Conference Session

FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Husted, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Judith Virginia Gutierrez; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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First-Year Programs

, andEnvironmental Engineering Design uses active, collaborative and cooperative learning Page 24.922.5  techniques; course structure and its alignment to the confluence model of creativity of Sternbergand Lubart8 is displayed in Figure 2.Figure 2. Introduction to Chemical, Food, and Environmental Engineering Design course structure and its alignment to the confluence model of creativity of Sternberg and Lubart.8“Concepts” (Figure 3) introduce students to the engineering design process, problem-solvingtechniques, working in teams, engineering as a profession, and planning for success that studentsthen apply in “Laboratory

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Edward J. Berger, University of Virginia

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Mechanics

differentquestions or topics of interest to the group, and then monitor the resulting discussion. Severalparticipants also began discussions on their own.Principles Used in the VCPThe leaders of each disciplinary VCP met in a ten-week Leadership VCP (L-VCP) to assist inorganization, content, and planning. The L-VCP applied guidelines for engineering facultydevelopment established by Felder and his colleagues, and encouraged the leaders of eachdisciplinary VCP to do the same. Felder’s group has used these guidelines in their highlysuccessful National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI) workshops2, 4, 5: 1) use facilitators with expertise in both engineering and pedagogy 2) use engineering-related examples and demonstrations 3) target content to

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Siddharth Vyas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Adrian A. Pollock, MISTRAS Group, Inc.

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Engineering Technology

understanding of and a commitment to address professional and ethical responsibilities including a respect for diversity; j. a knowledge of the impact of engineering technology solutions in a societal and global context; k. a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement. 2.2. Topics Covered in the AE CourseThe AE course is a blend of lectures and laboratory projects. All the students work at the sametime on the same lab in pairs with each pair having its own equipment. In the course of adaptingthe technical material to fit this logistical plan, some of the inspector-course labs underwent

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

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Community Engagement Division

Page 24.1037.7about why they continued to return even though we were only discussing our aspirationstogether, making plans on how we might achieve them, but were not actually making what somemight call “tangible,” physical progress. Some of the participants found this frustrating andchose to stop participating. However, for those that continued their participation, a differentquality of attention and experience began to develop, which enabled different types ofcollaboration. This distinctive quality is illustrated by excerpts from the response to the question,What are you getting out of your participation? This is a very brilliant group of people with a deeper purpose than just teaching content; I truly believe that they are

Conference Session

Data Analytics in Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haylie M. Peterson; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Computers in Education

thing to offer in a class tobetter cater to every learning style.” Researchers plan to create a library of tutorials to bedistributed throughout the course rather than the few that are currently available for topicscovered early in the semester. This will also allow for future implementation in subsequentcourses in the curriculum. In addition, the researchers plan to automatically document studentuse of worksheets instead of having them self-report time spent and then track the performanceof students in the class based on this usage. These will be important parameters to gauge successof the project.Bibliography1. Danielson, S.G., & Danielson, E.B. (1992). Problem Solving: Improving a Critical Component of Engineering Education. In

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Foreman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karina Clarissa Halim, Purdue University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

widespread use, there will be significant benefits tosociety for new technologies that mitigate those negative impacts.Suggestions for educational direction A lesson plan to initiate student interest and provide direction for further study can beinitiated through a set of lectures on the following topics. Lectures can be derived from thematerial following in this paper and the provided sources. Page 24.1219.3 1. Coal resources and world consumption 2. The environmental and safety impacts 3. Coal plant operational and regulatory issues 4. Existing coal power processes and equipment 5. New coal technologies such as

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Two Year College Division

improve the self-efficacy of community college students as it relates to research andwhether this has an impact on their long-term career plans to pursue a STEM career.Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates ProgramIn 2011, the University of California, Berkeley developed the Transfer-to-Excellence ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates program (TTE REU), a summer research program forcommunity college students that is catalyzed by early hands-on involvement in research projectsthat apply nanotechnology and biotechnology to address energy problems in a high caliberresearch environment. The program objectives are to: 1) provide challenging science andengineering research projects in leading edge research laboratories; 2

Conference Session

ECE Program Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Timothy Holman, Vanderbilt University; Brian David Sierawski, Vanderbilt University; Robert Reed, Vanderbilt University; Robert A. Weller, Vanderbilt University; Andrew L. Sternberg, Vanderbilt University; Rebekah Austin, Vanderbilt University; Daniel M. Fleetwood, Vanderbilt University

