Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Best Papers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan T. Lugowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

thermodynamics course was re-imagined to present the overarchingenergy conversion topic in an integrated learning-in-context format, so that the learning occurredjust in time and the learning outcomes were tied to a practical hands-on experience to evaluate aheat exchanger. A survey to assess student learning showed that students 1) were more confidentin their technical knowledge after having completed this project and 2) preferred to have detailedinstructions to complete lab procedure (as opposed to working on their own).Energy TransformationHigher education has been going through a transformation of teaching in many disciplines [1] –[7]. The transformation helps recognize our interconnectedness with others [1], and that theinstructor must strike a

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joan B Schuman, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. However, the IDI surveys almost always show a higher perceived culturalcompetency than the actual measured developmental level which would need to be taken intoconsideration. Evaluating training or experiences incorporated into classes at multiple levelswould provide a better picture of whether my conclusions are correct. I have incorporated aService Learning project for people in another culture for a Senior Capstone course. Thesestudents did not travel to that location but needed to learn about the culture in order to create adesign that was effective. Based on the research shown in this paper, one project most likely wasnot sufficient to increase cultural competence. However, if students are exposed to manyexperiences over their college

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norb Delatte

lifelong learning. Threeapproaches for bringing forensics and failure case studies into the civil engineering curriculumare available. These are stand-alone forensic engineering or failure case study courses, capstonedesign projects, and integration of case studies into the curriculum. Since it is not practical toadd another required course to the crowded civil engineering curriculum, the latter approach willbe more practical for most undergraduate programs. Some cases have been developed and usedin courses at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and the University of Alabama atBirmingham (UAB), as well as at other institutions. Currently an NSF-funded research project isunderway at UAB to develop and disseminate case study materials. Under

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viveca Deanes; Olakunle Harrison

scope of considerations practicing engineers face when designingcontemporary products that involve electromechanical devices. In this paper the authorsdescribe various approaches used in teaching this multidisciplinary course. Build-and-testexercises are used to help students gain a better understanding of technical concepts covered inthe course, thus promoting a sense of accomplishment with real world experiences. Students’ability to retain knowledge of concepts taught is improved when the opportunity exists todemonstrate what has been learned. The projects and exercises, as well as the way in which theyare executed, are designed to enhance students’ decision-making skills and promote goodengineering judgment. One course project discussed in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

puszynski jan; David Dixon; Bhavani Puli; James Munro

recently, baccalaureate programs in engineering have traditionally used laboratoryexperiences to reinforce engineering science theory presented in lecture classes. Designconcepts were presented in a senior capstone design course but were not incorporatedinto laboratory experiments. In the last fifteen years there has been a move towardintegrating design experiences throughout the curriculum in response to ABETaccreditation requirements for engineering programs. A number of engineering programshave developed courses or methods to introduce design at early stages of the engineeringcurriculum, or even at the secondary or elementary school level.3, 4 In their text TeachingEngineering, Wankat and Oreovicz note that "hardware projects, which mix design

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Renee Rogge; Joan Burtner

quite good. The new president was quite enthusiastic and veryoptimistic. She began the meeting with an extensive list of projects she planned to initiate duringher reign. Her enthusiasm was contagious. A volunteer list was distributed and many of thosepresent signed up to work. As the year went on, however, enthusiasm on the part of themembership began to wane. Although the president had taken responsibility at the beginning ofthe fall term for setting up two service projects, she had not finalized arrangements beforeChristmas. In a meeting with the faculty advisor, the president explained that the fall term courseswere too demanding, and as the term progressed she became more involved in her studies. Thepresident assured the advisor that

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Computers in Education

delivery of a new graduate biomedical engineering masters degree with a focus on the medical device development Page 22.261.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011A Preliminary Assessment of the CATME Peer Evaluation Tool EffectivenessAbstractIn project intensive courses student teams are used to enable completion of significant work and,hopefully, significant learning in one semester. Faculty desire to use peer evaluations and self-evaluations to assess how much each team member contributes to the overall effort and successof the project. Ideally, the evaluations and assessments will lead

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

spaghetti andgumdrops. The minimum height of the tower must be five feet high and be completed infifty minutes. This task requires the students to come up with a structural design that issound, as most towers will begin to collapse near the bottom of the structure when thethree-foot height is reached. Student design competency in teamwork and implementationis stressed in this activity.The capstone group design projects require groups of students to work together in teamsof three or four to complete the required design project. These projects have included theconstruction of a raft that floats a minimum payload of two hundred pounds and beingconstructed using 1” by 2” boards, plastic two liter beverage bottles, duct tape, and rope.The students have

