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Stephanie Nelson; Brittany McCrigler

Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 290The representatives of iFixit are anxious to collaborate further with other technical writingclasses in California and around the nation to extend the company’s mission. As BrittanyMcCrigler, Director of Education Services for iFixit, states, “I believe that technical writing cantruly change the world.”1 Since ABET has identified the lack of writing skills of graduatingengineering students as an area needing significant improvement, this collaboration betweenengineering educators and iFixit’s own technical writing department shows great promise inproviding a solution to the global problem of

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Thomas Korman; Hal Johnston; Kay Gore

preparing graduates to enter the workforce withthe skills necessary to make immediate contributions. Further, industry reports that students’limited preparation often delays their making contributions to integration, collaboration,productivity, and accuracy, all of which are necessary in the engineering and constructionindustries. Project-based learning, combined with simulations and multidisciplinary learningopportunities, not only significantly enhances the ability of students to successfully enter the Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Manoochehr Zoghi; Hernan Maldonado; Syreeta Martinez

492 Initiatives to Improve Student Success and Retention in The Lyles College of Engineering California State University, Fresno Manoochehr Zoghi, Hernan Maldonado, and Syreeta Martinez California State University, FresnoAbstractIt is widely known that the science, technology and innovation (STI) are important drivers of theeconomy, which affect nearly all aspects of our everyday lives. Engineering is in turn central tothe innovation and our modern society. Recently, however, there has been a great deal of concernregarding the future of engineering education in the U.S

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Moe Tajvidi P.E.

towards foundation design concept in engineering. The subject of thiscase study ‘foundation design” course is a senior year civil engineering course and the processand findings of during implementation of PBL method conducted by the author are described.Based on the previous literature as well as this study, a number of recommendations for thefuture are given.IntroductionIn engineering education two topics have drawn attention as considerably popular approaches.Problem-based learning and Project-based learning; the acronym for both of them is PBL.Although they have similar applications, they differ in certain ways. In addition, sometimesDesign Based Learning (DBL) is addressed; it might seem to be in the same context as PBL,which is not the case

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Bruno Osorno

this large effort becameoverwhelmed and had less time to prepare properly for exams and quizzes, thuscompromising their grade through the examinations. The findings of this study suggests thatassessment of the relationship between quantified measures of student participation in teamprojects and their academic performance requires more attention, since there is a potentialpositive correlation between them.Bibliography1. “Experience of cooperative learning in engineering,” Rocio Maceirasa, Angeles Cancelaa, Santiago Urréjolab and Angel Sáncheza,, European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 36, No. 1, March 2011, 13–19.2. “Collaborative Learning Techniques and their Extensions to Virtual Classrooms,” Paul S. Steif and Anna Dollár

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Christopher McComb; Fariborz Tehrani

, communication of results, and team collaboration. Measurable outcomes of this supportinclude: Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 2631. Approximately 25 presentations given by students during group meetings2. 4 journal papers in review3. $44,300 in research funding secured by group members4. More than 15 senior projects mentored through the groupThese qualitative indicators demonstrate that the group provides students with a number ofopportunities to encourage their success.Survey Results. Seven current group

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Andriani Parastiwi; Taufik Taufik

Agreement for academicexchange a few years ago which was renewed in 2013. One faculty exchange that occurredrecently was a faculty from the electrical engineering department at Polinema visiting Cal Polythrough the SAME program to conduct collaborative work with her counterpart in the electricalengineering department at Cal Poly. This paper describes the experience observed from thisexchange activity focusing more on lessons learned to enhance students’ success. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 310Research

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Shadnaz Asgari; Burkhard Englert

Civil Engineers. p. 1-5.4. Accrediation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Retrieved on March 3, 2014 at http://www.abet.org/.5. Wicklein RC, Schell JW. Case Studies of Multidisciplinary Approaches to Integrating Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Technology Education 1995;6.6. Dekhtyar A, Goodman AL, Montana A. Teaching Bioinformatics in Concert: an Interdisciplinary Collaborative Project- based Experience. 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference; 2013; Riverside: American Soeciety of Engineering Education. p. 147-68.7. Tang HH, Hsiao E. The advantages and disadvantages of multidisciplinary collaboration in design education. 5th International Congress of International

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Galen Pickett; Prashanth Jaikumar; Michael Peterson

from floor to ceiling with ordinary whiteboard markers. An important part of thehonors course is a face-to-face experience in solving challenging problems in a collaborative Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 324environment. While it is too early to discuss the outcome of the honors sections, we are confidentthat the results will be positive and similar qualitatively to the inclusion of “Social Homework”in the regular sections due to the close interactions between students with one another and withthe

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Mary Cardenas

patent filing and intellectual propertyrights1. Advantages of ELNs include the ability to search electronically; electronic linkage andstorage of potentially large data files (including newer types of electronic files, such as video);and increased accessibility and collaborative functions. A number of different software solutionsare available, usually grouped by technical field and potential application of the work. ELNs aremuch more common in industry, compared to academia; ELNs are rarely used in undergraduate Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Fariborz Tehrani; Nell Papavasiliou; Frederick Nelson; Carol Bohlin; Mara Brady

knowledge among elementary school teachers will translate into greater awarenessand knowledge of engineering among their students. This in turn will lay the foundation forgreater student awareness of, interest in, and knowledge of engineering as a field of study incollege.IntroductionEngineering education and literacy. The works of engineers continue to affect our lives in thetwenty-first century, more than any other time in the history. Yet, there has not been substantialgrowth in public awareness of engineering. Surveys have shown that coordinated efforts topromote the public perception of engineering are necessary to engage public and elected officials Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference

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Bhaskar Sinha; Pradip Dey; Gordon Romney; Mohammad Amin; Debra Bowen

students to complete a capstone project intheir final year, or upon program completion, as a concluding experience to determine thestudents’ ability to apply program knowledge and skills to real-world problems3. This researchdemonstrates that creating and implementing capstone projects for non-profit and low-budgetcommunity organizations is both a viable and practical way to enhance the vision of providinguseful service to the community, improving student learning, and at the same time, meeting allrequired learning outcomes of the academic program. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Samuel Landsberger; Artin Davidian; Juan Garibay; Richard Valenzuela; Barbara Wheeler

within the PI’shome departments of Mechanical Engineering and Kinesiology – have shown spontaneousinterest in involvement, and this has stimulated multi-disciplinary teamwork among previously Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 198unlikely collaborators, including both various Engineering disciplines together with AdaptedPhysical Education, Rehabilitation Exercise, and Special Education.Outcome summary. From the perspectives of all involved, especially the energetic studentparticipants, the HERE and HERO programs

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, Pomona) Panadda Marayong (California State University, Long Beach) Marilyn Dyrud (Oregon Institute of Technology) 2 A Note from the Conference Co-ChairsThe 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference—was hosted by the College ofEngineering/California State University, Long Beach. Promoting the theme, "Student Success Is Our Success,”it provided an excellent opportunity where faculty/professional staff presented and shared innovative tools,pedagogies, and best practices for addressing the challenges of engineering education. Particular emphasiswas on

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Shervin Zoghi; Eric Liguori; Manoochehr Zoghi; Fariborz Tehrani; The Nguyen

attributes: problem solving,optimism, high tolerance for uncertainties, insightful, creative, and forward thinking. LylesCollege of Engineering at Fresno State, in partnership with the Lyles Center for Innovation andEntrepreneurship, is in the process of incorporating entrepreneurship concepts longitudinally inthe engineering curricula in various forms to enhance student experiential learning. We believeintegrating entrepreneurship in engineering education will help students better prepare forproductive careers as leaders in their profession.We have been exploring different ways of integrating entrepreneurship endeavors in theengineering curricula in order to promote student engagement and well roundedness. Throughworkshops and seminars on product

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Nebojsa Jaksic

(feasibility) ofthese ideas is also addressed. In engineering education, a number of techniques are implementedto develop creativity and enhance ideation capabilities of students. These techniques includebrainstorming2, brainwriting3, collaborative sketching4, morphological analysis5, transformationaldesign using mind-mapping6, design by analogy7, principles of historical innovators8, and variouscombinations of the aforementioned techniques9. Developing an ability to innovate has beenapproached through improvisation10, the theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ)11-20, and theS-field (also referred as Su-field) theory21.One of the commonly used techniques in ideation is brainstorming (especially when solvinggeneric, non-engineering problems

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Gordon Romney; Pradip Dey; Mohammad Amin; Bhaskar Sinha

aremarkable level of mutual collaboration/collegiality that builds on their teaching and research. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 349References1. Gartner (2013). IaaS Cloud Magic Quadrant, Retrieved November 25, 2013 from http://www.gartner.com/ technology/reprints.do?id=1-1I5JDYG&ct=130805&st=sb&elq_mid=&elq_cid=10627032. Romney, G.W. (2009). The Integration of Ruby on Rails as an Agile Teaching Tool in IT Curricula. ASEE/ PSW- 2009 Conference, San Diego, CA3. Dey, P

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Reza Raeisi; Max Gardner; Ricardo Rangel

