Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers. She was recently awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study interdisciplinarity in engineering graduate programs nationwide.Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech Jenny Lo, assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, is interested in understanding and improving engineering curriculum related to introductory engineering courses, engineering design, engineering ethics, and undergraduate research

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Caroline Grace Sawatzki, Saginaw Valley State University; Rajani Muraleedharan, Saginaw Valley State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

studied andsubsequently incorporated in the creation of a 17-page adaptable guide, which is included inAppendix I. The guide includes several technical and design exercises, bridging theoretical gapsthat the AEK did not, to improve student knowledge of engineering theory and designmethodologies. There are four modules total. Each section includes targeted progress checks toevaluate student understanding at various stages in the module, ensuring that they are engagingwith the material instead of simply “following instructions”.Project-based integrationAccording to Morris & McAdams, project-based design integration allows students to learn byexperiencing the design process as active participants. This model generally presents an open-ended task

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 11: Integration of Problem-Solving and Design Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick M Comiskey, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Prabhakar Venkateswaran, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael Christopher Sevier, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

repetitive tasks, visualize important trends,analyze large data sets, perform parametric sensitivity studies to support design decisions, andstudents cultivate a logical problem-solving process. Furthermore, as the industrial landscapecontinues to rapidly advance with increasing penetration of automation and big data analysis,students will need to graduate ready to utilize modern tools in their engineering practice. Inmechanical engineering courses, computer-based assignments have significant potential toincrease experiential learning for students. For instance, in thermodynamics, instead of a studentanalyzing a Brayton cycle at a fixed set of conditions to generate one set of values for the poweroutput and efficiency, they can repeat the analysis

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

understand the standard drafting conventions used in engineering todocument engineering designs. The course does not use any drafting equipment; only sketchingis used to create drawings. A text and combined workbook is used for the course (“EngineeringGraphics Text and Workbook” by Craig and Craig, Schroff Development Corporation). Thecourse begins by giving the student an isometric of a part and having them create the standard 3view drawing. Next the 3 view drawing is given and the isometric required. This is followed bysection views, auxiliary views, dimensioning, tolerancing, threads and fasteners, and finallyassembly drawings. There is a final design project where students design a multipart system andhave to create detail and assembly

Conference Session

Design and the Liberal Arts

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Patton; Richard Bannerot

have proficiency in the basic languages of math and science in order toaffect the physical world. Engineers must understand phenomena on an elemental levelas they seek to pilot the laws of nature. Consider that -- the laws of nature are based onuniversal principles of order, organization, and efficiency – all basic tenets of design.Design mediates between tangible and intangible forces. It fuses the immediacy of thephysical world with the illusiveness of beauty. Design is driven by a museful urge tocreate; and, it is tempered by the physical limitations of the material world. In this paper,we explore design theory and design process in the context of art as a means to structurecreative processing into engineering curricula. Our perspective is

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-centered Design 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Greses Pérez, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Swetha Nittala, Stanford University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

invite diverse practices into the work in acollaborative and distributed process of imagining solutions for all.Taken together, these ideas suggest that learning engineering requires acquiring more than thetechnical knowledge (and we argue that it requires a distributed process), and that practicingjustice-centered engineering design requires incorporation of both technical and broader socialconsideration in all aspects of the work.Conceptual frameworkSociocultural theories of learning from the learning sciencesWhat is learning? If we look at popular media, we see that learning is portrayed as a faculty ofthe human mind divorced from interaction with other factors [11]. However, scholarship in thelearning sciences understands learning as a

Conference Session

Design Thinking and Student Design Teams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Hemmerich, McMaster University; Monica De Paoli, McMaster University; Robert V. Fleisig, McMaster University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

engineering approaches, the authors appreciated the opportunity to learn from broaderconversations in teaching and learning inquiry and from educators in other disciplines aboutmore meaningful ways to generate a deeper understanding of student learning challenges andhow they might be addressed to improve our teaching. In this study, we built on the literature on“design thinking” and “students as partners” as pedagogical approaches to enhance studentlearning.The objective of this work was to explore how science and engineering educators can useempathetic design, known in the design space as “design thinking,” to engage students inimproving their learning. Individual interviews were conducted with students from two courses,a graduate-level engineering

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Patrick Dumond, University of Ottawa

