Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blythe Marlow Vogt, Kansas State University

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Architectural

introductions to BIMsoftware capabilities. Of which 100% were teaching from the Revit software suite. Eightdepartments responded that their program had infused BIM project assignments into one or moredesign/capstone courses.Many universities, colleges and departments have built strategic partnerships with AutodeskEducation Solution Specialists. http://usa.autodesk.com/education/post-secondary/ Autodeskprovides educators with comprehensive curriculum resources and provides a threshold learningexperience for students regardless of experience. Education Solution Specialists will helpfaculty design curriculum, provided resources, guest lecture and/or aid in preparing students forcareers in architecture, engineering, and digital arts.Where Are We NowFrom

Conference Session

The Influence of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Wojciechowski, Grand Valley State University; Charles Standridge, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

use of Excel; engineering terminology, mechanisms anddevices; and the engineering design process. This knowledge was applied duringthe co-op experience to customer relationship topics such as meetingrequirements, using design standards, satisfying machine footprint constraints,and writing documentation that was understandable to all constituents. Generalcurricular knowledge was also applied to technical issues such as calculating thethrust force of a pneumatic cylinder given its bore size, stroke length, andsupplied air pressure. The professional development gained each co-op semesterbetter prepared the student for the ensuing curricular education experience invarious ways including assurance that no curricular assignment, project, or task

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Kastriot Palokaj, Eastern Michigan University; Justin Barnet Brock, Eastern Michigan University; Elizabeth Selby, Eastern Michigan University; Mussa Geyre, Eastern Michigan University; Ethan Victor Harper, Eastern Michigan University; Nicholas B Cote, Eastern Michigan University; John Losee, Eastern Michigan University; Daoud Sidibe Sambimana, Eastern Michigan University; Qin Hu, Eastern Michigan University

for autonomous driving courses. With a system that grantsslow moving vehicles autonomous driving capabilities, freedom of mobility can be extended tousers who may not be able to drive or navigate otherwise. Additionally, by using open-sourcesoftware and off-the-shelf components, the autonomous vehicle retrofit system is moreaccessible to students and engineering professionals interested in learning about autonomousdriving and improving system capabilities.2.​ MethodologyThe primary goal for this capstone project is to develop an electronic system that can be fitted togolf carts and other slow-moving vehicles with minimal modification, and which would enable agolf cart to navigate a given path with minimal input from the user. The system

Conference Session

Assessment II: Learning Gains and Conceptual Understanding

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian M. Frank, Queen's University; Natalie Simper, Queen's University; James A. Kaupp, Queen's University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

research project investigating the development and measurement of general learning outcomes. Natalie comes from an Australian Senior-Secondary/ Post-Secondary teaching background, with experience at the State-wide level in curriculum development, large-scale assessment, and evaluation and assessment of outcomes based education.Dr. James A. Kaupp, Queen’s University Assessment and Quality Assurance Coordinator (Msc ’06, PhD ’12) at Queen’s University, Kingston, On- tario, Canada in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Educational research interests include engineering education development, cultural change in higher education, higher-order thinking develop- ment and assessment, outcomes-based data-informed

Conference Session

Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pauline Johnson, University of Alabama; Philip Johnson, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Joan Barth, University of Alabama; Bettie Aruwajoye, University of Alabama; Hannah Beatty, University of Alabama; Kendrick Gibson, University of Alabama; Sarah Dunlap, University of Alabama

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Graduate Studies

college from the University ofIquitos join you) gave us access to field equipment and joined our students and faculty onfield testing, surveys, group discussions, shopping for supplies for our upstream villageprojects, and evening social outings.Service project Our target communities were five remote Amazonian villages accessible only byboat from the city of Iquitos in the Amazon Jungle of Peru. Iquitos is the largest city inthe world with no access by road. Student-generated service project ideas were developedfrom conversations with the community during an initial survey trip. This was followedup by two campus-based design projects. A capstone senior design team designed anobservation tower to attract eco-tourism dollars, and an

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

weight for these EM programs was higher than the proposed EMBoK.This is not surprising since all these topics are basic topics usually taught in undergraduateprograms. Capstones are a feature of and more prevalent in undergraduate programs. Page 11.425.6 5 of 8The three categories (1.B. Organizations; 2.B. Quantitative/Methodical; and 4.A. Project Mgt.)that were low are also not surprising since these topics are more advanced and taught in graduateprograms.Combining EM Graduate and Undergraduate Topic Weights.Exhibit 6 combines the graduate and undergraduate averages and then compares them to theweights

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Student

courses.Dr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Experimental evidence regarding gendered task allocation on teamsAbstractStudent teams negotiate many aspects of collaboration, including task division on teams. Somestudies

