Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

inventory of scholarly activities. This inventory will be helpful in measuringthe success of the strategies by comparing the faculty scholarly output from year to year. Someof the strategies currently being implemented by the FAS to enhance scholarly productivity arenow discussed.Scholarship WebsiteWith the help of web-based course management software currently used at RIT for all courses,the FAS developed a scholarship website and acts as the moderator and facilitator for thewebsite. All faculty in CAST have access to the website and can post works or ideas-in-progressand can participate in discussions and peer review on the website. The point of entry to thewebsite is the “Syllabus” page shown in Figure 1 where some “ways and means” (see

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Yu, Auburn University and Tsinghua University, China; Chetan S. Sankar, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

International

] Elrod, Cassandra, Susan Murray, Barry Flachsbart, Karl E. Burgher & Drew M. Foth. (2010). Utilizing Multimedia Case Studies to Teach the Professional Side of Project Management. Journal of STEM Education (Special Edition), pp 7-17.[8] Engineering Student Retention, Retrieved Jan. 18, 2011, http://www.virtualpet.com/engineer/retent/retent.htm.[9] Fini, Eli H. (2010). Incorporating a Real World Case Study into the Syllabus of a Senior Construction Engineering Course. Journal of STEM Education (Special Edition), pp 18-23.[10] Fosko, D.J. (2003, April). Case Studies and Methods in Teaching and Learning. Paper Represented at the annual meeting of the Society of Educators and Scholars

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Vernon Cook, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

quality meters. Students should also be able to acquire, interpret and analyze data that was gathered in the laboratory. C. TextbookThere was no official textbook chosen for the course. However, course notes were constructedbased on information from multiple textbooks or industry application notes. These textbookswere listed as supplemental materials for the course on the syllabus and are listed below: 1. J. Duncan Glover, Mulukutla S. Sarma, Thomas Overbye, Power Systems Analysis and Design, 6th Edition, Cengage Learning, ISBN-10: 130563618X | ISBN-13: 9781305636187 2. S. Chapman, Electric Machinery Fundamentals, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, ISBN: 978-0073529547 3. W. H. Kersting, Distribution System Modeling

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 19

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucas J. Wiese, Purdue University ; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

–61, Jul. 2019, doi: 10.1145/3330794.[3] R. T. Javed et al., “Get out of the BAG! Silos in AI Ethics Education: Unsupervised Topic Modeling Analysis of Global AI Curricula,” J. Artif. Intell. Res., vol. 73, pp. 933–965, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.1613/jair.1.13550.[4] L. Tuovinen and A. Rohunen, “Teaching AI Ethics to Engineering Students: Reflections on Syllabus Design and Teaching Methods,” 2021.[5] J. Lönngren, “Exploring the discursive construction of ethics in an introductory engineering course,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 44–69, 2021, doi: 10.1002/jee.20367.[6] R. F. Clancy, Q. Zhu, and Philosophy Documentation Center, “Why Should Ethical Behaviors Be the Ultimate Goal of Engineering Ethics Education?,” Bus. Prof

Conference Session

Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. While the instructor did not teach this course again due to rotating instructor coverage,she implemented this approach in her Thermodynamics course.Details are presented in Appendix A.Thermodynamics (Spring 2020)While an epic finale approach was already planned, the instructor felt it was particularlyappropriate given the quick pivot online during COVID in Spring 2020. All students had beenassessed individually on partial exams and a cumulative FE-style quiz. The epic finale wasconducted virtually on Zoom and was less structured. Students were placed into random breakoutgroups and asked to figure out how a hospital ventilator works with schematics drawn,components identified, and technical considerations and related to thermodynamics and

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Singh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

students for assignment submission, reflection submission, self-ratingquizzes completion, and to share course material (e.g., syllabus, list of learning objectives,self-evaluation excel template, content videos, readings, solution keys).The course outcomes emphasized both technical and professional skills development. Thefour technical content modules in the course were: 1) conservation of mass, 2) fluid flow(pipes, fittings, and pumps for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids), 3) fan selection, and 4)thermal preservation while developing. Problem-solving skills development was a cross-cutting outcoming. The course also strongly emphasized students’ professional skilldevelopment. This emphasis complemented the development of students’ process

