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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Vijay Kanabar; Carla Messikomer

Engineering DisciplineA subject that is broadly seen as being relevant across all engineering disciplines is ‘projectmanagement’, since the ‘project’ has become the way in which engineering organizations dotheir work4. As such undergraduates and graduates from engineering programs are invariablyexpected to have functional knowledge and skills in project management (PM) 2. A well-designed engineering curriculum should go a long way to preparing the future project managersinvolved in various engineering careers. Providing sound education to students and practitionerscan alleviate project failures. Engineers can be taught a baseline set of modern projectmanagement theory as well as practical tools and techniques that can be applied to both large

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Rajarajan Subramanian

.Subramanian Rajarajan, The class syllabus of Construction Management–II, for senior studentsof the Structural Design and Construction Engineering Technology program. Spring 2013.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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William Lorenz; Ross Lee; Karl Schmidt; Pritpal Singh

few programs that are broadly scoped and arebased in engineering schools.Over the last six years, Villanova University’s College of Engineering has been offering a uniqueMaster’s degree program in Sustainable Engineering, which uses a holistic, multi-disciplinary,systems thinking approach. The program comprises four core courses in Fundamentals ofSustainable Engineering, Life Cycle Analysis/Impact Assessment, Social and EconomicIntegrators, and Sustainable Materials & Design. Building on the foundation of these corecourses, students can then take specialty courses in five different tracks including SustainableInfrastructure, Renewable and Alternative Energy, Water Resources, Sustainable Materials andEnvironmental Sustainability. Since

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Rachel A. Brennan

A New Program in Sustainable Engineering (Year 1): Multidisciplinary Teams Design Innovative Water Treatment Technologies for Developing Coastal Communities Rachel A. Brennan, Ph.D., P.E. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USAAbstractCurrently 2.5 billion people, over one third of the Earth’s population, are affected by waterscarcity and are without sanitation. The majority of humanity is concentrated in coastalcommunities: approximately half of the world’s population lives within 200 kilometers of acoast. In many developing countries, raw wastewater is discharged into coastal waters withoutbeing treated. These issues show a present and

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Kenneth E. Dudeck; Joseph A. Ranalli

degree in engineering technology atone of campuses that offered the degree.Due to steadily declining enrollments in two-year associate degree engineeringtechnology programs[1] and the recognition of an emerging need for quality,multidisciplinary engineers with a broad range analytic and design skills, two of the PennState campuses decided to phase out technology programs and apply those resources todevelop and offer a new baccalaureate degree in General Engineering. The two campus Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universityprograms would share many core courses, but also have program specific courses thataddress a specific regional area of specialization [2]. The two areas of specialization areAlternative

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Michael Korostelev; Ning Gong; Ralph Oyini Mbouna

focus of thispaper is teaching methodologies employed in Digital World 20/20, an interdisciplinary Gen-Edtechnology course offered at Temple University’s ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering)department. The course covers the fundamental principles of digital information capture,compression, storage, transmission, and management. The course intends to provide an overallview of the information infrastructure both at the implementation hardware and applicationsoftware level suitable for non-engineering majors.It is obvious that when selecting appropriate course material and designing a well-structuredsyllabus, students’ background should be considered. Subsequently, courses such as this areusually not intensive in mathematics. As shown by

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Anurag Purwar; Pranav Korrapati; Q. J. Ge; Xin Ge

pathwayto innovation and enables realization of the true benefits of the democratization of manufacturingand programmable electronics.9 AcknowledgementThis work has been financially supported by a TALENT grant42 from Stony Brook University’sTeaching, Learning and Technology (TLT) Program and a SUNY Innovative Instruction Technol-ogy (IITG) award1 to the PI Anurag Purwar and Co-PI Jeff Ge and Patricia Aceves.References1 Purwar, A., Ge, Q. J., and Aceves, P., 2014, “Freshman Design Innovation: SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grant (IITG), $60,000, State University of New York (SUNY)”, .2 The National Academy of Engineering, 2005, Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engi- neering Education to the New Century, The National

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Garrett M. Clayton; Allen Tan; Jordan Ermilio; Aaron Wemhoff

in all aspects of the project. The scope of the project has been defined by VillanovaFaculty and the GWHF team while taking into consideration the feasibility of completing anyprojects over a two semester sequence that could continue for multiple years. As a result, theproject selection process has been simplified in that projects are identified first by the in-countrypartner based on their program objectives and resources, and then the faculty team discussesdifferent projects based on available expertise and resources. Student teams then select a projectfrom within a set of possible projects and elect to work on a humanitarian engineering project asa part of their senior design coursework. Where possible, the faculty team recruits from

