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FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Burford J. Furman, San Jose State University; Ping Hsu, San Jose State University; Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

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First-Year Programs

for Engineering Education, 2013 How Important is the WOW Factor in First Year Engineering Courses?AbstractThis paper discusses the effectiveness of using projects with a “wow factor,” that is, engagingand challenging hands-on projects, in a freshman engineering course to excite students aboutengineering and to motivate student retention and persistence. The course, offered at San JoséState University, enrolls approximately 700 students per year in a lecture/laboratory format.Projects include a solar cell evaluation, and the design, construction and testing of a scaled windturbine and an autonomous robot. Impact of the course content on students’ knowledge andattitudes about engineering is

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Scott Bell; Tim Frey; Angie Miller; Eugene Vasserman

 Developed quality lesson plans for programming activities Used art/music context for learning programming2  Took over most of the teaching by week 4 Utilized pair programming3, 4  Received field service credit Thumb drives with Scratch allowed work at home  Majority of teaching by week 4 Pairs developed a final project of their own design  Post-camp interest in using Scratch in future jobs  Less afraid of programming concepts

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Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; James William Schwoebel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ethan James Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anish Joseph, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ajit Vakharia, Georgia Institute of Technology; Steve M. Potter PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #7102Developing Interdisciplinary Research Partners: The Learning by InnovativeNeuro Collaborations Research UREDr. Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology Barbara Burks Fasse is the Director of Learning Sciences Innovation and Research in the Coulter De- partment of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Georgia Tech. Dr. Fasse studies the efficacy and value of student-centered learning initiatives and reform pedagogy, specifically Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning, in classrooms, instructional labs, capstone design, and undergraduate research experiences. She joined the BME faculty in 2007

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gene Fisher

, which have chronicled ourprogress6,7,8,9. Over its years of being offered, we have focused to varying degrees on a numberof educational objectives. From the perspective of the students in the course, the objectivesinclude: 1. apply the skills learned in introductory software engineering courses to a real-world software project 2. work with an external customer, on a project of specific interest to that customer 3. work in project teams of varying sizes, including in teams comprised of upper-class and lower-class students of software engineering 4. learn skills of project management 5. enhance technical skills of software development 6. deploy a working product of some formThe first objective is very common to

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Andy S. Zhang; Ali Harb; Iem Heng; Farrukh Zia; Alex Wong

Farrukh Zia iheng@citytech.cuny.edu fzia@citytech.cuny.edu NYC College of Technology NYC College of Technology 186 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 186 Jay Street, Brooklyn NY 11201Abstract: This paper discusses the use of microcontrollers from Digilent Inc. to engageundergraduate students in researches on mechatronics design and applications through hands-ondesign projects. Mechatronics technology has been identified as the top ten emerging technologyof the 21st century. Almost all high tech products made in today are mechatronics products innature on which microcontrollers are embedded into the products to function as the brain of

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Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly B Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #78672D Paper Trusses for K12 STEM EducationDr. Kelly B Crittenden, Louisiana Tech UniversityDr. Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech UniversityDr. David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University Page 23.2.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 2D Paper Trusses for K12 STEM EducationIntroductionTruss projects have long been used as a hands-on demonstration in K12 school systems. Thereare truss projects that use spaghetti and marshmallows1, computer simulations2, manila folders3,and the ubiquitous Popsicle

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Masakatsu Matsuishi, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Hiroko Fudano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Jun Fudano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Scott Clark, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard Eugene Stamper P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Curriculum Development

Paper ID #8254An Interim Report of a Four-Year Joint Global EngineerDr. Masakatsu Matsuishi, Kanazawa Institute of Technology 1969, Dr. Eng., Osaka University 1966-1999, Hitachi Zosen Corp. 1999-present, Professor, Director of Project Education Center, Kanazawa Institute of TechnologyDr. Hiroko Fudano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Ph.D in Japanese Language Teaching, Nagoya University MA in Education, International Christian Uni- versity MA in English, East Texas State University BA in Liberal Arts, International Christian UniversityDr. Jun Fudano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Professor of Science and Engineering

Conference Session

...by Design

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mangold, University of California, Berkeley; Stefanie Robinson, University of California, Berkeley

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering into the classroom is theteacher’s and student’s misconceptions about engineering. The engineering design process(EDP) is a decision-making process, often iterative, in which basic science, math, andengineering concepts are applied to develop optimal solutions to meet an established objective.Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the development of objectives andcriteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing, and evaluation. Teachers can easilyincorporate the EDP into existing classroom projects or activities and it can also provide aframework for developing new curriculum modules. The EDP is a great tool that teachers canuse in their coursework to enhance their problem solving skills as well as introduce them

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kellie Schneider; Heath A. Schluterman; Candace Rainwater

Student Perceptions of a Theme-Based Introduction to Engineering Course Kellie Schneider, Ph.D., Heath A. Schluterman, Ph.D., Candace Rainwater, Ph.D. University of ArkansasAbstractRecently, the curriculum in our Introduction to Engineering course was redesigned to includehands-on, theme-based projects with the hopes of increasing attendance and engagement of ourfirst-year engineering students. Students were presented with four theme descriptions and askedto choose a theme for investigation during the Fall semester. In the Spring, students were askedto select a different theme for investigation. Each theme was comprised of two hands-on, team-based projects. In

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Alex Kotlarchyk

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: ravivd@fau.edu 561 297 2773 akotlarc@fau.eduAbstract This paper describes an on-going non-traditional educational experience of working onan intelligent water-conservation project at Florida Atlantic University. It is unique in the sensethat the working settings are different from an ordinary research and development project. Wehave been working with a private investor and entrepreneur who came up with the original idea.He has been very involved in the project with business, humanitarian, environmental andeducational goals in mind. In addition to

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Hands-on/Experiential Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #6949Global Confidence: U.S. Student Outcomes from an International CapstoneDesign ExperienceDr. Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Industry/University Cooperative Project Center Director and an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received B.S. and M.S degrees in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Kotys-Schwartz has focused her research in engineering student learning, retention, and identity

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Secondary (6-12) Outreach

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ethan Alexander Peritz, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Research Assistant Professor in the Education De- partment and Education Research Program Directorat the Center of Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University. Hynesreceived his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and his Ph.D. inEngi- neering Education in 2009 (both degrees at Tufts University). Inhis current positions, Hynes serves as PI and Co-PI on a number offunded research projects investigating engineering education in theK-12 and college settings. He is particularly interested in howstudents and teachers engage in and reflect upon the engineering designprocess. His research includes investigating how teachers conceptualizeand teach and how students engage in engineering through in- depth case study

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Gardner-McCune, Human Centered Computing Clemson University; Darrryl Bryant DUPE McCune II, YES Beyond Limits; Chanteal Maria Edwards; Cedric Stallworth, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing

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Computers in Education

their ideas to life through the design of new applications and devices.Our goal in designing this program was to build on the success of existing K-12 summer camp outreachprograms offered at Georgia Tech by offering students an opportunity to pursue their interest in CSthrough a constructionist and project-based curriculum. As we moved the students from exposure topersonalization of the technology they developed, our aim was to increase the number of studentsdesirous of enrolling in college as computer science majors. Our overarching goal was to increase thelikelihood of students who apply to computer science undergraduate degree programs. This paper willdiscuss the program, strategies for program success, and enrollment and participation

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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Community Engagement Division

23.835.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 It’s all about relationship – expanding relational learning opportunities in a community engagement project experienceIntroductionIt pays to think big for student project experiences - not in terms of project scope but in terms oflearning opportunities and overall impact. A diverse body of research, as well as 15 years ofpersonal experience with capstone projects and extracurricular student projects, has shown thatthe overall impact of a student project grows through the establishment of relationships thattranscend boundaries. In our ongoing program development, we have worked to create a rangeof relational learning opportunities for

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Steven Colgrove; Adam Svoboda

Collaboration Software Steven Colgrove, Adam Svoboda: K-State SalinaThe Problem Currently there are several different collaboration tools available online. These tools canbe useful when working on group projects, but each come with its own unique set of strengthsand weaknesses. Generally, tools such as TeamViewer and Remote Desktop do a good job ofsharing a screen, but force the users to share a single mouse cursor, which can be frustrating.Additionally, they require the user to share an entire computer desktop instead of a singlewindow, which could be a major security issue.The Goal The goal of this project was to create a piece of software that would allows users to

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abby M Kelly, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Roger Michael Hoy, University of Nebraska; Evan Curtis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Angela Kaye Pannier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Richard R. Stowell P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

of a “Rapid Design Challenge” in a Cross-Disciplinary Senior Capstone Course and Evaluation of Device Performance Abby M. Kelly, Austin Lammers, David D. Jones, Richard Stowell, Roger Hoy, Evan Curtis, Angela K. Pannier Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstractThe senior capstone experience within the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln is a two-semester, two-course sequence intended to give seniorstudents realistic design experience, working with real projects, real clients, faculty consultants,and teammates to produce a deliverable that meets the client’s needs. Students

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Christie Ritter, The University of Colorado at Boulder; Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jared Leventhal, University of Colorado at Boulder; David Espinoza, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Student Development

Communica- tion Technologies for Development and Sustainable Roll Out of Telecommunications Services for Rural Areas of Developing Countries. He has volunteered in the NapoNet project, deployed in the Peruvian Rain Forest, as technical, logistic and field deployments advisor under the supervision of Professor Alan Mickelson since 2008. Page 21.59.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Presenting the NapoNet: Developing Global Competencies through Communications Technology in the Peruvian AmazonAbstract Since its beginning in 2009, the

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kabirian, California State University Northridge; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Ileana Costea, California State University, Northridge; Ahmad R Sarfaraz, California State University, Northridge; Mark Rajai, CSUN

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Engineering Management

pretty much the typical requirements of an MBA, though they somehowaccommodate engineering titles: o Engineering Management (gateway course) o Accounting for Engineers o Financial Issues for Engineers o Marketing Issues for Engineers o Decision Tools for Managers o Strategic Management for Engineers (capstone course)The students should take the above 6 cores and 6 others as electives; of which some are taught inbusiness school. The program allows optional concentrations in one of 3 areas: Supply Chain andOperations Management, Design & Innovation, or Project and Process Management.• Dartmouth University [4] also has a Master of EM (MEM) that is “jointly taught by facultyfrom Thayer School of Engineering and Tuck

Conference Session

Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi

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Construction

Paper ID #8062Application Case Study of Mobile Computing to Decrease Paperwork at ”Neigh-borhood Stabilization Program (NSP)” Construction SiteDr. Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineer from Georgia Institute of Technology with concentration in Con- struction Management with a minor in Computer Engineering and strong statistical background. He has over 8 years of work experience in the A/E/C (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry with office and field experience in scheduling, estimating and project management in the United States and several

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Oren Masory, Florida Atlantic University; Zvi S Roth

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Electrical and Computer

Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 Zhuang@fau.eduAbstractWe report on a multi-year project to use engineering capstone designs to aid elderly and personswith disabilities; and to enhance undergraduate engineering education through multidisciplinarycollaboration and hands-on experience. In their capstone project, students utilize and adaptavailable technologies to create devices to assist persons with disabilities from the users’perspective. To this end, at the first course of the Engineering Design sequence, students are firstreferred to healthcare facilities and local schools that host students with learning disabilities inorder to gather information

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Antonio Riofrio, Western New England University; Steven G Northrup, Western New England University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

,methodology, and course structure. There are a few relatively well-known textbooks which aimto facilitate this instruction; however, due to the broadness and diversity of the field, theseattempt to cover too many different topics and are therefore most useful as references, and not ascourse outlines. In this paper, a project-based hands-on approach for teaching this course is presented. Sinceit is taught only to Mechanical Engineering students, the electronics, controls and computerscience elements of Mechatronics at large are simplified by the use of the Arduinomicrocontroller, which is a popular device amongst non-technical hobbyists and artists, and istherefore a perfect gateway for students to gain understanding and appreciation for this type

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Antonella Sciortino; Lisa Star; Tesfai Goitom

groups work in teams to prepare a term paper and a presentation that focuses on acomparative assessment between two similar engineering projects, one in the United States andthe other in a foreign country with an emphasis on engineering and construction practices andsocietal, economical and environmental issues. The challenges that we faced during theimplementation of the plan and the proposed improvements to the courses are presented.Introduction and BackgroundIn today's rapidly changing society, the new generation of engineers and construction managersmust not only be equipped with advanced technical knowledge but also be able to understand theimpact that engineering solutions have on society, environment and economics in a globalperspective

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Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Desmond Y.R. Chong, National University of Singapore; Jian Huei Choo, Engineering Design and Innovation Centre, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore; Eng Keng Soh, Engineering Design and Innovation Centre, National University of Singapore; Yee-Sien Ng; Ming Po Tham, National University of SIngapore

