Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary L. Winn, West Virginia University; Jeremy M. Slagley, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

worker,the message is that ‘safety is optional.’Schein’s main message is that an organization’s culture is dictated by the values held by itsleadership – the actual values. The culture can’t be bought or copied from a book somewhere;more importantly, to be congruent, the values must show, sound like and represent exactly whatleadership says they are. If the organization is authentically values-based, all actions must bedictated by those same values embraced by its leadership. If, ‘safety of employees comes first,’or, ‘respect for each individual,’ is a core value, then the company’s actions, words and dailywork are always held in the white light of scrutiny. The following are attributed to Schein:2 1. Artifactual values are those that can be

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session I: Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University; Luiz Fernando Capretz P.E., Western University

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College Industry Partnerships

careers are not the first choices of engineering students?IntroductionMany software disasters – such as Ariane-5 1 and the air traffic control system in LA airport 2– have occurred in software product development. In fact, many others are happening as wewrite. The US-based National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found, in its2002 study, that the country is losing $59.5 billion each year due to software errors 3.Charette 4 argues that we waste billions of dollars annually on entirely preventable mistakesin software development. Micro Focus 5 report points out that the effects of poor testingstretch beyond the back office; they also affect the boardroom and even the brand name. Assoftware systems are becoming larger, more complex, and

Collection

2010 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Gerald Holder

Public Policy Colloquium 2010 Legislative Agenda Gerald HolderSwanson School, University of Pittsburgh Legislative Visits •  State of Initiatives relevant to engineering •  EDC positions •  Trips to congress and leave behindsWHITE HOUSE BUDGET FY 2011  (released 2‐1‐10) Total R&D  FY2010 Appropriation               2011 Request  $150.5 billion  $147.7 billion Themes: Innovation, growth, environment KEY AGENCIES  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION •  FY2010 Appropriation  •  FY 2011 Budget    % •  Total R&D  •  Total R&D •  $5.18 billion  •  $6 billion             +8.2 •  Engineering  •  Engineering

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Raymond Floyd

accreditation as outlined in the ABET AccreditationPolicy and Procedures Manual. (5) (ABET was formerly known as the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology.)DiscussionIn general, a program must meet the General Criterion (3) as specified by ABET foraccreditation, and the Program Specific Criterion (4) as identified by the title of any givenprogram, i.e., Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and so forth.While not going into detail, the ABET General Criterion (3) includes: Criterion 1 – Students – progress is monitored to ensure graduates attain Program Educational Objectives. Criterion 2 – Program Educational Objectives – established and consistent with

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University - Calumet; Gregory P. Neff, Purdue University - Northwest

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Instrumentation

industrial partners neededmore pneumatics and PLC control than local manufacturing employers in the steel, automotive,and rail industries. The principles of pneumatics and control of pneumatic circuits lends itselfparticularly well to productive laboratory experiences in an instrumentation & control ormechatronics context to serve as a first introduction to PLC control.Pneumatic actuators and solenoid valves are relatively inexpensive and can provide fast motionthat catches the eye in lab when incorporated into an appropriate trainer. However commercialpneumatics trainers or PLC trainers are expensive and limited in what they can demonstrate. Fig. 1 Final 80/20 Cart without Components InstalledWe have prototyped a PLC

Conference Session

Using Laboratories for Instruction in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul E. Slaboch, St. Martin's University; Floraliza Bornasal, Oregon State University; Rico Picone, Saint Martin's University

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Mechanical Engineering

competent in circuit design, they are not electrical engineers bytraining and so the course loses some of the value of having an EE faculty. As such, theIntroduction to Electrical Circuits course was removed from the curriculum and replaced by anovel set of three courses in the ME department at St. Martin’s University.1 This three coursesequence included a course in Mechatronics, a course in Instrumentation and ExperimentalDesign, and a laboratory course that would benefit both of the lecture courses. These threecourses totaled 7 semester credit hours and were designed to be taken during the fall of the junior(third) year. A full description of the three courses can be found in Ref. 1.The courses were designed to be taken concurrently for a number

