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Track: Special Topic - Evaluation & Grant Writing Technical Session 13

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

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

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Diversity, Special Topic: Evaluation & Grant Writing

based approaches to STEM equity, and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce.Dr. Cara Margherio, University of Washington Cara Margherio is the Assistant Director of the UW Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE). Cara manages the evaluation of several NSF- and NIH-funded projects, primarily working with national professional development programs for early-career academics from groups underrepresented in STEM. Her research is grounded in critical race and feminist theories, and her research interests include community cultural wealth, counterspaces, intersectionality, and institutional change.Dr. Emily Alicia Affolter, University of Washington Emily Alicia Affolter, Ph.D. is

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Embedded Computing

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

Designing and Implementing an Embedded Microcontroller System: Tetris Game Tyler W. Gilbert, Barry E. Mullins, and Daniel J. Pack Department of Electrical Engineering US Air Force AcademyAbstractIn this paper we present the software and hardware design experience of a junior cadetmajoring in electrical engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy as he completed anembedded system project in a second microcontroller course. The paper also includesthe corresponding observations made by his instructors. Some of the topics of thissemester-long course are programming microcontrollers using C, software and hardwaredesign techniques

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What's New in Engineering Economy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad R. Sarfaraz; Tarek Shraibati

be able to design parts, systems,processes and products which are cost effective. The course is also very important forengineering students, because the underlying fundamental principles of engineering economymay be used in both their personal and professional lives.Students taking the course come from a wide spectrum of engineering disciplines. The use of realworld projects is one approach that can address the teaching of fundamental principles ofengineering economy to students from this wide range of disciplines. Students take the course atan upper-division level which enables them to take advantage of life experiences and knowledgeacquired from their earlier studies. It primarily focuses on how to make decisions regardingcompeting

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Partnerships in IE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel

production operations course thatfocuses on the current issues and techniques that impacts the competitive position ofmanufacturing companies while still providing students with the necessary theoretical backgroundto investigate a variety of production related issues. This paper is divided into two main sections.The first section discusses the background of the Manufacturing Operations emphasis at GrandValley State University that lead to the development of this course. The next section identifies thesequence of topics covered and provides examples of student projects as well as indicating thefuture direction of the course.Program BackgroundThe Master of Science in Engineering degree in Manufacturing Operations at Grand Valley StateUniversity is a

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

to enhance the course with introduction of PLM conceptsand the use of specific PLM software obtained from EDS, Inc.The major objectives of this course are instrumentation design techniques, transducer selection,and interfacing control and measurement signals to the system. The use of graphical andstructured programming techniques (LABVIEW) in the design of virtual instrument systemsforms a significant portion of the course. As an enhancement to the course, PLM concepts will beintroduced early in the semester. Students will be introduced to the concepts of product portfolioplanning, understanding the requirements of a product, developing a project plan, schedulingvarious developmental tasks using a task hierarchy concept and finally

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Real-World Manufacturing Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Attila Yaprak; Ece Yaprak; Mulchand Rathod

of Engineering Technology at Wayne State University(WSU) falls into this category. The National Science Foundation funded GreenfieldCoalition’s (GC) capstone design course, however, is unique since students are given creditfor their projects based on real-work experiences. This paper discusses how this is done atthe Greenfield Coalition and the implications of adapting this course to Wayne StateUniversity’s Division of Engineering Technology (ET) curricula.INTRODUCTION The last two decades have been marked by the globalization of markets, technology,and competition. This transformation has necessitated sharpened skills and competencies inengineering applications that are relevant to the business community’s needs. An importantarea in

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Teaching Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Georg Mauer

develops an autonomous robotic vehicle to perform assignmentssuch as terrain navigation or collection of objects. Students find the robot project highlymotivating and voluntarily spend several afternoons weekly working in the lab. The designcourse ends with a competition among participating teams at the end of the course. Through thedesign project the students gain valuable experience in professional design, engineering practice,and teamwork. Additional course objectives are student recruitment and retention, i.e. we seek toattract a broader range of students, including those from underrepresented minorities, to theMechanical and Aerospace Engineering program.Background and HistoryPrior to the fall 2002 semester, the design project segment of the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Lee; Tamer Ceylan

projects and design methodology. Incorporation of design educationinto this previously engineering science course has produced many positive results. Students arebetter motivated for course materials when subjects are presented on a need-to-know basis.They also learn the subjects at a deeper level at a setting where application of coursefundamentals is required to solve real world problems.I. IntroductionTo prepare our graduates to meet the challenges of the new millennium, the mechanicalengineering faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville have revised the curriculum.Integration of design throughout the curriculum and reduction of the curriculum core to allowflexibility in course selection were the two main goals. During the revision

