Conference Session

Software Engineering Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Thomas B. Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Joseph E. Urban, Texas Tech University; Gregory W. Hislop, Drexel University; Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

., Daytona Beach Dr. Thomas B. Hilburn is a Professor Emeritus of Software Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has worked on software engineering research and education projects with the FAA, General Electric, the Harris Corp, the MITRE Corporation, DOD, FIPSE, the SEI, the NSF, the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society. His interests include software processes, object-oriented analysis and design, formal specification techniques, and curriculum development, and he has published over 60 papers in this these areas. He is an IEEE Certified Software Developer, SEI-Certified PSP Developer, and currently chairs the Curriculum Committee of the IEEE Computer Society Educational Activities Board.Joseph E. Urban

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Darling Urban, Texas Tech University; Joseph E Urban, Texas Tech University; Susan A. Mengel, Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Patrick E. Patterson, Texas Tech University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Engineering at Texas Tech University as professor in Jan. 2011 after serving as chair of the Department of Computer Science during 2008 to 2010. He served as the Deputy Division Director in the Division of Computer and Network Systems of the Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering at the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has published more than 120 technical papers. He has supervised the development of nine software speci- fication languages. His research areas include software engineering, executable specification languages, prototyping software systems, web based software tools, engineering education, computer languages, data engineering, and distributed computing. He received the Ph.D

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcelo Jenkins, University of Costa Rica

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

programming. His research interests are in software engineering and software quality assurance and has authored more than 25 technical papers on the subject. As an independent consultant, he has worked with some of the largest software companies in the Central America region in establishing software quality management systems. In the last 12 years, he has taught several seminars on software quality assurance and software project management. Dr. Jenkins is an ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) and a member of the ASQ Software Division. Page 12.711.1© American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Software Engineering Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Reichlmayr, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Page 22.1712.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Working Towards the Student Scrum - Developing Agile Android ApplicationsAbstractStudent project teams are an integral part of the software engineering curriculum. This paperreports on the classroom experiences of student teams developing Android applications usingScrum. The course in study is a software engineering undergraduate elective in Agile SoftwareDevelopment which used Android mobile phones donated by Google as the developmentenvironment for student teams to learn and practice Scrum. Scrum is an agile projectmanagement framework increasingly being adopted in the development of commercial

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Ardis, Rochester Institute of Technology; Cheryl Dugas, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2007-634: ADAPTING COOPERATIVE LEARNING TO TEACH SOFTWAREARCHITECTURE IN MULTIPLE ROLE-TEAMSSteve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyMark Ardis, Rochester Institute of TechnologyCheryl Dugas, Rochester Institute of Technology Page 12.177.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Adapting Cooperative Learning to Teach Software Architecture in Multiple-Role TeamsAbstractThe software architecture process depends on successful teamwork involving cooperation amongmembers of the design team, cooperation between the design team and the clients, andcooperation between the design team and the development organization

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shanmugalingam Easwaran

in Microsoft Visual C++ by the author of "Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education"this paper. This paper describes one of these two software tools. The other is described by theauthor in a companion paper1. The software tool described in this paper was designed andimplemented to visually teach discrete convolution by interpreting the discrete convolutionequation from the perspective of the output signal in Linear Shift-Invariant (LSI) systems.Using this software tool, it was relatively easy to very clearly explain discrete convolution fromthe perspective of the output signal to the students

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentin Razmov, University of Washington

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Engineering Education, 2007 An Analysis of Multi-Year Student Questionnaire Data from a Software Engineering Course1. IntroductionImproving student learning has been a long-standing goal of educators across all disciplines. Toimprove effectively and methodically, one needs to know what works well (and needs to besustained) and what does not work well (and may benefit from changing). In a classroomenvironment, the two direct stakeholders, instructors and students, can both provide valuableperspectives on how things are going.This paper presents an analysis of an extensive set of feedback data provided by students across8 academic terms for an undergraduate introductory course in software engineering, taught at alarge

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FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Virginia Tech

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ASEE Headquarters

Paper ID #28113Board 4: Computers in Education Division: Partnering to Develop Educa-tional Software Applications: A Four-year Retrospective StudyMr. David Reeping, Virginia Tech David Reeping is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. He received his B.S. in Engineering Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. He was a Choose Ohio First scholar inducted during the 2012-2013 school year as a promising teacher candidate in STEM. David was the recipient of the Remsburg Creativity Award for 2013 and the DeBow Freed Award for outstanding

