Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Elson, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Howard Evans, National University

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Engineering Management

designing and assessing curricula and courses. While there is some materialpresented on designing curricula, the contents are far more oriented towards designing individualcourses but lack discussions on the finer points of curriculum design such as determining corecontent, electives, and concentrations or specializations. Given that there are limited literature resources for guiding graduate curriculum design ingeneral, there is even less available specifically addressing engineering curriculum design Andthere is relatively more literature that addresses undergraduate engineering curricula thangraduate. In one paper on this topic, Gorman, et.al.15 discuss the lessons learned by 15 facultymembers from 15 different institutions in six disciplines

Conference Session

The Critical First Year in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Medoff, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Educational Research and Methods

Science Foundation supported a GK-12 fellows program atthe University of Maryland Baltimore County called the Teaching EnhancementPartnership Program (TEPP). It was run out of UMBC’s Shirver Center. Designed toimprove classroom instruction of mathematics and science in the nation’s primary andsecondary schools, the program placed both graduate and undergraduate science,technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors in five high-needs middle schoolswithin the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. A project evaluation was designed to assess theextent to which TEPP met the following National Science Foundation expectationsregarding outcomes.31) Improved communication skills and teaching skills for graduate and undergraduatefellows;2) Enriched learning by K

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Mark Budnik, Valparaiso University; Kathleen Sevener, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

copy is provided to the MEM student to evaluate while the advisor grades thereport. Once the advisor has evaluated the report, the graduate student’s feedback is assessed bythe faculty advisor to determine their performance of the MEM student as a manager. Oralpresentations are also evaluated by the MEM student and the quality of these evaluations is alsoassessed, by the faculty advisor, in the overall review of the graduate student.5. Benefits of the New SystemThe benefits of this endeavor impacted the undergraduate students, MEM student, and advisors.Undergraduates were given an experience that more closely resembles that which many will findin industry upon graduation, while the graduate students were given a chance to utilize theproject

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

, they should make good advances in developing into theeffective professionals. Therefore, the department is reviewing the assessment tool andinvestigating ways to change implementation that will have a lasting impact. Some ideas beingexplored include (1) integrating the Habits with course projects throughout the curriculum(habits can generally only be formed over time, through repetition), (2) making the associatedattitudes and behaviors something that is assessed as part of course grades (change often occursonly when the discomfort of remaining unchanged is more than the discomfort of the change),and (3) further modifying the lessons in the CE Intro to Design course to help the students betterunderstand how the principles in this learning

Conference Session

The Challenges of Tech Transfer

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Dr. Shoaib Shaikh, Nothrup Grumman Corporation

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

received excellent reviews from students, isbeing taught for a second successive semester at Florida Tech. This course is uniquely designedto leverage proven Systems Engineering principles, tools and practices that parallelentrepreneurship concepts and steps for high tech entrepreneurial success such as RequirementsEngineering, Competitive Analysis, Systems Modeling and Simulation, Product DevelopmentProcess Engineering, Project Engineering, Decision and Risk Analysis, Systems Integration,Performance Assessment, System Launch Considerations, System Life-Cycle Costing, QualityEngineering, etc.As part of the course and program requirements, students work in E-teams which can includeoutside technical experts as team members or advisors. The E-teams

Conference Session

Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Shoaib Shaikh, Northrop Grumman Corporation

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Simulation, Product DevelopmentProcess Engineering, Project Engineering, Decision and Risk Analysis, Systems Integration,Performance Assessment, System Launch Considerations, System Life-Cycle Costing, QualityEngineering, etc.As part of the course and program requirements, students work in E-teams which can includeoutside technical experts as team members or advisors. The E-teams seek funding by completingNCIIA Advanced E-team proposals8 or SBIR/STTR proposals and presenting their businessplans at investor-attended colloquiums and competitions.It is anticipated that the pioneering Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship course and program,with its rigorous cutting edge SE tools and techniques especially in Technology FunctionDeployment, Requirements

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

based on the activity they participated in, forelementary/middle school “technology education” class. Each student was provided witha Lego Mindstorm guidebook [18] and hyperlinks to various internet sites that providedFigure 3: FullyAssembled Robotic Tank (Tankbot) Figure 4: Robotic Workshop Session at 2006 PSTI Page 12.1380.7information on the new paradigm of “technology education” for K-12. The evaluation ofthe lesson plans developed by the students formed an integral part of the EDCI 498course assessment. Figure 4 is a photograph taken during the robotic workshop session atthe 2006 PSTI in the Office of Education facilities at NASA

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; David Bowker, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University; Mi'schita' Henson, Purdue University

