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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Michael Korostelev; Ning Gong; Ralph Oyini Mbouna

. Through two-way teachingand gamification, students converge on real aspects of digital communication while unwittinglydesigning an IP protocol frame. Student feedback shows that they are responsive to themethodology while work samples demonstrate a number of creative solutions that supportstudents' understanding of the subject.1. IntroductionPeople have become dependent on technology. Our standards for an educated individual have toadjust to our needs for technology and must include some form of study of technology orengineering. In today’s society, engineering skills are vital in professional life. Manyundergraduate engineering departments are now offering courses as part of the general educationcurriculum for non-majors to give students an

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Alex Antunes; Angela Walters; Amanda Raab

The Neglected Art of Sourcing in Engineering Education Alex Antunes, Angela Walters & Amanda Raab, Capitol Technology UniversityWe present methods for teaching schedule and cost delays in engineering projects as experientialteam learning within a classroom, without incurring unscripted schedule or cost delay to thecourse. Matching design and schematic specifications to a single vendor solution is a necessarybut rarely taught step in engineering. Engineers need parts, but most courses magically provideeither kits, chosen parts, or single-sourced components to speed student focus on the coreengineering topics. Sourcing of parts, however, involves real world process- and people-relatedissues that can add schedule and

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Edward M. Land; Michael Marcus; Harley Hartman; Anthony Derosa; Seth Klepper; Eduardo Rayner; Justin Stahl; Hansong Li

Specifications The PSY team spent an average of one hour a week in an informal setting with ourcollaborating/ mentoring educational institution (JHU), to develop the following specifications: 1.0 Scope: This specification defines the design and function of a HOAD (Hand Opening Assistive Device. The HOAD is a computer controlled, effective, low-profile and comfortable hand-opening proof-of-concept prototypeSpring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University appliance capable of assisting patients to extend both hand and wrist and accomplish routine activities-of-daily-living. 2.0 Usage guidelines: Design for indoor use Between 20°C and 25°C (68°F

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Clement Ekaputra; Zuyi Huang

school studentsin the project, interactive teaching strategies were applied to educate the students with theprocesses in the microbial fuel cells, and the relevant concepts for ODE development andsimulation, and PID controller design. Since the rational design of PID controllers is based up asystemic training on Laplace transform, the commonly used tuning methods of PID controllerswere not introduced in this project. Instead, the Simulink model was used as a platform for thestudent to evaluate the influence of the proportional (P) and integral (I) components on thecontroller performance so that the student can obtain a quick intuition and understanding of PIDcontrol. In addition, Simulink provides a PID controller module that can be easy to use

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Rachel A. Brennan

growing need for engineers trained in a broadsuite of sustainable water treatment technologies, and with an ability to work in interdisciplinaryteams in complex international settings.As part of a new program in Sustainable Engineering at Penn State, a senior-level, electivecourse in Ecological Engineering was offered for the first time in fall 2014 with a focus onempowering real coastal communities in the Caribbean to improve their quality of life andprotect their natural resources. In this course, undergraduate and graduate students worked inmultidisciplinary teams to design ecological wastewater treatment systems with an emphasis onproducing beneficial byproducts of food, income, and/or education for the targeted community.The team project was

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Arthur Rozario; Zhenkang Yang; Abe Yang; San Peng; Qing Guan; Ying Dong; Sunil Dehipawala; Andrew Nguyen; Alexei Kisselev; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

senior college, the EEG platform has abudget advantage with a variety of data analysis options for community college students withvarious levels of time commitment constraints. We had paid $500 for the Emotiv EEG andsimilar EEG devices under $300 are forthcoming as well. Our community college is located inNew York City and most of our students need to work to support their education. The analysisoptions from simple Excel Solver technology to FFT algorithm are separable exercises and astudent could stop in any analysis option or level without the penalty of losing the client-company simulation opportunity. The time management flexibility is an essential reason for thesuccess of using EEG consumer technology in client-company simulation, a

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aparicio Carranza; Casimer DeCusatis

students in the study ofcomputer security. We present a detailed discussion of the methods used in this course, feedbackfrom students and faculty, and recommendations for broader adoption of this approach.II. CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION GOALSNew York City College of Technology (“NYCCT”) is the designated senior college oftechnology within the 24-unit City University of New York (CUNY), the largest urban publicuniversity system in the nation. The college plays an important role nationally in the education offuture scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians. The National Science Foundationranks City Tech third nationally in the number of associate-level science and engineering degreesawarded to black students, 23rd in degrees awarded to

