Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _ Monday June 26, 1:30 - 3:00

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn W. Berne, University of Virginia

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

: Biotechnology and Science Fiction and Nanotalk: Conversations with Scientists and Engi- neers about Ethics, Meaning and Belief in the Development of Nanotechnology; a science fiction novel; two award-winning books in the genre of body-mind-spirit (including When the Horses Whisper), and numerous papers and articles. Her newest book, ”Animals, Ethics and Engineering” (working title) is under contract to be published in summer, 2024. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Non-human Animals and a New Ethics for EngineeringIntroductionThe sixth mass extinction is underway. Earth's animal populations have declined by an averageof 69% since 1970 [1], partly due to unsustainable use of land, water and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Deters, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Brent Terwilliger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Emily Faulconer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Kelly George, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

Program is to increase the number of undergraduates active inresearch at the Worldwide campus, especially the engineering technology and engineeringstudents. For the projects that the students will complete, there are two main models for topicdevelopment: student conceptualized or faculty led. A hybrid with elements of the two models isalso possible. With the student-conceptualized model, students interested in performing researchmay come into the Research Scholars Program with a research project already in mind. Thestudent will work with their research mentor to find a faculty member who has similar interestsand expertise in that research area. The student will then work with this faculty member (researchsupervisor) to refine the student’s

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Mechanics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin Berg, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Anne Schmitz, University of Wisconsin - Stout

Paper ID #36608Work-in-Progress: Polytechnic Perceptions of theEngineering Classroom ExperienceDevin Berg (Associate Professor & Program Director) Associate Professor, Robert F. Cervenka School of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-StoutAnne Schmitz I received my Mechanical Engineering undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During my schooling, I explored many opportunities to apply my engineering degree. I was involved with the Formula One Racecar Team, did a semester long co-op working on fume hoods, did a summer internship at Kimberly Clark designing a HVAC system, and did another

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 14: Curriculum and Course Assessment in and Outside the Classroom

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda C. Emberley, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #38567Quarter to Semester Transition: Lessons Learned from a MechanicalEngineering CaseDr. Amanda C. Emberley, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Emberley is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity, San Luis Obispo. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Quarter to Semester Transition: Lessons Learned from a Mechanical Engineering CaseOverview During the fall of 2021, our university was mandated to make the transition from ourhistorical quarter-based system to a semester-based system, effective starting the

Conference Session

Engineering Education Culture: Mental Health, Inclusion, and the Soul of Our Community

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Isabel Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

“sufferingand shared hardship” [1]. This negative culture of hazing has been described as particularlyunwelcoming to marginalized groups in engineering [3, 4]. The high stress from this culture ofsuffering and socially acceptable hazing in engineering may negatively impact student mentalhealth.Mental health of undergraduate students is a growing concern. Roughly 40% of college students(N = 62171) surveyed in the 2018-2019 Healthy Minds study report having been diagnosed witha mental health disorder in their lifetime [5]. Some studies have suggested that engineeringstudents face higher levels of anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms than non-engineeringstudents [6, 7]. Concerningly, students who are underrepresented often face additional

Conference Session

K-12 and Bridge Experiences in Engineering Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Bottomley, North Carolina State University Dr. Laura Bottomley, Teaching Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Elementary Education, is also the Director of Women in Engineering and The Engineering Place at NC State University. She has been working in the field of engineering education for over 25 years. She is dedicated to conveying the joint messages that engineering is a set of fields that can use all types of minds and every person needs to be literate in engineering and technology. She is an ASEE and IEEE Fellow and PAESMEM awardee. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The Use of Engineering Notebooks in an RET

Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia; Blakeley Calhoun

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Diversity

affirmingtheir advisor took an active role in ensuring their success in students' expectations of academic advising and itsengineering at 86 percent. Comparing co-advising to faculty- importance in their lives” [5]. Crookston asserted thatonly advising model, each group had a higher percentage of advising is a form of teaching [6]. With these twoaffirmation. These metrics, along with other data analysis, holistic definitions in mind, it might be evident howsuggest adopting elements of a co-advising model may improve pairing students with an instructor in the first-yearthe advising experience for URM engineering students. Keywords—academic advising

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Patrick Tunno

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Diversity

internationalexperience participants appeared to offer the potential to 1) create momentum for global learningand leadership in returnees 2) allow a space to creating meaning from one’s experiences 3)establish a dedicated student corps to promote an increase in global experience participation.With these ideas as guiding principles, the Global Engineering Fellows Program was launched.History and Program ComponentsSince 2016, when the Global Engineering Fellows Program was founded, it has evolved to awell-known organization at Penn State with the following mission statement “Empowersglobally minded engineering students through targeted professional development that integratesinternational perspectives, cultural intelligence, and the ability to deliver a compelling

