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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Ilse Nava-Medina; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

. Thoughundergraduate research is identified by the Association of American Colleges and Universities as ahigh-impact educational practice, it is not commonly encouraged or pursued within engineeringtechnology programs (as compared to engineering programs) predominantly due to the hands-on andexperiential nature of the curriculum. This paper will outline and compare the different types ofundergraduate research activities pursued by various students within this engineering technologyprogram; these include single and multi-semester individual and group research projects, acceleratedprojects over summer sessions with and without university-level schedules/organization, projectshaving participants from multiple departments, research as part of honors theses

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Jun-Ing Ker

completelymissing in the current curriculum.In light of this weakness in our curriculum, this study aimed at providing an innovative way forindustrial engineering juniors to apply the process improvement skills learned in INEN 401 tohelp improve the quality of centrifuge pumps they fabricated in ENGR 120 Engineering ProblemSolving I. ENGR 120 is one of the three fundamental freshman engineering courses in LouisianaTech’s Integrated Engineering Freshmen Curriculum “Living with the Lab”. All freshmenengineering students are required to take these three fundamental engineering courses in theirfirst year of study. These include students majoring in biomedical engineering, chemicalengineering, civil engineering, cyber engineering, electrical engineering

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Tony McClary; Germain Degardin; John Kulpa; Patricia Sullivan; Karen Trujillo

Exploratory Activity (LCPS Challenger Center for Space Science Education) 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Reflective/Down Time 9:00 pm Lights out/ Bed TimeThe NM PREP Academy is a two-week residential, immersive engineering education programwhere students are fully immersed in an engineering curriculum from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.Beyond the engineering curriculum, the participants also engaged in exploratory activitiesdesigned to improve teamwork, leadership, and to expose the students to various experiences Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference