Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

students gain an appreciationof the paperwork, documentation, and team meetings involved with a 510k. A PrincipalEngineer at Arthrex discussed patents and intellectual property aspects of the design process andagain, the importance of documenting all ideas, progress and testing in a design notebook. Inaddition we had speakers discuss manufacturing and human factors, while another speakerprovided a case study on medical device development. The speakers help round out topicsdiscussed from the book with a full appreciation of the “biomedical” aspect of the product designprocessAssessmentProgram outcome assessmentAssessments of program outcomes were planned prior to the course development as the facultyprepared their curriculum for ABET accreditation

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Mellodge; Brad Deschenes

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Biomedical

Digital Health: A Sophomore Level Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Project CourseIntroductionThis paper describes a biomedical engineering project developed by sophomores as part of adesign class at the University of Hartford and also the pedagogical approach taken. Required forall of the engineering majors, the purpose of the course is to provide an in-depth study of thedesign process in the context of a real-world project. Students undertake design projectsspecifically chosen to meet the objectives of the course. In spring 2008, a new project sectionwas offered that was related to the university’s digital health initiative.The engineering

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carl A. Erikson

Integrating Writing into the Engineering Curriculum Or How to Build a Dog House Carl A. Erikson, Jr. Department of Engineering Messiah College Grantham, PA 17027AbstractThis paper compares a seven step engineering design process to the process of writing a paper,providing a reasonable approach for an engineering student to write a good paper. This processcan be applied to all types of written documents that engineers are required to write.IntroductionEngineering graduates of all disciplines should be technically competent in their discipline andbe good

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Carl A. Erikson

Integrating Writing into the Engineering Curriculum Or How to Build a Dog House Carl A. Erikson, Jr. Department of Engineering Messiah College Grantham, PA 17027AbstractThis paper compares a seven step engineering design process to the process of writing a paper,providing a reasonable approach for an engineering student to write a good paper. This processcan be applied to all types of written documents that engineers are required to write.IntroductionEngineering graduates of all disciplines should be technically competent in their discipline andbe good

Conference Session

Integrating HSS into the Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Hergert; Ron Earley; Suguna Bommaraju

thecurriculum) to integrate ethics into technical classes. OIT provides an opportunity to participate inEAC seminars to increase their expertise for integrating ethics in technical courses.3 The FirstNational survey of seminars/capstone courses (707 institutions across the United States Page 8.688.1participated) reveals the following:Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education o 50.9% uses the capstone course/seminar to foster integration and synthesis within the academic major, o 22.1% uses it to either promote

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Chris Yoder, University of Pittsburgh; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

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Biomedical

bioengineering educationcommunity with a methodology for analyzing team effectiveness and accomplishments.6.0 AcknowledgementThis research is funded by NSF CBET-0602592 Collaborative Research: The BME-IDEACompetition, Assessing Innovative Design in Biomedical Engineering Education with additionalsupport for the BME-Idea competition provided by The Lemelson Foundation.References1. Novak, Joseph D. and Gowin, Dixie B. (1984). Learning How to Learn. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press.2. Besterfield-Sacre, M., J. Gerchak, M. Lyons, L.J. Shuman, and H. Wolfe, “Scoring Concept Maps: Development of an Integrated Rubric for Assessing Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 93(2), April 2004, pp. 105 – 116.3. Golish, B

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-2256: ATTRACTING AND RETAINING FEMALES IN ENGINEERINGPROGRAMS: USING AN STSE APPROACHLisa Romkey, University of Toronto Lisa Romkey is the Lecturer, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning with the Division of Engineering Science at the University of Toronto. In this position, Lisa plays a central role in the continuous improvement of the design and delivery of a dynamic and complex curriculum, while facilitating the development and implementation of teaching and learning initiatives and innovations. Lisa is cross-appointed with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE/UT (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto). Lisa holds a Masters in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William L. Call; Saleh M. Sbenaty

given;9. Instructors guide to be present and complete;10. Suggestions for extending case to be given.Cases developed in 1999 have shown increased quality and sophistication. Several cases arebeing developed into multimedia and are being extended to address problems in related fields.Additional subject areas are being also explored for the development of future cases. These mayinclude topics and problems associated with basic physics such as basic heat transfer and energyconservation, forces and motion, etc. The new cases are also undergoing additional review andfield-testing and are available for dissemination.VI. An Example of Integrating Physics Into Technology Curriculum Using the Case Study ApproachTo illustrate a case study product