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Barr P.E., University of Texas at Austin

. (2012): “Engineering Graphics Educational Outcomes for the Global Engineer: An Update,” Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 76(3):8-12.27. Lieu, D.K. and Sorby, S. (2009): Visualization, Modeling, and Graphics for Engineering Design, Delmar Cengage Learning, Clifton Park, NY.28. Marklin, R., Goldberg, J., and Nagurka, M. (2013): “Freehand Sketching for Engineers: A Pilot Study,” Proceedings of the 120th ASEE Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.29. Booth J., Taborda E., Ramani, K., and Reid, T. (2016): “Interventions for Teaching Sketching Skills and Reducing Inhibition for Novice Engineering Designers, Design Studies, 43:1-23.30. Bairaktarova, D. (2017): “Coordinating Mind and Hand: The Importance of Manual Drawing and

Conference Session

Technical Session 4b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jason Matteson, Northern Arizona University; David M Richter, Northern Arizona University

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Pacific Southwest Section

studies, will shortly be making when they enter their professions, andwill make over the course of their lives. Unsurprisingly, ethics courses that do not respect thedeep complexities raised by engineering design and technology are likely to generate studentsthat walk away unimpressed with the ethical thinking offered them.1 It is only later, when verydifficult ethical choices are presented that engineers come to regret not being sufficientlyprepared.With these considerations in mind we have deliberately constructed a course so that students, asfuture engineers and designers, will have the chance to think broadly and deeply about a numberof kinds of cases, and through many different ethical lenses.Framing Together Ethical Theories and Engineering

Conference Session

Technical Session III

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

BALRAJ SUBRA MANI, New Jersey Institute of Technology; I. Joga Rao, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Diversity, FYEE Conference Sessions

, Determination, and striving for Excellence, in thisendeavor. This represents the art of building character in the minds of the young students.Non-pedagogical as it may be, that is exactly what we did in 2010 in a pilot project and found itvery rewarding. That is what we continued to do since then making this program a success. Thispaper describes the steps in this systematic approach to implement RE.What is reverse engineering?Experience is the teacher of all things. [2] RE is an invaluable learning experience and ateaching tool. It is “a scientific method of taking something apart in order to figure out how itworks.” [3] The technique does involve “an act that would otherwise be considered a copyrightviolation.” [3] Whereas, “copyright law has allowed

Conference Session

Focus on Under-Represented Women

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cleopatria Martinez, Phoenix College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

aresolely based on quantitative evaluations. Even more unfortunate is the fact that many brightyoung minds still get turned away from these fields by careless comments or erroneousassessments of their intellectual abilities. Our goal is to make reference to experiences asidentified by the authors of a book titled Paths of Discovery: Chicanas in Mathematics, Science,and Engineering. These authors wrote autobiographical essays addressing simple but criticalissues they had to face on the road to their chosen fields. What determine the character of aperson are her experiences. A person able to work and solve problems on her own and withoutdirection, we propose, has the distinctive characteristics that contribute to innovation, learning,and creativity

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Knudtson, Saint Louis University; Nicholas Freed, Saint Louis University; David Zidar, Saint Louis University; Michael Dunning, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2009-1818: PERSEUS LAUNCH VEHICLE: STUDENT-DESIGNEDAEROSPACE ENGINEERING SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECTPeter Knudtson, Saint Louis UniversityNicholas Freed, Saint Louis UniversityDavid Zidar, Saint Louis UniversityMichael Dunning, Saint Louis UniversitySanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University Page 14.953.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Perseus Launch Vehicle: An Aerospace Engineering Senior Capstone Project Nick Freed1 Peter Knudtson2 David Zidar3 Michael Dunning4 Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63103Abstract At the beginning of the Fall 2008/2009 school year, a group of four

Conference Session

Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Majed Jarrar, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students graduate with an entrepreneurial mind set that enable them to play leading roles in existing organizations or create their own jobs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Ecosystems of Entrepreneurship in Canadian Engineering Faculties: A Systematic MapThe economic turbulence of the 21st century is changing the engineering career landscape. Largefirms face great challenge in boosting the economy and creating more jobs amidst uncertaineconomical forecast. Engineers today need innovation, leadership and business skills more thanever. Engineering schools are aware of the rising demand of engineers to learn aboutentrepreneurship and entrepreneurship programs

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union; Daniel John Hampu, University of Mount Union

