Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Sirkin, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

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Design in Engineering Education

vehicleof interactive device design. Students having a general familiarity with the products of electricalengineering engage with the underlying tools and technologies that make such products possible.By focusing the class project on the design of a digital music player, we aim to attract a broaddemographic, and to illustrate how human-centered design considerations can to be integratedinto the system design process.We present this course description—which encompasses motivation, implementation and as-sessment—to provide insights and inspiration for those looking to teach similar courses.1 IntroductionBuild a better music player—yourself! is how Interactive Device Design is advertised to studentsconsidering a concentration in engineering. The

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Civil Engineering

) and the degree of abstractness reflected by inscriptions based on Roth,Shaw, and Tobin’s inscriptional chain. This study revealed that the distribution amongstdifferent types of inscriptions contrasted amongst the three types of textual resources. Thesefindings provide insight into ways in which engineering educators may bridge the gap betweenacademic and practical settings: 1) by adopting inscriptions that reflect levels of abstractness oftextual resources utilized in practice, and 2) by introducing a more varied mix of visualrepresentations that span across various different types of inscriptions. Further, this exploratorystudy provides data and a protocol for further exploring the relationships between situatedlearning, contexts, and the

Conference Session

Topics Enhancing ET Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Tech.); Siddharth Vyas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Engineering Technology

piezoelectric transducers. The results of theexperiments and conclusions are presented by the students in comprehensive laboratory reports.The process of comparing all individual files to calculate required parameters is very timeconsuming. This task can be simplified and automated using macros. The special Excel macroswere developed to assist students with processing of the large data files. Evaluation of thecollected data, the description of the final results, and data analysis are presented using figures,graphs, tables, or other convenient forms. 1. IntroductionThe majority of courses of most of Engineering Technology programs are fully integrated withlaboratory experience and extensive use of software. During the laboratory procedures

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marla Constanza Barrera Botero, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Oscar G. Duarte, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Carolina Sarmiento, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Rene Alexander Soto Perez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Angélica Rosmery Ghisays, universidad nacional de Colombia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

them. Even though each of thesehave their own definition of professional profiles, the techniques used by each one have commonobjectives: • To satisfy the current and future needs from society and organizations. • To develop personal and communication skills, besides the knowledge and skills within spe- cific domain. • To reinforce leadership and teamwork abilities.1–3There is no formal definition of ‘professional profile’ that is universally accepted. However, an ex-plicit definition is: “Previous image of features, knowledge, skills, values and feelings that shouldhave been developed for a student in her/his training process”.4According to the above definition, a professional profile is mainly based in the knowledge andskills

Conference Session

Curriculum & Student Enrollment I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; J. William White, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Dan D. Koo, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

accreditation is to ensure that educationprovided by institutions of higher education meets acceptable levels of quality (USDE, 2013)7.ABET, providing accreditation for academic programs, includes continuous improvement as oneof its criteria for accrediting programs (ABET, 2013)1. The Indiana Commission for HigherEducation is urging higher education institutes, similar to other businesses, to provide a productfaster and more affordable without reducing the quality of education (ICHE, 2013)5. Thoughaccrediting bodies have specific guidelines to assist in identifying the results of an assessmentprogram it is the individual institutes and programs that are responsible for developing,launching and managing their respective assessment structures.The focus

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona; Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

lessons learned will be explained in this paperin full detail.1. IntroductionIn most undergraduate engineering programs, students are required to complete a capstone designproject by building and testing a prototype1. Depending on the nature and complexity of the designspecifications, the final product may be a composite of analog and digital, hardware and software,discrete components and off-the-shelf parts.For a majority of the projects in disciplines such as electrical engineering and mechanicalengineering, the primary processing component of these projects is a microcontroller unit (MCU).It used to be that the number of different MCUs and development tools (DT) available to peoplewas pretty limited, but times have changed. Digikey2 lists over

Conference Session

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

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Sara Mathews Hadsell, Cañada College; Christine Burwell-Woo, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Two Year College Division

obstacles that were met implementing these programsin a two-year college setting. We will highlight the unique set of challenges in implementingeven well-established programs such as Supplemental Instruction in a two-year college setting aswell as those encountered when transitioning a successful Math boot camp model to Physics. 1. IntroductionThe interdependence between student academic preparation and performance in high schoolmathematics to performance in college physics courses has been well studied. [1] This correlationcan be extended to other STEM courses. Students are frequently underprepared to take thesetraditionally difficult STEM courses after graduating from high school. [2] These trends are evenmore pervasive when looking at