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Electrical and Computer

opportunity to compare the effectiveness of the changes with a more prepared cohort.Next stagesWith the introduction of CubeSat concepts to first-year students and the increasing depth oftreatment of circuit concepts in our Circuits II laboratory, the next phase of integration is to buildon this framework to further enhance our first-semester junior, required Electronics I laboratory.Students will construct a transistor-based circuit that will be interfaced with a CubeSat circuit Page 24.1245.10board. Plans are being developed to incorporate new laboratory modules in this course that willserve as a bridge

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayne Marks, University of Pittsburgh; Kevin J. Ketchman, University of Pittsburgh; David R. Riley II, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lisa Riley Brown, Penn State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh

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Civil Engineering

the Senior Resident Scholar and Reinvention Fund Program Manager for the Institute. Dr. Riley also leads multiple DOE funded energy centers, including the Northern Mid-Atlantic Solar Education and Resource Center, and the Grid-Smart Application and Resource Center. In 2009 he initiated the launch of the National Energy Leadership Corps (NELC), a hands-on program that challenges college students to engage residents in their communities in meaningful home energy and sustainability planning and actions. He is now working with collaborators at numerous institutions to advance the and replicate the NELC in sustainable and high-impact applications.Dr. Lisa Riley Brown, Penn State UniversityDr. Melissa M. Bilec, University of

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

II: Code Maintenance1.5. Explain code maintenance practices of your team (give details about version control and associated tools)? How often did you update, commit and/or merge, and build?1.6. Explain the release cycle of your team. How were releases made to customers? How often did customers receive releases?1.7. When did you first learn about version control? After learning to do version control, how did it change your views on maintaining code?Examination:2.3. Share the kinds/levels of tests you wrote as a part of this course. Give specific examples, if any, of how tests found bugs in your code?2.4. What did you learn from writing test cases and test plans?2.5. What are your thoughts on code maintenance and release cycle

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan B. Swithenbank, US Coast Guard Academy; Thomas William DeNucci, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

videos. Since most professional academics are not savvy at improvisation, having a plan is important in terms of both cost and personal comfort. One successful approach involves scripting from a set of well-written notes. 3. Do not be a perfectionist when recording or editing the videos. When we lecture in class, there are always unexpected errors or goofs that occur. These things will undoubtedly happen in the videos, so do not worry. You can fix nearly anything with editing; and most everything else is probably just okay. 4. You need to find the right incentive for getting your students to watch the videos. There

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johné M. Parker, University of Kentucky; Stephen L. Canfield, Tennessee Technological University; Sheikh Khaled Ghafoor

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

and plans for future work. Motivation and Related Work Systems and Control Courses in Mechanical Engineering expose students to core courseconcepts in which the relationships between the mathematical underpinnings, practical designprocedures and subsequent implementation are considered abstract for a considerable percentageof students; thus, there are often considerable disconnects between theoretical course concepts,computational solution techniques and relevance in real-world systems. Related discipline-based education research (DBER)2 has identified three key insightsregarding STEM education challenges that might address these disconnects:  student-centered learning strategies (including team-based learning) can enhance

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Matthew Foley; Matthew Janiga; John Adams; Yan Zhang; Leffi Cewe-Malloy; Aaron Sakulich

that the temperature in the building corresponds much moreeither option is likely to be fairly high, and not something that closely to the thermostat’s set point than before.Worcester Friends Meeting would be able to move forwardwith in the near future. In terms of the heating system itself, the gas-fired steam E. Occupant Behaviorhas been already used for at least 18 years. Due to the age of The original plan was to schedule face-to-face interviews withthe system, the Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE - a member of each organization regarding that organization’sthe ratio of annual heat output to the total annual fossil fuel use of the meetinghouse. However, scheduling theseenergy consumed by a boiler) is

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Hussain A. Alhassan; Christian Bach

operating systempeople recognize as MAC [29]. Apple counts the pioneer was based on Unix [40], C and C++ programming languagecompany which produce personal computer, while [41]. When Linux launched, it was planned to be open sourceInternational Business Machine Corporation (IBM) aim operating system, but it attracted many developers worldwidebusiness class. Their target was home and education. Also to contribute in development. Moreover, Linux is available toApple operating system is a closed source. download and it does not require a license to install because it is a free operating system for individuals

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Joseph Betthauser; Daniel Benavides; Jeff Schornick; Neal O'Hara; Jimit Patel; Jeremy Cole; Edgar Lobaton

. I. INTRODUCTIONW ireless sensor networks have been used in a variety of applications including surveillance for security purposes [30], monitoring of wildlife [36], [25], [23], Fig 1.WolfBot mobile sensing platform and some of its features.and measuring pollutant concentrations in an environment [37][24]. Initially, compact platforms were deployed in order to As the number of mobile devices increases, tools forperform low-bandwidth sensing (e.g., detecting motion or distributed control and motion planning for swarm roboticrecording temperature) and simple computations. Since then, systems are being incorporated [31].new developments in embedded systems

