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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elizabeth M. Hill, University of Minnesota - Duluth
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Chemical Engineering
course of a single semester so steps eight through ten of theVaughen’s Design Project Road Map are reserved for the capstone design course students takelater in the curriculum. If the topic chosen for the risk assessment is not for a chemical process, itstill needs to address the first seven steps and the instructor may provide insight on how to alterthe scope slightly to allow it to be approved.The students gain a base knowledge of the area of risk assessment prior to receiving the aboveassignment in a manner that caters to multiple learning styles as described by Felder andSilverman. The learning styles of this index were updated in 2003 and their applicability for theprescribed pre-work is shown by the bracketed text in the following
Conference Session
Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University
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Mechanical Engineering
final exam questions, are included.Preliminary findings indicate that in general this approach can work, but that there arecertain content areas in which the available resources are very weak. A summary ofresources used and student ratings of each will also be provided.BACKGROUNDThis paper describes work completed at Ohio Northern University (ONU), a small, private,comprehensive university focused on undergraduate education. At ONU, engineeringstudents are heavily involved in design projects throughout the curriculum. A course in thesenior year called “Process of Design” is required for all mechanical engineering students.This course provides content to accompany the capstone projects, a model that is notunique1.Previously, this course was
Conference Session
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
production 2. Lawbooth Makes legal consultation easy with an online platform 3. GoodEats Meats Brings local, high-quality, smoked barbecue to our Boulder and beyond 4. Innate Introduces information display to your bathroom mirror 5. Kitables Puts all of the components for your next DIY project in one, organized container shipped to your door 6. Pallas, Inc. Mitigates hair loss in chemotherapy patients with a novel cold cap technology 7. Surya Conversions Produces hybrid conversion kits for auto-rickshaws in developing countries 8. Vektor Tech Automates the
Conference Session
Labs & Hands-on Instruction II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Pong P. Chu, Cleveland State University
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Diversity
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Electrical and Computer
themas a cohesive framework to connect and integrate the individual courses. The lab framework willkeep the lecture content intact but update the experiments and projects to make students aware ofthe big picture, help them to relate the individual subjects, and apply and integrate the previouslearning in a new context. The labs spread over all hardware related courses, including freshman engineering,introductory digital systems, advanced digital systems, computer organization, embeddedsystems, hardware-software co-design, and senior capstone design. The complexities andabstraction levels of the experiments and projects gradually grow as students progress throughthe curriculum. The key concepts are repeated in different courses with increasing
Conference Session
Innovative Instructional Strategies for Integrating Sustainability
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Diane L. Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon J. Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Civil Engineering
and future generations. Currently a project-basedapproach to promoting student knowledge and skill in sustainability design is limited to upperlevel environmental engineering courses. The long-term goal is to introduce sustainability-related activities and projects throughout the curricula and to assess levels of expertise insustainability as students progress towards graduation. This longitudinal study will attempt to elucidate differences between Civil andEnvironmental teaching strategies implemented to integrate sustainability concepts in coursedelivery. Continual assessment will help identify more effective teaching methods and yearlysenior level capstone design course assessments will evaluate student skill in
Conference Session
Concurrent Virtual Sessions
Collection
2016 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Christoph Matthies, Hasso-Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany; Thomas Kowark, Hasso Plattner Institute; Matthias Uflacker, Hasso Plattner Institute for IT Systems Engineering
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International Forum Virtual Presentation
through Team-Project Work : Students’ Perceptions and TeacherâĂŹs Observations. International Journal of Engineering Education, 26:96–110, 2010.13. V. Mahnič. A Capstone Course on Agile Software Development Using Scrum. IEEE Transactions on Education, 55(1):99–106, 2012.14. V. Mahnič, S. Georgiev, and T. Jarc. Teaching Scrum in Cooperation with a Software Development Company. Organizacija, 43(1):40–48, 2010.15. G. Melnik and F. Maurer. A cross-program investigation of students’ perceptions of agile methods. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering, pages 481–488, may 2005.16. M. Paasivaara, V. Heikkilä, C. Lassenius, and T. Toivola. Teaching Students Scrum using LEGO Blocks. Companion Proceedings
Conference Session
Education Programs in BME
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Katherine E Reuther, Columbia University; Michael John Cennamo, Columbia University; Tiffany Wen-an Guo, Columbia University
