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Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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program focuses on the integration betweenarchitecture and engineering. It includes capstone design courses that cover the major areas. Theintegration aspects of different disciplines of architectural engineering will be discussed.As well, a methodology presented to our students in the framework of this course is discussedthrough case studies. This methodology is based on using actual buildings, where local weatherconditions as well as engineering considerations and architecture are used in an integratedapproach to achieve a successful design.History of Architectural Engineering at University of Wyoming:Over USA, only 18 programs of architectural engineering are accredited by ABET(Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). Architectural

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Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute; Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis ; Sudhir Shrestha, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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, including theintroductory engineering course, a speech course, and an engineering seminar course(Introduction to the Engineering Profession), where students are enrolled by the IUPUI Registrarconcurrently as cohorts. IUPUI’s TLC program won the 2008 Outstanding Student RetentionProgram Award given by the Educational Policy Institute.2.1 Curriculum Enhancements for the Nanotechnology Track: In addition to thenanotechnology modules integrated into the freshman engineering, new interdisciplinarysophomore-, junior-, and senior-level nanotechnology-based courses will be introduced into thecurriculum for students in the INEC nanotechnology track. A new sophomore-level (NT201,Introduction to Nanotechnology and Applications), and a junior-level

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Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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, thereby moreeffectively integrating student education.1,2 The author further believes that such an approachcould be generalized to other non-design courses in the curriculum such as courses taken in the3d and 4th year (see Table 1) that would establish bridges to the capstone 5th year design. Alsobased on recommendations from students in Spring 2009 junior design who took NetworkTheory II with the term project in Spring 2008, as well as the better performance of thosestudents who chose a design project, the author decided that future projects would all be requiredto be design projects instead of also allowing research papers on special topics.The author plans to continue refining this approach as well as continue assessment while refiningthe

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Renat Letfullin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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materials are developed by experienced teachers familiar with thebackgrounds of first- and second-year students. In addition, each of the institutions has its ownnetwork of peer institutions used for benchmarking, thus providing a multiplication factor fordissemination. One of the principal strategies is to foster integration of research and educationthrough the programs, projects and activities scheduled in the curriculum, that infuse educationwith the excitement of discovery and enrich research through the diversity of learningperspectives. AKNOWLEDGMENTS Page 22.1058.14This research was supported by the St

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Lauren D. Thomas, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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many of theengineering questions facing the next generation?While optics and optical engineering studies and research are often housed in physics andelectrical engineering departments, our web study has found eleven degree granting programs inoptics and photonics or optical engineering. Understanding these programs’ development, goals, Page 22.200.3and curriculum provides insight on this group of scientists and engineers who have becomeincreasingly valuable in the modern world. In addition to offering an uncommon degree option,the faculty who make up these departments are uncommonly interdisciplinary in their ownbackgrounds. Through

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Steven Corns, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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The instruction of systems engineering is a difficult task, as this new yet prevalent area ofengineering requires knowledge within a practitioner that encompasses breadth and depth acrossvarious fields of engineering1. It is a requirement that any systems engineer have both breadthand depth in various niches of engineering poses an interesting problem in the development ofany pedagogy relative to the instruction of key systems engineering fundamentals. Thesefundamentals include design alternative identification, cost assessments, interface integration,risk identification, and many others2. It is through the instruction of systems engineering that keyskill sets necessary for completing the complex engineering tasks of today can be attained

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Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Brian Bowe, Dublin Institute of Technology

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these existing assessment tools is that they have been developed basedon different frameworks, and hence, the integration of non-consistent assessment tools into anoverall program assessment is challenging. Beard et al.7 suggest that an assessment plan toevaluate curricular efforts to integrate professional skills into programs should includestandardized rubrics.Beyond the studies that focused on assessment of individual skills (e.g., teamwork), a few recentstudies proposed more comprehensive assessment tools targeting a larger set of professionalskills. For example, Huyk et al.23 studied engineering students enrolled in multi-disciplinaryproject team courses to investigate the impact of reflections on the service learning and otherproject

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Mahmoud K. Quweider, University of Texas, Brownsville