Conference Session

ENT-2: Bridging Faculty and Student Perspectives in Entrepreneurial Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Jiawen Ren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; David K Pugalee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Audrey Rorrer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Praveen Ramaprabhu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; H. P. Cherukuri, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Terry Xu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

technological innovation; 2) for thecommunity, to foster the connection between research and business such as patent, incubation,and venture [9]. Entrepreneurship in higher education is playing a crucial role in linkingacademic research and potential business. Although some studies have investigatedentrepreneurship efficiency by designing engineering courses [10] [11] and evaluatingentrepreneurial activities [6] [12], there was a lack of studies focusing on the entrepreneurialpatent pathway program in doctoral education. The purpose of this case study is to understandthe perceptions and experiences of doctoral students and faculty regarding how the alternativepatent defense pilot program in STEM disciplines influences an individual’s

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - Student understanding

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Adela Martin, University College London

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

asked to falsifydata (Diana Bairaktarova - DB). The course introduced the speakers via the syllabus, whichprovided a description of their profile and a profile photo (Table 2). The timing of eachsession was linked to specific lecture content, as seen in Table 1.Table 2. Organisation of living library sessions Order Guest speaker / Storyteller Linked lecture(s) of thematic sessions 1 Laura Nolan is a software engineer with two decades of Risk and uncertainty experience, with a focus on reliability in distributed in decision-making systems. In 2018, Laura left Google after being asked to

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Kejun Xu, University of Washington; Matt Eliot, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in general. As a result, theannotations need to make it clear what the reader is learning about the student. In the followingexample, a casual reader reading the first part of the second paragraph might jump to theconclusion that the point is going to be about the class. Fortunately, the student does bring theattention back to himself in the third sentence. MANUFACTURING PROCESSES When an engineer designs a product, he/she has to know how to manufacture the product economically. Many great inventions have been made, but they are not produced. Why? Because they are too expensive to build! That is why a great invention has to be relatively cheap to manufacture. The artifact below is a portion of the syllabus of the course

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Haubold, Columbia University; John R. Kender, Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

client and the class twice a semester: once during a preliminary designreview and once for the final project completion. Midterm and final presentations are video-taped by the instructional staff in a typical classroom environment. During the semester, teamsconduct frequent informal meetings to discuss their progress, and are required to meet with theirclient at least once. At subjectively selected times, students record these events as part of theirvideo journal. At the end of the semester, teams summarize their team and client interaction in anedited version of the footage.Our engineering design course is offered to more than 150 students per semester, who areassigned to teams of 5-6 students. Inarguably, the introduction of interactive video

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

............................................................................................................... 37“A Learning Community for First-Year Engineering Students”* Ding Yuan, Jude DePalma, & Nebojsa Jaksic .......................................................................................... 45“Assessing the Effectiveness of Synchronous Content Delivery in an Online Introductory Circuits Analysis Course” Amelito Enriquez ....................................................................................................................................... 48“Evaluating Oscilloscope Sample Rates vs. Sampling Fidelity: How to Make the Most Accurate Digital Measurements” Johnnie Hancock ....................................................................................................................................... 60

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patti Clayton; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

asignificant service-learning component have been offered in the capstone chemical engineeringsenior design course at NC State University. Students have worked with an economicallydisadvantaged community facing pollutant emissions resulting from a high concentration of localindustries. Students characterized the pollutant problem and its sources and provided thecommunity with process-related information useful in their discussions with regulatory bodies.This paper will review the conceptual foundations of service-learning, discuss potentialapplications of service-learning in engineering curricula, and summarize the strategies used andthe challenges faced in the design and implementation of a service-learning component inchemical engineering senior

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles E. Baukal; Lynna J. Ausburn; John E. Matsson; Geoffrey L. Price

Engagers.25 Navigators plantheir learning and focus on completing the necessary activities to achieve their goals. Order andstructure are important to these learners, who tend to be logical, objective, and perfectionists.They want clear objectives and expectations at the beginning of a course and in advance ofactivities, such as in an explicit and detailed syllabus. Problem Solvers are critical thinkers wholike to explore multiple alternatives. For them, the process is important so they need flexibility incompleting learning activities. They may have difficulty making decisions because they have tomake a choice among multiple alternatives and because the exploration process which they enjoymust come to an end. This may cause them to appear to

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda M. Head, Rowan University; Melanie Basantis, Rowan University; Steven H. Chin, Rowan University; Bernard Pietrucha, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. Basantis provides leadership to The College of Engineering’s STEM initiatives and has done so for the past 10 years. Middle and High school camps and field experiences are held under her guidance and expertise.Dr. Steven H Chin P.E., Rowan UniversityDr. Bernard Pietrucha, Rowan University Bernard M. Pietrucha Instructor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering Rowan University Education: B.S., Electrical Engineering, Newark College of Engineering (NJIT); M.S., Electrical Engi- neering, Newark College of Engineering (NJIT); Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University Dr. Pietrucha has taught undergraduate courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Freshman and Sophomore

