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Track: Faculty - Technical Session 4

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech; Christine Tysor, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Christian Matheis, Guilford College

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Diversity, Faculty

programs offered. The research instituteinitiated a Diversity and Inclusion Seed Investment funding program. Starting in fiscal year2017, $203,480 was invested in 20 faculty to assist them with establishing and solidifyingHBCU-MSI partnerships. Feedback has been continually collected to improve the program, nowin its third year. In this paper, we first describe the original intent of the funding opportunity,how the opportunity has changed since its inception and how impactful this investment modelhas been. Preliminary findings will be presented, major criteria for funding will be explained,and outcome measures will be explored to assess the effectiveness of the program. Lastly, wepresent our plan for a more comprehensive assessment strategy, which

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2019 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Xichen Jiang, Western Washington University; Patrick William Shive, Western Washington University

Electric Power Distribution System Reliability and Outage Costs: An Undergraduate Industry CollaborationAbstract:This paper describes an undergraduate, cross-disciplinary research into the economic effects ofpower system outages, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest region. The results of this researchare useful for utilities in their planning and assessment of electric grid reliability. The PacificNorthwest region of the United States experiences a temperate climate with brief summers andlong-lasting winters. Generally, the highest electricity demand for the region occurs during thewinter months, when heating is turned on. Therefore, an outage that occurs during winter monthsresults in additional non-financial

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

improvements. Students get realistic design and applicationopportunities and experience that lead to no shortage of the best job offers, giving their careers agreat start.Electrical Demand ChallengeElectrical demand is a means for public utilities to charge customers more fairly for their use ofthe utilities’ infrastructure. Utilities plan and build their electrical distribution systems to belarge enough to provide enough power to meet the demands of their customers. The more that autility expects its customers to demand, the larger must be the utility’s investment in equipment.Equipment has a capital cost and a maintenance cost. To help meet these costs, most publicutilities have demand charges in their billing structure for commercial and industrial

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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M. Loraine Lowder, Kennesaw State University; Christina R Scherrer, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; David R Veazie P.E., Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Practice: Establishing a Culture of Service Learning in Engineering Orientation Classes at Kennesaw State UniversityIntroduction and Literature ReviewWith a goal of increasing access to more engaged learning opportunities, service learning waschosen as one of the three high-impact practices for our university to focus on in ouraccreditation quality enhancement plan (QEP), along with undergraduate research andinternships. However, within the college of engineering very little formal service learning wasbeing conducted at the time. In our orientation classes, service learning was newly a part of theindustrial and systems engineering orientation course and fall 2019 it was incorporated into themechanical

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NSF Grantees: Student Thought

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Shiloh James Howland, Brigham Young University; Dayoung Kim, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

three main analysisapproaches that we are currently undertaking: investigation of the quantitative survey data,analysis of the learned outcomes that students report in their final interviews, and aphenomenographic approach to understand how the students experience ethics and socialresponsibility. We conclude with future work related to this project, as well as plans to continueto track our participants as they begin their careers as young professionals to understand thecontinued evolution of their conceptions of ethics and social responsibility.Overview of the study designAs detailed in previous publications [1], the longitudinal study design for our project had threedata collection phases covering all four years of a typical undergraduate

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Engineering Librarian Collaborations in the Library, On Campus, and Beyond

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kelly Giles, James Madison University Libraries; Elizabeth Price, James Madison University Libraries

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Engineering Libraries

Librarian held peer mentor meetings on a monthlybasis during the Business Librarian’s first year at JMU. Early meetings focused on campusculture, library procedures, and the promotion and tenure process. As the Business Librariansettled into her role, they began to spend more time talking about specific issues in her work as aliaison. These topics also arose during casual interactions in the office suite.Through these conversations, both librarians became more aware of the overlap between theirsubject areas. For instance, students working on business plan proposals often need to search forpatents, engineering standards, and information on materials science and manufacturingprocesses. The Business Librarian had sometimes struggled to help these

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First-Year Programs: Peer Mentoring

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Corey Kiassat, Quinnipiac University; Ruby ElKharboutly, Quinnipiac University

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First-Year Programs

. These initiatives are pilot for a First-year Academy (FA) program that we plan to offer starting next year to increase the school retention rate. The three initiatives target social, metacognitive and academic skills. The first initiative is a mentoring program; the second a metacognition course; and the third an online mathematics help module. This paper discusses each initiative, the lessons learned, and the plan for moving forward.1. Introduction 1.1. Background At the School of Engineering at Quinnipiac University, a private university in northeastern United States, we have set a short-term target rate of 90% for first-year students in making a successful transition through their first year. We plan to conduct the First

