Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

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work on their project and meet with their advisor weekly.The first quarter of Senior Design project is dedicated to design activities, including problemdefinition, conceptualization, decision making, detail design and analysis. The second quarterfocuses on construction and testing of the design. Topics covered in lecture or labs are listed inTable 1. For a survey of typical capstone content see Eggert.2 More detailed information on thiscourse structure and organization is provided by Widmann and Mello3.Table 1. Lecture and Laboratory ContentLecture Laboratory DeliverablesDesign Process and Methodology Requirements/Specifications Design LogbooksProject Management

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Brakora, University of Michigan; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; James Holloway, University of Michigan; Nilton Renno, University of Michigan; Steven Skerlos, University of Michigan; Toby Teory, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan; Daryl Weinert, University of Michigan

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research, or competitions.7,8,9One example is shown in Figure 3, which shows a small satellite built by students for NASA andmentored by faculty and engineers from Michigan’s Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL).The Icarus spacecraft had a mass of 21.3 kg, was battery and solar-cell powered with an averagepower requirement of 12.5 W. It was equipped with a magnetometer and GPS receiver tomeasure the dynamics of the spacecraft system.Figure 3. Icarus Students in the Space Systems Fabrication Lab have created anextracurricular program to build spaceflight-qualified hardwareAnother recent example from S3FL is shown in Figure 4. One of our PhD students, Mr. TomLiu, defined a set of top-level goals and measurements and has mentored an undergraduate

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Thompson, Michigan State University; Alan Haddow, Michigan State University

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therapy laboratory. Theproject involved designing and producing an exercise cycle for children ages 5 to 12, weighingapproximately 35 to 70 pounds, with a medical diagnosis of Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy. Page 11.705.4The team very quickly identified the critical design features for such a cycle: steering, seating,locomotion by pedaling, and aesthetics. The team built three complete system prototypes andseveral component prototypes. In their synthesis stage the team made considerable use of designby analogy. Some examples of this are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Design by Analogy for the Reaching Above and Beyond Cycle I

Conference Session

Student Evaluation in Design Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sivachandran Chandrasekaran P.E., Deakin University; Riyadh Ibrahim Al-Ameri, Deakin University

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have same teaching staffthat coordinates the unit delivery and assessment. The comparison of partial DBL and fullDBL is shown below in Table 1. Table 1: Comparison of partial DBL and Full DBL Partial DBL Full DBL Assessment - One Design project (30%) - Design project 1 (50%) + One laboratory project – Concrete Lab (15%) - Design project 2 (50%) - Final examination (55%) Contact - 3x1 hour Class per week - 1 x 2 hour Class per week - 1x1 hour Seminar per week - 1 x 2

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Andrea Goncher, University of Florida

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course, whileaffording departments the flexibility to fit the first-year design course into their curriculum. Thecourse structure, half-lecture and half-laboratory course, is designed to optimize the use of themakerspace classroom. The lecture half is structured as online videos and other learning contentstudents need to complete before coming to the live laboratory makerspace portion of class.Students attend the live makerspace class once per week for a two-hour block of time. Thelaboratory half is structured for students to work in teams, utilize the makerspace tools, andreceive feedback from the professor and peer mentors on their projects. With the combinedonline lecture and live laboratory format, students are expected to complete

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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projectundertaken at the Academy. By combining the CAD laboratory with a concurrent machine shop experience, partsdrawn are quickly manufactured and a symbiosis occurs. Previously CAD proficientstudents had produced impressive models and drawings for project parts. The subsequentmanufacture of these parts though had invariably taken considerably longer and provedmore difficult than expected, as without an appreciation of tolerances or machinecapabilities parts had been designed which were impractical for manufacture. To address this issue, the inclusion of an extensive machine shop experienceembedded within the design course, has proved tremendously beneficial. Typically,students will commence with the manufacture of two test pieces, one turned on a

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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-basedprojects now constitute about 40% of the current course curriculum, with the remainder of thelabs/projects consisting of both standard “follow the procedure and report a result” style oflaboratory and skills development labs, such as basic welding and machining. It should be notedthat the „design challenge‟ hovercraft project has been implemented without additional staff orspace resources.The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of design-based projects referred to as „designchallenges‟, on the retention of students in the Mechanical Engineering program, as well as toexplore the preferences of engineering students towards design-based projects versusconventional laboratories. In the first section of the paper, the original lab sequence

