Conference Session

Joint Session: Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division and Chemical Division

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Sarah Elizabeth Lindley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Bethan Owen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

generallydo not gain experience in open-ended design or entrepreneurial innovation – skills which may behighly valued by future employers or graduate schools, and even in upper-level project-basedcourses such as capstone design.Biofabrication Lab is an upper-level elective laboratory course offering students hands-onexperience in advanced cell culture, computer aided design, additive manufacturing, andprototyping related to translational bioengineering. Quantitative Physiology Lab is a requiredlaboratory course in which third-year bioengineering students conduct experiments to measureand model human physiological systems, while gaining experience in data analysis andpresentation. To expand the breadth of knowledge and experience gained by students, a

Conference Session

Understanding Student Behavior and Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xinyue (Crystal) Liu, University of Toronto; Yasaman Delaviz, York University; Scott D. Ramsay, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

attention levels, which together with other assessment resultsthe authors hope will provide valuable feedback on instructional methods.2. MethodologyThe experiment was conducted in a first year (freshman) engineering design course at theUniversity of Toronto. This design course included three one-hour lectures and one two-hourstudio every week. The lectures were conducted in a large technology enhanced active learning(TEAL) classroom with 290 students. Studios are smaller size classes where the students work ingroups of three to four students on a set of activities directed by the studio teaching assistants(TAs). Each studio contained six groups. Six participants (4 male, 2 female) were selected on afrom 25 volunteers to participate in the first

Conference Session

Comparing Different Aspects of the Cooperative Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

capstone design course, he/she should be ready to communicate in the real world. The process of drafting reports for comments has been a part of this activity and now in the senior course, this commenting will be done by both faculty and outside advisors who are involved with each of the capstone projects. The student experiences the need for good communication skills, not simply for a faculty grade but a review by individuals who may be offering employment. Table 1. Communication Elements in the Undergraduate CurriculumFresh.Year WRAC – Writing Rhetoric and Culture Remembered Events Paper, Proposed Solution Paper, Justified Evaluation Paper, Writing Profile Paper Tools: None

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Niemi

program designed to providegraduates with skills in the marine science area for industry, the government, and academia. Theprogram is described in detail in Ref. 1. Various departments on each campus are contributing to this program in different ways:some with existing courses and research experience, and others by creating new courses for theprogram. The Mechanical Engineering Department on the Lowell campus had some researchand practical experience in the field of Ocean Engineering and related fields, and had offered acourse many years ago called “Mechanical Engineering Problems in Oceanography.” A fortyfoot long wave tank had been used for studying oil spills on water, but long since dismantled,and the department had participated in

Conference Session

Learning in a Socially-Distanced Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Aerospace

Paper ID #33048Gaining Industry Experience Exposure During a PandemicDr. Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wm. Michael Butler is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is a 23 year aerospace industry design professional with B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech and a PhD. in Engineering Education also from Virginia Tech. His engineering education research is focused on the use of design tools and live simulation in engineering design education as a means to better prepare students for industry. He is a

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Community Engagement Division

of experience tutoring students and working with schools, and became interested in education through these experiences. Her primary interest is in informal learning environments and educational technologies. She currently conducts research with the Lawrence Hall of Science on their engineering exhibits and works to improve the facilitation and design of the exhibits. Her research fo- cuses on how science center visitors engage and tinker at engineering activities and the impacts of these open-ended tinkering activities in terms of STEM learning and engineering understanding.Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley Ryan Shelby is a joint 2013-2014 Millennium Challenge Corporation-Arizona State University Science

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Carolyn L. Sandoval, University of California, San Diego; He Liu; Matthew Robin Kohanfars, University of California, San Diego; Edward I Lan, University of California, San Diego; Cristian H. Tharin; Tania K. Morimoto, University of California, San Diego

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #33762Transforming the Hands-on Learning Experience in a First-yearEngineering Design Class to a Remote-learning EnvironmentDr. Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego Dr. Huihui Qi is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engi- neering at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). She earned her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Dr. Qi’s teaching interests include Engineering Design, Solid Mechanics, Mechanical System Design, and Computer-Aided Design. Dr. Qi’s areas of interest and expertise include design

Conference Session

Clinical, Patient, and Innovation Experiences in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Huffstickler, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Keefe B. Manning, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Margaret J. Slattery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Biomedical

Design and Perform an experiment and 4 collect data (test the hypothesis) 6 Idea evaluation 5 Analyze the data 6 Interpret the data and draw conclusions 7 Implementation Planning 7 Publish results 8 Monitoring 8 RetestContext of Study: The CREATE REUThe first year of this NSF funded Biomedical Engineering REU program was held over 10 weeksduring the summer of 2016 at a large Mid-Atlantic

