Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2 - Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Yongming Tang, Southeast University; rong wang, Southeast University; Shen Xu, Southeast University, China

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Track 1 - Student Development

teaching style and another eleven percent said adapt to an English lecture.Four students (9%) hoped to get a good grade.The sophomores in this class are already thinking about their future after graduation. 93% saidthey planned to go to graduate school. Many of them hope to study abroad (68%) with seven(16%) specifically mentioning planning to go to graduate school in the U.S. Only a fewmentioned getting a job right after school.Post SurveyAt the end of the first class meeting, 88% of the students said they could understand theinstructor well. 33% said it was more difficult than expected.When asked about the best and most challenging parts of the first meeting, students gave avariety of responses. The vast majority (79%) commented positively on

Conference Session

Track 1 - Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel P. Schrage, Georgia Institute of Technology; Greg Jensen, NSF Center for e-Design –BYU Site; Barry McPherson, The Boeing Company; James Fehr, The Boeing Company; Matthew M. Symmonds, The Boeing Company; David E French, The Boeing Company

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Track 1 - Student Development

laboratories, curriculumchanges to design, engineering and manufacturing classes and in particular the existingapproaches to capstone using antiquated CAx tools couched in single-user architectures.IntroductionThe Boeing model for design and manufacture of a new airplane program is among the mostadvanced aircraft programs in existence. The approach includes a complex database of physicaland functional characteristics, sub-system design/build plans, and other shared information thatsupports the broader project. In the same way that a new design criterion affects the mechanical Page 17.6.4Richey, French, McPherson, Symmonds, Jensen, Winn, Schrage, Cortese