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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy; Brian A. Garner, Baylor University; Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy; Rebecca P. Blust, University of Dayton; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; Edmond John Dougherty Jr., Villanova University
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
Importance: Very high Concept Design s t Weekly student meetings (virtual) Purpose: Share status, ideas and information 1 Importance: Very high Mid-project student meeting (face-to-face) Purpose: Agree on concept and plan design/build Prototyping Detail Design S e m e s t e r
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Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Joshua Konstantinos
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Manufacturing
sequence aims totrain the students in identifying projects of relevance to the society, in planning and scheduling asolution, and in entrepreneurial activities that may result from the project. The course is worththree credit hours per quarter offering. The course is also intended to cover an industrial projectstarting from the proposal writing and conceptual design to final prototype building and conceptrealization steps. The course is focused on proposal and project progress report writing,prototype fabrication as well as design improvement and optimization. Each quarter, studentteams must submit a progress report and demonstrate a physical working prototype at the end ofacademic year. During fall and spring quarters, they conduct an oral
Conference Session
Enhancing the Underrepresented Student Experience
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kari L. Jordan, Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University
Tagged Divisions
Minorities in Engineering
goals in engineering (15). SCCT has threeoverlapping models aimed at understanding how people: 1. Develop basic academic and career interest 2. Make and revise their educational and vocational plans, and 3. Achieve performances of varying quality in their chosen academic and career pursuits. Within these models, self-efficacy (described later), outcome expectations, goals, andother factors such as gender, race, and barriers help shape a student’s career path. An example ofa barrier would be negative contextual influences, or adverse learning conditions (15). Thesetheories are somewhat foundational when understanding the constructs of self-regulation andself-efficacy. Addressing engineering diversity issues should actually
Conference Session
Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences
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Systems Engineering
view of value, trade-offs, and optimization;3. Understanding system’s interactions and states (modes);4. Specifying system technical requirements;5. Creating and analyzing high level design;6. Assessing solution feasibility, consistency, and completeness;7. Performing system failure mode and risk analysis;8. Planning system families, platforms, and product lines;9. Understanding roles and interdependencies across the innovation process.Within the summer grand challenge program only a subset of these system competencies havebeen introduced.The framework for the system’s competencies aspect of the course included utilization of asystems engineering approach as described by the S*-metamodel (shown in Figure 1)[4]. Themodel based systems
Conference Session
Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Engineering Leadership Development Division
professional leadership plan tailored to students’current and future career goals. Particular focus was made upon ways that students can aligntheir technical interests with leadership. The class involved a combination of lecture (based onarticles or papers by Kotter11, and Northouse12), experiential exercises (e.g., attending leadership Page 24.863.2seminars and writing reflections), discussions, in-class presentation, videos, individualassignments, and team assignments. Seven students took the course in Fall 2013 and were eitherfreshmen or sophomores in the College of Engineering. As part of their requirement in the course,each student developed a
Conference Session
Track 3 - Session 2
Collection
2014 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Pune Innovation Centre; Gautam Akiwate, University of California, San Diego; Ayano OHSAKI P.E., nnovation Center for Engineering Education, Tottori University
Tagged Topics
Student Development
different cultures.We administered the egoless instrument on a set of Indian and Japanese students. Both the sets haveshowed similar behavior in the egoless space. The coding-related behavior is poorer than generalbehavior in case of both the Indian and Japanese students. The Japanese students have used relativelybroader range than the Indian students. While there are many syntactical differences like language, food;there seem to be many semantic similarities like work ethos, family and work values between the twocultures.The measure can be validated with the help of peer assessment. Further, we can create egoless index ofteams based on the self and peer assessments. An appropriate action plan, including changes in theteam, can be prepared to
Conference Session
Track 1b - Session 1
Collection
2014 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Nannan He, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Han-Way Huang, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Tagged Topics
