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Innovative Course Developments in Construction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

structured as specialty courses within constructionmanagement curricula5, 6.Estimating and MEP knowledge and preparation are recognized as critical items for constructioneducation as reflected in various construction science, management, and technology curricula.For example, the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE), the internationalaccrediting body for construction higher education, defines the following subjects to be coveredunder estimating topical content with at least 3 semester credit hours7:• Types of Estimates and Uses• Quantity Takeoff• Labor and Equipment Productivity Factors• Pricing and Price Databases• Job Direct and Indirect Costs• Bid Preparations and Bid Submission• Computer

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Punit Deotale, Texas A&M University; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

: Page 25.1404.3 • Participants were given an information sheet explaining the experiment, significance of the research and potential risks involved with the experiment. • Participants were seated in front of a computer screen and the eye tracker was set up as shown in Figure 2. • The eye tracker was configured for each participant before the experiment. Participants were asked to remain as steady as possible during the calibration. • Information about the PSE was presented in the first step of the experiment. • Participants were asked to use the PSE to fulfill a task described on the “Problem” screen (design of an automated system for cell phone assembly). • Participants were asked to answer some

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Mathew Bissonnette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

authentic, real-worldproblems that small teams of students address. Our approach for this Phase 3 CCLI Project tookthe theoretical framework from mathematics education to create a strategic, scalable approachwhich addressed crucial goals in engineering education. As part of a multi-year and multi-University effort, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) hasdeveloped and tested several MEAs which use experiments (or other physical/hands-onactivities) to enhance student learning within the mechanical engineering curriculum. The threeprimary areas in which we have incorporated hands-on physical activities include a) usinglaboratory experiments to collect data for the models, b) as a method to provide self-assessmentof the

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Kettering University

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Design in Engineering Education

the wind tunnelwith a scaled physical model, the problem of sizing the turbine blades was solved using hand Page 25.1072.10calculations. The final power output was validated using Computational Fluid Dynamic virtualsimulations.4. Restore and foster creativity:Creativity in performing all aspect of realization activities from designing to conducting research andsolving problems is one of the most desired attributes in engineering practice. While this may seemtrivial and assumed, in any engineering education program, it is usually unachieved. Most engineeringprograms are designed around analysis and simulation. In fact, most engineering

Conference Session

Active and Project-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; James P. Schmiedeler, University of Notre Dame; Michael Milo Stanisic, University of Notre Dame

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Mechanical Engineering

at the Jet Propul- sion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and an Invited Professor at INRIA Rhone-Alpes, Monbonnot, France. Research interests include computer vision, mobile robotics, intelligent vehicles, entrepreneurship, and education.Dr. James P. Schmiedeler, University of Notre DameDr. Michael Milo Stanisic, University of Notre Dame Page 25.1135.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Robotic Football: An Inter-university Design Competition Experiment1. IntroductionRobotics competitions have grown significantly over the past decade. The FIRST competitionhas inspired many K

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2001 Annual Conference

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; David Pines

university officials, a town planner, a town engineer, and engineers from a localconsulting firm. At the conclusion of the project, the students presented the alternatives andrecommended design to the Bloomfield Town Planning and Zoning Commission.I. IntroductionThe civil engineering curriculum at the University of Hartford requires a capstone design projectin the senior year. In 1993, the department revised the capstone design course so that studentswork on industry or town sponsored civil engineering design problems that include anengineering practitioner as part of the design team. This approach both technically challengesthe students and also provides them with an opportunity to learn about the professional aspects ofbeing an engineer. In

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2001 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Reid

of College Science Teaching, 23 (5), 1993, p. 286-290.6. Felder, R.M., J.E. Stice and R. Brent, Course Notes, 1998 National Effective Teaching Institute, 1998, section A.7. URL: http://www.graphpad.com/www.pvalue.htm8. Goodwin C. and R. Wolter, “Student Work Group/Teams: Current Practices in an Engineering and Technology Curriculum Compared to Models Found in Team Development Literature”, Proceedings of the 1998 American Society for Engineering Education National Conference, Session 1547, 1998.9. Koehn, E., “Collaborative Learning in Engineering Classrooms”, Proceedings of the2000 American Society for Engineering Education National Conference, Session 1621, 2000.10. Finelli, C.J., “A Team

