Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

lecture. • Check your grades weekly and report discrepancies to the TA within the seven-day time frame. • Keep all computer files generated in this course on your career account until a grade is issued by the Registrar. • Place a copy of all computer files developed with teammates in your career account at the end of each lab and project. • Keep a copy of all e-mail messages sent to the instructional team and team members until a grade is issued by the Registrar. • Report absences in a timely fashion as stated in the syllabus.To establish that the instructional team will work hard with them, we also post expectations forthe faculty: • Regard each student's welfare with care

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Black; Robert Weber; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira

growing need for students with this knowledge.Real-time Software Development: There are few courses that cover software development issuesfor real-time (or time-critical) applications and how to design software to survive rapidlychanging underlying technology. This knowledge is critical for any Computer Engineeringstudent who plans to continue a career in the development of virtual reality applications, or anyother area with rapidly changing hardware. This kind of software requires very differentapproach on program design and implementation techniques than, for example, a databasemanagement environment. A typical VR system integrates a visual display, a tracking system tolocate the user and his interactions, several interactive devices, such as

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

APSTO N E PRO JECT S GRADUATE PROGRAM S Figure 1. iP3 Program StructurePre College OutreachThe Career Awareness Program (CAP) at Lehigh University involves the Colleges ofEngineering and Applied Science, Business and Economics, and Arts and Sciences. Withfinancial and personnel assistance from companies such as Ernst & Young and Alcoa, CAPsupports the achievement of greater diversity by attracting, engaging, and mentoring the brightestpre-college students of color. This recruitment/leadership development initiative introduces theparticipants to the e-team project experience in accounting (ACAP), industrial design (IDCAP

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa A. Haston; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

, whether the task isworking on code or circuitry, writing part of a report, gathering research materials,brainstorming, or boosting team spirit." One student used the saying "it's not what you know, it's Page 5.435.5who you know" to describe the synergistic effect of having team members with diverse skills toapply to a project. For some students, the CFT experience has changed their outlook on anengineering career, since they see engineering design as less isolated in single individuals anddisciplines.Students who have participated in multidisciplinary projects or multidisciplinary teaming tend toachieve a greater appreciation for the concept of CFT

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Humble; Michael Caylor

. In particular, our program requires a substantial commitmentof faculty expertise, laboratory resources, and funding. Nonetheless, overcoming these inherentchallenges enables substantial student learning to occur. Our experience is that both grouplearning and independent thinking are enhanced, and that the curriculum provides first-handexperience in the development of aerospace technology.IntroductionAn ongoing challenge in engineering education is to provide students with meaningful design Page 5.533.1projects that help them synthesize what they have learned in the classroom and to better preparethem for their future careers. The United States

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Yaw A. Owusu; Tarsha Dargan; Kimberly M. Richardson; James Thagard

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Koller

laboratory capabilities of mutual interest. Web site: http://www.db.erau.edu/. · Brevard Workforce Development Board (BWDB): This group has the interface for state funding through FSRI and is also a member of ATAC. They have encouraged development of joint working arrangements with access to the funding provided by the state for the ALE program. Dislocated and unemployed workers are funded through this group for training in career skills for new jobs. Web site: http://www.bwdb.org/. · Community Colleges for Innovative Technology Transfer (CCITT): Eight of the CCITT member colleges have joined BCC to pursue a National Science Foundation grant for a national center of excellence for aerospace technical

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Robert Drew; Matthew Walker; Karl Rink; Dan Gerbus; Dan Cordon; Edwin Odom

been valuable to students. According to graduate alumni, the skillsgained through the experience are well worth the added work. The extra work to develop theskills in a safe environment, where career integrity is not at risk, is justifiable and better than thetrial by fire method in industry and classes. However, the workload has changed significantly inIEWorks and some opinions have changed as a result.Idaho Engineering WorksThe original purpose of IEWorks was to make graduate school more meaningful than a researchproject and a thesis. As described in the previous section, engineers need more than just thetechnical know-how taught in academia. Most engineering graduate programs have the sameformat. The student is partnered with a graduate

Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eckehard Doerry, Northern Arizona University; James Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

hands-on learning experiences and continuous practice of a broad set ofprofessional skills in order to better prepare them for careers as engineering practitioners.Central features of the program include: • A four-year sequence of increasingly challenging team-based design projects. • Interdisciplinary teaming in one or more team design projects. • Cross-disciplinary collaboration in sequenced courses. • Active participation of practicing engineers from industry through teaching, program evaluation and project sponsorships. • A required core spanning all engineering disciplines, incorporating the complete design cycle within simulated industrial product development contexts.The strategy behind the Design4Practice

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yating Chang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Shen, Purdue University; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Hirleman, University of California, Merced; Eckhard A. Groll, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

, West Lafayette Chang started her professional career as the Study Abroad Director at Western Kentucky University from 2001-2006, where she drove a 3X increase in overseas educational experiences, working with a predom- inately local/in-state student population that does not have a natural inclination for study abroad (many being the first in their family to attend college). This work experience has become her focus and engage- ment of under-represented population in Education Abroad, focusing on students in science and engineer- ing disciplines. Her main responsibilities include engagement of both students and faculty members at Purdue University to embrace global engineering mindsets and practice. During the

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington, Tacoma

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College Industry Partnerships

applies to a real job‖ ―It gave the course a greater sense that this was something we could put to use in our professional career.‖ ―I was able to see what I learn in the class can be used in real life settings.‖ ―Hearing stories from someone ‗in the trenches‘ made the value of the subject matter we were learning in the course much more obvious.‖ ―... it helped me gain a more realistic view of my class material, seeing that it‘s more than just theory ... that it is used in practice.‖ ―It really helped tie the course to a real life situation. I felt that I got a lot more out of it, and paid more attention just knowing that she had a career doing this.‖ ―A

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Robotics (SLIDER) and a NASA online professional development course for K-12 teacher on Using LEGO Robots to Enhance STEM Learning. Page 22.959.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Introducing K-12 Teachers to LEGO Mindstorm Robotics Through a Collaborative Online Professional Development CourseAbstractIn recent decades, engineering and robotics programs such as First Lego League (FLL) haveallowed children ages 9 to 14 to deeply engage with Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) disciplines and inspired them to explore careers in STEM fields. In 2009,NASA

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Mark Laingen, Iowa State University; Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Thomas J. Brumm, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. degrees in computer engineering in 1986 and 1989, respectively, from Iowa State University. Dr. Rover has been a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State since 2001. She recently served as Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs in the College of Engineering from 2004-2010. Prior to that, she served as associate chair for undergraduate education in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2003-2004. She began her academic career at Michigan State University, where, from 1991-2001, she held the positions of assistant professor and associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 1997 to 2000, she served as director of

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyn Marie Turner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Shirley Dyke, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 22.883.6 Literature on women and engineering A primary concern of educators in engineering is the underrepresentation of women inthe math and science. Many explanations have been offered toward understanding the inequalityin representation of women in engineering fields of study, academic departments, and inengineering careers. Researchers in the social sciences argue against traditional explanations thatcite a paucity of the number of women with the ability to contribute to science to explain thecurrent low rate of women’s participation.4 Rather, they note that there is strong evidence thatsocialization barriers contributing to impaired self-confidence and low expectations regarding thepotential for

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ertunga C. Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

to educate their faculty about the program which served as an opportunity to Page 22.924.3develop additional course proposals. One of their recent surveys suggest that over half of today’scollege students have a major career goal of owning a business however few of these studentswill choose to pursue a major in entrepreneurship. On the other hand, they found majority oftheir students all across campus in diverse programs such as music, art, the sciences, health care,education, history, religion, English, etc. Therefore, they found it essential that entrepreneurshipcourses are easily accessible if these programs hope to attract students from

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Education at Virginia Tech. She is currently serving a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary faculty members and graduate students in engineering and science, with engineering education as a specific case. Dr. Borrego holds U.S. NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awards for her engineering education research. Dr. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engi- neering education research methods and assessment from 2005-2010. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is