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Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene C. Koch Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Construction

be kinesthetic learners soparticipating in a hands-on service learning project allows them to apply technical knowledgeand utilize management skills. This paper outlines the development, facilitation, and evaluationof a study abroad experience in Costa Rica.Keywords: Service learning, undergraduate education, Study Abroad, GlobalizationIntroduction of Service LearningThe original fathers of curriculum believe that there was a link between community engagementand actions which apply knowledge.4 Service learning is already a very well researched topic.According to the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, it is defined: “A method under which students or participants learn and develop through active

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

be given to well designed engineeringmanagement training in the undergraduate division. The practical side of solving engineeringmanagement issues, building students’ essential management skills can be emphasized throughcollaborative inter-collegiate projects that deal with up-to-date global technical, management, andfinancial issues. The Globetech International Simulation, offered free via the Internet for the pastfive years by Cooper Union, is such a project. It has widened the managerial perspective of manyengineering students here in the USA and abroad. A larger participation in this or similar projectswill ensure, at a minimal cost, that our future engineers are well prepared for the managerialchallenges that lie ahead of them.1

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Structural Education Applications in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

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Architectural

idealteaching tools. Furthermore, the AASHTO Guide Specifications for Design of PedestrianBridges represent a manageable introduction to formal engineering design for a semesterlong project. This paper describes a one credit hour, semester long, project undertaken byMArch students alongside a required course in Structural Engineering Design. Studentsundertook conceptual design of pedestrian bridges. After a class wide study of innovativeprecedents, they worked in small groups and were required to choose and analyze a site,and propose an initial structural scheme. A minimum clear span was required to pushmore ambitious spanning strategies. They then performed a Finite Element Analysis andsized all the primary structural members of the bridge. The

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed A. Hasan; Christopher R. Carroll

achance for students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) atthe University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) to merge these two disciplines in one topic ofstudy. The course was oered in Winter quarter, 1999, and team taught by faculty in thedepartment, with one faculty member from the Digital Signal Processing eld and onefaculty member from the Microprocessor Systems eld.The design workshop course consisted of a three-week introduction to the TMS320C31DSP chip using Texas Instruments' $99 DSK introductory design package. Students, whoalready had background experience in microprocessor systems and in digital signalprocessing as separate disciplines, designed application projects using the TMS320C31 asthe focus of their systems

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Real-World Applications

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

facilities; although no specific projects were attemptedusing the hospital’s systems. This paper will outline specific projects at the hospital thatmay be assigned to students to supplement the classroom material. These projects willbe presented to the junior-level Applied Thermodynamics class in the fall of 2004.Quantities such as power, heat flow, energy and efficiency will be explored along withthe various thermodynamic cycles utilized throughout the hospital. Pressure,temperature, and volume data will be recorded and compared, especially between heatexchanger components.Examples of systems to be investigated include the water chiller with its cooling towerand associated air handling capabilities; the boilers, which produce high, medium andlow

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

DAVID B. SAINT JOHN; ERIC M. FURJANIC; Richard Doyle; Richard Devon

, researches, and publishes on design education, withcurrent interests in using the Cloud computing, global design, and rapid prototyping. 404 Self-Replicating Open Source Rapid Prototyping in the Engineering Classroom From its genesis as a lark in the home basement lab of the senior author in the fall of2010, the [Area] Reprap Project grew rapidly. It was offered a a group research project inSpring semester 2011 and 10 students quickly signed up and spent the semester buildingthree functional RepRap fused-filament printers. In Fall 2011, it has evolved into aninnovative course using a wiki as its textbook, a grading system based in “experiencepoints” (XP

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Stephen Beck; Joshua Brent; Thomas Brown; Agostino Cala; Eniko T. Enikov; Richard Lucio

introductory engineering class is to present engineering as an exciting and welcomingfield of professionals who work together to solve problems. An introductory engineering classthat lacks creativity, teamwork and encouragement often fails to inspire students and may turnsome away from engineering. This paper describes a modern approach to team-based learningand peer teaching in the context of an introductory course for freshmen engineering students.More specifically, the use of LEGO NXT© construction kits was tested as tool to enhance theexperience of group projects. LEGOs are approachable, intuitive and have application innumerous construction projects. The low cost, reusability, and availability of a variety of sensorsfor LEGO kits make them ideal

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Bill D Carroll P.E., The University of Texas at Arlington; Kartikey Sharan, The University of Texas at Arlington