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert S. Kadel, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. He continues to teach online courses in the sociology of education, criminology, and juvenile delinquency for the University of Colorado Denver. Rob earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Emory University in 1998. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Program to Integrate Mobile, Hands-On Experiments into the ME, AE, and ECE CurriculumAbstractThis research effort builds off of earlier work that made extensive use of hands-on mobileexperiments in the ECE Curriculum. Small, inexpensive platforms were developed which, whencombined with student-owned data acquisition hardware and laptop computers, could be used toconduct experiments without the need for a dedicated

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

subject degree option, a BS in Engineering,Option in Technology and Engineering Education, which prepares middle school and high schoolteachers to integrate technology into the current California curriculum of mathematics andscience. The goal is to develop a credentialed teacher who understands the engineering disciplineand its reliance on and development of technology and can convey the utility and rewards of acareer choice in the field of engineering to the college-bound student.Introduction Many K-12 educators do not know what engineers do and probably have not met an engineer.So far there has been a sort of band-aid approach to the problem of role models for K-12students. Outreach programs exist including those from public and private

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice Walworth; Kevin Schmaltz; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

have not kept pace with new innovations in modern instrumentation. Finally,research and senior projects typically require equipment and other resources that may have littlerelevance to the undergraduate curriculum. All these shortcomings of the isolated learningenvironment can be overcome through implementation of an integrated learning environmentwhich is described in the next section.2. The Proposed Integrated Learning Environment Undergraduate ResearchThe authors have proposed the development of an integrated Advanced Courseslearning environment that not only includes a logicalprerequisite structure for the course lectures but also for the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; John L. Falconer P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder

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NSF Grantees

potential users may be familiar withwere surveyed to gather ideas for the user interface. The goal while surveying websites was tounderstand the flow of commonly used websites in order to incorporate that information into theAIChE Concept Warehouse. Once data were collected regarding the user needs an initial list offeatures and functionality was made and a draft website was constructed. The draft website wasthen used in focus group testing. Feedback from the focus group was then incorporated into therevised draft website.AcknowledgementsThe authors gratefully acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation’s Course,Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program, under the grant NSF 1023099,“Collaborative Research: Integration of Conceptual

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair Rowley, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

collaborationenvironments and desktop/video conferencing. The web-based collaborationenvironment involved bulletin boards, threaded discussions, and a shared filestructure. Again, with the exception of Eggert’s spreadsheet workbook none ofthe others involve intra-team communications. This is the same thing noted in thetext books.Zelenka has a book with an interesting chapter “Connect, Communicate, andCollaborate” that presents some of the internet based techniques that could beused for team communications.9 These are email, blogs, twitter, wikis, instantmessaging, video chat, videoconferencing, conference calls, message boards,social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and professional networks likeLinkedln and Xing. The actual use of these is not documented

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Marshall P.E., University of Colorado, Denver; Michael Tang, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

second STS course,International Dimensions of Technology and Culture, was subsequently added. Both courseseventually were integrated as possible courses into the University of Colorado Denver’s CulturalDiversity Core Curriculum and International Perspectives requirements.Science, Technology and Society (STS) as an Emerging Field The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) field includes the study of how social,political, and cultural values impact scientific research and technological innovation and howthese, in turn, affect society, politics, and culture. As STS courses have become morecommonplace in a world where science and technology is endogenous in all aspects of cultureand society, their indispensability to the undergraduate

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Ingalsbe; Jess Godbey

Project-Oriented Capstone Course: Integrating Curriculum Assessment Utilizing Industry Partner and Student Input Dana Ingalsbe, Ph.D., Jacksonville State University Jess Godbey, M.S., Jacksonville State UniversityI. AbstractThe need for industry feedback concerning possible competency gaps in an IndustrialTechnology program was fulfilled in part by means of a senior-level capstone projectexperience. Students in their final semester of the program from a range of majors(industrial technology management, electronics technology, occupational health andsafety, and computer integrated manufacturing) were assigned to an array of industrialprojects at various manufacturers in the local area

