Conference Session

Innovations in Pedagogy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin Madison; Xuan Zhang, University of Wisconsin - madison; Mehdi Shokoueinejad, University of Wisconsin Madison; John G. Webster PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical

this course. AppendixII shows example of these LOs for chapter 1. The LOs provide students with a guide for learningthe material in the chapter. For each of the LOs we prepared a power point slide with an online Page 24.1018.4video, which is about 1 to 4 min long as shown in figure 1. Before coming to the lecture, studentswatch about 10 or more online videos related to the LOs as shown in the syllabus in Appendix I.These videos introduce the basic concepts and material of the course. At the end of the each  video the students take an online quiz that is automatically graded. The students can view thevideos multiple times and take these

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University

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Educational Research and Methods

[11] addressed various Faculty questions as it relates to SCL andhave documented several examples and practices that help the Faculty. They addressed facultyquestions like, ‘Can the content in the syllabus be covered using SCL learning approaches? Canthis approach be used for small and large classes?’ Their research also suggested solutions andresources to address them: ‘how to respond to those students who might resist this approach andhow to help better team work’, etc. Again, implementing many of these for both online and onsiteclasses would need to be tailored for each type of course offering.It was observed during this initial implementation that generally students expect to be passivewhen they come to an onsite class. It is a challenge

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Graduate Studies

students to teach, from one-dayseminars to credit courses to online training modules, most are customized to the specific needsof college or program. Obviously many of the training programs cover similar topics, such asknowing the students, lecture and presentation skills, preparing course materials, grading,academic integrity, active learning, and assessment. However understanding pedagogy andeducational theory are not as common among the topics. Many programs address the importantneed of what to teach, however they often lack teaching the pedagogy, theory and self-efficacy,that is to say the confidence in the capability to teach. Bandura states that self-efficacy as “thebelief in one’s capabilities to organize and execute the course of actions

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

SurveyAbstractTeaching Engineering Physics at the undergraduate level is always a challenging and interestingadventure. The Physics concepts are long-standing, for example, Newton’s laws are centuries oldbut still students struggle solve problems involving the application of Newton’s laws. Exploringnew techniques for teaching engineering physics is a never-ending quest. For our part, we haveintroduced Mastering Physics online problem solving and answering approach for engineeringphysics with the intent to improve students’ learning skills and mastering physics concepts.These online assignments have video based coaching of problems and tutorials with hints toguide students to learn the physics concepts. As part of the course requirement, students areassigned to

Conference Session

Ethical Behavior in Academia and Beyond

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Beth Stutzmann, RLC- Research Learning Community, Southern Polytechnic State University; Margaret Loraine Lowder, Southern Polytechnic State University; Mir M. Atiqullah, Kennesaw State University; Rajnish Singh, Southern Polytechnic State University; Craig A. Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Ethics

and other assessments. They also indicate some of the techniques their peers use insupervised (e.g. tests, quizzes, exams etc.) and un-supervised (e.g. homework, projects, labreports, online environment etc.) assessments. The survey also reveals whether students are morelikely to cheat in the major required courses or non-major elective courses etc. Some of thetechniques that deter students from cheating are also discussed.Literature Review:Academic misconduct has long been a problem on college campuses in the United States.Studies across the nation have consistently shown that a majority of undergraduate studentsacross various disciplines engage in some form of academic misconduct during their collegecareer [1, 2, 3, and 4].Various

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Member of IEEE and a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Jablokow is the architect of a unique 4-course mod- ule focused on creativity and problem solving leadership and is currently developing a new methodology for cognition-based design. She is one of three instructors for Penn State’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Creativity, Innovation, and Change, and she is the founding director of the Problem Solving Research Group, whose 50+ collaborating members include faculty and students from several universities, as well as industrial representatives, military leaders, and corporate consultants.Dr. Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkProf. Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Conference Session

New Trends in Computing and Information Technology Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Stanko P.E., Innopolis University; Oksana Zhirosh, Unium

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Computing & Information Technology

classes outside school, thus demonstrating special interest inIT, and reported their wish to pursue a degree in IT in future. A supplementary educationcompany Unium provided this data. The results show consistent replies among the groupsthat participated in the online survey and some discrepancy with the feedback fromstakeholders interviewed in the previous study, namely top management stakeholders,who placed a stronger emphasis on disciplinary knowledge, team work andcommunication skills, than did employers, students and high-school pupils respondents.The results of this study will be used to educate students about the expectations of theemployers regarding their competencies, to tailor the university courses, and toimplement soft-skills