Curriculum and Lab Development
existing programming tools to develop a complete hardware/software embedded systemas their course project. In many cases, after initiating the project, students quickly move to theimplementation stage after a brief design phase, and start the C programming and debuggingiterations using an IDE. Although this approach works for the small-scale course project,students have reported that it is very time consuming and inefficient. And the behavior of thecreated system often deviates from the original design plan. Educators have recognized the needto introduce some efficient and cost-effective programming tools to students 7. The main goal isto equip students with the knowledge for developing complex engineering systems with a largenumber of
Conference Session
Renewable Energy Topics
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler Dr., Sam Houston State University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
environment inthe unit. The simulation is a thermal analysis using the finite element method. There is nostructural analysis. The components are oriented out of plan with each other, not because ofstructural deformation, but because the hot and cold lines in the condenser unit were not parallelto each other and we wanted to avoid putting a mechanical load on the thermoelectric unit. Aflexible component was later added to the system to prevent mechanical loading of thethermoelectric module due to either thermal stress/strain or vibration. Here are the steps arefollowed:  Students studied the overall HVAC unit to determine potential sources of waste energy and devised methods for energy harvesting  Predesign measurements were made to
Conference Session
Innovative Use of Technology and the Internet in Engineering Education
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Erin Shaw, University of Southern California; Jihie Kim, University of Southern California; Jaebong Yoo, Samsung Electronics
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
general chair of the IUI (Intelligent User Interfaces) conference 2013 and the poster co-chair of the AI in Education conference 2013. She was the publicity chair for the AI in Education conference in 2007. She served as the workshop and tutorial chair of the IUI 2005 conference and as the publicity chair of the IUI Conference in 2003 and 2004. She has been the program committee member of AAAI, AIEd, EDM, IUI, WWW, K-CAP, SocialCom, Social Informatics, CADUI conferences, and refereed papers for various AI and user interfaces journals and conferences.Dr. Jaebong Yoo, Samsung Electronics Jaebong Yoo is a senior research engineer at Samsung Electronics for mobile service planning. He re- ceived a Ph.D. from Hallym
Conference Session
Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus
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Educational Research and Methods
activities.8 Participants were asked to rank top 6 most important and bottom 6 least important activities. Abstracting Identifying constraints Seeking information Brainstorming Imaging Sketching Building Iterating Synthesizing Communicating Making decisions Testing Decomposing Making trade-offs Understanding the problem Evaluating Modeling Using creativity Generating alternatives Planning Visualizing Goal setting
Conference Session
Computer Programming and Simulation
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gili Rusak, Siena College
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Computers in Education
like those run by the CSC, they willdevelop and acquire knowledge for more complicated problems connected to computer science ingeneral. We plan on running additional outreach programs under the CSC in more schools and youthorganizations in the near future. Page 24.950.117. REFERENCES[1] Brennan, K., & Resnick, M. (2012). New Frameworks for Studying and Assessing the Development of ComputationalThinking. Proceedings of the 2012 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.[2] Cuny, J., Snyder, L., & Wing, J.M. Demystifying computational thinking for non-computer scientists
Conference Session
Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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Environmental Engineering
otherpurposes (e.g. online summer courses and flipped courses). Because the preparation of thesemodules will take time, it is best if they are used for mulitple purposes. This Spring ourdepartment plans to continue this process in the Structures and Water Resources Capstone.Acknowledgements: To be added later Page 24.953.9Bibliography 1. The 21st-Century Engineer: A proposal for Engineering Education Reform. ASCE Press Patricia D. Galloway 2008. pg 2. 2. Ericsson, K. A. (2010). Enhancing the development of professional performance: Implications from the study of deliberate practice. In K. Anders Ericsson, (Ed.), Development of
Conference Session
Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sara T. Scharf, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster P.Eng., University of Toronto; Kamran Behdinan, University of Toronto
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education
