Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cate Samuelson, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Candice L. Staples, University of Maryland; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

with similarities such as age, gender, major, andacademic abilities. Through a LLC community, students are able to encourage one anotherduring difficult classes and help each other gain a deeper understanding of classroom concepts.20This type of peer-to-peer interaction provides assistance with students’ academic and socialintegration. Unfortunately, an unintended consequence can be the formation of cliques, orsmaller communities within the already small community.The environment of certain LLCs also encourages other types of non-peer interaction. Facultyand staff members can be involved in activities for a LLC, thereby increasing students’ comfortlevel interacting with them. Research has shown that interactions between students and faculty

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dark, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

in theirexplanation. For example, “I personally think that as an engineer, we should learn more aboutpolicy, because it provides good skill in decision making”.The third category of instrumental effect further explains on what these participants will be ableto do with the knowledge of policy, such as a career investment as the sixth major theme andsocial contribution as the seventh major theme. The major theme career investment had 13participants who included this theme in their explanation. Examples includes: a) “Learningabout policy would be beneficial for my future career”; b) “It is a good knowledge to have whenworking for a business since every company has their own policy that they follow”; and c)“when we graduate we will have to deal

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

.  Maintains the role of academic advisor throughout the entire first year and will continue through the academic career of each FIG member in most cases (unless they change major).Peer Mentor  PMs (locally called peer advisors) are selected by the faculty mentors, FIG Director, and the Director of Student Achievement.  Each PM is compensated for about 5 hours/week for FIG work.  Attends the Success4Students seminar with the FIG members.  Meets with the FIG group once a week to facilitate accountability in the areas of class attendance, homework completion and time management.  Provides homework and study group assistance to FIG members at least once during the week.  Meets with the faculty mentor

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor; Francine K. Schlosser, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

education to allengineering students. Among the multiple and often contradictory drivers of current economies, a few areplaying as significant role as the trend towards globalization. Globalization processes imply thatnot only large companies are becoming global in terms of worldwide distribution of theirproduction facilities, but also that companies must offer an ever changing variety of products tomeet customers’ taste and preferences in different countries. This aspect of globalization,together with the e-business opportunities, makes it realistic to create new companies that aim atcustomization and personalization of consumer products and market them around the globe.Global competition, however, places such businesses under continuous

Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Anthony Vernier, Ohio State University; Patrick M. Wensing, The Ohio State University; Craig E. Morin, MindWare Technologies; Andrew H. Phillips, Ohio State University; Brian Rice, Ohio State University; Kevin Robert Wegman, Ohio State University; Chris Hartle, Ohio State University; Paul Alan Clingan, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, MindWare Technologies Craig Morin is the Engineering Manager at MindWare Technologies in Gahanna, Ohio where he has worked since 2008. He received a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a MS in Biomedical Engineering at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to his current role, he was a Design Engineer with MindWare Technologies and a Graduate Teaching Associate with the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors program at The Ohio State University. Beyond product design with an emphasis on electrical hardware, his interests include home automation, 3D printing, and ceramics.Andrew Phillips, Ohio State University Andrew H. Phillips is an Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) student at The Ohio

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Scott Bates, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

goals, and have graduated at a high rate; however, there is nomechanism to allow students to explore majors in engineering. Therefore, there needed to be amechanism, which would allow students to explore engineering, while still gaining experience inengineering. The structure of the institution in question did not permit for a first-year course to be Page 24.47.3taught with the rigor implemented at other institutions. Furthermore, the course was nottransferrable to many of the departments. Therefore a 0.5 credit hour course was designed toprovide rigor and to give students an experience with the engineering design process. The coursewas

Conference Session

FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Tom G. Thomas, University of South Alabama; Kuang-Ting Hsiao, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineeringand mechanical and materials engineering. LabVIEW™ and the LEGO MINDSTORMS®platform were selected as the tools for the program. LabVIEW is an especially useful tool,which engineering students repeatedly encounter during their undergraduate careers. LEGOMindstorms give students an intuitive approach to programming, with immediate, visual results.As a result of strong teaming experiences in the workshops, the students work more effectivelyand collaboratively in their coursework. The students also interact one-on-one withundergraduate and graduate engineering students who exhibit enthusiasm for engineering. Theserelationships continue into the academic year, providing a support community for the newstudents

