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Diana Easton

response tothe growing need by academic researchers, medical device and healthcare industries andregulators. These programs have been independently developed, housed in different departmentsor schools, and with curriculum content ranging anywhere from a general focus on a broadspectrum of regulated product, to a specific focus on one type of product technology. In 2010 arepresentative from the University of Southern California invited other representatives fromsixteen regulatory programs across the globe to come together and discuss issues of sharedconcern. This became the first international meeting for graduate regulatory programs aimed atfostering better communication among the variety of programs. Participants agreed to developand share best

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Bernard J. Maxum; Andrey Beyle

electric field intensity and can readily introduced as tensors of rank one; Dyadicsare tensors of rank two and in general have nine components in Euclidian space, such as stress,strain and the permittivity between flux densities and field intensities in anisotropic media. Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering Education 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual ConferenceIntroduction Engineering education and engineering practice are dealing with many objects having multipledirectionality nature. It is easy for the undergraduate to

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Patricia Polastri; Mojeed Awonuga

. The NSE needs to advocate for the enactment of stronger legislations againstenvironmental pollution in the country. The organization should also be a vital voice in thereview of the engineering curriculum at institutions of higher education, making environmentalsustainability an integral part in this area of study. Currently, environmental related courses atuniversities and polytechnic institutes are taught as general elective courses32. There is a needfor the prompt inclusion of sustainability topics in the curriculum of engineers and in academiain general. The NSE is the professional engineering body in Nigeria having the right acumen tolead the path setting the benchmark for environmental standards to be applied. The NSE is theorganization

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Benjamin Kelley

1301 sections. The first was Fulcher’s Curiosity Index self-assessment survey and was administered near the beginning of the semester. The second wasCarpenter’s Entrepreneurial Mindset self-assessment and was administered near the end of thecourse. Student responses from EGR 1301 sections containing specific EM experiences werecompared to responses from students in sections without specific EM exposure. Results did notindicate that students were impacted by this limited exposure to EM topics. Results indicatedthat a more extensive level of EM exposure would be necessary to quantitatively affect studentEM awareness.Keywordsentrepreneurial mindset, freshman, engineering education, create valueIntroductionBaylor University’s School of Engineering

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Ilse Nava-Medina; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

thatthey had some hours to spare each week committed to a research project. Regarding research topics,the only trepidation was along the lines of their own technical capabilities/skills pertaining to theresearch project, and especially since this was their generally first experience with research. Oncethe major ‘fears’ were alleviated that included self-competency concerns and the uncertaintiesinvolved, the students were excited to get started and get the major equipment/safety training done. Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering Education

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Amir Karimi

criterion 2 and criterion 3, respectively. Starting in the 2008-09 evaluationcycle, some changes were made to the general EAC requirements. The requirements for evaluationof PEOs and POs were removed from criteria 2 and 3 and became a part of requirements for anadded criterion 4-Contineous Improvement. The title of Program Outcomes and ProfessionalComponents were changed to Student Outcomes (SO) and Curriculum, respectively. Since 2008-09 accreditation cycle, the EAC general criteria included the following eight (8) components: (1)students, (2) Program Educational Objectives (PEO), (3) Student Outcomes (SO) (4) ContinuousImprovement, (5) Curriculum, (6) Faculty, (7) Facilities, and (8) Institutional Support.3During 2012-13 evaluation cycle, ABET

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Tariq Khraishi

like the in-person classes.That face-to-face interaction in the in-person classes facilitates homework/assignmentdiscussions for a group.The same comments about group interaction in online classes versus in-person classes can bemade regarding Column 8 which lists the average score on the group presentation. It is noticedhere that the in-person classes score in general above the online classes for the same 6presentation topics by the six groups in each class. This could be attributed to the same reasonsas above, i.e. limited in-person interaction between the groups compared to the classroomsetting. This limited interaction transcends to not just student-student interaction but also tostudent-faculty interaction as in the classroom the professor

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Ronald Barr

curriculum, and if 3 courses are selected each long semester, then the entireengineering part of the curriculum could be covered in 6 long semesters.Program Educational ObjectivesABET is currently not proposing any changes to criterion 2, program educational objectives(PEO’s). Nonetheless, since they are mentioned in the proposed changes discussed earlier, it ishelpful to include some of the author’s perspective on this topic. Program educational objectivesare statements that describe the expected accomplishments and professional status of engineeringgraduates in 3-5 years after graduation. Recent and past experiences with PEO’s has shown thatthis criterion, while seemingly a simple concept, consistently is being cited by ABET programevaluators

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Magdalena Grohman; Eun Ah Lee; Nicholas Gans; Marco Tacca; Matthew Brown

social implications or social responsibility in engineering. At the implicit level,SDP teams understanding of engineering ethics varied across teams, and it did not directlyinfluence their ethical decision-making. Some SDP teams, however, did demonstrate implicit andbroad understanding of social implications of engineering, particularly when coupled with ethicsexperts, and when the atmosphere was collegial. When it comes to research laboratories,voluntary ethics discussions were rarely present. Based on our results, we suggest a situatedapproach, such as midstream modulation in engineering labs and collaboration with ethicsexperts to improve engineering ethics education programs. Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section

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Luis Martinez Medellin; Edward Pines; Patricia Sullivan; Arthur Cox; Motoko Furuhashi

forms of retention in engineeringmajors and idea generation ability. With a positive impact from university maker spaces in theirstudents, comes the need for newer, and better equipment that can be used for more innovativeideas generated through continuous interaction with university maker spaces by frequent users.One of the most popular services that university maker spaces provide comes in the form ofadditive manufacturing equipment, more commonly known as 3D Printers. In addition to 3D Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering

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Pranav Bhounsule; Deborah Chaney; Lorena Claeys; Randall D. Manteufel

that I dislikedsomething, is that not all students were interested in the topics that the class were talking about.Some of the students were harder to get to listen, so it would make it difficult to get theirattention. That would be about the only thing about the service learning that I disliked.”Questions 11. Do you have any suggestions/comments about service learning? Also, anysuggestions for next year?We list some students’ comments here. Generally, it seems like student like service learning andwould recommend it next year. Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for