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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extent to which thestudent population was receptive to different delivery styles. Audiovisual Aids such as PowerPoint Slides were used to study the students’ learning capabilities in the visual mode. Lectureswere also delivered to accommodate the aural mode of learning. Research reports, reading andwriting assignments were included to examine the reading mode of learning. Lastly,laboratory demonstrations, experiments and exercises were set up to encourage students to learnin the kinesthetic mode. Students were later examined on all the topics, quizzes were gradedand tabulated using a rubric based on Washington State University’s critical thinking rubric.The author has provided full details in Appendix A.ConclusionsDr. Hunter R. Boylan, who is

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zeshan Hyder, Virginia Tech & UET Lahore; Zulfiqar Ali, Virginia Polytechnic State University; Janis P. Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech

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and Assistant Department Head of the Department of Engi- neering Education at Virginia Tech. He is the Director of the multi-University NSF I/UCRC Center for e-Design, the Director of the Frith Freshman Design Laboratory and the Co-Director of the Engineering First-year Program. His research areas are design and design education. Dr. Goff has won numerous University teaching awards for his innovative and interactive teaching. He is passionately committed to bringing research and industry projects into the class room as well as spreading fun and creating engage- ment in all levels of Engineering Education

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven

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vibrations and dynamic systems and control. Professor Orabi has taught courses in both undergraduate and graduate level Mechanical Vibrations and Engineering Analysis, and undergraduate level thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Capstone Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics and Introduction to Engineering. He has established two Laboratories: the Materials Testing laboratory sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and the Engineering Multimedia Laboratory funded by AT&T. He is a member of ASME and ASEE. Page 15.503.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Enhancement of

Conference Session

Communication in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Eichhorn, SUNY Oswego; Cara Thompson, SUNY Oswego; David Vampola, SUNY Oswego; Fritz Messere, SUNY Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego

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discusses methods and contentdeveloped to be embedded into an engineering curriculum to teach students effectivecommunication skills and the efficient use of modern communication techniques. The results ofthis research effort, conducted by a multidisciplinary team of faculty from CommunicationStudies, the Arts and Media, English, Information Science, and Engineering are presented in thisarticle. The objective of this activity is the design of efficient and innovative ways to infusecommunication education into engineering courses, lectures, laboratories, projects, and seminarswith adequate assessment methods for a set of well-defined learning outcomes. However, theinfusion of communication skills is useful in nearly any field of study making this

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Mohedas, University of Michigan; Grace Louise Cravens, Sienko Research Group; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan

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Paper ID #13654Valuing and engaging stakeholders: The effects of engineering students’ in-teractions during capstone designIbrahim Mohedas, University of Michigan Ibrahim Mohedas is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2011. His research focuses on the design of medical devices for resource limited settings, particularly related to the use of design ethnography in developing these technologies. He works in the Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology (LIGHT

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Foster, University of Toronto; Alexandra Heeney, University of Toronto

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AC 2009-2287: THE ENGINEERING SCIENCE PRAXIS SEQUENCE:CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHEN INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT INTO THE ENGINEERING DESIGN CLASSROOMJason Foster, University of TorontoAlexandra Heeney, University of Toronto Alexandra Heeney is a University of Toronto National Scholar in her 3rd year of undergraduate Engineering Science at the University of Toronto, majoring in computer engineering. She has been involved with Sustainable Development (SD) projects and SD education for several years, as a participant at the Design Science Laboratory at the United Nations in New York City, a delegate in sustainable development education for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO in Ottawa, and

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica A. Kuczenski, Santa Clara University; Erin Susan Araj, Santa Clara University

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 concerned in this study showed strong gains using electronic notebooks.     Works Cited [1] Dawn Kowalski.. (1994 ­ 2012). Project Notebooks. Writing@CSU. Colorado State University. Available at http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/guide.cfm?guideid=80​ .  [2] Kelley, T. t. (2011). Engineer s Notebook ­­ A Design Assessment Tool. Technology & Engineering Teacher, 70(7), 30­35.  [3] Bird, C., Willoughby, C., & Frey, J. (2013). “Laboratory notebooks in the digital era: the role of ELNs in record keeping for chemistry and other sciences.” Chemical Society Reviews, ​ 42​ (20), 8157­8175.  [4] Bruce, S. (2003). “A Look at the State of Electronic Lab Notebook Technology

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiaojiao Fu, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University; Dongya Cheng, Tibet University, Teachers College

