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DEED Melange

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Libby Osgood P. Eng, Dalhousie University and University of Prince Edward Island; Clifton R Johnston P.Eng., Dalhousie University

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ability assessment technique waspiloted in the Winter of 2013 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The design abilityconstruct was defined as an ability to define the problem, evaluate alternatives, and communicatethe design. This was derived from a literature review and accreditation materials. Four-pointLikert-scale items were also included concerning ethical awareness, which was defined asknowledge of equal treatment of all persons, ethical conduct in all situations, appreciatingcultural diversity for all ethnicities, and possessing a keen awareness of engineers’ responsibilityto society.The quantitative instrument was piloted to 240 students with a 10% response rate. While someitems displayed a statistically significant result

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Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Briana Lucero, Colorado School of Mines; Cameron J Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

that sustainability be built into the curriculum and taught congruent with theengineering fundamentals. The last level is a complete overhaul of the engineering curriculum tobe based upon sustainability principles.The last program offered under the SFM umbrella (e) is both an undergrad and grad certificateprogram. The undergrad program includes topics such as ethics, resource equity,technological/societal interactions, environmental engineering and engineering materials at theglobal level. The undergrad certificate concludes with the aforementioned international seniordesign program. The graduate level certificate includes those topics covered at the undergradlevel but additionally includes policy, societal, economic, environmental and

Conference Session

Assessment

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University

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Paper ID #9949The Discourse of Design: Examining students’ perceptions of design in mul-tidisciplinary project teamsMegan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette Megan K. Feister is a doctoral candidate in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue Uni- versity. Her research focuses on organizational identity and socialization, team communication, ethical reasoning development and assessment, and innovation and design. Megan holds a B.A. in communica- tion from Saint Louis University and a M.A. in Organizational Communication from the University of Cincinnati.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianghong (Esther) Tian, Eastern Mennonite University

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Design in Engineering Education

statement; generating andevaluating ideas and specifications; leading and managing the process; and communicating the Page 24.44.3outcomes. Students formed teams following these procedures to complete two projects over onesemester. The course objectives are as follows: 1. Turn an idea into a final design. 2. Develop a problem statement, analyze proposed solutions and evaluate the final design. 3. Find a solution that meets technical, ethical, environmental, legal, etc. requirements. 4. Build ethics into the design process. 5. Use computer aided design software Autodesk Inventor. 6. Work with the Arduino platform, an open-source

Conference Session

DEED Melange

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

alternatives) - Evaluation of the pros and cons of each alternative design are compared. An analysis of engineering ethics, hazards, and failures are considered for health and safety concerns. 5. Implementation - Develop the final solution and fabricate, test, and evaluate design. 6. Reflection and Iteration - Contemplates final design, reviews the failures, and redesigns the product accordingly.Figure 1: Graphical Representation of the Engineering Design Cycle, from Voland 2004Following the engineering design cycle, students are walked through each phase of the cycleusing real world examples. Lectures and homeworks are given for each of the cycle phasesusing different examples in world needs and engineering.This course also

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education

produce the tech-nologies that helps drive the economy forward 9,10 , but the constraints for design are coming frommany directions that are non-technical 11 . ABET has long required programs to demonstrate thattheir engineering graduates have a broad understanding of the world around them. Many programs,however, struggle to integrate an awareness of the non-technical constraints on design that includesocial, political, environmental, global, ethical and economic forces.In the past decade, there has been a movement toward integrating an entrepreneurial mindset intoengineering design 12,13,14,15,16 . There are also several public (NSF Epicenter; epicenter.stanford.edu)and private foundations (KEEN; www.keennetwork.org, NCIIA; nciia.org, and Big

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bob Rhoads, The Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University; Jacob T Allenstein, The Ohio State University; Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University

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mission of the Engineering Education Innovation Center (EEIC), Rogers has co-led the development of an ABET approved curriculum for a year-long Capstone experience. With a focus on pro- viding students with a broader experience base, the multidisciplinary program applies teams of engineers, business, design, and other students to work with Ohio companies to help them be more competitive. Teams apply a company’s core competencies to help develop new products and markets. This experien- tial learning emphasizes real-world problem solving, professional communication and ethics, teamwork, and implementation of a formalized design process. Additionally, Rogers has created the Social Innova- tion and Commercialization

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jeffrey Lange, Iron Range Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

related to the engineering core principles as well as specific technical information that was developed to complete the project. • Professional learning – Was there an adequate amount of professionalism developed through completion of the project? This includes written and oral communication, leadership, ethical decision-making, professional responsibility, and teamwork skills. • Measure of success– What was being used as the measure of success for the project; was the primary focus the final product, documentation, or technical learning? • Students’ design experience– How was the overall design experience; was it worth their

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Best of DEED

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Amy Rigby, www.amywriting.com; Maureen Milch, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

controls aspects. The expectations for professional conductareas covered include sexual harassment prevention, identification of at-risk students, basiclaboratory safety, and over two dozen ethics mini-case studies developed from real IPPDexperiences. Items lumped into the business procedures include training for the IPPDcollaboration and project management tools, lab and classroom rules, effective meetingstrategies, and procedures for purchasing and travel. Many of the training elements requirecreation of web-based elements for students to prove they have mastered the materials. Studentsalso receive certificates for the Preventing Sexual Harassment and At-Risk Student trainingcourses. As an incentive to complete the required training, each team’s

