Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Diana Schwerha; AARON JONES; SHIJING LIU; Sertac Ozercan; Jie Zhou

Systems Engineering doctoral program in the RussCollege of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University. Her research interests focus on RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) applications and data mining. 602 Development of a Computer Skills Class for Older Adults using a Service Learning ModelAbstractOlder adults are the fastest growing group of internet users. While older users want to use the internetfor communication, social networking and information seeking, many users are not competent in thebasic skills. The goal of this service learning project was to have graduate students enrolled in the class,Aging and Ergonomics, design and conduct a series of

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Mary A. Moriarty, Smith College; Apurva Errabelli

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Moriarty, Smith College Mary A. Moriarty is an Assessment Researcher with the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College and serves as a private evaluation consultant. She has over 15 years of research, evaluation, and project man- agement experience. Her evaluation work has spanned the areas of science and engineering instruction, robotics, technology application, and disability in higher education. Her background includes serving as Principal Investigator and Project Director for several D.O.E. and NSF initiatives that focused on teaching and learning in higher education. She has a doctorate in Educational Policy, Research, and Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.Apurva Errabelli

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

students enter college with high levels of interestin science and engineering, their levels of preparation for college-level work, especially in mathand engineering, are so low that the majority of them drop out or change majors even beforetaking transfer-level courses. In 2008, Cañada College, a Hispanic-Serving community collegein Redwood City, CA, was awarded a Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program(MSEIP) grant by the US Department of Education to develop and implement a project that aimsto maximize the likelihood of success among underrepresented and educationally disadvantagedstudents interested in pursuing careers in STEM fields. The project, entitled Student On-rampLeading to Engineering and Sciences (SOLES), incorporates

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

on a project in a way that could be described asmultidisciplinary. “Interdisciplinarity is a means of solving problems and answering questionsthat cannot be satisfactorily addressed using single methods or approaches.”21Multidisciplinarity, on the other hand, is less integrative, and combines contributions frommultiple disciplines in a weaker and often temporary manner, with collaborators staying rootedin their own disciplines.22-25 Because most engineering design work at minimum requiresengineers to engage in multidisciplinary interactions,10, 11, 26, 27 knowledge of and attention toBNAs could benefit faculty and students in many teamwork settings, and not only those that areinterdisciplinary. 
Literature ReviewFrom Boundary Objects to

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seokyoung Ahn, University of Texas - Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Gregory Allen Potter, The University of Texas - Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Graphics Course is designed to teach Engineering Students (Mechanical,Manufacturing, Civil) the basics of Engineering Drawings. This includes the use of CADsoftware as well as hand sketching. The use of CBI during this course is intended to enhance theEngineering Graphics Course and data taken from grades on homework assignments, quizzesand projects as well as attendance and participation will indicate if this is the case. The use ofCBI in STEM fields has proven to be effective in previous studies and will be the focus of thisdiscussion1-3.The lessons to be discussed are those in creating orthogonal multi-view sketches and drawings,isometric and oblique pictorial sketches, and two lessons in the creation of sub-assemblies usingCAD software. For

Conference Session

Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Kevin Caves, Duke University; Julie A. Reynolds, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

students devote considerable effort to the design and developmentof their projects, but that they are not as motivated to devote time and effort to writing. As aresult, their final reports often have significant problems with organization, clarity, andeffectiveness. Therefore, we recently adopted several new strategies to improve the quality ofstudent writing. Our goals were to 1) encourage students to work on their writing earlier andthroughout the semester; 2) engage every student in each team in the writing process; 3) usewriting as a tool to improve students’ understanding of the clinical problem that they areaddressing and how their design addresses their client’s needs; and 4) improve the quality of thefinal reports.To achieve these goals

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Scozzari, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Jennifer Astwood, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

the change and technology. The market will demandindividuals with these skills, competencies, and personal convictions to create the changesnecessary to achieve an environmentally sustainable future.Industrial designers apply specific problem-solving processes to develop ideas. Classmates andcolleagues inexperienced with design are unfamiliar with this style of development, such assketching ideas, making mock-ups, producing engineering and illustrative graphics, creatingmodels of a project, and problem solving methodologies applied. A specific area of difficultyexperienced by many students in this environment is honest verbal and written critique of ideasfor fear of criticism. The critique process is particularly challenging, as students from

