Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Peter J. Zeno

mainly to the using out of range values for the algorithm or more threadsadvent of GPGPU programming languages, such as NVIDIA’s than planned are performing operations on the data.CUDA and Kronos Group’s OpenCL, and the need to gain Each block’s shared memory is only accessible to theback performance increases that have been lost by the leveling threads in that block. Additionally, registers/local memory isout of processor clock speeds. Despite the simplification of only accessible to a particular thread. Shared memory (48 KBprogramming GPUs by use of GPGPU programming max) and local memory are minimal, but fast. Accessing thelanguages, it is still a very complex task to coordinate

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Jeff Ashworth; Will Quinn

the aircraft design based upon test data. The process involves building amodel of the preliminary aircraft design, testing, evaluating, and improving upon the original design inorder to produce the best aircraft possible. The first phase of the detail design process involvesdesigning the wind tunnel model and writing a test plan that will result in an accurate assessment of thequality of the preliminary design. The preliminary design of the aircraft must be scaled to account forthe wind tunnel size and wind tunnel balance constraints.7 The majority of the model structure is printedwith a 3-D printer using CATIA, and the internal support structure is designed to give the model Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Daniel Allan Sullivan, Center for STEM Education, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

and encouragement.C. Sustaining the Projects and Partners10. Reuse your STEM lessons with different audiences of middle school students. Developing new curriculum can be time-consuming and when working with middle school students, the activities and lessons really need to be tested. So even if it means that it limits how much design and creativity your university students will have, reusing your STEM lessons in several service-learning projects can save a lot of time and problems. One example is having a few lessons pre-planned, and having the engineering students be helper teachers. This shows the engineering students what is contextually appropriate for middle and high school students and what to expect in a classroom

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

topic inquestion both in order to help them develop a deeper understanding of the topic and in order tohighlight problem areas that need further elaboration by the instructor. We discuss the theoreticalbasis behind the work, provide some details of the prototype implementation of an on-line tool thatenables such structured discussions, and describe our plans for using it in an undergraduate courseon software engineering and for assessing the approach.1. IntroductionThe most widely accepted definition of the flipped classroom is one where “events that have tra-ditionally taken place inside the classroom now take place outside the classroom and vice versa”,see, e.g., Lage et al. 1 . Thus the knowledge transfer that the traditional lecture tries

Conference Session

Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra Woodberry Brinkley, Virginia Commonwealth University; Falcon Rankins, Virginia Commonwealth University; Stevara Clinton, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Chemistry; Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Minorities in Engineering

bridgeprogram. Despite the apparent advantages of the summer bridge programs its impact has beenlimited to only a small subset of students, which is a consequence of financial constraints of theindividual universities and also student interest. Summer bridge programs for 25 students cancost upwards of $40,000. Also, some high school graduates work to earn money for school ortravel during the summer prior to going to college, and participation in a multi-week residentialprogram would be disruptive to the established plans of these students.Post-secondary education summer transition/bridge programs typically recruit from targetpopulations including underrepresented students, low income students, provisionally admittedstudents, and those who are at risk

Conference Session

BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; John V. Tocco JD, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

potential circumstance was to request anevaluator who had the requisite experience. If no such evaluator existed, the faculty was Page 24.138.4resigned to having to educate the evaluator on all salient aspects of BOK2. As it turned out, wewere assigned an evaluator with functional knowledge of the BOK2 and was supportive of ourefforts to “Raise the Bar”.B. Revision of Civil Engineering Program Educational Objectives and Student OutcomesThe Department assessment plan requires review of the program educational objectives (PEOs)every three years. In general, the review process commences with faculty who suggest changesif necessary. At the annual meeting

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Catherine Baker Lipe; Brandon Price

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Two Year College Division

are to support students’ three-year tenure at the College, and thefourth to support transfer. Achievement Level 1 scholarship is for students who are eligible toenroll in Trigonometry or Pre-calculus at the time of the award and have three-years of study atCañada College before transfer. Achievement Level 2 is for students who are registered inCalculus 1, or higher, at the time of the award, and are within two years of completing theirStudent Educational Plans (SEP) and transferring. Achievement Level 3 is for students who arewithin a year of completing their lower-division study at Cañada. The Transfer scholarship is forstudents who have completed all coursework included in their educational plan and aretransferring at the time of the award

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University; Siddika Selcen Guzey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Corey A Mathis, Purdue University; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

K-12 Engineering Education5Key Indicator DescriptionProcess of Design (POD) Design processes are at the center of engineering practice. Solving engineering problems is an iterative process involving preparing, planning and evaluating the solution. Problem and Background Identification or formulation of engineering problems and research (POD-PB) and learning activities necessary to gain background knowledge Plan and Implement (POD-PI) Brainstorming, developing multiple solutions, judging the relative importance of constraints and the creation of a prototype, model or