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas B. Stout, Tidewater Community College; Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

successfully transition intoSTEM-related careers. Based on the number of participating students and institutions describedby Marken and Lewis, one area of partnership is dual-enrollment agreements between thesecondary and post-secondary institutions. Another important aspect is the use of commonequipment that engineering and engineering technology programs can successfully adapt forcommon technology instruction. This project employed of a single, flexible, and expandabletechnology training platform that can provide the continuity of a learning environment andbenefit all levels of education economically. This paper presents the results of how oneuniversity senior capstone project grew into collaboration between university departments, acommunity

Conference Session

Environmental Justice and Sustainability

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Weber; Deborah Ross; Angela Lueking

addressing environmental issues in the context of his/her professional practice. ConsEnSus requires two common courses for all participants, including the course Industrial Ecology and the course Case Studies in Environmental Sustainability. The case studies class was recently added to the curriculum specifically for the ConsEnSus Program, and has led to industrial collaborations, which provide students experiential learning opportunities in terms of in class activities and student term projects. The details of the class and the project collaborations are described in detail in the following sections.• Capstone Case Studies Course The class, “Case Studies in Environmental Sustainability”, is required of all ConsEnSus

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Kaat, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pepito Thelly, Texas A&M University; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

problems, developing knowledge that supports designers and decision-makers. Dr. Layton is an expert on bio-inspired systems design, with a focus on the use of biological ecosystems as inspiration for achieving sustainability and resilience in the design of complex human networks/systems/systems of systems. Examples include industrial resource networks, makerspaces, power grids, cyber-physical systems, supply chains, innovation processes, and water distribution networks. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Quantitative Network Analysis for Benchmarking and Improving Makerspaces: Project OutcomesAbstract: Makerspaces on university campuses have seen

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) - ASCE Collaborations

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timmy Elwin Kipfmiller III, United States Military Academy; Alexander Tucker, United States Military Academy; Charles James Richardson Reeves, United States Military Academy; Nicholas Ryan Parker, United States Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, United States Military Academy

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

engineering design capstone course [13] [14].One group of educators identified a need for increased knowledge of sustainability, so theydeveloped a module with learning objectives that included definitions of basic concepts ofsustainability, sustainable development, the triple bottom line, cradle-to-cradle, life-cycleassessment and whole-system thinking, accompanied by application of the Envision ratingsystem to an infrastructure project [13]. The authors concluded that, although their PowerPointpresentation and assessment assisted in students achieving lower levels of development, deeperlearning and higher levels of achievement would require a dedicated sustainability engineeringcourse [13]. Another author described how the EnvisionTM rating system

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Cole Hanson, Ohio Northern University; Cody Beagle, Ohio Northern University; Aaron Altstaetter, Ohio Northern University; Amari Shamar Patterson, Ohio Northern University

capstone team is on track with creating this digital effects pedal, and the remainderof this paper will present an overview of the problem, current solutions on the market,and the designed solution to the problem.Problem Definition:The goal of this project is to create a digital effects pedal allowing a user to experience avariety of guitar effects, with a simple user experience and low cost design. This willProceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright ⓒ 2024, American Society forEngineering Education 1make a more friendly beginner experience, and more justified with a lower price pointthan some currently on the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Baideme P.E., United States Military Academy; Kathryn Blair Newhart; Cristian Robbins; Michael A. Butkus P.E., United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

this manner.These results further suggest that there is no “standard” fraction of individual points versus teampoints, but that lecture-only courses (i.e., no labs and no team design project) are likely to have10% or fewer team points, while lab-based courses or courses with major design projects arelikely to have ~25-30% team points and capstone courses can easily exceed 70% team points.The resulting difference in the contribution of team points towards a final grade could haveunintended consequences, as we examine in the following sections.3.2. Course-level AnalysisTo target the effect of group learning on final course grades, students’ grades were divided intoindividual graded events and all graded events (i.e., individual and team-based

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel

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Military and Veterans

canoe competition requires student to work in the evenings and weekends. This means the veteran and active duty students are bringing their families or at least interacting with their families in front of traditional students. This provides additional examples to traditional student on how to balance life with professional responsibilities. Figure 5: Active Duty Student working on the Concrete Canoe StandSenior Capstone Projects (ELEC)The electrical and computer engineering senior design project is a mandatory two semestersequence of lecture and laboratory work culminating in a working prototype. These designprojects can cause anxiety and apprehension for students because of the numerous decisions andopen

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University; John Clements, California Polytechnic State University; David Janzen, California Polytechnic State University

