Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Ida O'Connor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Linda Young, MSOE School of Nursing; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

create a better world both for themselves and others. Figure 1 and 2: Students working on the clinic remodeling in the El Salvador trip of 2009.Inn comparison to similar programs programs, the grand uniqueness of HWB lies in the facts that it is notresearch based; it is built strictly on the motivation and leadership of the students; students and it is aconglomerate of interdisciplinary participation.. Some universities have classroom creditdedication, open research facilities, and thus research based project design. Due to a lack of suchresources, HWB was created as an organization based outside of the classroom, and functions asa

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William K. Durfee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Benjamin Adams, University of Minnesota; Audrey J. Appelsies, University of Minnesota; Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

three-phase WEC process is (1) to develop awriting plan based on discipline-specific writing outcomes desired for graduating majors, (2)implement the plan and (2) assess the plan and revise based on the assessment. The plan formechanical engineering defined nine attributes of mechanical engineering writing and 14 desiredwriting ability outcomes for graduating majors. Stakeholders agreed that problem sets were thenumber one form of writing for engineering students and that attention paid to writing a problemset would help students to learn the material. The plan was implemented by targeting three corecourses for explicit writing instruction and raising the awareness of writing in other requiredcourses in the program. Assessment is on-going and

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie A. Rursch, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

caused several teams to have to cancel their plannedtrips, there were still 75 students in attendance and 15 teams representing 6 community collegedistricts. This is the second time an ice storm or blizzard has occurred just prior or during thecompetition and the authors are planning to move the event forward in the academic calendar toavoid further weather related problems. Table 1 shows the four year participation in theCCCDC. On December 4 & 5, 2009, the third year of CCCDC competition, there were 19teams with a total of 90 students participating. These 19 teams represented 10 communitycollege districts or two-thirds of the 15 total community college districts in the state.Table 1. Participation in the Annual Community College Cyber

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Zahorian, State University of New York, Binghamton; Douglas H. Summerville, Binghamton University; Scott Craver, Department of Electrical Engineering, Binghamton University; Michael Elmore P.E., Binghamton University

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Electrical and Computer

Compliance Tracking System or ACTS. In this paper, thepreparation of ACTS, its key components, its usage and continued development are described.ACTS can be readily adapted for use by other engineering programs.Introduction and BackgroundSeveral engineering educators have addressed the issues of efficiently assessing ABETengineering criteria, especially outcomes a-k, listed under criterion 3. Felder and Brent[1] havewritten a comprehensive paper on many of the issues involved in designing and teaching coursesto satisfy ABET assessment expectations. Their paper also includes a comprehensivebibliography of related papers.Development of ACTSThe development of ACTS began with defining the Program Outcomes themselves, each ofwhich is then assigned a

Conference Session

TAC/ABET Related Outcome Based Assessment Methods and Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); William M. Leonard, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert A. Merrill, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

educational objectives and program outcome…”1 which at thesurface does not appear to require anything more than a single page, graphic report. However,the creation of the documented process requires a living document and must be maintainedduring the entire accreditation cycle. The criterion continues to state “The results of theseevaluations of program educational objectives and program outcomes must be used to effectcontinuous improvement of the program through a documented plan.” The goal of thedocumentation process is to effect continuous improvement on the program. The wordscontinuous and improvement are co-requisites and must be used together to make a positivechange to the program. Using the process to “effect continuous improvement” is often

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Bielenberg, Petroleum Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

students already possess Page 22.130.6sufficient skills to engage in the learning of engineering. Unfortunately, it is often the case thatstudent aptitudes and attitudes regarding communication, thinking, use of technology and habitsof mind is less than desired. A 2002 study by the Intersegmental Committee of AcademicSenates[38] found that most first year students lack strategies in effective critical reading, and that83% of faculty felt that a lack of analytical reading skills contributes to students’ lack of successin a course. Additionally, it was found that only 1/3 of entering college students are sufficientlyprepared for writing

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

our evolving program initiative.Tables 1-3 show summaries of the demographic characteristics of the 38 respondents. Althoughwe purposely attempted to skew experience to favor more senior engineers, our responses wereeven more skewed than anticipated, leading us to believe that younger engineers are eitherdisinterested or perhaps didn’t feel adequately attuned to the topic to formulate opinions.Another possibility we considered is that senior engineers are simply more passionate about thetopic of globalization. The diversity of academic backgrounds was not a surprise to us, nor wasthe spread of employers.Table 1 – Years Experience How many years of engineering experience do you currently have

Conference Session

Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Ingram, University of Manitoba; Anita H. Ens, University of Manitoba; Marcia R. Friesen, University of Manitoba

