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Jorge Leon; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

the degree program currently seen related to the content beyond advanced technologies.being developed at TAMU. Further, a brief assessment of The curriculum for the MSET at Wayne State Universitythe potential job market awaiting the graduates from this [4] incorporates problem solving skills with communicationprogram, as well as the expected student demand was and project management. The Purdue University onlinepresented. Future work includes continued refinement of Master of Science in Engineering Technology program [1]the curriculum and other program details by drawing upon emphasizes more general objectives such as “design andthe best attributes of currently offered similar programs. guide

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Gholam H. Massiha; Shelton L. Houston

Lafayette, there was no programengineering management is a calculus-based program in the state of Louisiana to meet their educational needs.which focuses on problem solutions and associated designs. All STEC applicants are admitted to the UniversityOften, the engineer is the project lead in assessing and Graduate School. Admission to the Master of Science ingenerating the solutions to complex problems. Engineering Systems Technology is based on assessment of theeducation integrates problem identification, design, applicant’s score on the Graduate Record Examination, theadvanced scientific concepts, project economics, and undergraduate academic record, and letters ofproject management

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Margo Cousins; Daniel Puperi

First-year interest groups and 1st semester BME design class exposure to improve engineering student outcomes Margo Cousins, Daniel Puperi The University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering 107 W. Dean Keeton St., Austin, Texas 78712 E-mail: danpuperi@utexas.edu Introduction 1. Methods First year Biomedical Engineering (BME) students at The authors measured student outcomes among both theThe University of Texas at Austin have the option of

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Miguel A. Angulo; Ozgur Aktunc

other’s’ work. GitHub allows the instructor and own web applications successfully.students to track the contributions of each member so We also utilized GitHub for assignment management instudents can be held accountable. two programming courses, EG 1305 – Object-Oriented Programming and Design, a freshman course and EG 3392 - Java and Applications, a junior course in the Software3. Use of GitHub in different disciplines Engineering program. EG 1305 is a prerequisite for EG GitHub has been mostly used by professors and teachers 3392

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Thomas J. Dobrowski

testing and basicGraduates of the program who started as training on soils mechanics is warranted. TheProject Engineers in the field were consulted need for training beyond what thoseto ascertain what components of the Soils certificates can offer is needed. The liability in geotechnical engineering is considerablyclass they had found helpful. higher than in most civil fields. It thereforeEight modules of two hours each were makes no sense to have a professionally donedesigned and could run independently of design only to have an inexperiencedeach other or “back to back”. This allows for

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Myles Sloan; Chung Hyun Goh; Fredericka Brown

be in charge of a group of engineers. This is one The drivetrain systems of Baja SAE vehicles are reason it is important that teams remain established in ansubjected to extreme conditions and must be designed institution for many years, so there is a growth through allaccordingly. Over the years, many university teams and ranks before graduation; therefore, students can gainlarge companies have attempted to create a drivetrain system experience in being at the bottom, as well as leading andthat can withstand these extreme conditions. During these managing other engineers at the top. This is much differentcompetitions, drivetrain systems are broken due to from the way it is

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Alireza Yazdanshenas; Joseph Oyedele; Emilli Morrison; Chung Hyun Goh

students than previously experienced.Stirling Engine, Thermal Fluid design, Electricity Furthermore, students can alter their designs notGeneration, System Programing, System only toward optimal performance, but also towardIntegration, new product development (NPD) synergizing a product effectively. Lastly, students also experienced the power of practicality and1. Frame of Reference quickly learned not to over-engineer certain aspects of their project. In summary, the Due to the developments of advanced practicality of the SI in the NPD can

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Noe Vargas Hernandez; Arturo Fuentes; Stephen Crown

learning • Motivationand thrive in the engineering program. What are the • How to ask for help in a timely mannernecessary non-technical skills for student success? This is • How to take informed decisionsinitially addressed in the next subsection. Once these skills • How to deal with failure and bounce backare identified, educational experiences can be designed to • How to continuously adapt to unexpected changesdevelop

