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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Achille Messac, Mississippi State University; James N Warnock, Mississippi State University; Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

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Adjunct Director for training and instruction in the professional services department at ABET. In this role, Warnock oversees the development, planning, production and implementation of the ABET Program Assessment Workshops, IDEAL and the assessment webinar series. He also directs activities related to the workshop facilitator training and professional development.Dr. Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University Masoud Rais-Rohani is Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor of Aerospace Engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU). He received his BS and MS degrees from MSU and PhD from Virginia Tech, all in aerospace engineering. He has integrated

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Robert W Fuessle, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

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duringits January interim, a mini-semester of 2-3 weeks long (depending on destination) during whichstudents and faculty pursue one course full time. The study abroad program is one of the mostsuccessful in the country as described by one recent accrediting team visiting team.Despite some detractors who thought engineering courses could not be taught abroad because ofthe brevity of the January interim and the complexity of the program, the department perseveredin planning by sending faculty abroad to England and Denmark to investigate possibilities ofbringing a group of CEC students. Since 1996, the CEC Global Explorer Program has expandedto Sweden, Denmark, Norway, England, France, Jordan, Egypt, and Malta. Also, CEC leadsBradley University in the

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Hongshik Ahn, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University; Yacov A. Shamash, Stony Brook University; ChoonHo Kim

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City. Recently the Green Climate Fund (GCF) of the United Nationsopened its headquarter. Songdo is less than 30 minutes from the Incheon International Airport bycar. The Ministry of Knowledge and Economy (MKE: currently Ministry of Science, ICT andFuture Planning) and IFEZ invested hundreds of millions of dollars to build the SGUC campusand the SUNY Korea campus.SBU opened the branch campus in SGUC after a long period of preparation. Table 1 shows thedates of important events in establishing SUNY Korea. Since the school was invited by IFEZ,SBU formed a task force committee to spearhead the Songdo project. At the same time, aconsortium was formed by several American universities who were invited to open theirprograms in Songdo. In Stony Brook

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Henry W. Kraebber, Purdue University, West Lafayette; E. Shirl Donaldson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Katie Mae Hackney

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completed in June 2004. Thesecond trip with students was planned for March of 2005, during the Purdue spring vacationperiod. The spring schedule provided lower off-season airfare and hotel expenses. Also, thespring schedule gained interest from more students due to the fact that overseas travel during thespring semester kept options for summer employment open.Information about the March 2005 spring trip was sent out to students during the start of the2004 fall semester. Several students expressed interest and asked for more details on the cost,timing and course credit. The cost including airfare and expenses was estimated to be $2,000. Students were asked to pay a $200 deposit to hold their place. Commitments began to come inat the end of September

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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is not a mandatory component ofgraduation requirements for most programs in most countries. Co-operative work modules varybetween BME programs, and as outlined on their websites, they often extend for differentdurations [11- 13]. Some opportunities are offered for up to a whole year working full time, whileothers are shorter, often one semester long or part time. Sometimes even one day or week is all thetime that a host organization can offer.Four models of internship/cooperative work are described in the following section. Model A is acommonly used co-op/internship plan that allows for summer work opportunities [14]. Severalsummer research programs and scholarships are available to undergraduate students on a nationallevel. These programs

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Duane B Swigert, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Coloradans than anyother institution in Colorado. Among the programs and degrees offered at MSU Denver are threedisciplines in Engineering Technology: Civil, Mechanical and Electrical. The programs areABET accredited and, under the guidelines of this accreditation, the Engineering Technologydegree plans requires upper division elective courses to be completed by students. Thehumanitarian engineering curriculum, described in this paper, is designed to act as upper divisionelective credits, giving students a unique opportunity to do an applied service-learning project aspart of their educational experience. Moreover, these classes are designed to broaden thestudents’ engineering skills, competency and confidence. The nature of the projects

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mona Azarbayjani, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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of these three innovations (the geopolymer concrete, the radiantcooling system, and the movable PV rack) results in a building system optimized for energyefficiency through the implementation of long proven design principles further augmented by aquest to innovate on those principles, and a vision for intelligent integration.II. Curricula Integration of the Solar Decathlon ProjectII.A Overview of Engineering Students’ InvolvementOur team followed a defined plan for integrating efforts revolving around the Solar Decathlonproject into the required curricula across engineering disciplines as well as across architectureand business. A project as large and multi-disciplinary as the Solar Decathlon needed toaccommodate curricular development at

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Steven M. Pilgrim, Alfred University

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students. It isnoteworthy that the ENGR 160 students anticipate sleeping for one third of the week incontrast to the national cohort which plans only six hours of sleep each day (a level ofsleep inconsistent with long-term health, personal safety, and performance). Individual168-hour schedules are selected for real-time anonymous presentation to highlight thedisparities in presentation, realistic constraints, and practicality. The overall results ofthis assignment emphasize the commitment needed to master engineering content andsuggest a path to success. Socializing, Recreating, other 7%   Sleeping

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Track 2 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University

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project designs.The technical design will be performed over the summer and fall semesters and the finalprototypes demonstrated by the end of the fall term.Conclusions and SummaryA new two course senior design sequence focused on the development and commercialization oftechnologies for rural Nicaraguans is under development as a joint program between VillanovaUniversity and UNI. The first course is half way through being implemented in its first iterationand has so far gone forward very successfully with good student satisfaction, good bondingbetween the UNI and Villanova students, and many viable project ideas being generated.The students have selected projects and in most of the cases, teams of UNI and Villanovastudents are planning to work on

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Simon William Cavenett, Deakin University; Eloise Gordon, Deakin University; Matthew Joordens, Deakin University

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the common environment of the campus based class for this type of computer-intensive tutorial.The authors believe that the E-live software has been valuable in facilitating meaningfulinteractions that have added value to the learning experiences of engineering students. Lookingforward, we aim to encourage more student-produced content and interaction. As studentsbecome better equipped with their own Tablet PCs, we plan to facilitate the production andsharing of individual and small group student solutions in these E-live tutorials, via the use ofother functions such as “breakout rooms.”In this short study, we have demonstrated the benefits of offering real-time, web-conferencingclasses to on-line students in engineering. Our next step is to

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Nannan He, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Han-Way Huang, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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existing programming tools to develop a complete hardware/software embedded systemas their course project. In many cases, after initiating the project, students quickly move to theimplementation stage after a brief design phase, and start the C programming and debuggingiterations using an IDE. Although this approach works for the small-scale course project,students have reported that it is very time consuming and inefficient. And the behavior of thecreated system often deviates from the original design plan. Educators have recognized the needto introduce some efficient and cost-effective programming tools to students 7. The main goal isto equip students with the knowledge for developing complex engineering systems with a largenumber of

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Henry Griffith, Wright State University; Riad Ajami, Director, Center for Global Business, WSU; Angela Griffith

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(3), 16-21. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.libraries.wright.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?dire ct=true&db=bth&AN=88397921&site=ehost-liveAtkinson, P., & Nicholls, L. (2013). Demystifying lean culture change' and continuous improvement. (cover story). Management Services, 57(3), 10-15. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.libraries.wright.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?dire ct=true&db=bth&AN=90521885&site=ehost-liveBalzer, W. (2010), Lean higher education - increasing the value and performance of university processes. New York, New York: Taylor and Francis Group.Chopra, S., & Meindl, P. (2013). Supply chain management : Strategy, planning, and