Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael R. Penn, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Matthew W Roberts, Southern Utah University; Steven D Hart, Virginia Military Institute; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

infrastructure Figure 2: Sample of grouping of "stickie" notesRound 2: Online poll to request ideasof learning outcomes Process – Five members of the CIT-E community, all of whom were PIs on the NSF grant that funded the project, are members of the “management team.” This management team simplified the wording of the outcomes from Round 1 and split the original outcome 3 into two distinct outcomes (3 and 4 in the new list). Furthermore, one additional outcome was added to coincide with exercises that been successfully conducted at University Y in which students go out into the local area and inspect real infrastructure (number 8 in the list below): 1. solve open-ended infrastructure

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Brookstein, Temple College of Engineering; David Brookstein, Temple University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

NationalCenter for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter). Epicenter is funded by the NationalScience Foundation and directed by Stanford University and VentureWell (formerly NCIIA). Oneof the elements of participation involves redesigning the capstone senior design curriculum tomake it more innovation and entrepreneurship oriented and as such have a positive impact onstudent satisfaction. This paper details the expectations of students beginning a two-coursesequence in the capstone curriculum. The student survey data led to a rebalancing of the curriculumto one that was solely based on “how-to-do” senior design projects to one that still includes “how-to-do" lecture themes but now includes lecture themes in innovation and entrepreneurship

Collection

2025 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Christine E King, University of California, Irvine; kadin diec, University of California, Irvine; Dalton Salvo, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

emphasizes that identifying unmet clinical needs must includeglobal healthcare settings, not just local communities. Many undergraduate BME programs offerglobal engineering experiences through extracurricular programs and international internships,collaborating with organizations like the International Federation for Medical and BiologicalEngineering [14], Engineering World Health [15], and Engineers Without Borders [16]. Someprograms incorporate capstone projects [17], where students work with clinical partners indeveloping countries. However, these capstones lack direct student immersion in foreignhealthcare settings before solution development. Internships and summer programs allow in-person observation but face high costs, housing challenges

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Simone E Volet, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; Marja M.S. Vauras, University of Turku; Debra May Friedrichsen, Unaffiliated; Gavin Tierney, University of Washington

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

iteration. This project isdescribed in more detail elsewhere.10 Students work in teams on to determine the best (optimal)input parameters to a industrially sized virtual CVD reactor, which deposits thin films onpolished silicon wafers. The experiments student teams design are performed virtually, through acomputer simulation. Thus, student teams are provided opportunities to practice the complete,iterative cycle of experimental design where they develop and refine their solution based onanalysis of experiments. Integral to their success is the ability to develop and operationalizemodels and identify appropriate strategies. This project has most commonly been delivered aspart of the senior-level capstone engineering projects course, but also has

Conference Session

Manufacturing Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Waldorf, California Polytechnic State University

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Manufacturing

the needs for redesign, the project was not ultimately taken to localmanufacturers to establish an arrangement for eventual production and distribution. It wasdetermined, however, that the product (or a redesign) could serve as a more traditionalemergency item that is produced and sold for storage in the home ahead of an actual emergency.In fact, the ability to neatly fold up and store the device was designed into the product for thefinal version.The second project was an extension of the first and focused on a redesign of the bike generatorusing DFA principles for simpler and quicker assembly by local manufacturer. This project wasundertaken by a single student as a capstone senior project experience. The student examinedthe product

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 17: Student Cognitive Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adaline M. Buerck, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; Estenia Ortiz Carabantes, University Of South Florida; Daniel Arnulfo Delgado Jr., University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

completing his Navy contract and eventually transferred to San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego. Needing some hands on learning he applied for a research position at SDSU where he was accepted as a research assistant helping with algal biomass research. In this lab he discovered a love for resource recovery from waste and wastewater treatment when he was given a project to analyze algal feedstock cultivation in wastewater. Upon completing his bachelors, he was accepted to University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, for a Ph. D. program where he researches onsite wastewater treatment for removal of nitrogen species. His research interests revolve around food, water, energy nexus specifically in wastewater treatment

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Boulder; Hunter Porterfield Ewen, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jiffer W Harriman Jr, University of Colorado; Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education

literature on teaching engineering design through project-oriented capstone courses. J. Eng. Educ. 2, 17–28 (1997).7. National Academy of Engineering. Infusing Real World Experiences into Engineering Education. 40 (2012). Page 26.165.15 at 8. Ro, H. K., Merson, D., Lattuca, L. R. & Terenzini, P. T. Validity of the Contextual Competence Scale for Engineering Students. J. Eng. Educ. 104, 35–54 (2015).9. Hotaling, N., Fasse, B., Bost, L. F., Hermann, C. D. & Forest, C. R. A quantitative analysis of the effects of a multidisciplinary engineering capstone design course. J. Eng. Educ. 101, 630–656 (2012

