Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas H. DeAgostino, Trine University, Innovation One; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; M. Brian Thomas, Trine University

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College Industry Partnerships

demanding,continuous basis for the entire school year or semester. These job functions come with all theshortcomings and particular difficulties associated with those functions in the real world. Inorder to develop the interpersonal professional skills needed by industry, a methodologypresented in this paper is given which allows the student teams to evolve socially as departments,while supporting them with information such as Tuckman’s stages of group development,Myers-Briggs type indication, and recognition of the various personalities and issues arisingwhen working in a cross-functional, team based environment. The application of thismethodology and course set-up resulted in engineering graduates that were not surprised by thepotential

Conference Session

Laboratory Applications of Computers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nannan He, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Han-Way Huang, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

ApplicationProgramming Interfaces. As a result, complex embedded real-time applications can be efficientlybuilt to meet their real-time processing deadlines on top of FreeRTOS. In this course, FreeRTOSwas applied to conducting experiments with multitask scheduling algorithms and real-timeinterfacing with microcontrollers for all our lab sessions and course projects.This paper presents the primary experiences of teaching real-time embedded systems design toengineering students, with the emphasis of how we adopted FreeRTOS as a real-world RTOSexample in teaching to improve the teaching effectiveness. The description of this course is firstgiven, including course contents, learning outcomes and instruction approach. Next, a survey ofexisting real-time operating

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashank Shekhar, Vanderbilt University; Faruk Caglar, Vanderbilt University; Anton Dukeman, Vanderbilt University; Liyan Hou; Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt University; John S. Kinnebrew, Vanderbilt University; Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the Secretary/Treasurer for ACMSigart. He is a senior member of the IEEE Computer Society, ACM, AAAI, and the Sigma Xi ResearchSociety. Page 24.28.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Collaborative K-12 STEM Education Framework Using Traffic Flow as a Real-world Challenge ProblemAbstractEffective science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education can be bettersupported by teaching tools that promote critical thinking and modalities that situate learning inthe context of real-world problems. This is emphasized in the next generation science standards

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Song, Alamo College

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Manufacturing

, 2014A New Educational Paradigm to Train Skilled Workers with Real World PracticeJuan Song1, Maurice Salazar2, Mary Batch2, Colin Nichols1 and Federico Zaragoza11. Corporate College, Alamo Community College, San Antonio TX 782112. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. San Antonio TX 78264AbstractSkilled labor is at crisis-level shortages both at home and abroad, with over 10 million skilledlabor jobs remaining vacant worldwide. This shortage is not likely to abate in the near term, butrather get significantly worse. A global study by McKinsey & Company predicts a need for 95million skilled workers by 2020. Currently, studies showed that more than 80% of manufacturersin the U.S. struggle to find qualified multi-skilled workers. Due to rapid

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jonathan W. Valvano, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

shipping. The second solution was to providelocal buying options for each region (Europe, Asia, South America, Oceania, and Africa). InAsia the local suppliers offered lower prices than the world-wide distributors. The third solutionwas to get a grant for free kits. Because each lab has a simulation and a real-board component,we could identify students who were engaged in the class, yet couldn’t get a kit (completed the Page 20.14.4labs in simulation but not on the real board). We gave away kits to 50 students. Because we useda powerful microcontroller connected to a personal computer, we were able to build into the labenvironment a no-cost

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ala A. Qattawi, Automotive Engineering Department at Clemson University –International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR); Paul J. Venhovens, Clemson University; Johnell Brooks, Clemson University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #9639Rethinking Automotive Engineering Education – Deep Orange as a Collabo-rative Innovation Framework for Project-Based Learning Incorporating Real-World Case StudiesDr. Ala A. Qattawi, Automotive Engineering Department at Clemson University –International Center forAutomotive Research (CU-ICAR) Dr. Ala Qattawi, Clemson University Ala Qattawi is a post-doctoral fellow at Clemson University- International Center for Automotive Engineering (CU-ICAR). She received her PhD in automotive en- gineering from Clemson University in 2012 and became the first women in USA to earn a PhD degree in that field. Dr. Qattawi’s area

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University ; Jennifer Louise Mines, The Pennsylvania State University

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Industrial Engineering

not just industrialengineering students but all STEM students are predominantly active, visual, and sensing learnertypes1-4. However, it is evident that most engineering undergraduate courses are generally taughttoward reflective, verbal, and intuitive learner types. This is in fact the exact opposite of thesuggestions made from multiple learning style studies1-4. Engineering teaching is more focusedon theory and mathematical proofs over practical, “real world” applications and experimentationfavored by sensing learners. Engineering instruction tends to be very verbal rather than visual,focusing on written explanations and mathematical formulas. In addition, the engineeringclassroom tends to rely heavily on lectures and reading assignments