University of Texas at Arlington. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Teaching Digital Logic Design Using a Floating-Point ProcessorKartikey Sharan and Bill CarrollComputer Science and Engineering DepartmentThe University of Texas at ArlingtonAbstractThis paper presents a framework for teaching digital logic design using a 32-bit floating-pointprocessor, developed as part of Kartikey Sharan’s master's thesis. The project leveragesSystemVerilog and the IEEE 754 standard to provide hands-on experience with floating-pointarithmetic, FPGA implementation, and digital system design. Integrated into advanced digitallogic courses at the University of Texas at Arlington, the project offers practical exposurethrough

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 14: Curriculum and Course Assessment in and Outside the Classroom

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Mirth, St. Cloud State University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

batch” and due at the end of the subsequent week. c. Homework grading: Homework grading is completed within a week after the homework is collected. d. Project work: Engineering courses commonly contain projects to tie together topics. In our model, each module has a culminating project that is assigned at the completion of module information delivery. The project has the following processing times: i. A project duration of three weeks. ii. Grading time is one-third of the project length (i.e. one week). e. Exams: The instructor has a choice of giving either a “topical module exam” (based solely on course information and homework), or a “comprehensive module exam” (that

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julia A. Scott, Santa Clara University; Evangelia Bouzos, Santa Clara University; Matthew Philip Hendricks, Santa Clara University; Prashanth Asuri, Santa Clara University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #32934Cultivating Student Adoption of Design Thinking and EntrepreneurialSkills by Addressing Complex Challenges in Healthcare Through IndustryPartnershipsDr. Julia A. Scott, Santa Clara University Julia Scott is a researcher at the BioInnovation and Design Lab of Santa Clara University. She trained as a neuroscientist at the University of California, Davis. In her current role, she manages projects relating to brain-computer interfaces, as well as machine learning applied to medical imaging and clinical decision support tools.Evangelia Bouzos, Santa Clara University Evangelia Bouzos earned her BS in

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ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

systems companies in the Midwest. In addition to one U.S. patent, Schilling has numerous publications in refereed international conferences and other journals. He received the Ohio Space Grant Consortium Doctoral Fellowship and has received awards from the IEEE Southeastern Michigan and IEEE Toledo Sections. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society and ASEE. At MSOE, he coordinates courses in software verification, real time systems, operating systems, and cybersecurity topics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 WIP: Integrating the Entrepreneurial Mindset into a Software Requirements Course through Project Based

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson; Ying Tang; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; John Schmalzel, Rowan University; Shreekanth Mandayam, Rowan University; Robert Krchnavek, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Raul Ordonez, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

been tested, implemented andenvisioned. It is safe to say that no single approach will work for all of the diverse ECEtechnologies and every type of learner. However, a few key innovations appear useful inkeeping undergraduate students motivated to learn, resilient to technology evolution andoriented amidst the overload of new information and ECE applications. Engineeringclinics, similar to their medical clinic counterparts, provide project-based experienceswithin the core of an ECE education that enable transformation of the entire curriculumtoward an outcomes-oriented, student centered, total quality environment. Clinics andproject based learning approaches build skills within the individuals that give themconfidence and motivation to

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ENT Division Technical Session: First-year Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Bruce Oestreich, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, First-Year Programs

the last decade. These practices have often beeninitiated, supported, and disseminated via the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network(KEEN), which has focused on students developing curiosity about the world around them,connecting information from a variety of sources to guide in analysis, and creating products thatprovide value to stakeholders. In the College of Engineering at Rowan University we havesought to strategically develop the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students by building inEML principles – namely the KEEN 3C’s of Curiosity, Connections, and Creating Value – intoexisting and new first and second-year design projects.This full paper describes one such first-year project that leverages EML and Universal

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Course Design & SE Competencies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University; Greg A. Dunko, NantHealth

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #23976A Four-step Method for Capstone Design Teams to Gather Relevant andWell-defined Product RequirementsDr. Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University Dr. Rachana A Gupta is currently a Teaching Associate professor and Associate Director of ECE Senior Design Program at NCSU. She teaches and mentors several senior design students on industry-sponsored projects (On average 12 / semester) to successful completion of an end product. These projects include all aspects of System Engineering: concept design, product design and design trade-offs, prototyping and testing (circuit design, PCB, mechanical

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Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha M Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

experiences of graduate students in a blended interviewing experienceAbstractSocialization in graduate school is critical to personal and professional success, and encompassesboth the development as a researcher and as a member of the field. This paper discusses theexperiences of 28 graduate students through their participation in an engineering educationresearch project. The blended experience included online training workshops, qualitativeresearch tasks, and culminated in a final meeting at the 2014 ASEE annual conference inIndianapolis. The graduate student participants reflected on their participation in an onlinesurvey, which was coded for individual descriptions of their experiences.The results are presented as four

