Conference Session

Integrating Teaching Assistants, Tenure-track, and Non-tenure-track Faculty into a Cohesive Department

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Jackie Greene, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

introductory engineering course required by multiple programs in the College ofEngineering [Kunberger and Geiger, 2015, Kunberger, Geiger and Reycraft, 2016]. One aspect,the addition of Mentor TAs, was intended to develop informal near-peer mentor experiences,considered a “practice-based” mentoring initiative [Packard, 2016]. These students would servenot only as a traditional TA in providing feedback on course deliverables, but would also serveas a mentor within this first course in engineering in order to increase retention and promote amore inclusive culture in the college.The most recent evolution of the introductory engineering course added a summer trainingworkshop for course Mentor TAs. This 30-hour workshop took place over a one-week period

Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, New York City College of Technology and the City University of New York; Diana Samaroo, New York City College of Technology and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Armando Dominguez Solis; Sandie Han, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

currently working on writing a book chapter for Algebraic and Combinatorial Computational Biology, an Elseiver publication. Additionally, Prof. Ghosh-Dastidar has extensive experience mentoring more than thirty students through different programs such as the NYC-AMP program, City Tech’s Emerging Scholar Program, and MAA NREUP grants.Dr. Diana Samaroo, NYC College of Technology and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Diana Samaroo is an Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry Department at NYC College of Technol- ogy, CUNY. Her pedagogical research is the area of peer led team learning in Chemistry and integrating STEM into curricula. With a background in biochemistry, her research interests are in the

Conference Session

Postcard Session: Experiential Learning as a High-Impact Student Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Schultz, Brigham Young University; Aaron R. Hawkins, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

Fellow of the IEEE and the OSA and currently the Vice President for Publications for the IEEE Photonics Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Intensive Mentoring and Micro-Electronics Research for Students in Engineering (IMMERSE)AbstractThis paper describes an undergraduate research program called IMMERSE that has beenimplemented in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Brigham YoungUniversity. Approximately 50 students per year participate along with 12 faculty members. Theobjectives of the IMMERSE program are to prepare student to continue on to graduate schooland to enable students to publish their research in peer-reviewed venues

Conference Session

FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Friess; Carol Briam, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University; Linda Thompson, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University; Hemdeep Dulthummon, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

multinational teams that in the context of the 2007 Dubai AirShow explored different branches of the industry with regards to environmental policies andstrategies. These branches included the airlines, airports, manufacturers, and regulatoryagencies. In addition, a series of workshops on research skills, presentation skills,professional communication and behavior, were offered to prepare the students both for asuccessful experience at the Air Show and to assist them in presenting their findings in aclosing presentation to their peers, a faculty panel, and industry representatives.The results assessment was initially constructed on the assumption that the student motivationto participate in the project would be strong, because a portion of the grade for

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cordon, University of Idaho; Barbara Williams, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Donald Elger, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, for students who are just learning these processes, auniversal model may not be the best way to build performance skills. This work was undertakento help novices understand unique characteristics of each process and the circumstances underwhich each process is most effective and efficient. This paper examines two tools that werecreated to build this understanding: (i) a matrix analyzing the similarities and differences amongthe processes and (ii) a graphical presentation highlighting key skills that are hypothesized foreach process. Effectiveness of the two tools was evaluated in a freshman design course whereteams of five students work on a six-week design mini-project. Data collected included notes bythe instructor, observations by peer

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Mark Pullen

simple and robust, functioning in almost any Internet environment • To be accepted, the system must make online teaching and learning easyScalable network delivery: In 2001 our laboratory took on the challenge of creating a solutionthat meets this challenge. We have created Network EducationWare (NEW) primarily fromopen-source software that is available with no license fee to all. The tools with which we startedwere created for use with Internet multicasting5, where one station sends an identical message tomany others. This approach is sometimes called peer-to-peer operation because all computershave identical ability to send to each other. It offers a simple model for scaling to large numbersof participants and has attracted talented

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

rewarded forbeing competitive, getting the right answer, and getting higher grades than most of theirclassmates. However, in courses where team performance becomes part of the evaluation process,the student must master an entirely different set of abilities that demonstrate knowledge by [3]: (1) Help team members and cooperating in a group; (2) Helping to plan; (3) Pacing and scheduling projects; (4) Getting peer and teacher feedback on work; and (5) Teaching classmates. Therefore, learning teamwork skills may be difficult for engineering students. The shiftfrom the traditional system of education to one based on groups and student participation alsoredefines what a good student does, which can threaten and raise the