Conference Session

WIED Olio

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen G. Villa, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City; Elsa Gonzalez, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

globalization framework. A gender perspective]. Revista Latinoamericana deEstudios Educativos, 32(3), 91-105.21 Gándara, P. (1995). Over the ivy walls: The educational mobility of low income Chicanos. Albany, NY: StateUniversity of New York Press.22 Powell, A., Bagilhole, B., Dainty, A., & Neale, R. (2004). Does the engineering culture in UK higher educationadvance women‗s careers? Equal Opportunities International, 23(7/8), 21-38.23 Duncan, J. R., & Zeng, Y. (2005). Women: Support factors and persistence in engineering. Retrieved April 10, Page 22.1497.152008 from http://ncete.org/flash/research/Report%20_Yong-Duncan_.pdf.24

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan T Lima Jr., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

graduates will be integrally involved with theglobalization of engineering during their course of their careers by working in multinationalcompanies, often having foreign-born coworkers, working with international suppliers, providingservices to international product markets, or developing products that have an internationalmarket13. Page 22.1507.2This changing nature of the world economy makes it essential to provide our students with thecross-cultural tools to become successful professionals in the global workplace; the need toprepare students to contribute to the global workplace is unquestionable. In this context, the newprofile of an engineer

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees

), assessing student learning, as well as understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education (NSF CAREER grant). Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineer- ing outreach. Page 22.1444.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The EFELTS Project - Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning Through ServiceAbstractThis paper outlines the development of a three-year effort that focuses on Learning ThroughService (LTS) – a pedagogical method that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice M. Margle, Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Yu-Chang Hsu, Boise State University; Jill L. Lane, Clayton State University; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees

’ engineering self-efficacy and career interests inengineering disciplines. Findings of the surveys for Toy FUN-damentals program participantswill provide valuable information regarding attitude change due to the intervention.For the Campus College Connection, the assessment involves a post-program survey with ratingscales and open-ended questions to solicit students’ feedback about future improvement of theprogram. The purpose of this survey is to learn about students’ learning and participationexperiences, which will form continuous improvement of the mathematics-intensive summerbridge program.It is important to note that even though the coalition campuses are all Penn State campuses, eachcampus is administratively independent. The budget for each

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Carl Becker P.E., Iowa State University; Joel K. Sikkema, Iowa State University; Nicole Lynn Oneyear, Iowa State University; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Student

enforcement, and rural highway curve safety.Dr. Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University Since 2007, Shashi Nambisan has been the Director, Institute for Transportation (InTrans) and a Professor of Civil Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa. He previously served on the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for more than 17 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Nevada. One of Nambisan’s passions is the development of the future transportation work- force. He enjoys working with students. His advisees have developed successful professional careers at universities or in the private and public sectors. Many of them serve in leadership positions in profes- sional

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reap, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel A. Louis, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2009. Austin, TX.14. Bridges, J.S., Sex-Differences in occupational values. Sex Roles, 1989. 20(3-4): p. 205-211.15. Duffy, R.D. and W.E. Sedlacek, What is most important to students' long-term career choices - Analyzing 10-year trends and group differences. Journal of Career Development, 2007. 34(2): p. 149-163.16. Konrad, A.M., et al., Sex differences and similarities in job attribute preferences: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 2000. 126(4): p. 593-641.17. Seymour, E. and N.M. Hewitt, Talking about leaving: Why undergraduates leave the sciences1997, Boulder, CO: Westview Press.18. Eccles, J.S., Subjective task value and the Eccles et al. model of

Conference Session

Identity and Culture

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiago R. Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristen Hatten, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

emergent themes which were continually checked for intercoder reliability. Theemergent themes sprang from a parent code of emotion, specifically as related to cross-disciplinarity, career, and in relation to others. Under these child codes included concerns oftransition (whether deliberate, forced, and/or unconscious), conflict (between self- and other-perception of one’s identity), and definition (self in relation to others). Emotion emerged as the Page 25.371.10parent code because participants generally displayed emotion when they were indicating theirawareness of something unusual—for instance, they were uncomfortable with being categorizedin a

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Joseph J. Ekstrom, Brigham Young University; Mary D. VanLeer, Perceptive-Systems; Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Systems and Enterprises. She has served as a Senior Systems En- gineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Supportability Engineering Technology and Tools (ASSETT), Inc. Squires also previously served as a Senior Engi- neering Manager for General Dynamics (GD) and Lockheed Martin (LM), and as a technical lead for IBM. She is an INCOSE-certified CSEP and CSEP-Acq, and she has a Ph.D. in dystems engineering, a M.B.A. and a B.S.E.E. and began her professional career as an analyst for Delex Systems, Inc. Squires is a lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma (business), Tau Beta Pi (national engineering), and Eta Kappa Nu (national electrical engineering) honorary societies and is a

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lamis J. Behbehani, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P. Suresh C. Rao, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

J. Behbehani is a Ph.D. candidate in ecological sciences and the Engineering Interdisciplinary program, Purdue University.Dr. Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette Demetra Evangelou, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She obtained her B.A. in psychology from Northeastern Illinois University, and a M.Ed. and Ph.D. in education from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a member of Sigma Xi Science Honor Society. Evangelou was awarded an NSF CAREER grant in 2009 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2011. Evangelou’s current research focuses on engineering thinking, developmental factors in

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Reese Jr., Johns Hopkins University; Peter H. Froehlich, Johns Hopkins University; Joan Freedman, Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

TeamsTo facilitate the interdisciplinary goals of the course, students were assigned to teams based ontheir skill sets and interest in gaming genres. Each of the 10 four-person teams included two“techies” – computer science or engineering majors to lead the programming – and two“creatives” – a writer, musician, or fine arts major. Johns Hopkins offers fine arts coursesthrough its art workshops program but does not have a comprehensive visual arts curriculum;however, it is located near one of the top fine arts colleges in the country: the Maryland CollegeInstitute of Art (MICA). Students were recruited from MICA and the Johns Hopkins PeabodyConservatory, which trains students pursuing professional careers in music. The PeabodyConservatory is

Conference Session

Towards Global Competency for Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Brent E. Nelson, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

ability to obtain employment, to progress in a career,and to remain viable in the future 3.One of the challenges facing engineering programs is how to prepare engineering graduates tocontribute within the context of a global workplace and to incorporate international preparationand the development of global competence into an already content-full and highly-sequencedcurriculum 4. Many engineering and technology programs have incorporated different methods tobetter prepare their students for success within a global environment. Parkinson summarized in aprevious ASEE paper ten different methods to provide international opportunities for studentsincluding 5: 1) dual degree – students obtain two degrees, with one from the home university andthe other

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robb E. Larson, Montana State University; David A. Miller, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

providescontinuity and superior competition results. But are these advantages reaped at the expense of theindividual student experience, or can certain advantages to the student be identified? Can thisexperience help a student navigate similar occurrences in their subsequent career? Shouldcapstone students always design first and prototype later, or can anything be gained if these stepsare reversed? This paper describes the methodology developed to permit students to join in-progress Capstone groups, and the practical considerations involved. Positive and negativeaspects of this scenario - including survey results from student participants and alumni - areexamined. Finally, methodologies and recommendations for information exchange and focusarea knowledge

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

based biocompatibility module with laboratory and lecture components that can be easilyintegrated into an engineering or biomaterials course.Within the biomedical engineering curriculum at Bucknell University, a senior-level fabricationand experimental design course is integrated into a four course design sequence where twocourses comprise the senior capstone experience and two courses teach supplementary material.The intent of the sequence is to provide experience with a variety of skills that are valuable forboth senior design projects and in BME careers after graduation. As designed, the Fabricationand Experimental Design course is not a full-credit course, meeting only two days a week forone-hour sessions, with several lab sessions