Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tatiana A. Cardona, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Elizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Jennifer Snyder, Valencia College

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Engineering Management

rates are69% and 48%, respectively (Snyder & Cudney, 2018).Colleges and universities collect considerable student data. However, their ability to process theavailable information does not occur at the same pace as the collection (Morris, 2016).Therefore, effort needs to be made on making the data useful to improve student retention. Forinstance, by determining the factors that influence student retention and completion rates, it ispossible to improve the intentional student advising, planning, and development of retentionstrategies based on student needs (Slim et al., 2005).In recent years machine learning techniques have been applied to process educational data,which aligns with the focus on improving the processing of information

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Tewari, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Ocean and Marine

seawaterinundation over coastal land. Class discussions usually are insufficient and usually requireuse of this type problem as a class or term project, if course structure allows it. However, notmany courses would have flexibility to have a term project of this kind. However, this kind ofa project can be used as a special topic/problem class as an elective if degree plan allows it.Not many students usually take on for this kind of challenge outside class to gain a betterunderstanding of the concept and learn needed skills. However, if a spark of curiosity isprovided, the task of recruiting gets easier for this kind of non-course based but relevantlearning. This kind of learning gets even more challenging when student is a non-traditionalundergraduate

Conference Session

Writers, Experts, and the Workforce in Civil Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Mary Katherine Zanin, The Citadel; Dena Garner, The Citadel; Deirdre D Ragan, The Citadel; Jeffery M. Plumblee II, The Citadel; Daniel B. Bornstein, The Citadel; John H. Lewis Jr, The Citadel

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Plan from 2009-2014, and Chair of the American Public Health Association’s Physical Activity Section from 2015-2016. Dr. Bornstein currently serves on several national committees including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Committee on Physical Activity Communications, the American Heart Association’s Expert Advisory Group on Physical Education and Physical Activity Policy in Schools, and he’s currently Chair of the National Physical Activity Plan’s Communications Committee. Locally, Dr. Bornstein is a member of the Mayor’s Health and Wellness Committee for the City of Charleston, and he is Chair of The Citadel’s Fitness Pillar.Mr. John H. Lewis Jr, The Citadel John Lewis has worked at the OECD

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Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason FitzSimmons, Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue University; Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Purdue University; Emily M. Bonem, Purdue University; Erica A. Lott, Purdue University; Loran Carleton Parker, Purdue University

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

consider as they redesign their courses. The specific questions are discussed in more detail in aChange article11. Instructors are required to produce three main deliverables associated with theircourse transformations: a redesign goal, learning outcomes, and a course redesign plan (Table 1).There is a monetary incentive attached to each deliverable. Session Unit Topics Deliverables 1 Welcome to IMPACT 2 Student Characteristics Learning Outcomes (Initial) Motivating Learners 3 Motivational Theories Redesign Goal (Initial) 4 Learning Outcomes

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail P. Baxter, Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Patricia J. Holahan, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Susan Lowes, Teachers College, Columbia University; Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology, President's Office

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

-factor analysis, which identifies and addresses those factors that need to be inplace if the project is to be sustainable. Faculty are interviewed before and after implementingchanges. Midterm course evaluations provide student input on their perceptions of the changesintroduced by faculty and provides an opportunity to examine differences between males andfemales in a School of Engineering whose student body is approximately 30% female.Results & DiscussionLimiting Factors AnalysisFaculty wrote reports at the end of the first summer of their Foundations work (i.e., Fall 2016) inwhich they outlined their plans for adopting evidence-based practices to address issues of studentmotivation and relevance of course content to students’ lives and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xia Wang, Oakland University; Anica Gwenell Bowe, Oakland University; Chris J. Kobus, Oakland University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

as a small meal allowance. Each teacher has received up to$2000 for the supplies in their lesson plans. Teachers worked in teams on their respectiveresearch projects. The teams worked closely with the engineering faculty members supervisingtheir projects and graduate students. In addition a number of group activities were alsoorganized. These activities include industrial sites visit, research seminars and some professionaltraining such as CAD, machine shop and 3D printing. Besides research activities in the researchlab, the faculty member from the School of Education and Human Resources offered a project-based learning workshop each Thursday. This aims to help the RET teachers to transform whatthey have learned from the research project to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Matthew Stephen Barner, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

’ productcatalogs. Figure 3 shows a load table from a steel joist manufacturer’s catalog that helpsengineers select a joist size and type based on the joists span and allowable load for that span.Figure 3: Load table for steel joists based on their span.To use this table, the structural engineer needs to determine the span of their joists and theirloading to ensure they select a joist with enough capacity. If the framing has already beendetermined, this information can typically be found on structural drawings, but the structuralengineer often has to work with an architect and architectural drawings to see where joists can beplaced, spaced, and what type of loads they might support. Figure 4 shows a preliminary sketchof a framing plan for a roof that was

