Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Tanima Zaman, Ivy Tech Community College, Northwest

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Instrumentation

- ious capacities. He served as chair of manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. In 2009 he as PI received NSF-CCLI grant entitled A Mechatronics Curriculum and Packaging Automation Laboratory Fa- cility. In 2010 he as Co-PI received NSF-ATE grant entitled Meeting Workforce Needs for Mechatronics Technicians. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University; Ethan E Danahy, Tufts University

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Design in Engineering Education

(STOMP).Dr. Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University Morgan Hynes is a Research Faculty Associate at Arizona State University conducting research on the impact of product archaeology dissection activities on students’ knowledge and abilities to engineer in broader contexts. Before joining ASU, Hynes was a Research Assistant Professor in the Education De- partment and Education Research Program Directorat the Center of Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University. Hynesreceived his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and his Ph.D. inEngi- neering Education in 2009 (both degrees at Tufts University). Inhis current positions, Hynes serves as PI and Co-PI on a number offunded research projects investigating

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Liang Li Wu; Anis Hammoudeh; Gregory Washington

, their English proficiency wasdramatically improved by immersing in a diverse ethnic classroom. Even the most hesitantstudents were able to carry on conversations and convey their thoughts entirely in English.Figure 1 showed that out of 15 students, 12 students have advanced three levels of English basedon their final grade.After the hours of English, the 15 students were split among multiple disciplines in theirrespective fields, including four programs in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,Computer Engineering, and Civil Engineering. Three graduate mentors were hired to work inconjunction with professors providing research guidance. By the end of the program, studentswould be expected to finish their projects, with variations in

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2013 GSW

Authors

Raj Desai

number of students in theIT programs. IntroductionThis project will apply Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (TOC) to serve the workingprofessionals in the technology courses at UTPB. In education we have to increase enrollment inorder to keep up with the increasing cost of education. The constraint in developing onlinecourses is that it takes a lot of work to develop an online course. Finding ways to increase thenumber of online courses will help serve the working professionals and increase studentenrollment and program enrollment. Overview and BackgroundIn 2004, I was brought in to start up a new Industrial Technology program at UTPB. Thecurriculum is a combination

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2013 GSW

Authors

Tanvir Manzur; Md. Kabirul Islam; Nur Yazdani

common in BUET. These typesof competition ensure participation of students having different skills in a team environmentwhich allows quick and easy exchange of skills and concepts. The current practice amongundergraduate students of BUET is to focus primarily on course work and chase hard for a bettergrade. There are limited opportunities for undergraduate research in BUET. Research experienceis useful and helpful for undergraduate students to become independent, interdependent andlifelong learners.A survey was conducted among students of the course titled "Structural Analysis and DesignSessional III" under the HEQEP project. It is a final year design-based course in which studentshave the opportunity to utilize commercially available structural

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Abayomi Dairo; Nikola Jovic; Paul Cotae

collection, pollution monitoring, offshore exploration, disaster prevention, assisted navigation and tactical surveillance applications. The cost of such network of sensors deployed to perform some collaborative monitoring tasks over a given area is very expensive. Significant cost of each sensor can be reduced by designing a low cost acoustic modem with the same capabilities as an expensive one. In this project, we implemented two modems communicating with each other in free air within human hearing frequency ranges (20Hz – 20kHz) using off-the-shelf components and Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) modulation. We present in detail our solution and the proof of the experimental results. Key words: wireless sensor networks

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yu Wang; Alex Wong; Aparicio Carranza

Level Assembly Programming Language [5] for Intel x86 Intel processors [6] is used as thetools to study the above topics. This Assembly language helps our students to gain an overallunderstanding of the interaction between computer hardware, operating systems, and applicationprograms. For projects and laboratory assignments in I/O systems to the microprocessor, one ofour current approaches is to utilize the parallel port to sense the input and trigger the output forconnecting our own circuits to personal computer. For the parallel interface, there are total 25pins available for us. Some pins of the parallel port can be configures as either input or output,and some can be configured as bi-directions. We mainly focus on the PC computer

