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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James M. Muscarella, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School; Mi Thant Mon Soe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Pre-College Engineering Education

and implemented in conjunction withengineering PhD students and have been discussed in an earlier paper [14]. As shown in figure 2,students practice the embedded skills in the five core themes multiple times per course. The finalcourse of the sequence allows students to select a capstone project. The five core engineeringthemes are the underlying structure to all major projects, quick builds and capstone projects. Figure 2. Design challenges covered within the 3 coursesThe engineering design and project management themes (Figure 1) are generally new to moststudents and therefore do not require significant differentiation. The remaining themes ofengineering analysis, technical communication, fabrication and prototyping are

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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April A. Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Lucille A. Sowko, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing; Mark Gartner, University of Pittsburgh; Brandon Joseph Barber, Sawnson School of Engineering University of PIttsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Design in Engineering Education

experiential learning in engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Assessing the Impact of Embedding Nursing Students in Bioengineering Senior Design Projects: Student Perceptions of Interprofessional Team Benefits and ChallengesAbstractProfessional experiences are a cornerstone of both bioengineering and nursing undergraduateprograms. Bioengineering students gain real-world experience by participating in their team-based senior-design capstone projects. Similarly, Nursing students typically completecoursework that exposes them to other professional fields as part of transitioning to professionalpractice. At the University of Pittsburgh, the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John W. Duggan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, optimizing sample preparation methods andimproving workflow in and around the new instrumentation. A principal objective in thesecond year of the project was to establish ongoing undergraduate research projects,obtain preliminary results and perform initial data interpretation. This was accomplishedfor multiple projects in years one through three and continues for several projects thatremain ongoing.Impact on Faculty Development and Collaboration and Undergraduate ResearchThe fifteen projects took several forms, adapting to the existing academic framework ofthe Institute. Some projects were embedded in undergraduate project-based coursework,some were part of “Capstone” projects and some were entirely extra-curricular studentprojects. The framework

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Manufacturing Division Technical Session 7

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Manufacturing

, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors” and (6) “anability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and useengineering judgment to draw conclusions”. The senior design project can serve as an excellentculminating experience in the program of study when it focuses on research and design projectsthat have practical value to consumers or to industry. For the Engineering Technology Departmentat Drexel University, the senior design course is a year-long educational journey (three quarters)that takes an idea generated by a student or an industrial sponsor and culminates in a product orproject. This course is an excellent capstone experience, which requires both teamwork andindividual skills in

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Tales from the Flip Side

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angel Ari Perez-Mejia, Quinnipiac University

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Civil Engineering

sessions, active discussions, and other active learning activities mayhappen in the classroom that would otherwise be replaced by content delivery. Students who areworking on a long-term design project can use this active classroom time in order to acquire theskills they have identified as necessary to accomplish their project.Engineering course projects, and especially the engineering capstone experience, are oftenexperiences that revolve around group work in the service of a large and complex project. Byblending the flipped classroom approach with a project-based learning approach, the goal is thatthe students will be better prepared for both the capstone experience and professional life post-graduation. The project-based learning component

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Kyle D. Squires, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R. Hammond, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

age/education/experience of their various audiences. At the Innovation Showcase, participants interacted with graduating engineering seniors who demonstrated their capstone projects, many of which were industry sponsored. • An Evening with Undergraduate Engineering Students Participants and their parents networked with undergraduate students to learn about the college going experience first-hand from those who are in college and are closest to the participants. • Opportunities to Build an Engineering Identity Industry professionals from General Motors, Intel, and other major technology companies and university students who have held internships and conducted undergraduate research

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Rogelio Casas Jr, Texas A&M University; David Anthony Cervantes; Justin Raymond Comer; Brielle Roxanne De Anda; Landon James Ledbetter, Oncor Electric Delivery; Andres Fly; Erika L. Davila, Texas A&M University; Grace E Tsai, Texas A&M University

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Ocean and Marine

paper, a small-scaleunderwater robot developed for underwater archaeological applications through an EngineeringTechnology Capstone project is presented. This underwater vehicle can measure temperature,pH, dissolved oxygen, pressure, and salinity levels. Moreover, it can collect water samples forfurther lab testing during the conservation process.I. IntroductionNautical archaeologists explore waters around the world to survey for wrecks and artifacts.When worthy sites are discovered, they dive in them and proceed to extract the artifacts. Divinginto unfamiliar conditions introduces potential risks especially if environmental factors gounchecked, and currently no method to conveniently track the chemical composition of the waterin dive sites