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, “Developing and Assessing Students’ Entrepreneurial Skills and Mind-set,” Journal of Engineering Education, 2005, 94 (2), pp. 233-243. 3. MW Ohland, SA Frillman, G Zhang, CE Brawner, and TK Miller III, “The Effect of an Entrepreneurship Program on GPA and Retention,” Journal of Engineering Education, 2004, 93 (4), pp. 293-301. 4. Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network website. Online: https://engineeringunleashed.com. Accessed October 15, 2018. 5. C Korach and J Gargac, “Integrating Entrepreneurial Mindset into Freshman Engineering Curriculum through Active Learning Exercises,” submitted to Proceedings of the 2019 American for Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition. June 16

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for Engineering Mechanics Courses

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Kamyar Ghavam, University of Waterloo

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Mechanics

Paper ID #21469Engaging Engineering Students in Lectures Using Anecdotes, Activities, andGamesDr. Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo Dr. Al-Hammoud is a Faculty lecturer (Graduate Attributes) in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a passion for teaching where she con- tinuously seeks new technologies to involve students in their learning process. She is actively involved in the Ideas Clinic, a major experiential learning initiative at the University of Waterloo. She is also re- sponsible for developing a process and assessing graduate

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #22401Exploring the Human Dimension of Engineering Through the Built Environ-mentDr. Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University Jeffrey C. Evans, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring the Human Dimension of Engineering through the Built EnvironmentAbstractHumanities and social sciences along with mathematics and natural sciences are at thecore of liberal learning. Further, the proposed ABET student outcome five requiresstudents to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Page 26.987.11[14] S. Farrell and R. P. Hesketh, "An Introduction to Drug Delivery for Chemical Engineers," Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 198-203, 2002.[15] A. V. Struck Jannini, C. S. Slater and M. J. Savelski, "Experiments in Pharmaceutical Engineering for Introductory Courses," Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 239-249, 2014.[16] S. Chatterjee, "FDA Perspective on Continuous Manufacturing," in International Forum on Process Analytical Chemistry, Baltimore, 2012.[17] K. Plumb, "Continuous Processing in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Changing the Mind Set," Chemical Engineering Research and Design, vol. 83, no. A6, pp. 730-738, 2005.[18] Accreditation Board for

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

broaden the appeal of engineering educationto a wider range of gender and ethnic categories. 8 These activities seek to engage students incritical thinking processes while simultaneously achieving a greater sense of civic and socialresponsibility. However, depending on the approach there are inherent technical, cultural andpolitical limitations which can privilege students and teachers at the expense of the communitiesbeing served. 9 With that in mind, we note that analysis of practices such as service learning showpositive effects on students’ attitudes, social behavior, and academic performance. 10 As such,finding the most effective means by which these topics and pedagogical approaches can beintegrated into the engineering curriculum has the

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christos Zahopoulos PhD, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

to move with aconstant speed! Of course, the role, even the existence, of friction is not obvious. It is, therefore,no surprise that all of us get these laws wrong until we take physics in school. But, as experienceand research on “How people Learn” shows, it is not easy to change someone’s mind. Therefore,despite the fact that we study these laws, known as Newton’s laws of Motion, for many years,students fall back to their intuitive (Aristotelian) understanding of them.This year, the author started teaching a somewhat unique course called “Scientific Foundationsof Engineering,” to graduate engineering students with at least three years of work experiencewho are enrolled in The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program at Northeastern

Conference Session

COED: Gamification and Introducing Students to Programming

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Smith, Old Dominion University; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

aboard the USS South Carolina and the USS Enterprise. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Incorporating Diegetic Elements to Increase Engagement in Games for Engineering EducationAbstractOne of the difficulties in developing educational games is maintaining player engagement. Thisengagement is critical for games to provide effective learning experiences. One way to increaseengagement in games is to limit interruptions during game play. In educational games, this canbe accomplished by incorporating learning or problem-solving elements diegetically. Diegeticelements are those that are part of the game scene. With this in mind, a series of games forScience, Technology

Conference Session

Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Harold Ackler, Boise State University; Heidi Reeder, Boise State University; Abbey Louie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

Paper ID #31187Integrating Professional Skills and Leadership into an UndergraduateEngineering ProgramDr. Harold Ackler, Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University Dr. Harold Ackler is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and En- gineering at Boise State University. He teaches advanced undergraduate laboratory courses and manages the senior capstone program in the Micron School. He received BS and MS degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and his PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1997), all in Materials Science and

