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DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Carlos Pomalaza-Raez, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Edwin Chobot, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Daniel B. Newby, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Renee Kathleen Chandler, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, The Johns Hopkins University

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natural resources capable of producing energy,people and businesses are starting to look for better ways to help reduce their increasing electricbills. One way of reducing these costs is to monitor, in real time, how much power is beingconsumed and from these data make informed decisions about how to manage the electricaldevices being powered. A system that can give users an estimate of how much energy is being,has been, and might be consumed will allow them to adjust their habits and lower the costs.In this paper, we describe a capstone senior design project that designs, builds, and tests awireless sensor and actuator network for monitoring the energy use of alternating current (AC)appliances in a home environment. The measured energy use of

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Understanding Student Development in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University; Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University

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. His current engineering education research interests focus on learning through service-based projects and using an entrepreneurial mindset to further engineering education innovations. He also researches the development of reuse strategies for waste materials. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Incorporation of Ethics and Societal Impact Issues into Senior Capstone Design Courses: Results of a National SurveyAbstractThis paper provides an overview of the ways that ethics and societal impacts (ESI) are taught andassessed in senior capstone design courses by engineering faculty. A national survey wasconducted in spring 2016 that asked engineering and computing

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Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University; Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University

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Paper ID #32695Work in Progress: Senior Design Day During a Pandemic: Virtually theSame as In-person?Dr. C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University C. Richard Compeau Jr. is a Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering, and the Electrical Engineering Academic Program Coordinator. He is interested in teaching and curriculum development. His work is typically project-specific for the EE Capstone courses, with an emphasis on applied electro- magnetics.Dr. Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University Dr. Austin Talley is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering at Texas

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Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha Green, Texas A&M University; Parag Ravindran, Texas A&M University; Rita Caso, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; L. Alan Minnick, Texas A&M University; Ram Shukla, Texas A&M University

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NSF initiatives in the areas of engineering and science education.Jefferey Froyd, Texas A&M University Jeffrey Froyd is a Research Professor in the Center for Teaching Excellence and Director of Academic Development at Texas A&M University. He was Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, one of the NSF Engineering Education Coalitions and Project Director for "Changing Faculty through Learning Communities," a project sponsored by the NSF Research on Gender in Science and Engineering Program.Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University Xiafeng Li is a PhD student of computer science at Texas A&M University. He got his B.S. from Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute in

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Design for Manufacture and Industry

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rudolph Eggert, Boise State University

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: a) identifying part features or characteristics that affect partinsertion and fastening, b) identifying part features or characteristics that affect part handling andc) using solid modeling software to verify that mating parts will assemble. The data also suggest that industry desires more emphasis on the following “class-room”learning experiences: a) complete a design project using DFMA guidelines/checklists andb) make a part using rapid prototyping; and “non class-room” learning experiences: a) visit localindustry, b) do a summer internship in industry, c) complete a term in industry (co-op ed.). Lastly, the data show that most engineers do not learn their DFMA methods and conceptsin their undergraduate program. Rather

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Design Tools & Methodology II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineer- ing at Wright State University and his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1984. Dr. Wood joined the faculty at the United States Air Force Academy in 1994 while serving on active duty in the U.S. Air Force. After completing his Ph.D. in 2002, he returned to the Air Force Academy where he has been on the faculty ever since. The current focus of Dr. Wood’s research is the continued development of empirical testing methods using similitude-based approaches. This ap- proach provides significant potential for increasing the efficiency of the design process through a reduction in required full-scale testing and an expansion of the projected performance profiles

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Design Communications

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keelin Leahy, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick

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Dr Bill Gaughran is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Manufacturing and Operations Engineering at the University of Limerick. He leads a number of research groups, including one in sustainable design and engineering, which includes sustainability strategies for SMEs, waste minimisation in manufacturing, and sustainability in schools and colleges. He is a research partner with the EU INTERREG IIIC/DQE project (Towards a Sustainable Region), and contributes to developing strategies, which inform environmental sustainability policy in EU states. He has developed educational intervention modules for SMEs as well as for engineering and design undergraduates for Interregional EU

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DEED Postcard Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Nandita Baxi Sheth, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning; Kate Rice, University of Cincinnati

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prevents a lengthy divergence into these the arena of arts based researchand design thinking, we briefly define them next. Class assignments were developed within adesign thinking framework of human-centered design developed by the global design firmIDEO (Ideo, 2015). We developed assignments--Projects and Provocations (more on thoselater) keeping in mind IDEO’s Mindset elements of Empathy, Iteration, Creative Confidence,Making, Embracing Ambiguity, and Learning from Failure. Course activities also incorporateddesign thinking concepts of Ideation and Implementation methods to evaluate research, defineproblems, establish audience/s, and develop solutions. In addition to design thinking methods,we were inspired by the methods of the emerging field