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joseph Amaya

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

, 2019 Work In Progress: Best Practices in Teaching a Chemical Process Design Two-course Sequence at a Minority Serving UniversityIntroductionStudents complete their capstone design experience in the Chemical Process Design II and IIIsequence of courses in chemical engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), aHispanic-serving institution (HSI). Three principle objectives of this process design coursesequence are to instruct students in the development of a complete chemical process usingprocess simulators as a primary tool, to complete this project in a team-oriented environment,and to communicate effectively with their peers and instructors. These three principle objectivesare directly related to the ABET student

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Innovation and Fun in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

firstprinciples, making assumptions, and self-assessing their problem-solving skills. For the affectivedomain, students demonstrated difficulty in spending time on task, sketching and taking notesduring their problem-solving process, and being comfortable with ambiguity [6].At Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), we have witnessed our students strugglingthrough their capstone projects in terms of defining and approaching the problem, connectingvarious components into one cohesive system, and applying and synthesizing knowledge fromsub-discipline specific design courses to create a complete design. We were able to observethese weaknesses because of the nature of our year-long capstone design course. In the winterquarter, students from different

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Oumaima Atraoui, James Madison University; Caroline Clay, James Madison University; Zachary Harris De Bey, James Madison University; Johannah Daschil, James Madison University ; Bethany Popelish, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

structure of an engineering curriculum and the learningthat occurs outside of the classroom in makerspaces. Ethnographic methodologies of participantobservation, unstructured and semi-structured interviews enable exploration of how students (1)interact within and construct the culture of makerspaces; (2) talk about makerspace culture asimportant to their commitment to engineering; (3) learn within makerspaces; and (4) choose thetype and direction of projects.This paper specifically describes the ethnographic methodologies used to track four differentundergraduate student teams participating in a two-year senior capstone project, as well as studentsparticipating in a sophomore design class in which they use makerspaces to build a human

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ERM Technical Session 12: Creativity and Problem Framing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force Academy; Karen Elaine Anderson, Destination Imagination Inc.; Daniel D. Jensen, Singapore University of Technology and Design/MIT International Design Center

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering design studentsAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper describes the use of creativity practice exercises intended toenhance student creativity in a capstone design program. Engineering programs, in general, andcapstone design programs, in particular, that seek innovative conceptual solutions to complexproblems would benefit from techniques to develop and assess student creativity. Therefore, astudy was performed to evaluate two such techniques. Over the first two years of the study,capstone design students in the United States Air Force Academy’s Department of EngineeringMechanics were each assigned to one of 14 teams which received various learning experiences(treatments) intended to enhance individual creativity and design project

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho; Lance Gerard Funke, University of Idaho; Chris Hoene

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Instrumentation

approved by the Board of Regents in February 2019 andsubsequently by the legislature in March, it will be installed beginning in July. Those who teachsenior capstone design know from experience how rare taking a project to production really is. Itdefinitely proves the most significant education outcome sought in this project: To bring severalelements of the students’ education and experience to bear on a complicated, open-endedproblem to achieve a useful solution. Results are presented in a wikipage and supporting links todocuments and reports.[4]This success, unprecedented in an undergraduate capstone design project at this university,obviously gave the students a great deal of confidence and credibility in their job interviews. Ofthe four

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge E. Bohorquez, University of Miami; Ramón Benjamin Montero, University of Miami

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Biomedical Engineering

Miami Dr. Montero is an Assistant Professor in Professional Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engi- neering under the College of Engineering at the University of Miami. Dr. Montero has over a decade of experience in scaffold fabrication techniques for tissue engineering applications particularly with the electrospinning and bioprinting processes. He has worked in the private sector managing animal labora- tories as well as R&D projects for various private companies and start-ups. Currently, Dr. Montero is part of the faculty team managing all senior design capstone projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress - Introduction to Design Thinking and

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ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alejandro Gutierrez, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #25651Work in Progress: The Professional Development Track: A Cooperative Ex-periential Learning Approach to Academic Success for Underserved Engi-neering StudentsDr. Alejandro Gutierrez, University of California, Merced Dr Guti´errez is a teaching professor at UC Merced, where he runs the Capstone Design Program in the School of Engineering. This program is the culminating experience for all students in mechanical engineering, civil & environmental engineering, bioengineering, and materials science. All projects in the UC Merced Capstone Design Program are initiated by industry partners, and the main goal of the

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Mental Frameworks

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Heather S. Lewis, Texas A&M University; Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #26738An Analysis of Factors Impacting Design Self-Efficacy of Senior Design Stu-dentsDr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology.Mrs. Heather S. Lewis, Texas A

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ConstDiv Technical Session 3 - Social & Leadership