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

materials and activities in achieving the courseobjectives?”, students ranked the project as the most helpful, scoring 4.73/5 in Fall 2011and 4.8/5 in Fall 2012. Specific comments regarding the project included: Page 24.198.5 “Very interesting and good practice for relating concepts learned in class to real world applications.” “The project required a good amount of research and creative thinking.” “Project was very interesting and increased my understanding of the subject.”Future assessment of the specific learning objectives will include pre- and post-testactivities, feedback from focus groups

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Tracy Volz, Rice University

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First-Year Programs

top 25 US engineering schools run a team-based freshman design courseproviding students with real-world engineering opportunities.4, 7 These first-year experiencesprovide the greatest opportunity for students to acquire baseline proficiencies in the attributeslisted in the NAE “Educating the Engineer of 2020” report that can then be honed in theirsubsequent courses. First-year engineering experiences often focus on the key aspects of theengineering design process: research, ideation, and prototyping. Because of the central nature ofdesign in engineering practice, students across all engineering fields can participate inmultidisciplinary teams to solve authentic challenges.Much of the assessment work for first-year engineering design courses

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Oliva, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation

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College Industry Partnerships

ways that we were doing things. In addition tothe work experience that the faculty member would acquire through this co-op, providing themwith real-world accounts to take back to their classroom, we also offered a stipend intended tocover living expenses for the few months that we expected the position to last. We went aheadand posted the job, and circulated it through our local ASEE chapter. In the end, we had only asingle applicant, and that candidate’s background was a poor fit for the projects we were workingon. His areas of specialization and teaching / research interests were completely outside of anyof the type of work that we were involved with. The position went unfilled, and we did notattempt such a faculty co-op again.In hindsight

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Craig G Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

engineeringcompetencies. Figure 1 illustrates the problem under consideration and the target audience(organization’s leadership). The SCL represent leadership competencies of an organization’sleadership, and they are aimed at enabling leaders to deal with systemic challenges that arisefrom a target system of interest21. In such a way SCL competencies are differentiated from thetechnical systems competencies of the team members, which have been discussed in detail inSchindel et al.20. In order to put the need for such leadership skills into context, we briefly recalltwo real-world examples – one of which resulted in a costly failure, and the other of whichresulted in a success and therefore illustrated the benefit of systemic thinking at leadershiplevels

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Simon William Cavenett, Deakin University; Eloise Gordon, Deakin University; Matthew Joordens, Deakin University

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

thestudents another program running on his computer, allowing real-time software demonstrationsand data analysis. The session can also be recorded for viewing later. The software is run via astandard web browser and Java. Figure 1: Screen-shot of E-live being used in a tutorial in a third-year mechanical- engineering and materials-selection class, showing the software’s basic features.methodE-live web-based tutorials were introduced in our school in 2009, first in mechanical-engineering and materials subjects. The application was mainly practicing problem-solvingwith a small group of on-line students. The following year tutorials in first-year physics began.The practice extended course-by-course over the following years. By semester

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J Henderson, U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth McDonald P.E., Dept of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

they occur during a typical classroom session. The system includes a mobiledevice application for the learner and a rich internet application for the teacher. The mobiledevice collects real-time feedback from students who use the mobile application to reportattainment of three learning metrics: comprehension, motivation, and interaction. Assessmentdata is pushed into a cloud repository where it can be analyzed and projected to the teacher innear real-time or archived for analysis after class. We share our experiences with lectureLess asemployed in two systems engineering courses taught by two different teachers. We includeaggregate trends in overall student reporting and discuss the viability of mobile devices for nearreal-time assessment. We

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, renewable power supply, data collection hardware and dataprocessing software are integrated to provide real-time sustainable watershed data on anaccessible platform to many types of user groups. The LEWAS lab is being used for watershedsustainability research and hands-on classroom education. The lab has been used in a senior levelundergraduate Hydrology course in fall 2012 and spring 2014 by incorporating LEWAS-basedhands-on modules into the course. The lab has also been integrated into freshmen level courses atVirginia Western Community College in Roanoke, Virginia. These learning modules introducestudents to watershed sustainability concepts, a real world application of LabVIEW, and hands-on data collection and analysis projects. Effectiveness