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2022 CIEC

Authors

Mohsen Azizi; Venancio Fuentes

combination ofknowledge test, hands-on troubleshooting scenarios of embedded faults, and final researchproject. These courses will also prepare the students to conduct their capstone senior designprojects in the field of renewable energy systems and specifically solar energy systems (futureplan).The principal investigators of this project have expertise in the field of solar PV and powersystems [10]-[17]. They have supervised several research and development projects and graduatetheses in the domain of renewable and solar PV systems [18]-[20] and have a prior experience oflaboratory and curriculum development [21], [22]. CCM has several solar PV arrays installed oncampus that are generating close to 400 kilowatts of electrical energy (approximately

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julius Marpaung; Louis Johnson; William Flanery

Capstone Design Project,” in Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 1999.19. Wang, A.I., Øfsdahl, T., Mørch-Storstein, O.K. (2008). "An Evaluation of a Mobile Game Concept for Lectures." IEEE 21st Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEET), pp.197-204, 14-17 April 2008.20. Zea, N.P., Sanchez, J.L.G., Gutierrez, F.L. (2009). "Collaborative Learning by Means of Video Games: An Entertainment System in the Learning Processes." Ninth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), pp.215-217, 15-17 July 2009.21. Ramirez, C.G.R., Almonte, J.B., Tugade, R.R., Atienza, R.O. (2010). "Implementation of a digital game-based learning

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Opening General Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Xiaoxiao Hu, Old Dominion University; May Hou, Norfolk State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and system integration and risk management. He is the director of the Dynamics Environment Simulation (DES) Laboratory and the Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Laboratory. He is the supervisor of the capstone senior design project team on the Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) which has competed in the international competition in the last three years. During his tenure, he has the privilege of developing 3 new undergraduate and 6 new graduate courses in the areas related to computational methods and design.Xiaoxiao Hu, Old Dominion University Xiaoxiao Hu is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Old Dominion University. She received her PhD in Industrial/Organizational psychology from George Mason

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Vincent Bartolomeo, The Cooper Union; Amanda Lombardo, The Cooper Union; Michael Colella, The Cooper Union; George J. Delagrammatikas, The Cooper Union

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

, fabrication, and use of a bench-scale hybrid automotive powertrain.Although not a competition per se, students in this project were immersed in a hands-onengineering project and developed a test stand for use by subsequent students.Senior capstone projects are a natural fit for these types of projects, as the courses attempt tobring together all the fundamental learning into one design exercise. Earlier experiences are alsorelated to this work and provide a proving ground and student recruitment tool for senior projectselection. Such work is performed by Singh Chawla and Leonhardt [5] who describe a projectthat links junior and senior work to the optimization of an FSAE chassis. Previous experimentalwork in the context of a junior-level

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Randi, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Joseph A. Levert P.E., University of New Haven; Bijan Karimi, University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

CommentsThis paper describes an instructional innovation designed to promote revision of interdisciplinarydesign proposals collaboratively authored by student teams participating in capstone seniordesign courses. Just as students from different engineering disciplines worked together to designand continually refine their projects, faculty from different disciplines worked together withindustry partners to help the students see revision as an integral component of the design process.Communication is an important workplace skill, particularly in the sciences where skilledprofessionals need to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences. Engineersespecially have long emphasized the need for strong communication skills and they continue

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #2: Global Engagement

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Schneider, University of Dayton; Corinne Mowrey, University of Dayton; Eric Janz P.E., University of Dayton; Erick S. Vasquez, University of Dayton; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Matthew A. Witenstein, University of Dayton; Jeanne Holcomb, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

Competence for Engineering Formation (Work in Progress)1. IntroductionThe purpose of this project is to determine to what extent global engineering competence can bedeveloped in engineering students through the use of four minimally to moderately intensiveglobal engagement interventions. The specific global engagement interventions evaluatedinclude the use of international engineering case studies in a quantitative analysis course, theintentional formation of multinational student design teams within a capstone design course, aCollaborative Online International Learning (COIL) research project in a fluid flow (transportphenomena) course, and an engineering short course coupled to a community engaged project.The specific

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

of the new assessment and grading format for the course as well asfailures or “cracks”. Qualitative and quantitative student survey data will be presented.MotivationIn the past 2-3 years, the instructor has been leading the Civil Engineering Senior Design courses,in which students work together to complete a capstone design project within one semester.Throughout the course, the instructor’s main duty is not to teach new content, but to serve as anengineering mentor and reviewer of the work performed. Compared to traditional classroomswhere topics are taught and students are evaluated, this course more accurately models therelationship of a practicing professional engineer who oversees entry level engineers. Throughthese close relationships

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 4: Professional Preparation