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Diversity
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Biomedical
biomedical problems. During biomedical design, a range ofstrategies can be used to identify a problem and to generate and evaluate solutions. At ColumbiaUniversity, we have an established program for teaching biomedical design to undergraduateswhich culminates in our capstone ‘Senior Design’ course. However, no specified designexperience exists for terminal degree BME Master’s students. Design courses are traditionallytaught utilizing a textbook, lectures, and a team design project, with often limited time forinteractions between and among teams and instructors in the classroom. We also recognized thatthe background and educational and professional goals of undergraduates and graduate studentsare unique. Therefore, we saw a valuable opportunity to
Conference Session
Biomedical Division Poster Session
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; John Vozenilek
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Diversity
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Biomedical
, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Lecturer in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her career, Marcia has been active in improving undergraduate education through developing problem-based laboratories to enhance experimental design skills; developing a preliminary design course focused on problem identification and market space (based on an industry partner’s protocol); and mentoring and guiding student teams through the senior design capstone course and a translational course following senior design. To promote biomedical/bioengineering, Marcia works with Women in Engineering to offer outreach activities and is engaged at the national level as Executive Director of the biomedical
Conference Session
Innovative Graduate Programs and Methods, Developing Master's & Ph.D. Programs and Graduate Teaching Assistants
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi
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Graduate Studies
programs are non-thesis Masters Programs, with only a few requiring a capstone project. Although not conclusivefrom this data we can see that in general, the graduate degree programs offered in logistics &transportation have a heavy focus on workplace readiness by encouraging interaction withrelevant corporations and by helping working professionals to further advance their careers in thelogistics & transportation fields.IntroductionUS domination in manufacturing in the 1980s were declining steadily until recently due to themass outsourcing of US products and services to overseas countries (see figure 1). On the otherhand the logistics transportation sector is booming in the US (see table 1) [1]. Even though massoutsourcing is blamed for
Conference Session
Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alma H. Rosales, Colorado State University; Andrea M. Leland, Colorado State University; Olivera Notaros, Colorado State University, ECE Department; Richard F. Toftness, IEEE High Plains Section; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Michael A. De Miranda Ph.D., Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University; Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University; James Warren Weston, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University
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Educational Research and Methods
Engineering has worked for years to continuouslyimprove its approach to professional formation, relying heavily on input from constituentsranging from alumni and corporate partners to faculty and current students. The most influentialstakeholder group has been the department’s Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), and for the pastdecade the IAB has driven a number of initiatives designed to teach and build capacities forprofessional skills, often called “soft skills.” As shown in Table 2, the IAB’s recommendationshave been delivered in silos, mostly via the senior design capstone experience. ECE 202 CircuitTheory Applications – which now includes a project design component in the sophomore year –has served as the vital lower-level course for introducing
Conference Session
Aerospace Engineering Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elizabeth Scott Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Aerospace
avionics, are segmented into separate design tasks. Technical componentdesign teams must iteratively integrate critical information from adjacent technical systems into theirdecision-making process.31 Thus, communication of knowledge about the design of an aerospace vehicleneeds to occur through time as the design evolves.Aerospace engineering capstone design courses are typically one to two semester courses that askstudents to design an aerospace vehicle using a given set of requirements while interacting on a team.While there is some variability in the requirements of a design task, most capstone design projects coverthe conceptual design phase of the aerospace engineering design process.33 Fixed wing design courseprojects generally ask students
Conference Session
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy, Engineering Science, Careers, and Technical Pathways
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University - Northridge; Vidya K Nandikolla, California State University - Northridge; George Youssef, San Diego State University; Peter L. Bishay, California State University - Northridge
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
