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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

Authors

Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Radhika Tulasi Natarajan; Lior Baron, CUNY Graduate Center

TasksFor a songbird, learning a new song is akin to a computer science student learning a newprogramming language. Zebra finches approach this challenge step by step, and even make adetour in the process – by taking song syllables that they already know and adapting them to thesyllables that they have to learn10. During this learning phase, the syllable sequence often getsmixed up. The birds then arrange the newly-learned syllables into the correct order in the nextlearning phase. For example, let’s assume that letters represent different syllables (each of aspecific pitch): + and - for a positive and negative semitone change, ++ for a whole tone change.A bird that has mastered song ABC, was given task of learning song AC++B. In a first step

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Thomas Dobrowski

) choose to only look at oneparticular area. It should be noted that the individual committee members scoring of the projectsare equal in weight to the instructor. All of the scores are simply entered into a master excelspreadsheet and averaged, giving the group the overall grade.Knowing that sometimes group projects are not really “group”, it was decided to not simply givethe entire group the same grade. Following the presentation, the students are also given an excelform in which they evaluate themselves and their groupmates. Each student comments on theothers work (quality, quantity, attendance at meetings) and assigns a percentage of the work thatthey think each group member, including themselves, performed (these evaluations are keptstrictly

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Track : Graduate - Technical Session 10

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ashleigh Wright, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Elizabeth C. Dickey, North Carolina State University; Kimberly S. Weems, North Carolina Central University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Caesar R. Jackson, North Carolina Central University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

], BroadeningParticipation in Engineering [8], the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) MinorityUniversity Research and Education Program [9], and others. The NRT solicitation advancesinterdisciplinary research in data sciences and encourages projects that address underrepresentation inSTEM. The NCSU-NCCU collaborative project utilizes NRT funding to expand on existing researchcollaborations and leverages resources to develop a formal inter-institutional pilot program thatcontributes to diversifying the STEM community. 1The NCCU-NCSU Bridge-to-Ph.D. Program is inspired by the well-established, Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-Ph.D. program, which aims

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury; Tharuna Khilathi, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Master of Science in Construction Management from Texas A&M University. Ms. Khilathi has extensive experience as a professional architect working on commercial projects in India. Her areas of interest include architectural design and project controls. Page 12.1414.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Effect of Sub-contracting on Construction Time for Commercial Projects in Chennai, IndiaAbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the factors that effect actual construction time inthe context of commercial projects in Chennai, India. One of the factors of particularinterest was

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiang Zhou; Paul Corder, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

dynamics that deals with mathematical modeling and response analysis ofdynamic systems is required in most mechanical and many other engineering curricula. Theanalysis and design methods in the course cover a wide variety of different systems, such asmechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and thermal systems. Although systems are invarious fields, mathematically they all can be simplified and represented by ordinary differentialequations. Mastering ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is very important and essential tobeing successful in this course.In teaching a Dynamic Systems course, basic concepts of solutions of first and second orderdifferential equations and Laplace transforms are expected to be firmly planted in the students

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Messiha Saad, North Carolina A&T State University; Taher Abu-Lebdeh, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

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Mechanical Engineering

develop early intervention strategies and turn, to stopthe cycle of failure. By identifying students early on who need extra help, the instructorcan provide intensive support and increase the instructional time for struggling studentsby incorporating supplemental instruction. At our University, supplemental instructionhas proven to be very effective, in which it provides one-on-one tutoring with higherlevel (older) students, and gives struggling students multiple opportunities to learn.Why Recitation? A MathSoft Survey of about 4700 professors and related fields, (Analysis ofHigher Education Survey), asked "What do you think is the most common cause for astudent dropping an engineering major?" They responded: Difficulty mastering math =43

Conference Session

Academic Boot Camp

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Brittain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Reginald Bryant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Lincoln Chandler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Robbin Chapman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Hampton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ishara Mills-Henry; Aisha Walcott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

member of the Life Sciences Support facility flight hardware team at Cape Canaveral.Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shaundra Bryant Daily is a doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory working in the Affective Computing Group. She holds a Bachelor (2001) and Master (2003) of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical-Florida State University College of Engineering. She also completed a Master of Science (2005) degree at the Media Laboratory where she designed, built, and evaluated interfaces to support affective development through digital storytelling enhanced with commonsense reasoning