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

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Minorities in Engineering

and retain the core concept.Critical and Analytical Reasoning Enrichment (CARE) program, here referred to as Project CARE,administered at the University of Pittsburgh identified analytical skill deficiencies and low motivation formathematics and science courses at the pre-college level as major causes of the poor preparation and lowenrollment of students from the underrepresented groups into science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) fields. The project defines STEM Academic Performance Impact (API) skills asthose acquired skills that directly impact the academic performance of students in STEM careers. Theseinclude such skills as - critical thinking, analytical reasoning, quantitative literacy, study/timemanagement skills

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Frederick Doe, illinois institute of technology; Elana Rose Jacobs, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

mentors related to Academic Programs andCareers and 100% reported influential experiences related to Teaching and Learning andBuilding Relationships. In exploring Academic Programs and Careers further, many of theexperiences were related directly to the undergraduates’ academic and career paths and exposureto graduate school and laboratory careers. In Teaching and Learning, REU students describedvarious methods and strategies (i.e., demonstration, questioning, and discussion) the graduatestudents used to teach them about their research project. In regards to Building Relationships, thegraduate students were described as mentors, collaborators, and supervisors. In summary, thisresearch provides insight into role of the graduate student mentors in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

developing and introducing curriculum inhardware description languages and programmable logic design. This paper will discuss thecurriculum development and course assessment results at Michigan Technological UniversityElectrical Engineering Technology Program and The partner Community College. The paperalso addresses project activities including the two-day Faculty Professional Developmentworkshop on VHDL and FPGA design implemented in December 2012, assessment results andlessons learned, and finally, the undergraduate research experience at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity. I. IntroductionProgrammable Logic Devices in general and FPGA-based re-programmable logic design becamemore attractive as a design media during the last decade, and as a

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan E Canney P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Tess Bowling, University of Colorado at Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Angela Bielefeldt, P.E., is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is currently the associate chair for Un- dergraduate Education in CEAE and has served as the ABET assessment coordinator since 2008. She began incorporating service-learning (SL) projects into the capstone design course for environmental en- gineering in 2001. This began her journey to determine how to rigorously assess the learning outcomes for students who worked on SL projects as compared to other types of projects in the course. Her engineering education research interests also include students

Conference Session

Student Enrollment, Attendance, Retention, and Graduation in Engineering Technology Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee, Eastern Washington University; Doris M Munson, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University; William R Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #6360A Formal Research Study on Correlating Student Attendance Policies to Stu-dent SuccessDr. Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University Dr. Donald C. Richter obtained his B.Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling.Mr. Jason K Durfee, Eastern Washington University

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Victor Freitas de Azeredo Barros, Science and Education Research Council

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International

Industrial Management, in the 1st cycle course of Design and Fashion Marketing, and also in the 2nd cycle courses of Fashion Design and Communication, Textile Chemistry, Advanced Textiles and Design and Marketing. Head research and research member of several R&D projects, has presented as main author or co-author many dozens of scientific journal papers and communications in international confer- ences. President of the Pedagogical Council of the School of Engineering and Vice-Dean of School of Engineering since 2011.Prof. Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral, University of Minho Born in 1960, Amaral holds a Ph.D. on Information Systems obtained at University of Minho in 1994. He is Associate Professor at Department of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley; Joonhong Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley; William E. Kastenberg, University of California, Berkeley

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Ethics and the Impact of Technology on Society for ten years before retiring, and is actively engaged in teaching young faculty how to teach engineering ethics. He is currently prin- ciple investigator for an NSF Grant entitled: Making Ethics Explicit: Relocating Ethics to the Core of Engineering Education. Page 23.881.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Making Ethics Explicit: Relocating Ethics to the Core of Engineering EducationAbstractOur project is motivated by the expanding and at times controversial literature that

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

processes as well as with the large-scale unitoperations used to implement them industrially. Students are also expected to engagewith the extensive regulatory, political, and ethical environment surrounding foodproduction and policy. The five problems on which the course is based span keyelements of food chemistry such as reduction, emulsification, crystallization,pasteurization, and fermentation. The course concludes with a final “free- choice”project where students propose a new product not currently available in stores, and also ajust for fun ‘Iron Chef’-style competition. Student work demonstrates that the courseobjectives are being achieved.BackgroundMotivationStudents’ interest in the technical aspects of food is at a peak, inspired by the

