Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Avik Dayal, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; A. A. (Louis) Beex, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #6836Closing the Design Cycle: Integration of Analysis, Simulation, and Measure-ments Results to Guide Students on Evaluation of DesignMr. Avik Dayal, Virginia TechDr. Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech Kathleen Meehan is presently an Associate Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her previous academic positions were at at the University of Denver and West Virginia University. Prior to moving in academia, she was employed at Lytel, Inc., Polaroid Corporation, and Biocontrol Technology. She received her B.S.E.E. from Manhattan College and her M.S. and Ph.D

Conference Session

CEIII Wrapup

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristina Maruyama Tank, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J Moore, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Christy Pettis, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

developed inorder to meet the need for an integrated approach by employing engineering and literary contextsto integrate science, technology, and mathematics instruction in meaningful and significant ways.Since this paper was written for the curriculum exchange, the focus will be on the detailedexplanation of each of the activities along with the process used to develop the curricular unitbefore a brief presentation of results based on the piloting of this curriculum in several primaryclassrooms.The theoretical framework guiding the development of the PictureSTEM modules was the STEMIntegration research paradigm4. Within this paradigm, STEM integration is defined by themerging of the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

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Manufacturing

to the best possible combinationof manufacturing topics. A comparison of previous course content with the content areas of thefour pillars, in the context of the rest of the program course requirements, helped to identifyopportunities for improvements. This paper will describe the evaluation process and presentconclusions regarding proposed changes in course content. The analysis resulted in a new courseplan which will be implemented in the spring 2013 semester. This work also clarified where inthe curriculum, outside of the manufacturing course, students learn skills that are aligned withthe four pillars. The four pillars structure proved to be an accessible yet detailed standard thatfacilitated a better balancing of topics in the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Undergraduate Research in Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Weissbach P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Garrett LoVerde; James Bimber

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

,instrumentation, and controls. One potential outcome is the elimination of the need forexpensive human-machine interfaces (HMIs) at the monitored equipment, thereby significantlyreducing overall equipment costs.The benefits and limitations of incorporating this effort into an undergraduate engineering orengineering technology curriculum will then be explored. Among the issues to be addressed arethe technical (hardware and software) capabilities required of both the students and faculty toenable cell phone technology to be employed in control and communication systems courses.IntroductionAs technology advances, items like the cell phone have become an integral part of people’severyday lives. Finding new innovative ways to incorporate devices like cell

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

physical principles anddevice behavior and an improved sequence in electronics instruction are outcomes.I. IntroductionElectronics is a particularly important area of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and hasbeen recognized by the National Academy of Engineering as one of the twenty “GreatestEngineering Achievements1.” It gives instrumentation and processing support. It gives thehardware integral to systems and projects. It is a core area for assessment examinations such asthe Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 and for curricula guidelines such as the NationalStandards for Computer Engineering3. The study and analysis of key nonlinear semiconductordevices including diodes, transistors, and operational amplifiers are foundations for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas David, Iowa State University; Suman Debnath, Purdue University; Munadir Aziz Ahmed; Dionysios C. Aliprantis, Iowa State University; Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

negatively impacted by the appearance of the equip- ment. Therefore, to attract new students to our area, it is important to utilize state-of-the- art and industrial-grade equipment. • At the University of Minnesota, an integrated Electric Energy Systems curriculum has been developed, which follows a top-down, systems-level approach to highlight interrela- tionships between power electronics, electric power systems, and electric machines and drives 15. Specifically, the topic of power electronics is intended to cover both the funda- mentals and practical design in a single-semester course. The experimental part of the course is based on using a pre-fabricated reconfigurable power electronic board called

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #7713Organizing the curriculum: introducing engineering principles through biomed-ically related experiments: Module DevelopmentDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is an associate professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. She ob- tained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1996. Prior to joining the faculty at Rowan in 1998, she was an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering and ad- junct professor of Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. Dr. Farrell has made significant contributions to engineering education

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiwen Mao, Auburn University; Yingsong Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University; Yihan Li, Auburn University; Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University; Jitendra K Tugnait, Auburn University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

USRPcontrol.The integrated system was demonstrated at the senior design fair in May 2010, to successfullyreceive from several FM radio stations. In fact, this project is more challenging than the FMradio lab that will be described in the next Section, since it also involves antenna design andembedded system design. The team completed the project independently and the demonstrationat the May 2010 senior design fair was quite successful. This senior design project clearly testedthe feasibility of the proposed SDR lab and other SDR-related curriculum enhancements forundergraduate students.SDR Term Projects for ELEC 3400—Communication SystemsIn addition to exposing undergraduate students to the modern radio engineering approach, theproposed SDR experiments

