Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi; Lewis Frederick Jones III, University of Southern Mississippi

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Construction

AC 2012-5325: UTILIZING A COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL REALITYENVIRONMENT AS A TRAINING TOOL FOR CONSTRUCTION STU-DENTSDr. Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi Tulio Sulbaran received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology with a con- centration in construction management and with a minor in computer engineering and strong statistical background. He has more than eight years of work experience in the A/E/C (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry with office and field experience in scheduling, estimating, and project man- agement in the United States and several international locations, including Venezuela, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Thailand. Sulbaran is an

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Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; J. Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University; David W. Hey, California Polytechnic State University

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Community Engagement Division

two multidisciplinary service-learning programs: the Access by Design project that has capstone students design devices for people with dis- abilities to participate in adapted physical activity, and Organic Twittering that merges social media with sustainability.Dr. James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is a professor of mechanical engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently, he is a visiting Fulbright scholar at Kathmandu University in Nepal. He teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of machine design, fluid power control, and engineering

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha W. Ostheimer; Elmer Grubbs

Session 3232 Real World Capstone Design Course Elmer Grubbs, Martha W. Ostheimer The University of ArizonaAbstractRecent feedback from industry and our alumni indicates that graduating engineers need betterpreparation in solving open-ended problems, thinking "outside the box", working in teams, andin developing strong communication skills. In response to this feedback, as well as ABETProgram Outcomes Requirements, we redesigned our senior capstone course to include realworld and multidisciplinary technical projects proposed and sponsored by eleven companies

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Kleppe; Eric L. Wang

. The lectures cover areas including: patent law, financial records, venturecapital, SBIR, product liability, ethics, product development, creative thinking, invention, andstarting your own company. Perhaps the best known of all the guest speakers is Dr. PaulMacCready from Aerovironment, developer of the human powered Gossamer Albatross5. Byproviding students with a broad experience of relevant lectures, it is hoped that the students willinfer what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.Like many capstone courses, the lectures are supplemented with a large-scale project-basedlearning activity. In the span of 90 days each E-Team must go from concept generation toworking prototype. Along the way they work within a budget, order supplies

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Hussen; Jose Castro; Robert J. Gustafson

importance. A listing ofall responses given to the “Other” option are shown below in categories designated by the TaskGroup.Rank Topic Mean Std. Dev. 1 Project management 4.24/5 0.70 2 Other (See list below) 3.96/5 1.20 3 Cost accounting/cost estimating 3.68/5 1.00 4 Decision analysis 3.63/5 1.03 5 Finance 2.97/5 0.96 6 Organizational behavior/organizational theory 2.94/5 1.03 7 Marketing 2.83/5

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Barr

Session 3538 Developing the EDG Curriculum for the 21st Century: A Team Effort Ronald E. Barr The University of Texas at AustinABSTRACTA Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Instruction (CCLI) proposal was submitted to the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) in November 1998. The title of the proposal was “Engineering Design Graphics Summer School1999: Planning the Engineering Design Graphics Curriculum for the 21st Century.” The project proposes toestablish a team of highly-motivated Engineering Design Graphics faculty who

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence B. Korta

included 47 participants from sixteenuniversities located in eight different countries.This paper describes the curricular content of the program and its development from the initial1991 offering limited to Czech and Slovak students. Special note is made of the unique “live”industry sponsored multinational team engineering project which has become the cornerstone ofthe program and which presents some interesting challenges not unlike those encountered insimilar situations in industry.The paper concludes with some comparisons of this industry sponsored “short course” to the moreconventional international exchange programs also offered by Milwaukee School of EngineeringBackground…initial programIn 1991, representatives of Rockwell Automation (then

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Ruggles

provide each student with anunderstanding of the various fields within the engineering profession. In order toaccomplish this, a design project was selected that incorporates each of the fourengineering disciplines (Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical) offered at LafayetteCollege. The project was to design and construct a water monitoring device that can besubmerged in a river and collect data for extended periods of time. The course is brokeninto four blocks each taught by a faculty member from each of the four engineeringdepartments. A total of 162 students were divided into eight sections. Students rotatethrough each of the blocks developing a portion of their design project within a designteam of about five students. Each block has

