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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Morse

strategies.I. IntroductionCommon approaches to the promotion of critical thinking involve the application of “activelearning” in the classroom and writing assignments outside the classroom.Schrivner1 has cited the difficulty in motivating students to participate, noting the importance ofsetting an expectation of participation in classroom dialog. Another common frustration is thedifficulty in finding time to move class room time beyond the first few levels of course materialintroduction and application while still fitting all the desired topics into the course.Writing assignments have gained popularity as a means of allowing students to practice theircritical thinking skills. This resurgence is due in part to the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum(WAC

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Mark Highum; Mark Kinney; Scott Kuhl; Aleksandr Sergeyev

which to draw new employees or train their existing workforce.Lastly, due to the difficulty of giving all students adequate time to practice programming realrobotic arms, there was a recognized need for lifelike and portable simulation software. Thus,Scott Kuhl and the Computer Science department at Michigan Tech was brought in to developsuch software. Titled RobotRun, this simulation software is now available through open sourcelicensing to assist students and industry personnel in learning the basics of roboticsprogramming.Initial Results of Academic ProgrammingAfter meeting with area employers to assess their needs, as well as pulling together an advisoryboard of local experts, curriculum was developed for a mechatronics certificate program

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Two Year College Division

- netics. He has presented at numerous local, regional, and national conferences and also internationally on telecommunications and wireless topics and on the status of the education of electronics technicians at the two-year college level. His current interests are: the development of novel and innovative systems- level approaches to the education of technicians, applications of the emerging field of wired and wireless networked embedded controllers and sensor/actuator networks, and cyber-physical system applications in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Smart, Connected, and Autonomous Automobiles – the impact on two-yearcollege

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Developing Graduate Students' Competencies and Identities

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mirit Shamir, Kansas State University; Matthew R. Sanderson; Rebecca Cors, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Nathan P. Hendricks; Stacy L. Hutchinson, Kansas State University; Prathap Parameswaran, Kansas State University; Melanie Derby, Kansas State University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

able’ to ‘very able.’ Students rated most course activities as “veryuseful”.IntroductionSystems thinking is a core ability for understanding complex ‘wicked’ challenges, which areintractable issues that we have not been able to solve with a single approach. Wicked challengesare complex, unclear, changing, and entangle [1]. In a time where global challenges are becomingwicked challenges and STEM-based systems, such as Food, Energy, Water (FEW) systems, arebecoming more complex, the need for systems thinking ability has grown. The criteria ofAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) include systems thinking conceptsas part of the education program [2]. ABET supports our call to include systems thinking as partof the NRT

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: REU 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maeve Drummond Oakes, Purdue University; Kristin Everett, Western Michigan University; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Maryanne Sydlik, Western Michigan University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents’ identity development. She has won

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Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Courtney Richmond, Rowan University; Patricia Mosto, Rowan University

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Instrumentation

their firstopen-ended project [5] and learn structured design. Finally, in the Junior and SeniorEngineering Clinic, students work in multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary design teamson projects of greater complexity. The Engineering Clinic sequence offers students anopportunity to experience the art and science of design by applying the technical skillslearned in the classroom, from interacting with faculty, in collaboration with studentsfrom different grades and different disciplines. This just-in-time approach to engineeringdesign enables students to be involved in ambitious design projects as early as theirsophomore year.This paper presents collaborative efforts among the departments of MechanicalEngineering (ME), Electrical and Computer

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Joseph Tunno, Penn State University; Lori Miraldi, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

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International Division (INTL)

student focus group, coursefeedback, and faculty leader reflections are used to assess the course’s shift to remote guidance.In addition, future directions for how this approach could be utilized are reviewed.Program structureBackgroundConsistent with the tendency for increased participation in short-term experiences, in 2019 PennState’s Center for Global Engineering Engagement launched a three-week-long program with astart date in the week subsequent to the conclusion of the spring semester. Beyond providingparticipants with a required technical presentation course, one of the program’s goals was todevelop global competencies through the development of and application of knowledge about theregion, its language, and culture. Participants in this

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2005 GSW

Authors

Jim Farison

only to report on this experience but also to illustrate the approach in away that might be applied in similar circumstances but with different details. Student Enrollment EligibilityFirst, the new course was strategically placed to be available to the maximum number of students.EGR 4353 Image Formation and Processing is listed as an elective in ECE and is available, withadvisor approval, as a senior elective in the other engineering majors. It also carries graduate creditfor graduate students with approval of the instructor and student’s advisor, but with the requirementof a supplementary component beyond those required for undergraduates. The prerequisite forEGR 4353 is EGR 3335 Signals and Systems, a junior

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Barb A. Barnet, Univeristy of Wisconsin - Platteville