Conference Session

Student Experiences with Undergraduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming

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Educational Research and Methods

elements designed to improve theresearch experience and 2) feedback to develop the initial offering of the course and to refinefuture offerings. To measure impact on the research experience, the previously developed andvalidated Classroom Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) survey will be used.[19] Thelonger goal is to then also perform student self-assessment before and after the subsequentlaboratory experience using the Survey of Undergraduate Research experience (SURE III)survey.[20] For course development, pre- and post-course feedback will be obtained by a self-reported survey of the course topics.Discussion The general goals for the course are: (1) provide a general approach to scientific researchand graduate school preparation

Conference Session

Design Cognition I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Crehan, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

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Design in Engineering Education

experience. Beattie et al.12 characterises the ‘deep approach’ as students who: 1. Seek to understand the issues and interact critically with the contents of particular teaching materials 2. Relate to previous knowledge and experience 3. Examine the logic of arguments and relate the evidence to the conclusionsIn the removal of explicit criteria Kimbell et al.13 outlined that creative project work tended tobe based on and focused by design driven ideas. In contrast it was found that projects whichwere deemed not to be highly innovative were generally based on a traditional linearapproach to the design process. The removal of explicit design criteria complements the deepapproach to student learning.The work of David A. Kolb highlights the

Conference Session

Using Laboratories for Instruction in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul E. Slaboch, St. Martin's University; Floraliza Bornasal, Oregon State University; Rico Picone, Saint Martin's University

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Mechanical Engineering

Analysis to Mechanical Engineering StudentsAbstractFor many years in the mechanical engineering curriculum, the topics of electric circuit design,mechatronics and instrumentation have all been taught as separate courses. However, thesetopics are all fundamentally related through the manipulation of electrical energy to producesome desired result, whether it be to turn on a light, drive an electric motor, or measure the stressin a beam. In an effort to more explicitly demonstrate how these subjects are related, a set ofthree courses, meant to be taken concurrently, was developed to integrate these topics. Twolecture based courses, one covering mechatronics and one covering instrumentation andexperimental design, as well as a laboratory course that

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University; Herbert Ginn, Mississippi State University; Stanislaw Grzybowski, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Jimena Bastos, Mississippi State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Electrical Engineering Faculty in 1969 and from 1975 through 1977. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of South Carolina and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He served also as a Visiting Scientific Advisor to Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Mexico. In 1987, Dr. Grzybowski joined Mississippi State University, where he is now a Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the High Voltage Laboratory at Mississippi State University. Dr. Grzybowski is a Life Fellow of the IEEE. His main research interests are in the area of high voltage engineering. His current research focuses on the lightning protection of power

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Patterson; C. Richard Helps

thatinclude a competitive project as a major part of the class. In this setting, students design andconstruct electronics projects, with ample opportunity for creative expression. The project goal isclearly defined, but the solution is not strongly constrained, and students work in teams to find it.In turn, the cooperation among team members and the competition between teams, and often, thecooperation between teams as well, all serve to motivate the students and enhance variousaspects of learning. This approach was used with two different groups of technology students attwo universities. Student response was evaluated using qualitative evaluation techniques andanalyzed for trends and student impact. We also report on how to design a competition

Conference Session

Laboratory and Research Skill Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos Landaverde Alvarado, University of Texas at Austin

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

detailed elsewhere [11].The safety training detailed in this study was integrated in a structured manner to pursue thegradual introduction of students to the practice of laboratory safety and process safety. Weselected these laboratory courses to implement the practice of safety because the format of thecourses facilitates the addition of practical hands-on safety experiences; in addition, the coursesinclude a design component that requires students to experiment and scale up processes. Below,we describe the courses and the implementation of the practical safety aspects.Junior Year LaboratoryThe junior year laboratory is the first required chemical engineering laboratory course offered inour program. This laboratory introduces students to the

Conference Session

Applications of Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Simon Jones, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Takashi Kawano, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

opportunity to see differences between theory andmeasured experimental results. This is critical in helping students understand that models haveassumptions and limitations.At the University of Toledo, the laboratory experiments for a Mechanics and VibrationsLaboratory have been redesigned to transform the learning process from subject-based learningto problem-solving learning [6]. This course has Mechanical Vibrations as a prerequisite, andtherefore the lab does not enhance the vibrations course. One goal for the lab is to providestudents with more hands-on experiences and to challenge them by requiring the procedure foreach laboratory experiment to be designed and carried out by each group of students. The authorsstate that due to the number of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, University of Alaska Anchorage