improvement in student experience, but also to cultural enrichment at this criticalpoint in students’ lives [9].Making friends with and developing trust in students fromother cultures is important for students who plan on spending the rest of theirundergraduate years in Canada – being able to bridge cultural divides will help studentscope with culture shock and get them accustomed to dealing with people different fromthemselves, both in terms of their experiences at university and, we hope, in their lives asautonomous adults [10].MethodsAn online language proficiency survey developed by S. Scharf for this study (seeAppendix) was administered to the 259 students in the Fall term prerequisite course to theWinter term engineering design course being
Conference Session
NSF Grantees’ Poster Session
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mafruhatul Jannat, Oregon State University; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University
Tagged Topics
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Tagged Divisions
Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
key points summarize the overall workshop activity.  During the workshop, nationally recognized experts presented mini-lectures to Page 24.1022.3 participants to provide evidence of the efficacy of active and conceptual learning. 2  Those mini-lectures were interspersed between working sessions in which participants formed small teams to develop ranking tasks and learning activities. Teams focused on the content areas of transportation planning, design, operations, and safety. The purpose of those working session was to provide participants with the opportunity
Conference Session
Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University
Tagged Divisions
Manufacturing
or audits at work etc. So, to make it easier on their part,the class website for the entire semester with the reading and assignments was setup on the first day of classes. When the students knew what they had to do fortheir entire semester, they were able to plan better around their other activities.This led to lower number of student asking for extensions on due dates anddeadlines. Also, the students loved that the course was very organized, structuredand made available to them early.III. Feedback from StudentsTable 2 shows the feedback from the students about the redesigned class in Fall2013. 14 students completed the feedback in 2012 and 29 students providedfeedback on 2013. The scores are almost similar to 2012 and are very high
Conference Session
Potpourri
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Ruhul H. Kuddus, Utah Valley University; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Computing & Information Technology
work atthe conference and get their registration fee waved. Sometimes, the students are willingto pay for a big part of the travel expenses because this trip becomes a vacation for themand also get a publication for their resume.In order to enrich the content of this data mining course, the plan is that two weeks ofteaching sequence mining to be added to the content of this course. This gives the studenta considerable experience with mining such a complex data type that has applications inalmost any field.ConclusionSequence data mining has multitude of potential applications in diverse disciplines, fromaviation safety to health care and from student management to consumer behaviormanagement. Careful observation and deductive reasoning may
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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Deng Cao, Central State University; Ashraf Yaseen
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
papers at the 2010 ASEE conference[15][16]. 4. Development of Evolvable SDR based Communication & Networking Laboratory PlatformBased on our successful experiences and lessons learned in the type I project, we plan to extendand expand our CCLI type I project to create an affordable and evolvable SDR-basedCommunication & Networking Laboratory Platform which will serve a large number of coursesranging from freshman year to senior year and will be portable and transferable to otherinstitutions. Some courses may not require a full-scale laboratory, but a few SDR-based projectswill benefit the students tremendously. The software nature of the SDR-based laboratoryplatform makes it possible to build the laboratories in modules, and
Conference Session
Simulations and Project Based Learning I
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nancy L. Denton PE, CVA3, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Engineering Technology
used. For the initial implementation,it was not possible to reuse the caps, an unfortunate fact to discover when multiple consecutivelaboratory sessions were underway. With more sturdy (and expensive) water bottles, thisproblem was alleviated. Implementation cost is primarily the water bottles: this could benegligible if the instructor plans ahead and saves bottles from a single manufacturer. Otherwise, Page 24.1107.8cost should be on the order of five dollars, depending on class size. If this activity were done in alarge lecture setting, having students bring in their own water bottles and simply pre-measuringand checking material
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Distance Learning in Engineering Technology
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Angela D Hutson-Stone, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Julie M. Little-Wiles, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis
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Engineering Technology
