Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vic Cundy; Don Rabern; David Gibson

enrollment is considered.Note also that the override cells have been checked for Dr. Doe in the two sections of ME 404.Each of these corresponds to groups of students working on their capstone design projects. Dr.Doe directly supervised these students. Although Dr. Doe is not the instructor in the ME 404course, he is given credit for his supervisory activity associated with each student project. Theoverride allows the user to input exactly what he/she wants for credit in the course – in effect,bypassing the calculation algorithms in the model. As can be seen, Dr. Doe receives 1 credit foreach group per the recommendation of Table I.The final column in the cell blocks B gives the teaching workload for the faculty member for eachcourse. Note that the

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware; Thomas Brumm, Iowa State University; Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

competencies are informed bythe student’s performance in a “Discovery Learning Experience” – either a technical practicumin industry or an undergraduate research project. Page 15.299.2Introduction and Background:The University of Delaware’s Department of Bioresources Engineering offers a B.S. degree inEngineering Technology (ET) that has been a TAC of ABET-accredited2 general ET programsince 1988. The program typically graduates 20 to 25 majors per year. Both EAC of ABETand TAC of ABET accreditation regimes require outcomes assessment. TAC of ABETdocumentation2 under Criterion 3, Program Outcomes, stipulates that each program mustdemonstrate its

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles Baukal

ABET a-k Student Outcomes [15].An increasing number of engineering projects are cross-disciplinary. Communication is furthercomplicated by multiple time zones, cultures, and sometimes even languages. Engineers mustlearn to work in teams; however, they do not get a lot of practice doing that as undergraduates,except for labs and capstone projects. Part of the reason for this is that many engineering coursesare theory-based where problems have a single correct answer, with faculty trying to assess theperformance of individual students. Back and Sanders wrote, “engineers at all levels must beable and willing to function in a team environment, and to accept that the team, not theindividual, will succeed or fail” [16].Learning how to work

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE; Christopher Gabany

same ethical aspects and similar case studies. Furthermore,each component of ethics, the understanding of each element, elicits a unique exposure to thestudent. In order to ensure a student is not exposed to the same case study more than once the listis continually updated to avoid repeating them for 3 to 4 years. Selecting and changing casestudies encourages student engagement and wider comprehension.All the specific factors in Student Outcome 2 are discussed and assessed directly or indirectly inthe core engineering courses prior to the pair of capstone classes [3]. The majority of them areagain discussed and relate to all the senior level capstone projects. Faculty holistically view theirentire semester’s work, assessing the students

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2: Instructional

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; David Gill P.E., Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

available for assistance, the students are encouraged to discuss and get help from their peers when they encounter difficulties.• Design for Manufacture Communication Requirement (CR) As a capstone requirement for the DFM class, students are required to demonstrate their ability to effectively communicate on a drawing the specifications of a part with GD&T. Drawings must be generated using only the annotations input on the 3D model. This requirement ties into their final project where teams of three to four students must design a part that is to be fabricated using different manufacturing strategies (one per team member e.g. machining, die-casting, forming, forging), and compared based on cost to find where breakeven

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei-Mei Song, Tamkang University; Shang-Hsien (Patrick) Hsieh, National Taiwan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

being exposed to substantial professional technicalities. Keystone coursescombine theory with hands-on design project courses. Capstone courses aim to allow studentsto integrate professional knowledge in design practices, assessing students’ overall learningresults across their college career. Futures thinking can be integrated in all three clusters ofcourses, though the levels of futures thinking ought to be adjusted according to students’maturity and levels of professional knowledge in civil engineering. By introducingfundamental concepts and methods in Futures Studies, the curricular experiment aims to helpstudents develop comprehensive and long-term thinking skills while being first exposed tothe civil engineering curriculum. To begin

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

-ended projectsand a discussion of the five (5) principles of innovation. A math professor was also invited toteach a topic on the applications of calculus and statistics in the design and selection of rollingcontact bearings. For each mini-project and the final project, the students are asked to write abrief review of NABC analysis. (Need, Approach, Benefits and Competition). The overallappreciation for inclusion of innovation and entrepreneurship topics and the NABC analysisseem to be encouraging.IntroductionWhile many universities are considering, developing and/or implementing a separate curriculumin entrepreneurship and innovation, however, little seems to be done to realize that these topicsare highly interdisciplinary across many areas

Conference Session

Virtual Training, Online and Open Education; Instructional Technology

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivia Ryan, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Marin Jayne Fisher, Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech; Lisa Schibelius, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Mark Vincent Huerta, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