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Design in Engineering Education

-year capstone course with those who had taken a cornerstone design course that hadintegrated a maker curriculum into the course.A social constructivist stance was used by the researchers during the interviews [19] to explorestudents’ learning experiences of engineering design. By following this epistemological stanceused to understand the complex world of lived experiences to understand these experiences fromthe point of view of those who live it, the research process becomes an interactive processbetween the researcher and the research subjects [20, p.13-15]. Consistent with this stance, themethods used in this study are mainly qualitative. Qualitative methods aim to describe, providean in-depth understanding, and capture and communicate

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Bryan Burrows-McElwain, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Anthony Stockus, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Design in Engineering Education

nosewheel control system for use by pilots early in their trainingprocess. The engineering students were challenged to create specifications for a turningradius for the device. This involved investigation of how a steerable nosewheel operateson an actual airplane. Based on these specifications, the students were challenged todesign a mechanical linkage system that allows the freedom of movement to meet thesespecifications.This design project gives engineering students an opportunity to apply design principlesto a practical project. The engineering students gain an understanding of work as a team;work with the client, and the sequence and process of design. Beginning pilots using thedevice gain an enhancement of motor skills that positively transfer

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-1091: RESTRUCTURING A DESIGN-FOCUSED INTRODUCTORYTRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING COURSE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDYUSING THE THRESHOLD CONCEPT FRAMEWORKDan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science and Technology Dr. Dan Cernusca is Instructional Design Specialist in the Department of Global Learning at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Information Science and Learning Technologies in 2007 from University of Missouri – Columbia. He also holds a BS and a Ph.D. from the University of Sibiu, Romania with a specialization in manufacturing technologies and respectively cutting-tools design. His research interests include Design-Based Research in technology

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Ellen Melkers, Geogia Institute of Technology; Agrita Kiopa, Georgia Institute of Technology; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. Ernst, Purdue University; James V. Krogmeier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amos Johnson, Morehouse College

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Design in Engineering Education

(whether physical or virtual) in performing activities of daily living. • USLI Rocket Team: Design, build and launch a reusable rocket with a scientific or engineering payload to one mile above ground level. • Brain Beats Team: To understand the neural basis underlying the human ability (or lack thereof) to keep "rhythmic time," i.e., a constant cadence. • GTRI Robotics Team: Development of critical technologies for prototype robotic/unmanned systems.VIP Programs exist at Georgia Tech, Purdue University and Morehouse College and are the focus of thestudy reported in this paper. A new VIP program started this semester at the University of Strathclyde inScotland: http://www.strath.ac.uk/viprojects. Full information on the teams listed above

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-317: STRUCTURING TEAM LEARNING TASKS TO INCREASESTUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATIONSteven Zemke, Gonzaga University Steven Zemke is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University. His primary responsibilities are Design courses and assessment. His research interests include effective learning environments and design teaching and learning. Prior to teaching he was a design engineer and manager for 23 years and holds five patents.Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University Diane Zemke is a PhD candidate at Gonzaga University in Leadership Studies. Her interests include small group dynamics, reflective practices, learning, and qualitative methods. She has co-authored

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scarlett R. Miller, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Brian P. Bailey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Alex Kirlik, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-4614: TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OBJECTIVEASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE FOR USE IN ENGINEERING DESIGN ED-UCATIONDr. Scarlett R. Miller, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Scarlett Miller is an Assistant Professor of engineering design and industrial engineering at the Pennsylva- nia State University where she holds the James F. Will Career Development Professorship. She received her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Illinois and her M.S. and B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Nebraska.Prof. Brian P. Bailey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Brian Bailey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Univeristy of Illi- nois, Urbana

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Student Empathy & Human-centered Design

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anas Chalah, Harvard University; Fawwaz Habbal, Harvard University; Michael Raspuzzi, Harvard University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineer) 2 Learning Objectives: - Apply foundation in design thinking to tackle - Gain new understanding of designing in systems open ended problems - Apply design thinking process for iteration on - Decide how to scope down problems and previously made prototype choose clients through research and empathy - Combine previous background and experience work with new skills to work in collaborative teams to