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Kathryn Thompson, Technical University of Denmark; Line H Clemmensen, Technical University of Denmark; Harvey Rosas, Valparaiso University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #6423Statistical Outlier Detection for Jury Based Grading SystemsProf. Mary Kathryn Thompson, Technical University of Denmark Mary Kathryn Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark. Her research interests include the development, improvement, and integration of formal design theories and methodologies; assessment in project-based engineering design courses; and numerical modeling of micro scale surface phenomena. From 2008 - 2011, Prof. Thompson was the Director of the KAIST Freshman Design Program, which earned her both the KAIST Grand

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University; John Barry DuVall, East Carolina University; Kamalesh Panthi, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University

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New Engineering Educators

. John Barry DuVall, East Carolina University Dr. DuVall is a Full Professor and facilitator of TECS-TRAIN in the Department of Technology Sys- tems at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. DuVall currently teaches online classes to practicing professionals at the undergraduate, Master’s and PhD levels in areas such as strategies for technology management and communication and industrial supervision. He served as Director of a NSF/ARPA/TRP research project called The Factory as a Learning Laboratory – A Practice-Based M.S. Degree Program for Black and Decker (U.S.) associates and defense industry scientists and engineers. In 1994 this led to the development of the first Internet programs for East

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #6444First Results with a Virtual Platform for the Renewable Energy TechnologyCoursesDr. Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He is holding the second position as Research Assistant Professor at Desert Research Institute – Renewable Energy Center, Reno, Nevada. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as a project manager

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Hongwei Liao

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Electrical and Computer

learning EE; foster their understanding of the connectedness between EE and all fields of engineering, to help them achieve more in their major fields, and ii. Gradually evolve the course to make it more valuable for students, relevant to what they learn in their fields of major, to their future projects and work.During each semester, we design surveys and regularly offer them to the currentlyenrolled students; analyze the statistics of their answers and get deeper understandingfrom reading their open-ended responses; and immediately apply our findings toteaching.Here we report our work in Fall 2012, when the course structure was changed to enhancethe lab experience, and present the results that reveal: o The initial

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes Galambosi, UNCC; Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Systems Engineering

best practice videos.Assignments/examinations category included lecture discussion questions, homeworkassignments, term project, live-synchronous project or assignment presentations, online quizzes,take-home exams, and proctored exams. Communication category included email, phone, onlinechat, Q/A discussion forums, surveys, calendar of events. Starting a class category included selfintroductions and confirming understanding of syllabus, and finally tracking of online activitiesincluded tracking of detailed online presence of the students as logged in the learningmanagement system. Page 23.946.4Best Practice Category Techniques/Best

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

,engineering communication, and teamwork. These theories and models are analogous to therequirements in an engineering design project. Page 23.218.3High Level Requirements – Course pedagogy and model of engineering designFour major conceptual frameworks inform the Praxis courses: Vygotsky’s Zone of ProximalDevelopment, constructivism, design theory, and approaches to active learning. The overridinggoal of Praxis is to support each student as they construct a unique, personalized approach toengineering design and communication.Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) offers the foundational theory to guide thechanges in requirements and

Conference Session

Culture, Race, and Gender Issues

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

of Wisconsin, Madison. She is Co-PI and Research Director of Purdue University’s ADVANCE program, and PI on the Assessing Sustainability Knowledge project. She runs the Research in Femi- nist Engineering (RIFE) group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at the web- site http://feministengineering.org/. She is interested in creating new models for thinking about gender and race in the context of engineering education. She was awarded a CAREER grant in 2010 for the project, ”Learning from Small Numbers: Using personal narratives by underrepresented undergraduate students to promote institutional change in engineering education.” She received a Presidential Early Ca- reer Award for Scientists and

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, Addison, IL; Aminul Karim, DeVry University, Downers Grove, IL; Jennifer A McClain, IEEE

