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Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William K. Durfee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Benjamin Adams, University of Minnesota; Audrey J. Appelsies, University of Minnesota; Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

Spring 2010, a baselinemeasure was taken of capstone design project reports. The evaluation team consisted of onemechanical engineering faculty (a disciplinary "insider") and two experts in college-level writing(disciplinary "outsiders"). Design reports were rated on a two point scale (“sufficient” or“insufficient”) using criteria derived from the list of desired writing abilities. Included in theresults were that students were most successful in applying knowledge of physics, mathematicsand engineering to their writing (rated sufficient in more than 80% of the samples) and leastsuccessful in summarizing key points (rated sufficient in less than 40% of the samples).Every six years the mechanical engineering undergraduate program goes through

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Design Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

Interdisciplinary Environment Along with Media Art and Marketing, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2007 3. Todd, R. H., Magleby S. P., Sorenson C. D., Swan B. R., and Anthony D. K.: A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America, Journal of Engineering Education, 84(2), 165 – 174, 1995 4. Amon C., Wesner J., and Hoff R.: Identifying and Implementing Projects for a Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Projects Course at Carnegie Mellon, Proceedings of the Page 22.1181.7 ASEE Annual Conference, 2006 5. Frei F. X.: The Four Things a Service Business Must Get

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Karen L. Tonso, Wayne State University; Peggy Noel Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University

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NSF Grantees

products or outputs. Suchevidence will allow you to refine the tool to ensure that it is being used as intended and willeliminate the need to second guess that question when you analyze the evidence to decide if thetool is working and why it is working. Table 3. Possible sources of evidence considered by workshop participants related to the goals for Task 1  in the case study (Appendix) were:    • Pre‐ and post‐tests as evidence of improvement in achieving learning outcomes for the  engineering science courses.    • Written reports for mini‐projects in engineering science classes that includes description of their  problem solving methodology/approach to document understanding of the process.  • In capstone design

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Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Lori Smolleck, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

different paths.The faculty of ENGR 100 felt that the course would benefit from a “capstone” designexperience that was not specific to any particular discipline. This type of project hasbeen successfully implemented at a number of institutions in the past, to great educationalbenefit [3-6]. While each of the “seminars” was expected to have a systematicengineering design experience, the extent to which these were internalized by thestudents as teaching of design and teamwork as opposed to teaching only the major- Page 22.746.2related technical content, was limited. Therefore, the faculty sought to incorporate aproject where use of both teamwork and design

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Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth R. Leitch, West Texas A&M University; Rhonda B Dittfurth, West Texas A&M University; Freddie J Davis P.E., West Texas A&M University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

curriculum.Even more modest approaches to improved technical writing skills of engineering students have been utilized withmeasurable improvements. The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) developed an engineering technicalstyle writing guide in conjunction with the university writing center6. Similarly, Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity developed a style guide in conjunction with humanities and communications faculty7. The University ofMaine has developed a partnership between the Civil Engineering Department and the English Department toimprove the technical laboratory writing skills of freshmen students8. The University of Houston9 has developed apartnership between its writing center and a multidisciplinary engineering capstone course in order

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-1625: IMPROVING STUDENT RETENTION IN STEM DISCI-PLINES: A MODEL THAT HAS WORKEDAndrew Kline, Western Michigan University Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering PhD, Michigan Technological UniversityBetsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is an associate professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, where she teaches first-year engineering and coordinates capstone design project courses. Dr. Aller’s research interests include professional development of students to enter and succeed in the engineering workplace, and enhancing engineering and technology-related experiences for women and minorities.Dr. Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University

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Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter W. Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Computers in Education

. Page 22.709.5 Figure 4 GForge system.2.2 GForgeGForge is a collaborative software application in the cloud originally created for SourceForge. Itincludes multiple tools which engineering students find useful, especially for capstone projects.GForge integrates administrative tasks (user management, security, etc.), issue tracking,document storage, file storage, a wiki, and a subversion repository into a single online system.Students can then use the GForge system to store project artifacts as a project evolves.GForge and related systems have been used in multiple environments for capstone projects.11, 12From a faculty standpoint, the GForge system allows a faculty member limitless access toanalyze student

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Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cordelia M. Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

Page 22.1412.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Teaming in an Engineering Programming CourseAbstractVarious formats of teaming have been explored in engineering courses. Engineeringcourses with teaming have varied from project oriented to capstone design to courses thattarget first year students. Laboratory oriented courses have also extensively utilizedteaming. The formation of teams has also varied from self-selected to instructor selectedto computer software team formation tool selected. Outside of pair programming, verylittle has been studied or reported on the benefits of students working on programmingassignments together. In an earlier study, a model for integrating teaming in