Conference Session

Techniques to Enhance Environmental Engineering Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

learner. When the final focusgroup interviews were performed at the conclusion of the semester, students spoke on theirperceived level of engagement compared to other labs they have taken. Students were alsoqueried as to their opinion of the merit of two additional module topics for future development. The ultimate goal of this two year research project is to develop four modules forenvironmental sustainability. Two modules were developed for the first year of the research withthe anticipation of adding two more modules during year two. The spring 2010 modulesconsisted of: (1) Green Engineering Design and (2) Water reuse and recycling. The year twoactivities are being partially shaped by student input from the focus groups and will

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danny King, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Laura Masterson, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

22.1353.6engineer. This One Minute Engineer presentation is designed to give students an opportunity toshow what they are interested in and to get used to speaking in front of a class. Students eachyear are given a design project and a research paper. The design project has always been a groupproject to enforce the importance of teamwork in engineering and give students a chance to workin groups. Topics of the design project have been unique each year, with topics ranging fromdesigning a racing team’s garage, to designing a “green” home system, to designing a solution tocleaning up the BP oil spill. The research paper has been a group paper based on the designproject, except for 2010 when the paper was changed to a different topic and made an

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Leake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David Weightman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

classes. Inthe first half of the course students become familiar with digital prototyping tools, both softwareand hardware. In the second half of the semester students work in multidisciplinary teams on aproduct design project. The project deliverable is a digital prototype of the product.Most engineering students are familiar with the parametric modeling software, AutodeskInventor. On the industrial design side, students are familiar with SolidWorks, a comparablesolid modeling software produced by Dassault and commonly used by industrial designers inpractice. The first part of the course involves them quickly converting to Inventor so that all areusing a common platform in the design project. Without that shared platform, communicationabout

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Management (CEEM) combines aknowledge base of not only energy management, but also the management of environmentalimpact. Based on benchmarking of other energy management certificates, feedback from anIndustrial Advisory Board, and advice from CEEM alumni working in the industry, the CEEMrequires successfully completing two 3 credit hour courses (45 meeting hours each) that includemultiple real-world projects, successful completion of a certification exam that is not simplymultiple choice, and 12 months of work experience or training in the energy management and/orenvironmental management field. Completion of these steps will properly assess a candidate'sknowledge and ability to apply the subject matter. The paper will explain the development of

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jon Wade, Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology; Douglas A. Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Dan Ingold, University of Southern California; Peter G. Dominick Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology, W.J. Howe School of Technology Management; Richard R. Reilly, Stevens Institute of Technology; William R. Watson, Purdue University; Don Gelosh, ODDRE/Systems Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

AC 2011-1295: INVESTIGATING AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR DE-VELOPING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: THE SYSTEMSENGINEERING EXPERIENCE ACCELERATORAlice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires has nearly 30 years of professional experience and is an industry and research professor in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in the School of Systems and Enterprises. She is a Primary Researcher for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) and Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator projects. She has served as a Senior Sys- tems Engineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Support- ability Engineering Technology

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Page 22.1609.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Arduino as a Platform for Programming, Design and Measurement in a Freshman Engineering CourseAbstract Arduino is a compact, inexpensive, open-source electronics prototyping platform builtaround an Atmel AVR microcontroller. The features, cost, and small size makes Arduino apotent tool teaching as well as practical device use in engineering projects. This paper reports onadapting the Living with the Lab (LWTL) curriculum to the Arduino platform. LWTL wasdeveloped with the Boe-Bot mobile robotics platform and the Basic Stamp microcontroller. TheArduino is more modern and has better technical capabilities, but

Conference Session

Certifying Teachers in Engineering or Integrated STEM

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvonne Ng, St. Catherine University; Lori R. Maxfield, Saint Catherine University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1763: EDUCATING ELEMENTARY TEACHERS IN ENGINEER-ING: A DESIGN METHOD AND BASELINEYvonne Ng, St. Catherine University Yvonne Ng, M.S.M.E, teaches computer science and engineering at St. Catherine University. Educated at Princeton University and the University of Minnesota as a mechanical and aerospace engineer, she worked in industry as an automation design engineer and contract programmer. She made computer sci- ence a more appealing topic for her all-women undergraduate student body by presenting this technically valuable course in a project-oriented comprehensive manner. She is currently the director of the Center of Excellence for Women, Science and Technology where she administers the college’s National

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Edward Morris Barbanell, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

thehazard of losing the interest of students who may already have an established interest in it.This paper describes the techniques used in a water resources management course offered at theUniversity of Utah to bridge the communication barriers among students from civil engineering,humanities, and other disciplines. The strategies and techniques employed in a second offering ofthe course are described, and the successes and areas for improvement identified through theassessment are highlighted. New tactics applied include lesson learning objectives, studentjournals, outside events (e.g., conferences and seminars), instructor interaction and disciplinaryrole playing, and multidisciplinary teams for in-class exercises and the semester project