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Wollowski, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

refine the content and delivery of the IC, it wasencouraging to the design instructors that the students seemed to easily make connections toother design course content even if the terms used on the IC were slightly different. Forexample, the biomedical engineering students used the terms “merit” and “feasibility” whiledeveloping their decision matrix for their projects. The students readily translated these terms to“key features/functions” and “critical to success” metrics. It is hypothesized that this task maybe more difficult for freshman or sophomore-level students, but it is an important skill to developin graduating seniors as they head into careers where the terminology may be different, but theconcepts are the same.It was also

Conference Session

Engineering as a Professional Calling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jian Yuan, Beihang University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

curricula.Another issue in borrowing the ABET criteria is that many of the associated concepts wereoriginally derived from the Western professionalism and liberal democracy. In both Confucianand Marxist tradition, it is difficult to find exact counterparts of these concepts. For instance, thecurrent ABET guidelines include eleven learning outcomes that must be met for students in anyengineering degree program. One of these, criterion 3.f, more specifically states that graduates Page 24.497.10must have “an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.”24 Interestingly, theCEEAA’s general criteria include a list of required “graduate outcomes

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren D. Thomas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, individual ability, and personal responsibilities are also a part ofthe intellectual strand. The institutional strand focuses on identity based on affiliation and rolewithin the university and field. There are also institutional structures, resources, andresponsibilities that have an important influence on the identity of an early academic. Thenetwork strand includes professional relationships, organizations, and collaborations thatcontribute to professional identity. The three strands allow for a rich analysis of the complexnature of identity and how it evolves through time.This framework was used in an engineering education doctoral dissertation9 to explore theexperience of graduate students in optics and photonics. The findings of the study

Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Tom G. Thomas, University of South Alabama; Kuang-Ting Hsiao, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

engineering. LabVIEW™ and the LEGO MINDSTORMS®platform were selected as the tools for the program. LabVIEW is an especially useful tool,which engineering students repeatedly encounter during their undergraduate careers. LEGOMindstorms give students an intuitive approach to programming, with immediate, visual results.As a result of strong teaming experiences in the workshops, the students work more effectivelyand collaboratively in their coursework. The students also interact one-on-one withundergraduate and graduate engineering students who exhibit their enthusiasm for engineering.These relationships continue into the academic year, providing a support community for the new

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #8628Machining Experience in a Mechanical Engineering CurriculumDr. Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Kiefer has spent the past thirteen years teaching mechanical engineering at four institutions. As an exemplary teaching specialist in mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, Scott received the Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence, given to one faculty member in the College in Engineering for outstanding instructional performance. Scott specializes in machine design, vibrations and controls, and mechatronics. He started his career at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez in the

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

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, independent studies,thesis–based research and individual projects.11,12Many of the projects undertaken by the HESE program are multi-year, cross-discipline projectsthat entail the aid of people outside the engineering department (i.e. business school, law school,etc.) The projects are also vertically integrated to include students spanning the academic rungsfrom freshman to doctoral candidates. Each project includes a faculty lead, but it is mainlymanaged by students as the faculty act as the long-term point of contact for the communities.At Purdue University, a multi-disciplinary engineering design program (EPICS) has beenoperating for almost 20 years. Coyle et al. have provided an assessment of the program fromboth the student and the community

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mindy Hart, EPICS; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Jeffrey B. Goldberg, College of Engineering, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

HS is an AP type, college level, introductory engineering course offered to high school students. Over the years Jill has developed K-12 science summer camps, conducted K-12 educational research, developed engineering curriculum for formal and informal education venues, and developed robotics outreach pro- grams for children’s museums and K-12 schools. Jill is a certified teacher and holds a Master’s of Science in Education. Her Master’s thesis topic examined middle school student attitudes towards robotics and considered gender differences. She is a member of the National Science Teachers Association, Philan- thropic Educational Organization (P.E.O) and American Society for Engineering Education. She has long

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology/CUNY

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. In 2000, he joined New York City College of Technology, City University of New York (CUNY) where he is a Professor in the Department of Computer Systems Technology. Since 2005, he has been a member of the doctoral faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center. His research interests include computer science and engineering education and the use of computational models to understand and solve problems in biology. Page 24.1334.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using Interdisciplinary Game-based Learning to