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Design Methodologies 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of Washington

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widely [2], [3]. The shift, over the last few decades, to morepracticed-based experiences through project-based learning (PBL) has resulted in a number ofpositive learning outcomes [1]. However, there is still a call for more practice-based experiencesthroughout the curriculum [4]. Instead of focusing on packing more into engineering curriculum,we explore the idea of leveraging the many design experiences students are already engaging inby advocating for the development of a “bridging language”.Students are already engaging in a breadth of design experiences throughout their lifetime.Engineering students engage in a number of formal design education experiences - such ascornerstone and capstone classes or design electives - throughout

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Matthew Kloser, University of Notre Dame

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analyzes the development of Wild Sound, a musical workcomposed by Glenn Kotche and performed by Third Coast Percussion, with custominstruments designed and built by engineering students at the University of Notre Dame,that has been performed for national audiences. Using theories of design from Simon’sSciences of the Artificial and current views of Design Thinking, the paper examines thecomplex multidisciplinary design process behind the development of this work. It alsoexamines the learning experiences of the design team and suggests ways that futureacademic design projects may benefit from this experience.Introduction“Wild Sound” has been described as challenging “the distinctions that exist betweenmusic and noise, instrument and everyday object

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Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Lobna El Gammal, Institute For Leadership Education in Engineering at the University of Toronto; Jennie Phillips MA, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto

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engineering studies at the University of Toronto. She is pursuing a certificate of global engineering and working towards an optional fourth-year thesis with the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) at the University of Toronto. Previously, she worked as a pilot analyst summer research student, with both ILead and Patricia Sheridan, to develop a team effectiveness inventory for guided reflection and feedback. Lobna was responsible for performing quantitative and qualitative analysis of the pilot project findings and for modifying the proposed inventory based on analysis. Lobna is passionate about engineering education and plans to pursue a career path in the field.Jennie Phillips MA, University of

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward James Christie; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard T. Buckley Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Devin A. Menefee, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kyle Kenneth Ziegler; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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towards creating strategies which ensure success. The authors feelcompelled to split the existing body of work on prototyping into “business” and “engineering”because there are two distinct viewpoints concerning prototyping that get lumped together, andthus unfortunately hide some of the current flaws.What we term as the “business” side looks not at the physical creation of a product itself, but allof the logistics surrounding that creation. Their primary concerns are things like lead times,budgets, project efficiency, etc. Because these concepts are not unique to prototyping, therealready exists a large body of similar work to draw from and tweak to fit product developmentprojects. While these works are portrayed as “prototyping strategies

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip du Plessix, University of Calgary; Graham Armitage, University of Calgary; Kara Chomistek, University of Calgary; Clifton Johnston, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Mohamed Nazir, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Diane Douglas, University of Calgary; Brigit Knecht, University of Calgary

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University ofCalgary, Schulich School of Engineering for the first year design and communication courses.These courses promote a hands-on, inquiry based learning environment where students build andtest a variety of projects in a dynamic, open-ended curriculum. To allow for a truly hands-ondesign experience, the laboratories are equipped with tool chests containing various hand andpower tools, available for student use during the construction and testing of their projects.Despite the fact that there have been few injuries in the design laboratories, it became clearthrough observations of students and instructors that many of the tools were being usedincorrectly. Allowing for student use of hand tools in the laboratory comes with inherent

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephen T. Frezza, Gannon University

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Engineering in the Computer and Information Sci- ence department of Gannon University in Erie, PA. His research interests include Engineering Education Research, Requirements Engineering, Project Management, as well as Philosophy of Engineering and Engineering Education. He is regularly involved in supporting the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, as well as projects that serve the regional community. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Finding Möjligheter: Creativity and Ill-Structured ProblemsAbstractCentered around the concept of Möjligheter, this paper focuses on motivating the rationale forfaculty to 1) add more authentic problems to their design courses, 2) foster more

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona; Carla Firetto, The Pennyslvania State University; L.J. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona

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required inboth the engineering and the engineering technology programs. The portion of the EDSGNcourse under study involves multiple student design projects—one lasting two weeks andanother lasting 3 weeks. CBIOS is taught to all engineering technology students in their junioryear. It consists of a common lecture for all sections of the course and separate laboratoryexperience for each section with a maximum of 16 students per section—76 students in 5laboratory sections. For this work, the final two laboratory projects served as test period.Table 1 shows the breakdown of the basic data for participants and team makeup. The teamsizes ranged from 3 member teams to 5 member groups. The groups changed membership andsize between the two projects