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rustin G. Vogt, California State University Sacramento; Gareth W Figgess, California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

experience was a fully functional tiny house that was taken to competitionand then later used as a research platform and a promotional tool for the department of energy.Students learned construction techniques and building from specified plans that they participatedin creating. Students experienced every aspect of home construction along with installing solarand converting DC power to AC. Many students have never had the opportunity to see how asolar panel or system are integrated into a home electrical system in practice. Student successwas measured based on direct feedback from students throughout the build as well as commentsreceived after the project completion including student reports of successful job-interviews citingtheir involvement in the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

maker cultureinto our STEM courses to increase the enrollment as well as the retention rate ofunderrepresented students, including females and minorities. This improvement of teachinginfrastructure and pedagogy at a minority serving institution will significantly enhance theteaching quality and eventually will have a positive impact on the US's economy and well-being.The main question that will guide the investigations of this study is: “What are the effects of thecontextualized and student-centered instruction in computer science courses on students’learning outcomes and experiences?” This paper reports our planned activities that will beimplemented in Fall 2019 semester.2. BackgroundHow People Learn (HPL) framework [11] and the student

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Lai, Carnegie Mellon University; Elaine Soohoo, Carnegie Mellon University; Diane L. Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University; Conrad M. Zapanta, Carnegie Mellon University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

± 0.5 5 ± 0.0 4.3 ± 0.5 Stakeholders? Target Niche?Current Market Who are the current 3 ± 0.0 3.7 ± 0.5 3 ± 0.0 competitors? What are their weaknesses?Solution Is the idea novel? Does 3.3 ± 1.7 3.2 ± 0.8 2.7 ± 0.5 it work better faster or is cheaper than the competition?Future Plans Are the plans to move 3.3 ± 0.5 2.3 ± 0.5 2.6 ± 0.9 forward logical and feasible? FDA path?Total Score 19 18.8 15.75.3 Course

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Engineering Ethics Division - WIP Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Martel-Foley, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

to practice independently, coding a similar task given specified parameters. This istypically discussed between nearby students and presentation of their successful solutions ishighly encouraged. The second half of each lecture is devoted to introducing the IAT,contextualizing the day’s coding topic within the IAT and applying the newly learned material tothe next stage of construction of the IAT.Figure 2: Lesson Plan – Four week plan to introduce and compile the components of an IAT withthe associated coding topics.The first week of the module begins with students completing the pre-survey which measurestheir baseline knowledge of implicit attitudes, if they have previously taken any psychologycourses and has them complete a rating of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Juan M. Caicedo, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis, EPRE Consulting LLC

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. The challenges and lesson-learned on the collaboration between the two participating universities, communications withindustrial partners, recruitment of the students, set up of the evaluation plans, and developmentand implementation of the program will be discussed. The preliminary evaluation results andrecommendations will also be shared.IntroductionWith increasing demands for high performance in structural systems, Smart StructureTechnologies (SST) is receiving considerable attention as it has the potential to transform manyfields in engineering, including civil, mechanical, aerospace, and geotechnical engineering.Within the area of civil engineering, in particular, extreme events such as earthquakes,hurricanes, and tsunamis can have fatal

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

energy industry. Both programswere two-days long and focused on two key aspects of high value manufacturing: manufacturingoperations excellence and manufacturing quality excellence. The professional developmentsessions were focused on materials and inventory planning, production economics,manufacturing quality, non-destructive evaluation, statistical process control, and lean/ six-sigma. The continuing education programs and course materials were developed based on thefeedback from the industry advisory board for the Manufacturing Center of Excellence atHouston Community College, which is a collaborating partner on the ATE Grant. As a part ofassessment of the programs, industry participants in the both sessions were given comprehensivesurveys

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Ed LeRoy Michor, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

appropriate for their course, teaching practices, experience, and instructional goals. • There is a preliminary four-year match period with potential renewal so that each pair can lead twice during each rotation period. Pairing is ultimately a personnel decision, but the chairs of the CBEE Curriculum and ABET will provide consultation. • Part of the annual performance reviews will contain a meeting between the School Head and the faculty pair where the activity and accomplishments of each member will assessed and evaluated. • New faculty will be paired with more experienced instructors. There will be documented development plans for new faculty that can become part of their teaching portfolio for P&T

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priyadarshan A. Manohar, Robert Morris University; Fahad Saad Almutairi, King Fahd Security College