Conference Session

Student Teams, Groups, and Collaborations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Miller, Ohio State University; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

placingcommunication, ability to work in teams, and interpersonal skills in the top five of a ranking ofseventeen traits by importance to engineering practice.1, 15While the development of teaming skills is useful in its own right, teamwork also promotesactive learning, a process by which students meaningfully engage with the material rather thanpassively “soaking up” knowledge. Active learning enhances student understanding ofmaterial.16 In team-based project work, students apply material taught in class to concrete goalsand learn from, teach, and support one another as their skills grow. ‘Encouraging cooperationamong students’ (collaboration, rather than competition) and ‘encouraging active learning’(internalizing knowledge through interacting with it) are

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shih-Chung Jessy Kang P.E., National Taiwan University; Yifen Li, National Taiwan University; ChingMei Tseng

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

on their shifts in favorability scores of the environments, such aschanges in their ratings from the soft classroom to the hybrid or hard classroom in the first,second, or third round of the survey. Seven students were interviewed. As shown in Table1, this group was composed of the following: 86% were freshmen from civil engineering,and 14% were seniors from bioenvironmental systems engineering; 57% were male and43% were female; 71% changed the ratings and 29% did not. Questions focused onchanges in students’ preferences and reflections on the learning environment, as well asany effective learning strategies they developed in response to this innovative environment.!!!! Table 1 The backgrounds of students in the focus group

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

representativesneed to constantly update their knowledge base. Besides all the reasons mentioned above andrelated to the implementation of various teaching methodologies, the current economy affects thecollege students in a way that many undergraduates have to work to secure the funds for theireducation, which in turn requires a more flexible class schedule. In order to accommodate theneeds of both groups: the university enrolled students and industry representatives, theeducational units must adequately adjust their curriculum, providing students with theopportunity to learn via traditional, blended or purely on-line class styles. Figure 1 depicts allthree educational approaches. The first case represents a traditional model, in which the theoryand hands-on

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Danielle L. Watt, Center for Chemistry at the Space Time Limit (CaSTL Center); Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jeremy Alexis Magruder, University of Florida; Chanel Renee Easley, Techbridge; Yael-Alexandra Jackie Monereau, University of Tampa; Makita R. Phillips; Arielle M. Benjamin

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

 STEM and the obstacles that must be overcome to achieve desired representation and retention goals.   Understanding Womanism  Womanism, also known as Black feminism, considers the intersectional identities of Black women and accounts for experiences related not only to sex, but to race, class, and the other multiplicative identities that traditional feminist perspectives do not readily take into account. Alice Walker, attributed as one of the mothers of womanist thought, explained that “Womanism is to feminism, as purple is to lavender.[1]” This deeper, more encompassing representation of women’s experiences maintains the central ideal that various forms of inequity are bound together. That is to say, oppressed individual identity dimensions

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Evaluating and Measuring Recruiting and Major Selection Strategies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany B. Smith, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Claire Y. Yan, University of British Columbia - Okanagan

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

on whostayed in engineering based off of their first math course grade12.ResultsTable 1 below shows the breakdown of the 2007 and 2012 engineering freshman cohorts. 2007 Cohort Total Male Female Number of Students 720 576 144 Number of Leavers 167 146 21 Number of Movers 191 146 45 Number of Stayers 362 284 77 % Leavers 23% 25% 15% % Movers 27% 25% 31

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; David W Dinehart, Villanova University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

past four years. In the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering alone, the entire five course sequence in mechanics and structures is now offered inthis format as indicated in Table 1. In all five of these courses, students are required to watchtheory-based lecture videos that are designed with the primary intent of preparing students forsolving problems in class. While the format and delivery of the lecture videos is similar, thestrategies for encouraging, ensuring, and rewarding students for watching videos vary among theindividual courses. Some courses give credit for viewing videos, and some courses use shortquizzes based on the lecture video content. The course that is the subject of the study in thispaper, Mechanics I, does not