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jacob J. Elmer; Noelle Comolli

Unifying Multiple Concepts with a Single Semester-Long Project: A Brewery Design Project for Heat Transfer Courses Jacob J. Elmer and Noelle Comolli Villanova University, 217 White Hall, 800 East Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085Abstract Student learning and retention of material can be significantly enhanced by assigninggroup projects that challenge students to apply concepts covered in class. However, a keychallenge in many engineering courses is developing projects that effectively relate the multitudeof distinctly different concepts taught throughout the semester. For example, most heat transfercourses cover several different modes of heat transfer, including conduction

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Firdous Saleheen; Salvatore Giorgi; Zachary Smith; Joseph Picone; Chang-Hee Won

is very difficult to deliver on-demand, asynchronous helpfor large populations of students with a limited number of TAs. In order to mitigate these issues,we have developed a framework that offers both the accessibility of an open lab and on-demandteaching assistance through a virtual agent. This framework is referred to as the Virtual OpenLaboratory Teaching Assistant (VOLTA). Equipped with pre-lab testing and instruction,engineering design exercises, short topic explanation videos, instrumentation instruction(including safety), and a corresponding post-lab test module, VOLTA is able to provideasynchronous, on demand, and repetitive assistance to the students. In this paper, we present theframework and a preliminary assessment of its

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Russell Trafford; Linda Head

designed toprovide students, from day one, a resource to experience what working on real world problemswith team members from other disciplines is like and how they can work together and bringexpertise from their specific subset of skills to the project at hand. At the freshman level theclass is held twice a week, one 55 minute lecture, and one 165 minute lab. In the lectures, eachinstructor covers a core set of topics which focus on Engineering Fundamentals such asProduct Development, Reverse Engineering, Design Tools, Ethics, Team Development,Problem Solving, and many more1. These lectures are fairly uniform across each section of theclass to help provide all freshman students with the same set of skills when enteringSophomore year and Sophomore

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Matthew J. Traum; Christopher F. Anderson; Christopher M. Pastore; Michael J. Leonard

mix of students from many different disciplines and academic programs includingbusiness, occupational therapy, industrial design, architecture, textile design, and fashion design.Engineering students in this university case study are relative latecomers to these collaborations.Therefore, the engineering program found itself having to adapt to the culture and expectationsof other disciplines more than is usual for engineering undergraduate programs to fullyparticipate and integrate into the culture of Nexus Learning and real world experiential learning.Based upon observations from ongoing Nexus Learning interdisciplinary projects that includeexternal clients, the obstacles engineering students and faculty encountered are stated, as are

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Anita Singh; Dawn Ferry

Identifying Unmet Needs in Biomedical Engineering Through Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Clinic Anita Singh, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Widener University, Chester PA Dawn Ferry, MSN, RN, CHSE Director, Center for Simulation and Computerized Testing, School of Nursing, Widener University, Chester PAAbstract: Goal of engineering education is to build engineers that can solve problems in theirdiscipline. Designing and problem solving skills are introduced as early as during the first yearIntro to Engineering course. The curriculum then builds upon familiarizing the students withtechnical content while

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sunil Dehipawala; George Tremberger; Wenli Guo; Eva Hampton; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

Service Learning and Humanitarian Application Pedagogy in Community College Pre- engineering Physics Class Sunil Dehipawala, George Tremberger, Wenli Guo, Eva Hampton, Todd Holden, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics DepartmentAbstractQueensborough Community College in New York City has an active Service Learning Pedagogyacross various disciplines including physics; and we have taken the service learning opportunityto introduce our physics class students to humanitarian application as well. Collaborationbetween faculty and community partner in designing a project based on the partner's specificgoals and needs is an important

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Michael S. Lehman

Dedicated Curriculum, Space and Faculty: M.Eng. in Technical Entrepreneurship Michael S. Lehman, Lehigh UniversityThe Master's of Engineering in Technical Entrepreneurship (TE), offered through theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics in the P.C. Rossin College ofEngineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University, offers a “dedicated approach” toentrepreneurial engineering education. The residential, full-time, twelve-month program offers adedicated curriculum, a dedicated space and a dedicated faculty. The dedicated curriculum isdelivered through 12 courses in which only TE graduate students are able to enroll; 11 of the 12courses were designed