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E.S. Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University

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First-Year Programs

other design activity in previous work -- discussion about finding pieces,putting pieces in a specific location, finding a particular programming component, or connectingthe LEGO NXT to the appropriate cables.The Group Discussion (GRO) code was created to identify conversation pieces in the group thatincluded students organizing themselves, transitioning between tasks, and planning their nextdesign steps. Previous work included codes for making design decisions and communicatingdesign ideas but didn’t include codes for students working collaboratively in a busy classroom.As this task took place in a classroom setting where instructors and teaching assistants werepresent facilitating the task, the Instructor Explanation (IEXP) code was created

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Reinforcement-learning Traffic Simulation Add-on Module (SMART SAM). He was also one of the key developers of the dilemma zone protection Detection Control System (D-CS) that was selected as one of the seven top research innovations and findings in the state of Texas for the year 2002. Dr. Abbas served as the chair of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) traffic engineering council committee on ”survey of the state of the practice on traffic responsive plan selection control.” He is also a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Traffic Signal Systems committee, Artificial Intel- ligence and Advanced Computing Applications committee, and the joint subcommittee on Intersection. In addition, he is

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheila Reyes Guerrero, Universidad de las Américas Puebla; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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International

were asked to defineoperating conditions in order to obtain the product purity in a distillation column for amulticomponent separation; in this case the selection of the applied methodology was not pre-defined17. Further, students had to describe the methodology they employed to solve theproblems and answer sixteen MAI items (numbered 2, 6, 8, 11, 13, 21, 22, 23, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41,42, 44, and 48 on Appendix A), related to regulation of cognition, most of them particularlyassociated with planning and monitoring, which used as a form of coaching5, 8. Page 24.204.6 PROBLEM 3Kinetics and

Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Miguel Alfonso Nino, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Kimberly Monique Holmes, George Mason University

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Graduate Studies

specific workshops to address career options, in response to the 2012report by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), “Pathways Through Graduate School and IntoCareers.” The CGS report and plans for our expanded graduate school sponsored career-focusedactivities, have been shared with graduate program directors, the Career Services Center, and thePresident's Council. We expose STEM graduate students to different kinds of careers, e.g., non-profit, government, and industry, and while maintaining a commitment to train future faculty fordifferent kinds of academic institutions. Our signature career seminars for graduate students areroundtable networking sessions, in which participants have the opportunity to interact withdiverse professionals with

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.D. B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

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New Engineering Educators

lectures.Figure 2: Online lecture management Page 24.719.7Design MethodologyThis section covers some innovative techniques that were implemented in our institution toincrease students’ engagement in online classes. Some of these techniques are proved to be veryeffective and some are not. We are still in the process of measuring the effectiveness and hencethis paper doesn’t provide enough detail of assessments. In our effort to increase studentinteraction within an online course delivery system, whether the course is entirely online orbeing offered face-to-face augmented by online support, we plan to incorporate two features thatwe believe will advance the

Conference Session

WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica R. McCormick, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Terri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Women in Engineering

faculty advisor to the EDDP’s Engineering Club and the Society of Women Engineers student organization. She also teaches a career planning class for engineers and a first-year engineering course. From 2006-2008, she was the Director for the Preparing Outstanding Women for Engineering Roles–POWER– Summer Camp. Mrs. McCormick received her Masters of Science in Technology and Bachelors of Science in Engineering from the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI.Ms. Terri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Terri Talbert-Hatch, Ed.D. Assistant Dean for Student Services Purdue School of Engineering & Technol- ogy, IUPUI Dr. Talbert-Hatch oversees the Student Services Office

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez ; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez ; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Mechanics

necessarily based on their (uncritical) intuition.Project 2: This project builds off of Project 1 and assimilates concepts from early in the MoMcourse, such as tension, lateral shear, and bearing stress. Students are asked to design structuralelements using the reactions previously obtained at the pole base (by the time this project isassigned, the results from Project 1 have already been discussed in class). In particular, the polebase (z = 0) is assumed to be attached to a steel plate that is connected to a concrete pedestal bysteel anchors (Figure 2a). Page 24.753.5 Figure 2a. Elevation (top) and Plan (bottom) views of Pole Base Connection

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Ali H. Al-Marzouqi, United Arab Emirates University

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Engineering Management

course was delivered and howthe students applied the knowledge on designing and developing a ‘ReadingAssistant’. It also describes what conclusions were drawn on the effectiveness of themethod and what lessons were learned.2.0 Engineering ManagementEngineering Management is a discipline that is not rigidly defined and this is evidentfrom a variety of Engineering Management programs offered by different universities.According to Gupta President, Institution of Engineers, India [1], EngineeringManagement is the process of planning, organising, staffing, leading and influencing Page 24.759.2people, and controlling activities, which have a Technological

