Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

following examples: • Why can’t review solutions be posted on line? (They are.) I would only take a picture with a digital camera then print it anyway. • Page 14.825.10 Is there a reason that the quizzes are worth more than the tests or the capstone project? • How can I see the readings as more of a simple task than an obstacle? The text is very dry, so I seem to become impatient with it…. • Is there going to be an opportunity to earn extra points? • How can I use this information to help me with my major/I think that you already answered that question. • What will the final be? (How long, format

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Morton, University of Wyoming; M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-2452: THERMODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN DETERMININGWORLD CARRYING CAPACITYScott Morton, University of Wyoming Scott Morton received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1972 and 1978 respectively. He worked as an engineering consultant, a self-employed business owner, and a plant engineer before joining the University of Wyoming Mechanical Engineering faculty as a Research Scientist in 1999. He holds four patents and has two pending. Current research activities are in the areas of wind and solar renewable energy and computer aided laboratory instruction. Some of his many projects include radial flow and augmented flow

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

William T. Brazelton

Engineers (SHPE).We responded with an eagerness to see that this did happen and in a successful way. Our support took thesame “transparent” form as with NSBE. The McCormick Undergraduate Engineering Office providesoffice space, clerical and office help to SHPE as they carry out their projects. In the brief period of theirexistence, SHPE has displayed the same sort ofvigor and sense of direction that NSBE had earlier. It is somewhat early to evaluate SHPE and itscontribution to its membership and the school but since it was formed, Hispanic enrollment has increasedin engineering. This may be seen in Fig. 1 which also presents the total minority Fig.2 - Women in Engine ering

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

William Messner; Dawn M. Tilbury

WWW server, inparentheses): • Pretty darn nifty (Duke) • Great tutorial......!!!!!!!!! —–> THANKS..... (University of Florida) • I love this page...especially all the very handy *.m files that you offer. I will certenly visit you very often. (Delft University of Technology) • Thanks for the tutorial. I needed to learn Matlab basics for a project I was working on and I found the tutorial to be very helpful. I had no Matlab experience so I thought that the tutorial was at the right level. (Lockheed Martin Corporation) • I am taking a class now on Controls and the examples you provide on this page are as good or better than anything I have found. Also, being able to snap code off the Web page and then run in

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical and Power Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Fang, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Base Metal (Steel) Penetration Nozzle (Alloy 600) Figure 8. Reference Standard Used for the Calibration of Phased Array Flaw DetectorThe inspection of dissimilar metal welds involving austenitic (stainless steel) or nickel-basedmetals has long presented big challenges for ultrasonic NDT due to the large, attenuating, andskewing grains. The phased array technology is the only proven ultrasonic technology for thistype of inspection11. The South Texas Project (STP) nuclear power plant developed theinspection procedure with a Harfang X-32 phased array flaw detector and was approved by theNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 200312 about a year after the David-Besse incidence.One of the key components for the development of this

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Friedman, Ohio State University; Linda Weavers, Ohio State University; Glenda La Rue, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, respectively.Linda Weavers, Ohio State University Linda K. Weavers is the John C. Geupel Chair and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science at The Ohio State University. In addition, Dr. Weavers is co-Director of the National Institute of Water Resources (NIWR) Water Resources Center for the State of Ohio. After obtaining her B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota, she received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Weavers’ research is multi-pronged with research projects in the area of advanced oxidation processes (including sonochemistry, ozonation, and

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University-Kingston

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

as part of the United Nations’Earth Charter18 and offer suggestions for a revised ABET Criterion III.19 We offer a codeof ethics for engineers and engineering societies which includes the promotion of socialjustice and peace rank them as importantly as safety and more importantly than making aprofit. As a result of the new ethics code, we offer an engineering design algorithm,which places the promotion of peace and social justice as key elements in everyengineering design project. Page 11.581.5A New Paradigm for Engineering EducationBackgroundIn June 2000, an international conference entitled “Connecting Ethics, EcologicalIntegrity and Health in the

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

humility as a norm.3 Design NormsWhen designing a product, the engineer works iteratively through a step-by-step process: • Specification: Define the problem. Clarify the requirements of the project. • Ideation: Identify alternative solutions to the problem, often by brainstorming a variety of ideas. • Prioritization: Identify decision criteria to rate the various solutions, such as cost or weight. • Decision: Apply the decision criteria to decide between the alternatives, often using a decision matrix. • Implementation: Work out the details of implementing the chosen solution.Frequently the knowledge and ideas generated during one step in the process leads back toearlier steps for refinement and modification. Thus, the