, students who visited the LMS site less frequentlyearned lower grades than other students who visited more often.The lack of gender differences in course grades and LMS usage is consistent with Beer, Clarkand Jones’4 work, but contradicts McSporran and Young’s3 results which indicated womenearned higher grades in an online course. Based on our conflicting results, and our small femalesample size (n=12), we conclude there was not enough data collected to appropriately drawmeaningful conclusions for this engineering and technology course. Collecting larger samplesmay provide different results than the analysis of this pilot study found. Planned next steps tothis research include the continuation of this study for the IRB approved two-year period
Conference Session
New ECE Courses
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville
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Electrical and Computer
ProjectsThe projects can be divided into three groups: introductory, software, and software/hardware.Introductory projects are given to familiarize students with the programming environment andthe language. They also give students a good idea of what is expected and allow them to plan forlater projects. Software projects are mostly centered on electrical engineering concepts such asthe fast Fourier transform, convolution, digital filters, or the statistical processing of largeamounts of data. The projects which involve both software and hardware make use of theWindows phone programming interface, internally constructed hardware, or the FEZ boards5which provide a C# interface to a high speed ARM processor. The FEZ boards are low costopen source boards
Conference Session
Developing the Design Skillset
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ibrahim Mohedas, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan
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Design in Engineering Education
Behaviors. J Manag Mark Res. 2010;3:1–6.7. Martin JL, Murphy E, Crowe J a, Norris BJ. Capturing user requirements in medical device development: the role of ergonomics. Physiol Meas. 2006;27(8):R49–62..8. Privitera MB, Design M, Murray DL. Applied ergonomics: Determining user needs in medical device design. In: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE; 2009:5606–5608.9. Rosenthal SR, Capper M. Ethnographies in the Front End: Designing for Enhanced Customer Experiences*. J Prod Innov Manag. 2006;23:215 – 237.10. Suchman L. Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-Machine Communication. New York: Cambridge University Press; 1987.11. Sugar WA. What is so good about user-centered design
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WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Raquel Perez-Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Priya Radhi Santhanam, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Women in Engineering
mentoring program, we plan to keep running it for years to come, increasingthe number of mentees and mentors as well as deepening our surveys and assessment analysis.References:[1] National Science Foundation (NSF): National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), Science and Engineering Indicators 2012—Chapter 2, Arlington, VA (2012). Available online: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/c2/c2s2.htm[2] B. L. Yoder, Databytes: Women in Engineering, ASEE Prism November (2013) 17-18. Available online: http://www.asee-prism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Databytes-NOV2.pdf[3] L. Reha, M. Lufkin, L.Harrison, Nontraditional career preparation: root causes and strategies, National Alliance for Partnership in Equity
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Engineering & Our Global Society
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
and very general objectives such as improvingstudents’ understanding of “their place in the world”’ (p. 10). Parkinson explains, “Specificobjectives can help drive preparation beforehand and the planned experience during the stay[abroad]. They can also be a useful vehicle to promote student reflection during the experience”(p. 10) The design and assessment of “Jefferson in France 1787” responded to these criticisms.Course OverviewThe course replicated portions of Thomas Jefferson’s 1787 journey through the south of France.It began just after final exams and concluded in mid-June, so that students could participatewithout foregoing the opportunity for a summer internship or other employment. Using theInstitute of Political Studies (Sciences Po
Conference Session
Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Daniel M. Hull P.E., OP-TEC; Chrysanthos Andreas Panayiotou, Indian River State College
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Two Year College Division
introducing opticsand laser phenomena for students in elementary and secondary grades,8 and 4) plans, curriculum,materials and activities for high school student and teacher workshops and summer camps.9, 10 Page 24.1151.7ConclusionLaser devices are the core technology in instruments performing vital functions in systems andapplications that enable major sectors of the US economy including transportation, healthcare,and telecommunications. According to a recent National Academy of Sciences report, $4.9billion worth of laser sales enabled $7.5 trillion of the U.S. gross domestic product in these threesectors in 2010.11 Laser and optical devices are
Conference Session
Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Wenli Guo, Queensborough Community College
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Physics & Physics