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Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University

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, and CreoElements/Pro (formerly Pro/E) in “Solid Modeling and Design” at the senior level. Homework,classroom assignments, and a self-selected term-project are evaluated on the basis of using thesoftware efficiently, creating the correct geometry in both shape and size, and employingconstraint-based solid modeling to transfer design intent from drawing to model. The gradingrubric of the term-project examines several attributes of the design process, such as identifyingthe problem, defining criteria and constraints, brainstorming possible solutions, generating ideasand alternatives, constructing virtual models using solid modeling software, and refining thedesign. The rubric emphasizes taking an idea from concept to product-ready prototype

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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determine a general hierarchy of their response.One of our primary aims is to investigate how well students translate project goals, oraims, into concrete objectives they need to achieve and the criteria they will use toachieve those goals. In our terms, this translation of goals into concrete problems to besolved is part of the problem definition process. We believe engineering students willmature in their approach to engineering problems by when they can differentiategoals/requirements and the specific problems they will need to solve to achieve thosegoals. Therefore, one of our goals for this study involved describing how students Page

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Phillip L. Thompson, Seattle University; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy and assessment, technology development and clinical applications of biomedical instrumentation.Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Beyerlein serves as the coordinator for an inter-disciplinary capstone design course in the College of Engineering at the University of Idaho. In this endeavor, he collaborates with five other colleagues from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Biological Engineering, and Computer Science. He is engaged in multiple research projects associated with engine testing, alternative

Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Robin Ott, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Cristian Hernandez; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Francesca Giardine, Smith College; Anne Kary, Smith College

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Corporation, the creators of 3D CAD software PRO-Engineer. In 1999 she joined Kollmorgen, a motion control company based in Radford, where she held multiple roles of increasing responsibility dur- ing her nine years there. While at Kollmorgen Robin worked with Shingijutsu Global Consulting experts from Japan and earned black belts in the DBS kaizen areas of Standard Work and 5S and traveled globally to qualify suppliers in Asia and Europe. Most recently Robin worked as Senior Director of Project Man- agement for a small bio-tech company, Intrexon, located in the VT Corporate Research Center and had the opportunity to introduce manufacturing principles into a highly specialized DNA production facility. Since joining the

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda A. Haven, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Michael Kenneth Fabian, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Alexander James Herring, General Electric - Aviation; Marissa Pinnola, Purdue University; Devan DUPLICATE Berg, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Air Force after 25 years and worked on advanced rocket engines, jet engines, and directed energy weapons. He was Program Manager for the first Lamilloy turbine, Branch Chief for world’s first cryogenic full-flow rocket cycle, Deputy Director for Propulsion Directorate developing next generation jet engines with three flow paths instead of turbofan’s two paths, and Faculty Advisor for ERAU Jet Dragster Project, Formula Research Club (March race car chassis), University Space Launch Initiative Club. He has a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1995, M.S. in aeronautics and sstronautics, University of Washington, 1989, (Oates Fellow), and a B.S. in aeronautical engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy

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DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California

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Design in Engineering Education

decision making process. As a result, they oftenexcel in developing student’s capability of “problem solving” for concept improvement and“decision making” for concept selection, respectively; while their practical effectiveness inaugmenting student’s skills of “questioning” for problem formulation and “reasoning” forconcept generation is often limited. Second, most of existing methods were not intended tosupport design as a structured social construction process, while in practice, projected-basedlearning is a common approach used in a great majority of design courses12. As a result, it is notunusual that a highly structured design method is often used by a team of student designers via acompletely ad-hoc manner.This paper aims to introduce two

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Marina Shapiro

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Engineering Service Learning program has provided design experience to more than 2,000 students, completed over 40 community-facing engineering student- lead projects, and produced more than 200,000 community service hours. Mr. Butler brings faculty and industry partners together to mentor and support these student projects as students gain real-world experiences the necessary skills for future careers.Dr. Marina Shapiro American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 California Challenges in STEM Energy Education through Human- Centered Design process; A Cooperative Adaptive Learning Approach to Academic Success for Underserved

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DEED Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Carlos Pomalaza-Ráez, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Scott Hendershot, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Ma Oo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Adam Hilton, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Human MotionAbstractAssessing abnormal movement resulting from poor health is essential for monitoring patients’health status and quality of life. In this paper, we describe a capstone senior design project thatuses wearable wireless sensors to measure and collect signals with information about the motionof a person in need of medical care. A triaxial body-fixed accelerometer is used to record humanmotion. Sampled data are transmitted using an IEEE 802.15.4 wireless transceiver to a datalogger and passed to a PC. The analysis of the recorded data facilitates possible characterizationof human motion. The implemented system allows for inexpensive and unobtrusive monitoringduring normal daily activities at home or in a nursing home environment.1

