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engineering students; fosterinnovation and creativity in engineering disciplines; help the students to develop business plansfor the entrepreneurial design projects and compete in the annual business plan competition, andpromote new ventures creation. The expansion of this program will support educationalinterdisciplinary curricula and co-curricular activities and benefit the students providing multi-and cross-disciplinary teaching, learning, and research opportunities on innovation andentrepreneurship. Selected creative student design projects with business plans involvingCAD/CAM, Robotics, and Rapid Prototyping are presented, analyzed, and discussed. Thestudents learning outcomes and their professional skills are assessed using KEEN-TTI’s surveyof

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Nasser Alromaih; Mark Rajai; S. Jimmy Gandhi

effortto come up with innovative ways of teaching entrepreneurship. In this paper, the authorshave discussed innovative ways to teach entrepreneurship to engineering graduates. Theauthors have first discussed ways in which entrepreneurship is currently taught toengineering majors and then have provided innovative alternatives to making changes tothe entrepreneurship curriculum.What is Entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship is an activity that involves using innovations, business skills,financial and material resources to transform creative ideas into economic goods.According to Refaat,5 “Entrepreneurship is an activity that involves the discovery,evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities to introduce new goods and services, waysof organizing

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Hao Jiang; José Carrillo; Alam Salguero; Ellaine Talle; Enrique Raygoza; Xenia Leon; Ben Lariviere; Amelito G. Enriquez; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shahnasser; Hamid Mahmoodi; Cheng Chen

input AC.Project Assessment and Future ImprovementStudents who participate in the research on the design and optimization of an innovative powerharvest device for miniaturized biomedical implant are very enthusiastic about the selectedproject, and highly motivated to learn electrical engineering. The future improvement suggestedby students is to extend the internship into a longer period of time. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 69 Figure 7: The DC output voltage versus the delay time that is

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Milica Markovic

introductory electromagnetics textbooks to use of specialized simulation packagesand web modules in instruction. For example, Krauss2 has introduced many applications in thelater editions of his book, Ulaby3 introduced application pages in the 5th edition of his book, andDemarest4 integrated electromagnetic theory with applied electrical engineering. Examples otherthan textbooks include making the content real, relevant, and usable in subsequent courses5,developing of specialized simulation packages as supplementary tools to teaching6 anddevelopment of virtual laboratories7, to name a few. Education research shows that lack of Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference

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Alex Dekhtyar; Anya L. Goodman; Aldrin Montana

[3], one stands very clear. Courses that provide meaningfulinterdisciplinary experiences for students are hard to develop and are hard to teach. Whilespecific perception of what constitutes a “meaningful interdisciplinary experience” may varyfrom person to person and from department to department, in this paper, we view as“meaningful” experience, an experience students get in a regularly taught course that 1. features exposure to computational (and/or software engineering) problems in a field of study outside of computer science/software engineering/computer engineering; 2. involves students and experts (faculty, professionals from outside) from both computer science and the other discipline; 3. provides some form of a

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Jeffrey Ashworth; Samer Shaghoury

Practical Lecture, Research, and Projects Based Engineering Education Jeffrey Ashworth, Ph.D., and Samer Shaghoury Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott CampusAbstractA lecture, research, and projects based course has stimulated student interest in aircraftaerodynamics, performance, and static stability and overwhelmingly enhanced preparation forthe practical aircraft conceptual/preliminary capstone design course. This unique elective coursetitled “Aircraft Flight Mechanics and Performance” uses learning methods reinforced byapplication techniques to analyze actual aircraft performance. Semester lectures cover threetopics in nearly equal segments

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Bridget Benson; Bryan Mealy

online courses is well-known, the online formathas caught the attention of academic administrators in their effort to offer quality instruction to awider audience in an era of shrinking budgets. The notion of online engineering educationdefinitely raises questions of course quality, but initial research indicates that online educationcan reach its learning objectives as well as or even better than the face-to-face course2.Current Flipped Classroom FormatWe teach our current digital design course, CPE 133, in a flipped classroom format. In a flippedclassroom, students watch video lectures on their own time and spend classroom time solvingvarious ‘homework’ problems. CPE 133 meets in two three-hour blocks each week. Each classmeeting starts with a

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Andrew Siefert; Jonathan Hoy; Keith Christman; Kevin R. Anderson

