Conference Session

Topics Related to Electrical Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Ben Behbood Zoghi, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

have an external, industry sponsor/customer. Having to respond to their needs more closely emulates product development in the real world. In addition, the capstone course sequence has developed a standardized product and system development document that formalizes the process and emulates the documentation associated with real-world product development.  More project-based experiences were integrated throughout the curriculum. These are experiences outside of the normal one-week laboratory experience. The students, often in teams, are given an open-ended problem statement and have to integrate their knowledge to develop a solution in a timely manner. Many of these experiences leverage the product

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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J. A. Rozzi-Ochs; C. J. Egelhoff; H.V. Jackson; S. Zelmanowitz

2012 Department ReviewAssessment Tools As per Table 4, a variety of tools can be used to assess student performance, to includeresearch papers, technical papers, journals, capstone project reports, laboratory reports and oralpresentations. Grading criteria were developed to reflect the infusion of IL in relatedperformance indicators. The IL components of the grading performance criteria (PC) evaluatedstudents’ ability to: (1) write a well organized paper, (2) develop a clear and concise theme, (3)identify the type and importance of information related to theme, (4) use of technical writingskills and (5) incorporate a variety

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering from the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology in 1994. He was a lecturer and Director of the Design Studio at Yale University for four years, and then returned to his alma matter, UC, San Diego, in 1999. He is now a tenured lec- turer and Director of the Design Center in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He teaches hands-on design courses including an introductory design class, a mechatronics class, and a capstone design class. His interests in design education include increasing student motivation, teamwork, and integration of theory into design projects. Page 25.1096.1

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sumedh Inamdar, University of Texas, Austin; Krystian Zimowski, University of Texas, Austin; Kevin A. Gibbons Ret., U.S. Air Force Academy, NexOne, Inc., and CAStLE; Brittany Rucker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

NexOne, Inc., in the Center for Aircraft Structural Life Extension (CAStLE) located at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. He taught in the AF Academy Department of Engineering Mechanics for four years, where he earned his Assistant Professorship and served as the Director of the Applied Mechanics Laboratory. He currently works as an advisor for a senior capstone research team and mentor to multiple mechanical instrumentation project teams. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering with minor in engineering mechanics from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT. He spent 22 years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and is a Flight Test Engineer graduate of the USAF Test

Conference Session

Ethical Cases and Curricula

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Russell Capelli, Virginia Tech; Estela Patron Moen, Virginia Tech; William N. Collins, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

students must be directly exposed to this global ethical environment whilestill in school, and develop an understanding of engineering ethics in the internationalcommunity3, 10.Engineering students are given numerous opportunities to gain exposure to developing countriesthrough classroom capstone design projects, specialized curriculums, study abroad experiences,service-learning projects, and extracurricular service organizations11, 12. For example, formaluniversity-initiated service-learning programs such as Engineering Projects in CommunityService (EPICS) at Purdue University have effectively allowed students to partner withnumerous non-profit organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity, which performs internationalservice-centered engineering

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University

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Environmental Engineering

independentjudgment can be most efficiently taught through research or independent study projects. The Page 25.1388.2senior level capstone project included in engineering curriculums provides one opportunity forstudents to improve their skills in these areas. Undergraduate research experience in addition to 1  the capstone experience provides both an effective means to assess program compliance withABET criteria and a valuable opportunity for environmental engineering students to furtherdevelop valuable skills needed for their careers.Undergraduate ResearchThe emphasis on including a research component at the

Conference Session

Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Engagement in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

1.CVEN 4899 Civil Engineering Senior Design Project (Sr. Design)The CVEN 4899 course is the required 4-credit capstone design course for all civil engineeringmajors. The course is only offered in fall semester. The course provides a simulated real worlddesign and construction planning experience with multiple constraints including budget,schedule, technical, regulatory, and societal. Teams of 4 to six students encompass the multiple Page 25.558.6civil engineering sub-disciplines. In fall 2011 multiple student teams competed on two separatedesign projects; the municipal client selected the winning team on each project at the end of

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sree Kalyani Lakkaraju, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan M. Morgan, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

professional practice issuesThe survey asked “Where does your department include/plan to include management, business,public policy, and leadership into the curriculum?” Figure 9 displays the varied opinions of theparticipants. Overall, 39 (68%) chose “Capstone/senior design”, 16 (28%) chose “StudentChapter design project”, and 14 (25%) chose “Seminar courses.” Fourteen choose both capstoneand student chapter activities. These findings are not surprising when considering previousliterature suggesting the great gains from student chapter and design project activities 20.In addition to the categories in Figure 9, respondents that selected the “other” category (13 or23%) recommended including basic concepts in required courses and even development