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Design Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Asly Artiles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Katherine E LeVine, Wellesley College

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Design in Engineering Education

. Passionate about the intersection of education and technology, her dual degree in computer science and education has helped her to contribute to projects such as automatic essay grading and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s App Inventor, a blocks-based programming language. She is inspired to help people of all ages enjoy learning. Page 26.1455.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Ta-Da! You’re a design thinker! Validating the DesignShop as a Model for Teaching Design Thinking to Non-Designers and Achieving Systemic Re-Design in the Education

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Career Decisions and Faculty Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori C. Bland, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Anastasia P. Samaras, George Mason University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #23607To Map or to Model: Evaluating Dynamism in Organically Evolving FacultyDevelopmentDr. Lori C. Bland, George Mason University Lori C. Bland, Ph.D. teaches courses in educational assessment, program evaluation, and data-driven decision-making. Bland received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia. Her current work focuses on evaluating programs in higher education, STEM education, and gifted ed- ucation, assessing learning and professional outcomes in formal and informal learning environments in higher education and the workforce; with a focus on project- and problem-based

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Construction Division Technical Session 4: Capstone, Safety and Beyond

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Louis Benhart, Purdue University; Clark A. Cory Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rabita Rajkarnikar, Purdue University ; Cirilo I. Rangel, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Construction Engineering

, project management, strategic planning, preconstruction, and sustaining the built environment. At Purdue, Benhart also leads the Healthcare Construction Management program and works with the first ASHE (American Society of Healthcare Engineering) student chapter. His position allows him to further develop construction education in the built environment and be an in- dustry advocate for the next generation of builders. He is also very involved in field supervision training programs, both at Purdue and on the national level. He focuses on the sustainability of our industry by mentoring the retiring baby boomers with new foremen and superintendents. Benhart also has an exten- sive resume in industry. His previous position

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Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Gardner-McCune, Human Centered Computing Clemson University; Darrryl Bryant DUPE McCune II, YES Beyond Limits; Chanteal Maria Edwards; Cedric Stallworth, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing

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Computers in Education

their ideas to life through the design of new applications and devices.Our goal in designing this program was to build on the success of existing K-12 summer camp outreachprograms offered at Georgia Tech by offering students an opportunity to pursue their interest in CSthrough a constructionist and project-based curriculum. As we moved the students from exposure topersonalization of the technology they developed, our aim was to increase the number of studentsdesirous of enrolling in college as computer science majors. Our overarching goal was to increase thelikelihood of students who apply to computer science undergraduate degree programs. This paper willdiscuss the program, strategies for program success, and enrollment and participation

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Davis

as well as to improvethe course itself and the program curriculum as a whole. The techniques include ‚ an initial survey of achievement vs. importance of all outcomes, ‚ an individual self-assessment assignment, ‚ a project-specific statement of ABET concerns (health, safety, environmental, ethical, etc.), ‚ student assessment of team functioning, ‚ peer assessment for design reviews, ‚ an assignment to discuss current events related to professionalism and ABET concerns, ‚ a small group assessment (over the entire program curriculum), ‚ an exit survey for achievement of all outcomes, and ‚ peer assessment of project final presentations.Examples of assessment

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DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

CourseAbstractEngineering Design is a project-based first-year student course that introduces systematicengineering design methods. Using the engineering design cycle, students are walked througheach phase of the cycle using real world examples. Two faculty members introduced asustainability theme into the existing project-based course to around 180 students (approximatelyone third of the incoming freshman). With the university’s mission to become a more sustainablyaware campus, this piloted theme synchronized well with long term goals. Thematicsustainability lessons that focused on water, materials, and alternative energy technologies wereintroduced throughout the course alongside traditional methods used to teach the engineeringdesign cycle and culminated with a

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mercedes Terry, University of North Dakota; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, University of North Dakota; Dan Ewert, University of North Dakota; Ryan Striker, University of North Dakota

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

to contribute. Thiscollaborative approach allows UG students to glean insights from a more diverse andcomprehensive range of graduate students, fostering relationships that might otherwise remainunrealized. In the context of fostering collaborative relationships between graduate and UG students,implementing an innovative-based learning (IBL) program serves as a catalyst for synergy. TheIBL program involves interdisciplinary projects that require collaboration between graduate andundergraduate students. These projects provide opportunities for innovation, addressing real-world problems, and leveraging the diverse skills of each student. The exchange of ideasbecomes a reciprocal process, enriching the learning experience for all