Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Instructional Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul T. Grogan, Stevens Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

of cash on hand at the end of a round, typically timed to about 20-30 minutes, with noresidual value for unsold inventory. Vehicles intended to be sold must identically match a masteror blueprint provided to each team at the start of a round. The customer can reject a sale for anyquality defects such as missing components, misplaced components, or incompletely attachedcomponents. The penalty for non-quality should be quite large as it reflects warranty costs in thereal world which can be very significant [16]. Quality defects can lead either to confiscation,financial penalty, or return of the vehicle to the manufacturer for warranty service.3.2 Physical Components: LEGO Brick VehiclesVehicles require about 20-40 individual LEGO brick parts

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Instructional Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azad M. Madni, University of Southern California; Dan Erwin, University of Southern California; Ayesha Madni, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Education, 2019 Exploiting Digital Twin Technology to Teach Engineering Fundamentals and Afford Real-World Learning Opportunities University of Southern CaliforniaAbstractThis paper presents an innovative instructional approach that capitalizes on digitaltwin technology to transform traditional lectures into “learning-by doing”experiences in the course laboratory. In this paper, we address how the use ofdigital twin technology in laboratory simulation environments affords studentsauthentic learning experiences, i.e., experiences that reflect what a learner isexpected to encounter in the real-world. The immediate feedback feature, enabledby the connection of the digital twin to the physical twin, provides

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Systems Thinking

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University; Michael Andre Hamilton, Mississippi State University; Vidanelage Lakshika Dayarathna, Mississippi State University; Sofia Karam, Mississippi State University; Parker Jones, Mississippi State University; Emily S. Wall , Mississippi State University; Safae El Amrani; Ginnie Shih En Hsu, Mississippi State University

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Systems Engineering

– simplicity vs complexity (see Table 1). Six binary questions are used to determinethe complexity dimension level.The Development of Authentic VR Gaming ScenariosStudents are engaged in simulated real-life situations where their responses to different events areobserved. Students’ reactions to each case reflect a preference of their way of thinking whichallows the identification of their systems skills. The VR gaming scenarios is built with the use ofUnity3D engine simulation software. The Oculus Rift VR headset is used as the bridge betweenreality and the immersive environment.The developed VR gaming consists of a User Identification Scene (refer to Figure 1) and 5 complexsystem scenarios of a marketplace (see Table 2): the Main Store Scene I, the

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Systems Thinking

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M. Degen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

, stricter government safety or environmental regulations also need to bemet. There are many examples, like cars and home appliances, that reflect this challengingscenario. Consequently, industry needs mechanical engineering graduates that have the necessaryknowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to successfully participate in the design and developmentof complex products or systems.The fact that companies need engineering graduates with a good foundation in the process todesign and develop products and systems is reflected in the new ABET accreditation criteria [1]and in references such as the Engineering Competency Model that was jointly developed byAmerican Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) and the United States Department ofLabor (DOL

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Instructional Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech; Thomas A. McDermott, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

implementing the studio art course for thefirst time. This was reflected in the student comments most prominently in terms of theirsuggestions that more feedback was needed on the assignments. Although they tended to believethat the open-ended assignments were useful, they suggested that they could get more out ofthem with more thorough and prompt feedback. One remote student summarized this clearly,saying:“The open-ended assignments are a great way to make us grapple with the concepts and makesure that we actually understand the concepts, but in order for those to be effective, we need waymore feedback. I have often felt like I was very unsure of the answers I was providing for theassignments, but the schedule and the lack of feedback meant that I