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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Ilse Nava-Medina; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

, research involvingexchange students and/or multi-location projects, and research project topics having a primarilyhands-on nature vs. hypothesizing/fundamental research. The paper will conclude with reporting andreflecting on their experiences and feedback, the effectiveness of the activities as high-impactlearning experiences, the lessons learned, and best practices moving forward. KeywordsUndergraduate research, Engineering technology, High-impact learning, Honors thesis, Hands-on. IntroductionEngineering technology programs generally have curricula that are very hands-on and experiential innature. As a result, research projects/problems, and more

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Kimberlee Smith; Mario Beruvides

definitions should be utilized to ensure that focus remains on the designated area ofconcern, and that the scope of the issue is properly addressed. Once collected, research should besynthesized in an effort to identify an area of solution; such synthesis can be produced viaindividual selection, through group consensus, as the result of one research finding, or thecombination of findings. Once the area of solution is applied to the area of concern, the outcomeof the applied solution must be assessed for accuracy and efficiency. Although the process can bedescribed in a linear manner, it should be noted that this process is cyclic; thus, allowing theremedy of one area of concern to lead to the next producing a continual process of identification

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Jun-Ing Ker

standard operation procedures including methods and tools to prevent the same mistakes fromreoccurring, (10) repeatedly producing the product using the new operation procedures, and (11)observing the product quality being improved progressively. In practice, this cycle repeats itselfcontinually and if done correctly should ultimately guide a process to Six Sigma quality - 3.4defects per million parts produced. However, the current lecture-based instruction mode onlyallows Louisiana Tech industrial engineering students to at best practice steps 3 through 5 usingthe examples and exercises provided by the textbook selected by the course instructor. As aconsequence, the critical hands-on experience composed of the rest of the steps is

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Ronald Barr

graduating seniors to complete a form in which they rate their attainment of each outcome using a suitable Lickert scale. This could be done in the senior capstone design course, or through exit interviews with the department chair. The survey could be given to individuals, or could be a team-based rating form, where the team members discuss the ratings amongst themselves before completing the form. Because of the complex wording structure of the proposed seven ABET student outcomes, the survey form may need two levels: one for overall outcome (global level) and one for individual wordings (granular level). For example, an evaluation form for proposed student outcome (1) may look like Figure 2. Please rate your knowledge

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Diana Easton

response tothe growing need by academic researchers, medical device and healthcare industries andregulators. These programs have been independently developed, housed in different departmentsor schools, and with curriculum content ranging anywhere from a general focus on a broadspectrum of regulated product, to a specific focus on one type of product technology. In 2010 arepresentative from the University of Southern California invited other representatives fromsixteen regulatory programs across the globe to come together and discuss issues of sharedconcern. This became the first international meeting for graduate regulatory programs aimed atfostering better communication among the variety of programs. Participants agreed to developand share best