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Ian Gravagne, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-1474: ENERGY AWARENESS EFFORTS AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITYKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Dr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in heat transfer, aerospace engineering, fluid mechanics, and wind power. His research interests include energy education and literacy and gas turbine heat transfer. He can be contacted at Kenneth_Van_Treuren@baylor.edu.Ian Gravagne, Baylor University Dr. Gravagne is an assistant professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the Engineering Design II

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Wright, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provided by thespeakers. A variety of other online resources are also provided. NCWIT and CSTA also provided awealth of printed materials that attendees could take with them to support their recruiting andteaching efforts.4 EvaluationAll of the attendees expressed an interest in learning new strategies and techniques for attractingand retaining a more diverse student population in the computer science courses. The second-mostcommon expectation (expressed by 15 of 27 participants) was to collaborate with other teachersand CS education professionals to develop ways of strengthening their CS curricula and informingschool administrators and parents about the importance of computing education for all students. At the end of the workshop

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Jun Zhang; Peter Cavanaugh; Dan Tenney

supplement their classroomtopological approach to psychological structures and his learning, especially if they face barriers to quality education.dynamic analysis find parallels in classical Freudian methods, Open education principles extend to online learningwhile his appreciation for play and games resonates with the through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). MOOCs areideas of Winnicott and Gopnik. His early distinctions between courses available to anyone with internet access and can enrollthe imaginary and the symbolic prefigure later

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Imane Aboutajedyne, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez (Morocco); Yassine Salih Alj, Al Akhawayn University; Ahmed Aboutajeddine, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez (Morocco).

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

model combines the student input variables(i.e., background, purpose…) and the learning outcomes, while taking into account the learningexperience and educational environment (i.e. courses, teaching/learning activities, structure,facilities…) [8].Building on the above-mentioned conceptual models, this work proposes a Context Canvas as anactionable framework to facilitate gathering information and finding correlations between theelements that influence the ideation of educational concepts. As a design tool, the context canvasaims to help educators move from the problem space to the solution space in the process ofeducational solution development.This paper is organized as follows. First, overviews of conceptual models for design are

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Chaminade University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

notcomplete the surveys, and provided feedback that the self-efficacy section was too long and thestudy will have an attrition challenge with participants. In the next iteration, the number of self-efficacy questions was reduced as shown in Table 3. The questions were selected based on thecriteria that they aligned to traditional research competencies that students acquire throughresearch programs [44], the research items covered as many items of the research self-efficacysubscales from the literature, and the items covered the primary research activities on theINSuRE class syllabus illustrated in Table 1.An anonymous online pre-survey was distributed to students the week before the first researchactivity of the INSuRE class. Although there were a

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Andrew Richards, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

college teaching workshops (CTWs). These workshopsaim to help TAs, NTGSs, faculty, and university staff, develop self-efficacy and feelings ofpreparedness by exposing them to a wide variety of topics that relate to pedagogical knowledgeand pedagogical content knowledge. Specifically, workshop topics include: student-teacherrelationships, policies and procedures related to teaching, syllabus construction, course design,presentation techniques, practice teaching, objective test creation, subjective test design andgrading, and preventing and responding to cheating. Each workshop was constructed to contain acombination of lecture, discussion, and activities in which participants are provided withopportunities to interact with one another as well as

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech; Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a National Science Foun- dation CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios for graduate students to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering.Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech Wende Garrison got her bachelor’s and master’s from Portland State University in Film & Television and Rhetoric &

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session (Track 1.A)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Cameron Amely, California State University, Fresno; Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno; Jesus Leyva, California State University, Fresno

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

the teacher to have some more customizability.” In contrast, theMetavoltVR centered on specific concepts and knowledge points embedded in the coursework inthe ECE curriculum, with a clear tendency to correlate and supplement classroom learning at thecurrent institution. As students commented, “it took a syllabus type approach and… mimickedthe Electrical and Computer Engineering degree that we all go through here.” Therefore, muchcredit was attributed to MetavoltVR for its course relevancy and coursework supplementationconsiderations. Students regarded “the point of this app is also to further grasp students’attention, to interest them beyond just the course material,” and they saw a potential that“instead of teachers just lecturing from