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahender Mandala, HERL/VAPHS; Mary R. Goldberg, University of Pittsburgh; Jon Pearlman, Human Engineering Research Labs

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

split into two competing or complementary teams or like in thecase of REV/T 2013, work on two different projects. The teams are mentored by faculty, otherAT ‘lead users’ and graduate students who themselves have successfully completed thedepartment’s product realization courses and training.The initial session of the REV/T that focuses on AT coursework covers product design anddevelopment with a particular emphasis on AT. The textbook “Product Design & Development”by Ulrich and Eppinger serves as the primary text for the course. The course work is deliveredthrough a series of online multi-media lectures and homework followed by a weekly two to threehour in-class session where the teams work through the principles or methods learned from

Conference Session

Innovative Graphics Instruction

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick

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Engineering Design Graphics

1987 and is the immediate past President of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics. Dr. Branoff’s research interests include spatial visualization in undergraduate students, 3D constraint-based modeling strategies, and the effects of online instruction for preparing teachers and engineers. Along with teaching courses in introductory engineering graphics, computer-aided design, descriptive geometry, and instructional design, he has conducted CAD and geometric dimensioning & tolerancing workshops for both high school teachers and industry. In 2013 he was elected as an ASEE Fellow.Mr. Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Anita M. Wells, Morgan State University

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New Engineering Educators

 pedagogy to technology and to the learning styles oftoday’s college student is an additional strategy, which may enhance classroom management.The modern engineering classroom, for example, is changing in format. There is the traditional lecture(possibly accompanied by recitation sections), the flipped classroom where students watch recordedlectures prior to class and engage in active learning during class time,3 and the online classroom wherestudents access course material through the internet and laboratory sessions. In all of these formats,faculty must manage the environment to ensure a supportive learning experience.  Faculty come tohigher education well­versed in their subject matter but largely unprepared to successfully confront andmanage

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Loukas Lazos; Elmer Grubbs

track of the students’ progress on a set of interactive exerciseslisted at the end of each section and of the number of each student’s attempts until an exercise iscorrectly completed. We use the results of these exercises to give a participation grade to thestudents. In addition to the online book, the course has a main website where the syllabus,lectures, etc. are stored (see Figure 2) and an enhanced discussion board website called Piazza(see Figure 3) that implements a class discussion forum between students, instructors, TAs, andULAs. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University ; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

into groups of 2-3 people depending onclass size. In addition to the primary instructor, two graduate students helped conduct hands-onactivities.The environmental engineering course curriculum has evolved over the past 5 years. A syllabus(Table 2) for the environmental engineering mini-course was developed for students tounderstand the expectations of the course. Learning objectives were set for each topic coveredthroughout the course paired with expected outcomes. Learning objectives and expectedoutcomes were applied to all age groups. The difficulty of design calculations and number ofdiscussion questions increased for high school aged campers. The older students were askedthought provoking discussion questions following activities for

Conference Session

Design in the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Matthew S. Bollom; Willis J. Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical

. For more advanced skills, such asSolidWorks, the students were required to review selected online materials and tutorials beforethe lab period. Students were tested on these materials through online quizzes before coming tolab.C. Design ProjectOne of the aims of the course is to integrate the various skills acquired in the lab portion of thecourse into an open-ended guided design project thus combining the professional and technicaldesign skills taught in the course. The students were divided in groups of 6-8 students, and all thestudent groups worked to solve the same design problem. We devised a multidisciplinary projectthat utilized all the skills taught in lab covering to some extent all five BME tracks: 1. MedicalInstrumentation, 2

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chene Chetcuti, United States Military Academy; Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brent J. Pafford, U.S. Military Academy

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New Engineering Educators

the students conductlittle to no daily preparation when there are no graded requirements andconversely show extremely large time spikes when out of class assignments aredue or prior to in-class evaluations. Finally, in-class lectures force an instructor toteach a certain amount of material in a limited timeframe irrespective of the rate atwhich each student can retain or comprehend that information regardless of theexperience level of the student. Inspired by the pedagogical concept of ‘flipping the classroom,’ KhanAcademy online instructional videos, and the Thayer Method (whereby studentsprepare prior to class, recite the topic to their instructors and receive dailyevaluations) the authors created a blended course. This blended

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne W. Walter, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Timothy G. Southerton, RIT Mechanical Engineering

