Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; Jian Peng

Spring 2004, we are going to replacesome 7400 labs with Xilinx CPLD, which are donated by Xilinx through their UniversityDonation Program [5].Introduction to Industrial AutomationWestern Kentucky University has implemented a course, EE 285: Introduction to IndustrialAutomation, in an attempt to build a bridge between the EE and ME programs [6]. The goal isgive the students a common language in this area so that multidisciplinary capstone andprofessional projects are more easily accomplished.Students are assigned hardware kits containing an Allen-Bradley PLC and an Atmel AVRmicrocontroller, along with various sensors, switches, and other input/output devices. Thestudents work on a range of projects to build an understanding of not only the use

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hameed Shaheed Abdul-Rashid, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lara Hebert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Luisa-Maria Rosu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

been completed. These surveys aimed toaddress a range of inquiries, including participant learning experiences, program alignment withprofessional goals, and perceived impact on student learning. The surveys also exploredparticipant experiences with Network Improvement Communities, Capstone Projects,satisfaction ratings, and suggestions for improvement. Findings from surveys administeredacross three cohorts were presented, with some noted discrepancies in respondent numbers dueto survey instrument inconsistencies. Analysis consisted of summary statistics and T-tests wereused to assess the significance of difference between pre-, post-, and follow-up responses.The external evaluation consisted of a mixed-methods approach for data collection and

Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Paul Aden Paschal, Sam Houston State University

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Diversity

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

energy and promoting diversity and international education between 1998-2012. He served on multiple U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) FOAs merit project proposal committees since 2013.Paul Aden Paschal, Sam Houston State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Design and Construction of a Solar Powered Automated Chicken Coop1. IntroductionThe senior design project is a capstone project course taken in the final year of the Electronics andComputer Engineering Technology (ECET) program at Sam Houston State University (SHSU).Introduction of renewable energy applications to engineering technology curriculum at SHSU hasimpacted students, faculty, and university community very positively and

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

engineering curriculum2. The vehicle for this thread was to bethe core design sequence at Stevens known as the Design Spine3. The first five courses are core designcourses taken by students from all intended disciplines; the last three are taken in the discipline - a juniorcourse followed by a 2-semester capstone senior year project. In most cases the core design courses arelinked to concurrent engineering science courses, thus providing context for the latter. The Design Spineis a key vehicle to develop a number of threads that build both technical and so-called “soft”competencies. The latter include communications, creative thinking, teaming, economics of engineering,problem solving, project management etc. It should be noted that the first four

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

engineering curriculum2. The vehicle for this thread was to bethe core design sequence at Stevens known as the Design Spine3. The first five courses are core designcourses taken by students from all intended disciplines; the last three are taken in the discipline - a juniorcourse followed by a 2-semester capstone senior year project. In most cases the core design courses arelinked to concurrent engineering science courses, thus providing context for the latter. The Design Spineis a key vehicle to develop a number of threads that build both technical and so-called “soft”competencies. The latter include communications, creative thinking, teaming, economics of engineering,problem solving, project management etc. It should be noted that the first four

Conference Session

Teaching Methodology & Assessment 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amelia Greig, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Aerospace

exams, project reports, and lab reports [4,10]. Less commonly used butalso notable assessment tools are oral presentations and exhibitions, most often used forexperiential or real-world infusion projects and capstone courses [11]. Concept maps have beeninvestigated as potential assessment items for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses [12],and while they are effective at demonstrating understanding of fundamental concepts andrelations they do not necessarily demonstrate an ability to apply the knowledge in a relevantsituation.Some work has been done on the usefulness of assessment as an ongoing learning tool, oftencaptured under the umbrella of assessment for learning [13]. It has been noted than assessmentcan be used to enrich learning

Conference Session

Themes in Renewable Energy and ET

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Engineering Technology

, Power Electronics and Controls for Photovoltaic Systems, Handbook of Research on Solar EnergySystems and Technologies (Eds: Dr. Sohail Anwar, Dr. Salahuddin Qazi, and Dr. Harry Efstathiadis), IGI, Global,pp. 68-125, 2012 (DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1996-8.ch004).12. R. Belu, Wind Energy Conversion and Analysis, in Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering & Technology (Eds:Dr. Sohail Anwar et al.), Taylor and Francis, 2012 (in press).13. R. Belu, Renewable Energy Based Capstone Senior Design Projects for an Undergraduate EngineeringTechnology Curriculum, 2011 ASEEE Conference & Exposition, June 26 - 29, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CDProceedings).14. R. Belu and I. Husanu, An Undergraduate Course on Renewable Energy Conversion Systems for