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

towards the learning objectives of the laboratoryrather than on “how to do the laboratory.”This paper presents the overall integrative approach of advancement, development andimplementation of our state-of-the-art offline and online learning environment to supportand enhance students’ learning and training as they use simulated systems to design andconduct virtual and real-time machining experiments and calibration of precision machinetools.In the sections to follow, we present a comprehensive assessment and evaluation plan and itsoutcomes, guided by five foundational evaluation questions, designed to focus data collectionand analysis on a) the project’s stated objectives and outcomes, b) broader issues such asdissemination of project information

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azadeh Bolhari P.E., University of Colorado Boulder

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Paper ID #40323Board 109: BYOE: Laboratory Exercise using Augmented Reality and Vir-tualReality for Environmental Engineering CurriculumDr. Azadeh Bolhari P.E., University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Bolhari is a professor of environmental engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Ar- chitectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her teaching focuses on fate and transport of contaminants, capstone design and aqueous chemistry. Dr. Bolhari is passionate about broad- ening participation in engineering through community-based participatory action research. Her research interests explore the

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Devanshi Shah, University of Georgia; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia

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Design in Engineering Education

developing computational representation and reasoning support for managing complex system design through the use of Model Based approaches. The goal of Dr. Morkos’ manufacturing research is to fundamentally reframe our understanding and uti- lization of product and process representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development of models which help engineers and project planners intelligently make informed decisions. On the engineering education front, Dr. Morkos’ research explores means to improve persistence and diversity in engineering education by leveraging students’ design experiences. Dr. Morkos’ research is supported by federal [National Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Naval

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #12556Anatomy of Assessment of Manufacturing Design Engineering Academic Pro-gram – Do’s and Don’tsDr. Shekar Viswanathan, National University Dr. Viswanathan is a Professor at the Department of Applied Engineering at National University, Cali- fornia. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weber; Bernard Lwakabamba; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

document defines thesystem and its requirements for the students. Supplementary documents, one on the requirementsfor the wireless system and one on the software engineering, give more specific information aboutthe virtual environment.Previous activitiesNew laboratory experiments were added to existing courses in communications to enforce theconcepts of hardware/software co-design and human factors issues1-3. One example of these firstexperiments is a lab exercise for the communications course that characterizes the complexelectromagnetic environment inside the C6 virtual environment that contains multiple types of Page 8.334.1Proceedings

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mircea Alexandru Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca; Clint S. Cole, Digilent, Inc.; Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Joe Harris, Digilent, Inc.; Alex DUPE Wong; Monica Bot

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-4543: GLOBAL DESIGN COMPETITIONProf. Mircea Alexandru Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Studies: 1979-1984, five year engineering program at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Polytechnic Institute in Cluj-Napoca. 1998 PhD in Electronics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Professional Experience: Design Engineer at IEIA Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1984 1986 Research Engineer at IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1986 - 1991 Faculty member at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania: 1991 to date (professor since 2004) Managerial Ex- perience: 2006 - present, General Manager of Digilent RO International Experience: 1999-2000, Visiting Professor at

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Vaughen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

Of Understanding SafeLaboratory Practices And MSDS Sheets.Ñ 15 Again, there was little, if any, mention of a riskassessment in these papers or laboratory procedures. Page 13.556.3A ÐRubric for Laboratory ExperimentsÑ that included safety was located (this rubric is useful tomeet ABET EC2000 requirements).16 However, among the five evaluation parameters under theÐDesign, Perform Safe ExperimentsÑ headings: 1) Design of safe, effective laboratory experiment 2) Laboratory execution according to safe, approved experimental plan 3) Understanding of how equipment works, equipment limitations, safe operation 4) Understanding of how

Conference Session

Technical Session: Student Experience & Perspectives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Daniel Baldwin; Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Kevin A. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Student

waterresources engineering curriculum. Both laboratory and lecture courses were assessed withstudents of varying grade levels. Better understanding of student and teaching assistantexpectations can provide valuable insight towards the design of graduate teaching assistanttraining and support programs to help foster a more beneficial and positive experience for boththe teaching assistants and their students.IntroductionIn addition to their coursework and research responsibilities many graduate students are giventhe role of teaching assistant (TA). Although the exact responsibilities of the TA role can varywidely across departments and courses, instruction of students via large lectures, small groups, orlaboratory settings is an included facet of the role

