Conference Session

Teaching Materials Science Using Innovative Methods

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson P.E., Central Washington University; Charles O. Pringle, Central Washington University; Nathan Davis EIT, Central Washington University

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Materials

materials available on site, including Permalloy, Silectron, and relay steel. The contract specifies that any of these three materials, in addition to air, may be used as the core material.Function statement: Propose two designs for a 24 mH inductor. Select your core materials, then use Figure 2.27 on Page 29 of your text book to determine the permeability of the materials you plan to use. Assume that the core of the inductor will not enter saturation.Requirements: • Specify  the  gauge  of  wire  used  in  the  design.   • Specify  the  number  of  turns,  cross  sectional  area,  and  length  of  each  inductor.   • Provide  a  mechanical  drawing  of  each  inductor.   • Submit  a  one-­‐page

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Alina Yurievna Khramova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasil Yurievich Khramov; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

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ASEE International Forum

researchprocedures and management patterns. The necessity to develop academic mobility is determined by innovative nature ofmodern industry, intrinsic demand for diversification of education and educational servicesmarket development. Academic mobility is subject not only to Bologna processdocumentation, but also to the aligned international acts, migration and educationalregulations, interuniversity agreements. For example the Kazan National ResearchTechnological University has its own Development plan according to which the universitysets up contacts to perform international educational Bachelor and Master degree programs.Conclusion of contracts with partner universities abroad plays an important role in thisprocess. Nowadays a set of educational

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Mohammad Rabiul Islam, Oregon State Univeristy; Kelvin Daratha, Graduate Student at Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

traffic signals and use this knowledge to develop a concept inventoryin traffic signal operations that is relevant to engineering practice. The rationale for the workwas that conducting fundamental engineering education research on student and practitionerways of knowing is a critical and often overlooked first step in curriculum and assessment designand having an engineering design relevant traffic signal operations concept inventory (TSCI) willprovide explicit evidence of what is important for students to know, how much they know aboutthese important concepts, and how and where to focus transportation engineering design courses.The specific aims of the Research Plan included the following elements: I. Determine core concepts for isolated

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

OpticConcentration. Both programs are supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) grantsand they are pioneer in MEMS education and training offering Associate in Applied Science(A.A.S.) degree in this field.Dakota County Technical College (DCTC):Nanoscience technology program at Dakota County Technical College prepares students forcareers in nanobiotech, nanomaterials, and nanoelectronics industry. The curriculum is a lectureand laboratory experience with hands on use of nano scale equipment. Nanoscience technologistswork in multiple business environments including research, production, testing, training andmarketing. A total program requirement is 72 hours. Table 1 shows the degree plan fornanoscience technology at Dakota County Technical College

Conference Session

CIP Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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College Industry Partnerships

engineering education to the engineering workforce.The EPS study used a sequential, exploratory mixed-methods design, where findings frominterviews with 30 early career engineering graduates were used to develop the Pathways ofEngineering Alumni Research Survey, or PEARS, instrument34-35. PEARS was designed withtwo goals: (1) to identify the educational and workplace factors that most influence engineeringgraduates’ initial and future career plans, and (2) to develop a better understanding of their earlycareer work, experiences, and perspectives.To achieve the first goal, PEARS was framed in Social Cognitive Career Theory, or SCCT,which posits that career goals and actions are influenced directly by self-efficacy, outcomeexpectations, and interests

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth E. Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus

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Instrumentation

scale, thequestionnaire also asked the participants to rate the relevance of two stated workshop learningobjectives which are listed below.  To teach students topics related to sustainable forms of energy, for example, wind power, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and energy efficiency.  To teach students to perform an energy audit for a residential setting and create an energy saving plan based on the energy audit. The post workshop evaluation asked the participants to again rate their knowledge in the topicareas addressed during the workshop and then rate the effectiveness of the workshop inachieving the stated learning objectives. In this manner the effectiveness of the workshop ineach area could be evaluated. The

Conference Session

FPD 1: Projects and Teamwork in First-Year Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University; Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

, verses 2% of theconventional course. The class also had a higher median and average on the final.Conclusions and Further WorkThe use of tangible projects is an effective tool for teaching theoretical concepts in fundamentalprogramming. Students found the hands-on projects rewarding and informative, and improvedtest scores confirmed the educational value. A similar project that used the Arduino controllers Page 23.1012.7but not the robots was implemented in another fundamental Matlab class with comparableresults. The course will be repeated in the summer of 2013, with plans to make the class aregular alternative starting in the following