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

platform was adopted, which allowed the lab tocommunicate with all the devices and stream the data from all the devices to the database whichcould be used for data mining. LabVIEW was the initial programming environment tocommunicate with the monitoring equipment and was chosen due to a variety of factors. It is asimple software development environment which uses a dataflow programming model and alsohas a LabVIEW web publishing tool which can be used to publish real-time data online. Inaddition, LabVIEW was also being used in the Engineering Exploration class that all engineeringfreshman on campus are required to take. This gave the students a real-world application ofLabVIEW being used for data acquisition and processing.In order to streamline

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Jose Valdovinos; Cheng Chen; Abbyanna Davis; Amelito Enriquez; Wenshen Pong

to .05 with evenly spaced increments of .0025 making 21different delays. Four eta values were introduced the values were .25, .50, .75, and 1 theserepresent the strength factor. After gathering multiple data points for each ground motion furtheranalysis was done to find a probable trend that will be able used.Computational ResultsReal-time hybrid simulation greatly affects its application as an efficient and economicaltechnique to evaluate seismic performance of structures under earthquakes. This study presentsthe reliability assessment of real-time hybrid simulation results by accounting for nonlinearbehavior5. A delay differential equation is analyzed for real-time hybrid simulations withactuator delay. It is found that the effect of

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University; Kang Wang

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

application to a diverse knowledge base. Engineering students benefit from practice, using their newly found skills to address real-world problems.4) Typical engineering problems are not solved with one area of knowledge; using teamwork is essential in engineering problem-solving.These listed principles presented a clear course objective of broadening participation andimproving student retention in engineering education through an integrated program of scientificresearch and education.Course Program The course was designed to enable students to understand and evaluate fuel cell systems andtechnologies and their environmental consequences. Many of the fifteen enrolled students variedin disciplines outside of Mechanical Engineering including

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos German Montoya Rodriguez, Ohio State University; Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, The Ohio State University; Roger Dzwonczyk, The Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Miriam Cater, Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division

(CoE), Engineering Education Innovation Center (EEIC)at The Ohio State University has conducted an engineering service-learning program inHonduras. The program consists of three components: preparation, implementation, andevaluation. These components are aimed to introduce and teach students the concepts ofhumanitarian engineering through a practical, real-world, hands-on experience. During the firststage, the students assess needs in collaboration with in-country partners, and then research,design, develop, prototype, test and document their chosen projects. In the second stage, thestudents implement and execute these projects. Finally, the students evaluate their designs anddocument their results as well as make recommendations for future

Conference Session

Applications of Online Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; Logan N. Collins; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; John D. Whitcomb, Texas A&M University; John Edward Angarita, Columbia University

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Computers in Education

, 2007.18. Sven G Bil´en, Luis P Bernal, Brian E Gilchrist, and Alec D Gallimore. The student space-systems fabrication laboratory: Enhancing engineering education through student-run, real-world projects. In ASEE-NCS 1999 Spring Conference, Pennsylvania State University Erie-Behrend, Erie, PA, pages 68–72, 1999.19. Xu Bing and Sun Haiquan. Construction and practice of t-cdio course system [j]. Research in Higher Education of Engineering, 2:008, 2009.20. Karen Swan, Philip Vahey, Mark van’t Hooft, Annette Kratcoski, Ken Rafanan, Tina Stanford, Louise Yarnall, and Dale Cook. Problem-based learning across the curriculum: Exploring the efficacy of a cross-curricular application of preparation for future learning. Interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Applications of Online Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Computers in Education

participation on diverse teams as “real world” and therefore Page 24.1154.2beneficial13, their behaviors and experiences on diverse teams can be more problematic1,7. Forexample, students of different genders tend to take different roles on teams, with females morelikely to complete project planning and communication work and males more likely to dotechnical planning and hands-on building1,12. It is unclear in the research whether studentschoose to take on gender-specific tasks or are pushed by teammates into those roles.Team discussions tend to privilege some students at the expense of others. Women and under-represented minorities are more likely

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor D. McLaughlin, U.S. Military Academy

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Nuclear and Radiological

FRAMEWORK & CONSTRUCT:Some authors suggest that the ideal means of teaching real world issues is through the application of casestudies in the classroom. Case studies offer facts, opinions, and prejudices of real world situations/issuesto students for “considered analysis, open discussion, and final discussion as to the type of action thatshould be taken.” 4 Industry-led case studies, those administered by members from a representativeindustry, arguably have an advantage, then, at elevating the reality of particular issues graduates may facein their job because their scenarios theoretically come from experience. Business schools often use casestudies and have found great success with their implementation. Inherently case studies move

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Moe Tajvidi P.E.