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Carlisle, Sinclair Community College; Charles Winarchick, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

”1 state: “It is said that there is nothing so practical as goodtheory. It may also be said that there’s nothing so theoretically interesting as goodpractice.” Marquardt2 in his “Harnessing the Power of Action Learning” states “...allforms of action learning share the elements of real people resolving and taking action onreal problems in real time and learning while doing so.” This is what our educational approach to engineering technology education has been allabout. To address these issues, we create laboratory problems, institute engineering coopprograms, and do capstone projects, all to get students exposed to “real world problems”.These are all excellent approaches and should be applied wherever practical. There areproblems associated

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Behling, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

selective demolition and remodeling course, and a“capstone”-style course in demolition and reconstruction management are planned to round outthe specialization. These three courses provide an opportunity to further address areas that cannotbe adequately covered in an introductory course. The addition of more case studies and field tripswill be beneficial and could be incorporated into the capstone course which likely will include aformal laboratory session. The inclusion of detailed case studies in the capstone course willallow students to gain insight into the information and challenges an owner or developer mustsift through and overcome while generating a pro forma for a project. A significant portion of thecapstone course would be devoted to

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

has enhanced the quality ofundergraduate research thereby making the transition from undergraduate to graduate programsnatural and part of the culture. Involvement of undergraduates in research has taken variousforms:  Research shadowing of MS and PhD students coupled with hands-on learning and simulation  Summer research opportunities  Internships  Senior design and capstone projects  Research poster sessions and oral presentations  National conferences  PublicationsIn the poster session, students present their research work at the school conference hall, wherefaculty members, post-doctoral fellows, industrial representatives, and other graduate studentsattend and participate in the discussions with

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zsuzsanna Szabo; Reid Bailey

the first year of implementation of the design process knowledge assessmenttool are presented. The goal of the first year was to collect and analyze data that can be used tovalidate and improve the tool. Results from such analysis, as well as an overview of the toolitself, are presented in this paper.MOTIVATIONA core learning objective for engineering students from all disciplines at all universities is tolearn about engineering design. To this end, capstone design courses populate nearly allcurricula while design courses in freshman and other years are becoming more commonplace.Despite the ubiquity of engineering design in curricula, little if anything is known about whatstudents learn in engineering design courses. The authors seek to

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Innovative Approaches to Teaching & Developing Engineering Leadership

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Latorre, University of Florida

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

success. Most respondents started the year driven by theopportunity to gain experience and by the end of the course showed satisfaction with theopportunities for role placement, execution, and their individual and team success, though manyhad shifted to also be performance driven. The results encourage the strategy of allowing teamsto define, assign, and determine the rotations of their roles, and the importance of conductingperiodic assessments on their practices throughout the year to ensure fairness and success.IntroductionMulti and interdisciplinary engineering capstone courses provide students an opportunity to workwith design projects in teams from a variety of disciplines. Working in teams is an expectedstudent outcome for all engineering

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Civil Engineering

3 0 CE 303 Route and Construction Surveying 3 ENGR 411 Capstone Design Project II 4 4 3 0 CE 392 Stochastics 11 Statistics & Probability (2) 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 5 9 Civil Engineering Materials (2) 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 8 Construction Management (2) 3 3 3 2 4 3 6 1 4 Computaional Methods 3 3

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Devanshi Shah, University of Georgia; Xiaoou Yang, University of Georgia; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia

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Design in Engineering Education

empathy. A design project is given to students enrolled in a Design Methodologies course –which serves as a Capstone Design Precursor – at a small private, engineering focused university.Student empathy was collected through a survey that combined two existing empathy instruments.Student empathy was calculated before and after the product design assignment. Further, studentsperformed stimulated reflection to discuss the challenges observed with their design.The results of the study suggest that while students recognize the importance of empathy, theassignment itself did not improve their empathy scores. Students did not see a statisticallysignificant change in their empathy scores before and after the assigned based on the surveyinstrument

Conference Session

Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlye Anne Lauff, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado Boulder ; Mark Rentschler, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #13095Comparing Organizational Structures: Two Case Studies of Engineering Com-paniesCarlye Anne Lauff, University of Colorado, Boulder Carlye is a 2nd year PhD student in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Design. She is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. At the University of Colorado Boulder, she is advised by Dr. Mark Rentschler and co-advised by Dr. Daria Kotys-Schwartz. For the past two years, she has worked as a Graduate Research Assistant on the NSF-funded project entitled ”Cognitive Ethnographies of Engineering

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE); Bruce Alan Race FAIA, FAICP, University of Houston