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Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

assessment, sustainable product de- velopment, and active learning. Page 22.137.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Active Learning through SAE Baja CompetitionIntroductionActive learning is described as finding ways of engaging students in the learning process toimprove the results of the process. Active learning has become popular as an organizedmethodology in engineering education in the last few years. It is an important approach toprepare better engineers. Competitions, course projects sponsored by industry, capstone projects,laboratory exercises simulating real-life

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Omar M. Ashour, Pennsylvania State University ; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Wei Chen, Northwestern University

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NSF Grantees

requirement to an early cornerstone or later capstone design experience as a result,making these courses an ineffective “catch all” for many ABET requirements. In this paper, weaddress this issue in a novel way by synthesizing concepts from archaeology with advances incyber-enhanced product dissection to implement new educational innovations that integrateglobal, economic, environmental, and societal concerns into engineering design-related coursesusing product archaeology.1 Introduction and MotivationOutcome h in the requirements of ABET [1] has become a significant challenge to manyengineering departments. Providing effective, useful, and engaging educational experiences tounderstand the global, economic, environmental, and societal impact of

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Topics Related to Telecommunications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O. Everly, University of Cincinnati; Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

. Page 22.496.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Development of Low-Cost Radio Frequency Test EquipmentAbstractThis paper focuses on the construction of low-cost radio frequency test equipment which will besubsequently used to conduct performance measurements on a 7 MHz Radio Frequency (RF)transceiver. The transceiver project provides a "Project Based Learning" RF capstone experiencefor students in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology. The Transceiver Projecttogether with performance testing is structured to support course goals and objectives of "Topicsof RF Communications" offered as a technical elective at the beginning of the senior year. Eachstudent enrolled in the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allan T. Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Robert O. Warrington, Michigan Technological University; Richard N. Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; A. Kulacki, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Perry, P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

(faculty, space, andlaboratory) required with this approach. Many believe that their school’s senior capstone coursesdeliver project-based learning experiences. There was an interest in flexibility in the curriculum,so that students can take specialized courses such as entrepreneurship courses if they so desire.There was a stated need for text modules, not textbooks, to integrate innovative material into thetraditional courses. A recommendation was made to aggregate best practices from differentinstitutions to be shared among peers. Interestingly, department heads also mentioned that oneof the larger barriers to change within the curriculum and pedagogical approach is faculty.Another question was if the professional school model, similar to

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Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua A. Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Jessica A Kuczenski, Century College; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

Portfolios in Academic Advising, Self-Guided Learning, and Self-AssessmentAbstractAs part of our undergraduate program’s commitment to producing quality engineers who havebegun to look beyond entry-level jobs, we have recently launched the Notre Dame ElectronicPortfolio (NDeP) project. In its second year in the chemical engineering department,implementation of the program for new sophomores was informed by the pilot year andimproved in both scope and execution. We have further collected data at the start and end ofthese sophomores’ first semester to track changes in student perceptions as they relate to many ofthe desired outcomes of our accredited engineering programs. We have found that this semestermarks several changes in

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric C. Dierks, University of Texas, Austin; Jason M. Weaver, University of Texas, Austin; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

, sun-tracking equipment, and adaptive protection while vibrationharvesters may be fitted with self-tuning and bandwidth widening capabilities55.3: Project-centered Learning Case for Energy Harvesting Energy harvesting was incorporated into the Capstone Design course at the United StatesAir Force Academy in the 2009-10 academic year by Dr. Dan Jensen. The project-centeredcourse focuses on identifying and developing innovative opportunities to harvest energy in orderto power structural health monitoring systems on highway bridges. Wireless sensor nodes areused to acquire and transmit strain, crack, and corrosion data to a host computer offsite. Thistype of project is of particular interest as much of the nation‟s infrastructure

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Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Computers in Education

delivery of a new graduate biomedical engineering masters degree with a focus on the medical device development Page 22.261.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011A Preliminary Assessment of the CATME Peer Evaluation Tool EffectivenessAbstractIn project intensive courses student teams are used to enable completion of significant work and,hopefully, significant learning in one semester. Faculty desire to use peer evaluations and self-evaluations to assess how much each team member contributes to the overall effort and successof the project. Ideally, the evaluations and assessments will lead

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Julius Marpaung; Louis Johnson; William Flanery