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,” Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 118, Australian Inst. of Criminology; www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/index3.html.[8]. C.E. Irvine, S.-K. Chin, and D.A. Frincke, “Integrating Security into the Curriculum,” Computer, vol. 31, no. 12, 1998, pp. 25–30. 10. G. Shpantzer and T. Ipsen, “Law Enforcement Challenges in Digital Forensics,” Proc. 6th Nat’l Colloquium Information Systems Security Education, NCISSE Colloquium Press, 2002.[9]. Cohen, J. Guidelines for establishing undergraduate bioinformatics courses. J. Sci. Edu. Tech. 12, 4 (Dec. 2003), 449–456.[10]. Cohen, J. Bioinformatics: An introduction for computer scientists. ACM Comput. Surv. 36, 2 (June 2004), 122–158

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Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Kristen O'Halloran Cardinal, Cal Poly, SLO

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unable to devote time to, provide an additional resource for company engineeringprojects, and contribute to creative and innovative project solutions.BackgroundThe Medical Engineering Development and Integrated Technology Enhancement Consortium(MEDITEC) is a partnership between industrial partners and academia that matchesundergraduate and master’s-level engineering students with the project needs of biomedicaldevice developers. MEDITEC currently consists of three industrial consortium members alongwith our university. Membership in the consortium requires each of the industrial partners tomake an annual donation of $50,000, which enables each company to populate a project databasewith projects. Depending on the needs of each project, a single

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Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

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AC 2011-579: HYBRID LESSONS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY SENIOR DE-SIGN: A STUDYCatherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines Catherine Skokan is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. She received her BSc, MSc, and PhD from the Colorado School of Mines in Geophysical Engineering and was the first woman to receive a graduate degree from that institution. Her educational research interests include multidisciplinary engineering, humanitarian engineering, and curriculum devel- opment and design. Page 22.790.1 c American Society for Engineering

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Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Patricia Ryaby Backer, San Jose State University; Elena Klaw, Ph.D., San Jose State University

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with the Third Street Community Center’s after school program, which has a science andengineering focus.The students who enroll in the Renewable Energy Engineering class are passionate about makinga difference in society through engineering. One purpose of the service learning project is tobuild on this passion, giving them a tangible way to get involved while they are students. Theproject fosters an ethic of civic engagement among the engineering students. This engagementwith the community should enhance their engagement with learning and increase their dedicationto engineering.13 The positive effects of integrating service-learning in the curriculum includeimproved retention and graduation rates particularly among underrepresented groups

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Scott P. Schaffer, Purdue University; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology

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students.William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University, one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education and a courtesy faculty member in Mechanical Engi- neering and Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He is an fellow of the ASEE and NSPE. .He was the first engineer to win the Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service- Learning. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education for his work in EPICS.Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology Daniel Gandara holds a masters degree in personnel

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Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Ashley Elisabeth Thibodeaux, Louisiana State University; Laura H. Ikuma, Louisiana State University; Kelly A. Rusch P.E., Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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AC 2011-680: PEER MENTORING, A TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM TOIMPROVE RETENTION IN THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGSummer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University Ms Dann is the Project Manager for the College of Engineering’s STEP program. She has her Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and worked for industry for 9 years prior to returning to academia.Paige Davis, Louisiana State University Paige Davis has 20 years experience as an Instructor in the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University. In addition to teaching she assists with the STEP program. She received her baccalaureate degree in Engineering Technology and her master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Louisiana State University.Ashley

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Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Lauren A. Rockenbaugh, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T. Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

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investigating the use of Oral Discourse Method for con- ceptual development in engineering, the impact of a four-year hands-on design curriculum in engineering, the effects of service learning in engineering education, and informal learning in engineering.Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder DEREK REAMON is Co-Director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, and a Senior In- structor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received his PhD in Educational Interface Design from Stanford University and has won numerous outstanding teaching awards. Dr. Reamon’s research interests encompass the foundations of educational theory, the practical issues involved in

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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. The paper alsoargues that any meaningful change in Region’s classroom practices today (dominated bytraditional lecture-based methods) must be mandated and supported by the universityadministration. What is necessary to create a change, is for the department or college, to have acomprehensive and integrated set of components: clearly articulated expectations, opportunitiesfor faculty to learn about new pedagogies, and an equitable reward system.Introduction“To teach is to engage students in learning.” This quote, from Education for Judgment byChristenson et al, (1) captures the meaning of the art and practice of pedagogies of engagement.The theme advocated here is that student involvement is an essential aspect of meaningfullearning. Also

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Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University; Theresa Vitolo, Gannon University; Scott Steinbrink, Gannon University; Barry J. Brinkman, Gannon University