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Thomas Ask

boat would look like and briefly describehow it would operate. This prompt specifically does not include such constraints as how manypeople (if any) it should hold, how fast it should travel, and cost. In order to keep the problemfrom getting too extreme, some specificity is provided, such as Atlantic Ocean, the term ‘boat’rather than the more generic ‘vessel’.Developing Mind Stories and ImageryStories and imagery can help students learn and retain engineering concepts. The graphicalportrayals of engineering principles and illuminating stories can help students preserveknowledge long after the final exam.Students in an introductory mechanical engineering course are asked to draw images related tothe following: 1) epistemology, 2) mechanics of

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Deborah Hwang, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

short explanation is listed below: • Robust programs: The computer science program becomes more robust because there is a wider audience for electives. Computer engineering students tend to be academically strong as a group and incorporating these academically able students into a computer science course creates competition and a new perspective. Also computer engineering becomes more robust because computer science courses are designed and structured with computer engineering students in mind. • Elective choices: Computer engineering has a crowded curriculum without much room for electives in our University's version of the curriculum. The computer science program, on the other hand, has several

Conference Session

Multimedia Arena

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Crown

and could beeasily modified to teach other design tools and any topic appropriate to the world environment. Aweb site is available to facilitate the use and development of virtual worlds in education and toenhance the design process.ReferencesBransford, J.D., Brown, A.L. & Cocking, R.R. (Eds.). How People Learn: Brain, mind,experience, and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ (1999).Crown, S. (2001). "Improving Visualization Skills of Engineering Graphics Students UsingSimple JavaScript Web Based Games." Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 3, 347-355.Crown, S. (1999). "Web-Based Learning: Enhancing the Teaching of Engineering Graphics"Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Brown, Washington State University; Cara Poor, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

education programs to be sustainable, several factors must be in place. Theprogram must beneficial to students, be easily implementable by faculty, and be affordable. Theemerging finding that students do not require financial reimbursement highlights thesustainability of the ICPT program. Results show that the program is valuable for students andtutors, and is easily implemented by faculty. The WSU ICPT program can act as a model forother engineering programs, and thus impact the culture of engineering education.Bibliography1. Bruner, J.S., The Process of Education. 1960, Boston: Vintage Books.2. Vygotsky, L., Mind in Society: The development of higher psychological processes, ed. M. Cole, et al. 1978, Cambridge.3. How People

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Brandt; David Hansen; Steven Kuennen; Pamela Neal; Cary Fisher

model!) to up to 30 seconds, withthe successful team able to “fly” their vehicle to a designated landing zone.Perhaps one of the first thoughts that comes to mind is how can we teach a first year student,who may or may not be interested in an engineering major, to complete a major engineeringproject such as designing, building, and testing a rocket-glider. Indeed, taken at first glance theproject is daunting. We solve this by breaking the course into smaller projects, typically alongengineering discipline lines, so that the students can understand what they need to complete theproject.We teach topics through bite-sized morsels which will aid the students in understanding theprinciples they will need to design and build their boost gliders

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

community or marketplace in a community. “In my mind, innovation is recognizing a need, or a gap, or a circumstance that could be better and then bringing to bear new ways of putting things together, [things] that usually exist, to be able to meet that need, or that gap.” Richard “Simply put, it’s a new way of doing things. It’s breaking tradition and taking a new approach to solving an old problem. I think an innovation is actually only truly innovative if it is delivered to the world and widely adopted, and enjoyably used.” Riley2. A two-stage definition of the engineering innovation process: the front-end, or discovery and development stage, and the back-end, or implementation and adoption stage. Engineering innovators defined

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Kidd; P. Paxton Marshall

Background The idea for “Inside the Box” was born when Professor Marshall asked teachingassistant Benjamin Kidd to come up with a semester long design project for Marshall’ssection of Introduction to Engineering workshop. “Preferably something that you enjoyand find interesting,” Marshall said. Special effects had crossed Benjamin’s mind onseveral occasions, but it was not until speaking with the stage lighting professor LeeKennedy at the drama department that a true idea began to take shape. During their conversation Benjamin got the idea for the “Grid.” The cubicstructure, ten feet on every side was used to provide a basis for the engineers’ work. Thedesign for this structure evolved alongside the idea of using theatrical special

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon White; Patricia Niehues; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

Session 1413 A Web-Based Case Study for the Chemical Engineering Capstone Course Lisa Bullard, Patricia Niehues, Steven W. Peretti, Shannon H. White North Carolina State University One of the most daunting tasks in teaching the capstone design class is to develop suitableprojects. Some departments may not have faculty with industrial experience; other departmentsmay not be located near industrial partners to provide hands-on experience to the students; andother departments may lack faculty with deep expertise in specific areas such as biotechnology.North Carolina State University is developing, testing