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Turner Ralph Swanson, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society; Justin Matthew Collins, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jill Frey, Sweet Water Foundation; Joey Zocher, Escuela Verde; Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

consecutively for every term of his collegiate career and was awarded the Rath Distinguished Scholarship by the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU). In addition, Justin is actively involved in multiple on-campus organizations. He has been elected to serve as Vice President of the Wisconsin-Delta chapter of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society for the 2014-2015 academic year, and is working closely with the current Vice President on a unique collaborative project to educate high school students on extraterrestrial plant growth. Justin is also engaged in his second Rocket Design Competition, sponsored by the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, as well as an active member of the MSOE Swing

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma; Jitesh H. Panchal, Purdue University; Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Innovation Centre, COEP

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

competencies and learning objectives. QW3 and QW4 wereaddressed in this talk. In the globalized environment discussed above, one of the main tasks of aneducator is to prepare engineers who are capable of identifying and solving problems that do notyet exist with tools and methods that have not yet been invented. Hence, there is a need toeducate students to “learn how to learn” and to empower them to take charge of their owneducation. From the students’ perspective, this translates to identifying and obtaining thecompetencies needed to become a valuable asset for a dynamic career. Hence, the first step is tolet the students identify their personal goals for the semester. The objective in this talk was toprovide the participants an understanding of how

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

instructional approach is illustrated inFigure 4. First, it is started from contemporary issues related to cyber based rapid manufacturingsuggested by the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (IMSE) andthe Research Institute for Manufacturing & Engineering Systems (RIMES) advisory boardcommittee. Second, the authors and a support group from staff members of Texas ManufacturingAssistance Center (TMAC) have determined what course contents (e.g., course modules) shouldbe included in each course. Third, the authors have discussed with faculty from IMSE/MEDepartments who are interested in joining this curriculum reform to identify a course modulepool. However, the course contents could be revised based on suggestions from an

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

two faculty members who each made the move after over fifteen years inindustry, one who is now early in that transition and the second moving toward full retirement.These experiences along with a review of literature, both on general career transitions and thoseinto education, are used to outline not only ideas on best practices for being successful in thetransition, but pitfalls and traps to be aware of and avoid. The specific goals of the article are to: (1) Provide an overview of the literature on the motivation for career change and explore the current research on the personal reasons for these transitions. In particular, examining specific types of positions and how they fit career changes into engineering education

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi F. Prosise, St. Ambrose University; Hank Yochum, Sweet Briar College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

institution offers an ABET accredited engineering degree (Engineering Scienceand Industrial Engineering) and each graduates ~7-12 engineers per year. Sharing expertise,capabilities, and faculty time are important considerations in developing the program because ofthe very small size of each school’s departments.The mission of the program is to allow students to practice engineering skills while they developstrong communication and teamwork skills, gain global perspective, and learn socialresponsibility through projects for persons with disabilities that otherwise could not affordassistance, both locally and globally. At each institution the program is incorporated intorequired sophomore and junior-level design-intensive courses. The course is offered

Conference Session

Teaching Approaches for Ethics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Raridon, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah K. Nykanen P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Marilyn C. Hart, Minnesota State University- Mankato; Winston Sealy, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

similar sit[uations]in the future) This semester’s project gave a larger picture view of consequences of unethicaldecisions.”Faculty ReflectionThe MAX Scholars seminar is led by four faculty members and a graduate student, with diverseareas of expertise and backgrounds including engineering, engineering technology, computerscience, biology and experiential education. This team selected the ethical framework for theseminar and facilitated discussions with individual students and groups, as needed. Severalobservations were noted, which are overall consistent with student feedback.Working with actual topics rather than case studies appeared to be more engaging for students.They seemed to have an easier time making a personal connection with the

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University; Pavel M. Polunin, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

of which pinpoint writing deficiencies not technical deficiencies.Yes, these are one-on-one encounters with a graduate student and a faculty member and do notreflect the numbers of students in an undergraduate course, but they do reflect on particularcommunication issues that can be mentioned to undergraduates about their own writing. Studentslisten to their technical faculty and when one says that writing is important, it means a great dealmore than when an English teacher makes the same comment.This leads to the student response to an engineering faculty’s comments about a subjectseemingly outside the engineering focus. The student must be educated into understanding thatthere is no engineering without communication. The minute that they

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

skin, convenient accessibility, and prox-imity to blood vessels and systemic circulation make skin an obvious candidate for a route of drug admin-istration. In this module, students will explore the permeability of porcine skin, easily obtainable at a gro-cery store and cost-effective. Porcine skin has been shown to be histologically and biochemically similar 9to human skin, and have a similar permeability[ ]. In parallel, students will measure mass transfer across Page 24.963.6biomaterials using artificial skin and also determine the effects of various permeation enhancers on themass