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction Engineering

investigates on the factorsimpacting construction projects delivery in both domestic and international markets and exploresthe desired leadership skills to manage dynamically transforming project delivery process.Acknowledging the necessity of a transformation in leadership approach, the paper also includeshow the author incorporates the respective leadership skill development strategies into his coursecontent. The strategies included joint capstone and design projects for construction and civilengineering students in an international setting (e.g. study abroad), developing the capability toperform life cycle analysis (LCA) by integrating engineering economics problems into ProjectManagement course, inviting guest lecturers from the leadership team of

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Wireless Technology

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Kyle Joseph Wheelhouse, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

temperature,light, and vibration.Educational excellence requires exposing students to the current edge of research. To ensure thatstudent projects are along the same trajectory that the industry is moving, educators mustcontinually introduce emerging techniques, practices, and applications into the curriculum. Thefield of wireless sensor networks is growing rapidly, and there is increasing interest in providingundergraduate students with a foundation in the area. It is crucial that the emerging field ofwireless sensor networks be integrated into the undergraduate computer science and engineeringcurricula. This paper presents the details of two WSN projects that our undergraduate computerengineering students have done in their senior capstone

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emad W. Jassim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Mechanical Engineering

DynamicsLaboratory; Senior: Capstone Design Project) have been revised to utilize a common designprocess, reporting guidelines, drawing standards, ideation methods, and Innovation Studio.This paper outlines the hands-on integrated design sequence development over time, andhighlights changes made to each of the courses. Assessment of student work in the seniorcapstone course over the years of interest suggests that students are becoming moreproficient in aspects of real-world hands-on design projects and that their ability to workeffectively as a team is improving. Retention is also found to increase over the period ofinterest. Challenges to implementation such as financial resources to support the facilitiesand fabrication materials, qualified teaching

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Wireless Technology

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Luis Eduardo Paredes, Guru Labs, L.C.; Jacob Morris, Utah Valley University

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Computing and Information Technology

Tech Engineering Technician with Inovar. He received his BS de- gree in Computer Engineering from Utah Valley University. His research interests include microcontroller programming with real-life applications regarding the medical field and finding reliable, cost efficient re- placements for known and accepted devices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Design of a Bluetooth-Enabled Wireless Pulse OximeterAbstractCapstone courses play a crucial role in Computer Engineering (CE) curricula. The principlepurpose of a Capstone project course is to offer a summative opportunity for graduating seniorengineering students to apply their professional skills and knowledge in a single

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Biomedical Division Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Higbee, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sharon Miller, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Biomedical Engineering

whether intentional, verticalalignment of engineering experiences ultimately better prepares BME undergraduates for theirsenior design capstone projects and their professional pursuits.IntroductionInductive teaching methods have encouraged higher levels of student cognition [1]-[2], improvedstudent teamwork and communication [3], and allowed increased student confidence duringengineering design prototyping [4]. Paired with a resurgence of hands-on learning in theengineering community [5], inductive teaching methods allow instructors to incorporate realproblems that require physical prototype solutions. Our work aims to incorporate one specificinductive teaching method, project based learning (PBL), into sophomore and junior levelBiomedical

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University ; Charles McDonald Cowan II, Wake Forest University; Justyn Daniel Girdner, James Madison University; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Anderson, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

systems, like Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) orEnvisionTM, are essentially rubrics for professional projects and have been used to introduce civilengineering students about sustainable design and evaluate capstone projects [4, 9]. Althoughthey are valuable learning tools, professional rating systems are often limited to a subset ofproject topics (i.e., infrastructure) and may be difficult for students to apply to their morenarrowly scoped projects.In order to address the assessment tool gap, we sought to develop a sustainable design rubric thatcould be applied to student projects across engineering disciplines and to employ a rigorousconstruct validation process for the rubric’s development. Benson opens her article on

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey A. Lamack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

same time as the second capstone designcourse in which the students continue assessing the feasibility of their design projects, developtheir functional design specifications and work toward system-level designs. Thus, the deviceevaluation course complements the design process topics with those of regulation and deviceevaluation and allows for course assignments specific to the students’ design projects. Thecourse is offered two quarters after the Professional Topics in Biomedical Engineering courseand builds upon other professional BME topics such as intellectual property, engineeringstandards, design for manufacturing, healthcare economics, globalization of medical devices,ethics in medical device development, documentation, and user