Conference Session

Topics in Energy Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

monitor daily electricity consumption has becomeincreasingly important with the ever growing demands for energy. Monitoring and quantifyingpower consumption enables engineers to notice problems with systems while in operation, andalso better plan future systems from the data gathered. As a result, power quality (PQ)measurement concepts are evolving from instantaneous metering to continuous monitoring andrecent developments in measurement technology make PQ monitoring systems more powerful.This equates to the construction and utilization of more flexible, compact and intelligent PQsystems.The goal of this project was to design, construct and test a monitoring system that is cost-effective, reliable and easily deployable in any environment. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly A Warren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

’.Qualitative and quantitative data are collected as part of a comprehensive evaluation plan thatwill be used to compare student learning outcomes in the ‘treatment’ and ‘control groups’. It isimportant to note that the entire course curriculum was revamped prior to the start of this projectto ensure that delivery methods and teaching techniques were the only thing changed. Thestructure of the material (organized into ‘content modules’) remains unchanged from semester tosemester. The purpose of this project is to 1) develop effective, innovative desk-top tools (GCT)that will promote a student-centered, interactive learning environment in the classroom, 2)implement the GCT to target multiple learning styles while identifying the challenges, 3

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

, fittings, and stopcocks. Given a basicschematic for a flow loop that incorporates the flow sensor and pressure taps leading to thetransducer, students are instructed to devise an experimental plan to measure the pressure dropper length for a segment of tubing containing a wire (inserted via the catheter introducer set),matching the dimensions and other parameters used in the analytical approach. In particular,students are cautioned that they must account for minor losses arising from the pressure taps ateither end of the arterial model. The goal is for students to discover that by repeating thepressure drop measurement for two different tubing lengths, they can determine the minor lossand subtract it off. Students use their blood model as the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Bradley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; R. Daniel Latta, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Libraries

skillslike engineering design and calculations. It also encourages academic, personal, and professionaldevelopment, through assignments designed to foster teamwork, project planning, and oral andwritten communication skills within a multi-disciplinary format.    To successfully complete this course, the student must be able to:   1 Demonstrate a basic understanding of the engineering design process by successfully designing, constructing, and testing a solution that meets specific requirements and performance specifications.   2 Successfully apply knowledge of basic engineering mathematics to the problem-solving process.   3 Productively contribute as a member of a multidisciplinary team

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A Zwicky, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

, and was the main library service point for the campus.With Hunt Library in the planning and construction stages, a remote reference program, named“Ask Us Here” (branded similarly to the Libraries’ “Ask Us” chat reference service and the “AskUs” integrated service point in Hunt Library) was launched in Fall 2010. The program wouldprovide reference services to engineering students and faculty, in their spaces and at point ofneed. The engineering students' mix of technological savvy and confidence in their ownproblem-solving skills, coupled with their distance from the main campus and its central library, Page 23.1390.2makes them more reluctant

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bridget Benson; Bryan Mealy

100% online course. This paperbriefly describes the ongoing evolution of digital course offerings including up to the currentcourse curriculum in its flipped classroom format. We then outline the current efforts to changethe flipped classroom format into an online format and then discuss how we plan to assess theefficacy of the online course. The first offering of this online format is scheduled for Summer2013.A literature search reveals that few online introductory digital design courses have beendocumented. Those that have been documented are either primarily self-paced modules that actas supplemental material for face-to-face courses1 or are fully online courses that lack alaboratory component that makes use of digital hardware2,3. A

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yu Wang; Alex Wong; Aparicio Carranza

experiments inMicrocomputer Systems Technology course in a four-year computer engineering technologycurriculum. Section II discusses Laboratory Environment and Preliminary Study. Section IIIoutlines the planned labs of the USB I/O expansion peripheral for PC. The conclusion is includedin Section IV.II. Laboratory Environment and Preliminary StudyThe x86 processor laptop or PC based computer consists of Visual C++ 2010 Express runningMicrosoft Window 7 Operating System. To expand the I/O capabilities of a PC, the DigilentUSB I/O Explorer board (Figure 1) has to be connected to USB port of laptop or PC computer.This I/O Explorer is highly evolved device and provides various on-board I/O devices, such asswitches, buttons, LEDs, speaker/buzzer. A number

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Hong Li; Ali Setoodehnia

learning approaches thatenable them to learn at their own pace by leveraging their comfort with technology in a settingthat is fun, collaborative, and often team-based. Many universities have developed and offeredhybrid or fully online coursesas a viable alternative to a traditional classroom. The onlineeducation has become very popular, especially for working professionals who are looking forcareer advancement, career changes, or the chance to earn a degree at their own pace. In onlineclasses, students are able to plan their own time for class activities and participations followinginstructions. Not only students have to adapt their learning, but also educators must change theway they have been teaching traditionally in classroom to accommodate