3801 West Temple Ave, Bldg. 17-2353 Pomona, CA 91768 USAAbstractThe use of ARDUINO microprocessors allows for a very top level approach to teachingMechatronics. The focus on this paper is to motivate the use of ARDUINO microcontrollers toteach Mechatronics and Control Systems in Engineering Education. This is not a research paperper say, rather it is a detailed explanation of an example of “hands-on” pedagogy. The goal ofthis paper is to merely share the outcomes of an experiential learning environment with theacademic community. This paper will present the results of using ARDUINO microcontrollerbased projects to teach a senior level Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics/Robotics course.The use of "hands-on

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Tammy Yut-Ling Chan; Gustavo Borel Menezes

Active Learning in Computer-Aided Engineering Courses (WIP) Tammy Yut-Ling Chan, Gustavo Borel Menezes Mechanical Engineering Department/Civil Engineering Department California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA)AbstractThe field of numerical methods in engineering is broad with many established concepts, yet isstill an area of active research. With the short 10 weeks in the quarter to teach this material toundergraduate students, the instructor is faced with issues such as the number of topics, depth ofcoverage, and how to effectively teach this large amount of material. Herein, the instructors usedactive learning and project-based

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emphasizeethics in the engineering workplace. This paper will provide a brief description of Aircraft DetailDesign, highlight specific ethical practices, explain the iterative teaching method used to helpstudents assimilate these practices, and suggest ways for engineering instructors to incorporatesimilar practices in their own engineering courses. These practices include social responsibility Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 329as demonstrated through budgetary and environmental responsibility

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Muge Mukaddes Darwish; Ali Nejat

accept blame or even attempt a reasonable solution. Figure 6. Hot potato model8While the number and proportion of women earning science and engineering graduate degreeshas increased dramatically, the need for additional focused steps to increase the representation ofwomen in science and engineering faculties is obvious and persistent. See Figure 7.Universitiesand colleges play central roles both in the education of scientists and engineers and in theconduct of research and development. Progress towards equality on their campuses is crucial ifwe are to optimize the productivity of the nation’s science and engineering enterprise. Figure 7. Ph.D Degrees earned by Women, 1974-20042

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Jeffrey Georgette; Brian Self; James Widmann; Kathryn Bohn; Eric Wang

-Based Activities to Repair Student Misconceptions in EngineeringDynamics. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Bibliography1. Laws, P., D. Sokoloff, and R. Thornton, Promoting Active Learning Using the Results of Physics Education Research. UniServe Science News, 1999. 13.2. Prince, M. (2004) Does Active Learning Work: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Engineering Education, pp 223-231.3. Bransford, J., A. Brown, and R. Cocking, How People Learn: Body, Mind, Experience and School. 2000, Commission on Behavioral and Social Science and Education, National Research Council

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Jin-Lee Kim

unique and innovative virtual approach to deliversustainability using Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology for undergraduatestudents and implement it as a new hands-on laboratory- and project-based course in the Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 104construction education curriculum. The concrete outcomes from this research project are fifteen3-hour laboratory- and project-based course modules in teaching sustainability using BIM, whichis designed to cover a semester. The outcomes of this

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secondary school district. Using BYOB in the final lab alleviated our mainconcern with Scratch–that it does not have the capability to express functions. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 605Related WorksThere is a diverse and large body of research in the area of computer science education, focusedon primary, secondary and tertiary schools, starting in the 1970's [3]. One common theme inmany papers is the fact that learning and teaching programming is difficult [3][4][5]. Other

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Fabricio Braga Soares de Carvalho; Orlando Rocha Baiocchi; Robert Friedman

Washington TacomaThe Institute of Technology1 at the University of Washington2, Tacoma, provides focus for therapid development of high-technology academic programs that serve the needs of the state ofWashington.Launched in 2001, the Institute has supported the South Puget Sound community by buildingfacilities, classrooms and labs to support STEM education. Through innovative partnerships witharea companies, internships and funded research projects, Institute students gain real worldexperience to tackle the challenges of a continually evolving industry.Degrees offered by the Institute of Technology are:  Computer Science and Systems (BS/BA/MS)  Computer Engineering and Systems (BS)  Information Technology and Systems (BS

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, Thomas M. and Johnston, Hal "Enhancing Construction Management Education though the use of a Virtual Construction Company Simulation System, " The 2nd International Symposium on Engineering Education and Educational Technologies: EEET 2010 in the context of The 3rd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation: IMETI 2010, Orlando, FL, July 20109. Lacey Duckworth, Dr. Tulio Sulbaran, Dr. Andrew Strelzoff, Professor Hal Johnston, "Application of a Communication Protocol Methodology to Embed a Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment in Building Industry Game" The 2011 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for

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Seema C. Shah-Fairbank; William Kitch; Kenneth Lamb P.E.

1st Year Transfers ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 2 Upper Division ■ ■ ■ 11 4-year Pledgea ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 5 KHCa ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 5 a. Same Faculty as those in the lower division cohort.Lower Division Students in this division started Cal Poly Pomona as a freshman and have not completedVector Statics. These students are assigned to their advisors for their first two years. In order forfirst year student to build a relationship with these advisors the faculty team teaching theIntroduction to Civil Engineering (CE 122) course

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Nina Robson P.E.

for facts, skills, and a conceptual understanding of the task at hand. At thatpoint, the faculty provides minimal instruction to help students learn on their own. Bransford,Brown, and Cocking [2] survey extensive neurological and psychological research that providesstrong support for inductive teaching methods. Ramsden [3], Norman and Schmidt [4] and Coles[5] also demonstrate that inductive methods encourage students to adopt a deep approach tolearning. Felder and Brent [6] show that the challenges provided by inductive methods serve asprecursors to intellectual development. Prince and Felder [7] review applications of inductivemethods in engineering education, and state the roles of other student-centered approaches, suchas active and

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Raman Unnikrishnan; Victor H. Delgado; Hye Sun Moon; Edward Sullivan

Retention Strategies for Engineering and Computer Science High Impact Practices (HIP) during first year in college Raman Unnikrishnan and Victor H. Delgado College of Engineering and Computer Science Hye Sun Moon and Edward Sullivan Office of Institutional Research & Analytical Studies California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 AbstractThe High Tech Education working group of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness(Jobs Council) concluded that an increase in the number of U.S. engineering and computerscience graduates

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Liang Li Wu; Anis Hammoudeh; Gregory Washington

The Middle East Initiative – Expanding Education in a Global Context Liang Li Wu, Anis Hammoudeh and Gregory Washington The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, IrvineAbstractStrengthening education in a global context is the future in an increasingly interconnected world.Programs that can teach students valuable skills in an environment where they can also expandtheir language skills and worldview will be instrumental in creating the leaders of tomorrow.Research collaborations and international education programs were orchestrated as part of theMiddle East Initiative at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California

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Kiran George

findings from well notedand cited publications, the findings are now at least 2- 3 years old. Instead of having students usejust texts that contain research findings that are already 2 – 3 years old, why not let themprogressively built their subject knowledge from the latest journals and publications directly?II. Instructional Development - CoursePedia for Engineering CoursesThe potential of a supplementary student resource, that involves setting up an onlineconglomeration of current and applicable topics for a course from the latest journals andpublications to which students contribute, edit, and update as part of their class assignments andother course deliverables, is explored.For the following discussion, EGCP 281(Designing with VHDL) course

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Harmonie A. Hawley; Brian O'Dell

-Liisa; Savander-Ranne, Carina. 2005. Improving Student Learning in anEnvironmental Engineering Program with a Research Study Project. International Journal of EngineeringEducation, 21(4), 702-711.5Chanson, H. 2004. Enhancing Students’ Motivation in the Undergraduate Teaching of Hydraulic Engineering:Role of Field Works. Journal Of Professional Issues In Engineering Education And Practice, 130, 259-268.6 Anderson, Donna S.; Miskimins, Jennifer L. Journal of Geoscience Education. 2006, 54 (2), 172-178.7Dewoolkar, Mandar M; George, Lindsay; Hayden, Nancy J.; Neumann, Maureen. 2009. Hands-On UndergraduateGeotechnical Engineering Modules in the Context of Effective Learning Pedagogies, ABET Outcomes, and OutCurricular Reform. Journal Of

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Paul M. Jones; J. Richard Phillips

continue torevise the curriculum to be more hands-on and industry focused.Members of the Strategic Corporate Alliance Initiative are asked to donate between$5,000 to $25,000 to support and enhance current programs, as well as to help launchnew and innovative programs that will help students succeed in the Engineering,Computer Science, and Technology professions upon graduation. Members will hold aseat on the Dean’s Advisory Board and become a stakeholder in the development of suchprograms.CSULA strives to be recognized as one of the leading universities for providing corporatepartners/investors with their highest return on investment for sponsored projects,research, student programs, and recruiting. In addition to becoming a strategic