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International

an interculturalexperience that1. immersed students in the Greek Cretan culture and reinforced their own cultural identities;2. explored the creative process and exercised a variety of communications techniques;3. synthesized their experience through a feasibility study of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) design through service learning curriculum; and4. developed teamwork and a sense of community across ages and disciplines.Course LeadershipInstruction was a team effort that included included Carolyn Percifield, Director of StrategicPlanning and Assessment; David Bowker, Director of Undergraduate Recruitment; DemetraEvangelou, Professor of Engineering Education and Amanda Newton, a Purdue alumna andIndustrial Engineer

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Peterson, Lamar University; David Cocke, Lamar University; Jewel Gomes, Lamar University; Hector Casillas, Lamar University; Morgan Reed, Lamar University; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Chemical Engineering

from beyond anation’s boundaries, and exchange visits.Concept Mapping, Analysis and Other Best Practices: Concept mapping has been wellpracticed in nursing22,23. It will be a key to engineering education, being done for severalpurposes24: • to generate ideas (brain storming, group communications, etc.); • to design a complex structure (long texts, hypermedia, large web sites, etc.); • to communicate complex ideas; • to aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old knowledge; • to assess understanding or diagnose misunderstanding.In addition it is being used to design engineering curricula and courses as demonstrated forexample in the chemical25 and mechanical26 engineering fields. Concept analysis is a relatively

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor M Verner, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

, interviews, and project assessment. In the paperwe report the results of this experiment and, based on those results, propose recommendationsfor fostering self-efficacy in robotics education.IntroductionRecent research has emphasized the role of affect in constructivist learning and revised thetraditional tendency to explore cognitive processes of science and engineering education inisolation from affective functions. Picard et al. [1] call for "redressing the imbalance betweenaffect and cognition" and "constructing a science of affective learning". This study focuses ondeveloping learning technologies, systems, and environments that incorporate affect.DeBellis and Goldin [2] in their study of affect in problem-based mathematical learning

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Charles Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Debbie O'Hare

interactions to ultimately preparethemselves to become productive citizens. The challenge for Jamerson’s Elementary engineeringfocused curriculum is to use engineering design and engineering science elements to facilitateaccomplishing the school’s primary mission as dictated by the benchmarks embedded within theFlorida’s Sunshine State Standards.As we set out to design curriculum, we chose to use the Backwards Design Model2 as our modelfor our unit design plan. This model asks teachers to begin with the end in mind. Teachersdevelop their essential understandings and create the ending assessments before planningactivities to reach their goals. Once this was accomplished, then the teachers could begin todesign lessons that would support the outcomes

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Findlay Edwards, University of Arkansas

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International

to experience Indiathrough an engineering academic program.Developing the ProgramBuilding a new study abroad program in a country with a very different culture from our owncreates many challenges.6 Creation of the program entailed: 1) determining goals and a budget,2) envisioning the program structure, 3) determining the program location, 4) selecting thefaculty and courses, 5) student recruitment and selection, 6) student and faculty preparation, 7) Page 12.1019.3commencement of travel, and 8) assessment.1) Determining Goals and a BudgetThe goal of our program was to give students an opportunity to study in India while gettingengineering

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Abraham Lachowsky, University of Arkansas

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First-Year Programs

Page 12.133.3commitment to engineering, and enjoy the experience of helping others.The organizational structure of the peer mentoring program is shown in Figure 1. Mentors reportto the program coordinator, who is an experienced senior and an active peer mentor. Thecoordinator runs the program’s day-to-day operation, holds the training and weekly mentormeetings, and provides guidance and supervision to the peer mentors. The coordinator reports tothe director who has oversight of the program and is responsible for the assessment. TheAssociate Director of Recruitment, Retention and Diversity (a full-time staff member) serves asour program director. Director

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Shawn Oppliger, Copper Country Intermediate School District; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Robert Warrington, Michigan Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 12.629.9Measurement of these outcomes will be the core of the assessment piece for the program, whichis still being developed at Michigan Tech.Program Dissemination and Growth - An important facet of the project is that it be replicable toschools in a variety of settings; urban, suburban and rural. To this end, the pilot program calls forprojects to be implemented concurrently in Upper Peninsula schools (rural) as well as schools inthe metro Detroit and surrounding area (urban and suburban). Beyond that, the model will bemade available across state lines, with K-12 districts partnering with a local University, or withMTU via distance-communication. Initial plans call for four new Enterprises and locations to beadded in 2008 and 2009. How

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Robert Chin, East Carolina University; Charles Coddington, East Carolina University; Paul Petersen, East Carolina University; Fonooni Hamid