Collection

2013 ERC

Authors

Rosemarie D Wesson

• BSBA (12 projects, FY 2009) – One in STC competition – Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)  • NEW PROGRAM IN CBET: Biosensing (Alex Simonian) • One PI plans to apply for Center – ECCS and CMMI support the programs technical area Topic 1: BioFLEX – Flexible Electronics For Biomedical Applications Flexible electronics Stretchable electronics Flexible ScannerWrap around cylindrical surface Rogers et al., “Materials and Mechanics

Collection

2013 ERC

Authors

Theresa Maldonado

/smartphone-shipments-top-pcs-for-the-first-time-ever/So we talk about developing our 21st CenturySkills. On the whole, Engineering is a mindset.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Century_Skills How do we get the “T-shape?” And how do we ensure relevant careers over time? Challenges facing ENG Education…• How to fit it all in? • “Then” ENG students: 144-152 credits for BS • “Today” ENG students: 120-136 credits for BS• “Hard core tech” vs. “Soft skills”– curricula alignment and planning to achieve T-shaped engineer• Retention and degree completion time• Pathways and “quality” perspectives• Opportunities for enhanced “learning experiences” and informal education? Project based learning models. The rapid growth rate of underrepresented group

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska Anchorage

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Engineering Economy

disregards the time value of money. For single individuals, this is a complicateddecision. For couples, the decision making process is much more complex.Couples facing the question of when to start collecting benefits have more options than do singlepeople. For example, anyone may elect to start collecting early at age 62. However, if one’sspouse is already age 66, they may elect (starting at age 62) to collect up to half of their spouse’sbenefit. Or they may start collecting their own benefit, and switch to collecting spousal benefitsif that is in their best interest. Also, a widow(er) may collect survivor’s benefits. The beststrategy for defining both people’s benefit plans depends on each other’s, and opens manyoptions. Of course, other

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W Wait, Marshall University; Jeffrey T. Huffman P.E. P.E., Marshall University; Christopher T. Anderson, Huntington (WV) Sanitary Board

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Civil Engineering

factors for attempting to mitigate the problem. Hearing from outside speakers helps to create an atmosphere of “reality” in students’ minds with respect to the project, and also is a good chance for students to learn more about the challenges faced in the ‘real world’ of engineering practice. The question that students sometimes ask, “is this really important?” is readily banished when an outside authority explains that sewage flowing into residential basements is the side-effect of undersized, failing combined sewers. 2. Review of available data. The sponsoring agency may have paper maps, GIS data, past studies, master plans, and/or reports for the subject area, and other information that can

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

meetings; • Ensuring that the learning objectives were addressed; • And evaluating the support group upon its completion.Concurrent to the facilitators functioning as mentors, peer-mentoring relationships alsoformed naturally amongst participants; it should be noted that the structure of the supportgroup allowed group members to naturally select a mentor from amongst the group asopposed to signing up for a specific mentor in advance. Additionally, participants wereallowed (and encouraged) to participate in the planning and facilitating of meetings 11.Both the structure of the ALIA support group and role of the group facilitators informedthe development of HMHY, which is further discussed in the following sections.The purpose of this

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Payload Specification & Integration Plan (PSIP), Flight Operation Plan(FLOP), and on-site payload integration at the CSBF lab, as well as post-balloon launch activities.2. Payload SubsystemsThe key subsystems of the payload are the detector module, comparator module, coincidence Page 23.660.3detector, micro-processor/CPU, and power module. A brief description of each module is givenbelow.       Figure 2. A completed, sealed Figure 3. Interior view of GU-HARD-PL02 payload  2.1. Detector ModuleFour active detector elements are arranged

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Lee Heyman, United States Military Academy; Wenli Huang, U.S. Military Academy; Guangming Xie, Peking University; Pongpat Taephanitcharoen, United States Military Academy

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Electrical and Computer

processing), communications, and robotic fish subsystems cannot be modified.Competitors only modify the high-level strategies to implement features such as path planning,obstacle avoidance, high-level control algorithms, and game strategy. These user modifiedstrategies are then utilized by the decision making subsystem. For interested readers, details on Page 23.737.5the robotic fish mechanical design, low-level modeling, and low-level control algorithms can befound in the references1,2,8.5. Advanced Individual Studies Experience.The Advanced Individual Studies in Electrical Engineering (EE489) course has existed at USMAin some form or another for