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Marybeth Lima

Session 1308 Principles of living systems and engineering design for freshmen level students in biological engineering: design of a tiger habitat Marybeth Lima Louisiana State UniversityAbstractThe design of a tiger habitat for LSU mascot Mike the Tiger was assigned as a class project forBE 1252: Biology in Engineering, a required freshmen level course in the BiologicalEngineering Curriculum. This project was chosen because of its relevance in illustrating theboundary between living systems (animal, human and plant) and the environment, because of itsproximity to and

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Paul Yoder, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ilie Talpasanu, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Radu Ceausu, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Yusuf Eid, Wentworth Institute of Technology; HAN THANH HUA, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Nathanael Hillyer, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests include dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing, artificial intelligent in manufacturing, and engineering education.Yusuf Eid, Wentworth Institute of Technology Yusuf Eid received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Throughout his time at Wentworth, he studied various subjects focusing on stress and strain analysis as well as simulation-based design. Yusuf also participated in various internships throughout his time at Wentworth, including project management and manufacturing roles

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LaTricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University; Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Micaha Dean Hughes, North Carolina State University; Aaron Arenas, North Carolina State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Careers in Rural Middle SchoolsAbstractThis paper explores lessons learned about the developing and sustaining high-quality industrypartnerships during a NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers(ITEST)-funded community-based engineering design course centered on advancedmanufacturing. The three-part course for underrepresented middle school students in rural NClaunched in 2020 and has served over 100 students to date. The project aims to allow studentsand teachers the opportunity to explore the full range of STEM advanced manufacturing careeroptions available in their local community. Students learned STEM content as well as technicaland job essential (soft) skills necessary for future employment; while, teachers boosted

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 6: Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Strategies

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, Rowan University; Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Mitja Trkov, Rowan University; Wei Xue, Rowan University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

student-generated soft robotics modules to impact the learning andinterest in soft robotics of both the students designing the modules and the students participatingin the modules once they are developed. Our project leverages a course structure called‘engineering clinics’, which are modified versions of capstone design experiences. Within clinics,third and fourth-year students engage in team-based projects with faculty or industry mentors. Theten students in our clinic were split into three teams and tasked with 1) surveying existing softrobotics designs and applications, 2) creating a soft robot prototype, and 3) designing a learningactivity around their prototype. At the end of the semester, student module designers were askedto self-report

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston; Victor J. Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Morteza Sameei, Houston Community College Northeast

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2322: MENTOR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR A PEER-TO-PEERLEARNING ENVIRONMENT: LEADERSHIP VS. CURRICULUM BAL-ANCEFarrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston Farrokh Attarzadeh earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1983. He is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Technology Program. He is a member of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983. Dr. Attarzadeh may be reached at FAttarzadeh@central.uh.edu.Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston Deniz Gurkan received her B.S. (1996) and M.S

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chitra Bharathi Ganapathy, University Of Southern California; Erin Shaw, University of Southern California; Jihie Kim, University of Southern California

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Computers in Education

include pedagogical discourse analysis, human-computer interaction, social network assistance, and assessment of student collaborative online activities. She leads synergistic work among machine learning experts, educational psychologists, NLP researchers, and STEM instructors. She is the PI of five NSF projects including the CCLI/PedDiscourse, CCLI/PedWiki and NSDL/SocRecomm projects under the EHR Directorate and CreativeIT/PedGames and IIS/PedWorkflow projects under the CISE Directorate. Under the PedWiki effort, her team is developing instructional assessment tools based on discourse analysis and identifying scaffolding opportunities to promote engagement and collaboration.Jeon Hyung Kang, ISI/University of Southern

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

Session 3249 Enhancing the Education of Engineering Technology Students Through an Honors Program Kathleen A.K. Ossman, Ph.D. University of CincinnatiAbstractThis paper describes the Honors Program in the Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology Department at the University of Cincinnati. Included in the paper is a discussion ofthe requirements of the program, the benefits to both the students and the faculty, and adescription of a specific honors project completed by students at the end of their freshman year.IntroductionThe Honors program

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorcan Folan; David Doucette; Gunter Georgi

communication skills, project management, as well as overview lectures on major technical and non-technical disciplines.2. Creation of a large, interdisciplinary undergraduate laboratory, used by students from many disciplines to plan a variety of engineering experiments in a common space.3. Use of laptop computers as design tools that are integrated into the Engineering courses.I. IntroductionOur world is becoming ever more complex. It is no longer possible to cope by relying onexpertise from a single discipline. Concurrent Engineering is now a practice used throughoutindustry, and its participants are expected to be able to work in an inter-disciplinary environment.A second trend is the renewed emphasis on design, as opposed to analysis, in