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Advocacy Tips: an Initiative to Provide Individuals the Tools to Advocate for Women and Underrepresented Minorities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Kristen P. Constant, Iowa State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sandra D. Eksioglu, Mississippi State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University

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Women in Engineering

 intended  to  reach  a  broader  and  larger  group.    ASEE’s  Diversity  Committee  has  also  added  a  link  to  the  WIED  Advocacy  Tips  webpage  and  plans  are  underway  to  regularly  update  the  Engineering  Dean’s  Council  with  updates  to  the  Advocacy  Tips.   Page 24.794.6Thus  far,  the  Advocacy  Tips  have  been  developed  by  the  [Institution]  ADVANCE  team’s  PI,  but  the  process  is  being  opened  to  include  tips  from  additional  sources.        Examples:  The  First  Few  Advocacy  Tips:    Advocacy  Tip  #1:  Many  men,  particularly  those  in  STEM,  lack  knowledge  of

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Junichiro Kono, Rice University; Shane M Curtis, University of Tulsa

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Student Development

Paper ID #11040Why Invest in International Research Experiences for Undergraduates?: In-tercultural Maturity in Domestic and International REU ParticipantsDr. Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education at The University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Dr. Matherly’ directs the NanoJapan program, funded by the National Science Foundation in order to expand international research opportunities for students in STEM fields. She is the recipient of two Fulbright grants for

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Imelda Olague-Caballero, New Mexico State University; Delia J. Valles-Rosales, New Mexico State University

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Industrial Engineering

Methods Engineering & IE 478 Facilities Planning. IE 316 introduces participants tomethods engineering and work measurement fostering the development of critical thinking, self-assessment, and team work; IE 478 trains the students in the art and science of facility design andplanning. Rounding-up the curriculum of these classes, this educational experience complementsthe student’s professional profile by adding the necessary cultural competency required toproduce a global engineer. The model consists of five components: identification and selection ofindustry partners and potential projects; attendance to in-class mini-lectures & assignment ofpertinent readings supporting the selected project; student’s training previous to

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Robert Pastel, Michigan Technological University; Ryan George, Michigan Technological University; Chad M. Meyers, Michigan Technological University; Matthew L. Freitag, Michigan Technological University; Jacob M. Lund, Michigan Technological University; Michael Paul Stefaniak

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Computing & Information Technology

description of what is completed and what they plan to complete next; and (3) Whether the presentation was well-organized and easy to understand. After the general meeting, one student manager is responsible for averaging the grades, assigning Page 24.1165.7 the grades to the team-members in the gradebook, and giving the comments from the forms to the team leader. All members of a team typically receive the same grade. • 30% of the grade is based on documentation. Every student is expected to use a source code management system (SVN) and to use a issue tracking system (Redmine). Students are expected to create tickets in

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David J. Dimas, University of California, Irvine; Faryar Jabbari, University of California, Irvine; John Billimek, University of California, Irvine

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Continuing Professional Development

that is planned for the 2014-2015 school years.There is still some variation in the use and definition of term such as "blended" and "hybrid" inrelated research. To be clear, in this study the term “hybrid” is used to describe courses whichhave live, face-to-face meetings in a physical classroom each week and include a significantamount of additional materials as well as technical and procedural innovations available from thecourse website. This includes “flipping” the classroom in which lectures are recorded butstudents still attend live class for discussion of the material and other active learning activities.Students Use of TechnologyThe debate over the nature of how students may or may not be learning differently continues.However, there

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Timothy A. Zimmerman

robot capable of be performed in regards to its application to robotics. Some ofperforming obstacle avoidance using neural networks trained the research being performed includes: navigation and pathwith simulated sensor data. The only sensor used for detecting planning [1], [2], physical orientation determination [3],the environment was an infrared distance sensor attached to a obstacle and collision avoidance [4]–[6], manipulator andhobby servo, allowing for 180° of sensor visibility. In order totrain the neural networks, simulated sensor data was created motor control [7], and programming of the robot byusing LabVIEW and presented to a

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

John Murray; Erin Elder; Ryan Bingham; Glen Longhurst; Desmond Penny

assessmentmethods. We have endeavored to capture the gestalt of the project in this paper.Tiny House OriginsThe Tiny House, illustrated in Figures 1-6, emerged from several sources, including participationby the capstone students, Erin Elder and Ryan Bingham, in two junior-level IntegratedEngineering courses focused on sustainable design; lively conversations between the studentsand the client; extensive exploration of the literature on creativity, low-impact architecture,regional and community planning, systems thinking, and green construction1-27; examination ofonline documentation describing the design of small, tiny, nano, eco, and indigenous housing; Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference