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First-Year Programs

skills as opposed to directly lecturing about them. Over 60% of the students in ourclass had no prior programming experience, yet all of the student teams were successful indeveloping engaging Flash-based games. Student surveys revealed that nearly all studentscharacterize computer science as collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and creative. We believe ourclass can serve as a model to create other discipline-specific introductory courses.1.0 IntroductionProject-Based Learning (PBL) has been shown to improve student retention, increase long-terminterest, and improve performance in future design courses.2, 6, 9, 12 Capstone and cornerstone3courses are a common home for PBL in many universities. Capstone courses are well-known andcornerstone courses

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Corey M. Taylor, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathleen Toohey, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael S. DeVasher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rebecca Booth DeVasher Ph.D., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

environmental statistics course during the sophomore year,technical and professional communication in the junior year, and capstone design during thesenior year. In the latter course, we envision interdisciplinary teams of students collaborating onsustainability projects that draw on skills gained in both their respective majors and their HEREcourses. We plan on developing a proposal for awarding a Sustainable Engineering Certificateupon commencement, akin to those currently offered in Robotics and German TechnicalTranslation, that would signify a student’s completion of all program courses and legitimizehis/her skills to the larger college community, potential employers, and graduate/professionalschools. Expanding HERE in these ways would allow

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James T. McLeskey Jr., Randolph-Macon College; Deonna Woolard

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Composition (4) Statics (3) Digital Electronics (4) History (6) Dynamics (4) Physics Elective (3) Philosophy/Religion (6) Mechanics of Solids (3) 2-course sequence in Arts/Literature (9) another lab science** (8) Mechanics of Fluids (3) Calculus I (4) Social Science (6) Advanced Engineering Lab (1) Calculus II (4) Foreign Language (12) Capstone (3) Multivariable Calculus (4) Non-western course (3)*** Minimum EPHY Credits= 20 Min. Math/Science Cr.= 35 Min Gen Ed Credits = 46

Conference Session

Experinces in Manufacturing Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J Cox, Georgia Southern University

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Manufacturing

manufacturing engineering workforce to be more prepared to hit theground running, with less supplementary training required of the employers in the faced-pacedmanufacturing environment.Like the other engineering programs at the institution, there is a strong emphasis on co-opopportunities and working with industry. This includes hands-on projects with industry drivenrequirements, and applied research and development opportunities at both the undergraduate andgraduate levels. The focus of this paper though, is on the development of the hands-onlaboratories of the manufacturing engineering program. Resources for undergraduate researchprojects are readily available through the realization of the hands-on laboratories formanufacturing engineering. Thus the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Walters; Albert Lozano

respond to this demand, the Commonwealth College at Penn State University has developed aunique associate degree in Nanotechnology Manufacturing Technology that was started at fourcampuses in the Fall 2003 semester. This program is a unique and pioneering two-year program,with two different tracks: the engineering technology option (ET) and science option (SC). Bothof these options converge in a hands-on capstone semester that all of the students take at themulti-million dollar Nanofabrication Manufacturing facility at the University Park campus ofPenn State. The goal of this paper is to describe this innovative program as well as to share theauthors’ experiences in developing a cutting-edge degree in engineering technology

Conference Session

Statics Fanatics 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Damon Kirkpatrick; Michael Anderson, United States Air Force

Paper ID #37935Work-in-Progress: Redesigning an Introductory MechanicsCourse to Include Meaningful Design ExperiencesDamon KirkpatrickMichael Lawrence Anderson (Associate Professor) Mike Anderson is an Associate Professor and Director of Capstone Programs, Department of Mechanical Engineering, US Air Force Academy. He has pursued research in engineering education for several years in the areas of curriculum design and assessment, capstone design experiences, innovative design methodologies, and enhancing student creativity. In addition, he pursues technical research in autonomous systems, design of terrestrial and

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle N. Wagner, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Ashish Dahiya, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Service-Learning. He was a co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engi- neering and Technology Education and the recipient of the National Society of Professional Engineers’ Educational Excellence Award and the ASEE Chester Carlson Award. He is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the National Society of Professional Engineers.Mr. Ashish, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Ashish had been working with RuTAG IIT Delhi as a P.A. Tech. for the past five years. He has conducted extensive research on rural problems and worked on community-based projects aimed at improving the livelihoods of marginalized people. Ashish’s commitment to

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lighting Talk Session 1: COVID-19 Focus

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Joshua M. Hamel, Seattle University; Claire Strebinger, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University; Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University

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Faculty Development Division

addition, the department implemented changes inexisting courses by adding industry driven design projects [3], [4]. All these changes reliedheavily on group projects, hands-on labs, and in-person meetings with industry representatives.In the spring of 2020, a pandemic forced the program to offer all its courses remotely andchallenged the department to rethink how it could continue its strong hands-on, industry-focusedprogram while fostering a sense of belonging in students. While changes occurred throughout thecurriculum to support remote learning, these changes were exemplified in three coursesequences: integrated design, circuits and instrumentation, and the year-long capstone design.The remainder of this paper describes these three course