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Feland

student teams. The peer assessment appears in the figure below: Page 7.275.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Please write the names of all of your team members, INCLUDING YOURSELF, and rate the degree to which each member fulfilled his/her responsibilities in completing the homework assignments. Sign your name at the bottom. The possible ratings are as follows: Excellent Consistently went above and beyond, tutored teammates, and routinely went above and beyond the basic team

Conference Session

Engineering Education Issues Relevant to Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Engineering: Part 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector Palala, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Amy Millmier Schmidt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Mara Zelt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bethany Zelt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Andrew Stiven Ortiz Balsero, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Maria Jose Oviedo Ventura, Cornell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

mentioned during the interviews, “...they [thestudents] are going to be the messengers that carry the message of AMR forward to their peers,into their homes, to their parents.” The curriculum incorporated storytelling elements in the formof narrative-based educational videos, retellings of student experiences, and humanizingpathogens in story building (Figure 5).Figure 4. Examples of the curriculum's utilization of storytelling elements. (Left) Discussionslides use human-scaling for pathogens to create context, (Right) narrative-based storytelling instudent activities.Preparing the students to become the “messengers” to their communities required the ability toarticulate the concept of AMR orally. With the goal of fostering communication skills

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge; Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Elizabeth Nilsen, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

faculty development, community building, peer review of learning materials, and dissemination of educational innovation. She is PI for the project ”Learning from the Best: How Award Winning Courseware has Impacted Engineering Education.” This research focuses on determining how high quality courseware is being disseminated and how it is impacting the culture of engineering education as measured by changes in student learning, teaching practices, and the careers of the authors of these materials.Elizabeth Nilsen, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Elizabeth Nilsen is Senior Program Officer for Epicenter at NCIIA. Her professional focus is on the de- velopment and growth of STEM and

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ali Self; Hannah Johnson; Molly McVey; Caroline Bennett

learning canstrengthen academic performance as well as provide social benefits (Gafney and Varma-Nelson2007, Haidet, Kubitz et al. 2014, Talbot, Hartley et al. 2015, Van Dusen, Langdon et al. 2015),particularly for low-performers (Conway, Johnson et al. 2010, Haidet, Kubitz et al. 2014). Inaddition, team-based learning is relevant to the development of interpersonal, communication,and leadership skills that are in high demand in the engineering industry (Kumar and Hsiao2007). In cooperative learning, students can create a network amongst their peers and develop anincreased sense of confidence, encouraging participation in class discussions (Astrachan, Duvallet al. 2002).In an effort to shift to an active learning culture, the classroom environment

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abdulrahman Alsharif, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Isil Anakok, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

involvesconfidence in taking on research challenges, learning new skills, and contributing to the project team.Finally, recognition by others plays a pivotal role in solidifying an engineering identity. It can be definedas “recognition (i.e., beliefs that they are seen as a good student in the subject by peers, parents, andteachers) as being the type of person that can do a particular subject” [17, p. 2]. In the context of thisstudy, recognition reflects both interpersonal validation from engineering peers and mentors as well aspersonal internalization of external recognition. Through others identifying their engineering talent andtechnical contributions, students begin to think of themselves as good engineers worthy of that field. Withengineering interest

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melody Baglione, Cooper Union

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

scoring rubric of teacher/assessor observations of student performance/behavior) and qualitative (semi-structured interviews and rapid ethnography) evaluation techniques. 3. It is performance assessment, since it uses a scoring rubric based on Bloom’s taxonomy to classify student cognitive understanding based on writing assignments and closely follows the design of the project from inception.6An external evaluator assessed the impact of the project by observing lectures, labs, and toursand by interviewing key informants. Initially, the course interventions were implemented by theprimary investigator (PI). In year 4, after the three-year implementation phase, the new courseinterventions were tested by a new lecturer and

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Anderson, Montana Engineering Education Research Center; Tariq Akmal, Washington State University; Phillip Himmer, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

. i knew how to do the math and one of the other group members was confident enough to check my math and they were much better at the write up portion so they focused on rewriting my explanations into a good lab write up. Unfotunatly we didn't collaborate far enough in advanced so we ended up writing it the night before and the morning of. But their working pre-med students. what can you do? meh. We worked well and met a handful of times as well as collaborated on a google document to get the report written. Group collaboration was a little frustrating. Out of three people, two of us did everything. It would be nice to include some peer evaluation of group mates. Not very good, we didn't know each

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Elahinia, University of Toledo; Constantin Ciocanel, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