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NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lea K. Marlor, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Madison E. Andrews, University of Texas at Austin; Bobbie Bermudez, University of Oregon; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Laura J. Carroll, University of Michigan; Nicholette Marie DeRosia, University of Oregon ; Matthew Charles Graham; Jenefer Husman, University of Oregon; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

response to active learninginstruction that would discourage instructors from using that activity or active learning in thefuture. Examples include refusing to participate, vocally objecting in the class to doing theactivity, giving low course evaluations, and/or distracting other students from participating.There are, however, effective strategies instructors can use to reduce student resistance [15, 16,17]. These strategies fall into three categories: planning, explanation, and facilitation [18].Planning strategies can be used during the development of an activity, in how it is organized, andhow to evaluate its effectiveness. Explanation strategies emphasize how an instructor can framethe purpose and the goal of the activity. Facilitation

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Learning Mechanics Through Experimentation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

William E. Howard, East Carolina University; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University

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Mechanics

sources, low-cost tools, and cutting plans that minimize waste in thecreation of the specimens.For a composite material course, laboratory exercises include tensile tests for a variety of fiberorientations. Among the concepts reinforced with these exercises include strength and stiffnessvariations with orientation angle, progressive failure (resin cracking prior to fiber breaks), freeedge stresses, and thermal property mismatches leading to residual stresses and/or specimenwarping.Composites Course OverviewAt East Carolina University, MENG 4343 Composite Materials is an elective course takenmostly by senior-level students pursuing a mechanical engineering concentration. Most ofcourse content is devoted to the mechanics of composites, based on

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeyoung Woo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Hyun Woo Kim, Incheon National University; Elaine Rawley Goetz, Ohio University Office of Sustainability

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering

planning, sustainability rating system, and environmental plan assessment.Dr. Elaine Rawley Goetz, Ohio University Office of Sustainability Elaine Goetz is the Director of Sustainability at Ohio University. She has a PhD in Civil Engineering and is a LEED AP O&M. Elaine taught a Sustainable Construction course at Ohio University, a precursor to the LEED Lab course, in the spring of 2018. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Construction Sustainability Evaluation: A LEED Lab Case StudyAbstractConstruction sustainability involves processes, decisions, and actions during a project life cycle toenhance the project’s social, economic, and environmental performance. Much of the

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Keith Radley, Sheffield Hallam University

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International

module, BSc AutomotiveTechnology and BSc Engineering Design and Innovation. It has been traditionally taughtover 2 semesters, with keynote lectures and laboratories/ tutorials in semester 1, followed bycase studies in semester 2. However, learner autonomy is not explicitly developed withinthese case studies and so a new learning and teaching methodology has been used under theCPLA development work.The main objectives of the project were: • To develop learner autonomy in engineering first year students. • To link individual critical review of knowledge and skill development of the students and relate this to their Personal Development Planning (progress files) through the use of project and problem based learning. • For

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New Trends in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

-disciplinary engineering program was initiatedat the Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University. A key feature of this program is theemphasis on a Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach to engineering education. Under thispedagogy, students are assigned engineering projects that are carefully planned by the faculty sothat their completion requires mastery of specific sets of traditional engineering topics.Whenever possible, needed topics are presented by faculty members on a “just in time” basisthroughout the curriculum, so that students immediately apply theoretical knowledge to realworld engineering problems. This paper presents an example of the implementation of thispedagogy in a course designed to involve students in an ongoing research

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Assessment of Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Lozano, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

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Engineering Technology

displayed in the Tablebelow.ELECTRONIC DESIGN AND ENGINEERING 1. Articles were an open window to the engineering profession 2. Helped realized that although I do not master all the details, I have a good knowledge 3. Reviews helped me to become more confident in my technical skills 4. I plan on re-reading the articles 5. I plan on keeping them after graduation 6. Helped me to expand concepts beyond textbook 7. Reviews were a bridge to real life engineeringCONTENT 8. Articles too focused on OpAmps 9. Less technical and more application-oriented would be better 10. Reviews were a waste of time 11. Reviews helped me realize that I will have to continue learning after graduationREADING and WRITING 12. They made me

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Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

sciences such as philosophy,psychology, and, especially, economics, and thus deals with theories concerning the basic lawsof humans and society. The goals of the Social Engineering Program are to educate advancedresearchers and administers who work in areas related to policy, design and planning in nationalterritory socio-economic systems and to develop the integrated theories and methods of theseareas. It has been designed in a way to satisfy the education law of the country. The design andimplementation of this program comes to add to the efforts of the different sectors of thecommunity to solve the social problems that are perpetuated by decades such as environmentalissues, overpopulation, and the urban problem.1. IntroductionThe Social

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo; Thomas Leslie, Iowa State University

