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Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tristan Utschig, Kennesaw State University; Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University; Valmiki Sooklal, Kennesaw State University; Eduardo Farfan, Kennesaw State University

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Design in Engineering Education

: survey questions for students completing interdisciplinary project work. 1. What did you need to learn from a discipline other than your own in order to conduct your project? 2. How did you integrate this interdisciplinary knowledge with the knowledge of your discipline (in this case Mechanical Engineering) ? 3. How did this interdisciplinary knowledge impact the success of your overall project solution?Survey responses obtained from one of the students on the team clearly indicated that inclusionof an interdisciplinary project had a positive impact on his learning experience for the course. Inresponse to the first question he stated that in working on a mechanical project that would beinstalled in a nuclear power plant, several nuclear

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria R. Young, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Sara L. Hoffman, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Madeline A. Gilleran, University of Michigan

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of Health Science and Technology, and holds an S.M. in Aeronautics & As- tronautics from MIT and a B.S. in Materials Engineering from the University of Kentucky. She co-directs the UM Center for Socially Engaged Design and directs the Sensory Augmentation and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology, and Global Health Design Initiative.Madeline A. Gilleran, University of Michigan Madeline Gilleran is an senior undergraduate student at the University of Michigan, majoring in Mechan- ical Engineering and completing International Minor for Engineers. She is involved in the Engineering Global Leadership Honors Program, a specialization within the Honors Program that integrates

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory Mettler, South Dakota State University; Robert Fourney, South Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

time-domain simulations of distributed generation renewable energy facilities. Today, he leverages his experience managing projects in industry to develop an extremely realistic senior capstone program at SDSU. Cory has also developed or implemented numerous active and experiential learning opportunities in a number of 200- and 300-level electrical engineering courses.Dr. Robert Fourney, South Dakota State University Bob Fourney is an Associate Professor at South Dakota State University, where he has been teaching since 2003. He teaches the digital design and embedded systems portion of the Electrical Engineering curriculum and serves as both a formal and informal advisor for the microcontroller and computer aspects

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DEED Postcard Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jack William Giambalvo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Julia Kathryn Vance, Stevens Institute of Technology; Steven Hoffenson, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

graduate in May 2017. She is a participant in the Stevens Scholars program and through experience has specialized in packaging design and engineering.Dr. Steven Hoffenson, Stevens Institute of Technology Steven Hoffenson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an M.S.E. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Hoffenson served as a Congressional Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014-15. His research focuses on systems modeling, policy analysis, design methods and optimization, and

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William H. Guilford, University of Virginia

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. 26.995.1-26.995.13.[12] C. B. Kromann, M. L. Jensen, and C. Ringsted, “The effect of testing on skills learning,” Med. Educ., vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 21–27, Jan. 2009.[13] A. Nimunkar, S. Bernardoni, T. Lark, and W. Tompkins, “Student Initiated Supplemental Training Curriculum For Support Of Bme Design Projects,” presented at the 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition, 2009, p. 14.1083.1-14.1083.9.[14] S. Bernardoni, A. Nimunkar, J. Murphy, and S. Courter, “Student Initiated Design And Implementation Of Supplemental Hands On Fabrication Training Curriculum In An Introduction To Engineering Design Course: A Tqm Approach,” presented at the 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition, 2008, p. 13.1108.1-13.1108.23.[15] R. Layton, M. L

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Understanding Student Development in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Mo Hu, Virginia tech; Darren K. Maczka, Virginia Tech; Robin Panneton, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

premotor cortex (known to be involved in themanagement of uncertainty, control of behavior, and self-reflection in decision making). Thenumber of solutions generated was also significant (p=0.032). Freshmen generated 5.6 solutionson average during the brainstorming activity while seniors developed 4.1. In many ways, thisinitial work serves as a proof of concept in using neuroimaging to study the processes involvedin engineering design. Through a better understanding of these processes, we can begin toexplore specific elements of the engineering curriculum that may contribute to student ability tomanage complexity inherent in engineering design problems. We hope this interdisciplinarystudy integrating engineering education and neuroscience

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Dukart, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Project, Concrete Canoe, First Robotics, and a growing multitude of other activitiesbring to the student experience. However, there are many unanswered questions about the trueeffectiveness of these activities, who participates, and why students participate. We need tounderstand the value we are bringing to students’ educational experience and if we find thatresources are worth investing, we must understand how to bring the experience to more students,do it effectively and in tandem with the regular curriculum, while ensuring that the collaborative,multi-disciplinary, and grass-roots nature of these groups is not eroded. An opportunity lies inthis extracurricular project-based space to attract and better prepare students as new-centurycitizen