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Kevin M. Nickels

and Cons of replacing discrete logic with programmable logic in introductory digital design courses. In Proceedings American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 18-21, 2000, St. Louis, MO4. R. Katz. Contemporary Logic Design. Benjamin/Cummings, California, 1994.5. S. Lee. Design of Computers and Other Complex Digital Devices. Prentice/Hall, New Jersey, 2000.6. J. Hamblen and M. Furman. Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems – A Tutorial Approach. Second Edition. Kluwer, Boston, 2001.7. R. Felder and L. Silverman. Learning and teaching styles in engineering. Journal of Engineering Education 77 (2), February 1988.8. J. Greco, Designing a Computer to Play Nim: A Mini-Capstone Project in

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

sizes or smaller cooling loads were higher than with larger cooling loads.The efficiency of the cycle did not take into consideration the changes or savings that could bedone in the compressor work due to shading. If there had been any significant drop in the workdone by the compressor, then the improvement in the efficiency of the cycle would be higher. Towhat degree and to what extent, it is unknown. This has to be experimentally investigated. Thus,the team decided to take this project into further analysis and decided to investigate this as partof their capstone project. The team is in the process of preparing to measure and monitor thecondenser temperature during summer season for one-unit while being shaded and unshaded.The compressor

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2 - Design & Manufacturing Topics

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guthrie J. Boleneus, Eastern Washington University; Shannon M. Kellam; Jacob Stewart; Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University; B. Matthew Michaelis, Eastern Washington University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

president of EWU’s SAE Motor Sports club and a student member of both SME and ASME.Ms. Shannon M. KellamJacob StewartDr. Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University Dr. Gerlick is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology at Eastern Washington University. He teaches courses in the areas of Robotics, Mechanics, Thermodynam- ics, Fluids, CAD, and Capstone Design.Dr. B. Matthew Michaelis, Eastern Washington University Matthew Michaelis is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA. His research interests include additive manufacturing, advanced CAD modeling, and engineering pedagogy

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

participation and contributions towards themission of this project, students receive degree credit. Juniors are awarded "Upper DivisionElective Credit" and seniors fulfill their degree capstone requirement, "Team Senior Project".Each year more than 70 students and 14 faculties have participated in this effort. The students aresub-divided into team specializing in stereovision, object recognition, hardware, mapping andpath-planning software, camera on a chip design, and GIS. Each sub-team has one or morefaculty advisors to supervise the team’s activities.Students enrolled in the project agree to commit a minimum of six hours per week to theproject. Sub-team meetings are held each week of the quarter. All teams meet together threetimes each quarter to

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jimmy Antoine Chahine; Minh Nguyen Ha, Forum Energy Technology; Vong Hem, Lectrus Corporation - Applications Engineer; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

electrical energy by usingphotovoltaic panels. This experimental study discussed the design of the photovoltaic system, fora small scale model house, along with its associated instrumentation, real time data acquisitionand automation using LabVIEW. The study showed that house energy requirements can be metusing renewable energy sources. This work was performed in partial fulfillment of therequirements of the Senior Capstone Project course in controls and instrumentation of theEngineering Technology department at the University of Houston – Downtown. Successfulproject completion required teamwork and effective project management skills.References 1. National Academy for Engineering, “Make Solar Energy Economical”, http

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Marian S. Stachowicz; Christopher R Carroll

takeadvantage of the various features of the processor that support Fuzzy Logic, studentsgained an excellent understanding of the two disciplines and how they relate to eachother. This merging of disciplines in a final capstone project is the intent of the seniordesign experience in engineering programs. This workshop class was successful incombining knowledge students had gained in several different classes.Bibliography1. Carroll, C. R., “Design Workshop Experience Using the Motorola 68HC12 Microcontroller,” Proceedings of the 1998 North Midwest Section Meeting of ASEE, Winona, MN (1998).2. Motorola Semiconductor, “Technical Summary:16-Bit Microcontroller: MC68HC912B32,” Technical report M68HC912B32TS/D, Motorola, Inc. (1997).3. Motorola

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Brett Barraclough

Problems (EDPs) were linked by a common theme. In 1998, thedepartment began coordination with the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) touse the weapon as a thread of continuity to show how all the topics taught in EM370 arerelated to real-world problems. The new series of ATACMS EDPs demonstrated howdesign information could be shared in a collaborative engineering environment.Moreover, the course improvement project included an opportunity to incorporate theway the Department of Defense (DoD) uses top-down design in the acquisition process.Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA) is a proposed system to apply top-down design andensure that product data can be transferred across all the phases of the acquisitionprocess. One of the main goals of the SBA

