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Hector A. Ochoa; Mukul V. Shirvaikar

design.3 There has been a trend due to rapid advances in technology to change the approach to one Digital Systems is one of the basic foundational courses in based on programming in hardware description languages.4,5,6Electrical and Computer Engineering. One of the challenges in It can also lead to subsequent courses in microprocessors anddesigning and modifying the curriculum for the course is the embedded systems that are taught using the same approach. 7,8fast pace of technology change

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John Attia; Mahamadou tembely; Lisa Hobson; Pamela Obiomon

Hands-on Learning in Multiple Courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering John Attia, Mahamadou Tembely, Lisa Hobson, and Pamela Obiomon Prairie View A&M University 520 Anne Preston Street, Prairie View, TX 77446 USA E-mail: joattia@pvamu.edu Abstract classrooms to more engaging teaching pedagogies. Hands- It has been reported that persistence rate of engineering on learning has proven to be an effective approach forstudents is relatively low. Several new pedagogical improving retention by making learning

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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

offeringpertaining to both the economic and technical challenges of a stronger workforce to current and/or potential newa total system. It is an interdisciplinary approach industries.formulated to enable the realization of successful systems.Example systems include coastal ecosystems, watermanagement, new generation natural gas production, digital 3. Studentsnetworks, visualization frameworks, deep-water drilling 3.1 Recruitment and Admission Requirementoperations, highway safety systems, CleanTech production The University of Louisiana at Lafayette offers anfacilities, robotics units, refineries, fiber optics networks, undergraduate program in Industrial Technology whichaircraft systems, automotive systems

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John Etringer; Stephen OÍBrien; Austin Updegraff; Timothy Langerhans; Andrew Nadjari; Chan Kim; Aaron Hill; Michael Campbell

the realm of rulesdesign team would start with the simple structure similar to interpretation. At the United States Military Academy, allprevious bridges while the other team built a new design students, regardless of their major, are required to take aninspired by a successful competitor’s bridge from the engineering sequence, with one of the options being civilprevious year. engineering. The curriculum provided an advantage to the The updated rules were also an important factor in team because they would be able to select someone with acreating two designs. In last year’s competition, the overall baseline of knowledge in civil engineering but a largersize of

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Raj Desai

Project of the ASMEcan be taken from an idea to design of the product. Wehope the background information and examples will be Council on Education, New York, NY.useful to other schools in development of innovative [9] NSF (1995). Systematic Engineering Education Reform:recyclable products in a solid modeling course. An Action Agenda, Recommendations of a Workshop Convened by the NSF Engineering Directorate, Renaissance Hotel, Arlington, VA. References [10] Grunewald, George (1991). New Product [1] USDA Forest

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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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Amir Karimi; Randall Manteufel

," 61C3, American Society of Engineering Education Conference and Exposition, ID #: 20581, June 24-28, Conference, Las Cruces, NM, April 5-8. 2017, Columbus, OH [13] Manteufel, R.D., 1999. "A Spiral Approach for[4] Manteufel, R., Active Learning using a Classroom Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics", ASME response System in Thermodynamics, Proceedings Curriculum Innovation Award, ASME International of 2016 ASEE-GSW section Conference, paper Mechanical Engineering Conference, Nashville, number 111, March 6-8, 2016, Fort Worth, TX,. TN, November 14-19.[5

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Xiaohua Li

projects completed by student groups are listed and more projects are continuously added every year. This practice1. Introduction has some advantages and has been proven to be successful Heat transfer is one of the core courses in mechanical and effective. However, a different approach we wouldand energy engineering curriculum at University of North like to propose in the paper is to make the project-basedTexas. This course is three credit hours and is typically learning also competitive: assigning one identicaltaught in one semester. Topics of heat transfer cover all challenging project to all

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Vijaya Gopu; Ayman Okeil; Roger Seals

curriculum. In the judgment courses structural analysis and reinforced concrete design.of the authors, these results support both the importance Given this approach, the main goal of the project was toand need for FMM education at the undergraduate level in develop a model instructional program that can be used toCEE. In the open-ended response opportunity provided in educate CEE students in the fundamental principles andthe surveys, several of the respondents expressed concern

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Tariq Khraishi; Kristine Denman