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Biomedical

conception to implementation. In the course of his work, he dealt with various stakeholders including the multi-disciplinary project team members, the industry partners, the Users and external vendors. In the EDIC, he teaches and supervises undergraduate engineering students who engage in multidisciplinary projects. Eng Keng has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Nanyang Tech- nological University, and a Master of Science (Management of Technology) from National University of Singapore.Dr. Yee-Sien Ng Yee-Sien is currently the Head and Senior Consultant of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the National

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

Construction Management and Engineering. This courseintroduces students to the construction industry primarily though the use of guest speakers.However, there was a need to restructure this course to provide a hands-on “constructionmanagement experience” that mimics actual construction management job functions andresponsibilities in order to prepare students for subsequent coursework and eventualemployment.The basic methodology for this “revised” course used the Tektōn Hotel Plaza Set 6 which is agirder and panel building kit. This kit was used in innovative ways to introduce students to theentire array of construction management functions and responsibilities that are required for atypical construction project, i.e., construction documents and codes

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2013 EDI

Authors

Elizabeth Hagerman, Rose-Hulman Ventures

Elizabeth Hagerman, PhD Vice-President Rose-Hulman Ventures “… to provide our students with the world’s best undergraduate science, engineering and mathematics education in an environment of individual attention and support.”Rose-Hulman Ventures has employed over 900 internsand worked with over 150 client companies.2012:225 Internships82 Individual Interns36 Client Companies • High Engagement Clients • High Priority Project• Technical Expertise • Funding• Management Expertise Project Managers Students

Conference Session

FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Esmaeili, University of Dayton; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #7138By the Students, for the students: A New Paradigm for Better Achieving theLearning ObjectivesMr. Mohammadjafar EsmaeiliDr. Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University Dr. Eydgahi is a professor in the school of Engineering Technology at Eastern Michigan University. He has supervised a number of graduate thesis and undergraduate projects in the areas of Unmanned Vehicle Design, Sensor Fusion, Speaker Recognition Design, Virtual Reality and Visualization, Digital Signal Processing, Control Systems, Robotics and Systems Automation. He has an extensive experience in curriculum and laboratory design and development

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Brian P DeJong, Central Michigan University; Qin Hu, Central Michigan University; Shaopeng Cheng, Central Michigan University ; Steve Kettler, Alma High School; Daniel Chen, Central Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6888Learned Lessons from the First Year Research Experiences for Teachers Pro-gramDr. Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University Dr. Tolga Kaya currently holds a joint assistant professor position in the School of Engineering and Technology and the Science of Advanced Materials program at Central Michigan University. Prior to joining CMU, Dr. Kaya was a post-doctorate associate at Yale University from 2007 to 2010, a research and teaching assistant at Istanbul Technical University from 1999 to 2007. In 2007, he was a consultant at Brightwell Corp. Dr. Kaya was also a senior VLSI analog design engineer and project

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Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 23.941.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 On Teaching Capstone Design: The Role of Practitioners in the ClassroomAbstract: Teaching civil engineering design through senior projects or capstone design courses,with industry involvement and support, has increased in recent years. The general trend towardincreasing the design component in engineering curricula is part of an effort to better preparegraduates for engineering practice. While some design projects are still of the “made up” typecarried out by individual students, the vast majority of projects today deal with “real-worldproblems” and are usually conducted by student teams. The paper begins first

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Scott Tracewell StJohn; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada, University of Central Oklahoma, Department of Engineering and Physics; Juan Camilo Orozco

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Engineering Physics & Physics

the coursedesign project, or an introduction to one of the software packages the students will use in theirupper-level coursework.In this paper, we will present the content of the laboratory modules, andexplain how the laboratory experiences are incorporated into the pedagogy of the course. Thesmall-group design project, a central part of the course, requires students to develop andimplement a mechatronics-based design project that they propose, utilizing the knowledge, skillsgained during the laboratory sessions as well as engineering processes.A primary aim of thedesign project and laboratory experience is to introduces students, in the early stages of theirengineering education, to a subset of the general ABET student outcome criteria

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Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

Classes?AbstractThe paper discusses two different challenges, presented in the form of two projects, as apart of the Introduction to Mechanical Design class at California State UniversityFullerton, using inductive techniques. The students take the theoretical ideas ofmechanical design and implement them with moderate guidance for the first project andlimited faculty involvement in the second project. We use techniques to uncover what thestudents are asking themselves as they try to solve each challenge, in order to asses theapproach and get ideas for possible enhancement. Based on these questions, the mainproject objectives: critical thinking, responsibility for students’ own learning andintellectual growth, are discussed. The approach itself is