)further developed laboratory and technical writing skills.”Prior to this redevelopment, as part of the subject-based approach, a classroom lecturepreceded each laboratory session. The lecture consisted of the review of the theorypertaining to each experiment to help students refresh their knowledge on the subject.Additionally the description and procedure of the laboratory experiment was coveredduring this lecture. Prior to each class, the lecture notes, along with the laboratoryprocedures, were posted on the course website. The step-by-step instructions for eachexperiment were provided to assist the students in setting up and conducting eachexperiment. Throughout the semester, eleven experiments were performed.The students wrote individual

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Kuester, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

3 Course ObjectivesENGR 4150 is taken concurrently with ENGR 4350 (Fluid Mechanics; three-hour lecture format),and the main objective of ENGR 4150 is to supplement the lecture course. This is evidenced in thecourse’s catalog description: “This lab investigates the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics with hands-on experiments in the areas of fluid statics, viscosity, buoyancy, Bernoulli’s equation, friction losses, and the concepts of lift and drag.”All course activities were designed with this description in mind. Three additional objectives arealso emphasized: technical writing, uncertainty analysis, and experimental design. The followingsubsections describe each of these

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia A. Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

data analysis showed differentpatterns between male and female students‟ peer relationships and support systems. Furthermore,male and female students also tended to adopt slightly different coping strategies relative to thedemanding course workload. While male students were more likely to form a quick socialnetwork and to build “learning relationships” with “like-minded” others most female studentstended to work alone and exclusively focused on academic work while not seeking more diverseand non-academic social networking opportunities. Each strategy seems to present some positiveand negative consequences.IntroductionDuring the last two decades, there has been growing consensus among engineering educators andpolicy makers that the retention

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunni Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lydia Soleil, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and is Assistant Director for the Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Formerly, he was Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Lewis-Clark State College. Dr. Utschig has regularly published and presented work on a variety of topics including assessment instruments and methodologies, using technology in the classroom, faculty development in instructional design, teaching diversity, and peer coaching. Dr. Utschig completed his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. His technical expertise involves analysis of thermal systems for fusion reactor designs.Donna

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhang, University of Louisville

complete Linux commandline tutorial, and how to install Ubuntu and programming in C and Linux. At the end of the first week,we also introduced topics on how to read research papers, how to write research papers, how to give aresearch talk, and how to prepare a research poster.We also hosted a virtual weekly seminar between the 2nd and the 9th week. PIs and the faculty mentorspresented various computer systems research areas in embedded and multicore systems; mobile andextensible distributed systems; cloud and data-intensive processing systems; machine learning; and 4memory, storage, and file systems. We also covered various computation, storage

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

reflection and metacognitionactivity in the engineering curriculum (Ambrose, 2013). The present researchaims to address this and investigate the outcomes.To this end, in a fluid mechanics course at a large southeastern university, in-classproblem-solving in a flipped classroom was coupled with intentionalmetacognitive skills instruction and repeated reflection to enhance undergraduatestudent metacognition. As part of this NSF IUSE study, intentional, step-by-stepinstruction in planning, monitoring, and evaluation was provided in conjunctionwith weekly exercises to support metacognitive skills development and problem-solving. Each week, students intentionally planned, monitored, or evaluated theirproblem-solving and were asked to reflect in writing

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Colorado School of Mines; M Brunhart-Lupo, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

grades over the course of the semester?Final grades for the course were determined through two individual assignments (20% of thefinal grade), and five team assignments (40% of the final grade), where every team memberreceives the same grade. The remaining 40% consisted of a combination of individual- and team-based grades: reflective journal, peer evaluation, mentor evaluation, and engineering graphics.Because assignments in engineering graphics contribute 20% to the final grade, and were gradedon a pass/fail basis, we compared student performance both with and without the graphics Page 26.1740.2grades.On an overall basis, we have not found a

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

minor in Education from the University of Florida in 1996. Previously, he served as Assistant Director of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEED Engineering Education Coalition. In addition to this work, he studies peer evaluation and longitudinal student records in engineering education.Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University Sherrill B. Biggers is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. His research interests include computational solid mechanics, progressive failure and nonlinear response of composite structures, and optimum design. He has taught courses in structural and solid mechanics, and finite element methods. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Duke

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jongwon Kim, Seoul National University; Dong Mok Kim, Seoul National University; Stefano Consiglio, Technical University of Berlin; Semih Severengiz, Technical University of Berlin; Guenther Seliger, Technical University of Berlin; Lalit Patil, University of Michigan; Debasish Dutta, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