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NSF Grantees

infrastructure of the United States is exceeding its design capacity and is aging, requiringmaintenance and renovation. In order to meet this challenge, a need exists to produce civil andenvironmental engineers who have a broad understanding of the pressing needs of the infrastruc-ture of the United States. With this in mind, the faculty of the Civil and Environmental Engi-neering (CEE) Department at [institution] reviewed the program curricula (for the first time in atleast 20 years) and decided to redesign the curricula with an infrastructure theme. A DepartmentLevel Reform planning grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) was used to plan anoverhaul of the curriculum that infuses an infrastructure theme throughout.Once the curriculum planning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Kathryn Mary Rupe, Western Washington University; Lee Singleton, Whatcom Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

a year of classroom implementation and data collection at the institution where thecurriculum was developed, the project team recruited math and engineering faculty from threeother colleges to pilot the models starting Fall 2020. The goal of this expansion was to increasesample sizes and diversity for statistical analysis of classroom data and to learn about theexperiences of faculty as they integrated the curriculum materials into their own courses. Theoriginal vision was for faculty to use the models in face-to-face instruction, but the transition toonline modality in response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced a rapid pivot during thisexpansion that we reported on previously. Faculty participants who chose to continue with theproject worked

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yin Pan, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sumita Mishra, Rochester Institute of Technology; David I. Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology (GCCIS)

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-based malware detection using machine learning. She has published over 45 papers and presentations in research conferences and journals. She received grants from NSF, US Air Force Research Lab, and RIT. Dr. Pan teaches graduate courses in digital forensics and security audits.Dr. Sumita Mishra, Rochester Institute of Technology Associate Professor Department of Computing SecurityDr. David I. Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology (GCCIS) David I. Schwartz, Ph.D., a 1999 graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, published two textbooks on introductory computing skills while completing his dissertation in civil engineering, which sparked Cornell University’s interest. So, in the summer of 1999

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Krause; Chenoa Jensen; CASEY ALLEN; Michael J Batchelder; Daniel F. Dolan

design and manufacturing acrosscampus. It was clear that industry and ABET were demanding that young engineers havesignificant design and manufacturing education in their engineering curricula and that they havemultidisciplinary teaming experience in their programs of study. There was a need for industrialassistance to industry in South Dakota, but it was difficult to find enough good, well-balancedprojects for senior design, especially if we were to impose a requirement that they bemultidisciplinary.SDSM&T chose to set up the Center of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing and Production(CAMP) to integrate students, faculty and industry partners into a Center whose purpose is todevelop a unique approach to manufacturing engineering

Conference Session

Student Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

methods and software, a similar approach was used to assess student understanding ofconcepts and relationships in a similar course unit on autonomous vehicles in a second-semester,first-year engineering course designed for students in electrical engineering, computerengineering, and computer science. Page 15.1349.15 As of the deployment of the online survey, the various software packages describedherein for processing of the survey data were still under development, so unfortunately that batchof students did not receive feedback in the form of student concept maps. In future semesters theauthors intend to collect and process data and return

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

, 2001.[13] Nikolic, V., “Pro/engineer and I-DEAS based courses favorite among mechanical engineering students,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, November 17- 22, 2002.[14] Ray, J. and J. Farris, “Integration of design and manufacturing processes in first-year engineering curriculums,” 30th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference – Building on a Century of Progress in Engineering Education, Kansas City, MO, October 18-21, 2000.[15] Jensen, G. C., J. D. Haslam, J. A. Hoech, and M. B. Thompson, “Project based Computer-Aided- Engineering Applications,” 30th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference – Building on a Century of Progress in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Prabhakar Pagilla, Texas A&M University; Satish Bukkapatnam, Texas A&M University; Manan Shah, Texas A&M University

; Mekala, S. (2020). Fostering 21st century skills in the students of engineering in ESL classroom. IUP Journal of Soft Skills, 14(2), 59-69.10. Lee, S., Lee, J., & Ahn, Y. (2019). Sustainable BIM-based construction engineering education curriculum for practice-oriented training. Sustainability, 11(21), 6120.11. Seemakula, M., Liao, G., Ellis, D., 2010, “Closing the Competency Gap in Manufacturing Processes As It Applies To New Engineering Graduates”, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.12. Jiang, Z., Caicedo, J. M., & Petrulis, R. (2020, June). An NSF REU Site with Integrated Academia-Industry Research Experience–Development, Implementation, and Lessons Learned. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access.13