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Engineering Economy

about proper executionmay result if the evaluation and measurement processes are not planned well before projectapproval. This challenge does not exist in business because companies evaluate the revenues oftheir projects based on solid financial analysis before proceeding. Professionals in governmentwho must produce a cost/benefit analysis or a business case for their projects come face to facewith a unique challenge unknown to their counterparts in private industry. They ask questions likethese:  How do you write a business case if you are not in a business?  How do you find financial benefits for a government organization besides cost savings?  How do you use financial metrics such as net present value (NPV), internal rate of

Conference Session

New Directions for ET

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Rios Santiago, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico / Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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Engineering Technology

, and CNC machine tools in the areas of system design, production planning, and control and manufacturing. Edinbarough also served in paramilitary forces and in the Air Force. He is a Life Member of the ISTE, a senior life member of the IE (India), a member of ASEE and SME, and a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Texas. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Assistive technology based on IoT in building automation: a multidisciplinary engineering projectAbstractNowadays, most of our daily activities can be performed indoors; according to the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on average, an American spends 90 percent of theirlife

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Perkins, North Carolina State University; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Marissa A. Tsugawa, University of Nevada, Reno; Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Cheryl Cass, SAS Institute

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

include student development of identity and motivation in graduate engineering environments and understanding creativity in engineering design processes.Mr. Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno Derrick Satterfield is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education and Chemical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Nevada, Reno. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in May 2017, and plans to pursue a career in academia in the future. His research interests are in graduate student attrition rates within academia, engineering identity development and the factors that influence decision making on persistence.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering

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Track: Special Topic - Social Justice and Reform Technical Session I

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Emily Alicia Affolter, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington

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Diversity, Special Topic: Social Justice & Reform

do your research methods employed tostudy engineering education align with your social justice values? In what ways could you examine orimprove upon your research methods to reflect a critical intersectional frame? How might that framebe relevant to your work and change-making in the field of engineering education? Participants willleave the workshop with an increased awareness of how to do engineering education research thatreflects social justice values, paired with concrete methodological ideas to run with. 1 Aligning your Research Methods with your Social Justice Values Plan for the workshop

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Track: Special Topic - Social Justice and Reform Technical Session 6

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ellen Foster, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, ​Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Special Topic: Social Justice & Reform

diversity, inclusion, and equity. After establishingthe current literature taking on issues of equity in engineering as well as a summary of thenetwork analysis already conducted through our ROAR grant, we will describe our owntheoretical framework, initial analysis of outcomes from other educational organizing campaigns,and initially planned actions for the CoNECD event and how it fits into our research.Background and FrameworkMany scholars have explored the problem of equity, diversity, and social responsibility inengineering as a discipline more broadly [1], [2], [3], [4], but there is little work done on the fieldand positionality of academics in engineering education specifically and their change-makingstrategies or interests for seeding

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kaela M Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Maciek Czyz

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

Propulsion Laboratory this summer, and plans to complete graduate school before becoming an astronaut and working on the moon. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Houston, We Don’t Have a Problem: Designing Tools to Develop Intuition Regarding Orbital MechanicsAbstractStudents studying aerospace engineering are expected to be capable of calculating an orbitaltrajectory based on initial conditions or data but that does not mean they have an intuitive feel forhow each parameter affects the final orbit. By manipulating aspects of a spacecraft such as itslaunch conditions, thrust vector, or time of flight and immediately seeing the results of theirmanipulation, students can develop

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behin Elahi, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Industrial Engineering

Paper ID #27502Implementation of a Project-Based Learning Approach, Case Study of ”Mea-surement and Evaluation Techniques in Industrial Engineering” CourseDr. Behin Elahi, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Behin Elahi is an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering/Industrial Engineering Technology at Purdue University Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, Indiana). Previously, she was fixed-term instructor at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) teaching courses such a manufacturing plan and control, supply chain modeling and management. She got her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; David Malawey, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Chao Ma, Texas A&M University; Reza Langari, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Jordan; Caleb Christian Stewart; Brian Malbec; David K. James

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Manufacturing

as quantAM offer visual highlighting of the regions of parts hanging belowthe set threshold (usually 45 degrees) to help with choosing part orientation and planning designmodifications. An iterative placement, orientation, and design modification process usuallyprecedes the actual build.B. WarpingParts with large contiguous masses, and more specifically a rapid increase of cross-sectional areafrom lower to higher z heights cause problems in SLM. These parts tend to warp significantlyunless countermeasures are implemented. Most businesses that build large parts use post-buildheat treatments as a standard process to relieve internal stresses. Heat treatment is applied beforeeven removing the part from the build plate. Warping is hard to

Conference Session

Course Transformation in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique José González-Carvajal, University of South Florida; Gokhan Mumcu, University of South Florida

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Electrical and Computer

Fig. 9. Plane wave incident on awaves inside a coaxial cable Visualizations were developed and dielectric boundary at z = 0 - 3Dadministered to the EM course of the Fall and Spring semesters visualization descriptionof 2016 and 2017 respectively. After Spring 2017, curriculum changes in at USF replaced theEM undergraduate course with the Electrical Engineering (EE) Science II course. The courseincludes a 1 credit lab component (about a total of 10 labs per semester) and 3D visualizationrelated activities are planned to be utilized in 3 labs. In addition to the 3D visualizationsdemonstrated to the EM course, the particle accelerator and plane wave 3D visualizations weredeveloped primarily for the undergraduate level EE Science II course. These

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

lifecycle ofdynamic products, which are part of the technology push market drive. Then, an example of a lablifecycle is provided using programmable logic controllers. The intended audience for this workincludes professors designing new labs, lab technicians, lab assistants, lab coordinators, andadministrators. They need to understand the importance and implementation of all these stages forscheduling, personnel planning, and funding purposes.IntroductionThe importance of experiential learning, active learning, and project-based learning throughlaboratory experiments and exercises is well documented in educational research and practice [1-8]. Also, the lifecycle of a product is analyzed in many design textbooks [9, 10]. The engineeringdesign process

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giancarlo D'Orazio, University of the District of Columbia; Jijuan Xu, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of resourceful problem-solvingwould have been less likely in a classroom or simulated setting.While modeling and simulation are both critical learning tools for students, they can only serve asa simplified picture of the realities faced by a real engineer [9]. Parts will break, wiring will shortout, and programs will encounter unexpected errors; the ability to overcome these challenges isfundamental to a successful career in engineering.A survey was conducted to see how this multidisciplinary project has helped students in “an abilityto function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives” (newABET Criteria 5).The School of

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Mana Seifaei; Salah Badjou

he also discussed at length in class. !2!The following topics were to be discussed in the lecture portion of the course:• Project planning and control.• Effective proposal writing.• Effective oral presentations.• Criteria for successful projects: review of several case studies.• Design methodologies: axiomatic design, design for manufacturing, design for testability, design for affordability, concurrent engineering design, etc.• Copyrights, intellectual property and patenting issues.!The following outline was discussed at length in the syllabus• Students work in teams of two to four students and propose potential projects in the first week of the semester which are reviewed at the first

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

M. Nazrul Islam; Joseph Abel; Qinghai Gao

security assessment plan for a given distributed systems environment. Senior Project  Students will learn how to develop a project requirements document for their design  Students will develop a solution to a real-world challenge  Students will create a report summary/ paper on their solution and how it was designed and how it impacts our society.SKILLS FOR APPLIED LEARNINGThe curriculum will incorporate applied learning where the students will not only learn the theoriesand principles of computer security technologies but also be able to apply them to real worldchallenges and systems. It will be conducted through individual

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2019 Fall Mid Atlantic States Conference

Authors

Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Wyatt Ethan Espell, USMA; Ashtyn McCall Hanna, United States Military Academy ; Andrew Joseph Ng, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez, United States Military Academy; Patrick Thomas Swanton, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States Military Academy; Jeremy Stephen Walker, U.S. Army Research, Development & Eng. Ctr.

Texas at Austin in Environmental Engineering. Most recently, he graduated with his Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He teaches Water Resources and Planning, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.Wyatt Ethan Espell, USMAMiss Ashtyn McCall Hanna, United States Military AcademyCapt. Andrew Joseph Ng, United States Military Academy Andrew Ng is a Captain in the United States Army and an Instructor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He is a 2010 graduate of the United States Military Academy with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering with honors and a 2019 graduate from the University of

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 10

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Ware, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie L. Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

that transdisciplinary action research projects are “designed cyclicallyand planned incrementally to allow for unpredicted developments and foster mutual learning,”and that they aim “to define and solve a complex real-life problem sustainably”— a goal thatrequires stakeholders “to handle risks related to crossing borders between scientific and otherfields” [p. 18, emphasis added].Our project team and the wider community of practice identified a set of problems related towriting development and instruction in engineering. We brought together faculty and graduateteaching assistants from several engineering departments with those from the Center for WritingStudies. We have devoted considerable time (meeting weekly during the academic year

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Teams

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Stephanie Sheffield, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, California Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

self evaluations  Feedback based on those evaluations  A Gantt chart to plan project tasks and timelines  Peer mentors  Reflections on teamwork topics  Mid-semester progress meetingsIce Breaker and Communication Activity. Teams are revealed during lecture, at which pointstudents are encouraged to take seats near their new teammates and quickly exchange names andcontact information. After the teams have a few minutes to chat, we introduce a teaming activity:a logic grid puzzle with 30 written clues, divided as evenly as possible among the team memberson slips of paper. Our puzzle was adapted from [11], and we have made our version availableelectronically [12]. Generally, our students seem familiar with this type of