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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stuart Berntein

thisfield. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) now encouragesengineering departments to emphasize adding “professional skills” to their curriculum. Theseskills include communication, teamwork, ethics, and professionalism, to name a few.Course ProfessionalismAttendance in class is mandatory, as is punctuality. Since these traits are not optional in theworkplace, they are also strictly reinforced in this class in an attempt to introduce the students tothe rigors of being an engineer or construction manager. Since these skills are difficult toestablish on the first day of work, starting them off as first-year students is thought to be goodpreparation for their eventual careers.Reading the chapter of the week before coming to

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yuva M. Tammineni; Talha Khan; Rajeev Nair; Yimesker Yihun

students were done twice; once before the principles of innovative thinkingand problem solving was introduced to the students and once after the students were introduced tothese principles and were tasked with its application on various activity-based class projects. Thelone survey for the capstone-design students were done towards the end of the semester. It wasobserved that there was considerable improvement in the Cronbach’s alpha number (a measure ofconsistency) in the second survey that was done at the end of the semester by which time thestudents were effectively well versed with the EM mindset and were able to successfullyimplement it. However, for the capstone course it was observed that the Cronbach’s alpha numberwere similar due to the

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Adam C. Lynch; Gary Brooking

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference (WIP) PBL: Building the Connection between Theory and Practice using Integrated Projects Adam Carlton Lynch and Gary Brooking Wichita State UniversityAbstractBackground: Working to enable a heightened sense of Connections between the theories ofengineering principles to the practical product value delivered to customers, we dramaticallymodified our current class project in an undergraduate engineering statics course. We threadedinteractive exercises adopted from The Kern Engineering Entrepreneurial Network (KEEN)’sEntrepreneurial Mindset (EM) which focuses on three Cs of

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yimesker Yihun; Lena Lamei

synthesize the mechanism on paper,and 15 minutes to create a prototype. Asummary of the group project and a reflectionreport were then written and emailed in 10 Figure 1: Three Position Synthesisminutes. To help with the project, students textbook problem [15]received small cubic boxes containing variouspins and links. This task encouraged criticalthinking and curiosity about real-world applications of the course material. Groups of five to sixmembers were randomely formed, and the mini-in class project was assigned as a competitionamong the different groups. When they complete this project, students were expected to gainvaluable learning outcomes, such

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yimesker Yihun; Lena Lamei

limit the depth of discussions amongteam members. As they race against the clock, there might be little opportunity for thoroughdeliberation, leading to potential distractions for others trying to focus on their own work.Balancing the benefits and challenges of collaborative exams is essential. To make them moreeffective, educators could consider implementing certain guidelines or mechanisms to encourageequal participation and prevent freeloading. This might include individual assessments within thecollaborative exam or encouraging each team member to present their understanding of thesolutions. Moreover, providing ample opportunities for teamwork and collaboration outside examsettings can also contribute to stronger teams. In-class activities

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Adam C. Lynch; Amber Williams

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference(WIP) Creating Value: Building an Engineering Mindset via Integrated Projects Adam Carlton Lynch and Amber Williams Wichita State UniversityAbstractBackground: We evaluated the effect of integrating several engineering courses in customer-supplierrelationships. Each class worked on different components of a product using course specificsubject matter in a Six Sigma framework while using KEEN Entrepreneurial Mindset.Purpose / Hypothesis: To reverse engineer a common consumer product: 1) to discover ways to improve itsdesign; 2) to manufacture it in a more sustainable manner; 3) to meet operational