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

backgrounds.Workforce studies have shown that the number of students being educated in STEM (science,technology, engineering, and math) cannot meet projected demands [1]. Also, the currentenrollments in engineering are not diverse, especially among women, blacks, and Hispanics [2].On a related issue, a recent survey of engineers in industry indicates a compelling need forengineers to have strong communication skills [3]. To address these challenges, Pennsylvania State University created the EngineeringAmbassador Program: a professional development program for undergraduate engineeringstudents with an outreach mission to middle and high schools. The development mission is toenrich the communication and leadership skills of engineering undergraduates

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Technical Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Townsend, University of Windsor; (Ruth) Jill Urbanic P.Eng., University of Windsor

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Industrial Engineering

. Page 24.1015.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Project Management Learning Takes FlightIntroductionProject management is a threshold concept in engineering education, meaning that it istransformative, integrative, and often troublesome for learners[1]. For these reasons, it should bedeveloped with deep versus surface learning opportunities[2]. The question is: how? Whatpurposeful conditions and contexts can educators create to help students learn projectmanagement, and how can it be introduced on a small scale for iterative development?These questions are explored in this paper with a student-centered, experiential learning projectmanagement workshop that has been developed

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aruna Shekar, Massey University

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Design in Engineering Education

be applied to most subjects across Page 24.1016.3the curriculum.Introduction to Project-based learningMassey University has run project-based learning (PBL) courses in the product developmentengineering degree for several years, and has recently expanded this method to include theengineering disciplines of electronics and computing, mechatronics, chemical engineeringand food technology. The Bachelor of Engineering curriculum in these disciplines has beenre-designed to include PBL courses across the four years (eight semesters), starting from thefirst year (Figure 1). The PBL courses in Figure 1 form the ‘project spine’ column on the left,and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; Meena M. Balgopal, Colorado State University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, Colorado State University; Anne Marie Aramati Casper, Colorado State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

statisticallysignificant differences in the classes on ethnicity (χ2 [df = 7] = 4.81, p = .68), sex (χ2 [df = 1] =2.57, p = .11), or major (χ2 [df = 7] = 3.87, p = .80).Curriculum and InstructionThis study was designed to examine the effect of adding group design projects to a traditionalstatics course. The projects were used as a supplement to, rather than replacement for, traditionalinstruction. Other aspects of the courses were kept as similar as possible. The control andintervention sections were taught with the same lecture content. An audience response system(i.e., clickers) was used most days in both sections in an effort to engage students and offer somefeedback on understanding (formative assessment). In the intervention section students wereallowed

Conference Session

Innovations in Pedagogy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin Madison; Xuan Zhang, University of Wisconsin - madison; Mehdi Shokoueinejad, University of Wisconsin Madison; John G. Webster PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical

Engineering University, China, in 2011. She is now working on her Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. John Webster in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison.Mr. Mehdi Shokoueinejad, University of Wisconsin Madison Mehdi Shokoueinejad received the B.E.E. degree from University of Tehran, in 2011, and the M.S.B.M.E. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in 2013. He is currently PhD student with an emphasis in Bio-instrumentation at university of Wisconsin-Madison. His researches are on the devices for 1. di- agnosing lower urinary tract dysfunction and 2. Noninvasive ventilation sensors and heartbeat algorithms in order to design the device to prevent

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Anita R. Vila-Parrish, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering

number of women inNTT roles in the academe. West and Curtis (2006, p 9) state that “women are significantly over-represented in these non-tenure track positions, [which are] the least secure, least remunerative,and least prestigious jobs among the full-time faculty” making up 52% of full time faculty in thisgroup.5 Hart (2011) calls for a need to understand the climate for women in these roles in orderto create an environment that cultivates success and respect.4 Chronister and Baldwin (1999)and Baldwin and Chronister (2001) studied the work life of full-time NTT faculty (men andwomen) at four-year institutions through the use of surveys, secondary data (National Survey ofPostsecondary Faculty), and faculty interviews.1-2 Hart (2011) summarized

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

were to help faculty (quote3): 1) engage in reflection and continuous improvement of learning, both their own and their students 2) facilitate conversations about teaching and learning in the process of building a learning community 3) create a collaborative learning environment with faculty and peers 4) build confidence in curriculum development including designing, guiding, and assessing learning 5) learn with and about technology in the process of improving curriculum, and 6) connect teaching and research and bridge the gap between theory and practice.Recognizing the potential for widespread engagement of engineering educators, an initiative onAdvancing Engineering Education through Virtual Communities of Practice