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Johnson-Glauch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

sketches, thisfollowing study sought to answer the following research question: How do students producesketches when designing sequential circuits?3. MethodologyTo further explore the importance of the affordances of different representations in engineeringproblem solving, we are specifically examining how students and faculty differentially solveproblems that explicitly require the use of multiple representation transformations. In this paper,we present initial findings from our investigations into how students and professors transformfinite state machine diagrams into sequential circuits.3.1.Terminology, Concepts, and DiagramsFigure 1: Partial state diagram with parts of the state machine labeledA finite state machine (FSM) consists of a finite

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Project-based Learning and Cornerstone Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Elmore, Binghamton University; Sharon B Fellows, Binghamton University; Koenraad E Gieskes, Binghamton University; Lee A Cummings, Binghamton University

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First-Year Programs

projects where Fig. 1. First-Year Engineering Course Structurestudents work collaboratively on student driven, inquiry based problems, and creating aclassroom format that puts instructors into the role of facilitators of knowledge in the learningprocess has transformed the classroom into a challenging and more interesting environment. TheEngineering Communications discussion sections are studies in controlled chaos. Weekly, threeteams of eight members each (the same teams are in the linked engineering labs) are activelyengaged in different levels of project work. The teams arrange the classroom so that the eightteam members can more easily talk and share work. Computers are opened. White and blackboards are used, as team

Conference Session

Statics and Finite Element Analysis

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

is due to various reasons, Page 26.775.2such as the recent focus on reducing credit-hours in engineering programs; the need to removeother course material at the expense of adding this new material; and the fact that FE theory isvery mathematics-intensive thereby making it more suitable for graduate students who have amore rigorous mathematical education. For example, a typical undergraduate heat transfercourse within a mechanical engineering curriculum will cover the basic theory behindconduction (1-D, 2-D, and 3-D; steady-state and transient), convection (internal and externalforced convection; natural convection), and radiation in one

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kent A. Wayland, University of Virginia

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International

inMechanical Engineering, the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, anda Global Engineering Cultures and Practice Learning Community for first-year students. Manyof these programs incorporate elements of a “wrap-around” approach to education abroad. Aspart of GEARE, for example, Purdue created 1-credit courses for before, during, and after travel.The reentry portion of this sequence, recently designed by Brent Jesiek, draws together studentsfrom GEARE, who have just returned from abroad, and other students pursuing the Minor inGlobal Engineering, who may have gone abroad a year or more before the course.15 This varietyof students made it difficult to emphasize the psychological exercises and support that helpstudents deal with the

Conference Session

Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Huff, Harding University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

: Page 26.866.4 1) definitions, classifications, and time-operations of Signals 2) convolution of continuous-time signals 3) Fourier series and transform 4) distortionless transmission and filtering 5) definitions, classifications, and response of systems 6) Laplace transform & representation of systems (e.g., transfer functions, Bode plots, pole- zero plots)We used the text Linear Signals and Systems by B. P. Lathi25 as a common reference for learningand discussing these concepts. Moreover, I recommended the text Signals and Systems MadeRidiculously Simple by Karu26 in order for students to have supplemental reading to support theirown learning.As prior research had shown27, 28, students of CTSS typically

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth M Purcell, University of Southern Indiana

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Engineering Physics & Physics

64% (46 69% (42 Exam students) students) students) students) students) GradeTable  1:  Final  Exam  grades  for  first  semester  calculus-­‐based  introductory  physics  with  online  learning  system  and  textbook  used.    MP  =  MasteringPhysics.    WP  =  WileyPlus.    WP  +O  =  WileyPlus  with  ORION.  HRW  =  Halliday,  Resnick,  and  Walker.  HW  =  Conventional  HomeworkTable 1 shows the class average on the cumulative final exam for the calculus basedintroductory physics course with the number of students enrolled. During one semester(shown in the second column) no online homework system was used and assignmentsconsisted

