Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. William Graff, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

works hisproblem successfully, he leaves. From this interaction, the instructor is able to find conceptswhich need to be emphasized, and identify students that need extra help.One of these sessions is the hydro-circuits lab, described in a previous paper,1 designed to givestudents a “feel” for the hydraulic analogies for the resistor, capacitor, voltage and current. Realwater, balloons, plastic tubing, and fluid flow meters are used to show Kirchhoff’s current lawand an R-C transient. It gets pretty messy. One of the civil engineering majors, who hadquestions about fluid flow, became excited during this lab as he realized that the basis for rampumps (inertia pumps) is the same as that for current flow in an inductor. The followingtreatise is

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

the offering of two-day VHDL and FPGAdesign workshop for electrical engineering technology faculty as part of National ScienceFoundation- Advanced Technological Education grant. I. IntroductionProgrammable Logic Devices in general and FPGA-based re-programmable logic design becamemore attractive as a design medium during the last decade, and as a result, industrial use ofFPGA in digital logic design is increasing rapidly. As would be expected following technologychange in industry, the need for highly qualified logic designers with FPGA expertise isincreasing at a fast rate. According to the United States Department of Labor, the job outlook ison the rise and will continue to expand for at least the short- to medium-term future [1

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Keinath; Jr., Walter J. Weber; Hildegarde Selig

throughout thecourse. The initial survey revealed that students had a relatively high interest in taking thecourse despite thinking that it would be more difficult and have a heavier workload than theaverage UM engineering course. After completion of the project, students found the designmodules to be productive and generally enjoyed doing them. The highest average rating(4.0/5.0) was attributed to enjoying working in a group. Overall, the modular design project wasan effective way to promote the design process, elucidate relationships between fundamentalprocesses and practical applications, balance students’ workload throughout the semester andfoster a cooperative learning environment.1 Introduction“Dynamics of Environmental Systems” is a senior

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert J. Beichner; Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; Ernest E. Burniston

Session 2230 UPDATE ON IMPEC: AN INTEGRATED FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY Richard M. Felder, Robert J. Beichner, Leonhard E. Bernold, Ernest E. Burniston, Philip R. Dail, Hugh Fuller North Carolina State UniversityAn integrated freshman engineering curriculum called IMPEC (Integrated Mathematics, Physics,Engineering, and Chemistry Curriculum) has undergone three years of pilot-testing at NorthCarolina State University under the sponsorship of the SUCCEED Coalition. In each semester ofIMPEC, the students take a calculus course, a science course

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Stiegler; Ernest McDuffie; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

Session 3155 PATHWAYS TO REVITALIZATION OF THE NAVY RESEARCH ENTERPRISE-- TWO PROMISING EXAMPLES Eugene F. Brown1, Robert A. Kavetsky2, Ernest L. McDuffie3, and Robert L. Stiegler4 1 Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech/ 2Director, S

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Qiuli Sun; Michael A. Mooney; Kurt C. Gramoll

, “Interactive Media and Simulation Tools for Technical Training”,Computational Tools and Facilities for the Next-generation Analysis and DesignEnvironment, NASA Conference Publication 3346[10] Traffic engineering web site, NSF Sooner City, http://eml.ou.edu/soonercityQIULI SUNQiuli Sun is currently a Ph.D. student of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University ofOklahoma. After receiving his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tongji University,Shanghai, China, he worked at the Shanghai Automobile Industry Technology Center for about four yearsas a design engineer. Page 4.460.9KURT GRAMOLLKurt Gramoll is the Hughes Centennial

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert J. Beichner; Hugh Fuller; Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; Ernest E. Burniston

Session 2230 UPDATE ON IMPEC: AN INTEGRATED FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY Richard M. Felder, Robert J. Beichner, Leonhard E. Bernold, Ernest E. Burniston, Philip R. Dail, Hugh Fuller North Carolina State UniversityAn integrated freshman engineering curriculum called IMPEC (Integrated Mathematics, Physics,Engineering, and Chemistry Curriculum) has undergone three years of pilot-testing at NorthCarolina State University under the sponsorship of the SUCCEED Coalition. In each semester ofIMPEC, the students take a calculus course, a science course

Conference Session

Engineering Technology

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel Peter Kuehn, The Urban Institute; Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M University; Jeffrey L. Ray, Western Carolina University; Melvin L. Roberts P.E., Camden County College