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Computers in Education

State. He has forty years experience teaching design related and solid mechanics courses, and has developed expertise in the areas of robotics systems, and micro-robotics. He is an ASEE and ASME member.Timothy G. Southerton, RIT Mechanical Engineering Tim Southerton is currently a fifth year mechanical engineering student at RIT in the BS/MEng Dual Degree program. As a student who enjoyed the Stamp-based Robotics class as an undergraduate, he was very interested in an opportunity to restructure the curriculum for Arduino compatibility. Once involved in the project, he decided to see it through as the teaching assistant for the lab portion of the revamped course, which proved to be an enriching experience. After

Conference Session

SD Technical Session: Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha E. Grady, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ryan Christopher Reuer Gergely, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Student

or to answer via an online course system (or e-mail)Questions that require more higher-order thinking: • What is missing from this solution? (e.g., units, direction, formatting) • Why does the problem we solved fall under this topic? • We came up with solution A, but let’s say we came up with solution B, how can we tell right away that it is incorrect? (e.g., use a common mistake for solution B)One example for the last question is to provide solution B that is too high or too low to makesense for the problem. For example, if the problem is solving for reaction forces for simpleloading on a beam, and the student solves for a reaction force an order of

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jaehoon Seong, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Peter A. Dashner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Mechanics

strong mathematical background, a basic understanding of industrialapplications, and effective problem-solving skills. At California State Polytechnic University,Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), Vector Dynamics is a bottleneck course due to a high number offailures and repeats, hindering many students from advancing in their engineering curricula andresulting in a high attrition rate.Based on past teaching experience, students often have difficulty visualizing the abstractconcepts discussed in Vector Dynamics. Students also struggle with relating those abstractconcepts to familiar situations, leading to failure in understanding the underlying physicalprinciples taught in the subject. Compounding these issues is the ambitious syllabus for VectorDynamics

Conference Session

Student-Centered Information Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

information fluencycontent for the Engineering 101 curriculum. Using a PBL approach, the curriculum has evolvedover the past three years and used a combination of venues, including in–person lectures, in-library assignments, and online learning modules. An overview of the current format of theinformation fluency cycle is presented in Appendix A. Despite changes, PBL has remained animportant part of the teaching/learning environment. Collaboration has also been an importantpart in the development of the information literacy curriculum. Weekly meetings with faculty inthe Fall 2013 semester allowed for increased dialog and feedback for the course. Thediscussions in these meetings have brought greater buy-in from the professors as well as requestsfor

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura P. Ford, University of Tulsa

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Chemical Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using a Journal Article with Sophomores to Increase Lifelong Learning ConfidenceIntroductionJournal articles are often used in upper-level engineering courses as reference material toencourage students to develop life-long learning skills. How early in the curriculum are journalarticles introduced? This paper presents the results of a study on using a journal article in asophomore-level class.Chemical Engineering Progress often includes articles appropriate for use in sophomore andjunior engineering science classes of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer 1-6.These articles use only the concepts covered in the course and include analytical results

Conference Session

Changing the Classroom Environment in Mathematics Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State University

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Mathematics

the past using an inverted model5,6, the time seemed right tomove calculus toward this model as well.Instructional design and course constructionThe redesign of Calculus 1 involved four major components.First, the course objectives were realigned so that self-regulated learning was a priority in thecourse. The major course objectives in the official departmental syllabus were unchanged; forexample, student fluency in performing various calculus-related computations was still a highpriority. But some language was added, or altered from existing objectives, to stress thedevelopment of self-regulated learning, for example:• Use a variety of computing technologies effectively to identify patterns, make deductions, visualize information, solve

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Mary Cardenas

designed tofacilitate the delivery of on-line course content; support the electronic interaction betweeninstructors and students; serve as a repository (a dropbox) for student work; and providegradebook functions which allows instructors to enter grades, and students to receive the gradesand instructor comments. Chat, blog, and forum functions are usually a part of a CMS. Woernerused a combination of common academic software and the Blackboard online coursemanagement system as an ELN in an advanced undergraduate Chemistry lab at DukeUniversity6. The students used Microsoft Word and graphing software to ‘create’ their labnotebook components. Once their work was written, the students submitted their electronic filesinto the dropbox of Blackboard

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division New Ideas Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarvesh S. Kulkarni, Villanova University; Frank Klassner, Villanova University; Vijay Gehlot, Villanova University; E.J. Dougherty III, Villanova University; Sue McFarland Metzger, Villanova University; William P. Wagner, Villanova University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

process in order to enhance the students’investment in their work. Furthermore, in accordance with the ideas put forth by Ackerman etal.3, we interweave class instruction (knowledge-based content) with project work (skills) inorder to facilitate learning.This paper describes the initial design and the iterative refinement of our cross-disciplinaryMobile App Development course over a period of three years. The rest of the paper is organizedas follows. Section II outlines the reasons for selecting Mobile App Development as the course’sunifying theme. Section III discusses the practical constraints that we placed on our course inaddition to the thematic goals listed above. Section IV describes the objectives, organization,syllabus and pedagogical

