Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Thomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Cindee Dresen; Kysha L. Frazier, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Louise Paquette, Lansing Community College

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College Industry Partnerships

survey data, which reflects the use of computational tools and computationalthinking in the context of the engineering workplace.2) Jeannette Wing’s discussion of Computational Thinking (CT)6 can be summarized in terms ofeight exemplar categories: • Building on power and limits of computing processes. • Solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior. • Reformulating a difficult problem into one we can solve. • Thinking recursively. • Using abstraction and decomposition. • Thinking in terms of prevention, protection and recovery from worst-case scenarios. • Using heuristic reasoning to discover a solution. • Complementing and combining math and engineering thinking. We aligned our interview

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

before the research project with a plan.Involvement in data requires a librarian’s subject expertise to move upstream in the researchproject, just as our involvement in research is moving upstream in the research/publicationcycle.1Familiarity with the needs and common practices of engineering researchThe most useful reading time spent for truly understanding the reality and scope of data issuesfor researchers is reading reports by LIS researchers who interviewed scientists and engineersabout their data management practices and problems. It is invaluable to be introduced to thelifecycle of specific data sets through the eyes of the researcher, as they reflect on how theyproduce the data, how they manage the data, and their own expectation for the

Conference Session

Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip H. Harding, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

section, Materials and Methods section, and initial results. This is designed todistribute their work and thereby allow more time for reflection on results versus “writing thereport”. These laboratory preparation efforts are designed to offset the significant loss oflaboratory time described above.The last 4 weeks of the quarter are spent engaging an open-ended project. Those studentsenrolling in CBEE 416 will begin work on their senior projects. Their quarter culminates in aproposal to justify their enrollment for spring quarter. Those not enrolling in CBEE 416 formnew teams and work directly with the instructor to create a project of mutual interest. This isoften one of the unit operation laboratories with a “twist”, developing equipment and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Marchese, Colorado State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

exposure to commercialization opportunities for their graduate research along with therecognition of the potential opportunities at the base of the global economic period. The slate ofguest speakers was overwhelmingly evaluated as the most valuable aspect of the course. Theproject component of the course was generally viewed less favorably.The second offering of the STESE course is scheduled for the Spring 2011 semester. Based onfeedback from the students and reflection among the instructors, we have identified the followingareas for improvement:  Improving the interface with the GSSE program,  Using the course as a means of harvesting technology from university research labs,  Modifying the choice of text book and doing a

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Herbert Holland; Dean Bruckner

decision block. The team’s task is to run the “decide2.m” scriptfor enough recordings of “port” and “starboard” that they see a pattern. They must then select oneof the two parameters, one of the three functions, and a threshold that consistently separates“port” from “starboard” words recorded by any person. They then complete the script with a de-cision block implementing their design.The typical successful solution hinges on the presence or absence of the ‘s’ sound, as reflected bythe maximum number of zero crossings found in any segment of the word. If this parameter ex-ceeds about 250 the ‘s’ is present and the word is “starboard” (or “astern”). If not, there is no ‘s’sound and the word is “port” (or “ahead”). Cadet design groups typically

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Brizendine; Laora E. Dauberman-Brizendine

, namely: a. requires a high level of disciplinary expertise, b. is innovative, c. can be replicated, d. can be documented, e. can be peer evaluated, and f. has significance.For comparison, Boyer (1990) had previously identified six criteria by which to judge goodscholarship, namely: a. knowledge it reflects, b. clearly-defined objectives, c. appropriate methods, d. creative use of resources, e. effective communication, and f. significant results.It occurs to the authors of this paper that scholarly activity that merely meets a majority ofBoyer’s or Diamond’s criteria represents a valuable contribution to higher education and society.Scholarship in

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Shih-Ming Lee; Sergio Martinez; Anabel D. Ramos; Martha A. Centeno

Material At the beginning of the term: 1. Hard Copy - Planning Competency Matrix 2. Course Syllabus 3. Student files: a. Survey files (Part of teaching effectiveness evaluation tools) b. “Blank” Student Competency Matrix template c. Work log and run chart templates d. Reflection log cue card Figure 2: Course Planning Process

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell D. Meier

extremely well inshorter time periods. These levels require a type of convergent learning that students seem mostcomfortable with probably because they have been exposed to it throughout their educationalcareer. Additionally, these levels require the withdrawal of facts from memory but do not askthe thinker to do much expansion on the stored facts. I must admit that my bias toward theanalysis and synthesis levels of Bloom’s taxonomy was sometimes reflected in the initialactivities. I do not believe these levels were as successful in the shorter time periods because thestudents were not given appropriate time to synthesize solutions from their factual knowledgebase.I designed each longer activity to require the teams to interact at the divergent