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teaching and productivepractice teaching with the practical ability training as the main line in the professional coursesetting. Generally, it is arranged for engineering undergraduates in the summer holiday at theend of the 6th semester, taking about 2-3 weeks (1 month for individual major) inprofessional-related factories or enterprises. During the practice, students are organized intorelevant units to visit workshops, laboratories and other sites. They listen to special lectures,and participate in alumni exchange meetings as well. For some non-confidential industries,short-term hands-on links may be arranged for the students, in which factory workers directlyteach students on actual operation and production processes.Colleges and universities

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University

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Engineering Clinic is a sequence of two, four semester-hour courses, teamtaught by the College of Communication and the College of Engineering. Typically, the coursehas approximately 120 students divided into six sections. The faculty team consists of two orthree instructors from the College of Communication and five from the College of Engineering,with each of the four Rowan engineering disciplines (Chemical, Civil and Environmental,Mechanical, Electrical and Computer) represented. Students have two 75-minute lecture Page 12.1400.2sessions and one 160-minute laboratory session each week.During the lecture sections students receive instruction on

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II / Design for Special Services

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conry, Clarkson University

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muscles work dynamically in the human body, physical therapystudents must be able to identify structures in the human skeleton and features of thosestructures. The course in which the student learns these things has a textbook with many picturesand also has a laboratory component in which the student spends time in the laboratory studyingbones (or models of bones) at great length. We were asked by our physical therapy departmentto consider design and implementation of a system that would serve as a virtual laboratory forphysical therapy students. The desired system would have a number of features found ininstructional software such as Blackboard or WebCT, but the application domain imposed somerequirements that appeared to go beyond what was

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Prins, James Madison University; Eric Pappas, James Madison University

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large laboratory benches and can also beused for assembly tasks. The construction space contains workbenches, tools, and materials forconstruction. Additional details on the training and construction space can be found in ourprevious paper.19A) Boot Camp DescriptionStudio boot camps are inhave three components: 1) safety and procedural rules, 2) tool usageinstruction, and 3) tool usage exercises. Our safety rules are fairly standard and address properattire as well as decorum. A list of our rules can be found in our previous paper.20 During theinstruction portion of boot camp, we attempt to cover tool operations required for simpleconstruction based on our best estimate of what tools will be most useful. To this end we includecutting with hand

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Telenko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Saldana, Georgia Institute of Technology; Todd Sulchek, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shannon K. Yee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Kurfess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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requires deliberateconsideration and resolution of thedifferent levels of knowledge required forresearch activities4, 9, 10.Traditionally, the Figure 2: The Integrated Approach to Research-Teachingintegration of research lab and classroom Synergies Looks at Layered Levels of Low to High Fidelitymay be achieved by performing Faculty and Student Activitiesexperiments, rather than engaging inintellectual contributions (such as data analysis or forming research questions) 10. Thus, it isessential to bring more research into the classroom beyond a procedural standpoint, as found in atypical chemistry or physics laboratory class. Such activities have the potential to go beyondmany

Conference Session

1st and 2nd Year Instruction in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory A. Cooper, United States Air Force; Michael Lawrence Anderson, United States Air Force; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joseph M. Fulton, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design

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Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2011. He has worked as an F-16 flight control actuation systems engineer, researched design and control of quadruped robots, led research and development of advanced Air Force munitions, and led research in GPS-denied navigation for multi-agent autonomous systems for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Lt Col Anderson has been researching innovative design methodologies and autonomous systems for 12 years, authoring several papers relevant to the field, in- cluding award-winning research into the design and control of flapping wing Micro Air Vehicles. Lt Col Anderson is a registered Professional Engineer and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute for

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology; Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ian Denholm, Stevens Institute of Technology

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programming within this environment. In the design course robot project,students use a PIC microprocessor (PIC 16F877A - Microchip Technology Inc.) on a custom -designed circuit board. The board has been designed for great flexibility to allow use for latercourses up to senior design and exploits the full capabilities of the PIC chip. The board has pre-wired interfaces for two motors, a number of sensors and micro switches and a set of additionalanalog and digital I/O connections as well as extension capabilities through daughter boards. ThePIC can be programmed in C++. In the design laboratory the student groups undertake a series of Page

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hitt, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

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format of thefinal report ensured students followed a systematic and efficient approach in completing a majorassignment. Students readily recognized the benefits of methodically completing their finaldesign report as a series of smaller, more-manageable tasks. Figure 2 shows a comparison ofstudent time survey data from 2007 and 2008 – indicating a significant reduction in the severityof the time spike associated with the individual project final report. Instructor feedback also wasrequired to be incorporated into each subsequent homework submission – underscoring theimportance of the revision process in achieving clear and concise technical writing results.Second, the creation of a dedicated fabrication laboratory provided the necessary facility