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Fisseha Gebre, University of the District of Columbia; Devdas Shetty, University of the District of Columbia; JIAJUN XU P.E., University of the District of Columbia

aspects in coordination with practice in the laboratory. The paperexamines the underlying 'rules' that help companies take full advantage of additive manufacturingtechnologies. The paper also examines the guidelines for the design of additive manufacturing within-depth discussion of design constraints. These guidelines are discussed with the view of creatinglight weight parts, efficient heat exchangers and components for aerospace industries. The paperinvestigates different influencing variables including the variation due to density and porosity.Other modeling equations that influence the additive process are examined, which include energybalance equations for melting and vaporization. Post processing of 3D additive components is alsocritical to

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

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Engineering Technology

softwaretools and more importantly to use it for a productive purpose. Our students also learn tomanage the domain as a system administrator. To add the pedagogic value of peer-learning, students are encouraged to do the hands-on experiments in teams where onestudent comes with the password and other tries to break itThese experiments can be conducted in any networking laboratory set up with availablefree open source software tools. It is strongly recommended to consult with the schoolsystem administrator before conducting this experiment to know more about securitythreats. Make sure to enforce the rule to turn off the Internet connection while conductingthe experiment. Students should have exposure to basic networking and fundamentals ofcomputer

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; Jane Nicholson Moorhead, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Electrical and Computer

26.1082.3tivist classroom, instructors support students’ efforts of active organization by providing clear con-nections between students’ prior knowledge, classroom instruction, instructor demonstrations, andstudents’ laboratory experiments.2.1 DesignApplying constructivism to this effort provided our primary guiding principle: students should bebetter able to transfer their knowledge from the classroom to the laboratory when there is a clearvisual connection between the two. By following a prescribed process methodology, a studentshould be able to easily transfer their designs from paper onto a programmable device. For exam-ple, consider a state machine which blinks its output LED when an input pushbutton is pressed. Asshown in Figure 1, the design

Conference Session

Technical Session: Student Experience & Perspectives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Andrew H. Theiss, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

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Student

Laboratories at a Doctoral/Research University. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol. 41, No. 3.7. Roehrig, G.H. & Luft, J.A. (2003). Graduate Teaching Assistants and Inquiry-Based Instruction: Implications for Graduate Teaching Assistant Training. Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 80, No.10.8. Shannon, D.M., Twale, D.J., & Moore, M.S. (1998). TA Teaching Effectiveness: The Impact of Training and Teaching Experience. The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 69, No. 4.9. Verleger, M.A., & Diefes-Dux, H.A. (2013). A Teaching Assistant Training Protocol for Improving Feedback on Open-Ended Engineering Problems in Large Classes. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Atlanta, GA.10. Krueger, R. A., & Casey, M. A. (2009

Conference Session

Design Teams 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Swapneel Thite P.E., University of New South Wales; Jayashri Ravishankar, University of New South Wales; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, NASA Headquarters; Eliathamby Ambikairajah, University of New South Wales

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Design in Engineering Education

: Community ofInquiry Framework, Tuckman’s Model of Teamwork, and assessmentmethodologies. The idea is to simulate an industrial experience in a modularapproach by introducing a structured weekly meeting to support the T&Lpedagogy used and to accomplish this without sacrificing the technical content inthe course. Furthermore, these modules include team building exercises alongwith a special leadership role that rotates weekly. A plan for implementation isdiscussed in this paper. Overall, the proposed OLT framework focusses onemulating an industrial teamwork environment in the university setting to add tostudent experience. It can be used by the wider academic community as a guidefor designing engaging online courses comprising of teamwork and

Collection

2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Reza Kamali-Sarvestani; Ephraim Nielson; Jared Laufiso

practice. Every practice iseasy and fast enough to be done in the standard laboratory time. Fine Image Printing isenvironmentally safe technology and currently in use for fabrication of flexibleelectronics1,2. Developing this practice helps to achieve all academic goals of the courseas well as improving engagement and retention. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 207 2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section ConferenceThis paper explains practical experiences in designing, developing and fabricatingcomponents for testing. This course will go over design, fundamentals of CAD softwarecurrently in

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Design in Engineering Education

learning were implemented in a senior capstonedesign class where student learning is assessed. The capstone students are required to identify aneducational need within the mechanical engineering technology program. This need is discussedwith the faculty for the development of a hands-on laboratory instrument that will facilitatelearning in the program. The results from these discussions determine the design requirementsfor the capstone project. These capstone students must also learn the design process that hasmilestones with deliverables associated with a Gantt chart and work breakdown structure. Theymust also develop an instructional lab with a series of questions that helps reinforce the theorytaught in the classroom. And finally, they are