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Puzniak; Flora McMartin; Alice Agogino

, 4depends upon interaction with peers and a shared community of practice, reflected through acommon language, set of methods, and perspectives.As learners, faculty interact with multiple learning communities, in multiple ways, and formultiple purposes. They attend conferences and meetings sponsored by professional societies,academic and government institutions, and industry. At these events they participate in formaland informal discussions — all of which are critical to their ability to meet their professionalobligations. Faculty as members of disciplinary professional societies focus on innovation intheir areas of expertise and research; they participate in organizations such as ASEE (AmericanSociety for Engineering Education) and the FIE

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

number of available options allow each student to design an education path which best matches his/her interests, professional career objectives, capabilities, financial status, and other relevant conditions. To take advantage of the available options, the student must, however, become familiar with many aspects of the system of study. This enhances his/her interest in the Faculty, its academic staff, course offer, and studying in general. Furthermore, the student who is provided with an opportunity to pursue an individually designed program which reflects, to some extent, his/her personality, is usually well motivated to more efficient learning. • An opportunity to design an individual program of study allows the student to be

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie L. Young; Peter L. Silsbee; Joseph W. Newkirk; Bradford L. Snowden; Anu Maria; Jerry W. Samples

the “summer sports camp” feeling developed, and I feltI knew these people remarkably well, I began to feel nervous and worry not just aboutdoing well, but also about whether they would think I was doing well. I forgot about role-playing and started making too many jokes; being “cute” as Jerry correctly put it. I wasrather embarrassed about having lost track of something as simple as role playing at thetime. However, conversations with other groups later in the day revealed this was a wide-spread phenomenon. And as I have reflected on it, I think I understand better why ithappened, at least for me.How was peer review handled by the group?: I thought people gave honest critiques,and were careful to criticize what the person had done, not the

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Margaret Pierce, Lawrence Tech University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

employers and determine thebest strategies for approaching employers who may be eligible to participate in the EIP program. Once the student begins an EIP, they establish brief learning objectives and complete a preassessment survey. Whenever possible, a site visit by an OCS staff member and appropriatefaculty are conducted. At the end of the EIP, participating students complete a post assessmentdocument as well as a brief report about their experiences. These requirements reinforce thelessons learned through reflective writing assignments that challenge them to review andintegrate what they have learned.University – Marketing, Operating, Monitoring, Compensation, AssessmentThe EIP has been designed to be flexible and easy to administer, while

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar Puri, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

about what exactly “ethics” is. While students are comfortable talking about anethical situation that is presented as an ethical scenario in a textbook, they are less able todiscuss elements of ethical frameworks such as “absolutism,” “moral responsibility,” or“cultural differences” related to ethics. These findings suggest that the use of suchtypical instruments as the Defining Issues Test (DIT), developed by James Rest [22], orthe Socio-moral Reflection Measure (SRM), based on Kohlberg’s work [23], may lead toresults that provide only a surface view of students’ ethical knowledge and decision-making.These findings also suggest that assessment of student knowledge and abilities is a taskfilled with complexities, but the process is even more

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Colledge, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University

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International

Developing Communities seminar: The “EDSGN 497C – Design for DevelopingCommunities” seminar course grounds students in EDSGN 452 and other related courses in thebasics of humanitarian design, user-centered design for extreme affordability, socialentrepreneurship, systems thinking, travel and fieldwork, and related issues for technology-basedsocial ventures in developing communities outside the US. Students participate in weekly 75minute seminars and 30 minute project management meetings with all the peripheral teams.Students write structured reflective blogs for each seminar talk and at the end of the semestermake a two-minute YouTube video clip (in two-person teams) focusing on how they appliedconcepts from the seminar series to their ventures. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Gerald Knapp, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Roger Seals, Louisiana State University

the year, the ENG2 program hosted a “Bowling Night” for mentors; approximately 18students attended. Three of the students were protégés. Due to feedback from the mentors, theENG2 team will host their mentor get together a week earlier next year. Page 15.936.11 Assessment of the peer mentoring program was performed by the outside evaluator. Theassessment included a basic survey of 5 questions designed to be answered in groups. Twenty ofthe 36 peer mentors attended the evaluation session. Sample questions are as follows: 1. Reflecting on your first year as an engineering major, in what ways have you changed and what are you doing