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New Engineering Educators

guideline to the mentors as well as mentees (new faculty).While the documents do not guarantee the job satisfaction for the new faculty, they are intend tooffer support, encouragement, and useful information. Some universities, such as Auburn University, have taken this process more seriouslythan others and through an Ad Hoc committee have prepared a final report to the universitysenate. Auburn University Ad Hoc Committee on Junior Faculty has initiated their process bydistributing articles for their own educational purposes. The next step for the Auburn UniversityAd Hoc committee was to conduct a Needs Assessment Survey Responses from faculty with

Conference Session

Multimedia Tutorials and Web Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Donnelly, University of Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

to recruit undergraduates into graduate STEM disciplines. This involves recruiting atFGLSAMP and SCAMP annual meetings and elsewhere as appropriate.Evaluation and Assessment - AGEPExtensive formative and summative evaluation data was collected during the Phase 1 of the UFAGEP. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through student surveys, interviews,portfolios and reflective writings, as well as a faculty and Deans surveys. In Fall 2002 a surveyof the 27 AGEP scholars rated their level of agreement (1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = StronglyAgree) with statements focused on the monthly meetings, the professional meetings theyattended, the value of the computer and teaching experience/training they received, and exposureto role models

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alec Simcock, Victoria University; Robert ives, Victoria University; Paul Bronson, Victoria University; Charles Mphande, Victoria University; Juan SHI, Victoria University

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International

expectationthat the two structures will converge as each school discovers and adopts to the better practice.Within SEE a consideration throughout has been how to use PBL to enhance the delivery of‘soft’ generic skills whilst maintaining the technical content at a similar level to that of thesuperseded program. This required considerable care in the design, so as to not negatively impactupon student progression rates. Technical lectures were transferred into the traditionally taughtcourses (VEF coded courses of Table 3). These courses use traditional end of semesterexaminations and mid-semester tests for assessment. The School has had to provide additionaltutorial support to students as part of a strategy to maintain progression rates in an arguably

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

validation tests. The peer evaluation system is configured by thefaculty member in charge of the class. The system is fully customizable and theinstructor can choose to include a variety of evaluation modules. Currently the system isset up with four different evaluation modules. One module assesses team memberattitude and value to the team (Likert scale). A second module has peers report the effortput forth by team members on team tasks (as a percentage of total effort). The final twomodules have peer’s rate each student’s overall value to the team (numeric rating) andasks students to provide open-ended, written, anonymous feedback to team members.The text of questions, instructions, and the type of feedback can be customized on thissystem.Teams

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

the fall semester. Students were treated asif they were enrolled as freshmen, a key to past success2. Students attended classes during theday, Monday through Friday. Instructors gave tests and homework to show students the rigor ofcollege curriculum. Below are brief overviews of each subject. The average size of ASPIREallowed one section for each class.Chemistry - Influence on problem solving through problem sets and homework assignments - Covered chemical fundamentals, bonding, and thermodynamics - Three exams given with the opportunity to participate in prior help sessions - Pre- and post-tests given to assess comprehension of materialChemistry Lab - Covered lab safety, lab report format, and laboratory experiments

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael McGrath, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Aerospace

launching payloads, are two of the factors that have changed in thespacecraft development environment over the past decade.Teaching spacecraft design in this changing environment has been both interesting andchallenging: interesting in that incorporation of the changes into the course keeps the lecturepresentations and discussions fresh from year to year. The teaching challenge has come frominterpreting these changes, and structuring increasing amounts of lecture materials that inform,but don’t overwhelm the students. One area in particular, project management, has evolved.Risk management, as one example, is becoming a formal embedded process within a project tohelp the project manager to more effectively manage programs. Assessing and managing

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

, Competitive Analysis, Systems Modeling and Simulation, Product DevelopmentProcess Engineering, Project Engineering, Decision and Risk Analysis, Systems Integration,Performance Assessment, System Launch Considerations, System Life-Cycle Costing, QualityEngineering, etc.As part of the course and program requirements, students work in E-teams which can includeoutside technical experts as team members or advisors. The E-teams seek funding by completingNCIIA Advanced E-team proposals2 or SBIR/STTR proposals and presenting their businessplans at investor-attended colloquiums and competitions.It is anticipated that the pioneering Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship course and program,with its rigorous cutting edge SE tools and techniques especially in

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

relationship between motivation and behavior. Page 13.1111.8V. Conclusions and Future WorkStudy habits of students in an integrated Statics and Dynamics course were assessed through avoluntary survey in order to determine which practices are the most helpful to the students.These data indicated that there are three distinct behavior patterns for these students, which leadto different levels of conceptual understanding of the material. The largest group has the mosttroubling study habits and the worst conceptual outcomes. These students reported doing thehomework very regularly and attending Supplemental Instruction sessions almost religiously, butseem

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Andrew Watchorn, National Instruments; John DeBusscher, University of Michigan