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Vijay Kanabar; Carla Messikomer

Integrating Project Management Knowledge Modules in Engineering Education Vijay Kanabar, Carla Messikomer, Boston University, Project Management InstituteAbstractA survey of twenty-two programs by Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2013 revealed thatthere is an opportunity to strengthen undergraduate project management (PM) education inengineering schools and colleges. In response to this need PMI sponsored a “for academics byacademics” global curriculum project to baseline undergraduate PM competency. This newcurriculum framework was launched in February 2015. It was the result of five exploratoryworkshops involving eight-five faculty as well as a

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ralph C. Tillinghast; Amelia W. Wright; Leslie A. Stevens

indicated by its title, MOOCs represent open, free or significantly reducedcost educational course materials available to access and to re-purpose. As these courses becomemore popular and readily available the question arises whether they will represent a disruptivetechnology 2 for the educational market, particularly at the university level. As coined byChristensen, disruptive technologies have the potential to drastically alter or wipeout existingmarket share in a specific market. The goal of this paper is to look at the growing number ofcompanies offering MOOC materials and decide if they represent a disruptive innovation tocurrent educational systems. Due to the broad range of educational level that could be affectedthis paper will focus on

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Russell Trafford; Linda Head

year, when they take Sophomore Clinic I alongside College Composition II. As forthe impact (or lack there-of) of the absence of lab-specific homework, the lab instructor feelsthat the reinforcement is built into his instructional lectures before students began the labs. Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityIII. Using Smart Devices in the Classroom for In-Class EvaluationsThe lab instructor, a recent graduate of the BSECE program at Rowan University, is in-tunewith the current generation and extremely comfortable with using technology in the classroom.As an avid purveyor of the newest devices and software, one of the more memorable points inthe lab instructor’s freshman experience was the use

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gang Feng

of Engineering at Villanova University in 2013for the development of the flipped classroom modules in ME 2100 Statics. Also, weacknowledge the grant support from College of Engineering at Villanova University and theKern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) in 2014 for the development of theentrepreneurship case study modules in ME 2100 Statics. Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityV. Bibliography1. Hibbeler, R. C., Engineering mechanics. Pearson: Upper Saddle River, N.J., 2013.2. Philpot, T. A.; Hall, R. H.; Hubing, N.; Flori, R. E., Using games to teach statics calculation procedures:Application and assessment. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 2005, 13 (3), 222-232.3

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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

presented. Next, details of thepartnership, followed by perspectives from both VU and GWHF are presented. Finallyconclusions and future work are discussed.2. Background2.1. Explosive Remnants of War in CambodiaStarting in 1965 and continuing for 3 decades, Cambodia was embroiled in armed conflict. USbombings during the Vietnam War made Cambodia perhaps the most bombed country inhistory2. Many bombs did not explode, leaving unexploded, but still active bombs throughout thecountry – US bombing sites are shown in red/orange in Fig. 1 along the Cambodia-Vietnamborder. Following this period, the Khmer Rouge came to power resulting in the Cambodiangenocide3. The Khmer Rouge were eventually pushed to the Cambodia-Thailand border, wheresignificant numbers

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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

collaborative workdo make for an integrative student learning experience that is different from other schools.Rapid pace of change, encouraged by technology, has shifted engineering education to be lessdependent on direct memorization of facts and more dependent on integrated skills includingcollaboration, creativity, interdisciplinary understanding, and the ability to communicate to teammembers with diverse backgrounds.4 This conviction about learning is the core of NexusLearning approaches. Applied to engineering education, this approach is transformative toSTEM teaching because, at its pedagogical foundation, is the assumption that students areprofessionals the moment they enter their program and should be challenged accordingly. Forundergraduate

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sridhar Santhanam

has been taught usually in atraditional lecture format. While there are many advantages to this mode of instruction, there arepromising active learning approaches that can be adopted to improve student learning outcomesand student faculty interaction.Recently, innovative changes have been introduced at other institutions in the manner in whichcontent is delivered in introductory Mechanics courses. Some of these innovations1,2 havecentered around the use of technology, in particular the use of software based interactive,adaptive eLearning modules. For instance, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has developedeLearning content for Statics1 through a non-profit venture called the Open Learning Initiative Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Danai Chasaki

of the freshman yearcan allow for education of the freshman students so that engineering analytical tools can quantifywhat is already understood in a qualitative sense.II. Project ThemeThe theme of the mini-project is Cyber Crime Scene Investigation; we will recreate a moderncrime scene scenario – a technology savvy criminal breaks into a corporate organization’s Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universitypremises, cracks passwords, obtains access to sensitive information, but luckily leaves tracesbehind - and have students form teams with rotating roles. Some teams will assume the“hacking” role and the rest will be on the “defensive” side.The main objectives of this course are:• Students

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Thomas Ask

, individual creativity is usually nurtured by history or groupbehavior.This study reports survey findings from 2015 regarding the environment and rendering mediapreferred for developing design concepts. This data are compared to previous studies conductedin 2004 and 2011. This study’s findings are based on surveys of undergraduate students indesign related majors at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. The students were asked toidentify the tools they preferred for concept designs and environments that motivated creativity.Personal electronic devices usage has risen rapidly during the time period studied. Moreover, theinteraction with these devices has moved from personally selected music to videos, games andother entertainment. Image scans on

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gary A. Gabriele; Edmond Dougherty

are seeing in other areas.While there are some important principles that need to be followed to create effectivevideos, we have found that faculty can easily master the skills and technology needed tocreate them. However, we have also realized that the real gains in student learning do notcome from just producing quality educational videos but from how to effectively use theclass time that is now available to more interactive activities. Quality in-class exercisesand interactive activities can increase student enthusiasm for the material; providechallenge; improve the students’ understanding of concepts; open up opportunities forpeer-to-peer learning, and create opportunities for introducing open ended designproblems that reinforce and

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kenneth E. Dudeck; Joseph A. Ranalli

, engineering and engineering design, with exposure to team design that includes several engineering disciplines.Addition details of the program are available on the college website [3].AccreditationThe program was designed to meet the educational outcomes that would satisfy thepublished general engineering criteria (a-k) of the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET)[4]. The decision was made to primarily use specific courseworkfrom core courses, common to all three options, to demonstrate that the student outcomeswere successfully met. Data from option specific courses would also be used to supportthe evidence. In this way, a centralized, program wide, curriculum committee could beused to coordinate, assess, and revise the

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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William E Kelly

 resources for teaching and learning ethics available of use by students, faculty members and practitioners.  Resources illustrate the close connection between ethics and various professional practice issues such as conflict of interest and technical design issues such a safety, environmental, and sustainability. The resources are there but it is up to faculty to decide how best to include these resources in individual courses and even better to consider how ethics can be integrated across an engineering curriculum leading to more effective learning and possibly even reducing credits.      V. Bibliography   1. ASCE Code of Ethics, ​ http://www.asce.org/code_of_ethics/​ Accessed March 3, 2015 2. Sheppard, S.D. et al, Educating Engineers: Designing

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda Laird; Ye Yang

Building The Two-Way Bridge:A Software Engineering Master’s Program for Liberal Arts Graduates Abstract Recent reports have highlighted an urgency of developing and retaining a homegrownworkforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), especially historicallyunderrepresented groups, such as women, due to global competition for science and engineeringtalent. While scientists and engineers typically start their careers with enrolling in a bachelor’sprogram in a STEM field in a four-year college, some go into STEM in other ways, especiallywith the intervention of higher education institutions and federal agencies. In another word, someindividuals employed

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Steven Shaffer; Martin Yeh; Thomas Iwinski

appropriate background and results of that humansubjects research. This paper adds to this prior work by reporting on the nextphase of designing the ideal mastery learning / assessment system for computerscience courses.The field of online learning has grown exponentially during the past two decades,and is now firmly entrenched in higher education. For example, [9] summarizes theorganizational, technical and legal issues of assessment systems used for onlinelearning.Combining the results of research in these traditions, along with commercialapplications and the pragmatic, “in the trenches” development experience of theauthors, enables the possibility of positing the ideal design for an online learningassessment environment for programming

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Nisha Kondrath; Mark A. Jupina

initially surprised by the number offeatures available in such a small unit. A few students used the myDAQs to performmeasurements in other courses. However, students’ comments for question 11 reflectedthe many issues that arose during the semester with the myDAQs. Students felt that theNI myDAQ package was expensive (~$200), the software was hard to install, themyDAQ was “buggy” and the measurement software crashed at times, and the myDAQmeasurements were not always as reliable as the measurements performed with the labequipment. Consequently, as technology improves, these practical issues in running aflipped-lab course will hopefully be a thing of the past and thereby allow students to do Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Deeksha Seth; Gabriel Carryon; James Tangorra

framework8, were described as students’ability to (a) Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using, oral, written and nonverbalcommunication skills, (b) Listen effectively to extract meaning, knowledge, and intentions oftheir customer, (c) Use media and technology to communicate ideas, (d) Work effectively andrespectfully in teams, (e) Share responsibility for collaborative work, and value the individualcontributions made by each team member.The above definitions were used to analyze students’ response to self-evaluations as well andstudents’ performance throughout the course.Customer assessmentThe objective of the customer assessment was to (a) understand how beneficial the course andprojects were to the customers’ existing educational programs