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Electrical and Computer

. His research interests are in the areas of Nanotechnology, Fiber Optic Communications, Faculty Development, Application of Telecom- munications Technologies in Distance Education, and Social and Ethical Implications of Technology. He teaches Wireless Engineering, Network Engineering, Fiber Optic Communications, Science Technology and Society (STS), and Project Management. He also advises students on their senior design projects. He is the author of many educational papers and presentations. He has authored/coauthored the following books: • Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications (2012) • Technology and Society: Issues for the 21st Century and Beyond 3E, (2008) • The Telecommunications Fact Book and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi Reeves, National University; Larysa Nadolny, Iowa State University

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #6799Ethics in Engineering Education Using Virtual WorldsDr. Jodi Reeves, National University Dr. Jodi Reeves is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Engineering at National University in San Diego, CA. She teaches courses in design engineering, engineering management, electric circuits, and other applied engineering courses. She is also the lead faculty for the Data Analytics program in the School of Engineering, Technology, and Media at National University. Prior to academia, she worked for almost ten years as a quality control manager, engineering project manager, and senior scientist responsi

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; John P Henry, Sustainable Learning Systems; S. Keith Hargrove, Tennessee State University; Talbot Bielefeldt, International Society for Technology in Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and education projects funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Navy, the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation, and industry firms. Her work has resulted in more than 80 journal and conference papers and book chapters. Dr. Tang is very active in adapting and developing pedagogical methods and materials to enhance engi- neering education. Her most recent educational research includes collaboration with Tennessee State Uni- versity and local high schools to infuse cyber-infrastructure learning experience into the pre-engineering and technology-based classrooms, and the collaboration with community colleges to

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

task.Current assessment approaches rely on idea generation tasks, surveys, or project deliverableseach of which have limitations. In this paper, we present an alternative novel approach forassessing individual understanding of innovation process that we argue should be a learningoutcome of any innovation education program or curricula. Our method, called the InnovationProcess Mapping Protocol provides individualized assessment of knowledge and skills and takesabout 30 minutes to complete. The data collected in the form of Innovation Process Maps areevaluated in two ways: using the innovation process mapping rubric and in the form of a Markovchain. We present results from two students and discuss how this instrument can be used inresearch studies and

Conference Session

Visualization tools, modeling abilities and grading models

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tumkor Serdar, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); El-Sayed S. Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Engineering Design Graphics

enteringfirst year engineering students, some of them have difficulties in dealing with orthographicapplications (projections, orthographic to isometric transformations, etc.). They seem to lacksufficient geometric and/or trigonometric relational skills, both of which are essential whenmodeling even simple geometric objects. Augmented Reality (AR) technology could provide asolution to this problem. The potential benefits of AR are improvements in the students’ abilitieswith respect to spatial cognition, concept development, decision making as well as designmodifications and refinements due to the support for viewing and ‘touching’ the design.This paper will explore the integration of AR into the Computer Aided Design (CAD) processwith SolidWorks

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristina Elizabeth Krause, The Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching - University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT), University of Washington

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Design in Engineering Education

knowledge.2 The path to achieving domain expertise can bea complex and difficult one that begins, simply, with gaining professional and educationalexperience.Gaining experience leads to engineers often being tasked with designing projects that demandconsideration of local, regional, and even global communities. Such projects may be situated incomplex spaces, requiring both technical expertise and an ability to consider broad contextualissues. While the beginning engineer relies predominately upon their educational background;expert engineers hold experiential knowledge in their domain of expertise to aid them inconsidering a broader array of factors. ABET, the engineering accreditation body, specificallystates in Criterion 3h, that engineering

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique Fuchs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Frederick F. Driscoll, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

national conferences. Page 23.384.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Designing, Developing and Implementing an Entrepreneurship ProgramI. AbstractInnovation and entrepreneurship are among the top competencies required to succeed in the 21stcentury. At Wentworth Institute of Technology, we foster these competencies throughinterdisciplinary, project based learning. While our traditional academic courses and programshave proven excellent in providing a solid foundation of subject matter content, they lack therobust interdisciplinary education needed by graduates who will make an

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University, Salina

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Engineering Technology

throughoutcomes expected of associate degree graduates, graduates of baccalaureate degree differential and integralprograms must demonstrate: calculus; sciences (defined as biological, chemical, or physical science); anda. the ability to analyze, design, and implement control systems, instrumentation engineering topics (includingsystems, communications systems, computer systems, or power systems.b. the ability to apply project management