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elyce Winters, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University; Jennifer Dellaposta, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christine Szaraz, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Minorities in Engineering

academic risks: they lack specific learning skills. Often, ... weinvolve them in comprehensive academic support programs...these freshman often do as well orsometimes better than other freshman (1989, p. 109)17.” During the fall 2009 semester, freshmanAOI students were offered a special one semester long orientation seminar; many reported intheir final reflection papers that they felt more confident in their academic pursuits as a result ofthe specialized attention and academic advising they’d taken part in regularly throughout thesemester, and cited the value of interacting with other freshman AOI students facing similarchallenges.Individual advising sessions are also integral for freshmen as well as transfer and continuingstudents, and this

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Banerjee, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

and family related policies from women’s perspectives.13 Findings from these studiessuggest that organizations are gendered and the image of the ideal worker reflects that of a whiteman.In work organizations, job-related factors such as, rewards and benefits, advantages andprivileges, decision-making and control, identity and self-esteem and, performance and job-satisfaction are governed by power relations that continue to favor men over women. Hence,gender is not a factor that initiates unequal power relations in organizations; rather it is anintegral part of the organizational structure.1 West and Zimmerman13 describe the processes ofembedding gender into the organizational structures as “doing gender”, and Acker1 posits thatdoing gender

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

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Aerospace

Quantitative Interview Discussion TopicsData was obtained from 37 conversations/interviews; 16 new engineers (less than 5 years ofexperience) and 21 supervisors, mentors, or program managers. These results representperceptions of those interviewed and do not necessarily reflect the position of the parentorganization. Again, not a large sample size however, interesting observations can be made thatmirror industry wide trends. There are two ways to examine the data: 1. Assessment of absolute scores. In this case scores given by new engineers and supervisors were close to each other, say within 1 point. If both scores were high, we have excellent agreement that the skill being measured is being utilized. If both scores were low

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

focus on student advising as well as supportingundergraduate/faculty interactions. These items reflect, somewhat, the work of Billups7related to specific student-faculty interactions. What has not been gleaned at all from oursurvey, however, is the effectiveness of any of these activities at creating a desiredculture. Indeed, further analysis is needed to identify the specific types of cultures thatchemical engineering departments across the US foster, how (re: episodes) such a cultureis cultivated, and whether it is effective from both a faculty (category 3) and student(category 1) perspective. Our initial survey has provided useful feedback which will bothinform and direct such data gathering for the future.References1. P. R. Orszag

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hill, University of Detroit Mercy; Patricia Pena, Federal University of Minas Gerais

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International

. Bythis point, the students enrolled in the professional preparation course had been given someinstruction on globalization and cultural awareness. The U.S. students were then required to turnin a reflection on their Brazilian counterparts and the interaction that took place. At thebeginning of June the Brazilian students were required to communicate to their U.S. partnersinformation regarding the physical system to be controlled, including information regardingsensors and actuators. Based on this information, the U.S. students then built from first principlesmathematical models of their assigned system and the associated control hardware. Thesemodels were described in a memo sent to their Brazilian counterpart in the middle of June. Atthis point

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

turbinecriteria that are listed in Table 3. The overall height of the design was to limit the materialsstudents must acquire, allow students to easily transport their design, and permit the design to betested in the IDEAS Center. Page 15.1372.9 Table 3. Wind Turbine Design/Construction Criteria Horizontal Axis Wind TurbineOverall Height: 3 ftTurbine Blade (minimum of 3 blades) that are 1 ft long with adjustable pitchAxis Hub must be non-reflective, black (for speed measurement)For testing, must be able to attach a string to the hub where the string will spool smoothly Vertical

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Braun, United States Military Academy; Mark DeRocchi, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

. Page 15.394.6Initially it seemed natural to have a two-part decision matrix. The first set of criteria wasenvisioned as hierarchy based and serving as a simple GO/NO-GO decision. Any proposedindependent study project that failed to meet the first set of criteria would be automaticallynegated. However, upon further review, this logic proved unfounded as there were pastacademic years that always had exceptions to these criteria that ended up being fantastic projects.Further, some of the initial criteria were noted to have little or no influence on the hierarchalrating due to commonality in the scaled criteria value. This resulted in a modification of the listof criteria to reflect more than simply the D-C&ME stakeholders.Finally, there were

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

information from this assignment revealed student attitudes aboutcivil engineering. The course included additional assignments on sustainability (2009 only),ethics, a team West Point Bridge Designer project, a curriculum plan to graduation at CU with aB.S. in CVEN, a paper on a significant event or structure related to civil engineering (such as theThree Gorges Dam, the flooding in New Orleans from hurricane Katrina, etc.), and a shortsummary of a professional society meeting that they attended (such as ASCE or AGC). In thefinal assignment of the semester the students wrote a reflective essay that instructed them to statewhether or not they planned to remain a civil engineering major and why/why not. The studentswere also instructed to comment on