the form of anengineering design package, including design drawing, booklets and data sheets. Engineeringstudents have the opportunity to apply the concepts they learn in the classroom to hands-onprojects similar to real-world applications. Students from all engineering majors enjoy theteamwork, meaningful problem-solving and hands-on design that accompanies projects of thecourse. Projects can focus on creating innovative solutions to real-world problems although thismethod can be difficult for a novice practicing designer. In that case, more structured projectscan be developed which can be conducted usual routines.Project-based learning in engineering education, specifically in teaching design practice is acommon feature, six project types

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Jauregui Barboza, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE)

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Engineering Economy

Paper ID #8909Case Study Application of After Tax Analysis to a Renewable Energy ProjectMrs. Christina Jauregui Barboza, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE) Christina Jauregui Barboza is an Engineering Management Doctoral Candidate in the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. She received a Masters of Engineering Degree in Systems Engineering in 2008 and a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Engineering Management in 2006 both from Stevens Institute of Technology. She holds a teaching assistantship position for the Engineering Management program at Stevens Institute of Technology and has

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Fernanda Gobbi de Boer; Carla ten Caten; Istefani Carisio de Paula

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Application of the Problem Based Learning Method in the Discipline ‘Statistics for Engineering’ Fernanda Gobbi de Boer (Author) Carla ten Caten (Co-author) M.Sc. Student of the Graduate Program in Industrial Vice Dean of the School of Engineering Engineering Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil Porto Alegre, Brazil

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Mohamed A. Ghalib; Yasser S. Abdalla; R. M. Mostafa

drive by using the system of PIC16f877A.generation. One of these sources is a renewable The microcontroller is more simple and flexibleenergy which possibly has no harm on the to change control algorithms in a real timeenvironment [1]. The need of the power rating without further changes in a hardware with it'sinverter is required to operate electrical and low cost and reduces the complexity of theelectronic appliances smoothly. Most of the control circuit for the signal phase inverteravailable commercially uninterruptible power bridge [10]. The application of this inverter is tosupplies (UPSs) are actually square wave

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Code of Ethics to class work (d, f).A few supplementary student learning outcomes are as follows:6. Identify and relate real-world/cooperative education experiences to coursework, and reflect on the connection between classroom learning and software engineering practice (i).7. Comprehend global software engineering concepts and challenges (a, h).Course DesignLectures: The course material primarily focuses on the first five Knowledge Areas (KAs) of theSoftware Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK)3: software requirements, design,construction, testing, and maintenance. While the remaining KAs are covered in a newlydeveloped upper-level course (CS 6028- Large Scale Software Engineering), a brief introductionis given to a few topics such as

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Engineering Physics & Physics

” module, to provide students exposure to thisenvironment.While student responses were mildly positive, the feedback from alumni and employers (at EPprogram advisory board meetings) was very negative. We were strongly advised by ourconstituency that the “coding” aspect of the course was very valuable. They saw Sensor Lab asan EP major’s first – and sometimes only – “real application” of the programming skills learnedin the C++ prerequisite, and even though none were actually programming in C++ or VB6, theysaw the skills developed by using these languages as transferable and important for theprogramming that most of them were doing in their jobs. (LabVIEW, with its graphicalprogramming interface, was seen as powerful but expensive and lacking in

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

played by watching the results from the scope and spectrum analyzer orhearing from the speaker. In fact, more and more instructors are encouraged to offer students Page 24.1158.15real-world applications in our department.After learning DSP courses, the technology students were able to apply their newly gainedknowledge and skills to their senior projects and our real-time DSP labs served as goodpreparation and practice for senior projects. In our campus, senior students are required topresent and demonstrate their senior projects in the senior project fair, in which those projectswere evaluated by the engineering technology faculty members and

Conference Session

Sustainability

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

pursue. Further, real-world problems require real-world expertise, often in the form of professionals of various backgrounds. While some schoolsmay have expertise in specific areas, addressing a variety of problems may require expertise thatis not readily available at that university. Finding guest lecturers or mentors takes time, and maybe impossible if expertise is sought within an individual university on a very specific topic. Ifcollaboration across universities is made possible, seeking expertise theoretically becomes morefeasible due to the larger web of knowledge.Need for Multiple PerspectivesWicked problems are characterized as including multiple stakeholders, each with different sets of

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shanelle M. Harris; LeeRoy Bronner

applied to terms the results of the without saying how it is to be done. This abstraction makes⇒, ⇔) whereas the quantifiers are ∃ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∀. Beckert [9]relationship can be either true or false. The standard formal specifications useful in developing real world systems.” Thereby an event-based modeling language, system operations are modeled in a discrete sequence of events inprovides the symbol definitions below in descending order of time. Each event occurs at a particular instant in time and mayoperator precedence: or may not