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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Robert W Fuessle, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

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Paper ID #11073Internationalization and Civil Engineering Program InnovationDr. Robert W Fuessle, Bradley University Dr. Robert W. Fuessle is a professor serving Bradley University for the past 31 years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from Monmouth College, and his Masters and PhD degrees in the environmental engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana. His area of expertise includes hazardous waste treatment by stabilization/ solidification and modeling of environmental systems. He teaches two courses that incorporate international perspectives on sustainability and public policy

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Duane B Swigert, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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exploring other cultures.Mr. Duane B Swigert, Metropolitan State University of Denver Page 20.38.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 The Development and Integration of Humanitarian Engineering Curriculum in an Engineering Technology Program Brown, Aaron1; Swigert, Duane Metropolitan State University of Denve, Department of Mechanical Engineering Techmology Po box 173362, Denver, CoAbstract Humanitarian Engineering is the application of engineering research and work to directlybenefit marginalized people (1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Page 20.12.3including biomedical electronics, biomechanics and biomaterials, BME capstone projects, design,and BME elective courses as well as courses in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Mechanical Engineering, Math and Physical and Life Sciences. These are often complimented byan array of courses in Humanities and Social Sciences.Students may be offered a choice of tracks, depending on the emphasis to be placed in the BMEprogram. These tracks include biomechanics, bioelectronics, biomaterials, etc. The selectedspecialization will determine which courses are appropriate for students to gain relevant expertise.In order to ensure a well-rounded training, related programs have generally begun to increase thelaboratory, design, and

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Marjaneh Issapour, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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majorswith many of the outreach programs focusing on STEM fields. As the demand for K-12 STEMoutreach programs increased and success of outreach programs have been proved, the need tointroduce STEM to students at a younger age became very important leading to the design anddevelopment of STEM modules for elementary school and middle school students. 7-9 While themajority of the K-12 STEM outreach programs focus on hands-on experiments and modulesrelated to science and engineering, very few of them focus on the energy education, and its’relation to STEM. The concepts of science and engineering may not always be tangible, whereaswhen combined with energy-related topics, they provide a platform for students to integratemathematics, science, engineering

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Track 2 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Fred W DePiero, California Polytechnic State University; Zoe Wood Wood; Alana Christine Snelling

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assessments of Program Educational Objectives. INTRODUCTIONAccreditation of current engineering education practices occurs through analysis of multiplestudent outcome criteria. The assessment creates a data driven blueprint for continuouscurriculum improvement and “provides assurance that a college or university program meets thequality standards established by the profession for which the program prepares its students.”Thus, examination of accreditation criteria and program review processes offers insight into whatis valued within contemporary engineering education practice and related initiatives.Interventions at the level of accreditation and program review can also have widespread impact.The EC-2000 criteria

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Track 1 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Andras Gordon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Richard J Schuhmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Richard F. Devon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University; Ahmad Atieh, Taibah Univeristy; Peter Dietrich, Corvinus University Budapest

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Paper ID #10995Cultural Accommodation in Virtual Engineering Academic TeamsMr. Andras Gordon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Andras Gordon is an Instructor of Engineering Design in the School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University.Dr. Richard J Schuhmann, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDr. Richard F. Devon, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkMr. Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State UniversityDr. Ahmad Atieh, Taibah Univeristy Ahmad Atieh had received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Ottawa

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Track 1b - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Mert Bal, Miami University

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Engineering Technology Distance Education Mert Bal Miami University Department of Engineering Technology Hamilton, OHAbstractThis paper presents a preliminary study for assessing the remote laboratory practices fordistance-learning in an ETAC/ABET accredited engineering technology program.This initial study has been conducted using a remote robotics workstation, which is developed bythe students and faculty members of the program in order to support hands-on student learningexperience in programming full-scale automated industrial robot arms through remote-accessfrom distant geographic

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Track 1 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Achille Messac, Mississippi State University; James N Warnock, Mississippi State University; Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

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Adjunct Director for training and instruction in the professional services department at ABET. In this role, Warnock oversees the development, planning, production and implementation of the ABET Program Assessment Workshops, IDEAL and the assessment webinar series. He also directs activities related to the workshop facilitator training and professional development.Dr. Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University Masoud Rais-Rohani is Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor of Aerospace Engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU). He received his BS and MS degrees from MSU and PhD from Virginia Tech, all in aerospace engineering. He has integrated

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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

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inpractice, and improve the efficiency of designing and implementing complex embedded softwareprojects.1. IntroductionKnowledge of computing and software programming is important to engineering and technologystudents. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that computing will be one of the fastest-growing U.S. job markets in STEM through 2020: about 73% of all new STEM jobs will becomputing related 1. Moreover, software development training could be a valuable experience forstudents, as it can cultivate students’ problem solving and process development capability.However, programming is often considered to be difficult for engineering students. Engineeringstudents usually study the syntax and semantics of low-level programming languages (PL

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Track 1 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Yakov E. Cherner, ATEL, LLC; Maija M Kukla, University of Maryland, College Park; Linn W Hobbs OBE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sergey V Vasilev, Yaroslavl State University; Ivan Fedorov; Alexander S. Sigov