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Grace M. Lu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dallas R. Trinkle , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andre Schleife, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Cecilia Leal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jessica Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert Maass, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Pascal Bellon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Pinshane Y. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicola H. Perry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Materials

Paper ID #29797Impact of Integrating Computation into Undergraduate Curriculum: NewModules and Long-Term TrendsMs. Grace M. Lu, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Grace Lu is a Ph.D. student and the computational teaching assistant in the Materials Science and Engi- neering department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She obtained her B.A. in Physics and Math from Northwestern University. Her research in the Trinkle Group uses machine learning and a variational principle to calculate mass transport in alloys.Prof. Dallas R Trinkle , University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dallas R. Trinkle

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

B. S. Sridhara

organizations such asDOE, GM and EDS. In the proposal for Sunrayce 97,2 the author discussed differentaspects of the project including Design and Engineering (driver safety, design andanalysis, and material selection) in accordance with Sunrayce 97 regulations.3 Topicssuch as Organization and Project Planning, Curriculum Integration, Fund Raising andTeam Support, Vehicle Testing and Driver Training, and Logistics were also discussed.Proposals submitted by 60 different universities including MIT, Yale, Texas A&M,Stanford, University of Michigan, and University of Waterloo were evaluated and scoredby Sunrayce officials. We were selected as one of the top 30 teams to receive an award of$2000. Our solar car team consisted of fifteen active

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Thermal and Chemical Systems and Sensors

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Joseph Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2012-3563: DESIGN AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF DIAPHRAGM-BASED PIEZORESISTIVE PRESSURE SENSORS FOR INTEGRATIONINTO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUMMr. Alexander Joseph Plotkowski, Grand Valley State UniversityDr. Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University Lihong (Heidi) Jiao is currently an Associate Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Com- puting at Grand Valley State University. She received her B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. from Nankai University, China and Ph.D in electrical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching interests include solid state device physics and fabrication, nanotechnology, and fiber optics. Her research activi- ties include fabrication and characterization of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa E. Ssemakula, Wayne State University; Celestine Chukwuemeka Aguwa, Wayne State University; Darin Ellis, Wayne State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Shlomo S. Sawilowsky, Wayne State University

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NSF Grantees

Page 22.1039.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED LEARNING LAB (MILL): A CURRICULUM MODEL FOR HANDS-ON MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONAbstractThe lack of hands-on experiences in specific manufacturing processes has been identified as oneof the major competency gaps in manufacturing engineering education. Partly in response to this,funding agencies like SME Education Foundation (SMEEF) and the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) have supported efforts to address this issue. This paper describes theManufacturing Integrated Learning Lab (MILL), which is an outcome of these efforts. MILL isan NSF funded multi-institutional project, whose focus is the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine Francis, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Michael Manno, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Materials

, economicanalysis as well as performance predictions. Given the direct connection of 3DP to materialsprocessing and the importance of CAD to engineering and design, the natural place to integratethese topics into the curriculum was the senior year lab courses (​Materials Performance​andMaterials Processing)​. This paper provides details about the integration of 3DP and CAD into the twosenior-level lab courses in an MSE curriculum, including lab activities and team design projects.The rationale, strategies and evolution of these changes are detailed along with lessons learned inthe development and implementation of these changes, examples, and a discussion of impact.Course Overview Materials Performance​is a fall semester, senior-level course

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

undergraduates to acquire the knowledge and aptitudesneeded in the biotechnology industry. The objectives of this paper are to describe thecollaborative efforts and curriculum development that integrate the biotechnology minorinto majors within multiple disciplines, including Industrial Technology.IntroductionIndiana’s health industry is an extremely important and growing economic engine.Tremendous advances are being made in pharmaceutical and biotechnology discoveriesand their applications (including manufacturing), as well as in health care services. As aresult, there is an increasing sophistication of the products and services available andbeing developed, with an ever-widening scale of applications and marketing. This resultsin ever-expanding needs

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado Boulder; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9061Collaborative Research: Integration of Conceptual Learning throughout theCore Chemical Engineering Curriculum – Year 3Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mileta Tomovic; William Szaroletta; Bruce Harding