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Rajesh Elara Mohan, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Sawako Kaijima, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Stylianos Dritsas, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Daniel D. Frey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Diana Moreno, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Kin-Leong Pey, Singapore University of Technology and Design

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Design in Engineering Education

that provide a significant design experience. While most engineering programs around theworld introduce design at distinct points in a curriculum, such as freshman and capstone design courses,we present the concept of a “4-D” design pedagogy, where design is integrated across courses, semesters,years, and extra-curricular activities. This pedagogy, or framework, may be implemented in whole or inpart in any engineering program.Building on this design pedagogy, we present the context of designiettes in terms of educational theories,the I-Engineering, and assessment. We then explore the strategic development and use of designiettes,and present a literature review on small scale design project efforts as they relate to the concept ofdesigniettes

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Biomedical

through the senior capstone engineering design project. All students also take courses inmath and science (including physics, chemistry and biology). Together, these courses provide Page 25.417.4students with their technical fundamentals. Required coursework in arts, humanities, the socialsciences and entrepreneurship, including a capstone experience, provides context to their scienceand engineering background.The BioE program, then, complements this engineering foundation by both providing a deepunderstanding of biological systems and through the application of engineering approaches in abioengineering context. Given the limited number of courses

Conference Session

Research in Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 25.594.2IntroductionMany undergraduate engineering programs include one or more significant “capstone”experiences, designed to give students an opportunity to demonstrate significant learning throughthe integration of knowledge and skills from across the degree1, 5. Such a learning experience, anindependent research project required for all senior students in a large, Canadian multi-disciplinary engineering program, forms the context for this paper. This thesis course givessenior undergraduate students an opportunity to work with a faculty member to define and designan original research project, as well as to conduct and communicate engineering-related research.In the 2010-11 school year, nearly 200 students in the program worked with 112

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2012 ERC

Authors

William Heetderks

) MIDDLE Midcareer Investigator Award in Exploratory/Development Patient-Oriented Research (K24) Grant (R21) SENIOR Senior Scientist Award (K05)TRAINING Team-Based Design Projects (R25)Capstone design courses at BME departments Open-ended biomedical design projects Team-based approachClinical immersionEmphasize translation of biomedical devices, including industrialdesign, regulation and commercialization conceptsNew or existing programs$20k for parts and supplies, machining, didactic development,speaker expenses, patent searches, etc$20k for student stipends only for programs with a

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University; Carrie S. Dossick, University of Washington

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Construction

the roles and responsibilities of other Clevenger Construction Management disciplines; 2) Understand the complexity and and Structural Engineering variety of information between different Education disciplines; and 3) Learn collaborative work environment for the construction process 3 Capstone Course Difficulty in using BIM tools for a capstone Azhar et al. project; Students’ strong interest in learning BIM technology 16 Estimating

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Linda Huglin, Boise State University; Shannon Rist, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

to Practice (E2R2P): NSF Program: EEC Division of Engineering Education and Centers Grant 1037808 Our effort addresses the question: How can successes in engineering education researchtranslate into widespread instructional practice? Published research has provided a robust set ofdocumented tools and techniques for transforming individual engineering courses fromtraditional lecture-based formats to those that emphasize project- and problem-based learning[1].These new formats support transfer of learned skills to subsequent courses and the workplace.Unfortunately, the mere availability of such research has not resulted in its widespread adoptionacross engineering programs. The pace of adoption has

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

, third and fourth years of the curriculum. Through this Program, students would maintain contact with their mentors through subsequent undergraduate coursework, including capstone projects, and also into the beginning of their professional careers. On-campus events such as meetings sponsored by student chapters of professional organizations could serve as forums where students could meet their mentors and develop stronger professional relationships. Unfortunately, not all mentors live within commuting distance of the campus. A Project Manager‟s Check Off Sheet will be developed and given to students assigned as PMs. This sheet will reflect project management characteristics covered in a

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Jani Pallis; Neal Lewis; Ravi Mishra; Navarun Gupta; Arthur McAdams; Richard Yelle

intheir final semester(s): a two-semester (6 credit) thesis option, or a one to two semester (3-4 credit total) Master’sproject. A technical capstone course is an alternative to the Master’s project in the Technology Managementdepartment. These courses are fairly typical of most graduate engineering programs in the U.S. The thesis optionentails a research project. The Master’s project may be research or application-based, but is done by a studentworking alone with an advisor. The technical capstone course focuses on the creation of a business plan, but lacksthe time needed for student teams to create prototypes, and has not led to commercialization of any productconcepts. More than 150 graduate engineering students take these courses each