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Procopio; John Morris, Clemson University; John R. Wagner P.E., Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

increase the sophistication of MATLAB algorithms. By junior year, the required coursesinvolve MATLAB coding so that the students can now apply their software knowledge toengineering design problems and simulation projects. Senior year, the students apply the skillsthey learned thus far to their project oriented and capstone design courses. As Figure 1 shows,space may exist to implement PLM concepts as well as select software packages each year throughPLM software workshops for interested students. Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior ENGR 1020: ME 2220: ME 3330: ME 4010: Engineering Mechanical Mechanical

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Enick

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

, evaluation, and results of these integrated curricula in chemicalengineering has been provided elsewhere [A1], [A2], [A3], [A4], [A5]. The technical content ofthese courses and unit operation laboratories have been progressively enriched with training insafety. Lectures on safety have been added in close connection with the specific content of someof the six pillar courses. Projects have been included in several pillars for students to incorporatesafety analysis and proposals. Table 1. CHE Core CurriculumYear (Semester) Core course Cr Companion course CrSophomore (I) Foundations in Chemical 6 Foundations of CHE Lab 1

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip du Plessix, University of Calgary; Graham Armitage, University of Calgary; Kara Chomistek, University of Calgary; Clifton Johnston, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Mohamed Nazir, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Diane Douglas, University of Calgary; Brigit Knecht, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

finished product. The process of manufacturing theobject requires the use of all of the tools in the laboratory. Individuals involved in the instructionof this course believe that it is successful because it gives a reason for students to use several lessfrequented tools which they may never be exposed to otherwise.A program with similar method and goals was found in literature at the University of Idaho intheir fourth-year capstone experience where11 “graduate student mentors in the IdahoEngineering Works (IEWorks) have created a three-session orientation that teaches fundamentalsof machining associated with the construction of a small multi-tool.” The project “promotesawareness of manufacturing skills required to generate high quality hardware

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, Purdue University; Sybil Sharvelle, Purdue University; M Katherine Banks, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering

Graduate Competencies through an Authentic Design Experience in a Wastewater Treatment CourseAbstractDeveloping professional competencies require learning experiences that simulate authenticpractice. A wastewater treatment course at a large, research university converted a portion of itstraditional lecture and homework model of instruction to a challenge-based model of instructionculminating in a redesign project. The course used a series of challenge-based modules as aprecursor to learners’ synthesis of a design report and presentation to a corporate client. Anearby pharmaceutical company acted as a “perspective client” and issued a formal request forproposal (RFP) to the students, who were organized into “consulting companies.” In

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan McGaughey, Carnegie Mellon University; Jeremy Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University

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Engineering Technology

-scaleheat transfer, and a graduate course in quantitative modeling for product development.4.1 Undergraduate project-based course experienceIn the mechanical engineering senior capstone design course, students used the wiki inteams to collaboratively write design project reports, including pictures and videos todocument use and functionality. The course website,13 contains links to notes on many ofthe course topics as well as a history of prior student design reports that new students canuse as references. The course involved a design project that began by students formingteams and selecting a mechanical system of interest to dissect and study. Following in-class activities, students formed teams based on member skills, diversity, and

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephen T. Frezza, Gannon University

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering in the Computer and Information Sci- ence department of Gannon University in Erie, PA. His research interests include Engineering Education Research, Requirements Engineering, Project Management, as well as Philosophy of Engineering and Engineering Education. He is regularly involved in supporting the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, as well as projects that serve the regional community. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Finding Möjligheter: Creativity and Ill-Structured ProblemsAbstractCentered around the concept of Möjligheter, this paper focuses on motivating the rationale forfaculty to 1) add more authentic problems to their design courses, 2) foster more

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael D. Murphy; Kristen L. Wood; Daniel Jensen

SPRING 1996 73.7 8.5 FALL 1996 77.4 6.8 FALL 1997 77.7 5.6USING MBTI DATA TO IMPROVE THE RESTRUCTURED COURSEA significant amount has been written concerning methods for improving design coursesincluding recent works by Evans, Harris, Moriarty, Wood and Koen [Evans, Harris, Moriarty,Wood, Koen]. For more information in this rather broad area, see the fairly comprehensivereference list in Dutson [Dutson] which focuses on capstone courses but is also relevant to lowerlevel design courses which include projects. A narrower branch of this effort to improve theteaching of design includes those that have attempted to take

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Swearengen; Hakan Gürocak

assessments will be adopted and tailored for the new program. A briefsummary of the four assessment areas follows.1. In-class assessments will be conducted in selected courses such as capstone design, writing- in-the-major [M] courses, lab courses, selected senior course, selected junior course, etc. Page 3.430.11 Assessment tools will consist of tests, projects, reports, activity evaluations, etc. and include instructor assessment report at the end of the course. To guide the assessment activities, 11 educational objectives and student outcomes will be identified for the program and for