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada, R3T 5V6; telephone:(1) 204.474.9698; e-mail: Sandra Ingram@umanitoba.ca.Anita H Ens, University of Manitoba Anita Ens is a Ph.D. candidate in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. She has over 15 years of experience working with adults in adult education and postsecondary settings, with particular focus on learning strategies and writing pedagogy. Influenced by the social, cultural, and relational aspects of learning, her research interests include collaborative writing, sustainability in education, and diversity in learning groups.Marcia R. Friesen, University of Manitoba

Conference Session

Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ratchaneekorn Thamvichai, Saint Cloud State University; Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, Virginia Tech; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Tamal Bose, Virginia Tech

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Electrical and Computer

topic inwireless communications area that spans electrical and computer engineering, computer science,and human factors engineering, integrates software defined radio with automated learning,decision making, and adaptation capability embodying aspects of artificial intelligence.Cognitive radio and related technologies are a fertile area of research and provide an ideal focusfor introducing undergraduate students to university research. The program is designed topromote the STEM knowledge, interdisciplinary skills, motivation, and self-efficacy ofundergraduate students. Innovative knowledge results are some outcomes embedded within thevalues of interdisciplinary research, team collaboration, and a focus on research-to-practice.1. Introduction

Conference Session

Design Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Raju S. Dandu, Kansas State University, Salina

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Manufacturing

tolerancing,production, inspection, and related documentation practices within the freshman course sequencethrough specific instructional tools and outcomes requirements.The Freshman Course Sequence The freshman course sequence of the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program atKansas State University Salina is designed to immerse beginning students in basic technicalgraphics, manufacturing processes, and design tools. The course sequence is outlined inFigure 1.The First Semester The first semester includes a fairly standard Technical Graphics course which utilizes2-D sketching and CAD methods for development of part and assembly geometry and printdocumentation. However, it is the Manufacturing Methods class which gives students their

Conference Session

BME Courses and Learning Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University

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Biomedical

for seniors,are presented here that involve the design of biomaterials for cartilage and bonereplacement. An assessment plan, to be executed during Spring 2011, will measurestudent mastery of learning outcomes specific to the field of biomaterials science andthose set forth by ABET for undergraduate Chemical Engineering programs. 1.  Introduction   Biomaterials have received considerable attention over the past 30 years.  A biomaterial has been defined as a material intended to interface with a biological system to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue organ or function in the body (1).  Therefore, the study of biomaterials encompasses the study of materials science, medicine, and biology. It is estimated that over 11 million

Conference Session

Computer Science Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas; Dan R. Schupp

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Computers in Education

computer science students understood computer function (most ofthem had not yet taken a computer architecture course), but rather that the liberal arts studentswere troubled by their ignorance while the technical students were not. Clearly, it would beuseful to provide the entire class with a basic understanding of how stored program computersfunction at a very simple level.In addition, for the purpose of the particular class, we determined that it would be useful tointroduce a few basic computer science concepts: 1. A finite set of operations can each be numbered and hence be uniquely identified by bit patterns. 2. One can often solve complex problems using algorithms consisting of a sequence of very simple primitive operations. 3

Conference Session

Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

studentsincluding the ones detailed below. Others are not within the reach of smaller schools such asDefense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)’s Grand and Urban Challenge3. Someothers like SAE’s Formula Series4 may require greater resources compared to the ones below. The Institute of Navigation (ION)’s Robotic Lawn Mower Competition will be held June 2-4, 2011 in Beavercreek, Ohio5. The objective of the competition is to design and operate a robotic unmanned lawnmower using navigation to rapidly and accurately mow a field of grass. NASA’s 18th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race will be held April 1 - 2, 2011 in Huntsville, Alabama, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Each Moonbuggy will be powered by two

Conference Session

Technological Literacy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Lauren Aprill; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

exist between a set of facts,data, or ideas. An emphasis in concept mapping is on the depiction or illustration of connectionsand associations. Concept maps are particularly helpful in situations in which relationshipsbetween ideas are not in a simple linear progression. Concept maps rely on the use of the naturaltendency to associate position in space with organizational hierarchy. Figure 1 is an example ofa simple concept map. Concept maps are well-suited to describing technical systems. Concept maps are useful forcreating organization in situations in which a large number of pieces of information initiallyappear at the same level of significance. These are situations where an underlying order is likelyto exist but is not apparent on surface

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Ben Uriel Sherrett, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

22.139.2Technology reported in 1997 that significant investment needed to be made in understandinglearning and supporting the development of best practices. In supporting best practices, thereport emphasized the need for large-scale studies to determine best practices and provideinformation on generalizability.1 The Interagency Education Research Initiative, formed inresponse to that report, was created to support research and develop a knowledge base to“support the development, testing, and implementation of scalable and sustainable interventionsto improve teaching and learning, particularly through the use of technology.”2 Additionally,funding agencies like the National Science Foundation (NSF) require a “broader impact”component in all grant proposals.3