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Brian H. Dennis, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Madhu Rani, University of Texas, Arlington; Ketwalee Kositkanawuth

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Environmental Engineering

Mechanical and N/A N/A 160 160 320 Engineers?” Aerospace Engineering CE 4383 Senior Project N/A 28 N/A N/A 28 “Engineering Design: IE 4350 Industrial Engineering10 Seeking Sustainable N/A 2 21 14 37 Capstone Design Solutions” MAE 4287Design Project I N/A 42 N/A N/A 42 TOTAL 336 1027 821 1065 3249

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Construction Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. Sullivan, University of Florida, Gainesville

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Construction

) Goldbuilding in the State of Florida; the M.E. Rinker Sr., School of Building Construction was thefirst such LEED project on campus. In 2001, the university adopted LEED certified criteria fordesign and construction for all major new construction and renovation projects to deliver highperformance and sustainable buildings. In 2006, Silver certification became the design andconstruction goal. This bar was raised in 2009 with Gold now being the certification attemptedon each project. By the end of 2009, the USGBC ranked the University Florida as the number 1campus for LEED project registrations. Table 1 summarizes the projects by certification orregistration level iv.Table 1: LEED Certifications since 2001Certification Level Number

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey S. Bryan, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Program Chair for her division in ASEE, VP of External Relations for INFORMS-ED, and Chair for Student Involvement for the 2012 Capstone Design Conference. She is working on a book called ”Oral Communication Excellence for Engineers: What the Workforce Demands” for John H. Wiley & Sons (due in 2013) and several articles, while continuing to teach capstone design communication instruction and a course on journal article writing for graduate students. Her current research focus includes evaluating the reliability of the scoring rubric she and Tristan Utschig developed from executive input and identifying the cognitive schema used by students to create graphs from raw data.Jeffrey S. Bryan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles S. Wasson, Wasson Strategics, LLC

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

architectures and solutions without due analysis of alternatives (AoA), a lack of multi-disciplined decision making, poor documentation and configuration control, et al. Furtheranalysis indicates these factors are symptomatic of a much larger competency issue traceable toengineering education - the lack of a Systems Engineering fundamentals course. Ideally, a coursetaught by seasoned instructors with in-depth industrial experience acquired from a diversity ofsmall to large, complex systems.To meet program accreditation requirements, industrial needs, and remain competitive, collegesand universities institute a Systems Engineering course or capstone project based on SEprinciples and practices. However, the outcomes of these projects tend to focus on

Conference Session

Instrumentation Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey Jamail Davis; Wayland L. Hickman; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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Instrumentation

entails the design of the air heater and associated instrumentation, realtime data acquisition and control in LABView, process modeling, controller design, andevaluation of the performance of different control structures in a closed loop manner. This workwas performed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Senior Capstone Projectundergraduate course in controls and instrumentation at an Engineering Technology Department.IntroductionProcess control is part of our daily life. Our house A/C unit uses simple control techniques tomaintain room temperature at a comfortable level. Manufacturing companies use process controland automation to gain competitive advantage. They use process control to run safely,environmentally friendly, reliably

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pingbo Tang, Western Michigan University; Haluk M. Aktan P.E., Western Michigan University; John Stephen Polasek P.E., Western Michigan University

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Construction

AC 2012-4082: INTEGRATING SENSING TECHNOLOGY AND BUILD-ING INFORMATION MODELING INTO A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER-ING CURRICULUMProf. Pingbo Tang, Western Michigan University Pingbo Tang is an Assistant Professor of civil and construction engineering at Western Michigan Univer- sity, Kalamazoo, Mich. He obtained his bachelor’s degree of bridge engineering in 2002, and his master’s degree of bridge engineering in 2005, both from Tongji University, Shanghai, China. In Aug. 2009, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from Carnegie Mellon University and joined the Mapping and GIS Lab at the Ohio State University (OSU) as a Postdoctoral Researcher. At OSU, he was responsible of managing multiple research projects, most of which are

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Nejat, Texas Tech University; Muge Mukaddes Darwish, Texas Tech University; Tewodros Ghebrab, Texas Tech University

