Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soumik Banerjee, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #13545A group project based approach to induce learning in engineering thermody-namicsProf. Soumik Banerjee, Washington State University Dr. Soumik Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at WSU. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech in 2008, followed by a Research Scholar position at the Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg, Germany (2008 – 2009) and a postdoctoral research associate position at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (2009 - 2011). Dr. Soumik Baner- jee’s expertise lies in modeling transport phenomena, self-assembly and growth

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Hands-on Active Learning

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Randy Shih, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #13155A Hands-on Project approach to Teaching Solid ModelingProf. Randy Shih, Oregon Institute of Technology Randy Shih is a Professor in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering and Technology Department at Oregon Institute of Technology. He worked as a design engineer in the automobile sector prior to starting his teaching career in 1984. He has over 30 years of experiences in the areas of CAD/CAE; and he is the author of fifteen CAD/CAE textbooks that are currently being used by many universities and colleges in North America

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Problem-based and Active Learning

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Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #12591A Junior Level EE Projects Course with ABET RubricsDr. Dick Blandford, University of Evansville Dick Blandford is the department chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Evansville.Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville Page 26.59.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Junior Level EE Projects Course with ABET RubricsAbstractAll electrical and computer engineering majors at the University of Evansville

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie M. Hasenwinkel, Syracuse University; Kathryn R Pynn, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #13666A Project Based Learning Engineering Course for a Summer Bridge ProgramDr. Julie M. Hasenwinkel, Syracuse University Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs & Student Affairs Associate Professor, Department of Biomed- ical and Chemical Engineering College of Engineering and Computer Science Syracuse University Syra- cuse, NY 13244Ms. Kathryn R Pynn, Syracuse University Director, First-Year and Student Support Programs College of Engineering and Computer Science Syra- cuse University Syracuse, New York 13244-1240

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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John E Matsson, Oral Roberts University; Justice Boisselle, Oral Roberts University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #11508A Senior Design Project on the Kelvin-Helmholtz InstabilityDr. John E Matsson, Oral Roberts University John Matsson is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. He earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988 and 1994 respectively.Mr. Justice Boisselle, Oral Roberts University Justice Boisselle is a Junior engineering major at Oral Roberts University. For the past three years he has worked with Dr. John Matsson performing CFD research in the field of pipe flow

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Instrumentation

Paper ID #11860A Two Semester, Multi-Approach Instrumentation Project for MechanicalEngineering StudentsDr. Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus DALE H. LITWHILER is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He re- ceived his B.S. from Penn State University, M.S. from Syracuse University, and Ph.D. from Lehigh Uni- versity all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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Robert G. Batson P.E., University of Alabama

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #11100An Approach to Teaching People Skills in Senior Design Project CoursesDr. Robert G. Batson P.E., University of Alabama Bob Batson is a professor of construction engineering at The University of Alabama. His Ph.D. training was in operations research, and he has developed expertise in applied statistics over the past thirty years. He currently teaches the required courses in project management, safety engineering, engineering man- agement, and engineering statistics within the undergraduate programs of the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department, and graduate courses in operations

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Pearl Chen, California State University, Los Angeles; Anthony Hernandez, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #11660Designing Effective Project-based Learning Experience using ParticipatoryDesign ApproachDr. Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los AngelesDr. Pearl Chen, California State University, Los AngelesDr. Anthony Hernandez, California State University, Los Angeles Dr. Hernandez is an Associate Professor in the Division of Applied and Advanced Studies in Education at California State University, Los Angeles. He received his doctorate in Developmental Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on Latino student academic achievement and attainment

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Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanmay Gurjar, The University of Texas, Austin; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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Mechanical Engineering

Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, University of the Pacific, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and MSC Software Corp. His research includes design of Micro Air Vehicles, development of innovative de- sign methodologies and enhancement of engineering education. Dr Jensen has authored over 100 refereed papers and has been awarded over $4 million of research grants.Dr. Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin Dr. Richard H. Crawford is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects program in Mechanical Engineering. He received his BSME from Louisiana State University in 1982, and his MSME