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University

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Design in Engineering Education

forward project.The final course grade is an average of the draft and final report, design review and finalpresentation, weekly reports, team evaluations, and a qualitative self-evaluation. In additionstudents were tested on engineering ethics and were required to submit a life-long learningportfolio. The strong and weak projects are chosen based on these parameters. These same toolsare used with the two quarter method with a more formative approach during the first quarter anda more summative approach during the second quarter. The authors believe that these criteriareflect the nature of the course and are a good assessment tool.Student Perceptions and Instructor EvaluationsWe have continued the data collection and analysis that was presented

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Design Across the Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aruna Shekar, Massey University

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Design in Engineering Education

pill dispenser for the elderly; new breakfast cereal and packaging. Semester 4 Product Manufacturing Manufacturing of a coil winding machine.For example, the first project (Global Perspectives) is designed to introduce students toengineering in a global context. Specific emphasis is on: Understanding and applying the basic design process Awareness of cultural, ethical, economic and social needs Personal and professional characteristics – critical and creative thinking Project planning Written communication Page 24.1016.5The knowledge gained in the other first

Conference Session

Design Realization

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul O. Leisher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard W. Liptak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sergio Granieri, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.This activity provides numerous constraints including component size, product rating, limitedproduct development time, limited manufacturing time, and fixed and variable costs associatedwith labor and materials. Assessment of this outcome can be based on whether or not teamswere able to make a profit on their design. (d) An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.Multidisciplinary teams are formed out of the cohort of engineering physics and opticalengineering students in our class. Success in practice is only achieved through teamwork; byassigning a fixed cost per student for labor and keeping the

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren F. Smith, UNSW, Canberra, Australia; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

Assignment 3A: CAD Modeling and Analysis 7-8 CFD – introduction and brief overview Assignment 3B: Simulation Based Design – FEA and CFD Analysis of Concepts Build prototype 9 Design for assembly Design for life-cycle Ethics Assignment 4: Detail Design10-11 Build prototype Survey 3&4 11 Project demonstration 12 Project presentations Final report13-15 Capstone project - introduction Learning essay SA

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Wollowski, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 24.1228.2Layout of the Innovation CanvasThe IC (Figure 1) is arranged in four quadrants surrounding a central theme of Value. Creatingvalue is the primary objective of most design projects or ventures; therefore it takes “centerstage” on the IC. The “value proposition” is a statement that describes how something of valueis provided to customers/stakeholders (i.e. describing the need that the proposed solution is goingto meet) and is often a primary measure of success. It should be noted that the concept of valuehas a very broad meaning and includes financial, societal, cultural, environmental, sustainability,and ethical valuations. The Value component of the IC is critical for design students as it putstheir work in perspective – they

Conference Session

DEED Melange

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Alice Merner Agogino, University of California, Berkeley

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire Yu Yan P.Eng., University of British Columbia; Vladan Prodanovic P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Okanagan; Ray Taheri

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Design in Engineering Education

requirements, this course emphasizes topics such as professionalism, technicalcommunication, engineering law, and ethics. Prominent guest speakers are invited from variousindustries to offer students valuable insights. Throughout the course, students are required tomake three presentations: preliminary, midpoint and final presentations.Survey methodsIn order to evaluate the effectiveness of these design projects in student learning, in the spring of2012 and 2013, two anonymous online surveys were conducted for first, second and fourth yearstudents. The survey consisted of (1) general questions pertinent to design projects in all of theaforementioned courses, (2) course-specific questions, and (3) questions related to futureimprovements of the existing

Conference Session

Developing the Design Skillset

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear

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Design in Engineering Education

evidence to support that their program is meeting ABET outcomes A through K[25, 28-29].Engineering programs strategically locate capstone design courses within the last year ofundergraduate engineering studies, where students can apply the fundamental technicalknowledge gained in previous courses in an authentic real-world context. Several institutionshave identified Capstone Design as an ideal place for teaching professional skills, which aretypically not emphasized earlier in the curriculum [30]. Howe’s Capstone Design survey of 232engineering institutions showed that the five most common topics taught were: writtencommunication, oral communication, engineering ethics, project planning and scheduling, anddecision making. Only 48% of the survey

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Developing the Design Skillset

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computer Engineering. Dr. Zoltowski’s academic and research interests include human-centered design learning and assessment, service-learning, ethical reasoning development and assessment, leadership, and assistive technology.Ms. Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ming-Chien Hsu is a doctoral candidate of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She was an elec- trical engineer working on semiconductor devices before stepping into the realm of education research. Her current research explores and characterizes learning experiences in engineering such as design and interdisciplinary learning.Dr. Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica Cardella is an Associate Professor of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Design in Engineering Education

in your organization. Wiley, 2012.[21] K. A. Ericsson and H. A. Simon, Protocol analysis verbal reports as data. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993.[22] D. Kilgore, C. J. Atman, K. Yasuhara, T. J. Barker, and A. Morozov, “Considering Context : A Study of First-Year,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 321–334, 2007.[23] D. H. Jonassen and Y. H. Cho, “Fostering Argumentation While Solving Engineering Ethics Problems,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 100, no. 4, pp. 680–702, Oct. 2011.[24] N. Genco, K. Holtta-Otto, and C. C. Seepersad, “An Experimental Investigation of the Innovation Capabilities of Undergraduate,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 60–81, 2012

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering problem,but rather, an optimal or acceptable solution leading to a final design, presented as the bestpossible balance between technical as well as non-technical constraints. These non-technicalconstraints typically involve economics, politics, social and environmental issues, ethics, etc.And, while professional practitioners generally accept this understanding of design, students, byand large, tend to interpret the engineering design process as an unambiguous and clearly definedprocess supported by rigidly applied principles and processes of “the scientific method.”Undoubtedly, the start of any design course should be preceded by exposure to design thinkingand related processes. The paper reviews the role of design in engineering

Conference Session

Assessment

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education