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, block scheduling, and learningcommunities can have an impact. The present study aims to present the structure of the first yearprogram and also aspects of the curriculum that may or may not contribute positively to the firstyear retention. In studying the effect of cohorts on student retention in engineering, a study atSJSU, the oldest campus in the California State University system, had students in Fall 2015from the College of Business, College of Engineering, and Child and Adolescent DevelopmentDepartment (CHAD) assigned schedules that included at least two shared classes with otherstudents (i.e., “block scheduling”) in their declared majors [5]. This study indicated that it had apositive impact on one-year retention of first-year

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eleanor Leung, York College of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Engineering curriculum and not enough resourcesavailable such as having a dedicated research space, few opportunities exist at smallerteaching-focused institutions for an undergraduate student to experience technical research in anarea of their interest. An independent study is an option for undergraduate students at YorkCollege of Pennsylvania (YCP) to gain and apply a deeper understanding of a content area that isnot covered in-depth in any courses. It provides a student with the opportunity to apply theirlearning to a well-defined research project, to work closely with a faculty member within theirdiscipline, and to gain academic credit for their work. The project is usually carried outindependently without formal class meetings. An effective

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Mark Maughmer, Penn State University

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Aerospace

performance. Our intention is to initiate a dialogue on the dilemma ofdeclining achievement. BackgroundCoursesThe two courses focused on in this study have been in the aerospace engineering curriculum atPenn State University (PSU) for a number of years and offer fundamental content. One is arequired junior-level course, Introduction to Aeronautics, with a required prerequisite of the firstaerodynamics class and an aerospace analysis class. The other is a senior-level technicalelective, Theoretical Aerodynamics, and its prerequisite is the Introduction to Aeronauticscourse. The junior-level course introduces students to the basic concepts of aeronautics bycovering the estimation of the forces of flight and

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ranjan K. Sen; Pradip Peter Dey

  however  is  that  considerable  experience  in  parallel  programming  has taken place over the last more than 4 decades and a rich body of knowledge is available. The bad news is parallel programming looks very complex to most sequential programmers.  There  has  been  recognition  of  the  fact  that  it  is  urgently  needed  to  offer  training  in  parallel programming to students  in general and pro developers as well.   Most of them however,  have hardly looked  at  a  bridging  approach  where  a  sequential  programmer  is  gradually  moved  to  the  world  of  Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David I. Spang, Rowan College at Burlington County; Kathryn E. Strang, Rowan College at Burlington County

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #17000A Student Outcomes Assessment Methodology for Technology-Based and Hands-On Intensive CurriculaDr. David I. Spang, Rowan College at Burlington County Dr. David Spang is the Sr. Vice President & Provost at Rowan College at Burlington County in Mt. Laurel, NJ. Prior to being named Sr. Vice President & Provost, Dr. Spang served as Interim President, Provost, Vice President of Academic Programs and as Dean of the Science, Mathematics, and Technology division. Dr. Spang holds a PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering and a MBA degree, with a concentration in Innovation and Technology Management

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Puzniak; Flora McMartin; Alice Agogino

Page 5.128.6prior work in cataloging and disseminating courseware. This evolution emphasizes interactivityand learning with the goal to connect like-minded users in engineering and the sciences, in orderto encourage user-to-user communication and community building. In this new approach, userswill have a wealth of services available to them in addition to a collection of educationalsoftware and learning resources. Ultimately, services will allow all users to search and retrieve aset of resources based on particular pedagogical methods and content-based concepts withinengineering and the sciences, e.g., teaching “teamwork” or “freshman design”, in contrast to onlyretrieving specialized pieces of software for a particular application, such as a

Conference Session

Student Engagement, Socioemotional Needs, and Social Support During Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner, Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

University. She focused on integrated STEM curriculum development as part of an NSF STEM+C grant as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant through INSPIRE in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University Her current research interests focus on early P-12 engineering education and identity development.Jacqueline Gartner, Campbell University Jacqueline Gartner is an Assistant Professor at Campbell University in the School of Engineering, which offers a broad BS in engineering with concentrations in chemical and mechanical.Dr. Michele Miller, Campbell University Dr. Michele Miller is a Professor and Associate Dean at Campbell University. Prior to joining Campbell in 2017, she was a professor of mechanical engineering

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricio Torres, Purdue University; Matthew Stephens, Purdue University

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Manufacturing

Company, Making the Right Choices. Portland: Society of Manufacturing Engineers.23. Kohnen, J.B. “What is Six Sigma Process Management?,” Quality Management Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1, (2006), pp. 6024. Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G., (2003), Educational Testing and Measurement. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.25. Larson, A. (2003). Demystifying Six Sigma. A Company-Wide Approach to continuous Improvement. New York: AMACON.26. Liker, J.K. (1998). Becoming Lean. Portland: Productivity Press.27. Pande, P.S., Neuman, R.P., Cavanagh, R.R. (2000), The Six Sigma Way, How GE Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance. New York: Mc Graw Hill.28. Pavnaskar, S. J., Gershenson, J. K. & Jambekar, A. B