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Michael Lesiecki, Maricopa Community College; Robert Simington, Intel; Mariano Carreras, SMC-IT; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Natalia Sandburg, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida

the SMC International Training Corporation(SMC-IT). Intel defined “use cases” that specified how the tool was to be used. Forexample the tool should command the movement of materials and execution of processesthrough the master control of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES). MultipleProcess tools working efficiently at high speeds should automatically issue quality metricdata fed into a statistical process control data center. The MES should anticipate processvariations and automatically feed forward the corrective actions. Data should stream fromtools, stockers and inventory control with Work in Progress (WIP) monitored in realtime.Driven by the Skill Standards and the industry input that defined how the system was tobe used, SMC-IT

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Carpenter, University of South Florida

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Civil Engineering

proficiency forces students to thoroughly understand material, eliminates student attempts to negotiate for a better part-score, and makes it much easier to grade the proficiency exams. • Unless calculations are done to engineering graphics standards and are organized so that they can be readily checked, the exam is not even graded. Thus, the proficiency exams become not only a way of ensuring that students have mastered material but are also used to help develop students’ organizational and communication skills. • In order to relieve test anxiety and the stress caused by the demanding grading scheme, students are allowed to take, without penalty, as many proficiency exams on a topic as are required

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, East Carolina University; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Abeer Sharawi, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; H. Gregg St. John, EMG Consulting

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Industrial Engineering

clusters of information that future IE graduates would need to master based onpossible future work scenarios. The emerging topics were mapped to the high level knowledgeclusters to generate curriculum requirements of future progress. This research effort developed arevised IE curriculum that can be used as a national model for IE departments. This curriculumfocuses on nontraditional industry sectors, incorporating enhanced instructional strategies thatcan improve learning and retention, as well as state-of-the art technologies that support thesestrategies. The national model also includes material to help engineers gain knowledge that willhelp to prepare them for roles of leadership and management in their careers, as well as providesfor

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; John Hackworth, Old Dominion University; Richard Jones, Old Dominion University; June Ritchie, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

Iowa State University in 1992.John Hackworth, Old Dominion University JOHN R. HACKWORTH is Program Director for the Electrical Engineering Technology program at Old Dominion University. He holds a B. S. Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology and a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Old Dominion University. Prior to joining Old Dominion University, John had about 20 years of industrial experience. He is one of a few faculty members holding the special designation of University Professor.Richard Jones, Old Dominion University RICHARD L. JONES has been teaching at ODU since 1994. His areas of interest include digital and linear systems including hybrid circuits as

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Efstathios Michaelides, University of North Texas; Reza Mirshams, University of North Texas

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Mechanical Engineering

Century, who will “think outside the box” and will create solutions toour Energy Challenge.This short paper presents the curriculum that has been adopted by the faculty of the newDepartment of Mechanical and Energy Engineering. The curriculum has been designed toprovide the students basic, fundamental knowledge of the Mechanical Engineering disciplinewith emphasis on the energy subjects that are elements of the discipline. Armed with thisknowledge and the ability to learn by themselves, graduates of the program will be able to trainthemselves in the future, in order to master future technological developments, to be alwayswell-informed in their subjects and to be productive throughout their professional careers.Development of the Mechanical and

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enno Koehn, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College; Phanindra Nagumantri, Lamar University

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Construction

Koehn, Chadron State College James F. Koehn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business and Economics at Chadron State College, Nebraska, where he is also the Director of the Nebraska Business Development Center. Koehn currently serves on the Education Advisory Committee of the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy. He holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Accounting degrees from Rice University and earned a Juris Doctor from Baylor University. Koehn has worked for an international accounting firm in both their Houston and New York City offices, and he practiced tax and corporate law in Austin, Texas. Dr. Koehn is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Engineering Libraries

organizations. He is now getting a Masters degree and has been told heneeds to use library resources. The library resources he has used in the past are books that hisprofessor put on reserve for his class. He’s not sure what he’s supposed to do.This scenario is common in Wisconsin and probably in many other places. Instructors andlibrarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created an infrastructure to helpengineering graduate students learn how to find and use information. The Master of Engineeringin Professional Practice (MEPP) at UW-Madison includes information literacy 1 throughout thetwo year curriculum. Some students understand the need to go beyond Google early in theprogram, but most students are gradually won over to secondary

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osama Mohammed, Florida International University; Nagy Abed, Quanta Technology

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Electrical and Computer

and implementation of the realtime with Hardware in the loop (HIL) simulator for digital control algorithm developmentand testing are discussed in this section. The overall system architecture is shown in Fig.1.The system consists of drive board, target PC, master PC, the sensors, the dc supply, FPGAI/O DAQ card and the real time shell.1- The Drives boardThe drive board consists of two independent three phase inverters. Each 3-phase inverter usesMOSFETs as switching devices. The drive board was used to perform a variety of controlexperiments on both AC and DC machines. Page 13.1026.3The main features of the control board are: • Two

