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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Warren, Kansas State University; Punit Prakash, Kansas State University; Ed Brokesh, Dept. of Bio and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University; Gary William Singleton Ph.D., Heartspring; Kim Fowler

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10426Design Projects to Quantify the Health and Development of Autistic ChildrenDr. Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 1989 and 1991, respectively, followed by a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1994. Dr. Warren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. Prior to joining KSU in August 1999, Dr. Warren was a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. He

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An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shen Liu, West Kentucky Community and Technical College

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #9331Implementing Project-Based Learning in Physics and Statics CoursesDr. Shen Liu, West Kentucky Community and Technical College Dr. Shen Liu is an Associate Professor of Physics at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. She is also an adjunct professor at University of Kentucky College of Engineering in Paducah campus. She got her BS and MS in Jet Propulsion from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Old Dominion University. Page 24.710.1

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Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University

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Construction

Paper ID #10199Industry-based learning experiences in Project Planning and SchedulingDr. Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University Marcel Maghiar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University teaches Construction Man- agement courses at junior and senior level in the Civil Engineering and Construction Management de- partment. His research experience includes development of computer syntaxes to unequivocally describe construction activities and development of a consistent methodology to explicitly classify and quantify construction methods (emerging taxonomy of construction methods). Marcel’s main expertise

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Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #8411Industry Based Senior Projects and the Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engi-neeringDr. Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State UniversityDr. Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Dr. Hugh Jack is a registered professional engineer currently teaching Product Design and Manufacturing at Grand Valley State University. His areas of interest include automation, controls, and robotics. Page 24.741.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Industry Based Senior Projects and the

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Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Rishabh Jain; Amrit Dahal

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 24.766.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integrated Multisource Renewable Energy System Design: A Student ProjectAbstract Project GREEN (Going Renewable, Energy Efficient Naturally) is a senior engineeringstudent design project designed to create a sustainable energy system for a youth camp. Bycombining various electrical energy sources (solar, hydro and wind), as well as geothermal unitsand biomass for heat, the camp can provide its own energy to run with minimum draw from theGrid. The system will nearly offset the peak demand of the building of concern. Because thisdesign levels the camp’s enormous demand charges, the electricity bills

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy; Brian A. Garner, Baylor University; Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy; Rebecca P. Blust, University of Dayton; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; Edmond John Dougherty Jr., Villanova University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #10255Intercollegiate Student Design Projects: Lessons Learned by Four Universi-tiesProf. Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit MercyDr. Brian A Garner, Baylor University Dr. Brian A.Garner is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He re- ceived his PhD in ME from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, and joined the Baylor faculty in 2002. His research interests include computer modeling of the human musculoskeletal system, algorithms for human motion analysis, biomechanics of equine assisted therapies, and design of therapy assistance devices. His teaching includes capstone

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Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George York, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind George Royer, Academy Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USAF Academy, CO; Daniel Harold Harold; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

-University Unmanned Systems Capstone Design ProjectAbstractIn this paper we discuss the assessment methods for a senior capstone design project involvingteams from three geographically separated universities, as well as the challenges the studentsfaced and lessons learned. The project title was the Joint Cooperative Unmanned SystemsInitiative (JCUSI). Each team was tasked with developing an unmanned autonomous systemoperating in a different medium (air, water, and ground) to cooperatively work together tocomplete a mission of protecting a harbor. JCUSI is unique in that the customer funding theproject will most likely employ the students involved either as engineers implementing futureunmanned systems or as operators

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The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Libby Osgood P.Eng., University of Prince Edward Island and Dalhousie University; Clifton R Johnston, Dalhousie University; Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

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Community Engagement Division

Society for Engineering Education, 2013   A Community Partner’s Role During a First-Year Service Learning ProjectAbstractThere are 3 primary roles in a service learning (SL) project: student, teacher, and communityorganization representative (COR). It has been established that students enjoy and benefit fromSL experiences.1-5 Teachers benefit as well, in their ability to meet educational objectives.1 Forthe community organizations, the advantage appears to be obvious; their problem is resolved.However, the benefits for the COR must be more fully explored. This paper will examine theadvantages as well as the inconveniences experienced by one of the authors while participatingin a SL project.In the 2011

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Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #6381A Community-Engagement-Based Design Project in Introductory Environ-mental EngineeringDr. Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College Dr. Mary P. Cardenas is the LaFetra chair in Environmental Engineering at Harvey Mudd College at Claremont, Calif. Dr. Cardenas earned her B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State Engineering. She joined Rocketdyne as a propulsion engineer and worked on the Space Shuttle Main Engines, Atlas Engine, and the X-30 propulsion system. Dr. Cardenas received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Environmental and Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, studying the

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Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

Session 3265 AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, MULTISEMESTER PROJECT RELATING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND ENGINEERING Dr. Stephen Pennell, Professor, Mathematics Department Dr. Peter Avitabile, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department Dr. John R. White, Professor, Chemical Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell One University Avenue Lowell, Massachusetts USA Peter_Avitabile@uml.eduAbstractStudents often do not see the relevance of their mathematics