Conference Session

ERM: Instruction and Engagement

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Devang Patel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Yi Zhu, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jin Su Lee, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Alejandra Magana, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

multiplerevisions iteratively to incorporate teamwork with a class size of 110 to 150 students. For this, thecourse has combined scrum practices with cooperative learning [2], [5], [16]–[19]. Thus, thedocumentation of the course orchestration and the effectiveness of this approach have beendetailed elsewhere.For this study, in particular, we report on the integration of transformative pedagogy that aimed toimprove teamwork interaction during the Covid-19 pandemic. The course was adapted to respondto social distancing restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic and thus was offered following aHyFlex format [17]. The course already followed a cooperative project-based learning approachwhere students work towards a team-based semi-capstone project [18]. Briefly

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Applications

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angran Xiao, New York City College of Technology; Rafaela Alba, New York City College of Technology; Ozlem Yasar, City University of New York, New York City College of Technology; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Gaffar Barakat Gailani, New York City College of Technology

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Systems Engineering

. (2008). Design research: A revolution-waiting-to-happen. Design studies; 29(1): 4-11.[13] Xiao A, Zhang A, Tam J. (2018). Product development process and student learning in an engineering technology capstone project: Electrical go-kart. In: 2018 American society for engineering education annual conference & exposition. Salt Lake City, UA.[14] Xiao A, Zhang A, Gailani G. (2018). Assessing the educational effectiveness of a system engineering software in capstone design projects. In: 2018 ASME international mechanical engineering congress and exposition. Pittsburgh, PA.[15] Ulrich, K.T., Eppinger S.D. (2016). Product design and development. 6th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability and Grand Challenges

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Director where she was responsible for the structural and thermal analysis of payloads. She served as Director of the Space Engi- neering Institute and in 2010 she accepted a position with the Academic Affairs office of the Dwight Look College of Engineering where she oversaw outreach, recruiting, retention and enrichment programs for the college. Since 2013, she serves as the Executive Director for Industry and Nonprofit Partnerships with responsibilities to increase opportunities for undergraduates engineering students to engage in experiential learning multidisciplinary team projects. These include promoting capstone design projects sponsored by industry, developing the teaching the Engineering Projects in Community

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Eric Lachance; Allen Estes

” Session 3215appear until the final semester during independent study projects, the capstone designexperience, or in the professional practices course. Until then, problems may be open-ended, butnot necessarily creative.Competitions associated with the ASCE Regional Student Conference provide a venue forstudents to be highly creative in their entries and their presentations. The AISC Steel Bridgecompetition offers a set of functional requirements. Students design and fabricate a steel bridgethat carries the required load while minimizing weight and deflection and maximizing aestheticquality. There is no approved solution and the students only have to do it better than otherstudents who presumably have the same skills and knowledge background. The

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Muci-Kuchler; Jonathan Weaver

the knowledge and skills required to successfully complete this task.To explore the benefits of this approach, a formal process to actively identify customerrequirements was introduced into a sophomore PD course, a senior capstone design course, and agraduate level course in PD. Although the level of interest demonstrated by the teams varied,some of them managed to understand the customer requirements at a level that was above theinstructor’s expectations. In this paper, the approach followed, the results obtained, andsuggestions for future improvement are discussed in the context of projects carried out by thestudents. Page 9.851.1

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexis Rae Walsh, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Sarah E. Norris, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Nathaniel Blalock, Enlite Research Group Led by Dr. Faber: University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Daniel Patrick Mountain, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Diversity

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Student

Industrial and Organizational Psychology Applied to Engineering Student Project Teams: A Research Review,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 472–512, 2013, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20023.[4] A. Hurst et al., “Towards a Multidisciplinary Teamwork Training Series for Undergraduate Engineering Students: Development and Assessment of Two First-year Workshops,” in 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jun. 2016, p. 27065, doi: 10.18260/p.27065.[5] S. W. Laguette, “Team Leadership on Capstone Design Project Teams,” p. 15.[6] F. G. Norman, “Working together, apart: interpersonal communications within virtual team engineering projects in the WA

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

produce superiorresults. Cognitive diversity can take a variety of forms, but in this work diversity of personalitytypes is explored. The impact of cognitive styles on team performance was evaluated in afreshman environmental engineering (EVEN) course. The students worked on projects involvingcomparative analysis and some calculations, but no design or intrinsically “creative”requirements. Specifically, student teams in 2006, 2007, and 2008 evaluated solid wastelandfills. In 2006 and 2007 the project encompassed three or four periods of in-class directionand work time. In 2008, the project was modified to compare the energy and environmentalimpacts of landfills to waste-to-energy incinerators and included only two class periods withinstructor

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor J. Bennett, Texas A&M University; Kristin D. Nichols, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

should be theprimary goal of engineering educational institutions. An important and effective part ofengineering education is the design process. Many, if not all, engineering programs require asenior design project in which the students apply their undergraduate coursework to a discipline-specific design challenge. While senior-level design is the capstone of a student’s undergraduateeducation, the authors believe that design education should not be restricted to the final year.Instead it should be integrated throughout the curriculum and follow the development of thestudent. Additionally, effective implementation of design education should be unique to thecurrent technical level of the student. At the freshman level, design education should