Conference Session

Computer ET Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Koontz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Chance Glenn, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Indelicato, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

image processing technology for the translation of American Sign Language to digital text and audio.Mark Indelicato, Rochester Institute of Technology Mark J. Indelicato graduated from Manhattan College with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering. Immediately following graduation he worked for Nippon Electric Corporation (NEC) as a Large Business Communications Systems Engineer. He traveled extensively throughout the United States and Puerto Rico designing, managing and troubleshooting voice and data communications systems. While at NEC, Professor Indelicato earned his Masters in Information Systems Engineering at Brooklyn Polytechnic University. He then was hired as the

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Valerie Fuchs, Michigan Technological University

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International

for our Masters students, which is heavily influenced by the MI program. These results illustratethat undergraduates in the first couple years are eager to participate but are slow to engage. The figurealso suggests that seniors in particular who have not participated in a D80 program are much lesslikely to do so. These findings can guide the timing of promotion and recruitment efforts. QuickTime™ and a TIFF (LZW) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Figure 6. Percentages of environmental and civil engineering student body that have participated and want to participate in one or

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, The University of Georgia; Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia

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Mechanical Engineering

, becoming a new member. After several yearsof exemplary work the Journeyman could seek the Master title. As a Master, he or she couldteach an Apprentice8. The later part of this time period, formal engineering education at theuniversity level was initiated. The first known formalized engineering school was opened inSchemnitz, Hungary in 17639. The first American engineering course of study was founded in1802 at West Point followed by Rensselaer College at Troy, New York, in 18249. In 1862, TheMorrill Land Grant provided funds for the promotion of agricultural and mechanical arts inhigher education. No American accreditation body existed at the time; however, each statecertified their programs. By the 1900’s, engineers desired to achieve the

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Girls and Young Women

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington; Tracie L. Brockhoff, Penn State University - New Kensington

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-1843: THE FIRSTE FIFTEEN YEARSJoan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington Joan A. Kowalski earned both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering from Penn State University. In 1987, she joined the faculty at the Penn State New Kensington Campus, where she has advanced to the rank of Senior Instructor in Engineering. In 1999, she assumed the role of Program Director for the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Program. She co-founded the Females Interested in Reaching for Science, Technology and Engineering (FIRSTE) Program in 1993 and continues serving as a co-director. This program is designed to attract high school females towards nontraditional careers

Conference Session

Assessing the Efficacy of Non-traditional Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lanny Griffin; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Szlavik, California Polytechnic State University

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Continuing Professional Development

discusses the developmentof a resource model which allows the program to be implemented within a typical academicadministrative structure.This paper thus describes an innovative DL program which serves the aspirations of students,pedagogical goals of the department, and aspirations of faculty in BMED. The MS program inBMED is the largest MS granting program at the University, and about 10% of the degreesgranted by BMED annually are DL degrees.IntroductionThe Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Cal Poly is the only MS in BiomedicalEngineering in the California State University System (CSU) and is a logical evolution of theexisting MS in Engineering with a Specialization in Biomedical Engineering (MSE-BME).Within the CSU, there are some

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-2077: CNC MACHINING: A VALUE-ADDED COMPONENT OFENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONTrian Georgeou, Arizona State University Trian Georgeou graduated from Arizona State University (ASU) in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. He worked in industry as a Mechanical Engineer while attending graduate school, earning his Master of Science in Technology, concentration of Mechanical Engineering Technology in 2006. While in graduate school, Trian also taught as an adjunct faculty member in Chandler Gilbert Community College’s Automated Manufacturing Systems program. Trian worked in the aftermarket automotive industry as an engineering and design

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Crain, University of Oklahoma; James Sluss, University of Oklahoma; Monte Tull, University of Oklahoma; Samuel Lee, University of Oklahoma

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Graduate Studies

Page 13.1007.3purpose of this report is to quantitatively assess the progress made toward meeting the Objectivesof the program by using data from performance during the Academic Year. ECE offers fouradvanced degrees. The Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MSECE) isavailable with and without thesis as an option. The MSECE is offered as an accelerated programto top undergraduates in a way that allows them to complete both the BS in ComputerEngineering and the MSECE in five-years. The Master of Science in TelecommunicationsSystems includes a comprehensive project, usually industry sponsored. The MS T-Com isprincipally taught by faculty at OU-Tulsa, but many of the courses are shared between the twocampuses via video