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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

programs for K-12 students. In these programs, K-12 students use the CVCLAB and its activities to learn about information security19, 20. ● Online education and training in information security: The CVCLAB is remotely accessible from anywhere at any time. Currently, we use the CVCLAB as the main delivery medium for two online asynchronous information security courses21. ● Resource Sharing: The CVCLAB is not only used by Penn State University - Berks students, but also students from other institutions. We have disseminated the blue-print of the CVCLAB to increase collaboration and encourage educational technology transfers among higher education institutions. ● Support for Collaborative Learning and Inquiry-based

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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

. However, the recent research results ofthe authors in mechanism design and the use of intuitivemulti-touch devices like iPads in education have the poten-tial to be powerful enabler of design innovations. Mobiledevices and apps are increasingly being used by collegestudents in their education to replace paper textbooks withtheir electronic counterparts, to take notes, record lectures,do HW, manage classes, etc. However, they are poisedto transform the whole educational structure by creating a Figure 2: Example: A Sit-To-Standdigital framework for effective delivery and dissemination Multi-functional Mobility Assist Device employs two identical planar linkages,of course material and

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Anita Singh; Dawn Ferry

having astrong communication and teamwork skills, which the current capstone courses address,engineers are required to have a broader perspective of the unmet needs that concern theirprofession such as social, environmental and economic issues. This is a global concern, whichhad a major influence on the revision of national accreditation criteria for engineering programsthereby shifting emphasis away from “what is being taught” to “what is being learned”2-6. Byproviding more project based learning experience involving the problem identification process inengineering courses, we can better train engineers to work in industrial settings by being betterprepared to finding opportunities where technology can be used to solve problems

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Somer Chipperfield; Kelly Yoder; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Abdullah Konak

awareness can be tracked by measuring their interest. Therefore, werecommend interest as a new construct to measure global awareness in addition to otherindicators.Research Question 4 (RQ4): Do students engage in more activities to improve globalawareness throughout their education?To answer RQ4, students were asked how many times they did certain activities related to globalawareness. Table 3 summarizes survey questions related to RQ4. These questions wereoperationalized using the following five-point Likert scale: 1-Never, 2- one to two times, 3- threeto four times, 4-five to six times, and 5-more than six times. In the table, the average rating ofeach question is given for each class level. The column slope represents the slope of the

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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

the spins have opposite values 5.The Ising Model tutorial website from University of Norte Dame has been very helpful for our students tounderstand the magnetization simulation results in various temperatures using the Metropolis-Hastingsalgorithm 6 (Notre Dame 2006). The NetLogo Simulation (NetLogo Technology 2015 7) and Matlabsource code examples are available 6, 8.Basically a voting model of choosing a winner out of two contesting candidates would mimic anIsing Model when voting for candidate-A is assigned a spin value of +1 and candidate-B isassigned a spin value of -1. The assumption where each voter will convince his/her neighborsthat they should vote a certain way has a parallel analogy with the Ising Model in terms of theinteraction

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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

) Professional skills assessment: Is a model of domain learning framework appropriate? International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education, 4(4), forthcoming.4. Baker, D. P. & Salas, E. (1992) Principles for measuring teamwork skills. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 34(4), 469-475.5. Ellis, A., Bell, B., Ployhart, R., et al. (2005) An evaluation of generic teamwork skills training with action teams: effects on cognitive and skill-based outcomes. Personnel Psychology 58(3), 641-672.6. Koski, E. L. & Tubbs, S. L. (2010) Utilization and implementation of the predictive index ® (PI) for global leadership development. The Business Review 15(2), 74

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Joseph Tranquillo; Keith Buffinton

 clearly and       ​ effectively. 4.​ Develop information literacy and technological competency across disciplines.       ​5.​ Develop the desire and intellectual skills for lifelong learning.       ​    As our mission is focused on education, our ecosystem is also aligned toward experiences  that help students adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, and simultaneously achieve our  university learning goals.     History Prior to 2008  Many of the earliest seeds of our ecosystem were emergent and occurred largely in isolation.  For example, Bucknell is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Small Business Develop Center  (SBDC) site that has been in operation for over 35 years. Many of our