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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James Kang; HonShing Wu; Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; Hans Soelaeman

seed in students’ analytical mind sothey can develop the global system view for the motion control system.2. Basic Training on Instrumentation To accomplish these two objectives of the PE&MC laboratory (Hands on Experience andSystem Approach), the first part of the laboratory projects is to train students how to use moderninstruments that are essential in the field of power electronics: digital oscilloscope, spectrumanalyzer, voltage and current transducers, and curve tracer. We have a Tektronix 754C digitaloscilloscope, Nicolet 420 oscilloscope, Hewlett Packard 3582A Spectrum Analyzer, Tektronix370 Curve Tracer, and various voltage and current transducers available for students to use in thelaboratory projects. The following

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard H. Barnett; Mary A. Eiff; D. Perry Achor; Troy E. Kostek; William J. Hutzel; Bruce Harding

can be labor intensive and time consuming. The log cutting station hashollow Plexiglas "logs" to assist the development of a physical model. Figure 3 shows thatapproximately 25 carpenter pencils can be made from one circular log. A variety of Plexiglassizes and shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle) are available to demonstrate the minimumwaste factor as pencils are placed in the Plexiglas “logs”. A math-based model is another valid approach. The dimensions of the log and a pencilare measured first. By applying geometry, the volume of both items can be determined. Theratio of the log volume to the pencil volume is a reasonable analytic estimate of the number ofpencils that can be manufactured. Students may be surprised to learn

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Peterson, United States Air Force Academy; Patrick Sweeney, United States Air Force Academy; Delbert Christman, United States Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Systems class earlier in their student career.The team members, however, had no negative personality issues within the group or with thementors and were motivated.Project IntroductionIn addition to student growth and development, a key objective of the project was to create afascinating but recognizable device that could be used to help recruit engineers. The plan was toexhibit a functional R2D2 during Major’s Night, where the academic majors market theirdiscipline to freshmen and undeclared sophomores, and possibly even at home football games.The full-sized, metal replica envisioned by the team was to be a far cry from the 15” plasticmodel with simple voice recognition which can be purchased for slightly over $100. The goalwas to produce a

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University; Marc Williams, Purdue University; Joseph Kmec, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

. Page 15.855.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Mass Unbalance in an MET CourseAbstractMass unbalance, the condition where the centers of mass and rotation differ, is one of the mostcommon sources of vibration in rotating machinery. Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET)students are likely to encounter vibration throughout their careers and need to understand itsgeneration, transmission, and testing. Conveying vibration concepts effectively to students whotypically have only limited exposure to differential equations presents a challenge forengineering technology faculty. Mass unbalance and related corrective procedures offer apractical venue for communicating fundamental vibration concepts, design

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Wei PAN, Idaho State University

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Electrical and Computer

conferences. He is an ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. He is the Founding General Chair of the IEEE International Electro Information Technology Conferences (www.eit-conference.org), and past ASEE ECE Division Chair. He is IEEE Education Society Membership Development Chair and Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award Chair. He was the ECE Program Chair of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, June 16-19. Professor Mousavinezhad is recipient of Michigan State University’s 2009 John D. Ryder Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Award, received ASEE ECE Division’s 2007 Meritorious Service Award, ASEE/NCS Distinguished

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

transferstudents who majored in engineering, this work describes the demographics and outcomes forstudents starting in and transferring into Mechanical Engineering (ME). This aims to inform thedecision making of faculty, department heads, and Deans. Although men consistently outnumberwomen in ME, the rates of matriculation and six-year graduation vary by race and gender.Retention is higher in ME than in the aggregate of all engineering majors for Asian, White, andBlack students, but not for Hispanic students. While about half of ME starters leave, most arereplaced by switchers and transfers. Black males are noticeably absent from this “replacement”population. Black males are also the least likely to stick with ME through graduation. Asianfemales are the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.S. Krishnamoorthi, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

requirement has been interpreted variously by faculty of various engineering programs. Tosomeone like this author who is an industrial engineer with training in statistics, it means engineeringmajors should be trained in statistics to the level where they will be able to design and conductexperiments, gather data from such experiments, analyze them, and draw engineering conclusions.Such experiments and conclusions are often needed in product and process improvement studies, andwhen done right, lead to process improvements resulting in improved quality of processes and theirproducts. The science of design of experiments (DOE) is an advanced topic in statistics, which firstrequires an understanding of probability theory along with confidence intervals