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Ramachandran; Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2012-4810: AN AUTOMATED APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE QUAL-ITY OF CODE REVIEWSLakshmi RamachandranDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer is an Associate Professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Com- puter Engineering at North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and has also taught at Carnegie Mellon University and Monash University in Australia. His research interests lie mainly in computer-supported cooperative learning. Page 25.154.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 An

Conference Session

Software Engineering Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Long, Oregon Institute of Technology; Linda Sue Young, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

from the University of Virginia. She has served as department chair of the Communication Department and has taught a wide range of writing and communication courses. She was instrumental in the design of the bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies at OIT. Areas of interest include the overlap of game design and learning systems, media and the communication styles of Japan, creativity and communication, and conversation analysis. Page 22.1091.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Multiplayer On-Line Role Playing Game Style Gradingin a Project Based Software Engineering

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Steven Patrick Potter

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Design in Engineering Education

Software-Oriented Embedded Systems DevelopmentAbstract The rapid proliferation of embedded systems designs has opened opportunities for bothcomputer engineers and computer scientists in recent time, and promises to do so in theforeseeable future. With the advances in this field, however, the need for a more multi-disciplinary approach to embedded systems education has arisen, as modern embedded systemsdesign relies heavily on the integration of both hardware and software design. Due to the diversebackgrounds that are becoming not only recommended, but also required, providing studentswith an educational experience of the holistic design of a modern embedded system is becominga bigger challenge. Both the Electrical and

Conference Session

Active Learning Methods in Action

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Abney, East Carolina University; Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

management, sustainability, lean manufacturing, and ERP system integration in curriculum.Dr. Mark Angolia, East Carolina University Mark G. Angolia is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Distribution and Logistics in the College of Engi- neering and Technology at East Carolina University. Entering academia after 20 years in the automotive supply chain, his research interests include ERP systems, technology management applications for distri- bution and logistics, and higher education pedagogy. He holds a PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State University, a Master of Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, professional cer- tifications of CPIM and CSCP from APICS, and a PMP from PMI. Dr. Angolia also

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satabdi Basu, Vanderbilt University, Institute for Software Integrataed Systems; John S Kinnebrew, Vanderbilt University; Shashank Shekhar, Vanderbilt University; Faruk Caglar; Tazrian Haider Rafi, Vanderbilt University; Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University; Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #13785Collaborative Problem Solving using a Cloud-based Infrastructure to Sup-port High School STEM EducationMs. Satabdi Basu, Vanderbilt University, Institute for Software Integrataed Systems Satabdi Basu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University. She has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering from West Bengal University Of Technology, India, and a M.S. degree in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University. Her research interests include learning from multi-agent simulation models, computational thinking, scaffolding learning

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Elio Sancristobal, uned; Sergio Martin, UNED - Spanish University for Distance Education; Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Alberto Pesquera, UNED; SANTIAGO MONTESO FERNANDEZ, UNED; Félix García Loro, Predoctoral fellow; Maria José Albert Gomez, UNED; GABRIEL DIAZ ORUETA, UNED; Nevena Mileva, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"; Mihail Milev; juan peire; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #6854Ubiquitous and Smart Learning Paradigm for Preparing Qualified and SkilledEngineersMohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) M.Sc. degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain, and the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2011 and 2008 respectively. Visitor researcher at the Faculty of Engineering & IT, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia, in 2012. He is an IEEE member since 2009. Actually, he is a research associate in Electrical & Computer

Conference Session

Computers in Education 3 - Modulus I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside; Bailey Miller, University of California, Riverside; Tony Givargis, University of California, Irvine

systems approach.Mit Press; 2017.[MaBu03] Martinovic G, Budin L, Hocenski Z. Undergraduate teaching of real-time schedulingalgorithms by developed software tool. IEEE Transactions on Education. 2003 Feb 28;46(1):185-96.[Ma21] Marwedel P. Embedded system design: embedded systems foundations of cyber-physicalsystems, and the internet of things. Springer Nature; 2021.[PES14] Vahid F, Givargis T, Miller B. Programming Embedded Systems. zyBooks 2014-2022 (digitaltextbook), https://www.zybooks.com/catalog/programming-embedded-systems.[PiIs13] Pillai AS, Isha TB. ERTSim: An embedded real-time task simulator for scheduling. In2013IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research 2013 Dec 26(pp. 1-4). IEEE.[Sa08] Samek M