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees

function.Examples of pre and post written descriptions and sketched models for five different students areshown below in Figure 1 for van der Waals bonding. Page 22.140.6Figure 1. Pre and Post Instruction Written and Sketched Descriptions of van der Waals Bonding.The data in Figure 1 show that for the pre-topic concept quiz, only 2 of 5 students provided awritten response, and 1 of 5 provided a sketched model of van der Waals bonding. Thedescription for student A0000 was only partially correct in describing the van der Waals bond instating that it was a "weak bond" while student A3743 stated it was a "flexible bond". Theseresults were representative of most

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

anoutcome by performance level and percentage of overall grade.1.0 IntroductionThe American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recognized the lack of certainknowledge and skills among civil engineering graduates at about the same time manyuniversities were experiencing pressure to decrease credit hours and decrease time tograduation. ASCE formed a committee to study and develop a Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge (BOK)1 to document the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessaryfor future civil engineers. This new civil engineering BOK included the ABET2 EC20003a-k outcomes (adopted in 1997). Two key issues associated with the BOK were: 1) alack of a clear definition of expected performance levels by these new engineers eventhough the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees

Inventory at Multiple InstitutionsAbstract A concept inventory is a standard assessment tool that evaluates how well a student'sconceptual framework matches the accepted conceptual framework of a discipline. In this paper,we describe our development cycle to create a digital logic concept inventory. We show that theconcept inventory is a reliable and valid instrument even when administered at multipleinstitutions across the United States of America and can be used to evaluate the effectiveness ofdifferent pedagogies.1. Introduction Instructors in electrical and computer engineering and in computer science have developedinnovative methods to teach digital logic circuits. These methods attempt to increase

Conference Session

Tablet PC use in Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Glenda R. Scales, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

main problems when it comes to adoption anddiffusion of instructional technology and they are personnel related, cost related, andinfrastructure related issues. Personnel related issues include organizational cultures that arehesitant to readily adopt new technologies. High cost of technology often prevents adoption anddiffusion and finally, unless there is a facilitating infrastructure, that allows potential users toaccess equipment and software whenever they need to, it will be very difficult to successfullyinstructional technology 1.The COE has been working on maximizing the use of the tablet PC in a number of ways. TheCOE created the Software Triage Team (SWAT) that is available 8 hours a day to provide freeassistance to students who face

Conference Session

Information Systems and Computing Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

cycle, execution cycle, control unit, arithmetic logic unit, read/write memory, andinput/output operations. Most of the embedded applications we are familiar with use a MIPSprocessor. Therefore, as a teaching tool in a computer architecture course, MIPS processor andVHDL could be used for teaching different topics.1- IntroductionThere are now two industry standard for hardware description languages: VHDL and Verilog.The complexity of ASIC and FPGA designs has caused an increase in the number of specialistdesign consultants with specific tools and an increase in libraries of macro and mega cellswritten in either VHDL or Verilog. VHDL became IEEE standard 1076 in 1987. It was updatedin 1993 and is known today as "IEEE standard 1076 1993". VHDL is

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan Ruth Geier, Purdue University; Chris Sahley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

ADVANCE-Purdue, focuses on developing programming andimplementing activities for the success of all faculty designed around three goals: 1) to increasethe number of women of color in STEM faculty positions, 2) to improve the success of allwomen STEM faculty, and 3) to engage all faculty in transforming the institution. ADVANCE-Purdue continually provides the campus leadership with evidence of program effectiveness thatwill offer a basis for campus-wide changes to policy and practice.Ultimately, PCFS seeks to support all women faculty in their career paths and hence developedthe Leadership Institute (LI). The goal of the LI is to provide leadership developmentopportunities and enhance the success for post-tenure faculty, with a focus on STEM

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

drag, relating classical theory to detailed procedures using modern computer-aided design and conducting validations against linear theory. Results deal with the learningtechniques that students used in each case, the experience of their use of cross-disciplinary,in-depth learning resources, and their adaptation to the idea of participating in advancedconcept development which requires imagination and innovation, in courses where depth isdemanded. The notion of a Figure of Merit is used again to focus thinking on assessing,improving and validating concepts.introductionAt the 2010 Annual Conference [1], we presented the experience from 3 levels of studentspursuing the idea that supersonic airliners fuelled with liquid hydrogen are viable in the