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin W. Kile, Quinnipiac University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

education based research is in the areas of communication skills and lean curriculum development. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the Industrial and Operations Engi- neering department at the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. Page 23.1319.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using Informal Oral Presentations in Engineering Classes: Training Students for the “You Got a Minute” MomentIntroductionIn today’s workplace, employers expect their employees to

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Teaching Materials Fundamentals

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anastasia D Micheals, San Jose State University; Emily L. Allen, San Jose State University

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Materials

manufacturing defects, and detection and identification of trace elements in solids, liquids and gases.Dr. Emily L. Allen, San Jose State University Dr. Emily Allen is Associate Dean of the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering at San Jose State University. Her portfolio includes undergraduate programs and accreditation, student success programs, personnel and infrastructure, and K-14 outreach. She has been on the faculty at SJSU since earning her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University in 1992. Page 23.1345.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Boluwatife E. Faremi; Javier O. Pinzon-Arenas; Amir Mohammad Karimi Forood; Josef Kundrat; Hugo F. Posada-Quintero; Ann Marie Hoyt-Brennan; Wendy A. Henderson

when the traditional method of medical contrast, is dynamic and context-dependent, influenced byeducation faces significant challenges, such as limited system complexity, task difficulty, and perceived risk.hands-on experience, inconsistent mentoring, and theburden on students to memorize and replicate complexreal-world scenarios taught in resource-constrainedsettings [2]. Trust in AI has been identified asLearned trust develops through direct interactions with AI, on expert judgment alone for evaluating trust in AIHTupdating over time based on experience. In healthcare, which technologies. Its

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Cory Mettler; Nathan Ziegler

covered; (3) student performance as compared to thesame group of students’ performance in previous courses with the same instructor when material wastraditionally taught. The second part of the study, presented here, compared a new group of studentsin the same two courses; comparisons where made against historical performance and against a numberof control questions developed during the first part of the study. Student performance was comparedagainst the amount of exposure to these active teaching methods over an extend period of time.Student retention of course material was also compared.Results continue to show that students were more engaged and scored higher on topics covered usingsimple active teaching methods as opposed to traditional

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

James R. Rowland

teams at an early point duringthe current semester. The immediate result is that new teams recognize the seriousness and extentof the semester-long project. Moreover, since they are often viewing only Phase II reports, whatthey see is more highly developed than the Phase I report they are currently seeking to complete.They are motivated to do a strong job within their own team both on Phase I and on Phase IIreports. Suggesting that the Phase II reports are often regarded by former students as highlights ofthe course is also motivational. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015ConclusionsImprovements in multidisciplinary teaming in a control systems course have been described for atwo-phase Matlab project

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Erik Mallonee; John Barkley; Ramazan Asmatulu

, other energy sources must be used in orderto produce electrical energy. About 68% of all electricity generated in the United States isgenerated from the fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas, and petroleum4. This leaves only 32%of the electricity generated by non-fossil fuel sources. Extensive research in the area ofrenewable energy sources is ongoing, and relates to many fields, such as engineering,mathematics, physics, chemistry, education, business, and so on.There is both public and private interest in developing new technologies for alternative energysources. Due to this, there is a need for highly talented engineers to analyze and design new andinnovative technologies and ideas for harnessing alternative energy sources5-6. However

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Clint Staley; Michael Haungs

, offering remedial classes online. For these reasons, we'vefocused on the inverted model, augmenting it to modestly increase availability and thusthroughput for selected classes, while carefully maintaining instructional quality and individualstudent attention and interaction. Specifically, our augmented version of inverted instructionallows our faculty to roughly double the number of sections they can teach of a particular class inan academic quarter. We hope that augmented inverted instruction might provide a measured andconstructive response to the call for greater efficiency and cost reduction in higher education. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Dani Fadda, University of Texas at Dallas; Wooram Park, University of Texas at Dallas; P.l.stephan Thamban; Oziel Rios, University of Texas at Dallas

Paper ID #49554Laser Cutters versus 3D Printers for Mechanical Engineering ProjectsDr. Dani Fadda, University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Fadda is Professor of Practice in Mechanical Engineering. His background includes professional engineering practice in the energy industry and teaching in higher education. Dr. Fadda has worked in product research and developed patented products for chemical, petrochemical, and nuclear applications. He is a professional engineer in Texas and involved with professional organizations.Dr. Wooram Park, University of Texas at Dallas Wooram Park is a clinical associate professor in the