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COED Programming Education 2: Instructional Approaches

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #38467What to Teach First, Hardware or Software? Improving Success inIntroductory Programming CoursesDr. Richard Whalen, Northeastern University Dr. Richard Whalen is a Teaching Professor at Northeastern University in Boston, MA and is Director of First-year Engineering. The mission of the First-year Engineering team is to provide a reliable, wide- ranging, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered and professionally- oriented mission of the University. He also teaches specialty courses in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern and has published and

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kornecki, ERAU; Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Wojciech Grega, AGH; Jean-Marc Thririet, LAG; Miroslav Sveda, BUT

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International

AC 2008-1359: A COMMON US-EUROPE CURRICULUM: AN APPROACH FORREAL-TIME SOFTWARE INTENSIVE SYSTEMSAndrew Kornecki, ERAU MSEE, PhD, Professor; engaged in a variety of research projects sponsored by the FAA, NSF, Florida State, and the industry (~$700K as the PI, ~$2.5M as co-PI); author and co-author of over 80 refereed papers in journals and conference proceedings; construction of real-time and safety critical software, embedded systems, computer simulation and aviation software, control and computer engineering education; teaching in undergraduate and graduate engineering programs on three continents; established ERAU Real-Time Software Laboratory; consulting and providing training for

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hoffbeck, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

. Page 14.1128.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Communication Systems using the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) and GNU RadioAbstractThe Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) is a moderately priced hardware board thatimplements software defined radio systems. It allows a computer to acquire and generate RFsignals in a similar way that a sound card allows a computer capture and produce audio signals.The board includes high speed analog-to-digital converters (ADC), high speed digital-to-analogconverters (DAC), digital up and down converters, and a universal serial bus (USB) interface.Various daughter boards are available that interface a wide range of radio frequency (RF

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-350: USING SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR) TO DEMONSTRATECONCEPTS IN COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING COURSESSharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge Sharlene Katz is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where she has been for over 25 years. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with B.S. (1975), M.S. (1976), and Ph.D. (1986) degrees in Electrical Engineering. Recently, her areas of research interest have been in engineering education techniques, software defined radio, and neural networks. Dr. Katz is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California.James

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

. She received her B.S.M.E., Washington State University in 1993 Page 11.737.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Improving Performance and Reducing Professor Workload In a Capstone Design Class using Project Management SoftwareAbstractIn the past ten years, many varieties of Project Management (PM) software have becomeavailable, most notably Microsoft Project. However, such software can be difficult toimplement, requiring dedicated time from an IT professional, and a server that alsorequires maintenance. Further, the instruction burden of delivering software skills tostudents coming into the course adds

Conference Session

Applications of Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob C Bruhl P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Richard J. Gash P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Aaron Freidenberg, U.S. Military Academy; Christopher H Conley, U.S. Military Academy; Paul M. Moody P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanics

. Military Academy, West Point, NY. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an active member of ASEE and a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. His research areas include climate change impact on water resource systems and infrastructure. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Helping Students Learn Engineering Mechanics Concepts through Integration of Simulation Software in Undergraduate CoursesABSTRACTThis paper describes recent experience within the civil engineering program at the U.S. MilitaryAcademy (USMA) to integrate simulation tools to assist students in

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza S. Abhari; Friederike Mund; Anestis I. Kalfas

Session 1625 Integration of Software Tools into a Multi-disciplinary Undergraduate Student Design Project Friederike C. Mund, Anestis I. Kalfas, Reza S. Abhari Turbomachinery Laboratory Institute of Energy Technology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology 8092 Zurich, SwitzerlandAbstract This paper presents a pilot scheme for the integration of modern state-of-the-artturbomachinery design tools into project-based education of undergraduate students. This efforthas been part of a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ella Kokinda, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #42561Board 59: Work in Progress: Streamer and Viewer Interactions in Softwareand Game-Development Live StreamsElla Kokinda, Clemson University Ella Kokinda is a PhD student at Clemson University’s Zucker Family Graduate Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Her research surrounds live streaming, software and game development, and developer communities.Dr. D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University Dr. Boyer is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering & Science Education in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. His work focuses on how technology