Paper # 1939 • Session 3225 (Educational Research and Methods) Using 3D CAD as a tool to integrate topics across the curriculum W. K. Szaroletta, B. A. Harding, M. M. Tomovic Purdue UniversityAbstractToo often CAD is taught as a subject or addressed in isolated assignments among perhapsseveral courses in a degree program. However it appears to be rarely used as a trulyintegrated design and documentation tool crossing diverse specialty disciplines within adegree program. This paper discusses how various faculty are introducing CAD as aunifying tool applicable for a variety of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado Boulder; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6885Collaborative Research: Integration of Conceptual Learning throughout theCore Chemical Engineering Curriculum – Year 2Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Dr. Milo Koretsky is a professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He currently has research activity in areas related to thin film materials processing and engineering education. He is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. Dr. Koretsky is a six-time Intel faculty fellow and has won awards for his work in

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University; S. Selcen Guzey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Aran W. Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9722The EngrTEAMS Project: STEM Integration Curricula for Grades 4-8 (Cur-riculum Exchange)Dr. Tamara J Moore, Purdue University Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in K-12 and higher education mathe- matics, science, and engineering classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her research agenda focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning. She is creating and testing

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Otieno; Radha Balamuralikrishna; Clifford Mirman

has recently revised its curriculum and embarked on several laboratoryenhancement projects. In redesigning the curriculum, the department emphasized integration ofsubject matter and computer skills across courses. It is this strategy that we wish to exploit inorder to achieve a unique status among similar programs across the region and the nation. Toreflect industry needs, the department has redesigned courses in numerical control,programmable logic controllers, and computer integrated manufacturing. The department is alsoin the process of developing an automation course and related laboratory experience that willintegrate several areas within this complex field. In the automation course, the students will lookat integration of motion, vision

Conference Session

ETD Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

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Engineering Technology

particularly helpful Page 25.820.2to students will be discussed on an individual and collective lab basis.I. IntroductionThe digital communication technology curriculum can require expensive laboratory hardware.In this context, complementing the lectures with simulation based laboratories can be veryuseful. In and of themselves, computer simulations are well known and well used in a number ofindustries. The presence of the computer in the laboratory as an integral part of experimentationand simulation is established1 in an engineering curriculum. It has been found that suchsimulation based electronics labs prepare students well for examinations2. When

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Devasia, University of Washington; Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Jae-Hyun Chung, University of Washington; Jiangyu Li, University of Washington; Amy Shen, University of Washington; Nathan Sniadecki, University of Washington; Junlan Wang, University of Washington

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NSF Grantees

. Page 22.1112.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 1 Integrating Nanodevice Design, Fabrication, and Analysis into the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Mechanical Engineering Department University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-2600 I. I NTRODUCTION This article describes a new nanotechnology undergraduate education (NUE) program onthe design of nanodevices in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University ofWashington. The goal of the NUE program is to prepare mechanical engineers to designnanodevices. The NUE program

Conference Session

Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Chen, Iowa State University; Ye Li, Bradley University

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Manufacturing

method applied in improvingeducational programs. The QFD process will be continuously repeated in the future inorder to drive the improvement to embrace the ever-changing customer needs.5. ConclusionsIn today’s competitive world, customer satisfaction is a vital goal to be accomplished atan affordable cost. One important factor in customer satisfaction is the effectiveidentification of customer expectations. In this paper the implementation of QFD isdiscussed in an educational scenario, where the principles of QFD are applied tosystematically improve the Manufacturing Engineering curriculum in a Midwest privateinstitution. The method of QFD is able to integrate the voices of various stake holdersinto curriculum development. The voices of

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 17: Student Cognitive Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adaline M. Buerck, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; Estenia Ortiz Carabantes, University Of South Florida; Daniel Arnulfo Delgado Jr., University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

, resource recovery from waste, and bioremediation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integration of a Local ‘Wicked’ Problem into the Environmental Engineering Laboratory CurriculumINTRODUCTIONThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Inc. (ABET) works to ensureconfidence in programs and ensure graduates are prepared for the workforce. One outcome ofspecific importance is ABET outcome j, which is for students to ‘gain a knowledge ofcontemporary issues’ or outcome 4 which comes into effect in 2019 and states that students musthave “an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situationsand make informed judgments, which