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2001 Annual Conference

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Naomi Chesler; Mark Chesler

personality conflicts, balance school, workand family pressures, respond to sexism and discrimination, establish a sense of competence,cope with disappointment, find courage, grow as a person, etc. The traditional conception ofmentoring poses accomplishing such objectives within a two-person, mentor-protégérelationship.5II. Relevant socialized gender differencesSocialized gender differences between men and women have significant implications for careersin engineering. Such differences begin to take shape in differential child-rearing patterns and arereinforced in the “hidden curriculum” of elementary and secondary schooling.6 Throughschooling, young boys and girls learn different lessons about their competencies, gendered rolesand styles, and life

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2001 Annual Conference

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David DiBiasio

;BiotechnologistAdvisor: Faculty in the Computer Science DepartmentStudents interviewed Thai rice farmers to collect economic and agricultural information relatingto farming practices and farm life. A nutrient balance assessment and socioeconomic profilewere configured for each farm, and recommendations were developed for the farmers. Results ofthis project were presented to IBSRAM, the URRC and the Thai Department of AgriculturalExtensions.The International Project Center StructureThe IGSD is charged with administrating all aspects of the IQP program including studentselection, site and project development, risk management, and academic quality. To put ourassessment efforts in context, we must first outline the overall system structure.Each international center

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2001 Annual Conference

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David Gray; Christopher Timmons; Robert Hendricks

Guido, Alex Huang, and Carlos Suchicital fortheir continuing support in a myriad of ways, and to Mr. David Berry for his consistently excellentwork in helping us install and maintain the our processing tools. We thank Ashland Chemical fordonating the aluminum etch, Clariant for donating the photoresist, Motorola for donating thewafers, Techneglas for donating phosphorous and boron sources, and Texwipe for donating awide range of cleanroom supplies. Without their financial and technical support, the developmentof the process described here would not have been possible.This work was supported in part by the Combined Research and Curriculum Developmentprogram of the NSF under grant EEC 99-80282.Bibliography1. R. W. Hendricks, An Undergraduate

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2001 Annual Conference

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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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2000 Annual Conference

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Jr., Michael E. Hanyak; James A. Van Fleet

Session 2341 Engineering Design: the Information Component James A. Van Fleet, Michael E. Hanyak, Jr. Bucknell UniversityAbstractThe curriculum of the Bucknell University Chemical Engineering Department includes arequired senior year capstone course titled Process Engineering, with an emphasis on processdesign. For the past ten years library research has been a significant component of thecoursework, and students working in teams meet with the librarian throughout the semester toexplore a wide variety of information resources required for their project.The assignment has been the same

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2000 Annual Conference

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Rebecca K. Toghiani; Donald O. Hill; Craig Wierenga; Hossein Toghiani

Session 3413 Enhancement of Instrumentation and Process Control Studies at the Undergraduate Level Hossein Toghiani1, R.K. Toghiani1, Donald O. Hill1, Craig Wierenga2 Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University1/ Sagian, Inc.2Introduction Process instrumentation and control has been an integral component of the chemicalengineering curriculum for the better part of three decades. However, the changes that haveoccurred in instrumentation and automated control during the past decade are significant. Manydepartments have been faced with

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2000 Annual Conference

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James E. Fuller

Carnegie-Mellon University and a Master of Education from the University of Hartford. He is also anarchitect and project manager with Schoenhardt Architects in Simsbury, CT. with a primaryfocus on educational facilities, especially K-12.He was President of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1994,Vice-President in 1993, Commissioner of Design for 1991 and 1992 and was on their Board ofDirectors from 1991-1995.He currently serves on the Executive Committee and Program Committee of the ConstructionInstitute. He also is a member of the New Hartford (CT) Board of Education TechnologyCommittee and the Curriculum Sub-Committee.He has lectured around the country on the use of computers in architecture including

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2001 Annual Conference

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James Fuller

Architecture at the Ward College ofTechnology of the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut. A licensedarchitect since 1984, he is an active member of the American Institute of Architects andis on the national Architects and Education Committee. He is certified by the NationalArchitectural Accrediting Board. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture with UniversityHonors from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Master of Education from the Universityof Hartford. He is a Senior Architect with Schoenhardt Architects in Simsbury, CT. witha primary focus on educational facilities, especially K-12.He is a member of the New Hartford (CT) Board of Education Technology Committeeand the Curriculum Sub-Committee.He was President of the Connecticut Chapter

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1998 Annual Conference

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G.J. Freeman; A.M. Mankowski; Daniel J. Pack