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AC 2011-1154: SCHOLARS OF EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING ANDCOMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM PHASE I: DEVELOPMENT AND IM-PLEMENTATIONKarinna M Vernaza, Gannon University Karinna Vernaza joined Gannon University in 2003 and she is currently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She earned her PhD and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Her BS is in Marine Systems Engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Her primary teaching responsibilities are in the Solid Mechanics and Materials area. She consults for GE Transportation and does research in the area of alternative fuels (Biodiesel), engineering education (active learning techniques), high strain deformation of

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Barbara A. Masi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Shanette A. Go; E. Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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engineeringdesign curricular experiences from freshman to senior years.Defining Inter-, Multi-, and Cross-Disciplinary EngineeringSeveral authors have addressed the crucial definitional issues involved in defining the integrationof engineering with other disciplines in engineering education. Some commonly used termsinclude multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and cross-disciplinary engineering.Williams14 notes that traditional engineering disciplines are becoming increasingly―interdisciplinary‖ as technological problems require an integration of engineering disciplinesand sciences. Coso and Bailey3 also employ the term ―interdisciplinary‖ to describe engineeringcurricular subjects or programs that develop graduate abilities and tools from

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Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Sarah L. Codd, Montana State University; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carla M. Cortes, Northwestern University

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help solve engineering problems. Applying knowledge from other fields to solve an engineering problem. Understanding how an engineering solution can shape and be shaped by environmental, social, cultural, political, legal, economic, and other considerations. Making explicit connections to knowledge and skills from other fields. Integrating knowledge from engineering and other fields to solve engineering problems. Faculty and Program Chairs – Design Skills (alpha=.85 and alpha=.78, respectively) Faculty: In this course, how much do you emphasizeA: Program Chairs: How much does your program curriculum emphasizeA: Generating and evaluating a variety of ideas about how to solve a

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Brittany Lynn Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan L. Hotle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology

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skills.The feedback in the surveys showed that students enjoyed working collaboratively and makingcomplex decisions in which they realized that they needed to consider a range of complexfactors. They also indicated that more time was needed to complete and understand thesimulation procedure. Lastly, when students were asked if this simulation study increased theirinterest in this kind of work, 4 of 9 students answered affirmatively.ConclusionsThe curriculum developed was well received across high school, undergraduate, and graduatestudents studying or interested in transportation engineering. It provided a unique perspective onhow difficult operating an airline can be, and fostered communication about the interactionbetween the transportation

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Ali Khabari, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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. It is difficult to have anynanotechnology fabrications without access to expensive fabrication and analytical equipment.Although some institutions have integrated nanotechnology undergraduate education with theirintensive research graduate programs, nevertheless this usually is overlooked by graduatestudents who are busy preparing to defend their thesis or dissertations and present and publishtheir work. Having an exclusive undergraduate laboratory is important because the instructioncan adjusted to their level of understandings without any comparison with their graduatecounterpart. In the year 2000, President Clinton unveiled the creation of the NationalNanotechnology Initiatives with an initial budget of $464 million for Fiscal Year 2001

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Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John A Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter L. Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology

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andvia an external assessor to the overall 14-school program, to determine the progress in meetingthe institutional and consortium educational goals.The Stevens project has involved working with various stakeholders, within and associated withthe Department of Defense, to address a need for an expeditionary housing system for themilitary, with a major focus on integrated alternate energy sources and associated micro-grid.This has application to both forward operational units and for disaster relief missions.This paper reports on the implementation of the project and preliminary findings.Project BackgroundThe project described in this paper provides an opportunity to leverage the significant graduate-level Systems Engineering (SE) education

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Radu F. Babiceanu, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Daniel Rucker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Hussain M Al-Rizzo, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Seshadri Mohan, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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. Prior to his current position, he served as the CTO and acting CEO of IP SerVoniX, where he consulted for telecommunication firms and venture firms. He has also served as the CTO of Telsima (formerly known as Kinera), where he carried out extensive business development with telecommunications and wireless carriers, both in the US and in India. Before joining Kinera, he was the CTO at Comverse in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Prior to joining Telcordia, he was an associate professor at Clarkson and Wayne State Universities, where he developed the communications curriculum and conducted research in computer networking and source coding algorithms. Dr. Mohan authored/co-authored over 95 publications in the form of books

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David R. Jacques, Air Force Institute of Technology; John M. Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard G. Cobb, Air Force Institute of Technology