realizing their design through 3D printing. In this module, a historic background about 3D printers is first introduced, and then the impact of 3D printers on third industrial revolution is discussed. Students will be able to immediately hold, evaluate, test and use their designs as well as share it with each other and the world. 3. Capstone Design Project The main goal of the third module is to design an assistive technology mechanical object to help people with special needs. Each group of students deliver well-defined 3D solid models, fully functional assistive technology device, formal design report, and formal design presentation.Survey Findings & AnalysisThis paper was written at the
Conference Session
Writing and Communication I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
students improve their technical writing skills. Thispaper details a comprehensive study of a GTA training program implemented in a largemechanical engineering department. Situated within the field of Writing Across theCurriculum/Writing in the Disciplines, the program was developed to meet the unique needs ofthe department’s GTAs and address perceived deficiencies in undergraduate student writing byteaching best practices in writing evaluation. Two methods were used to assess the efficacy ofthis program: 1) Qualitative methods such as interviews and an open-ended survey were used togain the perspective of the GTAs and their students on a variety of issues; and 2) A summativeassessment compared Senior Capstone Design final reports completed prior
Conference Session
Instrumentation Technical Session
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow
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Instrumentation
Paper ID #16899Designing Communications and Power for an Instrumentation System forNatural Resources Research in a Remote Mountainous LocationDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he teaches subjects in He received the PhD Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electrical power systems, and analog/mixed signal electronics. He has taught senior capstone design since 1985 at several universities. c
Conference Session
Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Heather Marie Sapp, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
analytic rubric and having to provide freeformcomments upon a student artifact. The evaluation criteria are limited, through use of a rubric, tothose considered key for reviewing the assignment, but feedback can be easily provided in thosecases where student performance within a particular criterion is either above or belowexpectations. Projects of sufficiently long duration, such as term projects or capstones, are theassignments that would be the “best fit” for applying single point rubrics, as there would besufficient time for students to utilize the formative feedback to improve their project or theirperformance.In summary, the authors believe that there is considerable potential in adopting single pointrubrics for formative assessment purposes
Conference Session
Subjects in 3D Printing and ET Programs
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University
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Diversity
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Engineering Technology
candrastically reduce those costs and timeframes. In this project, functional prototype inserts forinjection molding were developed and analyzed with CAD/CAE software. These molds were 3Dprinted and tested using a commercial plastic injection molding machine. Calculations forcompression, shrinkage, and cooling of the inserts were used to establish initial information fordevelopment of the molding conditions. There were measurements taken on the inserts and themolded parts to validate calculations and specified dimensions. This development procedure willserve as guideline for future parts. The project was taken as a senior project, and it is expectedthat the results will allow a plastic injection molding company to rapidly and efficiently producea short
Conference Session
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Constanza Miranda, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile
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Diversity
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
strong basis in mathematics and science4,7. Whether this is the current case or not,even conventional curriculum relies heavily on the design process, as most of the sub-disciplinesin engineering require the practicality of design skills in modeling and converting ideas intorealities. Additionally, ABET (specialized accreditation agency for programs for engineeringworldwide) has encouraged the existence of capstone project-based courses to ensure thatgraduates are prepared for real-world, practical applications of engineering principles inindustry8,9,10.    Beyond the importance of science and mathematics fundamentals, global efforts are changingengineering education by emphasizing professional skills and active learning. In 1997, ABETchanged to
Conference Session
Using Laboratories for Instruction in Mechanical Engineering
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Vidya K Nandikolla, California State University, Northridge; Vibhav Durgesh, California State University, Northridge
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Diversity
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Mechanical Engineering
of an undergraduate curriculum in mechatronics systems engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 88(2), 173-179. 4. Hargrove, J. B. (2002). Curriculum, equipment and student project outcomes for mechatronics education in the core mechanical engineering program at Kettering University. Mechatronics, 12(2), 343-356. 5. Mariappan, J., & Flint, M. I. (1997). A laboratory for mechatronics courses. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 6. Bishop, W., Nespoli, O., & Parker, W., (2012). Rubrics for accreditation and outcomes assessment in engineering capstone projects. Proceeding of Canadian Engineering Education Association Conference. APPENDIX