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Fiona Litiku, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Matthew Luis Tyrrell, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

1Robotic Opportunities for Rural Communities: Building a STEM Pipeline for K-12 Students Fiona Litiku, Thomas Pierson, Matthew Tyrrell, Dr. Curtis O’Malley Mechanical Engineering Department New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Department at New Mexico Tech hosts a robot combat competitionannually, with attendance from K-12 schools across the state. The goal of the competition, as partof the mechanical engineering outreach program, is to build students' interest in engineering androbotics while developing a pathway to a career in STEM. As attendance for the competitionincreases each year, students and teachers get more

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 13

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel E. Durham, Notre Dame of Maryland University; Michael L. Falk, The Johns Hopkins University; Alexis Daniels, The Johns Hopkins University; Allison Reigel, The Johns Hopkins University; Alisha Nicole Sparks, The Johns Hopkins University; Margo K. Williams, The Johns Hopkins University; Emily J Yanisko, American University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

college readiness, community schools, and research-practice partnerships.Prof. Michael L. Falk, The Johns Hopkins University Michael Falk is Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education and a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering where he has served on the faculty since 2008 with secondary appointmeAlexis Daniels, The Johns Hopkins University Alexis Daniels (EdD Candidate, School of Education, Johns Hopkins University; Center for Educational Outreach, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University) Correspondence: adanie43@jhu.eduAllison Reigel, The Johns Hopkins UniversityMs. Alisha Nicole Sparks, Alisha N. Sparks works to educate and

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzam S. Maleki P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology ; Hariharan Naganathan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

. As a passionate educator, Dr. Naganathan develops a curriculum that combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on AR/VR experiences, preparing students to design and analyze construction projects. Currently, Dr. Naganathan is working on research projects aimed at improving energy efficiency in existing buildings and exploring the potential of AR/VR in construction education. His dedication to fostering innovation in sustainable construction inspires the next generation of construction managers to create a more energy-efficient built environment. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Sensing and Mapping Technologies in Construction/Engineering Education: Why

Conference Session

ECE-Grading Approaches and Assessment Practices

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gavin Buskes, The University of Melbourne

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #46651Assessing the alignment of examinations with course intended learning outcomesin an electrical circuits courseProf. Gavin Buskes, The University of Melbourne Gavin is Professor and Deputy Head (Academic) in the Department of Electrical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He teaches a wide range of engineering subjects and has research interests in optimal control, idea generation, prior knowledge and developing professional skills. He also holds the role of Assistant Dean (Teaching and Learning) in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ariel Chan, University of Toronto; Saad Yasin, University of Toronto

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

associated with engineering students’ academic performance. Her teaching and research have been awarded Engineering Dean’s Emerging Innovation in Teaching Professorship. She is also the recipient of the Canadian Wighton Fellowship in 2022 and the Northrop Frye Award in 2023.Saad Yasin, University of Toronto ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work in Progress: Making Unit Operations Laboratory More Accessible Through 3D Printing and Self-Guided Learning Saad Yasin and Ariel W Chan* Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering *corresponding author

Conference Session

WIP Poster Session: Emerging Research and Practices in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Gonce, Texas A&M University; Abigail Tran, Texas A&M University; Advay Bhattacharya, Texas A&M University; Meet Mahesh Gamdha, Texas A&M University; Michael S Rugh, Texas A&M University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

out opportunities to blend programming, data science, and human-centered research to support evidence-based learning tools and strategies.Meet Mahesh Gamdha, Texas A&M University Meet Gamdha is a Computer Science student at Texas A&M University, minoring in Engineering Entrepreneurship through the Meloy Program. He is a researcher and project manager at the LIVE Lab and an AI Consultant for NeuroX1 through the Aggies Create program, where he leads and supports cross-functional teams focused on educational technology innovation and AI-powered research solutions. Meet’s work spans building scalable AI search infrastructures, backend development, and DevOps solutions, with a strong focus on practical, high