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Construction

Page 25.262.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 BIM Teaching Strategy for Construction Engineering StudentsAbstractAfter the introduction of Building Information Modeling to construction industry in 1987, todaywe are facing an increasing demand for the new technology and the well trained professionalscapable of implementing it. Recently, the new idea of having a comprehensive 3D intelligentmodel with the ability of being extended to a 4D model has caught a lot of attention and forcedthe construction companies to move toward adopting the new knowledge and implementing it intheir projects. This is due to a variety of reasons such as 1) acquiring the new technology tooptimize project

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curricula

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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A. Frank Ackerman, Montana Tech of the University of Montana; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

1 2 Design and Architecture of Large Software Systems 1 1 Software Testing 3 1 Low Level Design Software 2 1 Software Process Management 1 2 Formal Methods in Software Engineering 1 Software Engineering Capstone Project 3 23.4. Coverage of SEEK Knowledge Areas [note 10]For

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University; John Y. Hung, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

design laboratory courses [4] in the electrical engineering(EE) and computer engineering (CPE) programs have been structured to provide a significantsystem design experience, while providing opportunities for students to demonstrate, and forfaculty to assess, achievement of six of the eleven student outcomes defined for their respectiveprograms, including both technical and professional skills. These courses serve as prerequisitesfor the senior-level capstone design course. The EE course is ELEC 3040, “Electrical SystemDesign Lab”, and the CPE course is ELEC 3050, “Embedded System Design Lab”. The systemdesign projects in these courses require students to apply knowledge gained across the breadth ofearlier courses, including the ability to

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Bruce Edward Heath, Tuskegee University

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Aerospace

-based learning and active learning, also referred to as inductive learning have been extensivelyresearched. While the results of these various pedagogies vary, in general, their effect on studentlearning has been demonstrated to be positive in comparison to traditional lecturing.A hands-on approach to learning concepts of aerospace engineering is therefore not a newpedagogical approach and has found wide usage, and enhanced learning has been reported in theliterature. This aspect has been acknowledged by professional societies who have supported itsadoption. Thus, while engineering education over the years has emphasized capstone designactivities, more recently aerospace engineering curricula have incorporated elements of buildingand flying

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Brian F. French, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

World Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy and assessment, technology development, and clinical applications of biomedical instrumentation.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University Shane Brown conducts research in conceptual and epistemological change, social capital, and diffusion of innovations. In 2011, he received the NSF CAREER Award to investigate how engineers think about and use concepts that academics consider to be important.Dr. Brian F. French, Washington State University Brian F. French is an Associate Professor of educational leadership and counseling psychology and Co- Director

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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College Industry Partnerships

industry-academia collaboration on many fronts. It was inspired by a round tablediscussion, where engineering graduates of Region’s colleges have suggested ways to startdeveloping viable and enduring connections between local industries and the academicinstitutions of the Arab Gulf States. Strategies to help promote the collaboration effort areoutlined. In particular, activities (plans, and scenarios) perceived as effective in closing the gapbetween academia and industries are described. Training, capstone courses, consulting by facultyand joint research projects, aimed at serving the interest of both parties (academia & theindustrial partners) are also addressed. The paper sheds light on: the mission, the nature, andrelevant benchmarks of

Conference Session

Instructional Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naveen Seth, New Community College at CUNY; Donald P. O'Keefe, Farmingdale State College

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

25.800.14Research ProjectsBenefitsStudent research projects involve students in empirical observation and the use of currenttechnologies and also motivate them to apply their learning to address topical questions. Kuh1(2008) notes that such projects based on investigation and research can be used to connectconcepts and questions that arise over the duration of a course. They need not be limited toupper-level or capstone courses.Such projects can be beneficial to faculty as they are assisted in their own research (Moore26,2008). Additionally, research by students stands them in good stead to help them to be admittedinto graduate school; the experience is useful in boosting their performance in graduateprograms. Russell et al27 (2007) note how undergraduate

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

highest to lowest Likert ratings) and the BOK2 survey rankings. Where needed,scores for separate items were averaged together to enable comparison. Interestingly, the highestrated item on the Likert scale for both AREN and CVEN students of teamwork was ranked only3rd or 5th highest on the BOK2 survey. Perhaps the context of administered the BOK2 survey inthe capstone design course which is based on team design projects impacted the ratings. Designand problem solving outcomes were consistently rated high by either method. It is significant tonote that even some of the lowest ranked items on the BOK2 survey (i.e. contemporary andhistorical perspectives) had average Likert ratings above moderately important (3 on the Likertscale