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Writing and Communication II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S Harichandran P.E., University of New Haven; Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; David J. Adams, Technical Communications Consultant; Amanda Simson, The University of New Haven
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
– engineering situation. Some decisions are Design a pumping system to fill a rooftop Sophomore, Fall required to develop the model or use the water storage tank, optimizing pipe size model to optimize a design. with economic constraints. ELEC 3371: Computer 2 project reports documenting project Interface microcontrollers for serial Engineering Lab work done in course. Projects involve communication and interrupt based timer. Course – Junior Year, microcontroller interfacing. Fall ELEC 4497: Capstone Collaboratively authored engineering Design audio amplifier, quad-copter, Design Course – Senior design proposal in the fall. wireless power
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Greg L. Saylor, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
. The S-STEM program offers four separate tracks: Bachelor’s degree with a Master of Science,Bachelor’s degree with a Master of Business Administration and Graduate Certificate inEntrepreneurship, Bachelor’s degree with a Minor in Entrepreneurship, and a Bachelor’s degreewith Advanced Graduate School Preparation. Thus, each track students complete all standard BSdegree requirements, and a research- and team-based senior capstone experience that meetsABET standards for integration of technical knowledge: safety, environmental, and healthcompliance; economics and business considerations; teamwork; and project management. Thebiomedical, chemical and environmental programs offer both a research-based and the regulardesign-based senior capstone
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Farhan Azhar, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kristofer Tite, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Alaina M Schiano; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
include process monitoring and control for injection molding, plastic prod- uct design, and injection mold design. He is an inventor on three patents and author of over thirty publi- cations.Dr. Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, LowellDr. Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Sammy G. Shina, P.h.D., P.E., is the professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mas- sachusetts Lowell and has previously lectured at University of Pennsylvania’s EXMSE Program and at the University of California Irvine. He is the coordinator of the Design and Manufacturing Certificate, the Quality Engineering Certificate, the ME senior Capstone Projects and COOP education at UML. He is a past chairman of
Conference Session
Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Janet L. Gbur, Case Western Reserve University; Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University
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Diversity
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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
, June 12-15, 2005, Portland, OR. Available from: https://peer.asee.org/1465013. Dutson AJ, Todd RH, Magleby SP, Sorensen CD. 1997. A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design through Project‐Oriented Capstone Courses. Journal of Engineering Education. 86(1):17-28. Available from: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.33.3949&rep=rep1&type=pdf14. Kunst BS, Goldberg JR. 2003. Standards Education in Senior Design Courses. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 22(4):114-117.15. Kelly W. 2003. Incorporating Engineering Standards in the Major Design Experience. In: Proceedings of the 110th ASEE Annual Conference, June 22-25, 2003, Nashville, TN. Available from
Conference Session
Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach
Collection
2016 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Ohlone College
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International Forum
Experience in the Introduction Engineering Course atOhlone CollegeThe RET experience was an invaluable experience that supported the pedagogical methodologiesof humanitarian Engineering and Context Based Learning. Community College Faculty engagedin research on Sustainable Manufacturing which was easily embedded in the Introduction toEngineering Course as a topic under Engineering Ethics and Engineering Design. Students had toinclude different aspects of sustainability in their Capstone Projects which was underlined byhumanitarian engineering theme. The research experience at UC Berkeley provided Faculty withan in depth understanding of global sustainability issues which faculty discussed in the classroom and provided students with a better
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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Paula Alvarez Pino, UAB Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center; Andrew J. Sullivan; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama - Birmingham
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Diversity
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Environmental Engineering
. Principles of Sustainable Development 2. Introduction to Sustainable Smart Cities 3. Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Systems 4. Managing Natural Resources and Sustainable Smart Cities 5. Green Infrastructure and Transportation 6. Green Buildings 7. Health & Livability 8. Smart Technologies for Cities & Buildings 9. Big Data & Smart Cities 10. Research Methods & Project PlanningCapstone Research Project– during the capstone research project the students will design andimplement a piece of research that will enable them to reflect on the knowledge and skillswhich they have learned during the taught modules and apply them to a real world problem orissue. This research may