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Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenahvive K. Morgan, Rowan University; Mario J. Leone, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Engineer- ing Education) Fellow, 2014.Mr. Mario J Leone, Rowan University Mario Leone is an engineering consultant with 35+ years of technical and business experiences. He has worked for Schlumberger, Northern Telecom, Gandalf, and countless clients, and has been involved with 100+ product and research projects. He joined Rowan University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in September 2013 as a Technologist. His interests include the Internet of Things, data com- munications, alternative energy and energy reduction, embedded design, process control, and automation. He is passionate about helping others learn, and helps students bridge the gap between theory and practice

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Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Wuerffel, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Dale Will, Valparaiso University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #11603Engineering in the Humanities: Interdisciplinary Projects in the Arts andEngineeringProf. Elizabeth Wuerffel, Valparaiso University Liz Wuerffel is an interdisciplinary artist working in video, photography, and digital imagery. Wuerffel received her MFA from Columbia College Chicago in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media. Her work has been shown near and far, from Chicago’s Woman’s Made Gallery to Hannover’s konnektor – Forum f¨ur K¨unste and Java Arts in Phnom Penh. Wuerffel currently teaches digital media art at Valparaiso University and collaborates with the College of Engineering on interdisciplinary art

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Maria Virginia Moncada

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. He has been working on thin film solar cell research since 1979 including a Sabbatical Leave at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 1993. He has also worked on several photovoltaic system projects Dr. Singh has also worked on electric vehicle research, working on battery monitoring and management systems funded primarily by federal agencies (over $3.5 million of funding). Dr. Singh has consulted for several companies including Ford Motor Company and Epuron, LLC. He has also served as a reviewer for the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. Dr Singh has over 100 conference and journal publications and holds six issued US patents. Dr. Singh’s recent work is focused on improved, energy

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Reimagining Engineering Information Literacy: Novel Perspectives on Integration, Assessment, Competencies & Information Use

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farshid Zabihian, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

; Environmental Engineering. Previously she worked as the head of the Physical Sciences Library and as an associate in the Government Documents department. She is a past president of the Patent & Trademark Resource Center Association. She holds a M.L.I.S. from the University of South Carolina, a M.A. from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. from Calvin College. Page 26.998.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015  Integration of Information Literacy to Mechanical Engineering Capstone Projects      1. Abstract Searching for

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Educational Strategies in Architectural Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Tennessee State University

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Architectural

Paper ID #14075Integration of Project Management Course to Satisfy ABET’s RequirementsDr. Gouranga Banik, Tennessee State University Gouranga Banik, Ph.D., P.E., PMP., F.ASCE, is the departmental chair and professor of civil and archi- tectural engineering at Tennessee State University. Dr. Banik completed his Ph.D. in civil engineering at Iowa State University. He has 11 years of experience working in both the private and public sectors as an engineer and/or project manager. A registered professional engineer and certified project manager (PMP), Dr. Banik has more than 40 refereed publications in the area of civil

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Paul Smith-Pardo, Seattle University; Katie Kuder P.E., Seattle University; Nirmala Gnanapragasam P.E., Seattle University

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Civil Engineering

Page 26.1063.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Learning Challenges and Opportunities from Seismic Retrofit Capstone ProjectsAbstractCivil and Environmental Engineering students at Seattle University are required to complete athree-quarter capstone project that is team-based and industrially-sponsored under thesupervision of a liaison engineer from industry and a faculty member. These projects offerstudents opportunities to apply concepts from analysis and design classes to solve real-worldproblems. In the last two years, student teams have completed three seismic retrofit projects ofdifferent complexity levels. Benefits to the students that are

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln ; James D. Goedert, University of Nebraska