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Architectural

collaborativework between design disciplines (as at the University of Illinois, where an annual joint studio forEast St. Louis pulls together landscape, urban planning, and architecture students) or betweenengineering students (for instance Drexel’s Geometric and Intelligent Computing Laboratory) arecommon, the difficult boundary between design and engineering is a difficult one to cross. Wesought to introduce students to both the creative friction that naturally arises between the two,and to offer opportunities to understand the potential for overcoming this and working as abroadly-based team.As we developed the class in more detail, the project became a vehicle to promote additionalcritical working skills. It became apparent that the first two learning

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Steven Eisenbarth, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University

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International

solvesocietal problems (i.e. clean water, energy, food, health problems, etc.). The paper will addresssome of the issues related to engineering in the global context and how Baylor University isapproaching the integration of this subject through its curriculum and extra curricular activities(i.e. language requirement, interdisciplinary overseas summer school, classroom exercises, andappropriate technology studies/trips) and what is planned for the future (School Committee onGlobal issues, Advisory board activities, and Classroom Activities).IntroductionThe U.S. production of scientists and engineers has continued to fall in relative terms whencompared to Asian rim countries.1 For example, in 2005 Indian schools awarded approximately112,000 engineering

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Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Bilbeisi, Oklahoma State University

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Architectural

subject matter, and the related student assignments are: Page 11.836.2Architectural Graphic Communication SeriesCase Study 1 – Introduction to drawing types and their purposes, illustrated by the drawingsutilized by the New York architect Richard Meier in the design and communication of the GettyCenter complex in Los Angeles, California.Getty Center Rotunda Sketch Getty Center Rotunda Axonometric Getty Center Rotunda PerspectiveThe major communicative drawings – 2D orthographic projections such as plans, elevations, andsections, and 3D drawings such as paralines and perspectives – are part of a presentation packagewhose purpose is to

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Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Findlay Edwards, University of Arkansas; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas

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New Engineering Educators

professor is preparing his tenure dossier for histhree year review. As well as insights on preparing tenure dossiers, information onrecruiting graduate students and the benefits of attending conferences and workshops isalso presented.IntroductionFrom the first day a new faculty member begins their academic career, he or she shouldbegin preparing their tenure dossier. Preparing your tenure dossier can be likened to acoach preparing a game plan. This plan will allow them to define and accomplish thenecessary objectives as well as portray their work in each of these areas in the best light.They should stick to the game plan and collect evidence along the way rather thanwaiting until the last year to collect and compile the evidence they need. This

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Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilkat Soysal, Frostburg State University; Oguz Soysal, Frostburg State University

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Liberal Education

specifically focuses on the development ofstudents’ core skills in scientific reasoning to “demonstrate foundational abilities to applydifferent methods of inquiry from various perspectives and disciplines to gatherinformation.” Page 11.651.2A planning group 1 consisting of five faculty members representing the biology,geography, chemistry, physics, and engineering programs and the Assistant Provostdeveloped a generic course description and identified the course objective and outcomes.The course was offered for the first time in fall 2005 in four separate sections, eachfocused on a special theme related to the discipline of the faculty teaching the

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Asa, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

-up of the collegefaculty such that it is more representative of society. More importantly, minorities serve as rolemodels for minority students who are considering advanced careers in academia”.8Strategic Plans of Colleges of EngineeringAcademia is becoming increasingly involved in the strategic planning of their colleges anddepartments. However a greater proportion of these strategic plans do not explicitly includediversity and/or methods aimed at attracting diverse faculty and students into engineeringeducation. The mission/vision statements of a few higher educational institutions are depictedbelow.“We prepare students for professional practice through quality undergraduate and graduateprograms that encourage lifelong learning, foster

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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

efficient use of all the available direct contact hours. Hence, it was important that any material presented by the exchange faculty member would be relevant, be presented at the appropriate level for the student cohort and fit seemlessly into their course of study. For planning purposes, exchange timelines typically need to be agreed at least 2.5 months in advance. We found it appropriate and useful for the exchange faculty member from the partner institution to propose a list of possible topics where they believed they could bring particular value. Subsequently, we sought the advice and guidance of our overseas partner as to its suitability. In every case, this feedback proved useful in aligning the material appropriately for the cohort

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Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Tasha Zephirin, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

stop immediately inside of a one foot diameter circle.The students will be allowed to work in teams. Each student completing this task receives aprize. The students know that that the mouse trap cars are judged on the overall design andaesthetic appeal.Closing BanquetFor the final program, the academic excellence and community service exhibited by our PCIstudents throughout the school year is acknowledged. Returning high school students arereminded of PCI plans for following year. Graduating seniors are acknowledged with a plaque,and they have the opportunity to share their experiences and testimony.Implementation OverviewPCI packets containing information letters and applications are sent to surrounding high schoolguidance counselors and

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York; Loucas Chrysafi, State University of New York; Alfred Scalza, State University of New York; Jeff Hartman, State University of New York; Carmine Napolitano, State University of New York