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology / Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC); Tim L Ferris, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

Paper ID #8342Organizing the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering(GRCSE) for International RelevanceMr. Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology / Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) Mr. Henry is a doctoral candidate at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ working on a PhD is Systems Engineering. He is also a researcher with the Systems Engineering Research Center, and an author of the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) and the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE). He holds a B.Tech degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Anna University

Conference Session

CEIII Wrapup

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Bates Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

traditionally underrepresented groups in engineering education. Page 23.360.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Curriculum Exchange: Middle School Students Go Beyond Blackboards to Solve the Grand ChallengesAbstractOur program offers an integrated approach to engaging middle school students in activities thatimprove awareness and understanding of a range of STEM college and career pathways. Theprogram is framed within the Grand Challenges of the 21st Century identified by the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE). The focus of this paper is the curriculum used for

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Akundi, RIMES, University of Texas at El Paso; Eric D Smith, University of Texas, El Paso

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Systems Engineering

programs nationally andinternationally would at some point begin to coalesce toward a uniformly demanded andstandardized core curriculum. A reference curriculum was soon provided by the GRCSE. The needs of the U.S. are embodied by the following quotation. The DeputyAssistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineeringcommissioned the National Research Council of the National Academies to examine therole that Systems Engineering can play during the defense acquisition life cycle andaddress the root cause of program failure during the early phase of the program. In someof its findings, the National Research council states: “There is a need for an appropriate level of SE talent and leadership early in the

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ralph Dreher PhD P.E., International Society for Engineering Education (G

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Invited - Faculty Development

biography of learning during their engineeringpedagogic education.Consequently, such a curriculum has to feature self-contained units of reflective learning ofessential engineering pedagogic tasks– modules, which respectively include an engineeringpedagogic task and are to be worked on reflectively.Crucial is not only the content of such a module but also that the modules individually showspecific moments and strategies of phases of reflection.Content and string of the modulesRegarding the definition of the contents of modules, methods of vocational scientific macroanalysis have been used [3]. This means that based on work observations and workshops withlecturers and experts the various types of classes have been identified as essential in Fig. 1

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Kay Gallagher, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

research interests include success in first-year engineering, introducing entrepreneurship into engineering, international service and engineering in K-12. Page 23.525.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Engineering within K-12 from the Teacher’s Perspective: Effectively Integrating Engineering Activities Tied to Educational StandardsAbstract:Reports such as the National Academies’ “Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding theStatus and Improving the Prospects” describe the importance of effectively incorporatingengineering concepts into the K-12 curriculum. However

Conference Session

iSTEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Tech - CEISMC; Fred Stillwell, Georgia Tech - CEISMC; Norman F. Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Douglas Gane, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sabrina Grossman, Georgia Tech: Center for Integrating Science, Math, and Computing

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

iteratively redesigning the materials based on theformative data. Each project also began the curriculum development process aiming tomaximize both the level of inquiry and engineering design experienced by students, and thedegree of integration of the STEM content. They also both chose the LEGO Mindstorm NXT tobe the manipulative and primary vehicle for engineering design, as it was well documented to be“easy” enough for 8th grade students to use and has a reputation as being an engaging hook forstudents. While these projects operate in similar spaces and target congruent goals, there areimportant differences between them, as well.The SLIDER curriculum builds upon the foundation developed by Kolodner et. al. as part of theNSF-supported Learning by

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

teamwork assignments in the courses. This paper also describes studentchallenges used with the tool, including an Introduction to Engineering challenge with hands-onactivities, as examples of curriculum being developed in the engineering design curriculum.Integration of Sensors and MicrocontrollersA kit consisting of microcontroller and sensors was integrated to offer a simple to assemble andeasy to program option for students to perform experiments in the lab or at home. It consisted ofan Arduino Uno microcontroller and sensors to measure temperature, light intensity, anddeflection. Even though the microcontroller selected to read the sensors was an Arduino Uno,other microcontrollers or data acquisition systems (DAS) such as PIC microcontrollers

Conference Session

Misconceptions

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Denick, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, there is a growing interest in potential innovation for the middle-years of engineering curricula, which usually focus on disciplinary engineering sciences that aredeemed necessary for professional preparation. This factor, as well as an increased focus oninterdisciplinary education has spurred the development of integrated curriculum for engineeringeducation2. Integrated curricula allow students to engage in systems thinking as they integrateknowledge across domains3. By nature of an integrated approach, students may find motivationto engage in meaningful learning as engineering concepts are explicitly tied to multipledisciplines and non-engineering subjects4. Additionally, studies have indicated that studentsperform better on standardized