Conference Session

Evaluation of Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Ph.D, Norwich University; Ashley Ater-Kranov, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University

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Engineering Ethics

Evaluate Student Work in a Senior Level Professional Issues CourseAbstractThis paper describes a customization of the Engineering Professional Skills Assessment (EPSA)method within the ‘ethics’ section of a senior level “Professional Issues” course. The courseinstructors have found the interdisciplinary EPSA scenarios to generate more enthusiastic andhigher level discussion than case studies that focus solely on ethics. The paper describes use oftwo different EPSA scenarios, the standardized questions which are used to prompt the studentdiscussion, the EPSA rubric, and recommended facilitation plan for adoption by others.IntroductionEngineering programs often contain a senior level “Professional Issues” course to cover

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the use of social media. We also review thedemographics of our 124,000+ MOOC students, who represented nearly 200 countries and over35 academic disciplines, as well as statistics related to their enrollment, retention, and coursecompletion. Finally, we discuss the implications of MOOCs for engineering education in bothface-to-face and online formats, our recommendations for the development of MOOCs, thechallenges and limitations of our work here, and our plans for future research in this domain.1. IntroductionAlthough new on the educational scene, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are already thesubject of great debate in terms of their educational value, academic rigor, financialsustainability, and role in higher education3,4,11,13,14

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

styles will benefit from a more diverse teaching method that targets multiple learningstyles, but the use and formal assessment of these methods for a Geotechnical Engineeringcourse has not been well documented in the literature. Participating students enrolled in this course during the first two semesters (i.e., theControl Group) were taught using conventional lecture methods. The GCT were implementedduring the last two semesters and these students were referred to as the Treatment Group.Qualitative and quantitative data were collected during all four semesters as part of acomprehensive evaluation plan. The instructor used an inquiry-based approach so that thestudents were motivated to take notes during the lecture while maintaining

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

following way,“Uh...I did, uh, a little bit of research to just, just give people preface, and that was on theeconomic side, specifically. And then, um, involved in planned discussions, obviously gave input,and also set up the mechanism where people could ask questions via text.” He also helpedmoderate small group discussions which he described as, “[B]asically, uh, just trying to keepanybody from kind of grandstanding within the discussion and being, like I know, that somebodycan even be a professor, as a student we are kind of supposed to tamper them down and allow a lotof different voices to come out, generate questions, compile those questions, and kind of move ahandful to the top.” As a result, even though Way characterized his role as a small

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeleine C Brannon, George Washington University ; Zoe Szajnfarber; Thomas Andrew Mazzuchi, George Washington University

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Systems Engineering

Engineering course forfirst semester freshman at George Washington University. Herein is described the planning andimplementation of the course, the student feedback, and the lessons learned.II. Curriculum DesignIn planning for the course, a review of what peer universities were attempting was conducted. Alist published by INCOSE in July 2013 of the Systems Engineering programs was used to deriveprograms for undergraduate students. Several universities were contacted from the INCOSE list,Table 1 represents the information obtained from these universities on methodologies. Inaddition to the responses below, 6 universities reported that they did not have an introduction toSystems Engineering course. The list is by no means comprehensive but gives a

Conference Session

BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

wereused to create a prioritized list of potential changes that could then be evaluated. This paper wasimportant to the CEPCTC because it focused on both the methodology and suggested potentialchanges.Ressler8,9 reported the need for long-term synchronization of the published BOK and itsassociated accreditation criteria. In 2011, CAP^3 formed a special task committee to develop astrategic plan for long-term management of change. The principal objective of the taskcommittee’s work was to propose a systematic and predictable process for continuous change toboth the BOK and accreditation criteria. The task committee proposed an eight-year repeatablecycle that “allows time to formulate and publish a new edition of the Civil Engineering BOK andto

Conference Session

Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Kelly A. Rusch P.E., North Dakota State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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Minorities in Engineering

demographics.Increased retention and graduation of students in engineering were primary goals of the project.Of the 59 students who were part of the S-STEM program, 36 (61%) maintained scholarshipeligibility until graduation or the end of the grant, 10 changed majors (six into in a differentSTEM discipline), and only six students left the University with no indications of additionalhigher education plans. By the end of the program 44% of the scholarship participants graduatedwith an engineering/construction management degree and 51% graduated from the Universitywithin a five year time frame. This rate compares favorably with the 2007 CoE freshmen cohortrate of 37.2%, and another 22% of S-STEM participants are anticipated to graduate withengineering degrees over