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bowman, Clemson University; Elizabeth Stephan, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Computers in Education

single student with all the ratings assigned to that person by their team members. Thisallows the instructor to easily incorporate the peer evaluation data into a master grade sheet andquickly determine students who failed to complete a peer evaluation. GEO also contains tools toallow the administrator to quickly view, remove, or edit peer evaluation data. Students will not Page 13.642.4be able to view individual ratings, but will see an average rating after the final peer evaluationdue date.SurveyIn order to eliminate the need for manual processing of survey data, a survey component wasdeveloped to release surveys to all students enrolled in the

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Juan Hernandez; Michael Alegre; Dragan Siljegovic; Robie Calong; Farrokh Attarzadeh; Ankur Shukla; Vishal Naik

/index.htm). He is amember of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983.ANKUR SHUKLAAnkur Shukla is currently pursuing his Masters in Computer Science (Majoring in Software Engineering) from theCollege of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, University of Houston and plans to graduate in Summer2008. He isinterested in the field of Software Engineering and IT Project Management and Enterprise ApplicationDevelopment. He is a Teaching Assistant in the department of Engineering Technology.VISHAL NAIKVishal Naik is currently pursuing his Masters in Computer Science (Majoring in Software Engineering) from theCollege of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, University of Houston and plans to graduate in Summer2009. He isinterested in the

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum Univeristy of Applied Sciences; Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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International

&D activities comprise design of signal processing and data analysis methods, modelling, simulation and control of automotive systems as well as Engineering Education.Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences Adrian Millward-Sadler is an English language trainer in the Department of Automotive Engineering, at the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz. He graduated with a joint honours degree in German and Russian languages from the Victoria University of Manchester in 1998 and completed his Masters’ degree in European Languages and Culture at the same institution in 2000. Since completing his teaching qualification in the same year, he has taught

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University; Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University; Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

Mississippi State University and his MS and PhD degrees from the California Institute of Technology. Prof. Koenig teaches introductory courses in aerospace engineering and flight mechanics, and upper division courses in aerodynamics and propulsion. His research areas include rocket and scramjet propulsion and sports equipment engineering.Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University Chris Hamm is a first year graduate teaching assistant in the aerospace engineering laboratories. He obtained his BS degree in aerospace engineering from Mississippi State University, and is currently enrolled as a candidate for a master of science degree. He assists in teaching upper division laboratory classes and

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Liu, California State University-Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles

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Minorities in Engineering

ofstudents from three cohorts to go through an educational pipeline. Students participating in theprogram were required to take a series of training classes in image processing techniques, real-time systems, and basic control engineering. Associatively, they were required to take theworkshops so the students could leverage the learning experiences to applications related toNASA’s missions. More than forty students have benefited from the activities. Among theSERENADES graduates, all of them have been either hired by the CSULA SPACE Center - aNASA University Research Center (URC), the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, local aerospaceindustry, or admitted to the graduate schools for master, and/or Ph.D. studies.Collaborative research efforts have been

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-2845: RE-THINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGINEERINGDESIGN AND ENGINEERING SCIENCE WITHIN AN INCLUSIVEFRAMEWORK OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICEMarcia Friesen, University of Manitoba Marcia Friesen, P.Eng., is a Ph.D. student in engineering at the University of Manitoba, Canada. She holds a bachelor degree in engineering and a master degree in education. Currently, she is the director of the Internationally Educated Engineering Qualifications Program at the University of Manitoba. Page 13.1020.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Re-thinking the Relationship between Engineering

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Arens, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

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Architectural

part of our paper. By looking at the skills of extraordinarilygifted practitioners and by assessing how these masters acquired such skills, Schön realized thatprofessional artistry was best fostered under conditions similar to those in art studios and musicconservatories, namely environments where students “learn by doing” in a relatively low risksituation, where just about everything is practicum, and where they have access to mentors whocoach more than teach. After having the chance to observe architectural education firsthand, hebecame convinced that “architectural designing is a prototype of the kind of artistry that otherprofessionals need most to acquire; and the design studio, with its characteristic pattern oflearning by doing and

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangram Redkar, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University

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Engineering Technology

engineer, maintenance supervisor, and plant engineer. He is a registered professional engineer.Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University Brad Rogers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology at the Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University. He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University in 1992, and Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Montana State University in 1979 and 1980 respectively. Dr. Rogers has primary expertise in the fields of fluid mechanics and hydrodynamic stability, heat transfer, magnetohydrodynamics, traditional and alternative energy conversion