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Carolyn Jean Sher-DeCusatis; Casimer DeCusatis

, which is planned for initialUniversity, and the State University of New York (SUNY). availability in Spring semester 2014.Each of these institutions is conducting research on someaspect of SDN/NFV which serves an overall research agenda.For example, in addition to CUNY’s work on SDN curriculum V. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORKdevelopment, CUNY researchers are developing an analytic The industry-wide emphasis on cloud computing and datamodel to predict virtual machine migration times across an analytics has driven a renewed focus on networkingSDN network [21]. Columbia University students are working

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Christopher McComb; Fariborz Tehrani

. Undergraduatestudents also participate in major research projects by assisting graduate students. Their trainingat this stage includes laboratory safety, literature studies, data mining, documentation, andpresentation skills. At senior level, students may choose to enroll in an independent study,implement their research skills in senior design project, or define an undergraduate thesis. At thisstage, they meet advisor at least twice a month to learn about experimental and analytical studies.A typical undergraduate research should develop and implement either an experimental or ananalytical plan using available resources in college.At graduate level, students incorporate all previous components at a higher academic level. Atypical graduate research includes

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Blum, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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Educational Research and Methods

Indiana University have established five benchmarks that are constructs madeout of forty-two separate questions from the survey.21 These benchmarks have been validatedover the years by multiple researchers in limited contexts,5, 6, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 30, 33 which wereloosely aligned with the USAFA undergraduate model. The constructs used were intended topredict the impact of various measures of student engagement on the desired outcomes of theinstitution.21 In the case of the Air Force Academy, the outcomes selected for measurement werebased on the published strategic plan,11 which established priorities for cadets based on theimperative “to educate, train, and inspire men and women to become officers of charactermotivated to lead the United

Conference Session

Engineering as a Professional Calling

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacquelyn E. Borinski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kimberly Danielle Haight, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Elaine Catherine McCormick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alisha A.W. Waller, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the object of learningtogether, as co-inquirers. When the teacher does speak, it is as a co-learner, so that studentscome to see themselves as equals with the instructor. In essence, the instructor relinquishes theirpower over the course, while maintaining their authority (Finkel defines power as “the ability tomake things happen”, and authority as “that which justifies or makes legitimate a particulararrangement or set of affairs” (pp. 121)). To teach this way, the instructor must have a deepunderstanding of what they want their students to experience, and they must carry out asignificant amount of planning to help ensure that the learning they want to happen actuallyhappens.Course DesignThe first critical task of planning the course was to

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University; Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Lauren Elise Gentry, LeTourneau University

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First-Year Programs

Interest Groups (FIGs)” in each First-Year Transition Class of ~24 Students.[1:FIGs are 6 to 8 students, 2:FIG Peer Mentors are older students,3:FIG Industrial Mentors are local practicing engineers linked to one first-year transition class Section.]Additional FIG ComponentsIn the fall, as part of the engineering version of the University’s first-year transition course, theFIG activities are launched with a DVD seminar entitled Success4Students.9 The 3+ hourseminar has six segments that address the following topics:  Select your destination (where do you want to be in five years?)  Determine your path (focusing on goal setting for the semester)  Planning to succeed (emphasizing the importance of planning your schedule for the week

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

reliability: How can the The data needs to be collected and Procedures for generating and research process be made as recorded in a dependable way. representing knowledge need to be independent as possible from established and documented. random influences? Page 24.633.8    One of this paper’s authors participated in a Q3 workshop in 2013 organized around this typologyto discuss its merits and weaknesses, and attempt to put it into practice in our own researchcontexts. The workshop hinged on the concept of a “quality plan,” which

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Engineering and Public Policy

technological education that required continuous full-timestudy over substantial periods. They did not specify a particular structure although it is clearthat the period of academic study should be no less than that for a university degree inaggregate interwoven with planned courses of works practice. They suggested that the periodof academic study might be between 24 and 30 weeks per annum. Page 24.666.105.5. 150 of 500 students who should receive higher technological training would do so bymeans of external degrees although the committee thought these were an anomaly. 9“University degrees should not be

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Vurkaç, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Decision Making (IDM) and HUM 207h:Science, Medicine and Reason (SMR), respectively.This is an exploratory paper about the two courses (and plans for additional future courses),detailing the experiences of students and the instructor in the pilot (IDM) as well as the designand the plan of assessment of the resulting new course (SMR). In the process, we examine theneed for and some challenges in integrating liberal education into engineering, technology, IT,and management curricula, along with the role of the humanities, social sciences, andcommunication in engineering education as the means for deepening students’ undergraduateexperiences.1 Although the course has a Humanities prefix, it involves almost equal parts psychology