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jingyu Wang, University of Oklahoma; Noah C. Golly, University of Oklahoma; Blake Herren, University of Oklahoma; James Ian Macdonald, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

mechanics concepts, such as stress, strain, and fracture. Inaddition, the relationship of 3D printing parameters and the characterized mechanical propertiescan be established, so that the students will have opportunities to obtain hands-on experience insolid mechanics and advanced manufacturing.Design, 3D printing, and product developmentSenior mechanical engineering students are heavily involved in mechanical and product design,particularly in their capstone projects. Well-trained senior mechanical engineering studentsshould be able to sufficiently conduct complex engineering design and meet all the requireddesign criteria. In our study, we created a design project focusing on the artificial prosthetichand. The participating students were required

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John M. Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Jing Guo, D.Eng., Keysight Technologies Kathy Kasley, Ph.D, Emeritus Professor, Pamela Phillips, Professor, Ce Yao, MSEE College of Engineering, Colorado Technical UniversityIntroductionThe key contribution for this paper is that two frameworks were used to apply systemengineering and further promote entrepreneurial-minded concepts for a capstone course at themaster’s level in electrical engineering. In addition, entrepreneurial-minded learning (EML)activities were implemented in several courses in electrical engineering and computerengineering based on the recent results in the undergraduate program. For this project,background and explanation of the frameworks are described in a capstone course for the

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Topics in Computing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Janis P. Raje

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

(including students from underrepresented groups) with an interest and aptitude for computer science and engineering degree programs by offering an average of 21 scholarships per year over a four-year period. 2. Increase the graduation rates of participating students in Computer Science and Engineering. 3. Provide leadership training and opportunities for students within the student section of a professional organization (IEEE or SWE) or club (Computer Engineering (CE) Club) linked to the LEAP program. 4. Strengthen engaged learning opportunities for students through collaborative projects and a required for-credit capstone project. 5. Provide faculty mentors for each program participant

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Biomedical Division Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Paul Licato, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

shouldbe given a comprehensive introduction to standards, gain familiarity with key standardsorganizations in their respective disciplines, study standards in the context of relevant casestudies, and graduate with the ability to identify and apply relevant standards in the engineeringdesign process [6]. These recommendations are consistent with those from a more recent paneldiscussion on standards education at the Capstone Design Conference in 2012, which furtherrecognized that, to help achieve the desired proficiency of students to apply standardsappropriately in their capstone design project, standards education should start earlier in thecurriculum [7].Several barriers to effective teaching of standards in engineering curricula have been cited

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Creating Impactful Learning Experiences for Engineering Leaders

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bayless, Ohio University

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Engineering Leadership Development

experiences may be problematic as an abundanceof anecdotal evidence and calls by professional engineering organizations, including ASEE andNAE, suggest that engineers must learn to work effectively with accounting, marketing,communications, and other functional group members within a given organizational structure toattain project success. And while those calls are not new, there are only a handful of documentedundergraduate-level capstone experiences focusing on leadership development that have crossedcollege boundaries in a graded academic course, and thus have a higher level of risk for thestudent versus extra- or co-curricular activities.A survey of engineering alumni in senior management positions identified the ability toeffectively work in

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New Developments in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zvi S. Roth, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 rothz@fau.edu , Zhuang@fau.edu , ungvich@fau.edu , zilouchi@fau.eduACKNOWLEDGMENTThe work was partially supported by NSF Grant No. 1033815. The authors wish to thank ourengineering students who were involved in the design projects reported here.AbstractThis paper shares the experiences from an undergraduate curriculum refinement involvingintegration of design contents in the entire four-year Electrical Engineering program. Theimplementation of the refinement can be described by four mottos: start early, be persistent, openmore fronts, and cap with a peak. The integration of design at certain years, such as the freshmenyear or in capstone senior level projects

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FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert B Austin P.E., Bowling Green State University

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ASEE Headquarters

BGSU has followedthe active-learning principles of adult education by employing a series of surveys on students’prior experiences, interests, preferred topics, and preferred target projects to pursue in termlength project-based learning (PBL) assignments. In addition to having course length PBLassignments mimic real world conditions, the Construction Capstone class has also entailed areview of prior course work in preparation for the American Institute of Constructors’ (AIC)Associate Constructors examination. The project based assignment was designed to increasestudents’ understanding of threshold concepts related to construction planning and schedule andrisk management.The central goal of this process was to move students from a reliance on

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

be successful in providing theses for graduate students that clearly containedmore than theses performed in similar subjects without senior capstone design teamcontributions. The quality of those theses are usually superior, for example [2,9,10,11,12,13].Papers generated from those theses were more likely to receive recognition and higher marks inpeer reviews. Hence, we again employed these methods in the project at hand.The project’s staffing was organized in the typical fashion with a major professor chairing acommittee of three professors for a Master’s degree with thesis. A graduate mentor wasappointed and, through a documented self-selection process, a team of undergraduates wasappointed [14,15]. For a senior capstone design project