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AC 2011-2669: FOSTERING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATION THROUGHINTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS AND GRADUATE CAPSTONE PROJECTSDavid R Jacques, Air Force Institute of Technology Associate Professor and Chair, Systems Engineering Programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology.John M Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology John Colombi, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, Faculty Scholar-in-Residence for the Air Force Center for Systems Engineering and Chair of the Operational Technology Program at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He teaches and leads sponsored research in systems engineering, human systems integration, architectural analysis and enterprise/ software services. Retiring after 21

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Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian German, Georgia Institute of Technology

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in learning Page 22.694.3across disciplines. Beasley et al [10] considered detailed processes for curriculum design. Theylisted several integrative experiences that would bring together diverse parts of the curriculum inan engineering department. Carlson et al [11] viewed Design-Build-Test project cycles as anexcellent means of cross-disciplinary innovation and knowledge transfer. Kleppe [12] describes amultidisciplinary capstone design course for high school teachers, bringing together variousaspects of innovation and entrepreneurship. Kostoff [13] looked at developing processes forenhancing innovation, by transferring information and

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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Elisabeth W. McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College/Columbia University; Chris Jurado, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires has nearly 30 years of professional experience and is an industry and research professor in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in the School of Systems and Enterprises. She is a Primary Researcher for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) and Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator projects. She has served as a Senior Sys- tems Engineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Support- ability Engineering Technology and Tools (ASSETT), Inc. Alice previously served as a senior engineering manager for General Dynamics (GD), Lockheed Martin (LM) and as a technical lead for

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Cynthia C. Pendley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph Homer Saleh, Georgia Institute of Technology

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can empowerstudents to later advocate for safety considerations, especially when unlegislated, in theirorganization’s behavior and decision-making.3.2 Process-centric arguments: multidisciplinary awareness, collaboration, and safetycultureWhy teach engineering students about accident causation and system safety? Beyond theargument of the usefulness of specific lessons learned and technical content noted in the previoussubsection, teaching this subject can make an important process-centric contribution by “equip[ping] graduates with a broader perspective on their disciplines, in order to be able to look beyond the technical issues and integrate multidisciplinary safety considerations into their decision-making [later in their

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Ruth E. Anderson, University of Washington; Beth Kolko, University of Washington

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for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 9. Oblinger, D. and Oblinger, J. “Educating the Net Generation.” Boulder, CO: Educause, 2005. 10. Skokan, C. and Gosink, J. “Gender Participation in Humanitarian vs. Traditional Multidisciplinary Senior Design Projects,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 11. Anderson, R., Anderson, R., Borriello, G., and Pal, J., “An Approach to Integrating ICTD Projects into an Undergraduate Curriculum,” SIGCSE 2010. 12. Brewer, E. et al., “The Case for Technology in Developing Regions,” IEEE Computer, 38(6), June 2005, pp. 25-38. 13. Dias, M. and Brewer, E., “How Computer Science Serves

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Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Harvey Bell, University of Michigan; Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Gail Susan Hohner, University of Michigan, College of Engineering; James Paul Holloway, University of Michigan

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faculty needing to provide all of the mentoring of team members.Figure 1: MD Minor template. A multi-year experience.While in some ways the MD Minor can be thought of as the heart of the Multidisciplinary DesignProgram, we do not expect every undergraduate will or even should earn this minor. However, agoal of working with departments of the College of Engineering to integrate multidisciplinary andDBT experiences broadly in the undergraduate curriculum drives our overall efforts. For example, Page 22.1031.5the College of Engineering, working with departments, has actively promoted the creation ofsections of our required introductory freshman

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Matthew Dettman P.E., Western Kentucky University; Walter L. Collett, Western Kentucky University

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Ph.D. degree in Engineering from TTU in 1999. From 1999 until 2004 he was employed by Square D Company / Schneider Electric in Nashville, Tennessee, where he served as a senior electrical engineer, then as an engineering manager. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. His research in- terests involve computational electromagnetics, application of electromagnetics to the analysis and design of electromechanical devices, and photonics. Page 22.1090.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011

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Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University; Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University

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assessments, teams met to develop a consensus evaluation of the workshop. Thisprovided an opportunity for the team to discuss their individual perspectives and develop aclearer understanding of the assessment dimensions. The average of all team’s consensusassessments determined the grade receive by the workshop presenters.The two exams in the course covered only material presented in the workshops (20% of semestergrade). Students took learning the workshop material seriously and performed well on the exams. Plan for Self-MasteryStudents developed their personal plan for developed from the compilation and integration ofwritings throughout the course. Each of these writings had been commented on and some sharedwith teammates. There were numerous