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University; Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Darin Ellis, Wayne State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Shlomo Sawilowsky, Wayne State University

PRDE 2000 Product Product Development Process used in industry: planning, Development Processes specifications, development processes, and economics. QUAL 2400 Project The Project Management Institute methodology. Visual Management tools for planning and scheduling, diagramming, time and cost. PRDE 2420 Capstone Integration of multiple design disciplines: emphasis problem Project solving, time & team management, process change.6. Project OverviewTable 7 gives an overview of how each institution addresses the SME competency gaps throughthis project and how the individual

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in CET and MET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Sprinsky

allrecognize.They also had to work with a wide range of data formats and packages, manipulating both inputand output data to accomplish their task. More importantly, they saw what apparently werepoorly-defined projects without discrete answers. Then, working within limits set by theassignments, they overcame the vagueness to define their recommended choices.As seniors, our BCT students study GIS applications with considerably more background. Theyunderstand geotechnical applications, structures, computer programming and materials in somedepth. They have also studied engineering economics and have an idea of what is required inproject planning. In fact, most are about to start their capstone course.The senior course, CET414, is divided into three

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Harwood; David Shaw

. Introduction to engineering design and decision-making. Christian world-view applied to engineering. Use of logic, experimental design and design criteria. Project oriented. Page 7.927.1 "Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education"The class meets for lecture two hours per week and for a weekly three hour laboratory period.In an audit of departmental objectives1 using the Levels of Learning (LoL) defined by Bellamyand McNeill2,3 it was determined that two of the objectives receiving special

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence B. Korta

students were not well versed in topics such as engineering economic evaluation, financial analysis, product costing, marketing, finance coming from analytically oriented institutions, the students would benefit from some exposure to key manufacturing technologies and techniques an integral part of the program would be familiarization of the students with Allen- Bradley products, services, and manufacturing processes in addition to technical and business subjects, the students should be exposed to American cultural activities in order to pull these multiple “soft” engineering topics together, some sort of “capstone” project should be incorporated into the programBased upon these

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorcan Folan; David Doucette; Gunter Georgi

communication skills, project management, as well as overview lectures on major technical and non-technical disciplines.2. Creation of a large, interdisciplinary undergraduate laboratory, used by students from many disciplines to plan a variety of engineering experiments in a common space.3. Use of laptop computers as design tools that are integrated into the Engineering courses.I. IntroductionOur world is becoming ever more complex. It is no longer possible to cope by relying onexpertise from a single discipline. Concurrent Engineering is now a practice used throughoutindustry, and its participants are expected to be able to work in an inter-disciplinary environment.A second trend is the renewed emphasis on design, as opposed to analysis, in

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Mullins, Texas Space Grant Consortium; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

range of students enrolled in STEM-relateddisciplines, but garner the most interest among engineering majors where capstone design coursecompletion is a requirement for graduation. Teams from all major engineering disciplines have Page 14.741.3participated in the program, suggesting that many engineering students respond with interest 2when offered an opportunity to work on a NASA project. NASA association, however, is not theprimary contributing factor to student involvement. Students most often cite the opportunity forreal-world engineering relevance (versus theoretical) as most meaningful, coupled

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; William S. Oates, Florida State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

consensus to furtherenhance certain aspects of the program. In areas of quantifiable disagreement, faculty involvedwith the REU will discuss issues to determine a method to move forward. Ultimately, thismathematical algorithm will provide a tool for faculty to make decisions about the future of theREU program in the presence of uncertainty and limited survey data.The second concept is based on graph theory and is motivated by recent discussions at a NationalAcademy of Engineering, 2013 Frontiers in Engineering Education meeting attended by Oates.The concept, known as Epistemic Network Analysis, has been implemented at the University ofWisconsin3 in which a capstone design project included documentations of student interactions

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robert J. Herrick, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sancho Maria-Ribera, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Nuria Castell, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Matthias Kuder, Freie Universität Berlin; Gareth O'Donnell, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

ProjectBecause students will enter the concurrent degree program with a variety of personalgoals and backgrounds, students’ plans of study will be tailored to the intersection of theprogram goals with the specific goals of each student. This is to be accomplished by afaculty committee consisting of two Purdue and two European faculty. To gain moresynergy from the partnership and also to eliminate duplication of effort and experienceacross the Atlantic, the project team envisioned a single joint research & development-based capstone Directed Project/Thesis required of all students. The team alsoenvisioned, in their initial publication about the concurrent master’s degree program[4]: In addition to the two degrees awarded upon completion, each