Conference Session

Communication and Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University Designing Education Lab; Autumn Turpin, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

communication, project based learning, and technical writing. . Thereare two longer writing assignments in the course; the assignment we have focused our researchon is the second project, P2. This assignment required students to design their own staticsresearch question, solve the problem using topics covered in Introduction to Solid Mechanics,and complete a written summary. This written summary contains an abstract, free bodydiagrams, final calculations, and a poster presentation. The purpose of the project is to givestudents experience in designing their own problem and solving it, writing a professionaltechnical paper, and class presentation.The questions that this research seeks to answer are: 1. How did the changes in the assignment worksheet

Conference Session

Hands-on Active Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Shih, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the basic mechanismanalysis and design process. The students are also given a specific design task, currently thedesign task is to improve the walking motion of the given robot kit.Course DescriptionThe current format of the course contains three components: (1) The use of a commercialParametric Modeling package. Currently the SolidWork and Autodesk Inventor software areused. (2) The practical training of measuring and modeling actual parts. (3) The analyzing andre-designing of an actual product to further reinforces the concepts and principles learned inrelated engineering design courses. By integrating the project into the 2nd half of the course, theinsights and strengths of using the Parametric Modeling software can be better observed.The

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Daniel J. Fox, U.S. Military Academy; Robert M. Wendel, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

population of college-level instructors have been identified.An Introduction to Nonverbal CommunicationThis paper focuses on the nonverbal communication occurring within a classroom, specificallythe nonverbal messages sent by students and received by the teacher. When student verbalfeedback during a lesson is minimal, due to either lesson presentation method or student personalcommunication preference, the teacher must rely on nonverbal cues to determine the effect of Page 26.76.2their communication[1]. From Barry et al.[2], nonverbal communication generally falls within oneof ten categories:1. Chronemics – The timing of verbalizations and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Christiansen Bateman, Brigham Young University ; Lisa C Barrager, Brigham Young University; Rebecca Peterson, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Engaging Freshmen Women in Research – Feedback from Students and Best Practices for FacultyIntroductionIncreasing the participation of diverse populations in engineering and technology fields is achallenge for many universities. A significant means to address this issue is to increase theparticipation of women students. However, this can prove to be challenging. In a studyconducted by Marra and Bogue,1 it was found that although women engineering students enterthe university with high levels of self-confidence and self-esteem, those levels decline quicklyduring the first year. They also found through their research, that the initial levels were neverregained. One method to help retain diversity in engineering and technology

Conference Session

Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy M. Adams, University of Michigan; Mical D. DeGraaff, University of Michigan; Gail S Hohner, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 26.692.2 The ‘peer review’ process is seen as a critical part of team-based modern engineeringeducation. Authors have noted that utilization of peer reviews has offered students new learningopportunities. Such learning opportunities include increased responsibility, higher studentengagement and motivation, and increased problem-solving abilities.1-2 While peer reviewfeedback has been long emphasized and assigned by instructors, it is often only at the end of aterm or course of a project/term/course. This “Ex Post” feedback only provides students withadvice and feedback for how to perform on future teams, but does not provide a mechanism foraccountability on behavioral changes in their current team setting. When a student is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Peter Y Wu, Robert Morris University; Ali A. Ansari, Virginia State University; Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, configurationmanagement, and testing. The knowledge disseminated through lectures seemed to be reinforcedby the case studies. In the spring of 2015, additional course materials that include exercises androle-play videos are expected to be created and delivered. The results of this research work willbe shared during the poster presentation at ASEE. As part of the project dissemination plan, theteaching materials will be made available to interested institutions and professionalorganizations. An invitation-only workshop is also planned for August 2015 to share developedcourse materials and delivery mechanisms.1. Introduction & RationaleEffective teaching requires effective teaching tools. In engineering education, student-centeredlectures have been the

