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Claire Dancz; Kevin Ketchman; Rebekah Burke P.E.; Troy Hottle; Kristen Parrish; Melissa Bilec; Amy Landis

offers a solution to vital challenges, in conjunction withappealing to our youth (Oswald Beiler and Evans 2014). Furthermore, as of 2015 the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has recognized the importance of sustainability forstudent outcomes and in engineering curriculum; ABET criterion three and five have been updatedto include engineering designs that meet desired needs within realistic constraints, such as sustain-ability, and curriculum that includes principles of sustainability (Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology 2015).2 FALL 2017ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONUtilizing Civil Engineering Senior Design Capstone

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Gail Goldberg

Advances in Engineering Education FALL 2017You Be the Judge: When Competitions Employ an­Engineering Design RubricGAIL LYNN GOLDBERGGail Goldberg ConsultingEllicott City, MD ABSTRACT This article examines the use of an engineering design rubric by judges for three different stu-dent competitions—one regional, one national, and one global—to evaluate portfolios posted onthe Innovation Portal, a free online resource available to students, teachers, and others engagedin STEM education across instructional levels. Judges responded to an online survey on the Engi-neering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric (EDPPSR) following each

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Diana Bairaktarova; Michele Eodice

Manufacturing Engineer. By providing applications of experiential learning in the exploration ofnew designs that stimulate creativity, Dr. Bairaktarova aims to prepare her students with innova-tive thinking, helping them to face rapidly changing technologies. Ranging from the exploration ofhumanly made objects to the education of her students, she strives to enhance her students’ abilityFALL 2017 15 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Thermodynamics in High Rhythms and Rhymes: Creative Ways of Knowing

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Nicola Brown

anassessment tool could easily be adapted to a range of courses aimed to enhance communication(both written and visual) and encourage creativity.Key words: Engineering education; project based learning; website development INTRODUCTION Teaching methods are changing over time for multiple reasons but one which often drives changeis adapting to new technologies. For example, taking notes during lectures has now largely beenreplaced by lecture materials being available online for download. When using traditional teachingtools there is a danger that students will ‘turn off’ and fail to grasp important concepts simply due toFALL 2017

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Katherine Fu; Robert Kirkman; Bumsoo Lee

broader implications of technological innovation.This basic responsibility has been encoded in the current version of the ABET accreditation criteriafor engineering degree programs (EC2000) implemented in 2001 (ABET Engineering Accredita-tion Commission 2015, Besterfield-Sacre et al. 2000). Criterion 3f requires “an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility” and Criterion 3h requires “the broad education necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societalcontext” (ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission 2015).FALL 2017 1

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Cheryl Bodnar; Matthew Markovetz; Renee Clark; Zachari Swiecki; Golnaz Irgens; Naomi Chesler; David Shaffer

-focused design is necessary for developing entrepreneurial tendencies withinthe minds of engineering students. The challenge, then, is understanding how to effectively instill a customer focus in engineeringstudents, a task that requires knowledge of how engineers learn. As it stands, engineering studentsin our colleges today do not relate well to traditional engineering pedagogy, such as the directtransmission model, which has remained the norm for the past few centuries (Freeman et al., 2014).The current generation of students is looking for a curriculum and educational approach that usesadvanced classroom technology and active learning to engage them in the learning process (­Freemanet al., 2014, Mina and Gerdes, 2006). A novel approach that

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Ryan Solnosky P.E.; Joshua Fairchild

neutral and 5 was strongly agree. To relate theresults from the surveys to the students, rating ranges were adopted directly from Holland et al.(2010). There were three ranges. Any “below average” range (score of a 3.0 or lower) was notdeemed a successful outcome of team performance. A value between 3.0 and 4.0 was consideredpositive, but not highly impactful on positive overall team performance. Finally, any score with avalue of a 4.0 or higher was a success resulting in teams functioning at a top (high) performancelevel. Similar survey development has been utilized in engineering education in the past (McGourtyet al. 1998), yet not in the same context of technology supported multidisciplinary teams with fourdistinct technical options. As such

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Jae-eun Russel; Mark Andersland; Sam Van Horne; John Gikonyo; Logan Sloan

specificinstructional strategies and technologies used in the student-centered section are discussed.Key words: Large classes, circuits, blended instructionFALL 2017 1 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Large Lecture Transformation: Improving Student Engagement and ­Performance through In-class Practice in an Electrical Circuits Course INTRODUCTION In traditional large lecture courses in engineering, most class time is focused on content delivery,and consequently, most practice occurs outside of class. This paper examines the potential