Collection

2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Sacred Heart University; Kevin N. Bowlyn, Sacred Heart University

technology programs. Thedepartment of Computer Science evolved into School of Computer Science and Engineering(SCSE) and brought in the freshmen cohort of Computer Engineering students in 2017. 2019marked the start of Electrical Engineering. While the programs were filling their pipelineswith students, Engineering labs were designed and built under one big lab space, amakerspace or a one-stop-shop engineering lab, named IDEA Lab (Innovate, Design,Engineer, Apply), had its grand opening in early 2020, bringing all engineering classes, labs,and students under one roof, with electronics, prototyping, robotics, and arts explorationcapabilities.Curriculum RevisionsSHU has a policy of limiting programs’ curriculum to 120 credits, which was an

Collection

2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Isaac Macwan, Fairfield University; Naser Haghbin, Fairfield University; John F Drazan, Fairfield University

in the semester, was an individual oral presentation (IOP) of the ITW paper. This project’s objective was to demonstrate effective oral communication of technical content. A lecture focusing on effective oral presentation techniques was presented to demonstrate effective oral presentations. Students presented their IOP in the class. Writing Assignments: Writing assignments (WAs) were chosen as an assessment method to demonstrate students’ improvements in technical writing. Individual writing assignments included topics ranging from “Explain how something works” to “Reflect on your speaking skills”. Specific content was not as important as demonstrating mastery of writing skills. For example, the first writing