Conference Session

Novel Methods of Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Shen-En Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Gary Bruce Gehrig P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

processes.This change in construction philosophy offers a great opportunity to introduce the advancedconcept of full monitoring of structural construction/aging processes via embedded sensingtechnologies. Since this involves both inspection techniques and construction management, thispaper suggests an integrated learning approach that can be applied to a design project-orientedcourse content that is offered in both Civil Engineering Technology (CIET)/ConstructionManagement (CM) and Structural Monitoring (CEE) courses, such that students from bothDepartments can work separately, but produce one project outcome. Results from a studentsurvey indicated that this study enhanced students’ skills of generating creative and realisticsolutions for solving open

Conference Session

CEED - Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Edgar C Clausen, University of Arkansas; Carol Schubert Gattis, University of Arkansas; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #6621On the Development of a Student Integrated Intern Research Experience asa Pathway to Graduate StudiesDr. Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Arkansas Manuel D. Rossetti is a Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Arkansas. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of simulation modeling, logistics optimization, and inventory anal- ysis applied to manufacturing, distribution, and health-care systems. He serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Modeling

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cheng Chen; John DeAndreis; Peter Moala; Agustin Robles; Jose Valdovinos; Qiming Zeng; Amelito G. Enriquez; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shanasser; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi

gateway to higher education for large numbers of students, especially minorityand low-income students. Preparing community college students for their future engineeringcareer and engaging them in professional development is one of the major objectives of theNASA CIPAIR (Curriculum Improvements and Partnership Award for the Integration ofResearch) program. In the San Francisco Bay Area, a collaborative NASA CIPAIR programbetween Cañada College, a federally designated Hispanic-serving community college, and SanFrancisco State University, a large urban university, has developed a summer internship programthat provides freshmen and sophomore community college students an opportunity to participatein a ten-week study of earthquake engineering. For the

Conference Session

Involving Undergraduates in Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

for the international graduate students in improving their communication skills, providing experience in leadership and management skills, and hence developing their overall confidence.3) The undergraduate research experience, if provided within the curriculum, could serve as an excellent vehicle to promote research in institutions with strong undergraduate education focus.AcknowledgementThis work was supported by: a) The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, under contract FA8750-10-C-0249, b) The National Science Foundation through the Grant DUE-1122296, c) The New Jersey Department of Transportation, d) The Federal Aviation Administration, and e) Delaware River Port Authority.References 1. P. Shuster, and C

Conference Session

Supporting Diversity in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremy Lingle; Jessica D Gale, CEISMC Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

as part ofthe project, and designed curriculum to implement the project in their classrooms for theupcoming school year.The applied global context the Math4-OR (MIG)/CTAE project is a year-long academic servicelearning project to design, prototype and test solar panels to provide electricity for a ruralcommunity college in a township of South Africa. The community college is a Further Educationand Training (FET) school,affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopalian Service andDevelopment Agency (AME-SADA). AME-SADA has an explicit goal to start a solar power-based farming project at the community college. The Math4-OR (MIG)/CTAE project uses thisservice context to define the initial unit challenge problems and their pacing for the

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Jonathan Howard Spindel, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

offering of the courselacked cohesive integration. These prior course iterations were team taught with individualfaculty having responsibility for four to six week modules taught simultaneously across allsections, and faculty assigned to teach the course were not consistent from year to year. Thispaper represents an initial effort at executing an integrated course offering where course topicareas are interwoven throughout course, and faculty instructors are common throughout theentire semester. The new version of the course was taught experimentally to three coursesections during the Spring 2012 semester.The Introduction to Engineering course is laid out in modules: Engineering Science (ES),Engineering Design Process (EDP), and Components of

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger V. Gonzalez P.E., The University of Texas at El Paso; Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Joseph A Ramos, The University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

curriculum, proved challenging butattainable given the strong administrative support and leadership for this program, and UTEP’sdesire to provide innovative undergraduate engineering education that leads toward increasedretention and advancing opportunities for serving underrepresented populations.BackgroundLeadership Engineering (LE) is defined as an emerging engineering sub-field that integratesdisciplinary knowledge and practice with communication, business, and leadership skills. Thisinnovative approach to engineering has emerged as a direct result of industry’s immediate andlong-term need for a new kind of engineer: one with a new skill set to work in complex 21st