International

studentsCombined with the considerable depth and diversity of the project task, the differences incultural backgrounds provide the students with formidable challenges, requiring a well-considered choice of candidates. The student selection process at SNU is somewhat tied to theBK-21 funding and associated faculty (more on BK-21 in Section 4). An effort is made toinclude graduate students from the research groups of every faculty involved in the BK-21program. The faculty recommend students for enrolment in GPD.In TUB and UM, the course is hugely oversubscribed and the challenge is to devise a good andfair selection process. In TUB, every student is required to write an application to explain theirmotivation for the GPD course and must provide an academic

Conference Session

Experiences of Diverse Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

purposefully avoidstreating minority gender identities as an afterthought13,25. The ability to select as many labels asappropriate prevents situations in which a respondent might have to choose between “Male” and“Transgender Male,” a situation that can be alienating. Our approach also balances length withinclusion13. In this configuration, a woman who identifies with her biological sex would be ableto select both “female” and “cisgender” to describe herself. If an individual’s gender identity didnot fall into the categories listed in the survey, they were prompted to write in their specificidentity next to “a gender not listed.” The phrasing of this item was crafted to treat write-inresponse as equally valid as the other options provided13.We defined

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Andre Millard, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

beginning this project, Dr. Genau began teaching a history-rich course called theEvolution of Engineering Materials as a technical elective within her department. The course wasoffered as a study abroad class in Germany (see [13], [14] for details) and very well received bystudents. Some of the content from that course informed the development of the new historycourses.The authors also surveyed the web to find out what equivalent courses, if any, were being offeredat regional peer institutions. Auburn University has a two-course Technology and Civilization(HIST 1210/1220) sequence that meets the same state-mandated core requirements, withmultiple sections of each offered every semester, indicating a high degree of student interest.Fruitful

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leyla F Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill L Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Technology. She received her B.S. in Engineering from Brown University, her M.S.E.E. from the University of Southern California, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1999. Her area of research is centered around the concept of humanized intelligence, the process of embedding human cognitive capability into the control path of autonomous systems. This work, which addresses issues of autonomous control as well as aspects of interaction with humans and the surrounding environment, has resulted in over 180 peer-reviewed pub- lications in a number of projects – from scientific rover navigation in glacier environments to assistive robots for the home. To date, her unique

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna B. Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Leslie Light, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

above. Type Definition Total Desirability A Advocacy groups and nonprofits 126 Medium B Scholarly books, handbooks, encyclopedias 26 High G Government websites and publications 194 High I Industry publications, specification data and websites 419 Medium M Magazines, newspapers and news sites 75 Low O Popular sites and blogs 144 Low P Peer reviewed articles and conference papers 165 High

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arvid Andersen

. Thesuccess of the project organized teaching on this semester is measured by the way in whichthe participants handle situations and problems that occur during execution of their team-based project. At the weekly mandatory meeting with the team supervisor, members of theteam are asked to rotate duties such as chairman and secretary functions. This is done toensure equity and responsibility and assessment. Twice during the semester group membersgrade each other using a self and peer assessment system provided. Further, students attendtutorial discussion sessions with oral presentation exercises, and they participate in arrangedgroup meetings to report on the progress of their group project to other groups. At thosegroup meetings full use of visual

Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Risa Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

) and they also complete a peer feedback form that goes back to thepresenter. This form, adapted from the U.S. Military Academy’s T4E evaluation form8, is usedas a tool to objectively provide critical feedback to the presenter, and also to give the workshopdevelopment team information on potential problem areas that could be the focus of newworkshops. In addition, each presenter’s session is video-recorded. At the end of the day,participants receive copies of their feedback and a DVD of their microteaching session. Thefinal assignment is for each participant to review the feedback, watch the DVD, and write andsubmit a one-page reflection that discusses the strengths and weaknesses of his or her ownsession, as well as any other observations from

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University; Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

meeting the program educational objectives.Project also covers all steps of design process (from idea generation to design, fabrication, andcompetition), and provides practical application of engineering principles to real-world designchallenges, students gain a valuable experience in: 1. problem identification and solving, 2. conceptual and detailed design, 3. procurement and fabrication, 4. resource and project management, 5. product testing, 6. developing oral and writing skills: report writing; presenting findings and vehicle design to peers, professors, and judges 7. outreach activitiesProject Activities DescriptionThe fall 2009 Moonbuggy frame team examined the frame designed by the last year’s team.Upon inspection of