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

author in multiple ASEE divisions at both national and sectional levels since joining the society. His awards include two Best Session awards at the Confer- ence on Industry Education Collaboration in 2008 and 2013, respectively. In 2009, he served as the Chair of the Southeastern Section annual conference.Dr. Melvin L. Roberts P.E., Camden County College Melvin L. Roberts is a full Professor of Engineering and the Interim Dean of the Division of Business, Computer and Technical Studies at Camden County College (CCC) in Blackwood, New Jersey. He for- merly held the Deans position from 2007 through 2014 after which he returned to the faculty ranks un- til August 2016. He has also held the post of Dean of Occupational

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay K. Madisetti; James H. Aylor; David P. Wilsey; Anthony J. Gadient

Test HW/SW Integration Deliverables & Test Documentation Production & Field Test 6-12 months Deployment Figure 1: Current System Design Practice (circa 1993); System Size: 30-150 processing elements, 80-700 Mbytes/sec. To date, the current design process for embedded digital systems has been adequate because productlifetimes and therefore time to market requirements were sufficiently generous (in order of years) to allow theuse of "brute-force" or inefficient design

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Caverly, Villanova University; Howard Fulmer, Villanova University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University; James O’Brien, Villanova University; Gerard Jones, Villanova University; Edward Char, Villanova University; Frank Mercede, Villanova University; Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Randy Weinstein, Villanova University; Joseph Yost, Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

, Daniel M. White, ‘Selecting a Model for Freshman Engineering Design’, J. EngineeringEducation, July 1999.8. Millard, D., Chouikha, M., Berry, F., ‘Improving Student Intuition via Rensselaer s New Mobile StudioPedagogy’, ASEE 2007 Annual Conference, Honolulu, HW, June 2007.9. Comolli, N., Kelly, W. and Qianhong, W., ‘The Artificial Kidney: Investigating Current Dialysis Methods as aFreshman Design Project’, ASEE 2010 Annual Conference.10. Dinehart, D., Gross, S., Yost, J., Radlinska, A., “The Role of Structural Engineering in Multi-DisciplinaryFreshman Projects”, ASEE 2010 Annual Conference.Appendix A: Desired Skills from FEC Recommendations 1. Non-technical a. Teamwork b. Conflict resolution c. Communication (oral

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendell King

climate change. Climate change is critical because it poses asignificant risk based on its high probability of occurrence and the potential for severeconsequences. Deforestation issues follow because, as the discussion will reveal, they are linked inboth cause and effect to climate change and have a major impact potential, particularly in thedeveloping world. The last general environmental security issue will be water as a scarce resource.The linkage between water and conflict is already well established by Lee5, Schwartz 6, and manyothers, with the concerns for the future being more fraught with danger than any time in history.Global Climate Change Understanding global climate change is technically complex because of the manydependent

Conference Session

Computers in Education 5 - Modulus 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Radhakrishnan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Alexander Galvan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Brown, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

the application.The application was tested in two mechanism-related courses multiple times at WPI where studentscompared the software generated results with their own MATLAB implementation. Theavailability of the software also helped the teaching team improve the feedback quality duringoffice hours and help sessions. The student feedback has been highly positive with respect tosoftware usability and applicability to coursework. The paper will discuss the applicationdevelopment, implementation in a course, feedback, and future activities.Keywords: Linkage Analysis, Kinematic Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Homework Feedback1. IntroductionPlanar mechanisms are an integral part of everyday life and vital in engineering education.Designing a

Conference Session

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Within Chemical Engineering

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jason C. Ganley, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

overall ranges, and sectioning/discretization to create a solution mesh  Customization of the solution surface plot  Sub-function 1 (pdefun): Parameters for the PDE in standard form  Sub-function 2 (icfun): Initial condition specification  Sub-function 3 (bcfun): Parameters for boundary conditions in standard formWhen the script file is correctly outfitted with specifications for each of these segments andexecuted, a numeric solution and accompanying surface plot is generated. The task of identifyingand supplying the necessary input to the script requires only a thorough inspection of theproblem statement and appropriate organization of the information given.For example, in the Spring semester of 2019, students were

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Monson Hayes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

Technology, where he is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Hayes was a recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award and the recipient of the IEEE Senior Award. He has been a member of the DSP Technical Committee (1984-1989) and Chairman (1995-1997). He was an Associate Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (1984-1988), Secretary-Treasurer of the ASSP Publications Board (1986-1988), Member of the IEEE Signal Processing Administrative Committee (1987-1989), General Chairman of the 1988 DSP Workshop, Member of the SP Society Standing Committee on Constitution and Bylaws (1988-1994), Chairman of the ASSP