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Victoria Bill, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Ariane Schoenwiesner, New York University

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Design in Engineering Education

-year project to the capstone, seniordesign class. Alongside these programs, new campus facilities and academic makerspaces havebeen developed to satisfy the need for rapid prototyping tools and support both extracurricularand curricular project-based learning [5, 6].Use of these makerspaces can be intimidating for first-year students as they enter the university.And, though there is a growing presence of these spaces at most schools, many students still donot know that they exist or, if they do, how to attend training and start utilizing the availableresources [7]. To address this, first-year engineering programs are embedding use of themakerspace within course activities [1, 8-11].For the first-year program at Northeastern, a new “Learning

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; John Irwin, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

Electronics Engineers (IEEE), when itbecomes available.Senior Project EvaluationThe Senior Project Evaluation comprises the student performance on the senior capstone project asmeasured by an examiner. The examiner attends the project presentations at the end of thesemester and assesses each student based on relevant criteria using a level ranking assigned toquantify the senior project examiner’s opinion. Each project was assessed by at least twoexaminers drawn from the Industrial Advisory Board and faculty members. A rubric is developedto help in assessing students’ performance on senior project.Senior Exit SurveyThe EET program has developed a written questionnaire for graduating students called the SeniorExit Survey which all graduating seniors

Conference Session

Robots in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fernandez, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Richard Fischer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Paul Drews, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Maegan Grady, Saint Mary's College, University of Notre Dame; Robert Rucker, Vanderbilt University; Jessica Tham, Louisiana Tech University; Thomas Bierbower, Randolph High School

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Computers in Education

directly aligned with the work done withing NASA;consequently, this had potential for recruiting new students to the engineering programs. More importantly, involvement of students with the real world engineering programs, helped in retention of students. Some of the students involved in this project participated in hands-on experience through their capstone design projects enabling them to apply their knowledge of engineering and mathematics. The vehicle was displayed at important university events such as Highschool Day and Engineering day and through this vehicle missions of NASA and AAMU were exposed to the potential engineering students.d. Familiarity with NASA goals and missions- the research project provided an avenue for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

undergraduate studentscould earn. This would be similar to other certificate programs, such as the Certificate inInternational Engineering in German (http://engineering.colorado.edu/academics/german_faq.htm). The changes in the freshman course would be an opportunity to spark studentinterest in the EDC program. Many other courses have also incorporated international aspectsinto the curriculum. Sections of the three-credit Freshman Projects course emphasizeappropriate technologies for the developing world. Within the Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering degrees, lectures have been added to address water and sanitation appropriate forrural areas and developing communities. Since 2001, some of the capstone design projects havealso worked with international

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Penn State Behrend; E. George Walters III P.E., Penn State Behrend

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Manufacturing

Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, both from Lehigh University. He has been a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania since 1998. Dr. Walters worked in industry as a controls and automation engineer for eighteen years prior to joining the faculty at Behrend in 2010. Most of his experience is in the design, development, and commissioning of PLC-based control systems for the food & beverage and cement industries. He has developed and teaches a course on PLC-based control systems for engineers. He also teaches a course on advanced digital design using FPGAs, a course on embedded systems using 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers, and the two-semester capstone project sequence for electrical and

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Margaret Carroll; James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Roxanne Pinsky, University of Michigan; Charles William Schertzing, University of Michigan; Julia T. Toye, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, California Institute of Technology; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Sangam Munsiff, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Student

instructor for several courses including Introduction to Engineering, Introduction to Materials and Manufacturing, and Structural and Chemical Characterization of Materials.Dr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Gender

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter

exercise have been fullyaddressed, especially the application of the exercise results to the workplace. Rehearsal ofexercises and debriefing sessions by facilitators is strongly recommended.3. Program ExampleOne of the implementations of the framework at Tennessee Tech has been a workshop designedto improve teamwork skills in the capstone design course for industrial engineering students.IME 451 Engineering Design Internship is a required senior course that places student teams intoreal, unstructured design projects with industrial partners. The course was designed with a focuson teamwork, and methods for promoting teamwork had already been incorporated in the course.For example, at the beginning of the course in a traditional lecture format, the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

earlier paper by Ruben Rojas-Oviedo et. al. [4,5,6]. The SEAARK approach for lectures is also utilized for the classprojects. As part of the vertical and horizontal integration of design and projectdevelopment, a project is required in each course. The ME program strongly encouragesteamwork on a class project for courses in the major. This allows students to develop adesign portfolio starting from the freshman year [5]. Therefore, project training continuesthrough their capstone design course in the senior level. The projects assigned to thestudents are often combined with the on-going externally funded research. These fundedaspect of program keeps the students in touch with leading-edge technology and currentresearch programs are acquired by the