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky; Dusan Sekulic, University of Kentucky; Bob Gregory, University of Kentucky College of Engineering; Adam Brown, University of Kentucky; Hai Fu, University of Kentucky

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Systems Engineering

-5 with special emphasis onengineering. The improvements planned for the third iteration in Spring 2014 and further insightsgained through the experience are shared in the final section of the paper.2. STFS Course Structure and ContentsUsing systems thinking to approach sustainability was chosen for several reasons: (1) because asystems thinking approach was a practical rationale for multidisciplinary team sustainabilityprojects14, (2) because systems thinking is an appropriate education approach to complexproblems15 and (3) because a basic broadly applicable form of systems thinking (SystemDynamics16) could be quickly provided it was assumed as a kind of common language forstudents from different disciplines. As such, the STFS was designed

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott C. Molitor, University of Toledo; Joan N. Kaderavek, University of Toledo; Hoangha Dao, University of Toledo; Nicholas J. Liber; Regina Rotshtein, University of Toledo; Geoff Milewski, The University of Toledo; Charlene M. Czerniak, The University of Toledo

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

manner, and are organized by the eight scientific andengineering practices that comprise the first dimension of the Frameworks (table 1).Table 1: SCIIENCE binary codesPractice 1: Asking Questions (Science) and Defining Problems (Engineering)Practice 2: Developing and Using Models2.1 Student Model: students are engaged in the creation of models to represent scientific concepts or processes.Practice 3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations3.1 Test Hypothesis: the teacher designs experiments or activities that seek to obtain evidence that will be used to support or not support an existing hypothesis.3.2 Equipment: the activity incorporates the use of appropriate task-specific equipment. This includes mechanical equipment (e.g., balloon

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Beau R. Vezino, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona; Jeffrey B. Goldberg, University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

planning for emergency vehicle systems. Dr. Goldberg received the Ph.D. from the Michigan, in IOE 1984, and the M. ENGR.and BS from Cornell in ORIE in 1980 and 1979 respectively. His research interests include designing and operating emergency vehicle systems, and using mathematical models to help solve decision problems. He was a recipient of the Shingo Prize for excellence in manufacturing (outstanding paper award, 1994), and spent a year at West Point as a visiting professor in the Department of Systems Engineering. In 1999 he was given the University of Arizona’s EL-Paso Natural Gas Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for outstanding teaching and research. His textbook The Design and Analysis of Lean Production

Conference Session

Design Realization

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari W. Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stephen Rudolph, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Herbert H. Einstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Pedro M. Reis, Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

-building; principles of design; and the design, prototyping andfabrication of apparatus relevant to civil and environmental engineering. For the first half of thesemester, students work in teams on a theoretical design problem. (In recent years the assignment Page 24.523.2has been to propose specific improvements to Harvard University’s plans to build an expandedcampus in the nearby Allston neighborhood.) During the second half of the semester, the teamswork on a hands-on design/prototyping/fabrication project inspired by some aspect of the workthey have done in the first half of the semester; students have considerable freedom in decidingthe

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

administrators.Initial planning for improvementsIn the initial plan of the ViTAS 3.0 development, few important aspects is considered such ashiring the appropriate personnel (graduate assistants), improving the functionalities of ViTAS, Page 24.147.9providing access outside of the campus, password recovery, adding a sub-system forinterdepartmental conferences, and making more user-friendly. Based on the feedback from theusers of ViTAS 1.0 and 2.0, the user stories/functional requirements are considered to developthe user stories and their required task to complete the development.User stories and required tasks development and prioritizationIn agile development

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Ali, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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College Industry Partnerships

many influences on the new team they often struggle to budget time and set up the appropriate plans.” [Don]Chris provides another example in a meeting where he suggested a new direction and wasnot sure if it was accepted just because of his seniority: “And, so I’m asking that question, why aren’t we considering that? And they added it to the scope because of the discussion. And I don’t know if it’s for my level or things like that, why it was accepted. But – so I went and talked to some people that had been working on the project, and I told them, yeah, we got this thing added to the scope. And they’re like, oh, thank god. I’ve been telling them this for weeks; that was the way to go.” [Chris]Don

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Jimmy Faraon, National University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

flows. In thispaper we will discuss the transition to cloud computing approach considering strategicpreparation, planning and designing, implementation and migration and optimization.The strategic planning, evaluates security risk, focusing on protecting access andproviding on-demand security options within a service catalog for IT users. The planningand designing requires close coordination among the members of the IT team, advisers,and cloud vendors. Implementation and migration involves implementing the securitytechnology design, the security portal design, automated audit, and physical safety andsecurity designs. Proven methodologies, best practices, and deep understanding of thecore systems within the cloud environment can facilitate a