Capstone Design Project,” in Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 1999.19. Wang, A.I., Øfsdahl, T., Mørch-Storstein, O.K. (2008). "An Evaluation of a Mobile Game Concept for Lectures." IEEE 21st Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEET), pp.197-204, 14-17 April 2008.20. Zea, N.P., Sanchez, J.L.G., Gutierrez, F.L. (2009). "Collaborative Learning by Means of Video Games: An Entertainment System in the Learning Processes." Ninth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), pp.215-217, 15-17 July 2009.21. Ramirez, C.G.R., Almonte, J.B., Tugade, R.R., Atienza, R.O. (2010). "Implementation of a digital game-based learning

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Linda Huglin, Boise State University; Drew Borresen, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees

University of Northern Colorado.Donald Plumlee, Boise State University Dr. Plumlee is certified as a Professional Engineer in the state of Idaho. He has spent the last ten years es- tablishing the Ceramic MEMS laboratory at Boise State University. Dr. Plumlee is involved in numerous projects developing micro-electro-mechanical devices in LTCC including an Ion Mobility Spectrometer and microfluidic/chemical micro-propulsion devices funded by NASA. Prior to arriving at Boise State University, Dr. Plumlee worked for Lockheed Martin Astronautics as a Mechanical Designer on struc- tural airframe components for several aerospace vehicles. He developed and improved manufacturing processes for the Atlas/Centaur rocket program

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Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, University of Texas, El Paso; Ricardo Pineda, University of Texas, El Paso; Ahsan Choudhuri, University of Texas, El Paso

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College Industry Partnerships

corporations to work in teams on an actual company project, usually occurring during the summer period and lasting a minimum of 500 professional practice hours for the students. Students are expected to prepare briefings for technical leaders and executives in the sponsoring company in addition to the creation of written internal memoranda or technical reports. We consider the practice to be similar to a capstone project except that students are placed in realistic environments where they interact with practicing engineers and their customers, and are exposed to the dynamics of leading, advocating, communicating, and dealing with technical and non-technical issues in a multidisciplinary team. Appropriate Mix of Research and

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Green Renewable Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepak Gupta, Southeast Missouri State University; Ragu Athinarayanan, Southeast Missouri State University; Bradley J. Deken, Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Technology

.” Afterthis time, we will utilize our faculty expertise to periodically review and update the content ofthe training materials and the course materials.Activities to support student senior capstone projects will not incur any additional costs as theseare activities that IET engages in during every Fall and Spring semesters. Industries do notcharge a fee for sponsoring capstone projects or charge for hosting a team of students on-site foran entire semester. The University has been doing this for more than 20 years and this has been avery successful program.Industrial Advisory Committee meetings are part of the department’s regular annual activity andare funded through the departmental budget. No additional costs will be incurred to continue

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Samuel Lee, University of California, San Diego

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

timeconstraints of the summer program as well as the students’ knowledge base, PBL is applied onlythrough the capstone projects and some hands-on activities. Regardless, the components of theprogram that are based within PBL concepts show high effectiveness in helping the students tosynthesize information and formulate knowledge of geophysics and earthquake engineering.4. Curriculum Context within National Science and Mathematics StandardsThe curriculum for the summer program, though including some advanced topics, is developedwithin the framework of national standards for both science and mathematics education for 9ththrough 12th grade students. The development of a hands-on curriculum helps to fulfill many ofthe Content Standards for science, including

Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University; Rema Nilakanta, Iowa State University; Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-1849: BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF GO!: AN INNOVA-TIVE ONLINE PUBLICATION TO ATTRACT TEENS TO TRANSPORTA-TIONShashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University Shashi Nambisan, PhD, PE, is Director of the Institute for Transportation and a Professor of Civil Engi- neering the at Iowa State University. He enjoys working with students and he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of Transportation systems as well as undergraduate capstone design courses. Dr. Nambisan has led efforts on over 150 research projects. He has taught over a dozen under- graduate and graduate courses in various areas related to transportation systems as well as undergraduate capstone design courses. He also has been very

Conference Session

Learning Outside the Classroom

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering learning outcomes. Senior mechanical engineering students participating in asenior capstone project were shown to ascribe high value to the learning outcomes of theexperience. Personal and professional skill gains were ranked higher than their technicaloutcomes with female students having statistically higher scores than their male classmates.Engineering co-op students (mostly rising seniors) revealed that a co-op experience was alsohighly valued overall with females rating the five most highly ranked outcomes (all professional Page 22.454.3skills) significantly higher than their male classmates.While these two contexts are not service