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Architectural Engineering

inter-disciplinary teamwork, instead ofjust ‘working’ in groups together. Students demonstrated their potential to advance the scienceand technology frontier through effective inter-disciplinary collaboration (Exhibit 1).Colleagues from College of Architecture and engineering technology program in the College ofTechnology developed learning objectives and a pedagogical approach before co-teaching thecourse in Fall 2017. As project-intensive inquiry-based learning course it provided a platform forstudents to innovate within a real world project by applying design strategy and technicalsolutions developed in their capstone projects and studios.Exhibit 1Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Students Presenting to Campus Sustainability Committee1.3

Conference Session

Materials, Manufacturing, and Machine Component Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Dore; Rodrigo Arturo Ramos, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Monai Stinnett, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Mechanical Engineering

further her knowledge in Energy Engineering to focus on methods to effectively increase efficiency and to use energy in cleaner ways. For her Senior Design Project, Ms. Stinnett Designed a Dome Test Setup for Sheet Metal Formability Characterization. During the summer of 2014, Ms. Stinnett had a Maryland Space Grant Consortium Summer Exchange Student Internship. She developed lab experiments that aid the learning of multiple manufacturing concepts through hands- on completion of the lab exercise. Integrating learning-based assessment tools into the designs of the experiments. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Learning Experience in Designing a Dome Test Setup for Sheet

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Cook, Montana State University; Salman Adam, Montana State University; Darla Goeres, Montana State University; Steven Anderson, Montana State University; Diane Walker, Montana State University; Alfred Cunningham, Montana State University

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Engineering Technology

functional requirements and is cost-effective to manufacture and thus affordable. ‚ Conduct laboratory experiments to verify the results achieved using the test system are statistically equivalent to the results achieved using standard laboratory equipment with regards to the measured biofilm log density and reduction, repeatability, sensitivity, and ruggedness. ‚ Provide BST with a market ready product.Three phases were identified to best support the implementation of the project. Implementationphase I took place as a senior capstone design/build project during academic year 2008/2009.Implementation phase II took place as summer internships during summer of 2009 andimplementation phase III is a senior capstone design/build

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Ball, University of Waterloo; Rachel Figueiredo, University of Waterloo; Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

twice, inpart to give a baseline presentation on finding information, including a discussion on what is“information” and how to incorporate specialized information into their research, including livedexperiences. For the fourth-year capstone project, the librarian is an active member andparticipant of the teaching team.The collaborations developed with the Engineering Wellness Coordinators also exemplify thevalue of long-term sustained efforts to build and maintain relationships. Through repeatedinteractions it allowed a camaraderie to evolve, which encouraged open and honest discussionsregarding the successes and challenges of helping students. Through years of communication asolid foundation was established, fostering a mutual respect and

Conference Session

Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyril B. Okhio, Kennesaw State University; Theodore Orrin Grosch, Kennesaw State University; Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

transmitted to a PC where a MATLABscript made it possible to visualize all data.The most important consequence of the exercises reported in this paper are the benefits from adeliberate application of the ABET-IEEE Capstone Assessment Rubrics; the mandatoryPresentation of all Design Projects by Teams in front of the class, faculty and Industry Experts;and finally, a college organized Design Expo on the last day of the semester in the CollegeAuditorium.Project Assessment RubricsEvery effort is made in this entire process, to measure the students against the ABET-IEEEoutcomes in multiple ways. We also have artifacts to show what has been done (ABETevaluation criterion in parentheses):Each Team writes a project plan where they provide the Statement of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ramsin Khoshabeh, University of California, San Diego; Vikash Gilja

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Electrical and Computer

valuable in [2]. In designingtheir courses on embedded systems, they stressed critical thinking about the system design ratherthan the embedded system specifications. They also structured the material so that a sequence ofexercises would culminate in a design-focused capstone project. We modeled this approach veryclosely in designing our lab and final project structure.In [3], El-Abd conducts a survey of courses utilizing Arduino-based embedded systems. Thesurvey highlights that excellent assessment methods for such experiential courses tend to besome combination of presentations with associated demonstrations. Our course follows thismodality, where student grades are largely based upon their project presentations anddemonstration of their

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gon Namkoong, Old Dominion University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

formulate, solve, and properly tacklemultidisciplinary problems.Particularly, this paper addresses the effectiveness of combined virtual and physical hands-onactivities in students’ learning which was infused in the capstone senior design project. Seniordesign projects are open-ended and are similar to the research that scientists perform toward amore comprehensive understanding of nature or new scientific knowledge. As a reinforcedlearning methodology to greatly assist students’ reasoning and problem-solving skills, virtuallearning was first integrated at the planning stage of their projects. This approach is in contrastwith the typical senior design courses where only limited resources are available for planningexperiments. Using virtual learning

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

designs related to capstone senior design projects1,2.Such projects show students how to use different types of technology, process selection anddemonstrate how advanced technology can be used in an actual design and manufacturingapplication. Overall, many different fields of engineering can benefit from the application ofsoftware simulation tools and CAD designs, enabling the development of skill and knowledge inmany different engineering aspects and processes.In the United States, undergraduate curricula in Engineering Technology (ET), MechanicalEngineering, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering generally include a course inManufacturing Processes. This is also a requirement for ABET accreditation3. ABET-ETACcriteria specifically requires