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Vijaya Gopu; Ayman Okeil; Roger Seals

technology of structural health monitoring andover incorporating FMM education in an already packed measurements (SHM) and to utilize monitoringcurriculum. technologies and SHM data to evaluate performance and Reinforcing the need to incorporate FMM principles and behavior, analyze problems and design structuralpractices into the CEE curriculum are the accreditation engineering systems. This goal was to be achieved bycriteria of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and

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John R. Clegg; Kenneth R. Diller

Ultimately, it is critical that students can apply the knowledgeobservation and student interviews, this additional time obtained during undergraduate engineering programs toexceeded 40 hours by the end of the course. The students’ genuine problems in the workforce. Therefore, students’consensus was that the challenge homework, and group newfound confidence toward approaching such problems wascollaboration therein, influenced their learning to a greater perhaps the most encouraging

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Okan Caglayan; Sreedevi Ande P.E.; Erik Coronado; Max Martinez; Samuel Handowski

“This is not 13th Grade”: Making the Transition to College through Coding Okan Caglayan, Ph.D., Sreedevi Ande, Ph.D., Erik Coronado, Max Martinez, Samuel Handowski The University of the Incarnate Word/Department of Engineering 4301 Broadway Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78209, United States caglayan@uiwtx.edu, ande@uiwtx.edu Abstract Summer Coding Academy - Program The Summer Coding Academy 2017 at the The Summer Coding Academy was a free one-University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) was designed for

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Steve E. Watkins; Nancy M. Ostin

formed during the early growth years of engineeringhas Sigma Gamma Tau (formed 1953) and computer educational programs. A common characteristic isengineering became affiliated with the honor society for academic recognition, but other commonalities areelectrical engineering (Eta Kappa Nu). While most honor community and service. Note the similar themes found insocieties have predominantly American student chapters, the ways these honor societies describe themselves.many honor societies are expanding internationally. • Tau Beta Pi: “Integrity and Excellence in An early concern was to have a uniform definition of the Engineering” (Motto)honor society

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Julio Alonso; Jesus Vargas; Daniel Li; Abraham Elizarraras; Tony Hoang; Khanh Vu; J. Patterson; Mohammad Palwala; Marco Maldonado; Masaki Isago; Mark Aranda; Lan Trinh; Tu Huynh; Tie Nguyen; Bao Ly; Jiao Huang; Heidar Malki; Xiaojing Yuan

To support the operation of such a bike sharingstudents use to interact with the bike share program: sign program, MySQL database is used to support storage andup, subscribe, reserve and checkout bikes, and managing retrieval from tables and designed views of users’their account including their payment and trip trajectory information, including passwords, trip history, distance,and duration. At the back end is the cloud infrastructure bicycle check in and check out station, and associated

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Freddie Davis; Roy Issa; Kenneth Leitch; peter Hughes

by embedding phase changeTexas A&M University, students are exposed to a variety material (PCM) inside building walls. The purpose of thisof sustainability-oriented projects through senior design project is to have senior engineering students from both theand research courses. The projects are selected to provide mechanical and civil engineering programs design aan in-depth understanding of the investigated area through prototype composite residential wall that incorporatesanalytical and experimental studies. In this particular phase change material to optimize the temperature gradientproject, students in thermal design were asked to across the composite wall, and to compare the

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Colby Ryan; Alexis Crandall; Mitch Martinez; David Kennedy; Kristian Ecolango; Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

Electronic Systems Engineeringrecognized undergraduate program with an emphasis in Technology (ESET) program at Texas A&M Universityelectronics, communication, embedded systems, testing, has had a focus on electronic product and systeminstrumentation and control systems. The program development. Three of the primary reasons for thiscombines engineering and industrial knowledge and particular focus were input from the industry that hiresmethods to develop, design, and implement new innovative ESET graduates, the interest and background of the ESETproducts through a two-semester long Senior Capstone faculty, and the effect of a curriculum focused in theseProject