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kaplan, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz P.E., California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

reinforce many important aspects of atraditional computer science education. The software team was provided with hands-onexperience programming and debugging a large project. In the course of programming a low-level embedded development platform, students gained valuable practice with bitwise operations,bit-masks, and number system conversion. The limited bandwidth of the communication linkbetween the CubeSat and the ground gave the team an opportunity to explore networking andpacket-switching beyond the domain of internet protocols. Naturally, this led to issues ofcomputer security, such as the ability to authenticate transmissions from Mission Control, andthe decision of whether or not transmissions should be digitally signed by each side. For

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deeksha Seth, Drexel University; John Joseph Carr Jr., New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences; Angela D. Wenger, New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences ; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; James Louis Tangorra, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

educators outside of the engineering realm and younger students encourages theundergraduate engineering students to synthesize their knowledge more broadly than theytypically do during regular classroom examinations.The intent of this project is to form a rewarding partnership between academia and nonprofitindustry, while simultaneously benefiting the educational objectives of both parties. Severalpartnerships have been described between academia and industry such as software3, defense,automation, and aerospace industry4. In order to graduate well-versed engineers, academicinstitutions have partnered up with industries to form advisory boards that provide feedbacktowards an academic program’s direction3. Such partnerships have an instant advantage

Conference Session

FPD 1: The Path to Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Marisa K. Orr, Louisiana Tech University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

American Evaluation Association affiliate organization and is a member of the Amer- ican Educational Research Association and American Evaluation Association, in addition to ASEE. Dr. Brawner is also an Extension Services Consultant for the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science departments on diversifying their under- graduate student population. Dr. Brawner previously served as principal evaluator of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. She remains an active researcher with MIDFIELD, studying gender issues, trans- fers, and matriculation models in engineering.Dr. Marisa Kikendall Orr, Louisiana Tech UniversityDr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ala A. Qattawi, Automotive Engineering Department at Clemson University –International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR); Paul J. Venhovens, Clemson University; Johnell Brooks, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

consumer needs and wants incorporating marketand trend analyses. The project proceeds with general explorations, investigation of variousdesign and vehicle architecture alternatives including selection of one concept based oncarefully balancing environmental, economic, and social aspects. During this process, thefaculty serves as mentors rather than knowledge dispensers. The students are empowered tomake decisions and justify their concept selection to different groups, i.e. faculty membersand industrial partners. The last eight months of each project comprises of building aphysical prototype and validation of target achievement. Extensive marketing of the projectoutcomes at trade-shows with graduates involved concludes each project.1

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

delivered in September/October 2013 over an 8-week period (with a 2-week extension for final assignment submissions). Our team wascomposed of three core faculty in different engineering fields (chemical, environmental, andmechanical/design), a faculty member from theater (who also served as an acting coach), a teamprocess coach (psychology), an instructional designer, several university technical staff wholiaised with Coursera and managed contractual issues, and a mix of graduate and undergraduatestudents from engineering and education who assisted as staff with many tasks along the way.3.1 Levels of Student EngagementStudent engagement and retention are major issues in the current MOOC context4. In particular,the low percentages of enrolled

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

= Engineering Fundamentals Coursework = Engineering Upper Division CourseworkStudents receive three credits for each semester of co-op, for a total of nine co-op credits appliedtowards graduation. The student receives a letter grade for each co-op semester which isdetermined by taking into account the evaluations provided by the work supervisor, and theaccuracy and quality of written work. A faculty member monitors and assesses the work of thestudent in collaboration with the co-op supervisor, including review of weekly student journalsand visiting the work site each semester. At the end of every co-op semester, each student isassessed by the company supervisor using an online data collection tool. The assessment

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aruna Shekar, Massey University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

identify their ownstrengths and areas for personal development. Collaborative learning also takes place, asstudents learn from their own team members, and from observations of other teams.Student evaluation and feedbackIn the 2013 student survey, students have clearly said that they enjoyed the project activities,and the hands-on tasks. Three methods were employed to gather student opinions – an onlinesurvey (147 responses received), face-to-face discussions by staff from the Department ofTeaching and Learning (over 300 students participated), and course feedback. Students saidthat the projects, Stream online support (especially, the weekly study plans), practical andapplied activities, class discussions, problem solving exercises, and field trips