© 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 328It also contains a discussion forum for students and faculty to collaborate and discussassignments, problems, and projects.The Moodle system provides the entire embedded system curriculum as well as necessaryresources such as the PIC microcontroller datasheet and the training sheet for the PIC board.Each lesson plan was stored in individual modules that contain all of the instructional resourcesto learn and complete the lesson plan. The student has the option to complete the course in C,BASIC, or Assembly language. The first few lesson plans teach the fundamental steps for usingthe trainer board

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Jose Valdovinos; Cheng Chen; Abbyanna Davis; Amelito Enriquez; Wenshen Pong

simulation results.Past research projects, such as the work from the professors of engineering in San FranciscoState published in 2012 which develop a probabilistic approach for reliability assessment of real-time hybrid simulation results2 especially when the true structural response is not available. Alinear elastic single-degree-of-freedom structure is used to determine the statistical distributionof actuator delay values corresponding to certain accuracy3. Nonlinear structural behavior isconsidered through the Bouc-Wen model4. The Bouc-Wen model is used in modeling thehysteresis phenomenon in the dynamically excited nonlinear structures it is used to help further Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV

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Mudasser Wyne; Alireza Farahani

offered entirely online in 2006 and currently has a strong online presence.Few years ago STEM decided to pursue ABET accreditation and mobilized faculty to examinethe CS curriculum and its assessment process in order to align the program with ABETrequirements. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 457ABET CriteriaABET provides a form of quality assurance for the undergraduate academic programs6. Itconsists of four accreditation commissions namely, Applied Science (ASAC), ComputingScience (CSAC), Engineering (EAC

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Gino Galvez; Eric Marinez; Alvaro Monge

research environment where they are taught about researchtechniques and where they are expected to apply their own knowledge. That same study alsoreports on reasons why underrepresented racial minority (URM) students leave the sciences.Among the factors is “the lack of social value or relevance to improving conditions for their Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 141communities”, something also reported by Bonous-Hammarth2. The research experiences canmake those connections that will motivate URM students to persist

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Debra Larson

importance of faculty scholarship tokeeping California competitive in a global marketplace, and keeping faculty at the cutting edgeof their disciplines so they can participate as a member of the world's scholars leading toenhancements of their teaching and student interactions3. The Provosts recommended strategiesof reallocation, realignment, and reassignment to support and encourage increased faculty andstudent research and scholarship. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 215Like many of the CSU campuses, Cal Poly has

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Nancy Warter-Perez; Sevak Ghazaryan; Jerardo Martin

Successful K-12 STEM Education identified three goals for U.S. STEMeducation4”: • Goal 1: Expand the number of students who ultimately pursue advanced degrees and careers in STEM fields and broaden the participation of women and minorities in those fields. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 444 • Goal 2: Expand the STEM-capable workforce and broaden the participation of women and minorities in that workforce. • Goal 3: Increase STEM literacy for all students, including those who

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Jin-Lee Kim; Talal Trabolsi

request. Being able to fill out forms, incident reports, and daily progress reports in thefield increases efficiency and overall accuracy of such reports. These technologies also save timeby reducing the amount of trips back and forth to the job trailer to acquire needed information, Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 167allowing for more immediate decision making in the field. Ultimately, readily availableinformation allows companies and project teams to reduce risk and exposure to failure as projectteams will

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Selyna Perez Beverly

academic and social systems of the university predicted student dropout2. Tinto1 explained that academic systems encompassed study skills and academic environmentwhereas social systems involved finding a supportive social group or mentor. According to Tinto1,dropout behavior results from a student being unable to integrate into the university academically andsocially. Therefore students who do not feel connected to the university through academic programs orsocial connections (i.e. student clubs and student activities) are more likely to have difficulty persistingat the university. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for

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Tina Smilkstein

about doingmedical technology projects. The interest in applying their EE/CPE knowledge to a problemfrom the medical technology field was of high interest to them (and me) and I looked for a wayto provide an opportunity for them to put some time into exploring what their training can beused for in other fields Cal Poly has a biomedical club as well as a diabetes club and I had theopportunity to visit and listen to the students from these two groups discuss projects andinterests. There was a common theme that the members of these groups were facing the sameissues as the EEs and CPEs: They had knowledge of their specialties and had an interest in Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference

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Edward Smaglik; Terry Baxter; John Tingerthal P.E.; Chun-Hsing Ho; Mark Lamer

systems (LMS) Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 364are utilized to complement the face-to-face (FTF) classes. Two introductory computer courses inthe Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Environmental Engineeringat Northern Arizona University were redesigned prior to the fall 2013 semester to capitalize onthe benefits of blended learning techniques. The redesigns were motivated by a number of factorsincluding a high demand for a single computer teaching lab, a decrease in student