maydirectly or indirectly relate to Writing or Technical Writing. English III is a continuation ofEnglish II, but only for students who fail to pass the CET-4 test. CET-4 refers to College EnglishTest Band 4, which is the lowest English proficiency requirement for college students. The last course in the full course paths of those departments in SWJTU is GraduationDissertation course. It is the same as the senior capstone project design course in ODU. But it isnot a regular classroom class. It is done individually between a student and his or her projectadvisor and it doesn’t include any technical writing requirement, nor writing intensive training asdid in ECE 485W in Electrical Engineering or CEE 403W in Civil Engineering in

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Continuing Education for Faculty

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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in equipping our students with the “tools of the trade” thenwe need to alert our graduate students( the future engineering teachers) to the need ofdeveloping proper and enduring connections with industries in their locale, andeventually have a mutually beneficial relations with the industrial sector; not so muchto supplement their income; but, principally, to be able to reach the broader goal, i.e.,to gain valuable experience and be truly involved in real engineering.iii) Third, reaching out to the industrial sector and engineering services in the Region,and striving to form symbiotic partnerships between local industry and academiathrough: capstone projects, theses work with practical overtones, and applied researchprojects in selected

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International Educational Experiences (2)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy L. Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Fernando Del Carpio, Universidad ESAN; Nancy Matos P.E., Esan University

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-, and transdisciplinary ways, cyberlearning and cyber-environments, service and experien- tial learning, teaming and collaborative learning.Dr. Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests