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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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U. P. Kahangamage, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Randolph C. K. Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Gloria S.L Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Alan S. L. Kwok

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2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20723Investigation of Effect of Curriculum Change on Students’ Performance inKnowledge-building and Knowledge-integration SubjectsDr. U. P. Kahangamage, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Udaya Kahangamage is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his PhD from University of Bristol, UK. Currently, he teachers courses related to Engineering Design, Product Design and Manufacturing. His interest includes innova- tive teaching pedagogies for

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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QinQin Yu, University of California, Berkeley; Jakob Dahl, University of California, Berkeley; Alphonse Habyarimana, Kepler Tech Lab

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2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20764Kepler Tech Lab: Developing an affordable skills-based engineering lab coursein RwandaMs. QinQin Yu, University of California, Berkeley QinQin Yu is a first year physics Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley. Before starting her Ph.D., she spent one year as a part of the Kepler Tech Lab team, developing and testing a low-cost engineering teaching lab in Rwanda. She is interested in studying problems at the intersection of experimental physics and international development, including renewable energy, complex systems

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

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Randal T Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Talis Juhna, Riga Technical University; Hale Kim, Inha University; Stephen Marshall P.E., University of Strathclyde; Mauricio Pardo, Universidad del Norte; Julie Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Winston Spencer Percybrooks, Universidad del Norte

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60 peer-reviewed papers and books. He is among the Top 10 Latvian scientists of 2013, as listed by ”Ir” magazine. Professor Talis Juhna obtained the Degree of Doctor of Engineering (EngD) in Water Technologies in 2002 in Sweden and since 2012 is a Vice-Rector at Riga Technical University. He has created one of the most advanced Water research laboratory’s in the Baltic States. He has received several awards, including New scientist 2006 of the RTU, an award of Latvian Academy of Sciences and JSC Latvijas Gaze for contribution to sciences and ITERA award. As Vice-Rector for Sciences at RTU he facilities scientific and industrial cooperation and integration of science and innovations in the study process, and

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island; Anett Geithner, University of Rhode Island; DAAD; Eric Kaldor, University of Rhode Island; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh

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University of Rhode Island (URI) participated inspring 2016 along with eleven other engineering schools. Since the cross-institutional evaluationis still on-going, we can only provide a small segment of the cross-institutional results. Part IIattempts to explain why those results may have come out the way they did for URI – what kind ofinternational programming inherent in the engineering curriculum at URI may differentiate it fromothers in the sample? The main set-up and design of international engineering programming at theuniversity will be described as background in front of which the NSF results ought to be examined.Within the context of part II we will furthermore present the outcome of an IDI assessment usedfor a short-term travel course in

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Malcolm N Cooke, Case Western Reserve University

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presented by safety experts, librarians, architects,and students. Faculty members from high schools, community colleges and universitiesparticipated in the symposium. Multiple papers addressed making and its role in collegeadmissions, highlighting another key aspect of academic makerspaces.The symposium included the following papers and presentations from institutions outside theUnited States:  Best Practices for a Newly Established Academic Makerspace in a Nascent Maker Ecosystem (Pakistan)  Using Makerspaces to Develop Didactic Models for Mechanical Engineering (Guatemala)  Development of an Educational Program Using Capabilities of an Academic Makerspace (Austria)  SNU Idea Factory with Integrative

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Xisong Dong, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institution of Automation ,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Institute of Smart Education Systems, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries; Xiwei Liu, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institution of Automation ,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Institute of Smart Education Systems, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries.

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authorities and someschools have realized that the traditional teaching models cannot meet the needs of industrialupgrading and development. Novel teaching model emphasizes demand decision, valueorientation, comprehensive engineering training, and overall reform of curriculum system.At the national level, the “National Medium and Long Term Education Reform andDevelopment Plan (2010-2020)” presented a major education and teaching reform program -program to educate and train excellent engineers (Excellence Plan), which was officiallylaunched in June 2010. "Excellence Plan" is an important measure for China's engineeringeducation to serve the national development strategy in the new period. The task is to focuson "industry guidance, school-enterprise

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Esm Suresh, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research; Arul Kumaravelu, National Institute of Fashion Technology

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, National Institute of Fashion Technology Working as Assistant Professor in National Institute of Fashion Technology, Chennai. Having 11 years of experience in Teaching.Published International paper on the topic ’ Improving the Quality of Teaching- Learning Process in Design Education’. Ph.D scholar in National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research,Chennai,India. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Quality of Education and its Challenges in Developing CountriesAbstract In today’s competitive environment with globalization and GATS (Global Agreement onTrade in Service) drive for quality becomes an important

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Xiwei Liu, the State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xiaoyan Gong, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Automation Institution,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Intelligent Education Institution,Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries.; Fei-Yue Wang, The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; rui sun, Qingdao Experimental High School; Yanqing Gao, Oregon Institute of Technology; Yu Zhang, Qingdao Experimental High School; jiehan zhou, University of Oulu; Xiaofei Deng, Qingdao Experimental High School

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developed for primary school, junior high schooland high school, respectively. In 2008, France implemented new science education standard“the new curriculum for primary school”[10], including discovery-oriented curriculum forprimary students, experiment-oriented for junior high students, and integration-orientedcurriculum for senior-high students. Japan's recent education reform was in 2008, with afocus on emphasizing scientific inquiry methods and life-related problem solving activities.At the 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference, Finland, Australia, New Zealand andother countries have participated to discuss science education for new era. Along with scienceeducation reform, original meaning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Oksana Zhirosh, Innopolis University; Tanya Stanko P.E., Innopolis University