Conference Session

CANCELLED: This session has been replaced by session W269 in room 223: Panel: Building Effective Pathways and Programs for Women and Minoritities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York, Grove School of Engineering; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-666: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME (AND STAY): RE-CRUITING AND RETAINING WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MI-NORITY STUDENTSHyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University Hyun Has been working as a graduate assistant on the Engineer of 2020 research grants that the Center for the Study of Higher Education received from the National Science Foundation at Penn State.Rose M Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia Rose M. Marra, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. She is Director of Research of the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women in Student Environments (AWISE) projects, and a co

Conference Session

Panel on Recruiting and Retaining Women and Underrepresented Minority Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York, Grove School of Engineering; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

AC 2011-670: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME (AND STAY): RE-CRUITING AND RETAINING WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MI-NORITY STUDENTSHyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University Hyun Has been working as a graduate assistant on the Engineer of 2020 research grants that the Center for the Study of Higher Education received from the National Science Foundation at Penn State.Rose M Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia Rose M. Marra, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. She is Director of Research of the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women in Student Environments (AWISE) projects, and a co

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Mark Laingen, Iowa State University; Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Thomas J. Brumm, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. His research involves the study of outcomes assessment of student competencies in relation to continuous improvement in higher education.Mark’s undergraduate work concentrated on the study of integrated manufacturing systems and holds a B.S. in Industrial Technologies, and a M.S. in Technology with a focus in Training and Development, and in Project Management.Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University Associate Chair, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Director, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Co-Director, Iowa State University Learning CommunitiesThomas J Brumm, Iowa State University Dr. Tom Brumm is associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

internal team leadership needed toresolve common behaviors within dysfunctional teams. While no new theoretical results onteamwork are presented, the authors have focused instead on applying their experience asmanagers of teams in major corporations and institutions of higher education to explore what aneffective teaming curriculum might include and to develop related assessment tools. This paperoutlines a strategy for integrating deliberate teaming instruction into senior-level engineeringcapstone or project courses. The curriculum focuses on building team leadership skills andtechniques for addressing challenges such as planning and execution, social loafing, andprocrastination. Models for assessing students‟ teaming skills and for providing

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

grow by 6%by 2018; however, this increase is expected to add only 17,600 new jobs.On the other hand, the same report suggests that the shift in the U.S. economy away fromgoods-producing in favor of service-providing is expected to continue. Service-providingindustries are anticipated to generate approximately 14.5 million new wage and salaryjobs. Similar to goods-producing industries, growth among service-providing industries isexpected to vary as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Projected change in employment in service providing industry Page 22.1181.2 during the period 2008 – 2018 (Source: BLS).These data sets suggest that the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wes Stone, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

graduateprogram draws students nationally and internationally, many of the students come from theregion. The graduate program has grown from six students in the 2004-05 academic year to 22students in 2009-10. Much of this growth can be attributed to the broad array of technical topicsand ability to recruit undergraduates by exposing them to challenging topics that give them aglimpse of masters-level topics. The primary mode for providing this exposure has been thesenior capstone project course sequence1, but additionally, there have been several independentstudy projects that have shown undergraduate ET students the challenges that lie in the graduateprogram.The Rapid Center houses a wide array of high-tech machinery, such as rapid prototyping(Stratasys

Conference Session

Collaborations, Accreditation and Articulation Issues for International Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuemin Zhao, China University of Mining & Technology; You-jun Tao, China University of Mining & Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

Processing EngineeringProgram Since 2006, geological and mining specialties have launched accreditation experimentalwork for mining and safety specialty in China. Now, this is the first time for mineralprocessing to carry out the accreditation, mineral processing of China university of miningand technology is one of the first and the only one who accept the accreditation ofengineering education in mineral processing specialty. Engineering talents‟ training mode in China is neither like United States, beforegraduates enter into industrial enterprise. First they should accept job training for engineers;nor like German engineering graduates who have experience in project. Our project educationhas the tendency to respect for science and