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

Session 1625 Selecting a Solid Modeling Software for Integration to Engineering Design Teaching: A Proposed Methodology & Its Application Results Gül E. Okudan School of Engineering Design and Professional Programs The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThis study proposes a methodology that would enable design educators and practitioners tooptimally select a design software for varying objectives. Specifically, tasks accomplished topropose the methodology include: (1) reviewing past literature on

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eli Tilevich, Virginia Tech; Simin Hall, Virginia Tech; Peeratham Techapalokul, Virginia Tech

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Software Engineering Division

assessment methods.Mr. Peeratham Techapalokul, Virginia Tech Peeratham Techapalokul is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. His research interests lie on visual programming languages and computer science education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Teaching the Culture of Quality from the Ground Up: Novice-Tailored Quality Improvement for Scratch ProgrammersAbstractAs quality problems plague the modern society’s software infrastructure, a fundamental learningobjective of computing education has become developing students’ attitudes, knowledge, and prac-tices centered around software quality. Teaching

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division

iscollecting data for educational data-mining experiments, especially when software needs to bemodified to enable data collection. If you are teaching computer architecture, you could havestudents develop simulations for homework, and then offer independent-study projects toenhance the simulation environment. The author spoke with one instructor who has fundingfrom the US Forest Service for work on forest ecology. He recently earned a Ph.D. after a 25-year career developing software in that field. While he was working on his Ph.D., he hadstudents write software for his research experiments. He has continued this practice, and nowhas funding from the Forest Service, which has enabled him to hire 30 of his students as internsfor about twelve weeks

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bruce R. Maxim, University of Michigan - Dearborn; Thomas Limbaugh, University of Michigan - Dearborn

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division

Paper ID #32564WIP: Engaging Software Engineering Students in Synchronous andAsynchronous On-line CourseDr. Bruce R. Maxim, University of Michigan - Dearborn Bruce R. Maxim has worked as a software engineer, project manager, professor, author, and consultant for more than forty years. His research interests include software engineering, human computer interaction, game design, social media, artificial intelligence, and computer science education. Dr. Maxim is Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Michigan—Dearborn and the Nattu Natarajan Professor of Engineering. He established the GAME Lab in

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bruce R. Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Gail Luera, University of Michigan, Dearborn

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Software Engineering Division

Paper ID #28768WIP: Teaching a Knowledge Engineering Course Using Active Learning,Gamification, and ScaffoldingDr. Bruce R. Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn Bruce R. Maxim has worked as a software engineer, project manager, professor, author, and consultant for more than thirty years. His research interests include software engineering, human computer interaction, game design, social media, artificial intelligence, and computer science education. Dr. Maxim is professor of computer and information science at the University of Michigan—Dearborn. He established the GAME Lab in the College of Engineering and Computer

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce R Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Stein Brunvand, University of Michigan-Dearborn; Marouane Kessentini, University of Michigan-Dearborn

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division

Paper ID #17715WIP: Introducing Active Learning in a Software Engineering CourseDr. Bruce R Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn Bruce R. Maxim has worked as a software engineer, project manager, professor, author, and consultant for more than thirty years. His research interests include software engineering, human computer interaction, game design, social media, artificial intelligence, and computer science education. Dr. Maxim is associate professor of computer and information science at the University of Michigan—Dearborn. He established the GAME Lab in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He has

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Alberto Rojas Pino, Universidad Andres Bello; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Juan Felipe Calderón, Universidad Andres Bello

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Software Engineering Division

, data analysis, empirical software engineering, among others.Prof. Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Mar´ıa Elena Truyol, Ph.D., is full professor and researcher of the Universidad Andr´es Bello (UNAB). She graduated as physics teacher (for middle and high school), physics (M.Sc.) and Ph.D. in Physics at Universidad Nacional de C´ordoba, Argentina. In 2013 she obtained a three-year postdoctoral position at the Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her focus is set on educational research, physics education, problem-solving, design of instructional material and teacher training. She teaches undergraduate courses related to environmental management, energy and fundamentals of industrial processes