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

extremes of depth versus breadth. AeroelasticityFigure 2: Compression of the Fluids/Aerodynamics curriculum demands mathematical and numerical insights and delving into basic theory.Aircraft Design, as the final course in the Capstone design track, spends little time on theory butapplies results from high speed aerodynamics. Thus AE3xxx must serve to integrate theknowledge gained from the entire fluid dynamics sequence, and prepare students to apply bothdepth and breadth. The basic content of AE3021 is distilled from the content of over

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mona Itani, American University of Beirut

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Engineering Ethics

level whether itis integrated across the curriculum or delivered in a stand-alone course is essential since itis supposed to introduce students to real situations and scenarios usually encountered inthe workplace and will assist in equipping them with the needed analytical skills to solvesimilar ethical issues after graduation 4, 13, 20. Moreover, the applied ethics courses helpmeet accreditation requirements such as ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology) criteria of professional skills which includes “understanding of professionaland ethical responsibility” 16. Although researchers seem to agree that introducingengineering ethics should be done at the undergraduate level, they disagree on the meansand effectiveness of doing

Conference Session

Statics - They can move at constant velocity!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Rajnish Sharma, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

logistics associated with credit-hour limitation and student contact hours provideenormous challenges to faculty to cover all fundamental concepts and assess student outcomesthat demonstrate their readiness to move on to engineering mechanics courses that follow.Recognizing the difficulty students have in Statics, engineering faculty have discussed aboutintroducing an additional laboratory hour in the curriculum to motivate students and provide aphysical framework to demonstrate the abstract concepts. While additional contact hours willcertainly enhance learning; credit hour limitation of curricula is also a “realistic constraint”around which engineering curricula has to be designed. Integration of realistic computersimulations in and

Conference Session

Pre-Service Development Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Tillman, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

class time (approximately 8 hours of class time,and equivalent outside of class work) was devoted to digital fabrication as aninstructional technology. Digital fabrication is an instructional technology that leveragesdesktop manufacturing software and hardware to translate digital designs into physicalobjects.18 Digital fabrication has affordances that might be of benefit within severalacademic content areas, including elementary mathematics education and elementaryscience education.19,20 The third section (Section C) of the course was a comparisongroup that utilized the standard course curriculum that did not include digital fabricationactivities.This study employed a convergent parallel mixed-methods design in which bothquantitative data and

Conference Session

Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eng Keng Soh, Engineering Design and Innovation Centre, National University of Singapore; Ameek Kaur, National University of Singapore; Ming Po Tham, National UNiversity of SIngapore; Desmond Y.R. Chong, National University of Singapore

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

launching this EIM program, and lessons learned in the early phase of theprogram.IntroductionEngineering is an integral element in many branches of medicine today. Advancements in theseareas depend not only on clinical expertise, but also expertise in many areas of engineeringincluding genetic engineering, tissue engineering, biomechanics, and technology-drivenbreakthroughs in imaging, diagnostic and therapeutic medical systems. Also, successfuladoption of technology in medicine depends on an interdisciplinary cooperation amongspecialists in the various medical, rehabilitation and engineering fields.In spite of the interdisciplinary nature of Engineering in Medicine (EIM), curricula developmentand the training of specialists in Medicine and

Conference Session

Materials Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter R Hondred, Iowa State University; Denise Crawford, Iowa State University; Debbie Ann Victor, Des Moines Independent Schools; Michael R. Kessler, Iowa State University

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Materials

) with a middle school science teacher and classroom for the duration of an academic year.These GK12 Fellows engage the students by providing inquiry-based learning experiences and authenticdemonstrations, which bring relevance by relating the science curriculum to real world challenges. EachFellow’s research background provides a unique backdrop for enhancing the classroom curricula. Herewe present a case study showcasing the activities and interactions of one Symbi GK12 Fellow in theclassroom who uses alternative ways to approach the science curriculum by addressing complex problemsthrough the lens of a materials science engineer. In this case study, the primary research focus of theauthor, a GK12 Fellow, is on materials science and

Conference Session

Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

metric that requires our graduates to demonstrate an ability to evaluate differentcommunication styles. We present the methodology used to assess this performance metric,along with assessment results gathered over the past six years. These results play an importantrole in the program's assessment of communication-related outcomes.IntroductionA number of years ago we revamped our civil engineering capstone design sequence bychanging it from an individual study course into a directed study offering.1 In the new course,students work in six-person teams to complete an integrated design for a private sectordevelopment or public works project. We consider the teams multi-disciplinary since teammembers represent different civil engineering specialty