“I push my own point of view.” Problem solving “I examine ideas from both sides to find a mutually optimal solution.” Avoiding “I try to avoid a confrontation with the other.”MethodsA conflict management workshop was designed and facilitated for three different project-basedlearning courses involving year-long design projects: a first-year foundations of engineeringcourse, an interdisciplinary design course for first through fourth-year students from multiplemajors, and a senior interdisciplinary engineering capstone course. The workshop utilizedMentimeter (Menti) to promote engagement and support data collection. Menti is an instructionaltechnology that enables instructors to collect responses to specific prompts from

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tomeka Carroll, University of Virginia; Diana Marcela Franco Duran, University of Virginia; Lindsay Ivey Burden

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

civil engineering in a real-world setting. Students are able to assess the importanceof stakeholder input within each project. Capstone and community projects bring solutions toissues local communities face, while removing the students from the center and putting the focuson how they can make the lives of others better. The primary skill set is not just technical, but theability to listen and consider the perspectives of others. Additionally, ethics and social impact co-curricular activities such as NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers), or Society of WomenEngineers (SWE) and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) help students view socialresponsibility in a more impactful way as a young professional [22].Self-SelectionIn some instances, students

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University; S.R. Subramanya

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

App, Website etc.Collaboration with the Computer Science DepartmentIt was important first to prototype HWM game using a website implementation. In collaborationwith the Computer Science department in our school, the next step taken was to prototype this incapstone project for an undergraduate class (final course and project before graduation). Thestudent team successfully prototyped the HWM and the approach through a website, and theyalso took some new and independent innovative approaches for strategies. The website and thegame was demonstrated to the class in their final capstone presentation. The game-boarddesigned for this capstone project is shown in Figure 6 below. The engine was running in thebackground and response was instantaneous

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

student on theteam is exposed to the best practices of managing a project. Finally, each team of students ismentored by a multidisciplinary team of faculty members who not only provide the full range oftechnical expertise needed for the design project but also model the way in which amultidisciplinary team should function. In its fourth year, this multidisciplinary capstone designinitiative has expanded to embrace programs in other colleges as well, including programs suchas industrial design and business.As stated above, all accredited engineering programs must meet or exceed expectationsregarding the inclusion of these outcomes in their program. The issue isn’t “can these outcomesbe achieved,” but rather “can engineering programs evolve to a

Conference Session

Innovative Learning, Comparative Learning Analysis, and Lessons Learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Helge Bohn, Virginia Tech; Manfred J. Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

International

in the third year, a 200+ hour research paper in the fourth year, and a three-month Diplomthesis at the end of the fifth year. And there was no opportunity for experiencing teamwork orproject management in the curriculum.The faculty wanted to change all this, and when the Bologna process arrived in 1999, themigration to from a 2+3 to a 3+2 program made it all come together. Here are some of the manychanges that were made: • The BS and MS degree programs were each assigned a significant team design project midway through the program and an individual thesis as a capstone at the end. • Student advising was shifted from doctoral candidates, whose main responsibility is research, to an office of advising professionals. These

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Erin Jobidon, University of Waterloo; Andrea Prier, University of Waterloo; Taghi Khaniyev, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Jason Andrew Grove, The University of Waterloo; Samar Mohamed, University of Waterloo; Stephanie Joan Johnson M.Ed, University of Waterloo; Sanjeev Bedi P.Eng., University of Waterloo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #15956Towards a Multidisciplinary Teamwork Training Series for UndergraduateEngineering Students: Development and Assessment of Two First-year Work-shopsDr. Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo Ada Hurst is a Lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She has taught and coordinated the capstone design project course for the Management Engineering program since 2011. She also teaches courses in organizational theory, technology, and behaviour. She received her Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Applied Science and PhD in Management Sciences, all

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Research Investigations in the Context of Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chijhi Chang, Purdue University; Robert P. Loweth, Purdue University ; Kelley E. Dugan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

are crucial to effective engineeringdesign practice, content related to these skills is rarely included in standard engineering curricula[8]. To address this educational gap, prior work has largely explored how engineering studentsgather information for their design projects. This prior research has identified challenges thatengineering students may encounter with gathering information [9], [10], [11], [12], effectivepractices that engineering students may use to gather information [9], [11], [13], andopportunities to pedagogically support engineering students in gathering information [14].Limited research has explored how engineering students subsequently synthesize or make senseof the information that they have gathered. Studies of capstone