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Construction

terminusthe road changes from two lanes to one lane in each direction and although this is outside thestudy, it affects the study in that our traffic is “backed-up” by this merge just outside the northernterminus. The southern terminus will be at NY109 in the Town of Babylon in the IncorporatedVillage of East Farmingdale. The road just south of our terminus continues for a sufficientlength as a three lane road so as to have minimal or no affect on out study. Because of thediversity in character, we have chosen to break the corridor into three parts designated North,Central and South.Existing StudiesThere have been several earlier planning studies written for the NY110 corridor. They arementioned here to show some overlap of thinking between these

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Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Wayne W. Wheatley; Valerie Ann Little

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Continuing Professional Development

the student chapters of SME, SWE and AFS.Wayne W. Wheatley Engineering Director at Applied MaterialsMs. Valerie Ann Little Ms. Little currently holds the position of Industrial Engineering Manager for Applied Materials with responsibility for manufacturing and logistics space planning, tooling development and factory layout and design. She received a BS in Chemistry and a BS in Engineering from the University of Texas – Permian Basin. She is currently working towards Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification through Purdue University Engineering Professional Development programs. Page 23.593.1

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Issues in Engineering Technology Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University Calumet ; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Joy L Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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Engineering Technology

graduation. Many of these students who completedinternships have been hired in the respective industry and business. Kaminski2 provided anassessment plan for the MS in Engineering Technology program at Central WashingtonUniversity that includes an internal assessment of the program in terms of attrition and also timeto degree completion. PUC tracks such data for the overall assessment of the program. A reporton the assessment of a cohort-based Master’s degree program in technology, the authors of thereport had indicated that the required directed project work enhanced students’ knowledge andskills at their workplace and also 30% of surveyed students indicated that they had career growthafter graduation3. At PUC, graduates of the Master’s degree

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Alavizadeh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

application, whichwas achieved through student group projects. Although the emphasis was on the applicability ofthe group projects in the course, there is no guarantee that students can find such projects by theirown and therefore, they may be forced to work on topics with little to no real world application.Consequently, students may not be able to see how the theory covered in the lectures can beimplemented to solve industrial problems (e.g., using exponential distribution to model new jobsinterarrival time, challenges in formulating the problem, data gathering, to name a few). Definingsuch projects with local industries would also promote the university’s strategic plan forfaculty/student and community/industry engagement.Therefore, with the help

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianghong (Esther) Tian, Eastern Mennonite University

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Design in Engineering Education

addition to designing and building functional devices as endproducts, the students developed plans of work, kept records in their lab notebooks, consideredalternative designs, wrote final reports including market analysis, and presented their work invisual aided presentations. In the process, students learned to use the design software AutodeskInventor to design the cases housing the circuit boards of the solar-powered chargers and thewands encasing LED circuits. The cases were then printed out on a three-dimensional printer.They also learned to design, construct, and test electronic circuits. Moreover, students learned toprogram a microcontroller, an Arduino board, to control the LED displays. Testing andevaluating of designs as well as teamwork

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CIP Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abdullah I. Almhaidib, King Saud University

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College Industry Partnerships

theCivil Engineering Department, Electrical Engineering Department, and Mechanical EngineeringDepartment. In the year 1968, the Department of Architecture was established which laterbecame a college in 1984 under the name of College of Architecture and Planning. In 1974, twonew departments were established, namely the Chemical Engineering Department and PetroleumEngineering Department. In 1988, surveying engineering was established as a program in theCivil Engineering Department. In 1982, an industrial engineering program was established in theMechanical Engineering Department. Later on, the program became the Industrial EngineeringDepartment in 2002. Accordingly, there are currently six departments offering Bachelor ofScience Degree in the

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Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim A. Scalzo, State University of New York, HQ; Lisa Miles Raposo, State University of New York Center for Professional Development

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Continuing Professional Development

Paper ID #7950Community-driven, Competency-based Certificate Programs for ProfessionalDevelopmentMs. Kim A. Scalzo, State University of New York, HQ Kim Scalzo is Director of the SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD). The SUNY CPD provides professional development and training opportunities for faculty and staff across SUNY’s 64- campus system. CPD programs and services are targeted toward campus administration and leadership, faculty and instructional support staff, and IT staff. As Director, Kim provides overall leadership for the center, including strategic planning, new program development, campus

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CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Howard Ross, University of Alabama, Birmingham

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Engineering Design Graphics

formal documentation. The topics and structure of theclass are arranged in a manner to support the progress of the reverse engineering project.Successful execution of the class as an instructor requires detailed planning for the activities ofeach class period with consideration of the learning period for the acquisition of the skills andknowledge required to successfully complete the project. Some of the educational principlesutilized in the course are constructionism, spiraling, and immediate use of learning. The course istaken both by freshmen students as part of their first year experience and by transfer students.The purpose of this presentation is to outline how the course is structured to enable students tocreate an assembly of