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor; David Blekhman

Session 2666 Connecting Rod Design Competition–Solid Mechanics Multiple Failur e Mode Design and Testing Pr oject Wendy Reffeor , Ph.D., David Blekhman, Ph.D. Seymour and Esther Padnos School of Engineer ing Gr and Valley State Univer sity Gr and Rapids, MI 49504AbstractStudents in Solid Mechanics courses commonly struggle with balancing multiple failure modesin a single part. To improve their understanding of failure modes, stress risers and design,students in the Solid Mechanics course are required to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Probst

opportunity for students to develop team skillsby learning to work with people of various abilities, personalities, and work habits. Since thesecond course in the lab sequence operates in the same manner as UI330, students complete fourjournal style papers and four technical presentations by completing both courses. By then, theirwritten and oral communication skills have improved considerably, as well as their confidence inmaking oral presentations.Students are also encouraged to present one of their papers at the Annual Southeast StudentResearch Conference held each April on campus. The talks must be modified for thispresentation because the audience for any session of this conference consists of students andfaculty from a variety of departments

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Muci-Kuchler; Jonathan Weaver

Session 2125 Learning How to Identify Customer Requirements: A Key Component of Product Development Courses Karim H. Muci-Küchler1 and Jonathan M. Weaver2 1 Mechanical Engineering Department South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2 Mechanical Engineering Department University of Detroit Mercy Abstract A crucial step in the process to develop a new product is the identification of thecustomer requirements. The

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Denny Davis

9Future Oriented 8.3 10A second generation profile was produced by the project leadership team, based on input fromthe first survey and a desire for more observable attributes that can aid communication of desiredperformances to students, faculty, supervisors of engineers, and the engineers themselves. In thesecond draft profile development, some regrouping and expansion was done to addresssuggestions of the focus group. The resulting profile contained eleven attributes: motivation,technical competence, judgment/decision making, innovation, client/quality focus, businessorientation, product development, professional/ethical, teamwork, change management, andcommunication. Each of these was further delineated by

Conference Session

STEM and ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Marcio Luna, University of New Mexico; Timothy L Schroeder, University of New Mexico; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Chaouki T Abdallah, The University of New Mexico ; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College

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Electrical and Computer

obtained his MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from GA Tech in 1982, and 1988 respectively. He joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of New Mexico where he is cur- rently professor and since 2011, the provost & EVP for academic affairs. Professor Abdallah conducts Page 24.954.1 research and teaches courses in the general area of systems theory with focus on control and communica- tions systems. His research has been funded by national funding agencies, national laboratories, and by various companies. He has also been active in designing and implementing various

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2023 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Ashton Danielle Greer, Oregon Institute of Technology; Charles Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Jintai Wang, Oregon Institute of Technology

trail surface is an AASHTO #10 aggregate material. While it is a relatively smoothsurface, wheelchair users could benefit from increased firmness and stability and decreasedroughness along the surface. A nearly 0.2-mile stretch of the trail adjacent to Oregon Tech, asshown in Figure 1, was selected for resurfacing.Figure 1 - Map of Geo Trail adjacent to Oregon Tech’s Klamath Falls campusThe resurfacing project was the basis for a Project-Based Learning (PBL) experience in OregonTech’s First-Year Engineering program. PBL is an active student-led learning method in whichstudents engage in a meaningful real-world project [4]. PBL differs from other project-centeredpedagogy in that students generally have some autonomy in how they approach and

Conference Session

Engineering Economy: Beyond the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Cunha, University of Alberta

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Engineering Economy

Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, USA, 1-4 October, 200. Page 12.11.8Acknowledgement:The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has been formore than 25 years a major sponsor of research and education in engineering. Particularly atthe School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Alberta, NSERC hascontributed to a number of research projects and education of numerous students. NSERCcontinuous support is acknowledge by the author.Appendix 1 – Questionnaire and Evaluation Results Questions Evaluation Evaluation

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

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New Engineering Educators

preparation, presentation organization and style, and encouraging audience participation Similar subject familiarity or technical expertise is required Similar presentation skills are used, such as an enthusiastic speaking voice, self- confidence, and appropriate nonverbal signalsTable 8: Differences between classroom teaching and industry training Starting times may vary, with generally less time available and therefore, less material can be presented There is little or no advance audience preparation, resulting in less subject familiarity Less control of the audience, including side conversations and participants walking in and out of the room, along with less audience

Conference Session

Customizing Courses for Industry Training Needs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody Pierce, Purdue University; Russell Aubrey, Purdue University; John Eddy, Purdue University; Charles Baker, Purdue University

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Continuing Professional Development

