Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Jones, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

board member participation in courses and laboratories,capstone courses, accreditation, student organizations, student competitive teams, and facultydevelopment. Through this examination of the program’s efforts, other engineering educatorswill be able to build upon their successes and avoid some of their difficulties while involvingtheir industry advisory board members in other ways.IntroductionEngineering programs from all disciplines rely on their industry advisory board (IAB) membersto help ground curricula in the current and future needs of the profession. This “real world”advice can be invaluable to balancing theory versus application in the classroom, help programsstay abreast of technological and other trending factors in the workplace

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti; John Muth; Veena Misra, North Carolina State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST).Prof. Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University Mehmet C. Ozturk received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey in 1980. He received his MS degree from Michigan Tech in 1983 and his PhD degree from NC State University in 1988. Immediately after graduation, he joined the faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since 2008, Dr. Ozturk has been serving as the director of the NCSU Nanofabrication Facility, which operates as the central laboratory for the entire University. In 2012, he became the education and

Conference Session

INVITED PANEL: Preparing your Teaching Portfolio

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

continualimprovement as a major portfolio theme. Others might choose excellence in a pedagogicalspecialty, such as successful implementation of new technologies for teaching, or in teachingsuccessful laboratories. Ideally, the claims can be related in some way to the portfolio author’steaching story and philosophy. Participants in the panel session that this paper accompanies willleave the session with handouts containing reflective prompts and a framework of claims thatcould be made about their individual teaching. As the author decides what they intend to claimabout their teaching, they should also think about what kinds of evidence they can provide tosupport such claims.The evidence selected for inclusion in a teaching portfolio needs to be carefully

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona; Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

16,000 different line items under a'microcontroller' search.Selecting the ideal MCU and DT for a particular project could be a time-consuming and tedious Page 24.1012.2task for an undergraduate student or the course designer and faculty mentor3. This is aggravated bythe fact that students are usually only familiar with the MCU, DB and IDE they have used duringtheir undergraduate classroom and lab experience. The students are challenged not just by thedesign, but by the integration of these various types of technology.There are other challenges in the curriculum too. A student takes a digital circuits and systemscourse with its laboratory

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Stephen A. Strom, Penn State Behrend

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Lab 4 IR Telemetry System 2 weeks Lab 5 Wireless Sensor Network 2 weeks Lab 6 Bluetooth-Enabled Instant Messaging 2 weeks Lab 7 RFID Reader System 3 weeksRFID Reader System Design ProjectThe RFID reader system design project consisted of one laboratory exercise, and it was designed tobe completed in three weeks. Just prior to this project, students were introduced to RFIDtechnology, RFID standards, and product tagging during the lecture4-5. Earlier in the semester, serialcommunications and communications protocols were covered.For the RFID project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Christopher Joseph Franzwa

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

has secured funding over $3 million from NSF, AFOSR, DOE, DHS, TBR and local industry for research and educational innovations. He has authored and coauthored over 30 technical refereed and non-refereed papers in various conferences, international journal articles, book chapters in research and pedagogical techniques. He is the director of the Cyber Defense and Security Visualization Laboratory (http://cyberviz.tnstate.edu/)Mr. Christopher Joseph Franzwa Page 24.1092.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Solaris One – A Serious Game for

Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol L. Considine, Old Dominion University; Michael W. Seek, Old Dominion University; Jon Lester, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

students. He has served as the Civil-Site design option evaluator for Senior Design projects each semester as part of his normal teaching responsibilities. Dr. Lester has developed new courses in Civil Engineering Technology to better distribute the student load in Fluid Mechanics and the accompanying laboratory. Dr. Lester has also taught the Professional Engineering preparation courses through the ODU Business Gateway. Dr. Lester has embarked upon the initial asynchronous modality course development and was instrumental in promoting the program forward with this initiative with the Center for Learning and Teaching. He has developed an asynchronous course for Fundamentals of Building Construction and will develop

Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B. Guthrie, California Polytechnic State University; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

plans andboards describing characteristics and the design process. The goal of the projects was toreinforce the lecture material and give students another opportunity to practice skills. They alsoprovided expectations of the deliverables for conceptual structural submittals.Two projects were included in the Fall 2013 course. The first was a small building structure.Students selected one of four buildings, a school, library, natatorium and gymnasium. Because oftime constraints the scope of this project was limited to the roof framing.This was a warm-up for the second project, a multi-story building of steel or concreteconstruction. Students choose from eight buildings: office, hotel, university classroom, universityresearch laboratory

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Perez-Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Priya Radhi Santhanam, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #10147Student-led Mentoring Program Fostering Retention of Female Undergradu-ate Students in STEM FieldsDr. Raquel Perez-Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Raquel Perez-Castillejos is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at the New Jersey Insti- tute of Technology (NJIT). Her research (www.tissuemodels.net) focuses on the development of tools for cell and tissue biology using micro- and nanotechnologies. Raquel obtained her Ph.D. with the National Center of Microelectronics in Barcelona. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Miniaturized Systems (Univ. S˜ao Paulo, Brasil

Conference Session

Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Hull P.E., OP-TEC; Chrysanthos Andreas Panayiotou, Indian River State College

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Two Year College Division

and department chair of the electronics and electrical power technology programs at Indian River State College and Brevard Community Col- lege where he created new courses and programs, updated curricula, and increased enrollment to full capacity. Chrysanthos authored two textbooks and six laboratory manuals in the areas of analog and digital electronics, and schematic capture and printed circuit board layout. Panayiotou started his career in industrial controls and automation and then transitioned to the telecommunications industry where he designed VHF and UHF networks. Panayiotou received his undergraduate electrical engineering degree from Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus. With the support from a

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenli Guo, Queensborough Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

this article, reflection through journal writing wasimplemented in a Conceptual Physics class in a community college setting, which is rarely seenin literatures. The description of the study, preliminary data and results are presented.II. Description of the studyThe typical PH101 Conceptual Physics course has three 50-minute lectures and one 1 hr 50minute long laboratory per week. The official textbook for the course is “Conceptual Physics” byPaul Hewitt. Students are generally required to write lab reports for each lab they do but they do Page 24.1152.4not do any other writing except homework for lectures. Regular student-centered lectures

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 1 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shakira Renee McCall, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Randi Michelle Taylor, Arizona State University; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

taught on anaerobic digestion, student used theirknowledge of the human digestive system to describe how an anaerobic digesters works.Refer to Figure 4 below. . Figure 4: Collaboratively, students discussed how anaerobic digesters and human digesters had similar processesTeams of students worked even closer with anaerobic digestion by setting up anaerobicdigesters. As shown in Figure 5, students set-up an anaerobic digester. Items needed toset-up for the anaerobic digesters were inexpensive and easily accessible. Studentsfollowed the laboratory and safety procedures, which were provided and included in theappendix. Figure 5: Students mix manure and

Conference Session

General Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Michael Morse, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Venkatesh Uddameri; Elma Annette Hernandez, Texas Tech University; David L. Ernst, Texas Tech University - Construction Engineering

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Computers in Education

Engineering Education, 34(1), 26-39. 5. Stern, F., Xing, T., Muste, M., Yarbrough, D., Rothmayer, A., Rajagopalan, G., Caughey, D., Bhaskaran, R., Smith, S., and Hutchings, B. (2006). "Integration of simulation technology into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratories." International Journal of Learning Technology, 2(1), 28-48. 6. Busch-Vishniac, I., Kibler, T., Campbell, P. B., Patterson, E., Guillaume, D., Jarosz, J., Chassapis, C., Emery, A., Ellis, G., Whitworth, H., Metz, S., Brainard, S., and Ray, P. (2011). "Deconstructing Engineering Education Programmes: The DEEP Project to reform the mechanical engineering curriculum." European Journal of Engineering Education, 36(3), 269-283. 7. Cheah, C., Chen

