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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Maria Pantoja, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Zoe Wood Wood, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo

senior design project in the last year ofcourses, however, these capstone type projects risk creating a feeling of disconnect as opposed to anintegrated experience with the prior curriculum. To further improve our students’ collaboration skills andexpose students to the pedagogical benefits of collaborative learning, we designed and implemented acollaboration between two different computer science classes (CS). Our collaborative inter-class projecthas the immediate intention of mutual learning across related but distinct topics, but also to increasestudent retention of knowledge by providing them with a similar experience to what they will encounterin industry. To evaluate the collaborative experience, we use the student lab reports and the

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University; Austin Arron VanWormer, Eastern Washington University; John Shine, Eastern Washington University; Andrew William Phillips, Eastern Washington University ; Terry Kriss, Eastern Washington University; Colton Widell, Eastern Washington University

a great learning experience for me. The subject of ground source heat pump system was a new concept to me at the time. After all the research and testing, I have a solid foundation of understanding this subject matter. I am happy to share my knowledge and experience with fellow peers and personnel. Thank you.Mr. Terry Kriss, Eastern Washington University Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering at EWU. Aside from the typical experience at Eastern I’ve been active in promoting as much extracurricular as possible, mostly in clean energy and green technology. I founded the Alternative Energy Engineering club at EWU which organized students for the ground source heat pump capstone project. Additionally the club has

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Cassandra J Wright, University of Washington, Bothell; John William Bridge P.E., University of Washington, Bothell

(Fundamentals of Materials Science) that lays thefoundation for the mechanical and capstone design courses. Thus, it is paramount to the facultythat through this course, students gain a solid understanding as to how the materials selection andprocessing will ultimately affect their final product. Granta CES EduPack is a comprehensivematerials science software program that is available to the students at the junior and senior levelwithin the ME program. In past offerings, CES EduPack has been introduced at the end of thecourse at a basic level to introduce the students to concepts of materials selection. Prior studentshave not considered the software as a tool for materials selection in their mechanical design andcapstone projects in the past, likely

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Eric Osborn, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ali O. Shaban, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

University in 1993, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago in 1995, and Doctor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Cleveland State University in 1999. He joined the Electrical Engineering department at Cal Poly State University in 1999 where he is currently a tenured Professor. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and has done consulting work and has been employed by several companies including Capstone Microturbine, Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley), Picker In- ternational, San Diego Gas & Electric, Sempra Energy, APD Semiconductor, Diodes Inc., and Enerpro Inc. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Development of Laboratory