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Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

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Howard Shapiro

Creating an Academic Learning Community Using a Multi-level Project Howard N. Shapiro Iowa State UniversityThis paper describes a multi-level, integrative, semester project involving students fromtwo different engineering thermodynamics classes: Thermodynamics II, an applicationsoriented course at the junior level, and Advanced Thermodynamics, a beginning graduatecourse. The project was carried out in groups of five to six students with a mix from eachclass. A total of fifty-one students participated in the semester project. The primary goalwas to engage students at different levels in an integrative experience

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Reising

A Project-based Course in Small Computer Software for Computer Engineers James A. Reising University of EvansvilleAbstractStudents in Computer Engineering at the University of Evansville are introduced to computerprogramming in their first two years of study by taking an introductory course in programmingusing C++ and a course in data structures. The use of Visual Studio.NET provides anopportunity for students to practice and extend their skills in areas not typically covered in theintroductory course. In addition to simple Windows applications, students complete projectsinvolving the use of Windows Web applications

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Houdeshell

Results From the NSF-ATE Distributed-Hybrid Instructional Delivery Project James Jay Houdeshell Quality Engineering Technology Department at Sinclair Community CollegeAbstract The National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME) in partnership with theQuality Engineering Technology (QET) Department received a NSF-ATE project grant inAugust 2003 to develop and test a hybrid instructional delivery methodology. The design usessmall group activity-based instructional materials developed under previous grants inconjunction with supportive web-based content and learning objects for the individual onlinecomponent. This allows face-to-face

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Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rafael Quevedo-Camacho; Juan Manuel Ramírez-Cortés; Mario Gomez-Mejia

The Ibero-American Engineer: An ASIBEI Project on Global Education Rafael Quevedo-Camacho1, Juan Manuel Ramírez-Cortés2, Mario Gómez-Mejía3 1. Asociación Iberoamericana de Instituciones de Enseñanza de la Ingeniería (ASIBEI); President / 2. Asociación Iberoamericana de Instituciones de Enseñanza de la Ingeniería (ASIBEI); Past President / 3. Asociación Nacional de Facultades y Escuelas de Ingeniería (ANFEI); Executive DirectorAbstractThe importance of recognizing engineers in American and Iberian-American countries is discussed.The Ibero-American Association of Engineering Schools (ASIBEI), has been

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Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

The PRiME Project: Developing Educational Materials to Train Responsible Engineers O. Christene Moore, Senior Lecturer, Steven P. Nichols, Professor and Associate Vice President for Research The University of Texas at Austin Stephanie J. Bird, Editor Science and Engineering EthicsIntroduction Engineers have a profound impact on society and a resultant responsibility tosociety. Statements in codes of conduct for engineering professionals support thisposition. The Code of Ethics for the National Society of Professional Engineers statesthat “Engineers shall hold

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

Enhancing Capstone Design with an Industry Sponsored Project Center Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411, USAMechanical Engineering Capstone DesignSenior capstone design courses have become a critical component of undergraduate engineeringeducation, as mandated by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).The Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone Design at North Carolina A&T State University(NC A&T) is a two-semester project course. The course allows students to take design projectsfrom conceptual

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Houdeshell

Using a Structuredness Instrument to Characterize End of Course Projects James Jay Houdeshell National Center for Manufacturing Education at Sinclair Community CollegeAbstract A course culminating project, a popular instructional activity in engineering andengineering technology courses, typically provides students with either a rewarding or afrustrating experience. Many times professors, in order to bring real industry practice into theclassroom, ask students to solve problems based on complex cases. Depending on the student'sfamiliarity with the project context, a student’s problem solving skills, and the nature of theproblem, student

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

Session 3420 Data Compression and Data Integrity: Projects for Data Communication Courses Sub Ramakrishnan, Mohammad B. Dadfar Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419) 372-2337 Fax: (419) 372-8061 email: datacomm@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractThis paper describes two software projects that are assigned in our undergraduate datacommunications course. The projects help students understand

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Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

Student-Directed, Project-Based Learning in an Integrated Course Block Jonathan Stolk, Robert Martello, and Steven Krumholz Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA 02492AbstractImagine a course block in which students discuss the cultural implications of 17th century ironworking in North America in one hour, and design experiments to examine connections betweencomposition and strength in modern steel padlocks immediately afterward. In the Paul Revere:Tough as Nails course block, students don’t just study materials science and history oftechnology topics … they experience them. Through a series of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Ismail Orabi; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

Are Attitudes Toward Engineering Influenced by a Project-Based Introductory Course? Jean Nocito-Gobel, Michael A. Collura, Samuel Daniels, Ismail I. Orabi School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of New HavenAbstractLike most engineering schools, the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the Universityof New Haven (UNH) offers a first year Introduction to Engineering course (EAS107). Unlikesimilar courses at most other schools, however, EAS107 is also part of the UNH core curriculumand is taken by many students who are not studying engineering, thus providing an opportunityto influence these students’ perception of engineering.As part of a new curricular model