Conference Session

Topics Enhancing ET Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Jorge L Alvarado, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #8997The Use of an Iterative Industry Project in a One Semester Capstone CourseDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather E Dillon, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #10089Thermodynamics in the ArtsDr. Heather E Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. Her teaching focuses on thermodynamics, heat transfer, renewable energy, and optimization of energy systems. She currently leads a research team working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and fundamental heat transfer. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer. Dr. Dillon’s research at PNNL supported the US Department of Energy and

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 24.1282.10ASEE Annual Conference, 2014 4. Course evaluation:In parallel with the self-evaluation of each course by the instructor, we also conduct a course evaluationby students. This topic is a part of the HVAC laboratory course. The course objectives introduced earlierin the course are again provided to the students at the end of the semester. The students’ input on whetherthe materials offered have met the objectives is then complied and used in the program outcomeassessment process. Results of instructor course evaluations (conducted by students) are reviewed by theDepartment Chair and the Dean and shared with the faculty.Each faculty member also conducts an evaluation of performance of students in his/her courses as part ofthe

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Jeremy Keith Posey Sr.

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

laboratories help to facilitate the complete working experience forthe students. The labs allow the students to design, create, and enhance their vehicles. Eachstudent has the ability to work on every aspect of the vehicle they are creating and hone theirskills. The machine shop allows the students to test their designs as well as gain invaluableexperience working on machines such as laser cutters that they will be using during their futurecareers. These projects help students to sharpen their skills for future workmanship, such as teamwork, understanding responsibility, and making use of techniques learned in class. Moreover theEVP students gain an irreplaceable experience and lifelong relationships while working withinternational students and

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos-Salas P.E., University of Texas, Pan American; Jesus Alejandro Valladares, The University of Texas Pan American

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

theenvironment under which they worked 1. The NREL/MIDC site is friendly to the user 2. I believe I have the required background to understand the level of information in this exercise 3. I believe each section helps me understand the following section. 4. I believe the MatLAB programs are well writtenIX- Conclusions Although the attention of the ASEE to Solar Energy has been active for many years [16], Page 24.1297.12today it is even more active because the solar industry has grown steadily, and the interest of theengineering students has grown exponentially. The dissemination of the new knowledge fromindustry and laboratories

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

classroom technologies. Other supports for faculty included aone-time pre-proposal workshop as well as program and course evaluation provided by anexternal unit.Funded ProjectsSIIP has funded 12 reform efforts to date. Table 1 lists the reform efforts and provides briefdescriptions of the objectives of each effort. Projects funded for 2012-2014 Course/Technology Description of Reform Effort Systems Engineering Improve student engagement by integrating video lectures, classroom and Engr Risk response systems, and mini-projects Computer Engr Core Reorganize curriculum to modernize course content and integrate more laboratory experiences and active learning experiences

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph P Hoffbeck, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, Mondragon, Antonio Francisco; Purohit, Prafull, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 26 - 29, 2011.10. Interdisciplinary laboratory projects integrating LabVIEW with VHDL models implemented in FPGA hardware, Hayne, Ronald; McKinney, Mark, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 20 - 23, 2010.11. A LabVIEW FPGA toolkit to teach digital logic design, Perales, Troy; Morgan, Joseph; Porter, Jay, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 14 - 17, 2009.12. Collaborative project-based learning to enhance freshman design experience in digital engineering, Dong, Jianyu; Warter-Perez, Nancy, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 14 - 17, 2009.13. Extensive use of advanced FPGA technology in digital design education, Radu

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Julie N. Renner; Kathy E. Ayers

establish a network. In addition, the research fellow was asked to be part of multiple teams in a technical sup pport role by conducting laboratory experiments, supportin ng government reporting activities, acting as an academicc liaison, and providing technical guidance to engineers. This experience provided a broad technical exposure

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Marwah Almasri; Khaled Elleithy

popular topic among researchers as it incorporates newtechnologies and perspectives. Therefore, it is crucial to pay This model was introduced by the U.S. Joint Directors of Laboratories (JDL) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) [6]. However, it has been revised by other researchersattention to this type of network for exploring solutions to such as Steinberg et al [7]. The JDL model is one of the data-many problems. A WSN is composed of a huge number of based