Conference Session

Progress on Raising the Bar

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas Lenox; Stuart G. Walesh S.G., Walesh Consulting; Richard O. Anderson; Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland-College Park; Craig Musselman; Wayne R. Bergstrom; James K. Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler; James O'Brien

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Body of Knowledge TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL Technical core Inter-disciplinary teams Experimentation Professional & ethical standards Design Communication Engineering problems Impact of engineering Engineering tools Life-long learning Specialized area of civil Contemporary issues engineering Business & public policy Project management, construction, and asset mgmt. Leadership

Conference Session

Women & New Faculty Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Jessop, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

formulating a “Plan B” if feasible. For example, bedrestcould be a real possibility, given that an estimated 20% of women are prescribed bedrest at somepoint in their pregnancy.14 When one of my female colleagues was put on bedrest, it was nearthe end of the semester. Fortunately, she was teaching a graduate-level class and had justassigned their final project so that she was not lecturing anymore. She conducted researchmeetings and office hours and continued to work on her laptop in a supine position for over amonth. Due dates can be another tricky matter. One of my male colleagues generously offeredto drive me to the hospital if my water broke at work since his parking spot is right next to ourbuilding (mine is a half mile away). Another male

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberley Breaux

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Research Associate Professor in Academic Affairs. Dr. Streveler holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Master of Science in Zoology from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Indiana University at Bloomington. She is co-principle investigator of three NSF-sponsored projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying Engineering Student Misconceptions in Thermal and Transport Sciences (DUE - 0127806), Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (ESI-0227558), and Rigorous Research in Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice (DUE-0341127).Kimberley Breaux, KIMBERLEY R. BREAUX

Conference Session

Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veton Kepuska, Florida Tech; Mihir Patal, Florida Tech; Nicholas Rogers, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of “wake-up word”recognition technology. This tool thus has made research process much more efficient, accurate,and productive.IntroductionThe primary objective of presented work was to develop a speech recognition engine - analysisand testing environment in MATLAB. The problem encountered when working with speechrecognition projects is the fact that the processed data comes in the form of a large collection ofvectors (e.g., matrix) that typically represent energies of a speech sounds at various frequencybands [1]. Developed testing utility is extremely useful because it provides visual representationof various complex parameters represented as patters, vectors or scalars extracted from time-dependent speech signal. In addition, there are

Conference Session

Recent Developments in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

much more cost-effective than hiring high-priced outsideconsulting firms to develop programs, an ironic side effect of the mandated ethics andcompliance provision.Educational AppropriatenessIndustrial ethics games can be a boon to the classroom, for not only do they reinforce the notionwith students that business and industry care about ethics (indeed, now they are required to careabout ethics!), but the games offer insights into organizational structure, which, for mosttraditional-aged college students, is truly new information.As an eight-year veteran of using “The Ethics Challenge” in a variety of classes, including a civilengineering senior-level capstone design project, I can say with certainty that this game is adelight in the classroom

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

staffpositions: For advising I might still prefer persons with more background in counseling or higher ed administration. Prefer masters in other disciplines. Hiring for advising or diversity programs would likely focus on preparation in counseling, etc. as well as personal attributes rather than pedagogy. Aside from our Learning Center director, the folks playing the other roles are also responsible for issues/projects not directly related to the list of topics in the degree description above, including advising, counseling, mentoring, scholarship, procurement and distribution, and teaching.Finally, a few respondents were concerned that engineering education graduates with B.S.engineering degrees would exhibit

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

, connections between core courses and upper division courses areinsufficient and do not seem to be apparent to students even after passing the course.Fifth, the whole arena of design and design–related topics (upper division courses, capstonedesign courses, and final design projects), is drawn primarily from textbooks authored in westerncountries, with very little input that reflects the practice in the Region. Unfortunately,connections with local practitioners, who would be willing and able to contribute to the process,have not been properly cultivated.Sixth, programs do lack emphasis on the essence of engineering as a profession, in general, andthe role of future engineers as emerging professionals in particular. Also, subject matter relevantto

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sofia Meyers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sarah-Elizabeth Deshaies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

this research has focused only on students' difficultiesand only after some formal instruction [1], [2]. Constructivist theories encourage us to considerhow we can help students construct their own knowledge with the experience and knowledgethey bring to our classrooms [3]. The overarching research project had many goals, however,this paper will focus on just two main data-driven goals. The first is to understand whatproductive knowledge experienced students (students who had taken at least threeprogramming courses) bring to code reading that complete novices (students who have neverprogrammed or studied programming before) may not have yet as measured through code-reading accuracy, total reading times, and fixation heatmaps. The second goal