University at Anderson. He received the B.E.E. degree from the University of Virginia, and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D.E.E. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His industrial background includes technical staff assignments with NASA-Langley Research Center, Texas Instruments & Seyberts Electronics. Current teaching interests are in the areas of digital and analog circuits, circuit simulation and systems integration.John Eddy, Purdue University John R. Eddy is a Special Assistant to the associate dean for statewide technology and engagement in the College of Technology at Purdue. His industry experience at Delco-Remy, Division of General Motors includes Manufacturing Supervision

Conference Session

Integration of Manufacturing and Society

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute

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Manufacturing

originated in 1983 as a result ofKentucky leaders' concern that the state’s "best and brightest" were leaving the Commonwealth Page 23.820.2to pursue educational and career opportunities elsewhere without fully understanding thepotential of their talents at home. Students who are selected attend the Program without charge.In the spirit of partnership, the Office of the Governor, the Kentucky State Legislature, andprivate enterprise come together to provide the financial support for the Program 1.The Program’s mission is to enhance Kentucky's next generation of civic and economic leaders.The first class numbered 230 and was housed on one college campus

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Schroeder; Figen Lacin; Craig Somerton

Session 1333 Alternative Approaches to Teaching Extended Surface Heat Transfer Craig W. Somerton, Joseph B. Schroeder, Figen Lacin, and Ryan Harrier Michigan State University/ Olivet Nazarene University/ Michigan State UniversityIntroductionExtended surface heat transfer is a topic that is always covered in a standard undergraduate classin heat transfer. In fact, we tell our students that fins are one of the two heat transfer systems thatthey will most likely encounter as practicing mechanical engineers (the other being heatexchangers). Therefore, it becomes clear that the mechanical engineering student needs to havea firm

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Leslie Reed, Reed Environmental

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

technology content knowledge and technical tool skills toprepare students for the highly technological job market. It is equally important, however, toprovide students with the opportunity to learn adaptive and innovative approaches to problemsolving in technology5. Creativity as an outcome is ultimately judged by the novelty,effectiveness, and elegance of the products generated and it is only through reference to these Page 15.698.2products that society labels ideas, processes and products as creative. The judgment of creativityin a given domain is heavily influenced by its gatekeepers, including educators, professionals,journal editors, and

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Healy

on the knowledge and skills acquired in earliercourse work and incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints thatinclude most of the following considerations: economic; environmental; sustainability;manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; and political.”In developing the Engineering Handbook, Santa Clara University has added three otherconsiderations: usability, compassion and lifelong learning.Criterion Four also calls for:“a general education component that complements the technical content of thecurriculum and is consistent with the program and institution objectives.”Some of ABET’s eight specific considerations have close ties to the general educationcomponent, most notably: ethical, social, political and

Conference Session

Electrical ET Labs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecil Beeson

were generated and routed through the chips and the finaloperational status of the chip was indicated by a green LED (chip functioning normally) or a redLED (chip defective). The group used both Logo and QBasic for the testing process.A Few Technicalities of the Parallel PortA full report on parallel port technology would be immense and beyond the scope of this paper.Many sources are available for learning and reference3-7. Although several forms of parallelports are available, for reasons of simplicity for this project, each PC was assumed to have astandard port and the data bits were not bi-directional. Other possibilities include extendedcapability ports (ECP) and extended parallel ports (EPP).The parallel port is located at the rear of a

Conference Session

Capstone Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Vipul Laddha, Kettering University; Sualp Ozel P.E., Autodesk, Inc.; James Herzing

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-3018: DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF A CAR-TRUCK STANDProf. Raghu Echempati, Kettering University Raghu Echempati is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He has several years of teaching, research, and consulting experience. He is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and SAE. He has more than 100 technical paper publications in journals and conference proceedings of repute. He has chaired several sessions at national and international conferences and delivered numerous invited talks and keynote addresses. He has reviewed several textbooks, journal papers, and conference papers. He is an active member of many conference committees.Mr. Vipul Laddha, Kettering UniversityMr. Sualp Ozel P.E

Conference Session

Design Cognition I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Rad, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Design in Engineering Education

in engineering design, hands-on experience, team-work, andengineering problem solving.IntroductionMech 314, Design Process is a three-credit Junior-level course offered in our MechanicalEngineering Department. The class meets twice per week for 75-minute sessions. The mainfocus of the course is on engineering design process. The textbook adopted for this course isEngineering Design by Rudolph J. Eggert [1], one of the best textbooks published in this area.This is a writing-in-the-major course, as such the students will have several major writingassignments in the form of design project reports. One of the topics introduced in the course isthe concept of reverse engineering.The practice of reverse engineering as a learning element in our