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Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Monica Cardella; Cynthia Atman

Engineering Students’ Mathematical Problem Solving Strategies in Capstone Projects Monica E. Cardella, Cynthia J. Atman Industrial Engineering Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching University of Washington Seattle, WAAbstractMathematics is generally considered to be a fundamental element of engineering education.However, there is little empirical evidence characterizing the role of mathematics in theengineering design process. The goal of this paper is to take a research informed approachtowards understanding engineering

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Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

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Clifton Kussmaul

Session 1454 Lessons from Industry Applied to a Software Project Course Clifton Kussmaul Muhlenberg CollegeAbstractThis paper describes an upper level project course in which student teams identify and prototypesoftware products. The course is designed for junior and senior computer science majors withoutprevious software engineering training. The goals of the course are to: 1) give studentsexperience working in teams on non-trivial projects; 2) help students develop skills in areas suchas analysis, design, risk

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International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Harry Koehnemann; Barbara Gannod

Session 3661 Experiences Using Student Project to Create University Business Applications Harry Koehnemann and Barbara D. Gannod Arizona State University EastAbstractEngineers (both hardware and software) are continually developing and testing processesto create systems “better, faster, and cheaper.” A variety of software processes have beendeveloped by the software enginnering community toward this end. Among theseprocesses are eXtreme Programming (XP), Crystal, Feature Driven Development, and theRational Unified Process (RUP).1 To be attractive to potential employers

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shawn Woodruff; Farhad Reza

Session 1793 INTRODUCING DESIGN-BUILD CONCEPTS INTO SENIOR CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJ ECTS Far had Reza and Shawn J . Woodr uff Ohio Nor ther n Univer sity, Ada, OH 45810 /Pr inceton Univer sity, Pr inceton, NJ 08544Abstr actTraditionally, there has been a widespread sense on the part of the construction industry of a lackof connection between design engineers and contractors. There have been numerous cases whereit has been discovered during the construction phase of a project that a proposed design is verydifficult and sometimes even

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

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Biswajit Ray

Session 2548 Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Projects by Sophomore-Level EET Students Biswajit Ray Matthew Colosimo, Gregory Kehoe, and Benjamin Naylor Associate Professor Undergraduate Students Electrical & Electronics Engineering Technology Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA 17815AbstractStudent-initiated projects as part of an instrumentation and data acquisition course forsophomore-level electronics engineering technology students are presented. The

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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Edward Vavrek

Session No. 1325 Integrating an Industrial Design Project into a MET Course Edward M. Vavrek Purdue University North CentralIntroductionI teach a course in Mechanical Engineering Technology called Production Drawing. It is offeredin the spring semester during the students’ sophomore year. At this level the students have takentwo courses in AutoCAD and are proficient in the use of CAD. In Production Drawing,AutoCAD is not specifically taught although some aspects of the software are reviewed asrequired. Production Drawing covers how to develop working drawings and a Bill of

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Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sadie Miller; Donna Riley

Session 3661 Global Development Engineering and its Discontents: An interdisciplinary project-based course Donna M. Riley and Sadie R. Miller Smith CollegeAbstractRecent discussion in engineering has focused on the importance of preparing students for aglobal future, but rarely do we examine the profession’s role in globalization with a critical eye.An interdisciplinary project-based course and upper-level engineering elective, open to studentsin a variety of disciplines, seeks to initiate critical study of the technological, cultural, and

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Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vikas Jain; Durward Sobek

Session 2425 Two Instruments for Assessing Design Outcomes of Capstone Projects Durward K. Sobek II, Vikas K. Jain Montana State UniversityAbstractA “good” design process is perhaps best defined by its output—good design processes producegood design outcomes. As part of an NSF-funded research effort to better understand studentdesign processes, we developed two assessment instruments to measure the “goodness” of adesign outcome. This paper describes the development and validation of the two instruments,presents the instruments and their

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Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

AC 2005-683: USING PROJECT PORTFOLIOS TO ASSESS DESIGN INMATERIALS SCIENCEMarie Paretti, Virginia Tech Page 10.1422.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Using Project Portfolios to Assess Design in Materials Science and Engineering M. C. Paretti Department of Engineering Education & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia TechAbstractThis paper evaluates the effectiveness of capstone design project portfolios as tools to assessstudent performance with respect to ABET’s EC2000 Criterion 3 outcomes. After reviewing thepotential for

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

On Line Microsoft Project Tutorial for Engineering and Technology Students Feng Jao and Khalid Al-Olimat Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractThis paper explores a designed online instructional tool to tutor engineering and technologystudents on how to utilize the Microsoft Project software to create a project plan which is one ofthe important elements in project management. Students in the engineering programs and in thetechnology program at Ohio Northern University are required to utilize Microsoft Project toconstruct a plan for their senior design projects. There are no any dedicated lectures to teachstudents or to show them how to use this software. Students need to learn it