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Marie Coppola, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

twoinstances (A2 and E2), there were other educators involved. In both cases, the educator reportedhaving to explain ungrading and negotiate the use of ungrading in order to arrive at the ultimatedecision. Further, in the case of E2 (the capstone course), there was a department expectationthat a significant portion of the grade would be based on student performance.Dimension: Emphasis. Across the instances of ungrading, there were three instances in whichungrading mediated the entire grade (A1, A2, and E1). In the remaining instance (E2), studentswere told that the ungrading effort would account for 30% of the grade (and the rest of the gradewould be based on the capstone project effort).The notion of tradeoffs may not be relevant to motivations, but

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Scambilis, Sinclair Community College; Jennifer Wise, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

display box as shown below. Each box included the course syllabus, book(s), project work, homework/tests papers with samples of the good, the bad and the ugly, evaluations of oral and written presentations and other miscellaneous material. These packets, along with the Self Study, were placed in the team room for their use during the evaluation. Display Boxes Closing Statement: Prior to the final meeting with the President, the team met with the respective Department Chairs to discuss their findings and ask for any additional information that they may have overlooked. A Draft Statement of the findings is presented at this meeting. This is the time when the Institution can dispute or defend any of the

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constanza Miranda, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel; Elizabeth Logsdon, The Johns Hopkins University; Amadea Smith, The Johns Hopkins University

, cornerstone design experiences, or senior capstones. Some professional skills thatare acquired through these ABET accredited courses are: the abilities to design a technology-based product orservice, to address a real-world problem, and to communicate effectively. The forced transition to online educationdue to the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the fact that higher education students need more self-regulatedlearning (SRL) skills to engage in effective time management, prioritize their tasks, watch lectures, and completeassignments. Most literature concerning self-regulated learning has not acknowledged the underpinnings of howdesign pedagogy and the studio culture can play significant roles in achieving these important skills in engineeringdesign. As

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED): Best of Works in Progress

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Uri Feldman, Wentworth Institute; George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

implementations through the Massachusetts Health Information Exchange. At Wentworth, Dr. Feldman is focused on project-based instruction, hands-on simulations, experiential learning approaches, and first year curriculum. Dr. Feldman is one of the lead instructors for Introduction to Engineering courses, with enrollments in the hundreds each fall. His re- search and teaching interests, in addition to first year engineering, include telemedicine, health informat- ics, rehabilitation engineering, and medical robotics. Dr. Feldman has collaborated with researchers and engineers from organizations including Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Vecnacares, and Restoreskills.Dr. George D. Ricco, University

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Ohio Northern University, where he currently teaches first-year programming and user interface design courses, and serves on the college’s Capstone Design Committee. Much of his research involves design education pedagogy, including for- mative assessment of client-student interactions, modeling sources of engineering design constraints, and applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects through student engagement in educational software development. Estell earned his BS in Computer Science and Engineering degree from The University of Toledo and both his MS and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Dr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern

Conference Session

Innovative Development for Various Faculty Lines

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering, Faculty Development Division

senior capstone project. While expectations are at 12 credit hours, the loadthese past few years has typically been larger - sometimes as high as 17 for this tenure track professor.While classes were historically less than 30 students they have risen to as high as 70 in recent semesters.No graduate student assistants are available at this campus.As summarized in Table 1, in addition to teaching excellence, professional development and service isalso required for all professors. Professional development includes peer reviewed journal publication,publication and presentation of scholarly work at industry conferences, and significant contribution toprofessional societies. Service should include volunteer work that supports the division, the campus

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; William Michael Anderson, Virginia Tech; Marlena McGlothlin Lester, Virginia Tech; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Tech; Phyllis Leary Newbill, Virginia Tech; Stacey L. Vaziri, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #23060Community Cultures: Broadening Participation By Understanding How Ru-ral Communities Support Engineering as a College Major ChoiceDr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Reese Jr., Johns Hopkins University; Eileen Haase Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Ahmed Ibrahim, Johns Hopkins University; Jane Brock Greco; Kelly F. Clark, Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

framework for critique by our peers so that we can incorporate their feedback duringthe pilot. We also hope to raise awareness of this project to encourage additional colleges toadopt the framework in the future.We define research-based teaching practices as pedagogical strategies that have been tested usingeducational research methods and published in peer-reviewed literature. Future faculty aregraduate students and post-doctoral fellows who aspire to faculty positions that include teachingresponsibilities, however, current faculty will also be invited to participate in the DLCs.The motivation for this NSF-funded project is that research-based teaching practices have beenshown to improve student learning compared to traditional methods like

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael S. Lehman, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

approach includes three cohortsof graduates who are running their own companies, are working as key team members in start-ups, are innovating in more established companies and are working at organizations that providesupport to entrepreneurs. This impact of this dedicated approach has also received nationalrecognition for its role in talent development by the University Economic DevelopmentAssociation (UEDA).Building a new Master's of Engineering in Technical EntrepreneurshipLehigh University, a private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has anational reputation in engineering, as well as entrepreneurship. Looking back almost twodecades, the undergraduate Integrated Product Development (IPD) capstone course sequence inthe P.C