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Virtual Instruments used in particular lab projectsthroughout the typical introductory courses; sections 4 and 5 specifically discuss the uniqueeducational value of several Virtual Instruments. Section 7 outlines the significance of VirtualInstruments in organizing student lab reports. Section 8 shows the student perception of theVirtual Instruments in the lab, which was assessed using a specially designed questionnaire.Section 9 presents the conclusion; section 10 lists the references. The numbering of Figuresfollows the section numbers.2. Hardware and softwareOur Instructional Laboratories are equipped with Agilent instruments: 3000-series oscilloscopes,33220A function generators, 34405A digital multimeters (complementing 34401A in some labs

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betty Harper, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Patrick Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

enrich educational experience in this way. Those perceptionsmay also indicate that industry experience is not valued as much as scholarly credentials insalary and promotion and tenure decision-making. This study tests the proposition that students enrolled in programs having a higherproportion of faculty members with industry experience will have a different set of programexperiences than similar students in programs having faculty members with more academicbackgrounds and orientations. Differences in a number of students' experiences might, of course,be assessed, but it seems reasonable to expect industry-experienced faculty members' influenceto be most apparent in student experiences that closely resemble the "real" engineering

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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International

foraccomplishing tasks within their culture. They are instrumental in finding and procuring supplies,equipment, managing costs, and guiding the selection of those who are honest and trulymotivated to help their people. Often village business and church leaders, when carefullyscreened for integrity, are instrumental in this task. Sources of income must be identified andcarefully assessed. Examples of potential sources of income include energy production, food andwater production, manufacturing basic building materials, education centers, and entrepreneurialparks. By providing jobs and the opportunity for entrepreneurialism the local economy can alsobe stimulated. An example of how entrepreneurialism can be fostered is by providing a safelocation for

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Giddens, Georgia Institute of Technology; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

messages for communicating to the public about engineering. He was the lead staff officer for earlier projects related to assessing technological literacy (resulting in the 2006 publication of Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing Technological Literacy) and making the case for technological literacy (resulting in the 2002 publication of Technically Speaking: Why All Americans need to Know More About Technology). He also played a role in the National Academies review of the technology education content standards published in 2002 by the International Technology Education Association. Page 13.890.1

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Paul Krueger, Southern Methodist University; Alice Kendrick, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. It was very self-taught. That‟show life will be when you get out.” Table 2: REU Student Predictions and Assessments of Learning Outcomes Responses Student Predictions from First Day •be able to learn about using lots of high edge lab Specifically, what do you plan to learn or be facilities in conducting various experiments. able to do as the result of the REU program •be able to learn different aspects of research, i.e., how at SMU? Please complete the following to conduct hands-on research. sentence: “As the result of participating in REU, I will •be able to grasp

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Cyganski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou; Fred Looft; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bradley Miller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lance Schachterle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Stafford, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James Van de Ven, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

roboticscompetitions exist at the K–12 and university levels, these are notably based on games with afixed set of rules. We believe that existing competitive games do not suffice; what is needed is acompetition that emphasizes the engineering of solutions to open-ended real-world problems andthat invites creativity by an open competition based on the intellectual and commercial and/orhumane aspects of the solutions. Undergraduate and Graduate students from all engineeringdisciplines would participate in the competition as well as in the preparatory workshops andconcluding conference.6.0 Assessment PlansThe RBE program has only been in existence for a short time and while we have every intentionof assessing its success in a variety of ways, for the most part

Conference Session

Developing Communication/Teamwork Skills in ChEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Loren Connell, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Page 13.316.5SummaryA competitive protein production project has been developed and implemented in amultidisciplinary senior and graduate student Bioprocess Engineering course. The competitivenature of the project, where the team that scores the highest on the production rubric isguaranteed an A, has motivated 23 of 25 undergraduate students to perform the project over thelast two years. The protein project has been mentioned as the best feature of the course on overhalf of the course evaluations over the past two years. By appealing to all types of motivation, ahigh level of student involvement and satisfaction were observed.Future assessment data based on independent, rubric-based evaluation of final exam solutionsover the past three years

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin-Hwan Lee, University of Cincinnati; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati; Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

extended the research as an NSF REU student during the summer quarterand two students were accepted by the graduate school.IV. Student AssessmentIn the fall quarter, each student enrolled in the ECE senior design capstone sequence wasrequired to write an essay assessing his or her readiness to undertake their chosen senior designproject, and in particular addressing how the project embodies the culmination of classwork andco-operative education experience from preceding years. Excerpts from student essays are givenhere to illustrate how the students view their past educational experiences and their anticipatedreadiness to initiate a research-based senior design project. One student cited both previous andsenior year electives:• Curriculum