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Information Literacy: Novel Perspectives on Integration, Assessment, Competencies & Information Use

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Zabihian, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

; Environmental Engineering. Previously she worked as the head of the Physical Sciences Library and as an associate in the Government Documents department. She is a past president of the Patent & Trademark Resource Center Association. She holds a M.L.I.S. from the University of South Carolina, a M.A. from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. from Calvin College. Page 26.998.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015  Integration of Information Literacy to Mechanical Engineering Capstone Projects      1. Abstract Searching for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Stephanie Tharp, University of Michigan

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

teams will usually workto define the problem, identify the requirements and constraints, propose solutions, and create a Page 26.1013.2product or process to satisfy the requirements. A variation on the traditional team-based seniorcapstone course sequence at UIC has been introduced for bioengineering students.Interdisciplinary Product Development (IPD) programs have been around since the 1990s [1].Some well-known and well-established IPD programs include Carnegie Mellon University'sMaster of Integrated Innovation (formerly called Master of Product Development), Stanford's D-school, and RISD and MIT's collaborative Product Design and Development

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Davidson, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James Lambrechts P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Leonard Anderson, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Nakisa Alborz, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

additional project features to the site to meetthe students’ learning objectives. The site, building, and some of the student learning objectivesmay vary each time the course is taught. Figure 1 below shows a plan of the building’s roof usedin the development of modules for the structural portion of the DSL course.The desired student goals for this course are: (1) gaining additional knowledge in a specific CivilEngineering sub-discipline, (2) performing experiments and exercises in a sequence thatillustrate the multi sub-disciplinary interaction that typically occurs on Civil Engineeringprojects, (3) developing a better understanding of the role of each Civil Engineering sub-discipline in the practice of Civil Engineering and (4) emphasizing the

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Asly Artiles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Katherine E LeVine, Wellesley College

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Design in Engineering Education

, one whomakes “a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well” and then matured to include [onewho makes] “an incredibly good, and perhaps very time-consuming, piece of work that producesexactly what is needed” 1 . Hackathons (or, marathons of hacking) are gatherings of programmersto collaboratively code in an extreme manner over a short period of time on whatever he or shewants 2 , and strive to embody the tone of “No Talk, All Action”. US Deputy CTO for governmentinnovation Chris Vein commends hackathons as exceptional ”sensemaking” tools for government,encouraging agencies to use hackers’ talents to solve in creative and imaginative ways that theywould never have done themselves 3 . Traditionally, hackathons have had a tangible

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach P.E., University of Alaska Anchorage; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Gillian M. Nicholls, Southeast Missouri State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University

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New Engineering Educators

transportation industry. Address: Donald L. Harrison College of Business, Southeast Missouri State University, One University Plaza – MS 5815, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701; telephone (+1) 573.651.2016; fax: (+1) 573.651.2992; e-mail: gnicholls@semo.edu.Dr. William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University Dr. William J. Schell holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering – Engineering Management from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) from Montana State University (MSU). He is an Assistant Professor in IME at MSU with research interests in engineering education and the role of leadership and culture in process im- provement. Prior to his

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bilal Ghosn, Rice University; Tracy Volz, Rice University

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Biomedical

CourseOverall, the goal of this course was to expose incoming freshmen students to the principles ofengineering design and technical writing, while also increasing their interest and enthusiasm forengineering. This was a relatively small course with only 7 students, providing a lot of directinstructor interaction with the students. Both student groups for the arthrogryposis projectsproduced successful low-fidelity prototypes as shown in figure 1 below. Student performance onthe written and oral communication assignments resulted in a class average of 90.9% ± 3.76%,and demonstrated effective student performance. Figure 1. Low fidelity prototypes for spoons to aid young arthrogryposis patients.After the course concluded, students were