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University; Philip Schlosser, Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Elizabeth Riter, Ohio State University; Kuldeep Agarwal, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

success among students with learning disabilities. Dr. Merrill currently serves as an advisor for Engineers for Community Service (ECOS), a student-run organization at Ohio State. He teaches a Service-Learning course for Engineering students, which also involves traveling to Honduras with his students over Spring Break to implement projects on behalf of a rural orphanage. He is a two-time recipient of the College of Engineering’s Boyer Award for Excellence in Teaching. Address: The Ohio State University, 2070 Neil Ave., 244E Hitchcock Hall, Columbus, OH 43210-1278; telephone: (+1) 614.292.0650; fax: (+1) 614.247.6255; e-mail: merrill.25@osu.edu.Ms. Elizabeth Riter, Ohio State University Elizabeth is currently a

Conference Session

Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mikhail Gershfeld, S.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Judith Ellen Sheine, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Gary LeMarr McGavin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Department of Architecture

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Civil Engineering

(whatexactly is “materiality”?), by their unfamiliarity with researching and learning through case stu-dies, something that the architecture students do almost every term, and with the unconventionaldesigns proposed by the architecture students. The architecture students were not comfortablewith accepting the reality of wood construction and adjusting their designs to meet the limita-tions of the material, with making basic design decisions early enough for the engineers to com-plete their analysis by the end of the quarter, and with having an elective that was structured sothat they essentially had two studio classes in one quarter.Several challenges emerged in this first class. It became fairly clear, that (1) the class should beset up as a full

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Gomes, Rochester Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

University, severalopen-ended freshman engineering design projects were created in each engineering depart-ment.1 The complexity, costs, and design of these projects varies widely between universitiesand also varies over time at the same university as well. However, in general most of thesefreshman design courses have the same objectives: to apply basic engineering principles toa project, build on concepts learned in their physics and math courses, to think creatively,to develop teamwork skills, to understand the the basics of the engineering profession. Thedesign project described in this paper was created for undergraduate freshman mechanicalengineering students. The pre-requisites for the course included high-school physics, algebra,geometry, and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Brian P. Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Lorenzo M. Smith, Oakland University; LianXiang Yang, Oakland University; David Schall, Oakland University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Michael A. Latcha, Oakland University

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Mechanical Engineering

-life research is one of the most effective ways to attract and retaintalented undergraduates and motivate them towards pursuing careers in engineering and science.1-4 Data indicates that undergraduate students in general, and women and minority students inparticular, report increased skills, confidence and motivation to pursue science or engineeringcareers as a result of research experiences, positive relations with mentors, supportive campusclimate and opportunities to have the students’ work recognized through conferencepresentations or awards.5 Undergraduate research is one way for students to feel more connectedto their educational experience, to see the value of scientific inquiry in the “real world,” to feel agreater sense of

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Jayson F. Clifford; Michael P. Dop, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

willingto admit their development issues without undue ridicule or retribution. Page 22.151.3Walking Skeleton and Early VictoryThe walking skeleton is an essential element of Cockburn’s Crystal Clear process3. A walkingskeleton is a functional system of hardware and software representing the work to date. Witheach iteration, the teams add more features to the skeleton, fleshing it out, toward the finalwhole. Toward the end of the project, the walking skeleton can be refactored into the finaldeliverable. The design of the current skeleton is usually communicated through diagrams suchas those shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Artifacts from osmotic

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

example, therace to the moon coincided neatly with the original Star Trek television series. The interchangebetween creative work and technical development is especially fun to examine in the field ofartificial intelligence, where there are many examples ranging from Isaac Asimov stories toWall-E to intelligent artificial agents within many games.The course goals of AI & SciFi include 1) presenting students with a fun opportunity to improvetheir writing, 2) exploring the social impact of the field of AI, 3) preparing students to deal withethical questions that will arise in their professional careers, 4) connecting students to thebroader culture of the technical community, 5) exploring connections between creativity in artsand in computer

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Arun R. Srinivasa, Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Mechanics

latter courses is directly correlated to success in statics.”1) Analysis of Exam and Homework Problems in Statics and Dynamics CourseTo answer the first two questions for a sophomore engineering course in statics and dynamics ata large public university, the authors asked engineering faculty members who teach the coursefor problems they felt illustrated the prerequisite mathematics and physics mechanics knowledgeand skills students should have mastered when they entered the course. The authors felt thiswould be more informative than asking for a long list of expectations as faculty could havemisconceptions regarding what skills they think students should be able to do and what isactually needed in their course. While the faculty members provided

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Samuel N. Peffers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

beyond an initial creative mental leap. We accept that (1) certaindiscipline-specific technical competencies traditionally addressed by engineering educationalprograms can be important to innovation, and (2) we likewise accept that a collection of non-technical traits are also vital to successful innovators. However, in this paper we argue that thecombination of (1) discipline-specific technical skills and (2) non-technical competencies ismissing an entire dimension. This third dimension is a technical one, but not specific to adiscipline: it is the set of systems competencies. The resulting three-dimensional model providesan integrated view of the competencies of innovation, against which educators can plan, educate,and measure