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Design Methodolgy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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designprocess’.Introduction Imagine the scenario of a patient with a broken arm seeking help from a treesurgeon. We would hope that before diving into the complexities of fixing a broken armthe tree surgeon would look at the big picture and re-direct the confused patient to anappropriate medical practitioner, perhaps along the way handing out a business card.Such a far fetched scenario is quite often not far from the mark for the engineer. Indeedmany ‘design’ problems are often presented in such eloquent and well specified formatsthat the engineer often feels obliged to dive into a design process. Despite this, it isimperative to take a step back from the initial project proposal, problem description, etc.and undertake a situation

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry B. Santoso, Utah State University; Raymond E. Boyles, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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theparticipants’ task interpretations, strategies, monitoring activities, and judgments about theirdesign at the early and final stages of a design project. Participant responses were categorizedand tabulated according to interview questions. The results suggest that there was a change inboth task interpretation and strategy during the engineering design activity. Additionally, timeconstraints and skill level with the software affected student monitoring strategies in completingthe design task. Most participants were satisfied with their design result. In addition, issues andchallenges, as well as suggestions for conducting the semi-structured interview, are discussed inthe paper.Keywords: Engineering Design, Metacognition, Semi-Structured Interview

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Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Rowsome, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Seamus Gordon, University of Limerick

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Design in Engineering Education

assessment tasks it is important they have a good personal construct of what it means to be capable in design education. The importance of allowing design students the facility to develop creative and innovative capacities is a priority. With standardised testing it is harder to allow for open ended and divergent projects to be facilitated and assessed. Adaptive Comparative Judgment is a dynamic assessment tool to facilitate and capture the complex iterative design process. The validity and reliability of adaptive comparative judgments as an assessment tool has been established by many in Design Education. This paper looks at the impact of A.C.J. on perspective design educators construct of design capability

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang, North Carolina A&T State University

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Design in Engineering Education

features (force and weight), and then it maps genericinventive principles to specific solutions (the counter weight principle yields the solution ofspoilers.) Obviously, creating more examples will help users understand the mapping processand help them to work on their own problems.TRIZ in Teaching Engineering Design Page 12.483.2There is a definite need to provide students with helpful strategies and guidelines to solve designproblems. The ultimate student design experience in an engineering curriculum is the seniorcapstone design course. Some of our senior capstone projects like SAE Mini Baja and SAE AeroDesign are annual competitions, and

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Teamwork and Student Learning in Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth Kames, Florida Institute of Technology ; Devanshi Shah, Florida Institute of Technology; Beshoy Morkos, Florida Institute of Technology

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Dr. Morkos’ research is to fundamentally reframe our understanding and utilization of system representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development of system models which help engineers and project planners intelligently make informed decisions at earlier stages of engineering design. On the engineer- ing education front, Dr. Morkos’ research explores means to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering education through entrepreneurially-minded learning, improve persistence in engineering, address challenges in senior design education, and promote engineering education in international teams and settings. Dr. Morkos’ research is currently supported by the National Science

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Research on Design Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wegner, University of Michigan College of Engineering; Stefan M Turcic II, University of Michigan; Gail Hohner, University of Michigan

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student reflective learning outcomes during a final Leadership/Mentorshipcourse, after their participation in significant, experiential design projects in the University ofMichigan’s Multidisciplinary Design Program in the College of Engineering. Throughout thecourse, class discussions and assignments prompted students to reflect and examine theirpersonal experiences in engineering design projects, their learning (both technical andprofessional), leadership, and team styles as well as understand group development anddynamics.A feature of the projects was the integration of students from diverse disciplines in engineeringwith other programs such as: Art, Architecture, Primary Sciences, Kinesiology, and Business.The diverse teams provided a rich

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University; Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

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Design in Engineering Education

contribute to greater fuel economy. Unique design and fabricationtechniques for high performance structural composites will be utilized to reduce curb weight by30-50%, when compared to conventional steel chassis design benchmarks. Self-imposedmandates adopted by the WWU R&D team include design and manufacturing sustainabilityfocus, which are reflected in all architectural, materials selection, and manufacturing processdecisions. An additional design goal targets the ability to use a range of alternative fuels by usinga modular hybrid powertrain and open source control strategies that enable utilization of regionalfeedstocks available to the purchaser. The hybrid bus project combines undergraduate Vehicle Design students withEngineering