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State Unviersity; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jenifer Blacklock, University of Colorado Boulder; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Science.Dr. Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines Jon A. Leydens is Professor of Engineering Education Research in the Division of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines, USA. Dr. Leydens’ research and teaching interests are in engineering education, communication, and social justice. Dr. Leydens is author or co-author of 40 peer-reviewed papers, co-author of Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (Morgan and Claypool, 2010), and editor of Sociotechnical Communication in Engineering (Routledge, 2014). In 2016, Dr. Leydens won the Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education Award from the National Academy of Engineering, along with CSM colleagues Juan C. Lucena and Kathryn Johnson

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Design and Robotics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Hammond, University of Indianapolis; Joan Martinez, University of Indianapolis; Elizabeth Ziff

Indianapolis. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Western Michigan University. His research interest lies in developing data-driven models within the fields of production systems, financial systems, decision sciences, and engineering education.Elizabeth Ziff Elizabeth Ziff is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Indianapolis with interests in reproduction, medicalization, gender, the body, and the family. She received her PhD in Sociology from The New School for Social Research. Her past research examines surrogacy with a specific focus on military wives in the United States. She is currently collaborating with engineering faculty on a first-year pedagogical unit to

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jake Walker Lewis; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 How are Engineering Ethics Integrated into High School STEM Education in Colorado?AbstractEngineering education continues to become

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Assessing Student Performance

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan M. Hicks, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

University and her Ph.D. in Food Process En- gineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First- Year Engineering Program, teaching and guiding the design of one of the required first-year engineering courses that engages students in open-ended problem solving and design. Her research focuses on the de- velopment, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineering contexts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Grader Consistency Using Standards-Based RubricsIntroductionDifferences

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jamie Szwalek, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jaqueline Oxmara Rojas Robles, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

engineering curriculum atUniversity of Illinois at Chicago since Fall 2018. In particular, "electrification" of studentprojects and learning outcomes has been front and center in the department's latest strategicplanning. Leveraging recent literature and faculty expertise, an increasingly deeper integration ofArduino has since taken place, while attempting to maintain the core of team-based mechanicaldesign using morphological methods. The focus of this paper is to identify the challenges andpitfalls in such an endeavor by reflecting on the process of change over three semesters ofimplementation, including the deployment of both top-down and bottom-up approaches. Inparticular, this paper will examine course content development, teaching staff

Conference Session

Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Olivia W. Murch, Purdue University ; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Educational Research and Methods

models, statewide pre-college math initiatives, teacher and faculty professional development programs, and S-STEM pro- grams.Ms. Olivia W. Murch, Purdue University Senior at Purdue University pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological, Food Process, Engi- neering. Currently conducting research under Dr. Ferguson through Engineering Education.Dr. Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Daniel M. Ferguson is CATME Managing Director and a research associate at Purdue University. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-Professional Studies

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibironke Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Minorities in Engineering

factors. They urge educationalinstitutions and employers to develop programs and specific policies that would allow women tostrike a better balance between the demands of work and those of family.One may then ask: was the absence of equitable programs and policies responsible for thepredominance of men in certain professions in the past? Or is it a genetic difference that preventsmany women from specializing in these professions? This paper examines the gender gap inscience and engineering; the proposed theories that exist and the validity of the theories. Thequestions that will be addressed include: Are women underrepresented in science, mathematicsand engineering? Why is this so? What are the competing theories and how valid are they? Ifwomen

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Maria Tahamont, Rowan University

restrict thenumber of credits a program can require for degree completion. The challenge, then, is to be ableto provide as much meaningful and cohesive exposure to emerging / contemporary areas withoutsacrificing the fundamental background while keeping the credit count minimally effected, orpreferably, unchanged. We have previously reported the preliminary assessment of our proposed approach, whichconsists of reconfiguring a time-honored teaching tool to integrate novel content into existingcurriculum. We developed laboratory exercises distributed over the entire four year curriculum,which were integrated into existing core and elective courses. The exercises were designed toprovide multidisciplinary novel content in emerging areas that

Conference Session

Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Olsen, University of Michigan; Peter D. Washabaugh, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

-year engineering course—Introduction to Engineering-Blimp Section—that incorporated a very extensive design-build-test-compete (DBTC) pedagogy. This course was specifically positioned to exercise core-engineering competencies: understanding of societal needs and use of scientific andmathematical principles, technologies and fabrication, and communication principles. It alsoexercises algorithms to solve engineering problems and to develop creativity.The course incorporates numerous active learning strategies. These include projects, laboratories,lecture-based exercises, individual and team exercises with persistent feedback from both atechnical and technical communications instructor. While comparable introductory engineeringcourses at our