Conference Session

Preparing Minority Students for Undergraduate and Graduate Research

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud T. Khasawneh, Texas A&M International University; Rafic Bachnak, Penn State Harrisburg; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University ; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University; Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

and out of science and engineering programs. The main concern as to whythere is no more diversity in these fields is because there is not enough emphasis placed on themat an early age. In order to promote STEM education, elementary, middle, and high schoolteachers should become more knowledgeable in mathematics and science subjects to encouragetheir students. If the STEM disciplines are promoted among Latinos and other minority students, Page 24.1021.3then the self-esteem with regard to science and mathematics will naturally enhance theknowledge and skills possibly through enrichment program activities.1 In order to promoteSTEM courses and

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Page 24.1022.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Promoting the Adoption of Innovative Teaching Practices by Transportation Engineering Faculty in a WorkshopIntroductionThe National Transportation Curriculum Project (NTCP), a consortium of researchers fromfifteen colleges and universities, is concerned with the development, dissemination, andwidespread adoption of curricular materials and best practices in transportation engineeringeducation [1]. In 2012, the NTCP hosted a two-day Transportation Engineering EducationWorkshop (TEEW) to facilitate the collaborative development and adoption of active learningand conceptual-assessment exercises for the introduction to

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hoe, The University of Texas at Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

disciplines, and increased interest ingraduate school. This paper reports on our initial attempts to organize a course that promotesundergraduate research at the University of Texas at Tyler. The two main objectives are: (1) todevelop the abilities of the students to do scientific research, and (2) to improve the technicalcommunication skills of the students in the areas of reading, writing, and speaking. The projectsinclude a field programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation of a video compressionalgorithm, acceleration of a sparse FFT algorithm involving general purpose graphicalprocessing units (GPGPUs), computer modeling of a red fire ant colony, and low-powerencryption circuits with differential power analysis (DPA) immunity. Four motivated

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Bharadwaj Ramesh, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

broadspectrum of manufacturing, from development of green technology products, implementation ofadvanced manufacturing and production technologies, and introduction of energy efficient andenvironmentally friendly manufacturing processes and systems, from the plant floor to theenterprise level, and the whole supply chain. Here, we interpret green energy manufacturing asfollows: 1. Manufacturing of green technology products, in particular, those used in renewableenergy systems and clean technology equipment; 2. Manufacturing process and system control toaddress energy and environmental concerns, such as reducing pollution and waste, reducingemissions, minimizing natural resource and energy usage, recycling and reusing what wasconsidered as waste before

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Caitlin H. Wasilewski, Seattle Pacific University

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Educational Research and Methods

measure (FacultySupport 1) evaluated faculty support within the context of the student’s classes in the major andincluded items such as “the instructor in this class is interested in helping me learn”. Items from Page 24.1025.3the Faculty Support 1 scale were designed using a variation of the Teacher Support subscale of  the Classroom Life Scale13. The second measure of faculty support (Faculty Support 2) examinedthe student’s sense of support from faculty outside the classroom and used items that wereadapted from scales developed by Pascarella and Terenzini14.Faculty support in the form of supportive interactions with students has been

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

considered as an NDE method. Practical applications in variousindustries are described. During laboratory sessions, students are introduced to tools,methodologies, and techniques used by NDE specialists in real-world applications. Specifically,the students observe acoustic emission in metals, composite materials and plastics; studyacoustic wave propagation and attenuation; learn how to check a set of sensors for consistentsensitivity; set up an acoustic emission system for automatic source location; and engage instructural test data analysis. A laboratory report, clearly describing collected data, results,conclusions, and comments is required after completion of each laboratory session. 1. IntroductionThe need for a large number of practical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahender Mandala, HERL/VAPHS; Mary R. Goldberg, University of Pittsburgh; Jon Pearlman, Human Engineering Research Labs

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

TeachersIntroduction and backgroundOver half a million veterans have utilized the education benefits of the post 9/11 G.I. Bill [1]. Itis estimated that over two million persons with military experience will enroll in post-secondaryinstitutions in the near future [2]. Veterans returning to school often require an adjustmentperiod, time to relearn study skills and reacquaint themselves with student life [3]. Furthermore,a subset of this special student population includes veterans who have acquired disabilitiesthrough trauma and who could require an additional adjustment period and support system toacademic life. As veteran friendly campuses, the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and CarnegieMellon University (CMU) run specific programs to help veterans

Conference Session

The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emil H. Salib, James Madison University; Eric Vincent Walisko, James Madison University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Undergraduate Course as one possibleeffective approach and present the results of a survey to quantitatively measure the effect of thecourse on preparing the students and graduates for this new work environment. We also describethe course design, the hypothesis of effect, the survey design, the data collection, and analysis.Based on the participants’ responses and the quantitative analysis presented in this paper, weconfirmed quantitatively that the course has achieved its goal of preparing our undergraduates forthe ever changing and challenging environment for developing technology applications andservices. Overall, they believe that the impact on their career is worth the “value of contribution”they have exercised and estimated.1. IntroductionDue to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

development”2. Our second goal wasto train students on developing a nice marketing strategy while building a knowledge base ofmethods and grants opportunities to support new invention fund.Literature ReviewPast research shows the need for an educational shift in the general engineering curricula from apurely technical focus to one that will add entrepreneurial skills to complement theirundergraduate engineering major. Angela Shartrand, et al.1, in “Technology Entrepreneurshipprograms in U.S. Engineering Schools: An Analysis of programs at the undergraduate level”examined programs and courses offered at 340 ASEE member schools in the U.S. Theirresearch showed that “entrepreneurship education is available in at least half of the engineeringprogrammed

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University; Jessica Nina Lester, Indiana University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

listening to detailed audio recordings, two themes began to emerge from the data: 1) there Page 24.1031.2existed some structure and order in the exchange between interviewer and interviewee, and 2)interviewees recalled personal experience to mediate their answers. This study initiates theanalysis of this relationship by providing a guide for future research mediated by conversationanalysis as a methodology.Literature ReviewGee describes discourse analysis (DA) as a way of examining, describing, interpreting, andanalyzing the way in which people go about being, doing, and saying1. It is a means ofinterpreting activity situated within some context

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

100 80 points for leader week and Mandatory Week/ 15 for other weeks 20 points for othersCase Studies (2) 200 100 points each -Group Project 200 -Simulation Game 200Total 1000 1000Table 1: Changes in Assessment of Learning from Fall 2012 to Fall 2013 1. Assignments:In Fall 2012, the students worked on 2 qualitative assignments each worth 40points. The students had to write 2 pages-reports on a topic provided for eachassignment. In Fall 2013, a major revision was made to

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Jerald A. Caton, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

concepts related to thesecond law (reversibility, impossibility, entropy, and exergy) than those to the first law. Forexample, a Delphi study 1 identified thermodynamic concepts of high importance but with littlestudent-understanding 2; the study reveals a second law concept (reversibility) to be ranked 7thamong 28 concepts because very few students understand it but experts generally consider itimportant. During the development of second-law oriented tutorials, Cochran and Heronobserved severe deficiencies of students’ second-law understanding 3.To address issues about students’ challenges in mastering the second law, it is necessary to Page

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Briana Lucero, Colorado School of Mines; Cameron J Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

from an economicstandpoint. In combination the design must deal with what people want, what they can do, andwhat they can afford. The Toolkit asserts that the most successful projects are created with acombination of all three lenses in a manner befitting a Venn Diagram (Figure 1). 1 Page 24.1034.3 Figure 1 The three lenses of HCD as taught by IDEO1HCD and Community Development PedagogyIn order to contextualize HCD in the current engineering curriculum, it is necessary to establishhow exactly engineering students define HCD. Zoltowski et al. found that students’understanding of HCD is based on the various ways

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 24.1035.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Reinforcing a “Design Thinking” Course by Restructuring Student-Instructor Interactions1. IntroductionIn the past few years, the study of “design thinking”1-3 is drawing increasing attentions in theengineering design community. It dates back to Herbert Simon’s book “The Sciences ofArtificial”, when the notion of design was being viewed as a particular “way of thinking”4.Recently, “design thinking” is increasingly recognized to be an “exciting paradigm”5 to addressmany critical problems in many professions such as information technology6 and business7. Asthe research of “design thinking” keeps gaining momentums, a

Conference Session

Mentoring Minorities: Effective Programs, Practices, and Perspectives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DaVina J. Hoyt, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University; J. Manuel Acevedo, Washington State University; Jairo Luis Rodriguez Acevedo; Corinna Cisneros, Washington State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

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

basis of the organizing scheme and the methodology bywhich it was derived.Theoretical foundations and methodologyWe begin by recognizing that a learning collaboration across students, faculty and communitypartners, is a dynamic human system. In the general case of CE, humans are designing together.It is widely recognized by organizational behavioral researchers6 that the visible actions(“events”) of a dynamic human system are rooted in the underlying and hidden mental modelsthat the participants hold. Peter Senge popularized these organizational dynamics in his books onsystems thinking7, based on anthropologist, Edward T. Hall’s metaphor of an iceberg8, Figure 1,where the tip represents the visible actions (the visible 10%), which proceed from