.military professionalism[3]. In this paper, we illustrate the role of a fire-fighting robot project inan engineering curriculum and its contribution to these educational outcomes. Our primary focusin this paper is on outcomes number two and five with some discussion of how the experiencealso contributes to the other educational outcomes.The goal of the fire-fighting robot project is to create a wheeled robot with capabilities tonavigate through a specially designed maze, detect a candle flame (simulating a fire), extinguishthe flame, and return to a designated location within the maze. To obtain this goal, four different“low level” modules must be successfully developed: a motion control module, a sensor module,a fire-extinguishing module, and a

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1998 Annual Conference

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Samir B. Billatos; Nadia A. Basaly

are presented. The higher the potential score the greater the opportunity exists inimproving the design for environmental friendliness. After acquiring the results the designer should first focus design improvement on aparticular component or clump. In this way EIFA identifies the best approach whether it isreusability or recycleability. Another way to redesign is to improve globally. The designershould pick several components or clumps, with the highest probability of improvement. Thiswill ensure that improvement will address the designer’s environmental concerns.5. IMPLEMENTATION IN CURRICULUM Most of Mechanical Engineering curricula offer standard mechanical engineering courses.They don't introduce students to other important

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1998 Annual Conference

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Scott R. Short

included in the curriculum. In an effort to minimize the number of credithours required to graduate yet still cover these two important topics, the Department of Mechani-cal Engineering at Northern Illinois University is incorporating statistics in the laboratory sectionof their required materials science course. This match is a natural one because the laboratoryprojects require data acquisition, reduction, and statistical analysis. Probability paper plots andRockwell hardness tests are used to introduce the student to the fundamental building block ofstatistics, the frequency distribution. An often-overlooked graphical statistical technique, the useof probability paper plots, is a potent teaching tool.Introducing Statistics to StudentsStatistics

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1997 Annual Conference

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M. Kostic

has been introducingcomputerized data acquisition and reduction in engineering curriculum (starting with Experimentalmethods I and II courses at NIU) by using plug-in data acquisition boards and other hardware, andLabVIEW development and application software.The designed, computerized measurement and data acquisition system, accomplishes the followingobjectives:• acquire measured data with high speed and accuracy;• Page 2.241.9 interactively process and analyze measured data for immediate use or future post-processing;• provide interactive and accurate feed-back process control - motor speed and guard-heating power, and

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1997 Annual Conference

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

increase in overall population of ASU and CEAS, competition for space is apressing issue. The CEAS provides space for a study center for minority students which servesas a hub for critical student support programs such as tutoring, academic excellence workshops,minority engineering student chapter meetings with industry, and computer technologyresources. In fact, the room has been named the CEMS room (pronounced “seams”), by theCoalition of Engineering Minorities Societies, which includes AISES (American Indian Scienceand Engineering Society), NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers), and SHPE (Society ofHispanic Professional Engineers). The CEMS room represents a “seam” pulling togetherdifferent pieces of “cloth” to make one product. The

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1997 Annual Conference

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Ian R. Simpson

, but we must endeavor to instil in our students amentality of collaboration rather than one of hostility, division and difference.More and more European students are spending part of their academic curriculum in auniversity outside their home country, even in subjects such as engineering which, untilvery recently, were not renowned for their international content.2. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTSi. Modern LanguagesSince its foundation in 1977, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications deBretagne, one of France's foremost colleges in telecommunications training, took the thenunusual decision of putting the emphasis on international activities. Twenty years later,this decision has proved to be a wise one, for the field of telecommunications

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1997 Annual Conference

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A. J. Marchese; Robert P. Hesketh; T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

typicallyencountered at the freshman level. The challenge is to achieve this ambitious focus whilemaintaining an atmosphere conducive to retention.INTRODUCTIONRowan University is developing an innovative and forward looking engineering curriculum thatwill produce engineers who can serve as innovators and entrepreneurs in a highly competitivemarketplace.1,2 Key program features3 include: (i) inter- and multi-disciplinary education createdthrough collaborative laboratory and coursework; (ii) stressing teamwork as the necessaryframework for solving complex problems; (iii) incorporation of state-of-the-art technologiesthroughout the curricula; (iv) and creation of continuous opportunities for technicalcommunication. To best meet these objectives, the four