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

23 3.96 0.69 integral calculus avg 4.04 st dev 0.14 3 12 6 2 23 3.30 0.80 I feel that I am prepared for MECE 3369 (mechanics of solids) and MECE 3336 (dynamics)As noted above, course surveys such as the ones already described in this document are notsufficient to demonstrate learning. Once it has been determined which Outcomes are to beassessed in which course, the next step is to determine exactly what type of assignments will beused to directly assess student learning related to these designated outcomes. Possibilitiesinclude specific homework assignments or problems, projects, laboratory

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Johnson-Glauch, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

diagrams are usually tested in classrooms via sketching and not multiple choice. Second,part of the broader study is to describe the range of student’s knowledge and reasoning. Whilegeneralizability was not the goal of the project, we did find saturation of unique knowledge andsketching behaviors after a relatively low number of participants (N=15). This is good news foreducators of small and big class sizes who wish to do a similar exploratory analysis since thepool we recruited from was typical of a large research-focused university (>300 per semester).Third, constant comparative analysis allows us to build a robust theory by using broad (problemsolving strategies) and narrow (specific knowledge pieces) scopes that complement each other

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Hilgarth, R. Libros, M. Mina, and S.R. Walk,“Defining Engineering and Technological Literacy,” 2012 ASEE Annual Conference, Paper No.AC 2012-5100. San Antonio, TX. (2012)2. AAAS. Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy, American Association for theAdvancement of Science, Oxford University Press. (1993)3. NAE. Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving the Public Understanding ofEngineering. Committee on Public Understanding of Engineering Messages. National Academyof Engineering. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press. (2008)4. D. Klein, and R. Balmer, “Liberal Arts and Technological Literacy,” 2006 ASEE AnnualConference, Paper No. 2006-912, Chicago, IL. (2006)5. International Technology Education Association, Standards for

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Staffan Andersson, Uppsala University; Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

assessment instrumentsavailable. Furthermore related work by colleagues in Finland2 had already used the ATI fora similar evaluation exercise. Prosser and Trigwell developed the ATI to provide insight intohow University teaching staff view teaching and learning activities associated with their roleat the University.Our initial project developed and validated a Swedish language version of the ATI.3 The firststudy using our Swedish ATI survey was conducted in the Faculty of Technology and NaturalSciences at Uppsala University in 2009-2010. That study identified existing approaches andattitudes among the PhD students and academic staff.This paper reports on both studies with an emphasis on a comparison between the findingsfrom 2009 and a those of a

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilie A Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Elizabeth Suazo-Flores, Purdue University; Corey A Mathis, California State University, Bakersfield; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kyle Stephen Whipple, University of Minnesota

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

as part of the evidence and justification of their design ideas and solutions. Inthis paper, the focus is on the contexts that seem to prompt students to state instances of EBR. Inknowing this, we will have a better idea of scaffolds for EBR that can be explicitly integratedinto curricula and what situations teachers can observe for EBR. Thus, this study proposes theresearch question: What initiates the need for middle school students to use evidence-basedreasoning while they are generating a solution to an engineering design problem in a STEMintegration unit?Conceptual frameworkThe STEM integration framework21 is the conceptual framework underlying the larger project ofwhich this EBR study is part. According to this model of STEM

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Prins, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

realobject. Based on free responses it can be said that some students appreciated the link betweentheory and practice. The activity has gained interest at the author’s institution where two additional instructorshave adopted it. It is anticipated that it will evolve as a result of broader deployment.Acknowledgements The author acknowledges the James Madison University Quality Collaborative project,funded by Lumina Foundation.References[1] S. D. Sheppard and B. H. Tongue, Statics Analysis and Design of Systems in Equilibrium (revisd edition), Danvers, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007.[2] F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., D. F. Mazurek, P. J. Cornwell and B. P. Self, Vector Mechanics for Engineers (11th edition), New York, NY: McGraw

Conference Session

Mechanics, Music, Meaning, and Mohr

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig M. Shillaber, Northeastern University; Joseph E Dove P.E., Virginia Tech; James K. Mitchell, Virginia Tech; Cristopher D. Moen; Victoria A Mouras P.E., Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

classbreaks into small discussion sections where students write and present on civil engineeringprojects and topics while experiencing their new profession first-hand through faculty-led fieldtrips. A specific sustainability module was added to CEE 2804 beginning in the Fall 2013 term.Prior to Fall 2013, CEE 2804 primarily focused on civil engineering as a profession and the CEEcurriculum requirements.Sophomore CEM students take CNST 2104-Introduction to Constructing Engineering andManagement. CNST 2104 focuses on CEM as a profession and the CEM curriculumrequirements. Students in CNST 2104 complete a semester design project addressing aninfrastructure need in a developing country, and receive a lecture and an assignment aboutsustainability