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert K. Christianson; Jeffrey F. McCauley; Denny Davis; Michael S. Trevisan; Kenneth L. Gentili

Page 5.446.5exercise from which to obtain evidence of their design capabilities. In accredited engineering 5degree programs, students’ capstone design experience provides this exercise. Thus, the capstonedesign project becomes part of the assessment process for end-of-program design assessment. Ifit is a team-based design project, it fits the assessment framework described here.We begin by defining design learning outcomes at the end of the baccalaureate degree program.Table 3 presents information for the design communication learning outcome, which has fiveperformance indicators: organization, reliability, relevance, listening, and availability. Next, wedefine a list of design project

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean DiBartolo; Linfield Brown; Chris Swan

advisors provided day-to-day participation. In addition, students couldbenefit from the experience that their advisors could apply to the problem. Most importantly,the students do not benefit from a more-regimented schedule that is usually present in aclassroom or course setting. This aspect of project management has been partially addressed inthat the last two WERC teams have used the CEE senior capstone course to obtain course creditfor participation. However, the need to adhere to this schedule of deliverables still needs to bereinforced. We (advisors) believe that the long term benefits of "student initiated" and controlledprojects far out weigh the potentially short-lived gains in placing higher (award level) in thecompetition.ConclusionsThe

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Safoutin; Jens Jorgensen; Joseph A. Heim; Dale E. Calkins

with the opportunity topractice the design of products and processes from conceptualization to implementation. Studentswork on interdisciplinary team projects from industry, student inventions, and designcompetitions. The learning-by-doing experience gives students a firmer grasp of fundamentals,teamwork skills, increased communication skills, enhanced creativity, and most importantlyskills to synthesize, design, and build. Industry plays a key role by providing feedback on thecurriculum, by participating in the classroom, and by providing student projects. The most extensive design project experience available to the students is participation inthe SAE Formula Car competition through a special three quarter capstone design, Calkins 4,5

Conference Session

ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Joshua M. Pearce, Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University; Gerald Anzalone, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger P.E., Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

education who are engaged in hands-on design-build-test scenarios willattain a valuable skill set and be more likely to pursue STEM careers. These skills will also beuseful for developing designs for capstone projects which are common in higher education andbecoming popular in high schools.RecommendationsIntegrating RepRap 3D printers into curricula may be a perfect way to deliver K-12 sciencestandards and university STEM program goals. If interested in implementing a 3D printer of anytype, it is recommended that one consider aspects other than the overall cost. Some other factorsthat play a role in the 3D printer decision are; the printed part quality/accuracy, types of materialoptions, plastic material cost, printing time, support material

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julia A. Scott, Santa Clara University; Evangelia Bouzos, Santa Clara University; Matthew Philip Hendricks, Santa Clara University; Prashanth Asuri, Santa Clara University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

prototyping process. Such an approach has been conducted by other engineeringprograms, including those in the NSF-sponsored Pathways to Innovation Program, tosuccessfully cultivate student readiness for careers in innovation and entrepreneurship. JamesMadison University restructured their engineering program by putting greater agency with thestudent in defining their curriculum and creating two-year capstone projects, as well as wideningstudent access to entrepreneurship training and engagement in real-world projects [6]. Anotherexample is from University of Pittsburg’s Swanson School of Engineering, which overhauledtheir program, policies, and physical spaces to enable student-directed innovation andentrepreneurship [7]. The co-curricular component

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

systems companies in the Midwest. In addition to one U.S. patent, Schilling has numerous publications in refereed international conferences and other journals. He received the Ohio Space Grant Consortium Doctoral Fellowship and has received awards from the IEEE Southeastern Michigan and IEEE Toledo Sections. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society and ASEE. At MSOE, he coordinates courses in software verification, real time systems, operating systems, and cybersecurity topics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 WIP: Integrating the Entrepreneurial Mindset into a Software Requirements Course through Project Based

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Asly Artiles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Katherine E LeVine, Wellesley College

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 26.1455.7The analysis of the EduDesignathon projects occurred as the author, Jessica A. Artiles, began herwork as a mentor for 2.009 Product Engineering Process 13 , the MIT Mechanical EngineeringFigure 5: EduLinks, a Designathon hack to capture the direct and indirect influences each player,stakeholder, and theory has within the education system.Department’s senior capstone class, instructed by Professor David R. Wallace, co-author on thispaper and Thesis advisor to Jessica. The course takes graduating seniors on an adventure throughproduct design teaching them the virtues of following a deliberate process, and slowly engagingthem to think like designers.Figure 6: Schematic of the 2.009 Product Engineering Processes project workflow