). It also discusses environmental impact ofsame result for an undergraduate digital systems laboratory different energies, the economics of them as well asusing a remote lab approach. Reid (2006) in the Electrical conservation efforts associated with energy use. Since itsand Computer Engineering Technology Department at introduction in the ME curriculum, it’s been a popularIUPUI studied the conversion of two courses (Digital course as it gives the students early-on a moreFundamentals and C++ programming) has gradually comprehensive, or big-picture, view which is lacking fromchanged two courses from a traditional lecture / laboratory most engineering courses. It also provides them with

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Chaoyi Wang; Michael Frye; Sreerenjini Nair

school girls in grades of the daily camp activities.six to eight hosted by the Autonomous Vehicle Systems In 2017, the camp became a free two-week STEAM(AVS) Research and Education Laboratory at the (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, andUniversity of the Incarnate Word (UIW). miniGEMS was Mathematics) and programming camp held four separatethe first free camp with a special focus on engineering and times for underserved and underrepresented middle schoolprogramming in San Antonio. The camp utilized project- girls in grades six to eight. The addition of the arts inbased learning curriculum and provided multiple hands-on miniGEMS 2017 provides more learning opportunities andexperiments

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Jitendra Tate; Craig Hanks; Harold Stern; Walt Trybula

engineer; an electricalintegrate ethics education throughout the curriculum engineer; a philosopher with expertise in ethics inof the still-new Ingram School of Engineering. science, technology, engineering, and business; and aDuring work on an NSF funded grant, we were able representative from industry who is active in ethicsto infuse ethics related modules in 13 different education. We have each been involved incourses, across three colleges and at all levels of curriculum development and program building,undergraduate study. Our goal in participating in the professional outreach, and research on ethicsGSW ASEE meeting is to share ideas about education.addressing

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Margo Cousins; Daniel Puperi

303L in the fallsemester, and students who did not participate in FIG and 1.2 Communication measurementare enrolled in BME 303L in the spring semester. These Section 3 of the survey measured the students’ scientificdata will be used to optimize advising and curriculum for communication self-efficacy, which is related to ABETfirst year students and improve engineering outcomes for Student outcome g: an ability to communicate effectively.all students. Future surveys are planned for sophomore and This included 15 Likert-scale questions adapted from ajunior years as well. validated self-efficacy in scientific communication

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Christine Julien

introduction of computerintroduced in the first segment, all while being attentive to the programming (i.e., in the K-12 years) without good softwaregood software engineering practices acquired in the second engineering practice (including a focus on requirements,segment. In addition to presenting the course curriculum, the design, testing, etc.) risks developing a generation of nearlypaper also discusses a first offering of the course in a three- capable students who are familiar with

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Timothy Urban; Margaret Baguio

summer internships to By leveraging the strengths of this partnership, SEES include classroom differentiation.is: • Provide opportunities for participants to understand and be a• Educating students by utilizing rigorous STEM part of NASA’s role in climate investigations and how these curriculum enhancement activities that meet national studies fit into the global picture. science, technology, engineering, and math standards 4.2 Project Plans and encompass the research and technology of NASA’s The primary focus of the internship is for the students to learn Earth Science mission

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Matt Leonard; Joseph Morgan; Jeremy P. Coffelt

outreach activities, the DSTR robots engineering undergraduate students in the Electronicare being used in the Introduction to Engineering course at Systems and Manufacturing-Mechanical programs workingBlinn College and in the Freshman Engineering curriculum in the Mobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL) atat Texas A&M University. DSTRs have also been selected Texas A&M University. Mr. Hebert Baumgartner, now anby NASA scientists as a low-cost lunar sample collector. The entrepreneur following his graduation, was lead mechanicalpaper will also discuss the newly developed DSTR-E (DSTR designer of the mobile platform. Mr. Colby Ryan and Ms.Engineering) unit which requires students

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Tony McClary; Jacqueline A. Zeiber; Patricia Sullivan; Steven Stochaj

Using Multi-Disciplinary Design Challenges to Enhance Self- Efficacy within a Summer STEM Outreach Program Tony McClary, Jacqueline A. Zeiber, MA, Patricia Sullivan, PhD., Steven Stochaj, PhD. New Mexico State University 1025 Stewart St., Las Cruces, NM, 88003 mamcclar@nmsu.edu Abstract Additionally, participating in STEM programs leads toResearch regarding STEM programs has shown that increased self-confidence, satisfaction, and interest inparticipating in these programs leads to increased engineering [2]. Current