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology and the Internet in Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward J. Berger, University of Virginia; Edward Pan, University of Virginia; Amy Orange, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Walter Fredrick Heinecke, University of Virginia

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Educational Research and Methods

schools conduct student course evaluations as web-based online surveys, use web-basedstudent information management systems, and manage student registration and enrollment viaweb-based systems. Many courses make use of a course web site from which students canobtain the syllabus, assignments, resources, and track their course progress.Schools, however, are historically slow at adopting technological innovations. This is certainlythe case, as schools have adopted web-based technology after it has matured in wider general use.This delay is warranted, however, as it is necessary for schools to assess and predict the impactof technology on education. Given the mission of educating students, schools must also finduses for new technology that promote

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University

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Graduate Studies

Writing Teaching and Learning EthicsY4 Independent Research Ethics Teaching and Learning WritingThe modular courses (modules) have undergone extensive changes based on formal and informalyearly assessment. Following is a summary of the modules as initially proposed. The Writing module, initially proposed as Professional Communication, aims to provide trainees with the opportunity to learn about the structure and content of diverse documents, and the opportunity to apply this knowledge to prepare documents for technical and non-technical audiences. Trainees were expected to reflect on their development through keeping up an online blog. The Training in Independent

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Holly T. Frederick

exploratory and work. The process allows students to learn about a variety individual work. The students explore topics and are at the of topics through the exercise. It allows the students to lowest two level in Bloom’s Taxonomy focusing on increasing initiate some of the content for the laboratory course, it their Knowledge and Comprehension of the topics. Students allows new perspective and ideas to develop and plant the are asked to review all the phase 1 project presentations online seeds for future design work for these students. and are not required to keep to their initially selected topics as the project develops

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor; Francine K. Schlosser, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Product, Process and Business Practices The course centers around the idea of integration of product development, manufacturingsystems and business practices (see Figure 2). Therefore, it adopts a system-based approach,considering not only components (be it machines, processes, or knowledge) necessary inproduction of consumer goods, but also their interactions and impact on each other. While thisidea is perhaps not entirely new, it is also set in context of the current market paradigm of MassCustomization6,7,8. Page 24.912.4Table 1 Abridged Course Syllabus Week Subject 1

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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International

active in many professional associations in the engineering and science education, teacher education, distance learning, program evaluation and special education fields. She has been the principal investigator on several federal grants through the US Department of Education, the National Institute of Health, and the National Science Foundation. Page 24.827.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 iPodia: “Classroom-without-Borders” Global Engineering Education1. IntroductionIn light of the recent development of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)1-3, there aremultiple key

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #8446EDGE 2013 Program – A Redesign Work in ProgressDr. Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College DAN G. DIMITRIU is a licensed Professional Engineer that holds a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Engineering and an M.B.A. in International Economic Relations. He has been practicing engineering internationally since 1970 in various industries and taught engineering courses concurrently for more than 20 years at various institutions. In 2001, he joined San Antonio College full-time as the Coordinator of its Engineering Program. He has been involved with several engineering societies and became a member of the Two-year College

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Ryan W. Krauss, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

- sign course, he has taught courses in mechatronics, controls, vibrations, dynamics and robotics as well as senior design. Page 24.150.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 An Analysis of First Year Students’ Changing Perceptions of Engineering Design and PracticeIntroductionA vast body of literature is available to guide freshman engineering introductory courses. Thispaper builds on three key pillars within the literature that focus on 1) project-oriented learning, 2)team-based learning, and 3) freshman design experiences. Design experiences at

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Amy Rigby, www.amywriting.com; Maureen Milch, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

wiki, svn, myIPPD, inventory, ITAR/EAR, Design Station Rules, materials and supplies request, travel requests, making meetings work, sexual harassment training; certification quiz 2012 added: intellectual property, engineering notebooks, at-risk students, ethics case studiesa; deleted: quiz 2013 added: safety, professional modelGuide elements/featuresThe Fall 2013 version of the Professional Guide is a 115-page PDF made available to students onthe first day of class via the IPPD e-Learning online course management system.At the beginning of the semester, students are required to read the Professional Guide, completeweb-based modules, and think critically about mini-case studies to