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Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James M. Leake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David Weightman MDesRCA IDSA, University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign; Baigalmaa Batmunkh, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #19256Digital Prototyping by Multidisciplinary TeamsMr. James M. Leake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign James M. Leake joined the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems (formerly General) Engineer- ing in August 1999. His educational background includes an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1993) from the University of Washington, a B.S. in Ocean Engineering (1980) from Florida Atlantic University, and a B.A. in Art History (1974) from Indiana University. His current research interests include engineering education, integration of CAD/CAE software in the engineering curriculum, building information

Conference Session

The Best in DEED

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

teams into a tailspin. Difficulties were seen as a failing on the part of thesponsors or the instructors, not just part of the normal design process; all are examples of externalattribution for challenges faced.SummaryThese findings represent an opportunity for those of us in capstone leadership and engineering educationin general to work to prepare our students and our faculty in a more informed way around the foreseeablechallenges inherent in the design experience. We have the unique opportunity to reframe the students’perspectives on the unscripted aspects of capstone in particular. Accordingly, we can accomplish thefollowing throughout the academic process:  Early in the engineering curriculum, infuse experience in managing challenges

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Annie Abell, Ohio State University; Kelly DeVore, Columbus College of Art and Design

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Design in Engineering Education

interdisciplinary product development course for entrepreneurship students who come from across OSU.Kelly DeVore, Columbus College of Art and Design Kelly DeVore is an Assistant Professor and Chair of Interior Design at The Columbus College of Art and Design. DeVore received her Bachelors of Architecture from Iowa State University and a MFA Design Research & Development from The Ohio State University with an emphasis on Higher Education. DeVore currently teaches interior design senior capstone studios, has developed a course on design for social change, and mentors graduate students in the new MDes program in Integrative Design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017

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DEED Postcard Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephen T. Frezza, Gannon University

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Design in Engineering Education

the need to fully explore a problem space. This will help undo the “script-think” that makes the problem definitions, locked-down requirements, and final solutions look inevitable. 3) Develop assignments that focus on exploring a problem-space deeply, without an expectation of a solution, preferably placed in the curriculum well before a capstone course. 4) Edit current design course assignments so that there is an explicit problem-finding phase. 5) Find ways to assess the learning that takes place, even if the final design solution does not work.In short, we hope that students might practice finding multiple möjligheter before attempting todesign solutions. The task of finding ways to teach this

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum; Charles Xie, The Concord Consortium

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Design in Engineering Education

software to help researchers dealing with complex, high dimensional problems, such as an integrated sets of methodological tools or a multi-purpose data processing tools for high volume data with limited structure. His dissertation research explored the use of Minecraft to teach early engineering college students about the design process.Dr. Charles Xie, The Concord Consortium c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Characterizing Students' Micro-Iterations Strategies through Data-Logged Design ActionsAbstractThere has been a drive to incorporate design into K-12 programs in the form of engineeringdesign projects. This presents a unique opportunity to study

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

, Louisiana.17. Nilsen, E., Monroe-White, T., Morrison, E. F., and Weilerstein, P. (2016, June), Going Beyond "What Should We Do?": An Approach to Implementation of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Curriculum, 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.18. Raber, M., and Baker, J. R. (2016, June), Integration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Elements: The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts, 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.19. Wilson, G. (2015, June), Developing Practice Fields for Interdisciplinary Design and Entrepreneurship Exposure, 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington.20. Anderson, C. (2012), Makers: The New

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Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tiago R. Forin, Rowan University; Cole H. Joslyn, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Design in Engineering Education

conducted in a small classroom with tables and chairsarranged in a loose circle. Each instructor took a 5-7 minute turn to comment on the currentperformance. The students were relatively silent as they listened and wrote comments innotebooks; however, there was considerable cross-talk among the coaches. The first reviewfocused on early concept explorations, the second on how the combination of early ideas cametogether as a synthesized dance work (e.g., music, set design, and costumes), and the third andfinal review was based on the integrated performance. This last review occurred approximatelytwo weeks prior to the final public performance.Industrial design: an 8-week project during a semester long industrial product design course forundergraduate

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark W. Steiner, University of Central Florida; Kurt Stephen Stresau, University of Central Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

loafers, a lack of sharedobjectives, and an inability to resolve conflicts at various points during the course of a capstoneproject. In addition to regular instructor mentoring and coaching, team selection appears to playan important role in mitigating such behaviors. In the interest of understanding how teamselection might impact team effectiveness in a capstone setting, this paper examines a smallsample of capstone project teams over multiple semesters using a case study approach basedupon a relatively large population of students. Drawing upon insights from working withstudents at two different universities (one private and one public) observations on the factors thatmay impact team effectiveness are discussed. Team composition factors