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Charity Obaa Afi Ampomah, Ashesi University; Heather Beem, Ashesi University

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Diversity

being traditional college students and also having had minimalexposure to experiential approaches in their prior schooling. Earlier studies amongst thisstudent population indicate that when they engage in project-based learning, their self-efficacyto design and to build increases significantly [4], and this effect is strong enough to manifesteven when the project-based approach is offered online [5]. However, it is worth expandingthe view of what constructs are most relevant to this set of students. The self-efficacy constructwas designed in the Western context, and some argue that it reflects motivation rather thanperceived capability [6], motivating a broadened scope of what constructs may be most apt.Drawing from the author’s observations

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Brian P. Self; Lynne A. Slivovsky; Kevin Taylor; Sema Alptekin

Service Learning in Engineering at Cal Poly Brian P. Self, Lynne A. Slivovsky, Kevin Taylor, and Sema Alptekin Mechanical Engineering/Computer and Electrical Engineering/Kinesiology/ Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CAIntroductionThe benefits of service learning have been demonstrated in a number of different settings(Jacoby, 1996; Tsang, 2000). By participating in projects with a community-based focus,students gain an appreciation for the role they can play in society by reflecting on a variety ofsocioeconomic and ethical implications of their experience. Cal Poly has long had a strongdesign

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Hossein Rahemi; Shouling He

intensify their skills of critical thinkingand problem solving and they are organized to work on course projects in a team. Furthermore, with thehelp of faculty members, they develop their course projects or innovative ideas into conference papers ortutorial/postal topics and present them in educational and technical conferences. Their performancesworking in a team and dialogue with professionals in the field, will build up their confidence and skillsfor their future jobs in the area of mechatronic engineering.OVERVIEWTo enhance students’ communication capabilities through mechatronic engineering program, this paperwill specifically address the following topics 1. Implementing teamwork and classroom presentation in core computational project

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Junichi Kanai

required little encouragement to start usingthis system, many project teams quickly learned to use it productively and obtained good results. Thesystem allowed sponsor mentors to share project information with a broader audience within theirorganization. It enabled them to provide better and timelier feedback to students and faculty; therefore,the students were able to explore more realistic design solutions. The faculty advisers were also able toassess a team’s progress, problems, and individual contributions more effectively by monitoringinformation posted by the team. The system made a significant impact on the project outcome andstudents’ learning experience.IntroductionThe O. T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory (MDL) at Rensselaer

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Farouq Alhourani

ENHANCEMENT OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURINGSYSTEM INSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION Farouq Alhourani f.alhourani@moreheadstate.edu Morehead State University 210 Lloyd Cassity, Morehead, KY 40351 Abstract The Industrial and Engineering Technology Department (IET) at Morehead State University (MSU) has worked on Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) project funded by a joint grant from MSU and National Science Foundation. The goal of the project is to improve the undergraduate education of IET students in the area of Manufacturing Technology, Electrical/ Electronics Technology and

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mauro J. Caputi; George DeMarco; Jacqueline Pierson; Brittney Schmidt; Evan Sick

Engineering HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HOFSTRA UNIVERSITYINTRODUCTION The First-Year Introductory Engineering Design course at Hofstra University is examinedin detail. Because of the broad scope of components informing the course, it will be presented ina Series of three parts. Parts One and Two previously discussed the Lecture and Project Labsections, respectively. Part Three, discussed in this paper, focuses on how the Lecture andProject Lab build towards the last half of the semester with the Grand Design Challenge projectand competition.BRIEF REVIEW As previously discussed in Part Two, for the first five Seasons of DESIGN 15, the ProjectLab was comprised of six projects and one student presentation. During

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Junichi Kanai

required little encouragement to start usingthis system, many project teams quickly learned to use it productively and obtained good results. Thesystem allowed sponsor mentors to share project information with a broader audience within theirorganization. It enabled them to provide better and timelier feedback to students and faculty; therefore,the students were able to explore more realistic design solutions. The faculty advisers were also able toassess a team’s progress, problems, and individual contributions more effectively by monitoringinformation posted by the team. The system made a significant impact on the project outcome andstudents’ learning experience.IntroductionThe O. T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory (MDL) at Rensselaer