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-5195: USING ONLINE OPEN-INNOVATION CHALLENGES TOINTRODUCE DESIGN IN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING COURSESDr. Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward IslandProf. Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island Page 25.1434.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Using Online Open-Innovation Challenges to introduce Design in First-Year engineering coursesIntroductionProject-based courses in first-year provide the first exposure to design in many engineeringprograms in North America, and around the world. The first project a student encounters cancolor their view of the profession for

Conference Session

Maker Spaces within the University

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

challenges. Thisstudy has shown powerful results as it began before makerspaces were incorporatedthroughout the college and campus. It focuses on identifying which courses students havecompleted, which innovation spaces students have used, what the students’ backgroundis, and how students identify with an engineering design process. We have done bothquantitative as well as quantitative analysis on students’ confidence and ability to solveopen-ended design challenges. By understanding where the student is in the curriculumalong with what their background is (ie: internship, work experience, course work), wewill be better able to understand how the makerspaces impact students’ abilities to solveproblems. By learning from our failures and documenting

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University

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Design in Engineering Education

its originalrelaxed state and is what contributes to the residual seal force. The higher this force is, the lesslikely a vial is to leak. The student teams who worked on this project consisted of bothMechanical and Electrical engineering students. The initial semesters were spent understandingthe science of RSF testing, the design of the current machine, and identifying areas where themachine could be improved. During the summer the student team interned in the company andwas tasked with researching elastomeric properties associated with the sealing and testingprocesses. This helped the students gain a better understanding of elastomers. Followingsemesters were spent learning to program logic controller (PLC), switching the load cell type

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Elisa E. Goulart, Texas A&M University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #10702Using Behavioral Driven Development (BDD) in Capstone Design ProjectsDr. Ana Elisa E. Goulart, Texas A&M University Ana Elisa Goulart received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Federal School of En- gineering of Itajuba (EFEI), in Brazil. While working in the industry, she received a M. Sc. degree in Information Systems Management from the Pontificial Catholic University of Campinas, in 1997. She moved to the United States in 1997 where she earned a M. Sc. in Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; followed by a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama - Huntsville; Ben Groenewald, Cape Peninsula University of Technology; Rhyme Kagiso Setshedi, Cape Peninsula University of Technology ; Aysha Abrahams, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #15488Promoting K-12 Aerospace Education via Wind Tunnels Developed throughan International Capstone Design PartnershipDr. Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama - Huntsville Dr. Carmen obtained a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering degree as well as a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. While at Ga. Tech she worked with Dr. Warren Strahle, researching solid propellants. She obtained a Doctor of Philos- ophy in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) with a focus upon turbulent combustion modeling. Dr

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science and engineering departments on diversifying their undergraduate student population. She remains an active researcher, including studying academic policies, gender and ethnicity issues, transfers, and matriculation models with MIDFIELD as well as student veterans in engi- neering. Her evaluation work includes evaluating teamwork models, broadening participation initiatives, and S-STEM and LSAMP programs.Dr. Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc Rebecca Brent is President of Education Designs, Inc., a consulting firm located in Chapel Hill, N.C. She is a certified program evaluator and a faculty development consultant. Brent received

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

mentoring, intellectual property, design for people with disabilities,sustainability, non-technical skills and a software package for conducting the course, amongothers.Many excellent papers with critical understanding of design and capstone were presented anddiscussed. In one paper, it was stated that the concept stage of design promoted anundergraduate engineering student to become a “systems thinker”,7 another was a case-study forinvestigating the loss of design information in collaborative design projects,8 while a third talkedabout a globally distributed capstone engineering design experience.9 There was no specificdiscussion of what the nature of projects in the capstone course should be, or what the ratio ofthermal-science projects to

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

(Ruth) Jill Urbanic, University of Windsor; Susan S. Sawyer-Beaulieu, University of Windsor

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Design in Engineering Education

dismantler recoversparts will be customized to optimize their removal and storage. For some dismantling operations,it may be more efficient to isolate and store groups of parts (not just single items as built byOEMs or their suppliers), which can then be dealt with or further dismantled into theirconstituent parts at a later time6. Presently engineering students are taught principles of designfor assembly, logistics, supply chain, etc. To anticipate future needs, students must be introducedto practical sustainable engineering challenges, practices and solutions to extend their field ofvision/perspective to include end-of-life issues.2.0 WorkshopTo understand practical sustainable design issues, a vehicle end-of-life (VEOL) workshopconsisting of