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; James Deverell Watkins; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

for three consecutive summers at EQT, a natural gas company head- quartered in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Megan’s research interests correspond to identifying ways to teach students how to become better designers and learners through creative and non-traditional means.Dr. Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Julie S. Linsey is an Associate Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineer- ing at the Georgia Institute of Technological. Dr. Linsey received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas. Her research area is design cognition including systematic methods and tools for innovative design with a particular focus on concept generation and design-by-analogy. Her

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Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andreas Febrian, Utah State University, Engineering Education; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education

strategies, researchers can distinguish various design engagements and also designer'spriority during the problem definition phase [8]. Table 1 presents the definition of each designphase and the correspondent design activities, where all refer to the Dym and Little’s framework[15]. Most of the time, there is more than one person involved in a design project, and eachwill assume or be assigned to at least one role [25]. Working as a team is not an easy task; italways adds complexity to the design process. The configuration of the team members’ abilitiesand work ethics will affect the design delivery time and quality [26]. Consequently, managingteam members is an integral part of most design projects. Table 2. Project management aspects and

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tehya Stockman, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Claire Elizabeth Kincaid, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Thomas Andrew Heale, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Steven Eric Meyer, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

progress of individual, non-integrated parts. As faculty and audience members areoften not fully informed about the intended vision for the project, the presenting students mayportray an embellished representation of progress to appear successful.At two sites, engineers and project managers used status artifacts attached to walls of designatedrooms meant for status meetings. As discussed in the previous section, Charlie at HenningDevices recognized that he had difficulty keeping abreast of cross-team activities, so he created adesignated room for status with a large community board hanging from the wall. Similarly, atMartin Inc., a team leader noticed his supervisor was not aware of the large volume of work histeam was struggling to complete, so

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Ray Hadley, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

:333-69.40. Mayer RE, Mautone P, Prothero W. Pictorial aids for learning by doing in a multimedia geology simulation game. Journal of Educational Psychology. 2002;94(1):171-85.41. Veale TK. Treatment for temporal processing deficits - Targeting temporal processing deficits through Fast ForWord (R): Language therapy with a new twist. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. 1999;30(4):353-62.42. Caftori N. Educational effectiveness of computer software. Technical Horizons in Education (THE) Journal. 1994;22(1):62-5.43. Salas E., Stagl KC, Burke CS, and Goodwin GF, Fostering Team Effectiveness in Organizations: Toward an Integrative Theoretical Framework. In Stuart B, Spaulding W, and Poland J (Eds

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The Best in DEED

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susannah Howe, Smith College; Laura Mae Rosenbauer, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

design in both countries. Several other publications discuss singularengineering capstone programs in Australia and New Zealand.4,5 An additional report6 addressesassessment practices at engineering capstone design courses at many institutions in Australia,summarizing the results of a multi-year grant-funded research project.There seems to be a growing initiative in Australia to study capstone curriculum across a broadrange of disciplines and to connect the community of capstone educators nationally. The websitecapstonecurriulum.com.au provides resources, reports, and blog posts about capstone coursepedagogy, assessment, and structure.7 A recent paper8 on capstone curriculum provides rich dataacross multiple disciplines from several countries

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory Cooper, United States Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, United States Air Force Academy; Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

process and the actual capstone course(s) can occur in many forms [20].Some universities have an initial course in design methods [1, 26, 11, 27], followed by either aone or two semester capstone course. Integration of the instruction in design methods orprocesses could also occur in the one or two semester capstone experience [28]. Although manycurriculums have some small design content inserted into their early major’s courses, thecapstone experience may be the first time that students have been exposed to a formal, completedesign process.If the capstone project is the students’ first experience with implementation of the formal designprocess, students are likely to have difficulty understanding the motivation behind the designprocess [17

Conference Session

Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

Robust, Resilient and Flexible Networks Integrated Realization of Engineered Materials and Products Managing Organized and Disorganized Complexity: Exploration of the Solution Space His current education focus is on creating and implementing, in partnership with industry, a curriculum for educating strategic engineers—those who have developed the competencies to create value through the realization of complex engineered systems. Email URL http://www.ou.edu/content/coe/ame/people/amefaculty/mistree.html LinkedIN http://www.linkedin.com/pub/farrokh-mistree/9/838/8ba c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work in Progress - A Strategy for Assessing Learning through

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Jennifer M. Sieber, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

by managing uncertainty and complexity. The key question he is investigating is what are the principles underlying rapid and robust concept exploration when the analysis models are incomplete and possibly inaccurate? His quest for answers to the key question are anchored in three projects, namely, Integrated Realization of Robust, Resilient and Flexible Networks Integrated Realization of Engineered Materials and Products Managing Organized and Disorganized Complexity: Exploration of the Solution Space His current education focus is on creating and implementing, in partnership with industry, a curriculum for educating strategic engineers—those who have developed the competencies to create value through the