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

read about a moral exemplar; compare ASCE Code of Ethics5 to CU Student 20 20 Honor CodeTeam bridge competition in West Point Bridge Designer: teams of 4-5 students create a bridge using the WPBD software in an attempt to optimally fulfill 30 24 specified weighted design criteria and describe their design processCourse plan and curriculum mapping: outline courses that fulfill the CU CVEN 10 10requirements and illustrate how these courses teach the skills needed for licensureCivil engineering Controversies, Disasters, and Feats slides and paper 22 16Professional society meeting write-up and Reflective Essay 12 12The Civil Engineering

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

about--"cooperative learning," "collaborative learning," and "active learning"? The proliferation of"learnings" and their attendant partisan camps invites the reawakening of long-standing facultyprejudice against educational fads and "methods." Even so, interest in PBL grows because notonly does research show a higher quality of learning (though not a greater amount if "amount"equates with the number of facts), but problem-based learning simply feels right intuitively. Itseems to reflect the way the mind actually works, not a set of parlor-game procedures formanipulating students into learning 15 .Unfortunately, while there is agreement on the generaldefinition of PBL, implementation has varied widely 3 .The large variation in PBL

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Michael Mauk, Drexel University; Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University; Dhruv Sakalley, Drexel University; James Hagarman, Drexel University; Holly Burnside, Drexel University

following laboratory projects will be implemented tosimulate nanomanufacturing processes: production of CdSe quantum dots; electrodeposition ofmagnetic Ni nanowires; fabrication of organic LEDs; and fabrication of TiO2 nano solar cells.The laboratory experiments will be supported by various analytical techniques, such asfluorescence and electron microscopy; Raman and UV absorption spectroscopy; dynamic lightscattering; optical transmission and reflection measurements; and atomic force microscopy,among others. Analysis techniques will generate suitable data sets for quality engineering andstatistical process control using Lean Six Sigma methods. The course will be developed in theformat of educational modules. Selected modules will become available

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Javier Macossay, The University of Texas-Pan American; Martin Knecht, South Texas College; Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

: Students test their mettle through quizzes, post-test, lab reports, exams, and/or demonstrations of the hands-on activity results, all of which could be summative assessment tools used to compute student grades. Students need to look ahead and reflect back and provide solutions to the challenge. Go Public: Finally, students go public with their findings by presenting and defending their solutions to the challenge. These presentations also allow each student to see other solutions to the same problem to find out that there might be multiple ways to solve the challenges [16].3.2 Challenges in Introduction to STEMThe challenges developed for the Introduction to STEM course are presented in Figure 1;the ones with the

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gay Lemons, Tufts University; Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Tufts University

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Design in Engineering Education

the participants to choose whichever activities they thoughtmight help them formulate a solution. The purpose of offering the diverse choices was to observeif students could cull the important information needed to solve the design task. Whenparticipants completed the design task, they were asked to write a short reflection paper of theirexperience. Photos were taken of their prototypes.LEGO® pieces were used in building the prototype. When subjects chose the Build a prototypecard, they were handed a kit of LEGO pieces and instructed to use the pieces simply to get theiridea across, and not be overly concerned with any challenges arising from the materials. Whilethe functionality of the pieces did not allow for heavy force to be used in

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Libraries

“the majortransdisciplinary index in the world’s engineering literature.” There are no doubts that thispublication has been used for the last 125 years by engineers and technical staff all over theworld, people that in one way or another have contributed to the development of today’s modernsociety. Therefore, Ei is an intrinsic part of the history of technology. The history of TheEngineering Index has been presented by several authors at different times. The most prominenthave been the works of Hannum2, Bissell3, Landau4, and Woods5 which combined cover detailsfrom 1884 to 1984. More recently, Youngman6 wrote about how the role of librarians haschanged as reflected by the changes in the The Engineering Index as occurred, and Lafferty

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University ; Philip Samuel, BMGI

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Design in Engineering Education

review], we demonstrated that techniques used in the earlystages of design (e.g., for concept generation) can be characterized in terms of the degree ofdifficulty associated with learning and using them effectively. Here, we extend thisproposition to design techniques across all stages of the design process, using the followingscale to reflect the level required for their mastery: • Level 1 = very easy to master • Level 2 = easy to master • Level 3 = mid-level difficulty to master • Level 4 = hard to master • Level 5 = very hard to master.The same selection of 24 techniques that appeared in Table 2 will be mapped according tothis level metric below (see Table 3), after we have discussed the classification of