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session (Works in Progress)

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yah-el Har-El, Temple University; Thomas V. Edwards Jr., Temple University; Ruth Ochia P.E., Temple University

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Biomedical Engineering

were conducted to see how student perception changes with additional exposure to the identitiesof founder and developer. This survey was deemed “exempt” by Temple University’s IRB committee.Survey results were compared with data from recent engineering upperclassmen before and after theirsenior capstone courses [3] and experienced entrepreneurs [2] to determine if our program revisions areinfluencing the development of all EEI in our bioengineering program. Cardon et al. reported a singlequestion for each identity with her experienced entrepreneurs. We used the same questions in ourcomparisons (Figure 1). [2] Single factor ANOVA tests were conducted to determine differences inresponses to the EEI for both pre and post surveys with paired t

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Alkhairy, Alfaisal University; Leland Blank, Texas A&M University; Duane Boning, MIT; David Cardwell, University of Cambridge; W Craig Carter, MIT; Nick Collings, University of Cambridge; Allan Hayhurst, University of Cambridge; William Milne; Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge; Warren Seering, MIT; Kenneth Smith, MIT; Sallie Sheppard, Texas A&M University; Bill Stronge, University of Cambridge

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International

). The plan includes sevencore undergraduate courses in a discipline during the second and third year, and the fourthyear requires six advanced-level courses plus a capstone design project course.The core courses, which cover the major knowledge bases in a specific discipline, representthe second level of courses within a field of study, and teach applied science and engineeringanalysis. The advanced courses include considerable depth of topics in the discipline withoutsacrificing breadth. Page 14.346.10 Table 4. Generic BS Degree Plan Subject Subject

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moderick Greenfield, Eastern Michigan University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Capstone Project 3Total 18-21* OPTION: Students must select PHY 420 or ELEC 450.REQUIRED ENGINEERING MECHANICS COURSESPHY 229 Strength and Elasticity of Materials 4PHY 230 Engineering Dynamics 4PHY 485 Fluid Dynamics 3Total 11The above courses were selected from Engineering Physics because they provide thebasic foundation in Engineering. The student completing these courses will have a strongbackground in Engineering Mechanics. For instance, PHY 229, 230, 360, and 485 are allbasic components administered on the FE Exam. Today, all engineers are required tounderstand Ethnics

Conference Session

Education Programs in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E Reuther, Columbia University; Michael John Cennamo, Columbia University; Tiffany Wen-an Guo, Columbia University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Biomedical

biomedical problems. During biomedical design, a range ofstrategies can be used to identify a problem and to generate and evaluate solutions. At ColumbiaUniversity, we have an established program for teaching biomedical design to undergraduateswhich culminates in our capstone ‘Senior Design’ course. However, no specified designexperience exists for terminal degree BME Master’s students. Design courses are traditionallytaught utilizing a textbook, lectures, and a team design project, with often limited time forinteractions between and among teams and instructors in the classroom. We also recognized thatthe background and educational and professional goals of undergraduates and graduate studentsare unique. Therefore, we saw a valuable opportunity to

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; John Vozenilek

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Diversity

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Biomedical

, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Lecturer in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her career, Marcia has been active in improving undergraduate education through developing problem-based laboratories to enhance experimental design skills; developing a preliminary design course focused on problem identification and market space (based on an industry partner’s protocol); and mentoring and guiding student teams through the senior design capstone course and a translational course following senior design. To promote biomedical/bioengineering, Marcia works with Women in Engineering to offer outreach activities and is engaged at the national level as Executive Director of the biomedical

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Sharon Britton; Andrea Cox; Lorraine Mountain

, and digital learning approaches• Students earn an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Advanced Manufacturing Systems – first of it’s kind in the nationPartnership Vision:The integration of work and learning Grand challenges, similar to a capstone, synthesizing and assessing learning across all accelerators Accelerators feature rotations through functional shop areas. Integrating digital learning instruction, shop floor practice with real time GE mentoring culminating with challenge assessments

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig W. Somerton

organizations. One consistent theme in these discussions wasFord’s desire to have engineers with good teaming skills. The response of one faculty memberwas the observation that the undergraduate mechanical engineering program at MSU providesnumerous teaming opportunities. Students team in all four of the program's required laboratorycourses, as well as in the machine design course and the capstone design course. However, eventhough graduates from this program have several teaming experiences, it was also clear thatthere was no team training experience. That is, an experience where students learn about how ateam functions and how to work effectively on teams. To fill this void, one of the technicalexperiments in a senior level laboratory course was