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Hyun Seop Lee; Y. D. Kim; Edwin Thomas

payoffs and a frameworkabove three methods, students were guided to the validation for continuous quality enhancement. Faculty members at theof assumptions of theories. university help to manage the contextualization of engineering design theory and practice. This would not only1. Introduction bring invaluable experience into design classrooms and In engineering education, educators found that some studios, but would also help to alleviate the burden ofstudents learn sequentially, mastering a material more or less faculties who want to teach design because they areas

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Pranav A. Bhounsule; Ahmad Taha; Sebastian Nugruho

8th grade girls from science and engineering careers. In this paper, we report oneconomically disadvantaged families. The overall objective an outreach camp that we organized, results of the pre- andof the camp was motivating the young girls to consider post-camp surveys, and provide suggestions for futurepursuing a career in engineering and sciences. The main camps.focus of the camp were hands-on labs using LEGOMindstorms EV3 kit. Students learned about programming, The overall motive of the outreach program is to create ansensors, motors and put their skills to test by creating a awareness about controls and robotics to motivate youngmobile robot that

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Chaoyi Wang; Michael Frye; Sreerenjini Nair

engineering through school teachers were hired to participate in the camp. Theyrobotic projects, computer programming, graphic design, helped recruit the middle school students from theirand guest speakers. The camp has an additional emphasis respective schools. miniGEMS high school student alumni Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference The University of Texas at Austin April 4-6, 2018came back as peer mentors for the camp. An End of

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Heather S. Rose; Charles R. Upshaw; Joshua D. Rhodes; Yuval Edrey; Michael E. Webber

installation training program,learn first hand about unique engineering challenges. The the National Renewable Energy Lab, and Austin Energy’slab is located on the roof of the 10 story Engineering 30MW solar farm (just outside of town), the only source ofTeaching Center (ETC) building, so students had to design local radiation data was found to be a local elementaryand build systems with constraints such as weight school that, as part of the State Energy Conservationlimitations and wind resistance. Students also gained Office’s Solar for Schools project, had been collecting dataexperience working with building facilities and for several years. However, their pyranometer had

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S. Nasrazadani; S. Sekar; N. Padamati; X. Wang; F. Gamez-Rivas

Fourierstudents who worked on failure analysis of components transform infrared spectrophotometry (FTIR) which are notfailed in an oil and gas industry. Students developed skills discussed in undergraduate programs. Advanced topicsin utilization of scanning electron microscope (SEM), covering fundamentals of each technique, origin of data,Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), and Fourier interpretation and analysis of the spectrum, limitations ofTransform Infrared Spectrophotometry. This exercise has each technique such as detection limit, spectraproven highly effective in introducing young engineers to interferences, and use of data are covered in the course.real world problems in oil and gas industry

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Brian P. Bernard; Rui Cao; Maureen Russo RodrÕguez

expanded beyond Many students are drawn to small liberal arts universitiesforeign languages, and the first engineering course, Statics, on the promise of a high-touch educational environment, inwas offered in this synchronous, distance format. As which class sizes are small, and there is significant personalbackground, this paper will provide an overview of the interaction with faculty and staff. The drawback to this smalltechnology used in the classrooms and some of the size is that the variety of course and program offerings canadministrative obstacles that were overcome in scheduling, be highly limited. In these contexts, the possibility of onlineregistration and information

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph; Kimberlyn Gray

Chocolate:the activity. The activity continues using various This activity was designed to be done in small groups.combinations of conditions (e.g., both hands are raised) and Each group receives a paper sack that acts as the “monster”other loop types (e.g., clap and/or snap for so many counts for the activity, a program that serves as their instructionsof the music for a for loop). for the activity, and a bag of assorted candies. Each group The challenge of providing enough materials does not

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Mario Toussaint; Don Ploger

of anystudents explore concepts in number theory. We describe a polygon equals 360--this is so different from the standardspreadsheet program that can generate all the factors of an approach, that it proved difficult to bring the working twointeger. To understand how the spreadsheet solves these schools. Furthermore, Papert used a particularproblems, we use the metaphor of a robot. The robot must programming language that did not correspond tointerpret data from the real world and respond effectively. classroom practice.Although non-engineers may not understand the details, In this study, we focus on Number theory, a topic well- established for grades four