Conference Session
Issues in Engineering Technology Education I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephen E. Frempong, State University of New York - Canton
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Diversity
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Engineering Technology
Safety 1 16 Semester (7)Fall Course Course Title Credits Number SOET 361 Project Management 3 Program Elective 3 ELEC 386 Electronic Communications II 3 ELEC 416 Microelectronics Circuit Design 3 GER 3 15Semester(8)SpringCourse Course Title CreditsNumber Program Elective 3 Program Elective 3ELEC 477 Capstone Project 3SOET 370
Conference Session
Innovations in Engineering Education
Collection
2016 EDI
Authors
Stephen M. Phillips P.E., Arizona State University; Kyle D Squires, Arizona State University; Marco Saraniti, Arizona State University
classresearch projects. What constitutes an "online" program is not always well-defined. In addition, the percentage of online content for any academicprogram changes frequently.The vast majority of ABET-accredited programs are offered mostly on-site.The following ABET-accredited programs are offered in a 100-percent onlineformat. This list is updated annually in October.FULTON schools of engineering electrical, computer and energy engineering ABET and online programs In fall 2013FULTON schools of engineering electrical, computer and energy engineering ABET accredited 100% online programs ABET considers several programs to be 100% online: www.abet.org/online As of
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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Ways to Measure "Things" About Your Course(s)
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Justin J. Henriques, James Madison University; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University
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First-Year Programs
education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. She is currently engaged in course development and instruction for the junior design sequence (ENGR 331 and 332) and the freshman design experience, along with coordinating junior capstone at JMU. In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University.Dr. Justin J. Henriques, James Madison UniversityDr. Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University Dr. Kyle Gipson is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University (United States) in
Conference Session
Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation
Collection
2016 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Mandy Liu, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET); Liang-Jenq Leu, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University; Charlie Than, Myanmar Engineering Council
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International Forum
-based education in Taiwan. Specifically, the agency has been payingmuch attention to the program’s training of students’ graduate attributes through CapstoneCourse in recent years. Although Capstone Course is not something new to manyprograms, only few programs have linked the assessment of the course with attainment ofgraduate attributes. Now through the requirement of the IEET accreditation criteria, allprograms must have Capstone Course and must use the assessment of the Course to showcompliance with the IEET’s requirements of graduate attributes. Due to the political situation, higher education in Myanmar has gone through a periodof uncertainty and instability. However, as the political and economical situations changedin recent years
Conference Session
Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in ET
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; April Tallant, Western Carolina University
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Engineering Technology
course) or to fulfill an Honors contract through a required major course in order tocomplete the 24 credit hours required to receive the Honors Diploma [3]. With engineeringcurriculum requiring 17-18 credit hours per semester, engineering students have little to nocapacity for completing the Honors Path through extra course work and typically couple Honorscontract projects with their engineering courses. Honors contract projects are mentored bysponsoring faculty mentors and are closely related to the faculty members’ engineering practiceand/or research efforts. The Honors contract projects are often (although optionally) presentedorally to the entire class, which is not only beneficial to the students who conduct them, but alsoinspirational for
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Works in Progress: Classroom Practice
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Emily Dringenberg, Kansas State University; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Valparaiso University
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Educational Research and Methods
to engage with. Improving undergraduateengineering education requires a better understanding of the ways in which studentsexperience ill-structured problems in the form of engineering design. With specialattention to the experiences of first-year engineering students, prior exploratory workidentified two critical thresholds that distinguished students’ ways of experiencing designas less or more comprehensive: accepting ambiguity and recognizing the value ofmultiple perspectives.The goal of current (work-in-progress) research is to develop and pilot a self-reportinstrument to assess students’ relation to these two thresholds at the completion of an ill-structured design project within the context of undergraduate engineering education