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Josh Coffman; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis

in industry and is now a standard engineering tool for both analysis and design.When FEM first appeared in the 1960’s it was introduced into the engineering curriculum at thegraduate level. As the method and computer technology matured, FEM was introduced at theundergraduate level in engineering and engineering technology programs, even in some two-yearengineering technology programs. Today, FEM is primarily offered as an elective undergraduatecourse in mechanical, civil, and aeronautical engineering programs. Fatigue analysis that in the past was carried out by hand and/or in-house computer programsis now done using commercial FEM software. Fatigue design modules have recently beenintegrated into commercial FEM codes that include ABAQUS

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Chan-Jin Chung, Lawrence Technological University; Joshua E Siegel, Michigan State University; Mark Wilson, Michigan State University

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Diversity

includes vision-based self-drive algorithms for driving in full sun[2],software engineering for ROS-based robots[3], lane detection and steering algorithms using DeepLearning[4,5,6], mobile app control of autonomous unmanned vehicles with the US Army’sRobotic Technology Kernel[7], and controlling vehicles with gestures.[8,9]MSU offers mobility research programs, including Connected and Autonomous NetworkedVehicles for Active Safety (CANVAS), graduate-, undergraduate, and post-graduate automatedvehicle competition teams, undergraduate and graduate curriculum related to self-driving, and aportion of campus usable for evaluating connected and automated vehicle technologies. Studentsand faculty have access to extensive simulation capabilities and

Conference Session

CPDD Session 1 - Generating Intellectual Excitement for Professional Learners

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luke Fredette, Ohio State University; Emily Nutwell, Ohio State University; Scott Noll P.E., Ohio State University

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Continuing Professional Development

technicalknowledge necessary but are not designed for practicing engineers who are primarily focused onwork responsibilities. However, there are also nonformal educational opportunities which areoffered outside of the formal framework. In this category, programs are organized and systematicand target specific groups and their unique learning needs [3]. It is within this nonformal spacethat universities can expand outside of the strict formal structures of the institution and engagepracticing engineer with specific technical knowledge that is required to adapt to the rapidlyevolving engineering workplace. This article presents a case study of a new interaction between a University and anindustrial company, which approached the first author for

Conference Session

PCEE Session 9: Virtual Summer Programs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; James Hook, Portland State University

that would allow students to thrive in a rigorous STEM coursesonce they attend college; and (6) to focus these efforts on populations that are historicallyunderrepresented in STEM academic programs and careers. The core technical components of the curriculum are adapted from an intensive, hands-onfirst year curriculum in the Mechanical Engineering program at Portland State University [4],[5]. The camp is an immersive experience exposing participants to engineering skills, human-centered design, teamwork, fabrication, all in the context of working on a college campus andbeing supported by college students. Conceiving and building a prototype invention in fourweeks is a big challenge, especially given that the participants are

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Lynn Wade, Northern Arizona University; Karin E. Wadsack, Northern Arizona University School of Earth & Sustainability; Benjamin L. Ruddell, Northern Arizona University; Brent A. Nelson, Northern Arizona University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

variety of disciplines, including computer science, mechanicalengineering, and sustainability-focused programs, and they create opportunities forinterdisciplinary problem solving.IntroductionEnergy education can be found in many disciplines throughout a college curriculum. The basiclaws of the conservation of energy and an introduction to its many forms is integral to first-yearphysics coursework. Early environmental science courses emphasize the impacts of energyextraction and conversion on natural systems. Later courses in environmental studies explorenatural resources used to harvest energy. Business schools offer courses in the areas of energyand environmental economics. Traditional engineering disciplines study energy transformation,and

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

careers has been well-documented1,2. These experiencesshould emphasize the application of the technical skills in the classroom as well as the "softer"skills such as communication, working as a team and customer interaction3-5. The need for suchexperiences has spawned many innovative approaches to senior capstone design courses6,7 aswell as design courses for underclassmen8-11. The most common model for these courses hasbeen a one semester experience intended to give the students an intense exposure to the designprocess. Page 8.540.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Aerospace

have been experimental offerings of a first-year engineering coursethat incorporated a very extensive design-build-test-compete (DBTC) pedagogy. This course wasspecifically positioned to exercise core-engineering competencies, communication skills, andcreativity. The course is intense in that it involves two Aerospace Engineering team projects,integrated technical communications and technical content, teamwork, and individual scientificand fabrication laboratories. The projects involve design, build, test, and compete cycles withballoons and then with radio-controlled blimps. The students entering this DBTC course andother first-year courses were studied with respect to typical admissions criteria including highschool grades and test scores