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Paul A. Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

senior design capstone course and a translational course following senior design. To promote biomedical/bioengineering, Marcia works with Women in Engineering to offer outreach activities and is engaged at the national level as Executive Director of the biomedical engineering honor society, Alpha Eta Mu Beta.Prof. Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Rohit Bhargava is Bliss Faculty Scholar of Engineering and Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a faculty member with affiliations in several departments across campus (Pri- mary – Bioengineering: Affiliated - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Science and En- gineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ping Zhao, University of Minnesota Duluth; Hongyan Liu, Colorado School of Mines; PS Dhanasekaran, University of Minnesota Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Materials

boxes, antennas and light and heavy fabricated structures, for communication, TV telecast, natural disasters management and Telemedicine application. Dr PS, designed and manufactured various types of antenna’s weighing from 200 pounds to 100,000 pounds. He was also actively involved in configuring the antenna controls and selection of motor and motor controllers. Dr PS, has advised more than 40 senior/capstone projects. One of his project won the national award from Airforce Research Laboratory in spring 2017. Project was on ”Design of the Load Carrying Vehicle (LCV)”- The project solution is a fully electric, autonomous, all terrain, load carrying vehicle. c American Society for

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Paul Gray; Jin Zhu, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

science majors in the College of Natural Sciences. This paper also reports recentlydeveloped curriculum for the NaSA major and lists program requirements in detail. The authorsalso intend to discuss the curriculum with similar institutions and consider their suggestions forthe program enhancement.I. IntroductionAccording to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, computer support specialists and systemadministrators are projected to be among the fastest growing occupations over the period of2002-2012 1. Due to this reason there are a number of Bachelor of Science in AppliedNetworking Technologies and System Administration degree programs developed andestablished all over the U.S. as well as Europe and Asia 2-3. There are also a number ofinformation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; Marc Edwards, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

, 2008]. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.26 Herkert, J. R. 1994. Ethical Risk Assessment: Valuing Public Perceptions. IEEE Technology and SocietyMagazine (Spring).27 Vallero, D. A. and P. A. Vesilind. 2006. Preventing Disputes with Empathy. Journal of ProfessionalIssues in Engineering Education and Practice 132(3).28 Bielefeldt, A. R., K. G. Paterson, and C. W. Swan. 2010. Measuring the Value Added from ServiceLearning in Project-Based Engineering Education. International Journal of Engineering Education26(3):535-546.29 Bielefeldt, A. R., M. M. Dewoolkar, K. M. Caves, B. W. Berdanier, and K. G. Paterson. 2011. DiverseModels for Incorporating Service Projects into Engineering Capstone Design Courses. InternationalJournal of

Conference Session

Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holcombe

students help with the development of projects in capstone courses either inparallel with their own personnel or in conjunction with them. If the students develop abetter product, the company is ahead of the game. If the students do not developanything usable, there is little loss to the company but, it is still a good learningexperience for the students.Some schools have developed extensive communication requirements, but with theadvent computer age the aura of the computer doing all grammatical and spellingchecking gives the students a false sense of security. At one time, the University ofFlorida require that all students, including Masters and Ph. D candidates, take a spellingtest. If they failed they were required to take remedial classes

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Lin; Matthew Sanders

capability analysis may be needed• Concern about the quality control (process improvement) issues for the pop can manufacturer’s process, such as the pop can weight specifications, etc.• Concern about the cost reduction of the raw material• Visit a pop can manufacturerIt is important to have various hands-on experiments to be part of classroom activities. Thesekinds of experiments provide students with practical problem solving knowledge and skills, whichnot only help them on their co-op activities during their work terms but also help carrying out therequired capstone course. Furthermore, a hands-on team project can often improve students’attitude and performance in engineering and prepare them for their future professionalenvironments

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

understand how each of these coursescontributes to the necessary foundation for their upper-tier courses. The lower tier courses thatseem to have the most disconnectedness to upper tier courses are: • American Thought and Language (the traditional English composition course) • Humanities • Interdisciplinary Social Studies • Mathematics • Chemistry • Physics • Statics • Thermo-fluidsThe current courses being studied for connections to the above are: • ME 332 - Fluids • ME 412 - Heat Transfer • ME 451 - Controls • ME 461 - Vibrations • ME 371 - Design I • ME 471 - Design II • ME 481 - Capstone DesignThe project requires that eventually all units within the College of Engineering be a part of thedata