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Kurt McMullin; Thalia Anagnos; Jan Hustler; Nancy Thomas

led by trained K-8 professional developers in partnership with engineering faculty from theInstitution of Higher Education partner. While working with the K-8 teachers, engineeringfaculty members also enhanced their pedagogical methods. Positive changes in teaching ofengineering courses by the university faculty members were observed, including increasedstudent-led inquiry, use of pre-assessment techniques, student-learning assessment, enhancedstudent probing, development of a university study-group to explore teaching of experimentaldesign, and development of pedagogical content knowledge for basic engineering courses.Findings include identifying key elements of successful professional development programs,examples of the enhanced teaching

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M. Cardenas

stores will run free scans for customers, and the cost of scan tools for moderate DIY use isunder $60.) What is more likely is that the design of some vehicles has made accessibilitydifficult, with engine covers and undertrays needing removal before one can get to the engine,and more importantly, having less space in which to maneuver tools and hands9.Research suggests that cultural changes are likely to have affected the chances of a Millennialbeing a DIYer car enthusiast. In addition to the mobility and ownership issues cited earlier in thispaper, car leasing may have had an effect, with fewer cars being “handed down” to young adultsby their parents. It’s also possible that leased vehicles aren’t worked on in the same way anowned vehicle is

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Frank G. Jacobitz; Thomas F. Schubert

universities and explored opportunities for internationalgraduate study.Topics in Fluid Mechanics (MENG 462) was offered in Marseille, France during January 3 to24, 2013 (figure 2). The course is a senior-level technical elective and the course furtherdeveloped selected topics in fluid mechanics, including boundary layers, pipe flow, and anintroduction to flow stability and turbulence. It also included an introduction to numericalanalysis and the students simulated flow problems using Comsol Multiphysics on laptopcomputers. Guest lectures from students, researchers, and faculty of the host institution includedtopics such as vorticity in turbulent flows, an introduction to plasma physics and nuclear fusion,and Fourier analysis and applications in

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Matthew T. Siniawski; Adam R. Carberry; Rafiqul I. Noorani

engages students in the design and manufacturing process of a simpleconsumer product. Similar efforts have been conducted in the past in order to improve studentlearning and engagement. For example, practice-based curricula and physical facilities have beendeveloped specifically to focus on student engagement with the product realization process1.Undergraduate courses for mechanical engineering students that provide students with hands-onexperiences in design and manufacturing have proven beneficial, especially in regards totechnical communication abilities and preparation for completion of their capstone projects2.Integrative approaches to design and manufacturing are typically dealt with in senior electives,capstone projects, or graduate

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. Stice and A. Rugarcia. "The future of engineering education II. Teachingmethods that work." Chemical Engineering Education, Volume 34, No. 1, pgs 26-39, 2000.6. Felder, R.M. and L.K. Silverman. "Learning and teaching styles in engineering education." Engineeringeducation, Volume, 78, No. 7, Pgs 674-681, 1988.7. Franco, J. http://www.ece.uc.edu/~franco/C321/html/RedBlack/redblack.html. January 2013.8. Hagerty, G. and S. Smith. Using the web-based interactive software ALEKS to enhance college algebra.Mathematics and Computer Education, Volume 39, No. 3, pgs 183-194, 2005.9. Inkling Habitat. https://www.inkling.com/habitat/. January 2013.10. Jarc, D. J. http://nova.umuc.edu/~jarc/idsv/lesson1.html. January 2013.11. jqPlot. http://www.jqplot.com

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Amelito G. Enriquez; Denise Hum; Christine Woo; Brandon Price; Danni Redding Lapuz; Anna Camacho

indicate a much lower rate of retention and transferfor Mexican Americans compared to Caucasian and Asian Americans.The first two years of typical engineering curricula require two years of courses that includesequences of courses in calculus and physics. A student who starts at College Algebra has anadditional one and a half years of mathematics (College Algebra, Trigonometry and Pre-calculus) on top of the two-year sequence of lower-division transferable courses. A student whostarts at Pre-algebra has an additional two and a half years (Pre-algebra, Algebra, CollegeAlgebra, Trigonometry and Pre-calculus) of mathematics before they are ready to take Calculus.Hence, 39.1% of Mexican Americans and 71.9% of African American students will need at

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engineering programsas well as its teacher credential program and strong links between the university and the localprofessional community provide the optimal foundation for developing a similar contest on theCentral Coast.The program is supported by a small university grant which encourages collaboration acrosscolleges as well as among departments within colleges. We have chosen to work with faculty inthe School of Education who are teaching and mentoring candidates in the teacher credentialprogram. The Sandcastle Project is envisioned in four parts: engineering content enrichmentfor teacher candidates, classroom lesson for grades 4 through 6 to introduce the design processand the professions involved in accomplishing a construction project, an after