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Salah Badjou

Integrating Online Learning to Junior-Level Electromechanical Design Salah Badjou, Ph.D. Department of Electronics and Mechanical Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 02115 Session Topic: online and distance learning for engineering and technology AbstractThe following paper reports on the results of efforts at integrating online learning to the currentJunior-level Electromechanical Design course at Wentworth Institute of Technology. This is anintense course where in one semester students are expected to complete an original design and aprototype. Project and time management are critical. Groups are

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Mauro J. Caputi; George DeMarco; Jacqueline Pierson; Brittney Schmidt; Evan Sick

Engineering HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HOFSTRA UNIVERSITYINTRODUCTION The First-Year Introductory Engineering Design course at Hofstra University is examinedin detail. Because of the broad scope of components informing the course, it will be presented ina Series of three parts. Parts One and Two previously discussed the Lecture and Project Labsections, respectively. Part Three, discussed in this paper, focuses on how the Lecture andProject Lab build towards the last half of the semester with the Grand Design Challenge projectand competition.BRIEF REVIEW As previously discussed in Part Two, for the first five Seasons of DESIGN 15, the ProjectLab was comprised of six projects and one student presentation. During

Conference Session

Cohort-Based Postdoctoral Scholars Program, Transforming the National Engineering Education, Defining Accountability, and Evaluating the Low-Stakes Assessment Performance

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Jeffrey Xavier, SageFox Consulting Group; Ami N. Slater; Kenneth Rath

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

toconsistently leverage evidence-based, high impact practices and redress obstacles, all of whichare necessary to catalyze institutional change at scale [3] [4].The Engineering PLUS Alliance posits that networked communities are needed to build aninclusive infrastructure that will drive the transformative, systemic and sustainable changeneeded to achieve 100,000 undergraduate and 30,000 graduate engineering degrees awardedannually to BIPOC and women students by 2026. Although many organizations, non-profits,grant projects, and universities have been working toward this change for decades, their effortsmay be siloed and disconnected from one another. To achieve such transformative, systemic,and sustainable change, the Engineering PLUS Alliance team aims

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Okere, University of Cincinnati; Chris Souder, M.S.

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

Paper ID #36836An Approach in Designing and Teaching Hands-on and ImmersiveConstruction Cost Estimating CourseDr. George Okere, University of Cincinnati George is an associate professor educator, and heavy highway chair (endowed position) in the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati (UC). George has over 23 years of construction indus- try work experience, and 11.5 years of which was with Kiewit, where he worked on various heavy civil projects. He received his PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Classroom Activities

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Hyunjae Park, Marquette University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

-based and project-based learning.Higher education should be a transformative experience for The author’s previous works [6-8] describe the detailsstudents. A few years of studying and experience in college about the Freshman Engineering Discovery courses that havecan lead to a lifetime of success. During school years, been running for more than eight years at Marquetteengineering students develop technical and professional University – Opus College of Engineering. After introducingskills. But beyond those skill sets, education and experience the entrepreneurially minded learning (EML) as one of thein engineering school can

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Ian Derk, Arizona State University; Stephanie Sowl, Arizona State University; Natalie Nailor

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

holds the title of Senior Lecturer and focuses on designing the curriculum and teaching in the freshman engineering program. She is also involved in the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program, the ASU ProMod project, the Engineering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, and the Global Freshman Academy. Dr. Zhu also designs and teaches courses in mechanical engineering at ASU, including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Design, Mechanism Analysis and Design, Finite Element Analysis, etc. She was part of a team that designed a largely team and activ- ity based online Introduction to Engineering course, as well as a team that developed a unique MOOC introduction to engineering course for

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

aerospace structural design course. Page 26.1234.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Practical Engineering Experience in Aircraft Structural DesignAbstractEngineering analysis and design topics in a senior-level aerospace structural design course aresupplemented with simple in-class demonstrations, hands-on experience in sheet-metalfabrication, and a comprehensive engineering project involving design, analysis, optimization,manufacturing, and testing of stiffened panels. Besides providing students with opportunities togain a deeper understanding of the concepts discussed