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University; Arsen Gasparyan, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Center Figure 1: The Virtual Training Environment (VTE) system overview.2.2 – Simulation and Animation for Interactive EducationThe VTE system supports multiple sessions and classrooms. Each course needs to have its ownpackage of model components to be integrated into the syllabus. To facilitate describing thissection we us a pilot course like Data Communications and Networking as an example. When amessage is sent from point A to B, the simulated model can project animation of the flowbetween the two points. Depending which portion of the course is under focus, the details of thecommunication pattern are projected. For example, the routing mechanism in the network andthe congestion handling process when part of the network becomes

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amir Karimi P.E., University of Texas at San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, and tables in the text section. Number equations, figures, and tables (use the textbook format as a guide). Included the detailed calculations, computer programs, in the appendices.  alternative design considerations o Results and discussion (include figures and tables in the text section). Continue numbering figures, and tables in sequence) o Conclusion describe the final selected design  Student Outcome 2 (SO-2) in the course syllabus states “an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tricia Bertram Gallant, University of California, San Diego; Robert G. Melton, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Ethics

courses. The focus of this paper ison just one of these courses—a junior-level engineering course—taught by one faculty memberparticipant.Faculty participant. The faculty member whose course is the focus of this study stated that whilehis perception of academic integrity did not change after participating in the integrity initiative,his perception of how to increase students’ understanding of academic integrity did change. Inorder to emphasize the importance of academic integrity, this faculty member stated that hesubstantially changed his course syllabus such that it included a page devoted to academic Page 26.1542.4integrity rather than a short

Conference Session

Poster Session - Engineering Leadership Development Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Arindom Sen, University of Calgary; Emily Wyatt, University of Calgary: Schulich School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

engineering, also addresses the need for engineering leadership intheir most recent syllabus update [6, p. 69]. The Canadian book, Fundamental Competencies forthe 21st Century Engineers, has also recognized this need, and has added leadership as anessential competency for engineers in their most recent edition [7]. The attribute of leadershiphas also been included in the new student outcomes for ABET (Accreditation Board for 1Engineering and Technology), which will become effective in the 2019-2020 accreditation cycle(replacing the “a-k” outcomes). Students must be able to “function effectively on a team whosemembers together provide leadership, create

Conference Session

Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quintana M. Clark, Purdue University, West Lafayette Indiana; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. Page 26.868.5An online Qualtrics survey was used to collect learning ability data. The subject matters testedfor in our analysis were mathematics and English due to their familiarity and vast differences.Participants were undergraduate Purdue University students studying a STEM major in theCollege of Technology. In particular, the participants were enrolled in Tech 12000, DesignThinking in Technology course. The course was comprised of seven sections of about 40students each. Of the enrolled students N=185. The participants of the study were diverse ingender, age, ethnicity, educational level, and major. The 12 different majors identified wereAeronautical Engineering Technology (AET), Aviation Management Technology (AMT),Building Construction

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Natasa Vidic, University of Pittsburgh

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NSF Grantees

department she worked as a Senior Consultant for Ernst and Young and as an Industrial Engineer for General Motors Corporation. She teaches undergraduate courses in engineering economics, engineering management, and probability and statistics in Industrial Engineering as well as engineering computing in the freshman engineering program. Dr. Bursic has done research and published work in the areas of Engineering and Project Management and Engineering Education. She is a member of IIE and ASEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.Natasa Vidic, University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering Department Swanson School of Engineering University of Pittsburgh

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology; Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kali Lynn Morgan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

problem-solving, diagrammatic reasoning, and on the socio-cognitive aspects of the flipped and blended learning environments. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019WIP: How students externalize epistemologies: Describing how students explain, ground, andconsciously construct their definitions of engineering and biomedical engineeringIntroductionIn this work in progress paper, we look at how biomedical engineering first-year students conceptualizeengineering and how their conceptualization changes over the course of a one-semester introduction tobiomedical engineering learning experience. The study is intended to engage in a deeper analysis of howstudents draw boundaries around what is and is not

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

design, from a user’s pointof view. In this course, students learn principles and methodologies in design interaction, andexplore and practice relevant innovative processes (see syllabus in Appendix C). The course isvery interactive: students are engaged in many hands-on activities, discussions, lecturing andsharing information. They teach others about specific design books that they have read, and workin teams on assistive technology projects. The course targets several skills, in particular, thosethat are related to innovative problem solving and entrepreneurial thinking, understanding the“big picture,” as well as personal and social skills. The paper focuses mainly on engaging activities. It describes hands-on interactive