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liesl Hotaling, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; Rustam Stolkin, University of Birmingham, UK; Susan Lowes, Columbia University, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College; James S. Bonner, Clarkson University; William David Kirkey, Clarkson University; Temitope Ojo, Clarkson University; Peiyi Lin, Columbia University, Teachers College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1069: STUDENT-CREATED WATER QUALITY SENSORSLiesl Hotaling, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg Liesl Hotaling is a senior engineer at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida. She holds a B.S. in Marine Science, and Masters degrees in Science Teaching and Maritime Systems. She is a partner in Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence - Networked Ocean World (COSEE-NOW) and specializes in real time data and hands-on STEM educational projects supporting environmental ob- serving networks.Rustam Stolkin, University of Birmingham, UK Dr. Stolkin is a Research Fellow at the Intelligent Robotics Lab, University of Birmingham, UK. He is an interdisciplinary engineer, with diverse

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mo Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Engineering Technology at Eastern New Mexico University. He also serves as ABET/TAC pro- gram evaluator for electronics and computer engineering technology programs. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before starting Ph.D. work, he worked three years as a project engineer. Page 22.536.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Effective Practices in Multidisciplinary TeamworkAbstractThis article presents the content of a one-credit course that provides students with skills in jobinterviewing, team-work, learning

Conference Session

Int. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, and Implementations

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yue-Min Zhao, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116; Yue-min Zhao, China University of Mining and Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

important task of talents cultivation in universities.The Practice of Cultivating Innovative Talents for Mineral Processing Engineering Cultivating Innovative Talents Based on the Advantage of National Key Discipline.China University of Mining and Technology, attributed to Ministry of Education and one ofthe national keystone universities is a university to undertake the innovative science projectsdefined by the national Project 211 and Project 985. Mineral processing of China Universityof Mining and Technology is the earliest one of the establishment of the professional school.Created in 1952 and establishing mineral processing engineering start a new era of China'sfirst generation of Masters, Ph.D, the first generation of "Chang Jiang

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Chasnov, Cedarville University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

CO2 per kWh ofelectricity produced.4 Thus, alternative energy sources which reduce the amount of airborne CO2are being considered more highly favored for their “green” nature.The EPA’s definition of “green engineering” is “...the design, commercialization, and use ofprocesses and products which are feasible and economical...”5 By this definition, cost becomes akey parameter when engineers turn their talents to alternative energy sources. Thus, the desire toreduce BOTH CO2 emissions and customer cost became the impetus for the design project whose Page 22.414.2parameters and results are presented below.Project SpecificationsThis paper reports

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Lisa Stapley Randall, Arizona State University; Johnny Thieken, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

settings. He is principal investigator of the Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project, Learning through Engineering Design and Practice (2007-2011), a National Science Foundation Award# 0737616 from the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. This project is aimed at designing, implementing, and systematically studying the impact of a middle-school engineering education program.Lisa Stapley Randall, Arizona State University Lisa Randall, MEd., is a K-12 teacher currently working with the National Science Foundation project, Learning through Engineering Design and Practice at Arizona State University. She has a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Brigham Young

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Kanti Prasad

tool for the experimental layout and simulation. The projects werefabricated at M2C, and were tested at UMASS Lowell using LV 500 tester.Full use was made of both of these in the class room as well as in the laboratory. Since itinvolved extensive use of programming in PASCAL, along with VAX operating instructions itdid slow down the layout, so project such as Flip Flops, LIFO’s, FIFO’s along with basic gatescould be completed. In 1985, Berkeley however, releases MAGIC through M2C, which was amouse driven drafting tool. It helped in getting bigger projects consummated during the semestersuch as ALU’s recursive filters, traffic light controllers etc. Advanced books on CMOS designby Neil Weste also appeared which provided an ideal mix of theory

Conference Session

Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christopher L. Brace, University of Wisconsin; Willis J. Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

established the 10 educational program outcomes listed in Table 1. AnAssessment Committee was formed in 2006 and charged with developing a continuousimprovement process linked to educational objectives that could provide quantitative feedbackon strengths and potential areas of improvement of the program and assess the impact of changesto the curriculum.Our curriculum is unique nationwide. Design courses throughout the curriculum form a uniquefeature of the BME undergraduate degree program3, 4. Every BME student registers for a designcourse and works on a client-based design project every semester for six consecutive semesters.These design courses are supervised by faculty advisors and meet for two hours per week.Therefore, every BME student has

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael K. Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

capability while exploding in popularity. Most digital cameras provide for thecollection of digital video at a rate of 30 frames per second, and a new series of inexpensivecameras that can collect at much higher frame rates are beginning to hit the market. The videocapabilities of these cameras provide an effective method of acquiring position versus time data.Louisiana Tech University has partnered with three high schools in our region to develop aproject-based physics curriculum. One module of the curriculum involves an empirical analysisof falling body data to estimate the local gravitational acceleration. The project is designed sothat high school students collect video footage of the object against the backdrop of a lengthscale. Students