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ellyn A. Lester; Linda M. Thomas

Strategic Responses to Cyclical Environments: An Entrepreneurial ImperativeEllyn A. Lester, Assoc. AIA Linda M. Thomas, JD, PhDConstruction Management Program Program Director, Construction ManagementCivil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering Civil, Environmental and Ocean EngineeringSchaefer School of Engineering and Science Schaefer School of Engineering and ScienceStevens Institute of Technology Stevens Institute of TechnologyEngineering education centers on accreditor-mandated core knowledge. The skills andknowledge required to tackle engineering problems are the focus. Only recently has engineeringeducation expanded to include the liberal arts and

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Joseph Tranquillo; Keith Buffinton

 need to improve to become more effective entre­/intrapreneurs upon graduation. Courses already offered include: Should We Start This Company?, Concept to Commercialization, and Creative System Design. All IDEAS courses are hands­on and result in practical prototypes. The first five courses culminate in a year­long transdisciplinary senior design sequence to be implemented in the 2015­16 academic year.  These electives serve as prototypes for more persistent courses, either as long­running electives or a coherent program within the College of Engineering.  The second curricular change was a reorganization of degrees granted by the School of Management to include a Markets, Innovation and Design (MIDE) major. MIDE includes a series of courses

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ryan Richards; Abdullah Konak; Michael R. Bartolacci; Mahdi Nasereddin

Technical Virtual Lab17 Network Security VMWare None None Yes Design The Computer Science Technical Open None None Yes Collaboratory18 and Engineering Design SourceSpring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityIn addition to their technological and financial advantages, VCLs also promise new opportunitiesfor enhancing student learning through collaborative and inquiry-based approaches. Since VCLsdo not require physical network connections, it is easier to create network topologies in VCLs

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aparicio Carranza; Casimer DeCusatis

prior knowledge of Windows, Linux, or computernetworking, although an introductory programming course is prerequisite (such as C or C++).As a supplemental text, the course also uses Applied Information Security, a Hands-on Guide toInformation Security Software by R. Boyle and J. Proudfoot (2014) 12. The supplemental text isused primarily for teaching Windows security and command line management techniques.Currently the course is offered as an elective for undergraduate junior and senior students incomputer engineering technology. The course was offered for the first time in 2014, with anenrollment of 22 students. The instructor had previously completed the Cyber-SecurityAwareness (CSAW) instructor training program at New York Polytechnic

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kara Vance; Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Gul E. Okudan Kremer; Ivan Esparragoza

, having effective teamwork skills inengineering contexts is important. Multi-disciplinary teams bring together a pool of talents,experiences, and knowledge base, which cannot be embodied in an individual. However, themulti-disciplinary nature of a team does not guarantee successful team performance. Theresearch shows that the success of a team depends on how effectively team members are able toshare information, assign tasks based on the strengths of team members, coordinate tasks, andprovide feedback to one another.1 It is essential that engineering graduates have teamwork KSAto function effectively in teams. Engineering programs have responded to this need byincorporating teamwork into all levels of academic curricula.Table 1 summarizes a set

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kevin Scoles

of HOMER software from HOMER Energy. Several weeks of tutorials areperformed in HOMER before projects begin so students are comfortable with the software andcan concentrate on system design choices.This paper reviews the course learning goals, course design and delivery, project details, andcourse assessment results.I. IntroductionAn introduction to renewable energy course was added to the undergraduate ECE curriculum tofill a gap in the electric power program. The course is intended to draw an audience from acrossengineering and science. It is offered as an elective at the pre-junior/junior (3rd or 4th year)level. Course prerequisites have been kept to a minimum, and include calculus and physicsappropriate for the student’s major. Concepts

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Steven Magluilo; Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Ivan Esparragoza; Gul E. Okudan Kremer

Model of Domain Learning(MDL) to better suit their specific courses. Students can then use the web interface to evaluateboth themselves and fellow team members. After students complete their evaluations, instructorsare able to view the results through the system’s reports and can formulate an individual gradefor each student. More importantly, instructors also have the ability to send the students feedbackand automatically include anonymous reviews from other team members. The reports show theinstructor where the students’ skills may be lacking. The preliminary results from a pilot studyare discussed.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityI. IntroductionIn engineering and information technology programs