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan David Ortega, Purdue University, West Lafayette / Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia; Ruth A. Streveler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Audeen W. Fentiman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Harsh Wardhan Aggarwal, Purdue University; Sayan Biswas, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University; Brandon S Coventry, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University; Abdel-Rahman Hassan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Margaret L McNamara, Purdue University; Smirti Nandan Paul, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Student

) “I have a solid mentorship experience as a graduate student as I have trained multiple undergrads and graduate students in my lab for different research projects. So, I think I would be able to do this well in my job as a faculty member.” Harsh (reflection) “Next [to teaching and research] is the planning for mentoring graduate students which, in my opinion, is the most fulfilling aspect of the faculty's job.” Hassan (reflection)Arguably, Hassan is intrinsically motivated towards mentoring and weighs it as important as teaching andresearch. From the students

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Haskett, Georgia Southern University; Jonathan C. Hilpert, Georgia Southern University; Jenefer Husman, University of Oregon

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Engineering Education, and is a member of the editorial board of Learning and Instruction. In 2006 she was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant award and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the President of the United States. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and grants in both the public and private sectors, and served as an external reviewer for doctoral dissertations outside the U.S. She publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals and books. Dr. Husman was a founding member and first President of the Southwest Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education and has held both elected and appointed offices in the American

Conference Session

Software Engineering Concepts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Goswami, North Dakota State University; Gursimran Singh Walia, North Dakota State University; Ganesh Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Mark E McCourt, Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

grant funding over his career from NIH, NSF, AFOSR, and other sources. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Improving the Requirements Inspection Abilities of Computer Science Students through Analysis of their Reading and Learning Styles1. IntroductionDue to the complex nature of software development process, there is an increasing demand forskilled software engineers that is expected to grow more in future [1]. Students are expected tograduate with the necessary skillset for pursuing their careers in software industry. However,research [2] reports that students in academic settings mostly work on small scale projects andlack an exposure to industrial strength artifacts as well as team

Conference Session

Computing Technology Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE); Barbara Louise Stewart, University of Houston; Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston (CoT)

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

deliver thequestionnaire. In general, Blackboard was the exclusive delivery interface for the online coursesand supplemented delivery for the hybrid and face-to-face courses.Table 1: Courses Used for Survey AdministrationFormat Level Course NameFace-to-Face Sophomore Information Systems ApplicationsFace-to-Face Junior Integrated Information SystemsOnline Junior Visual MerchandisingFace-to-Face Senior Database Admin. & ImplementationOnline Senior Research Concepts in HDCSFace-to-Face Senior Project Management & PracticeOnline/Hybrid

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

should be applied (e.g. DAST, SAST, IAST).  New hires need to understand technical capabilities to so that they understand why we care and how we prevent the vulnerabilities/threat associated with it.  It is surprising that even seasoned software and application developers don’t understand the basics of vulnerabilities, false positives and how to clean their code. This is a serious problem. 12. What security touchpoints does your company use to ensure security in developed products?  Proper project management and security milestones in the SDLC is very important. Best practices and industry standards are available however most developers don’t know they should have the proper tools to scan their own code for vulnerabilities and make

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Wu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Anna Drazkowski

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

- to nano-scale electrostatic actuation. Upon receiving her Ph.D., she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering in the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, where she worked in multiple projects using scanning probe microscopy to study material properties. In 2009, Yan Wu joined the faculty of the Department of Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. From fall 2015 to summer 2016, Yan Wu completed one year of sabbatical as a visiting scholar in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of Wisconsin – Madison.Anna Drazkowski c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Standard Based

Conference Session

Hands-On Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - I - Student Papers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilin Feng, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette; Lorraine E. Holtaway, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Sarah Ryann Congdon, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

activities designedto allow participants the feeling of working within different system archetypes. Many of thehands on discovery activities (HODAs) in this course, such as Dog Biscuits & See Saws andMoon Balls [11], bring into the forefront some of the numerous benefits of system games. Theactivities demonstrate the operation of system structures in a simplistic format and thereby aid inunderstanding complex systems [11]. HODAs are incalculably beneficial to the participants asthey provide the opportunities to test a number of problem-solving strategies in a short span oftime, whereas large scale projects have reaction times of many months and the solutions requiretime to implement. The participants gain experience processing the feedback from