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yoselyn Walsh, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Tugba Yuksel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Vojtech Krs, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bedrich Benes Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Design in Engineering Education

how undergraduate level students use their model-based reasoning in the process of learning quantum mechanics and identifying new instructional strategies which helps to support visualization and model- based reasoning. She also has experience on learning design, curriculum development and professional development.Mr. Vojtech Krs, Purdue University, West Lafayette Vojtech Krs is a computer graphics researcher. He received his Bc. degree from Czech Technical Uni- versity in Prague in 2014. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette IN.Dr. Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Ida Ngambeki is an Assistant Professor of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Yazdanshenas, University of Texas, Tyler ; Caleb Nathaniel Nehls, The University of Texas, Tyler; Chung-Hyun Goh, University of Texas, Tyler

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

integration of the pole structure to the base. The plane had been securely attached to a mounting plate, and the task, for UT Tylerstudents, was to design a safe support structure that would attach to the mounting plate. Tosimulate this ideal attachment of the mounting plate a “tie” command was used. This ideal tiefurther focused the study of the FE analysis on the pole structure itself. Furthermore, since it wasestablished that the pole structure would be supported by a sturdy concrete foundation, thedecision was made to incarcerate the bottom of the pole. For an aesthetically pleasing look, theplane would be supported at a 15-degree tilt. This tilt will cause a change in center of gravity,thereby affecting the force distribution onto the

Conference Session

Encouraging Students to Think Critically

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebekah Oulton PE, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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New Engineering Educators

leadership (Facione, 1990, 2011;Viswanathan & Radhakrishnan, 2015). I would assert that professional engineering is defined bythese same characteristics and skills. As such, critical thinking skills are an essential aspect of anengineering curriculum that intends to prepare students to become effective professionals(Lafayette, 2014; Ralston & Bays, 2010; Romkey & Cheng, 2009; Viswanathan &Radhakrishnan, 2015).While some may feel that critical thinking is inherently included in engineering curriculum(Ralston & Bays, 2010; Romkey & Cheng, 2009; Schafersman, 1991), most studies agree thatdeliberate instruction in, and reinforcement of, critical thinking skills is the most effective way toencourage development of those skills

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division

to meet 7 outcomes.Outcome 4 states “Design appropriate solutions in one or more application domains usingsoftware engineering approaches that integrate ethical, social, legal, and economic concerns”. Itis through this outcome we expect students to design solutions that address ethical, social, legal,security, and economic concerns. The importance of security in the curriculum guidelines can benoted from the change in SE education Knowledge Areas. In the 2004 Curriculum Guidelines forUndergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering [4] security was listed as an area ofstudy. However in the 2014 Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs inSoftware Engineering [5] there is now an increase in the visibility of software

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Inez Hua, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

environmental engineering and science [10]. These authors call forand propose new paradigms, new practices, and new policies, as related to environmentalengineering and science. In this paper, we discuss the transformation of the EE undergraduate degree program atPurdue University. This program integrates a systems-based approach to studying anthropogenicimpacts on the natural environment, helps to embed themes of environmental sustainabilityacross different majors, and incorporates pedagogical innovation. In this paper, we discussspecific courses in the EE program that illustrate innovation of curriculum content. We alsopresent data demonstrating undergraduate engineering student participation and interest inenvironmentally-related courses

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Addressing the Human Dimension in Teaching Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College

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Diversity

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Mechanics

students. Statics’ position early in the curriculum for many engineering majorsresults in it being one of the first courses where students must synthesize knowledge gained inprerequisite math and physics coursework and apply it to higher-level analytical problemsolving. In addition to the technical skills emphasized in the traditional course content, students’ability to self-assess and regulate their own learning (i.e. metacognition) becomes increasinglyimportant. As Grohs (2015) writes in reference to Statics: Though the written learning outcomes of a typical undergraduate mechanics course may be exclusively technical, the timing and nature of the course in the overall scheme of an engineering curriculum position it as a course that also

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel

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Military and Veterans

to handle these situations more calmly than traditional student. Teamwork / Project Management – While goal setting, task planning, and deadline development are taught in the curriculum, the nuances of executing them to form a collaborative and inclusive environment are often modeled more effectively by veteran and active duty students. This addition to an outcome that is tied to a department’s ABET accreditation adds to the program and can be used to illustrate other ways a department is working to aid in student development and obtainment of student outcomes. Life Skills Mentoring – The Veteran and active military student will often have a family to support. The nature of the concrete