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jered H. Dean, Colorado School of Mines; Kristine R. Csavina, Colorado School of Mines

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, Electrical and Mechanicalengineering degree programs have historically required their students to complete a coordinatedMultidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory sequence.​2​ Finally, multidisciplinary capstone courseshave been experimented with at CSM since the early nineteen nineties.​3​ Even with this strongfoundation, there are significant challenges to running a successful, multidisciplinary capstoneprogram.Capstone programs differ from other multidisciplinary courses in several ways. Freshmanexperiences don’t have the same expectations to deliver discipline specific technical content thatare required at the senior level. For that reason, a closer parallel to multidisciplinary capstonemight be found in multidisciplinary laboratory sequences

Conference Session

Professional Skills development in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Mohedas, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Grace Louise Cravens; Linh Huynh

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Paper ID #16797Evaluating best practices when interviewing stakeholders during designMr. Ibrahim Mohedas, University of Michigan Ibrahim Mohedas is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2011. His research focuses on the design of medical devices for resource limited settings, particularly related to the use of design ethnography in developing these technologies. He works in the Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology (LIGHT) and is co-advised by Shanna Daly

Conference Session

Design Teams 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Akhil Krishna Mohan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Priyanka Dey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sizhi Tan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Champaign.Dr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a lecturer and instructional laboratory manager in the Department of Mechan- ical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics, measurement science, and engineering education. He oversees un- dergraduate laboratories in fluid mechanics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer. Pedagogically, Dr. Johnson employs active learning, inquiry-based laboratory instruction, and any initiative that empowers students to do hands-on learning. Additional service interests include teaching and leadership training for grad- uate students

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Meyer, Clarkson University; John McLellan, Freescale Semiconductor; Jeffrey S Sumey, California University of Pennsylvania

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. Capstone Design ProjectsAt Clarkson we have an ABET accredited degree program in Computer Engineering witha senior design experience that requires teams of students to design, build, test anddemonstrate a fully functional embedded system. The course is a one semester, six-credithour course with both scheduled lecture and laboratory time. For the past two years wehave used the Freescale Cup platform as the basis for student projects in this course. Wediscuss our course objectives, the Freescale Cup car platform, our assessment process,and we present assessment data from these past two years. We believe the Freescale Cupplatform and competition provide a meaningful design experience for students and meetsthe objectives for a capstone design

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick; Ronan Dunbar, University of Limerick

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when using the phone as a data exchange device for audiofiles, figure 7 shows the lack of use of this functionality. Figure 7 – Audio functionalityContemporary mobile phones have significant capacity and the usage trends suggestthe students are not using them to the full potential (Figure 8). Possibly the context oropportunity for meaningful usage has yet to be afforded to them. Figure 8 – Data conversion infrastructure Page 15.857.11Levels of EngagementThe module resulted in unprecedented lecture and laboratory attendance. The averagelecture attendance was recorded at 88% (this is not accounting

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

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Darin Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Thomas Gally, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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theoretical, computational, and experimental methods(Objective IV B) and allows students to be more laboratory and computer proficient while usingmodern equipment and current computer methods (Outcome 8). In addition, the students utilizeappropriate design software (Objective I B), better understand the importance of teamwork(Objective III B), and are introduced to design processes (Outcome 6).The execution of this course requires the instructor to provide both CAD instruction and lessonson proper methodology related to aerospace design. The varying methods used during the firstsemester that the course was offered are recounted in the following section.Contrasts in Teaching MethodsAs a 3 credit hour course per semester, there are 42 class meeting

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; William Semke, University of North Dakota; Douglas Olsen, University of North Dakota; Arnold Johnson, University of North Dakota; Ofer Beeri, University of North Dakota; George Seielstad, University of North Dakota

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discussed his interest in the BugHunter payload and why he needs mosquito populationsamples for his research on biogeography, and Dr. Nilles introduced the participants to potentialbiological pathogens that could use an airborne detector flown as a UAV payload to protectagainst bioterrorism. Two NASA experts were also brought to campus to meet the students. Dr.Adam Steltzner, Flight Systems Chief Engineer with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,California, talked about his experiences in helping to design and build JPL’s twin rovers, Spiritand Opportunity. Dr. Steltzner discussed the rovers’ development, testing, and recent trip to theRed Planet. In the “Marsapalooza” tour sponsored by JPL in 2004, he talked to over 10,000 K-12students, and