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SE Tools and Techniques

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Markstrum, Bucknell University; Gary M. Haggard, Bucknell University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

seamless integration of the codedeveloped by different groups. Additionally, user testing of prototype implementations adds asense of real development to the project. Since simple graph theory topics are an important aspectof a computer science education, the project also gives an opportunity for the students to presenttheir tool at local and regional computer science meetings that encourage student participation.1 IntroductionMany computer science programs include some type of capstone course in the senior year as a wayto challenge their students to apply all of the knowledge they have gained on a substantial project.However, there are typically not many opportunities in the second and third year of these programsto introduce students to a team

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jimmy Bill Linn, East Carolina University; Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University; Janet Hooper Sanders, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

/methods engineer, machine tool design engineer, manufacturing engineer, technical partner, project director, vice-president and consultant. His present re- search interests are enhancing manufacturing and business processes through lean principles and theory of constraints, and the pursuit of quality and variation control through six-sigma. Merwan has conducted 2-day post conference value stream mapping workshops for the Institute of Indus- trial Engineers (IIE) for their Lean/Operational Excellence Conference since 2001 at various companies all over the US. He is an ASQ Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt and a SME Certified Manufacturing Engi- neer.Dr. Janet Hooper Sanders, East Carolina University Janet H. Sanders

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanna Long, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science & Technology; Hector J. Carlo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Scott E. Grasman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University - Pueblo; Laura J Collins, Center for Research and Learning

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NSF Grantees

Plant Layout Facilities Planning EMGT 357 EN 475 ININ 4040 35422The new course, Energy and Sustainable Management Systems, was developed at Missouri S&Tas the equivalent of a capstone sustainability course. This course focuses on student learningoutcomes that define sustainability from the user, environmental, and economic perspectives andexplore the management of global supply chains when modeled as energy-intensivesociotechnical systems. Page 22.1633.3Year One Results: Indications of Change ResistanceRather than begin with integrated projects for all campuses, the partnership opted to integratethree

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sean K. Turner

aspecific need. Alternatively, concentrations in a new subject can be addressed by formulating acore body of knowledge. An even faster way to begin focusing content on a new area is to adaptexisting coursework that is intrinsically flexible; for example, using capstone design and specialtopic electives. To meet the need for developing Sustainability Engineers, Rowan University isusing the Engineering Clinic program to bring together both undergraduate and graduate studentsto work on projects directly related to Sustainability Engineering. The Center for SustainableDesign located at the South Jersey Technology Park was created to focus on a broad collection ofsustainable engineering projects primarily in the photovoltaic and wind energy areas

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Modeling and Problem-Solving

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

University of California at Berkeley.Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern UniversityJennifer Cole, Northwestern University Jennifer Cole is the Assistant Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. Dr. Cole’s primary teaching is in capstone design, and her research interest are in engineering design education. Page 22.688.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Exploring Senior Engineering Students’ Conceptions of ModelingAbstractModeling is a pervasive feature of engineering that

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Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

application of teaming skills. Courses whichencompass a major team engineering project are a natural point in the curriculum to includeteaming instruction.Because of these constraints, the curriculum which is described in this paper is designed to beinterspersed within the existing coursework of a senior seminar or capstone course whichincludes a major team project as its focus. The tradeoff with this approach is that the teaminginformation presented must be limited to what is most salient and necessary for graduates on thecusp of entering the work force. Students are provided with targeted readings in an effort toprovide an additional degree of depth.The eight teaming lessons outlined in the curriculum in Appendix A are designed to be presentedas

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammie Lea Cumming, New York City College of Technology, CUNY; Iem Heng, New York City College of Technology; Rachel Tsang, New York City College of Technology, CUNY

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Electrical and Computer

activities to include a mid-stage level assessment within the CET full assessment cycle of activities; and 9. Continuing to consult with the Advisory Board members and inviting them to view student capstone project presentation. This invitation was well-received during Fall 2009, and the insight provided by Advisory Committee members was helpful to the program.The CET department and CET faculty are confident that coordination with the Assessment andInstitutional Research (AIR) office, and feedback from our program constituents, will make theprogram more effective and efficient resulting in a superior learning experience for our students.6. AcknowledgementThe authors appreciate greatly the support from the faculty in the

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ELOS Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Brackett, Bradley University; David Zietlow, Bradley University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

project. Having meetingswith your teammates is a necessity to accomplish all tasks set throughout the project timeline.Members of the team develop the skills necessary to work effectively in such teams, preparingthem for their senior year capstone project. Each member of the team has their own specialty andaspect on the project. Prior to this design project one lab session is devoted to a team buildingexercise where the students learn the essential components to successful teamwork. The project is divided into three sections that are intertwined and necessary to meet thedesired outcome for the pump and pipe system. The first report the students will be required toaccomplish is the analytical model. The analytical model will predict