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Construction

Paper ID #12164Lessons learned From a Simulation Project in Construction EducationMr. Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, LincolnDr. James D Goedert, University of Nebraska James D. Goedert is an Associate Professor in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Con- struction at the University of Nebraska’s College of Engineering. His Ph.D. is in the Interdisciplinary Area of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska. His MBA is from Indiana University and his undergraduate degree in Construction Engineering Technology is from the University of Nebraska. Dr. Goedert is a Licensed Professional

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui Liu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rogelio Palomera-Arias, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

Paper ID #12084Term Project Design for Undergraduate Building Information Modeling Ed-ucationDr. Rui Liu, University of Texas at San AntonioDr. Rogelio Palomera-Arias, University of Texas, San Antonio Dr. Rogelio Palomera-Arias educational and professional background is multidisciplinary and multilin- gual in nature. He obtained his Ph. D. in architecture with a concentration in building technology, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge MA. Dr. Palomera-Arias joined the faculty at Construction Science Department at UTSA in the Fall 2013. The main teaching

Conference Session

ECCD Innovative Teaching Methods & Outreach

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Zimmerman, Portland State University; Timothy D. Gulzow, Portland State University; Robert B Bass, Portland State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #12447The Development of Engineering Project Curricula that Emphasize DesignCyclesNicole Zimmerman, Portland State University Nicole Zimmerman is an MS candidate in the Electrical & Computer Engineering department at Portland State University. She has worked as a research and teaching assistant in the Power Engineering Education Lab since her final year as an undergraduate at PSU. Nicole has contributed to several projects during that time, including analyses of natural ester oils as replacements for mineral oil in transformers and an HVDC feasibility study. Her thesis work employs VHDL-AMS in order to create

Conference Session

Dynamics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Mechanics

Paper ID #11349Use of a Rube Goldberg Design Project for Engineering DynamicsDr. Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout Devin Berg is an Assistant Professor and Program Director of the B.S Manufacturing Engineering pro- gram in the Engineering and Technology Department at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. Page 26.1639.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Use of a Rube Goldberg Design Project for Engineering DynamicsIntroductionRube

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach P.E., University of Alaska Anchorage; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Gillian M. Nicholls, Southeast Missouri State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #13279Using Agile Project Management to Maximize Your and Your Coauthors’ProductivityDr. Ted Eschenbach P.E., University of Alaska Anchorage Dr. Ted Eschenbach, P.E. is the principal of TGE Consulting, an emeritus professor of engineering man- agement at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and the founding editor emeritus of the Engineering Management Journal. He is the author or coauthor of over 250 publications and presentations, including 19 books. With his coauthors he has won best paper awards at ASEE, ASEM, ASCE, & IIE conferences, and the 2009 Grant award for the best article in The Engineering Economist

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #11614Using Transparent Factory Design Project to Enhance Engineering Manage-ment TeachingDr. S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. S. Gary Teng is Professor of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and Director of Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He holds a P.E. license in the State of Wisconsin. His research interests are in engineering system design, analysis and management, supply chain management, lean systems, and risk management. Dr. Teng received the Bernard R. Sarchet Award in the Engineering Management

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Bartus, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #12477Outcomes of a Systems Engineering Project for K-12 TeachersProf. Greg Bartus, Stevens Institute of Technology Greg is an Adjunct Teaching Professor and Senior Curriculum and Professional Development Specialist in STEM Education for the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Insti- tute of Technology. Greg has an MAT and BS in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Cornell University.Dr. Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Frank T. Fisher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and co-Director of the Nanotechnology Graduate

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Construction Education Topics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University; Sungho Tae, School of Architecture & Architectural Eng., Hanyang Univ., Ansan, Korea; Michael E. Smith Ph.D., Western Carolina University