have enough time. When asked “what do you think you gained fromwriting journals?”, majority of the students expressed that they have gained in several differentways, especially a. understand better; b. be able to point out what they did not understand before;c. writing in their own words helps to retain the knowledge; d. good review tool; e. better writingskills; f. have questions answered; g. look for examples related to the concepts learned in class;h. better note takers, etc. Based on our preliminary data, we have found the following benefitsfrom reflection through journal writing in physics. We are planning to conduct a finer-grainedanalysis of students’ responses to investigate the impact of the intervention on students’conceptual
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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert W. Hasker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Yan Shi, University of Wisconsin - Platteville
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Software Engineering Constituent Committee
that the Intermediate Software Engineeringstudents did so poorly on the snow plow example (the example that motivated this work) suggeststhat traditional methods were not working well, at least at UW-Platteville. An obvious futurestudy would be to evaluate performance on similar problems in introductory courses which do notuse UMLGrader. It would also be useful to re-evaluate students in upper-divisional courses nowthat students are using the tool in the introductory course on a regular basis.Additional work is being done on the tool. It currently supports diagrams created in IBM RationalRose and IBM Rhapsody. Work is underway to provide support for Enterprise Architect. Inaddition, we plan to add support for comparing state diagrams and
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Manufacturing Materials and Processes
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Adam Farmer, Texas A&M University
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Manufacturing
. Page 24.1166.2IntroductionGroup cell technology is a popular practice in industry. This technology utilizes group of specificmachines to fabricate family of parts that have common features. Manufacturing using groupcells, or cellular manufacturing, would reduce setup time, engineering cost, inventory, productdevelopment time, and purchasing time while simplifying process planning and procurement 1,2.A typical manufacturing laboratory is equipped with rows of identical machines, where studentslearn in sequence from one type of machine to another. Although students would repeat ademonstration and interact with their instructor, they rarely interact among themselves and oftenmiss the link among different processes. The concept of group cell and
Conference Session
Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Physics & Physics
members then each chosepositions for their crew. The positions included a helmsman to record and plan movement, atactical officer to record and track enemy movements as well as missile fire, and a captain whowas responsible for declaring actions as well as keeping the team on a time schedule.Experimental ProceduresLab tables were arranged so that a game board consisting of two tables would be flanked by twowork areas of one table each, prior to students arriving in lab. Once present, students assembledtheir teams and took position on opposite ends of the game board in the work areas, and obtaineda small plastic ship attached to a small circular (360°) protractor. Students then agreed on acoordinate system which was then drawn onto the table with
Conference Session
ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Joshua M. Pearce, Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University; Gerald Anzalone, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger P.E., Michigan Technological University
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Engineering Technology
for K-12 science education arepresent at all grade levels at varying degrees. Implementation of these guidelines are present inthe Museum of Science in Boston’s Engineering is Elementary where engineering design isembedded in materials that can be used for both science and language arts for the elementarygrades.1The NGSS guidelines include a framework with eight practices including number six,“constructing explanations and designing solutions”, which is where one major distinction ismade between science and engineering practice. The goal of science is to construct theoriesabout the natural world where the goal of engineering design is to find solutions to problems thatcan be manifested in a physical product, plan, or mechanical device. K-12
Conference Session
Topics Enhancing ET Education
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Jorge L Alvarado, Texas A&M University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
the course and students then “apply” to work on aproject. The instructor then selects the teams to work on the various projects. Throughout thecourse of the semester, student must prepare a project proposal, and submit weekly progressmemos, a mid-term report, and a final report. There are also design reviews prior to both themid-term and final reports.Many of the capstone course projects cannot be completed in one semester due to thecomplexities and requirements set by the industry sponsor. Therefore, each phase of the projectshould be scoped and planned precisely so the next design team can complete the projectsatisfactorily in a timely manner. Furthermore, to ensure a seamless project progress over aperiod of two semesters or more, adequate