Conference Session

Themes in Renewable Energy and ET

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Brownsville

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Engineering Technology

a background or interest in green technical training.UTB has established the Go Green Assistance Center (GGAC), an applied research center withover 50 partners committed to utilizing green building technology in the region. The GGACprovides students with access to this partner base while serving as a practical learning space.Finally, with the recent adoption of Imagine Brownsville, the award-winning comprehensive planfor the City of Brownsville, there are many active governmental and non-governmentalorganizations able to assist in making the plan a reality. This existing network of communityleaders will continue to be leveraged to ensure that the renewable energy and green buildingcurriculum fits into the broader set of community and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiwen Mao, Auburn University; Yingsong Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University; Yihan Li, Auburn University; Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University; Jitendra K Tugnait, Auburn University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

1.5 1 Q1.1 Q1.2 Q1.3 Q1.4 Q1.5 Q1.6 Q1.7 Q1.8 Survey Questions Fig. 3 Selected student survey statistics about the effectiveness of the SDR term projects from the Fall 2012 ELEC3400—Communication Systems class. SDR LABORATORY COURSE DEVELOPMENTThe SDR projects offered in our undergraduate classes provide valuable experience and test thefeasibility of introducing SDR into our undergraduate wireless engineering curriculum.Encouraged by the progress made and positive feedback from students, we plan to develop anSDR laboratory course for undergraduate

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley W. Hsu, University of California, Davis; Rajeevan Amirtharajah, University of California, Davis; andre knoesen, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, U C Davis

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Electrical and Computer

Topic DescriptionRenewable Energy Planning and Design Tool Design a GUI that allows the user to drop various solar panel and wind turbine models onto a canvas containing the map of a city. The program should allow the user to save their work and continue later. The program should also create a bill of materials based on the design.Solar Survey Use the Arduino Solar Module to gather

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

graduated from their respective highschools and enrolled in universities. Three students from the pilot program reported changes intheir college plans as a direct result of their Cyber Discovery experience. One male student whowas originally focused on liberal arts decided to supplement his education by pursuing a dualdegree in Computer Information Sciences and Business, while one female student changed her Page 23.362.4major from pre-med to biomedical engineering. Another male student decided to major inmechanical engineering and then pursue a masters in electrical engineering after exploringengineering concepts through the Cyber Discovery program.The

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Two Year College Division

of two themes for the seminars; Energy is the second. Growth seminars focus on academic, professional, and personal development and are tailored for community college students who plan to transfer to a 4-year college/institution to pursue a degree in science or engineering. These seminars are conducted by various faculty members, graduate students, and staff. Examples of presentation topics include: The Journey from Community College to Professional Success (panel); Tailoring your Technical Talk: Skill Building and How to Use PowerPoint; Uncovering the Diversity of Career Paths in the STEM Field (panel); Writing a Scientific Paper: The Outline, Audience, Sections, and Referencing

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

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Community Engagement Division

thepinnacle and capstone of the students’ engineering curriculum while propelling them into theirprofessional careers. When consciously adopted by engineering faculty as an underlying projectmanagement pedagogy, servant-leadership is an effective and powerful teaching technique.Faculty become servant-leaders by providing guidance to their students in planning,implementing, and testing their designs.As a teaching pedagogy used in business, servant-leadership has been shown to increase courseimpact, meaning, and relevance while empowering students, increasing their confidence, andenriching the student-teacher relationship. [1] Servant-Leadership used in marketing has beenshown to increase student knowledge and skills as well as instilling increased

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank E Falcone, Villanova University; Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Mark Edward Graham, Villanova University; Mark Doorley Ph.D., Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

establish a base line regardingtheir faculty’s familiarity with ethics principles and the degree to which the faculty addressethical issues in their classes.IntroductionThe need for a Faculty Survey on Professional Ethics became apparent after the College began toimplement an Ethics Across the Curriculum approach in May 2009 with a two-day EngineeringEthics Workshop. The details of the workshop were presented in a previous ASEE paper1. Theoriginal plan envisioned similar workshops every two years as additional faculty committed toEthics Across the Curriculum. However, the initial workshop raised some fundamentalquestions regarding the faculty’s perceptions of engineering ethics and why/how ethics should beincluded in technical courses. These issues

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University; David B. Rank, Root Cause Consortium, LLC

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Design in Engineering Education

, Development,Production, Installation, and Servicing, requires a company’s product design and developmentprocess to include specific components.1 These include design and development planning, designinput, design output, design review, design verification and validation, and design transfer. Themore our students become familiar with each of these components, the better prepared they willbe for careers in industry. Ideally, capstone design projects would involve each of thesecomponents. In situations where this is not feasible, lectures regarding the details of each designcontrol component can be included in the capstone course.A recent survey of capstone design instructors indicates that the duration of capstone designcourses varies in length.2 As a