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indicated in brackets. We haveincluded some of the respondents’ quotes in Appendix 1. A. What is the mission of a PoP? Why would a university want/need to hire a PoP?Respondents indicated six possible reasons for IU to hire a PoP. The ability to demonstrate howknowledge is being applied in the real world was considered the most valuable contribution,both beneficial for students and faculty. 1. Knowledge of state of the art in the industry (N3) 2. Integration with the industry (N3) 3. To become a center of expertise (N2) 4. To demonstrate how knowledge is being utilized in the real world (N6) 5. Cost efficiency (N2) 6. Teaching curriculum – offload from

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

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Simon Obeid, DeVry University, Orlando

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and July 2015 sessionsConclusion: The results demonstrated a successful technique that improved student persistence andsuccess rate and increased their collaboration. This project used Oracle VM VirtualBox andFedora Linux as Open source that can be implemented in many areas of STEM education. It isimportant to integrate this kind of activity into STEM curriculum and select the active learningstrategy that works best for students. The goal was to engage students in hands-on project andto transform their learning from passive to active learning and create cohesive practiceinteraction in class. Open Source Software is a great tool to decrease financial burden on collegebudget and student spending since it is free of charge.This project

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Brady Creel, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sandra Nite, Aggie STEM, Texas A&M University; Jowaher E. Almarri; Ziyad Shafik, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sahar Mari, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Wadha A. Al-Thani

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elementary,middle and high school levels. Thanks to strong support from the industrial sector, Texas A&MUniversity at Qatar has been successful in executing an array of outreach initiatives for studentsin grades 5–12. In particular, programs for students in grades 7–12 highlight the role ofengineering toward Qatar’s grand challenges, and integrated, problem-based learning is at thecenter of projects and activities designed to educate, enrich and stimulate young minds towardSTEM studies and careers, especially in areas of Qatar’s greatest need and demand.Literature ReviewRecent research indicates that an experience with STEM learning on a university campus can bea “decision point” for prospective STEM students. A study conducted in Norway found

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Fang Cheng, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; David R. Scott, Northern Arizona University; Jie Yang, Northern Arizona University; Guoquan Li, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University

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gives feedback on both attention and comprehension levels.successesOne of the foundational challenges successfully navigated was that involving the alignment ofthe curriculum of the two universities. An important goal was to have students transfer withenough credits to graduate from NAU without needing more than 30 semester hours at NAU.Included in these considerations were ABET accreditation requirements as well as graduationrequirements from both schools. For example, students from CQUPT did not have the prescribedamount of mathematics and science required by ABET accreditation, so they must take anadditional science course. NAU has particular strength in Astronomy, Biology, and Geology andthose classes were added as alternatives to Chemistry

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong; Hayden Kwok-Hay So, University of Hong Kong; Nyein Thwe Khaing, Dagon University

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, 2000, and 2007 respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor of in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong. He received the Croucher Innovation Award in 2013 for his work in power-efficient high- performance heterogeneous computing system. He was also awarded the University Outstanding Teaching Award (Team) in 2012, as well as the Faculty Best Teacher Award in 2011.Ms. Nyein Thwe Khaing, Dagon University Ms. Nyein Thwe Khaing (Myanmar) is now a lecturer of English Department, Dagon University, Myan- mar. She has been teaching at the university for 12 years. She received a bachelor’s degree in English from Dagon University. She completed a master’s degree in Arts

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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structure and context to transdisciplinary knowledge streams,empowering students to become knowledge integrators and creators charged with solving wickedchallenges.In this broader context, we report an ongoing effort between a university and a multinational corporation tocreate online experiences for students around the world to learn core research skills in context of globalgrand challenges. Information literacy(8, 9) is a foundational transdisciplinary skillset, arguably the coreliteracy of the 21st century(10, 11), the ability to extract signal from noise and distinguish truth from fantasy.Passive lecture-based demonstrations of research skill, absent a specific context are rarely a successfulpursuit(12, 13). Absent a clear “real world

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Kevin Kochersberger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christopher Kappes, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering, MPH in Public Health Education, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include broadening participation in engineering, the integration of engineering education and international development, and building capacity in low and middle income countries through inclusive technical education.Mr. Christopher Kappes, Virginia Tech c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 International Humanitarian Capstone Design Project Option: A Model for SuccessIntroductionCapstone engineering design is intended to prepare students for new challenges beyond theiracademic curriculum, with a focus on balancing engineering

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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F.C. Lai, University of Oklahoma; Dong Liang, Laboratory Engineer; Al R Evans, Sichuan University - Pittsburgh Institute

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problem-solving skills. While students got most of their practice of the modelingtool through homework assignments, to integrate all the knowledge they learned from the class,they were also challenged with a final project. While the homework was an individual effort, theproject required team work. Students were divided into 24 groups with four students in eachgroup. The project assigned to the students involved designing and building a model car using3D printing. Since the model car had to be functional (the evaluation of its performance will bediscussed in the assessment section), additional information about 3D printing and basicconcepts of fluid mechanics (such as flow resistance and drag) and vehicle dynamics (frictionand rolling resistance