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-1928: DEVELOPMENT OF AN EVALUATION FOR ASSESSINGSTUDENT PRACTICES, INDEPENDENCE, AND RESPONSIBILITY IN DESIGNCOURSESRenee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Renee Rogge is an Assistant Professor of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering. She co-developed and co-teaches the biomedical engineering capstone design sequence at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Renee is a member of the DEED division and has educational research interests in assessment of design.Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Kay C Dee is a Professor of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering and the Founding Director of the Rose-Hulman Center for the Practice and Scholarship of Education. Kay

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Design in Engineering Education

President. Dixon also serves on the Eugene L. Grant Award Committee for the Engineering Economy Division of ASEE. He is a board member of the ASEE Design in Engineering Education Division and Secretary for the ASEE Industrial Engineering Division. Page 26.323.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Capstone and Faculty MentorsAbstractA standardized process of advising, coaching and/or mentoring may result in consistent capstoneproject results all other variables being equal. This paper describes the background ofdeveloping a faculty advisor guide and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California

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Design in Engineering Education

correlation analysis between the interaction effectiveness with the designperformance. Finally, based on the lessons learned, we will prescribe and test new approaches tofurther enhance the student-instructor interactions.Bibliography[1] Dym, C. L., Agogino, A. M., Eris, O., Frey, D. D., & Leifer, L. J. (2005). Engineering design thinking, teaching, and learning. Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), 103-120.[2] Brown, T. (2008). Design thinking. harvard business review, 86(6), 84.[3] Cross, N. (2011). Design thinking: Understanding how designers think and work. Berg.[4] Simon, H. A. (1996). The sciences of the artificial. MIT press.[5] Dorst, K. (2011). The core of ‘design thinking’and its application. Design studies, 32(6), 521-532

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Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P Brown, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education

working in the blind as they havelittle or no knowledge of what constitutes the prior art. They are often shooting before they aim,instead of aiming before they shoot.In my experience what is often lacking, especially in creative-inventive design pursuits, is theomission of patent research as the basis for guiding student design strategy and focus in the questfor a novel solution. Exposing students to patents and patent research skills, as a precursor forinventive engineering design as early in the education of engineers as possible, is an essentialskill for the creative engineering pedagogy. Patent research allows the existing patent knowledgedatabase to become an asset for understanding the prior art, thus providing focus and strategicpathways

Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eric Cuellar, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominick Trageser; Ricardo Cruz-Lozano, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Design in Engineering Education

in Engineering and Technology Education (CREATE) group at Cal Poly. His research interests include critical pedagogies; efforts for diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering, engineering design theory and practice; conceptual change and understanding; and school- to-work transitions for new engineers. His current work explores a range of engineering education design contexts, including the role of power in brainstorming activities, epistemological and conceptual develop- ment of undergraduate learning assistants, as well as the experiences of recent engineering graduates as they navigate new organizational cultures.Dominick TrageserDr. Ricardo Cruz-Lozano, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley

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Design in Engineering Education

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. Page 23.752.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Ingenuity Lab: Making and Engineering through Design

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Tseng, Stanford University; Maria Yang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

design. Thepurpose of this study was to examine the role of spatial-visual skills in a core undergraduatemechanical engineering design course requiring each student to design and build a robot toaccomplish a complex task in a competition. The researchers hypothesized that students withhigher spatial abilities would produce more complex designs (although complexity is notnecessarily desirable); as spatial abilities are associated with understanding how physical objectscan be assembled, students with high spatial ability may be better able to understand and designintricate integrated systems. The Purdue Spatial Visualization test was administered to 137students (79 male, 58 female) at the start of the course, and these results were analyzed with

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University; Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-266: USING INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARDS TO ASSESS CAPSTONEDESIGN COURSESStacy Wilson, Western Kentucky UniversityMark Cambron, Western Kentucky University Page 12.1551.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Industrial Advisory Boards to Assess Capstone Design CoursesAbstractThe electrical engineering program at Western Kentucky University (WKU) was created in 2001with a focus on project-based education. Faculty have developed a series of experiencesthroughout the curriculum to support this mission which culminates in a year long designsequence. In this sequence, students must plan, design, and