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Construction

Environmental Industry Technology Institute.Michael E. Smith Ph.D., Western Carolina University Michael Smith is Department Head and Joe W. Kimmel Distinguished Professor of Construction Man- agement at Western Carolina University. Page 26.1264.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A project based capstone course in an undergraduate construction management programAbstract: The undergraduate Construction Management program in the College of Engineeringand Technology at Western Carolina University is 124 credit hours in duration and is accreditedby the

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. A. Karim, Kennesaw State University

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Civil Engineering

University, Marietta Campus, Georgia as a full-time faculty in Civil and Construction Engineering (Since January 2015, it is Kennesaw State University). He is a registered professional engineer for the State of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has more than twelve journal and proceeding publications and three professional reports in the area of soil and sediment remediation, environmental management, and statistical hydrology. He is a member of ASCE and ASEE. Page 26.1270.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Project Based Learning of Environmental Engineering

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Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J Durkin, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #11262Summer Industrial Projects Program (SiPP) Drives Engineering TechnologyStudent RetentionProf. Robert J Durkin, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Mr. Durkin teaches courses in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology; including the capstone design and independent study projects. He serves as a Faculty Senator and earned the 2013 Outstanding Teacher Award. He has over 25 years of engineering and manufacturing experience including; design, project management, and various engineering, research and manufacturing leadership roles. He has been awarded two US patents. He is an alumnus of

Conference Session

Making in Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy S. Reffeor PhD, Grand Valley State University; John Paul Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #12019An Iterative Approach to Implementing Sponsored Design and Build ProjectsWendy S. Reffeor PhD, Grand Valley State University Wendy Reffeor is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University. She earned her Bachelors from GMI Engineering & Management Institute, Masters from Purdue University and Doctorate from Michigan State University. Her industrial experience includes designing quality systems for Allison Engine Company in Indianapolis. Since joining GVSU, she has focused on introducing design and build projects in

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Somnath Chattopadhyay, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Materials

been employed. Thiscourse is entitled “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Practice,” and is a required course formechanical engineering majors. The course comprised of three hour-long lectures every weekalong with a group project in reverse engineering. The lecture classes were devoted to the basicelements of mechanical engineering practice which came from a text entitled “An Introduction toMechanical Engineering.”[1] This text introduced the students to the vocabulary, skills, andapplications associated with the mechanical engineering profession. Chapter 1 of the textintroduces the profession of mechanical engineering, and the next seven chapters talk about thevarious disciplines within mechanical engineering with intent to develop useful

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Quinn Evaluation Consulting

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #11821Benefits of a Project-Based Curriculum: Engineering Employers’ Perspec-tivesDr. Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Richard F. Vaz is Dean of Interdisciplinary and Global Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), with oversight of WPI’s interdisciplinary research requirement, the Interactive Qualifying Project, as well as the WPI Global Projects Program, a worldwide network of 40 Project Centers where more than 800 students and faculty per year address problems for local agencies and organizations. Rick’s teaching and research interests include service and experiential learning

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International Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Jacek Kropiwnicki, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland; Phuc Van Nguyen, Purdue University

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Diversity

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International

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Base Lining Cross Cultural Diversity Attitudes in International Senior Capstone ProjectsAbstractIn this global world, today’s engineer is likely to have to work in global international teams withcolleagues from other nationalities. The challenge for many engineering curricula is how to include, in arealistic way, this global dimension and increase the student’s awareness of the issues that areencountered. In the Purdue University Engineering Technology program, an international capstone project was createdto increase student awareness of the cultural differences that they will encounter in global projects. Thisinternational capstone project builds on the

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University; Daqing Hou, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Monica Small, Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #12529CLICS – Integrating Data from Campus Sustainability Projects across Disci-plinesProf. Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University Susan E. Powers is the Spence Professor of Sustainable Environmental Systems and the Associate Direc- tor of Sustainability in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at Clarkson University. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1992 and has had a variety of academic appointments at Clarkson University ever since. Her research includes technical and envi- ronmental assessment of sustainability efforts and energy and climate education