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Daniel Gebremicheal; Paul Cotae

Science and Service System (CSSS), International conference, pp. 2004 – 2007, Jun.2011.[8] P. Cotae,” Blind Doppler Estimation and Compensation in the Underwater Communications,” Technical report submitted to the Naval Research Laboratories, Washington DC, Sept. 2009.[9] A. Patel and B. Kosko, “Stochastic resonance in continuous and spiking Nearon models with levy noise neyman-pearson signal detection,’’ IEEETrans on Neural Networks.,Volume.19,pp. 1993 – 2008,Dec.2008. 5

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Hussain A. Alhassan; Eman Abdel Fattah

REFERENCES [1] Y. Rodriguez-Gallo Guerra, J. P. B. Rodriguez, and C. R. Beltran, “Development of laboratory practice on WiMAX IEEE 802.16d physical layer,” Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE), pp. 216 - 221, 2012.Bit Error Rate [2] M. D. Patidar, R.; Jain, N.K.; Kulpariya, S., “Performance analysis of WiMAX

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ammar Odeh; Khaled Elleithy; Miad Faezipour

and the directoractivities and student recruiting and advising. of the D-BEST Lab since July 2011. Prior to joining UB, she has been a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Texas at DallasDr. Khaled Elleithy is the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the collaborating with the Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems and theSchool of Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. He has research Quality of Life Technology laboratories. She received the B.Sc. ininterests are in the areas of network security, mobile communications, and Electrical Engineering from the University of Tehran, Tehran

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Nicholas J. Macedo; Tracie L. Ferreira

This work was funded by the University Of Massachusetts Dartmouth Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR). IACUC approved protocol #13-01. Much thanks to Mr. Vijay Boominathan for all intellectual support when working in the laboratory. References EMBRYO STAGE TOTAL RNA (µg) A260/ 280

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Wilson Tsz-Hon Kowk; Zhineng Li; Rahel Steffen; Brendan O'Brien; M.C. Damas; Vazgen Shekoyan; Paul Marchese; Tak Cheung

algorithm would help to establish a publicly smartphone Community college pre-engineering students sometime accessible, computing network that could assist in exploratoryneed extra counseling on which career path such as studies of all FITS data. ImageJ is considered as simple mass-professional engineers, research engineers, information market software since our experience in teaching ImageJ totechnology engineer, etc. Hands-on experience gained in community college students majoring in liberal arts has beendoing a research project in a laboratory and presenting the very successfully over the years. Other authors have foundresults in conferences would enhance motivation and

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Carlos A. Munoz

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Object Tracking Using Autonomous Quad Copter Carlos A. Munoz Robotics, Intelligent Sensing & Control (RISC) Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, 221 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA. carlosm@bridgeport.edu, Abstract - To have a quad copter autonomously catch There are even some future jobs that could potentially be(tap) an object by receiving XYZ coordinates given by

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Thomas Korman; Hal Johnston; Kay Gore

constructability issues. Students often master the courseand laboratory work associated with courses in the curriculum, but they do not gain acomprehensive engineering experience that requires them to synthesize what they have learnedin their curriculum and extend their knowledge through independent learning that reaches outsidetheir field of study, specifically in the topics of constructability. This is further observed atcommunity colleges where students do not have the opportunity of being immersed in a large-scale engineering academic environment of a four-year institution and frequently lose interest inpursuing further education or an engineering career.This educational gap is systematic among engineering universities. Figure 1 illustrates howdesign

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Manoochehr Zoghi; Hernan Maldonado; Syreeta Martinez

495accredited by ACCE (American Council for Construction Education). The mission of LCOE is toprovide high quality academic programs in engineering and construction management thatsupport the infrastructure and growth of the Central California region. With regional industrypartners, these programs are linked through cooperative education opportunities, internships,projects, and course assignments. The college also offers an accelerated master’s program thatallows qualified undergraduate students to begin graduate studies at the start of the first semesterof their senior year. Nearly all LCOE programs are broad-based with substantial hands onexperiential opportunities via laboratories, optional internship, project-based learning (PBL), andsenior