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Paper ID #11041Use of a Virtual Multifunctional X-Ray Diffractometer for Teaching Scienceand Engineering CoursesDr. Yakov E. Cherner, ATEL, LLC Dr. Yakov E. Cherner, a Founder and President of ATEL, LLC, taught science, engineering and technology disciplines to high school, college and university students. He has extensive experience in writing curric- ula and developing educational software and efficient instructional strategies. Dr. Cherner introduced an innovative concept of multi-layered simulation-based conceptual teaching of science and technology. He also proposed and implemented the pioneering concept of

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Track 1b - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Steven M. Pilgrim, Alfred University

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/engineering technique that boosts task-compliancewhile lowering performer stress. Community is expanded via a series of presentationsfrom students and faculty of the various programs. These emphasize the unique, butinterconnected, nature of the programs and reveal ways for new students to engage withstudent clubs and national student chapters.ContentThe primary content portions are related to engineering specifics, e.g., the distinguishingbackground of engineering thought and approaches. One week of ENGR 160 is devotedto “language” and another to “shibboleths”—two distinguishing features of engineersGreek letters and units or process and fundamental software. With the reduction in Greeklife on many campuses, student awareness of Greek letters has

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Track 1 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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as teamwork experience. 4. Programs should address developing more awareness amongst students of the social, environmental, economic and legal issues. 5. Faculty in academic institutes generally lack industrial experience, hence are not able to adequately relate theory to practice or provide design experiences. 6. The existing teaching and learning strategies are outdated and require to be more student- centered.The solutions generally proposed to overcome most of these issues point to a fundamentalredesign of the curriculum in engineering programs.ISSUES WITH THE CHANGESIn the traditional teaching environment the faculty lectures and gives well-defined single-discipline take home assignment, and the students listen

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Track 1 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Hongshik Ahn, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University; Yacov A. Shamash, Stony Brook University; ChoonHo Kim

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becoming the Associate Dean of CEAS, he has been leading and/or participating in various curriculum initiatives such as SUNY Korea, the new Civil Engineering, 5-year BE/MS, and Mechatronics programs. He is also responsible for College-wide ABET assessment and accreditation. Professor Kao has received Student Service Award and Center for Prevention and Outreach Partnership Award. He is co-author of a book chapter ”Pedagogical Use of Video Podcast in Higher Education: Teaching, Learning and Assessment”, In Ubiquitous Learning: A Survey of Applications, Research, and Trends, edited by Terry Kidd & Irene Chen, Published by Information Age Publishing. Being the Director of the Manufacturing and Automation Laboratory (MAL

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Track 1b - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mona Azarbayjani, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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and engineering students.The activities offered throughout the course of the Solar Decathlon project to engage studentswere organized in parallel to the phases of the project: 1. Schematic Design, 2. Design Development, Page 20.7.6 3. Construction, and 4. Competition.Three newly developed courses related to the Solar Decathlon project were offered for credit tothe engineering students: 1. An interdisciplinary seminar course – Solar Decathlon Schematic Design Phase, 2. An engineering “special topic” course – Solar Decathlon Design Development Phase, 3. An engineering “special topic” course – Solar Decathlon Construction

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Track 1 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Michael B. Cutlip, University of Connecticut; Mordechai Shacham, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Michael Elly, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Paper ID #11027Enabling Extensive Numerical Problem Solving on Smartphones and TabletsDr. Michael B. Cutlip, University of Connecticut Michael B. Cutlip is an Emeritus Professor within the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Depart- ment at the University of Connecticut and has served as department head and director of the university’s Honors Program. He has B. Ch. E. and M. S. degrees from Ohio State and a Ph. D. from the University of Colorado. He has been the Chair and National Program Chair for the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division plus he co-chaired the ASEE Summer School for Chemical Engineering faculty in 2002

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Track 2 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University

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of the week-by-week course content is shownin Table 1. During her visit, she also prepared course materials for the classes related toNicaraguan culture, technology sectors in Nicaragua, current sustainable development programsin Nicaragua, and the design process. Table 1. Class Schedule for First CourseDate TopicJan. 14 Introduction/Course Overview/ Nicaragua: Geography, Culture, History and Socio-economic Analysis 21 Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Sectors in Nicaragua 28 Introduction to EntrepreneurshipFeb. 4 Current sustainable development programs in Nicaragua 11 Current sustainable development programs

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Track 1 - Session 2

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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Henry Griffith, Wright State University; Riad Ajami, Director, Center for Global Business, WSU; Angela Griffith

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exist for addressing the significant variation Page 20.11.5in the mathematical preparation of students intending to enroll in engineering. Namely, through theEngineering Mathematics curriculum redesign, students have been able to accelerate entry into thecore program curriculum, which has been demonstrated to improve the likelihood of retentionthroughout the degree program. While prepared students may complete this sequence in onesemester, thereby entering their first semester of engineering coursework, a pathway consisting ofan additional preparatory course exists for underprepared students. For purposes of illustration, thevarious pathways