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1997 Annual Conference

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Deborah Hochstein

department had sole responsibility for writing a proposal to the Societyof Manufacturing Engineers, (SME), Education Foundation. SME Education Foundation grantshave supported education in manufacturing by providing equipment, software, faculty training,and recruiting activities for decades. I was impressed that he had been successful in obtainingrepeated funding, but was surprised to learn that of the five categories for funding, his timerestrictions only allowed him to write to one of them, capital equipment. I requested, and wasgranted, the opportunity to work with my colleague on the three additional funding areas: facultydevelopment, student development, and curriculum development. It proved to be a verysuccessful partnership; this year’s award

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1999 Annual Conference

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John I. Hochstein; E. H. Perry

, DCT, can be an effective pedagogical tool that provides importantfeedback to student and instructor on progress toward educational objectives. In addition topromptly identifying deficiencies, DCT can help students gain confidence in newly acquiredcapabilities. It can be implemented without placing an undue burden on the instructor or thestudents. For accreditation purposes, DCT can provide incontrovertible evidence that allstudents have acquired a minimum proficiency in a target topic. As a curriculum design tool, it Page 4.200.6can be used to ensure that every student develops the requisite knowledge and skill foundationwithout excessive

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1999 Annual Conference

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi; Saeid Y. Eidgahy

an important part in shaping future global engineers. Although higher education has beengiven some attention lately, the accentuation has been essentially on application of technology.It can be debated that a better balance in higher education curricula is needed, to reflect theskills required by the employers of engineers.What we need is rethinking of the system and the planning of new curricula, in fact the entireeducational system. Then it should include a plan of re-evaluation of teaching that includesissues such as cultural diversity. To achieve this, teams consisting of faculty members fromdifferent backgrounds, including social and humanities areas, to work cooperatively together indevelopment of the new curriculum. The courses could

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1999 Annual Conference

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Lawrence B. Korta

in computer orelectrical engineering.Rockwell was not the only participant interested in internationalization, however. At that sametime, Milwaukee School of Engineering was recognizing that the successful engineering graduateneeded an awareness of the global community in which he or she would inevitably practice theprofession of engineering. The approximately 90 year history of active collaboration between Page 4.214.1MSOE and Allen-Bradley was to take an international turn.A program was designed based upon the following basic principles: the visiting engineering students were already quite technically sound these eastern bloc

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1998 Annual Conference

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W.R. Kaminski

judge the effectiveness of the experiment. All of the experimentsutilize state-of-the-art instrumentation and data systems, most of which have been donated by localindustry. The students extensively utilize computers for data storage and processing using spreadsheets. The experience gained at CWU in the use of these experiments has been very positive interms of comments and performance by our students, many of which are non-traditional. Heattransfer at the Engineering Technology level can be difficult to teach, which makes a well thoughtout set of laboratory experiments crucial to the successful learning of the subject. Nomenclature 2A cross-sectional area, in

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1998 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Petry

environment and be anexample of where and what they can become in life. At first I was terrified to have entered intothe classroom. I was astonished that in this day and time with the progress of women in theprofessions, that the Computer Aided Drafting class consisted of only one girl. It was later that Ilearned that this girl was under the impression that women were not allowed. The fulfillment Ihave gotten from helping one girl to open a path way to learning more about design andarchitecture is a feeling that allows me to endure in my struggle to become one of the bestarchitects that this world will ever see.”COMMUNITY EVENTSA. Upper Albany Neighborhood DESIGN WORKSHOP October 1994

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1998 Annual Conference

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Susan Campbell; Carol L. Colbeck

the performance of their student designteam in the areas of technical quality, problem-solving ability, communications quality, and teamperformance.Peer evaluation is another method of assessing design frequently used in engineering courses.This method requires students to evaluate the performance of fellow team members incompleting the design project. For example, Byrd and Hudgins (1995) describe the individualpeer evaluation they use in teaching a senior design course for electrical and computer Page 3.529.4engineering students. Using a scale of 0-100, students rate themselves as well as their teammatesin several areas such as whether the

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lekshmi Sasidharan, University of Arkansas; Tariq Sweidan, University of Arkansas; Abigail Mayhan, University of Arkansas; Pratik Ghimire, University of Arkansas; Suman Kumar Mitra, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

related tostudent learning and is also included in the manuscript. The findings of the survey indicate thatthe mini-project was effective in addressing many of the ABET student outcomes.Introduction The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) ensures that graduates indifferent fields such as applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and technology, areequipped with the right kind of education vital for their profession. This type of quality assurancehelps to improve the quality of technical education and make sure that the graduates are wellequipped to work in the current world of technical advancement. This is accomplished bymaking sure that the programs adhere to the different sets of criteria set forth by the