Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology; Marta Alicia Panero, New York Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

metropolitan region.To document this effort and facilitate its broader adoption, this paper will provide a detaileddescription of the project, indicating what is being planned, designed, and/or constructed, theissues/opportunities to be addressed, and expected outcomes and deliverables of each of itsconstituents.Project DescriptionWith New York State funding from the Empire State Development Corporation, the SoECS ofNYIT is launching a new Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC),www.nyit.edu/etic, to foster the School’s ongoing industry-academic partnerships.The Center is being created with the assistance of an Advisory Board made up of members ofindustry, government, and the venture capital community, who have agreed to work on

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

extra work and skills; however, the students demonstratedcommitment to the project and to each other by trying to raise enough funds for all volunteers totravel to Peru. The final water heater design was modular and the team planned to build fiveunits in Peru. The main components of a single unit were built and tested before travel, whilesome materials and components were procured/pre-built for additional units to be assembled inthe field. Students made many preparations, including packing the materials for the trip. Theteam’s grit was tested somewhat during travel preparation but was tested more so during theimplementation abroad.MethodThis investigation used a case study method that focused on an analysis of an individual sectionof a larger

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter L Schmidt P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Devin Hatley, UNC Charlotte; Kathleen Ann Boutin-Pasterz, UNC Charlotte

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Systems Engineering

and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. He teaches courses on supply chain management, lean systems, decision analysis, designed experimentation, and systems design and optimization. His current research interests include on the education side development of simulations and cases for active learning, and on the model- ing side supply chains and logistics management, and production systems planning and optimization, and applications in different industries.Dr. Peter L Schmidt PE P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte Peter L. Schmidt received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Rose-Hulman

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University; Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #5886Consistent Course Assessment ModelDr. Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University Dr. Sabah Abro is an internationally educated professor and program Director at Lawrence Technological University. He graduated with a Bachelor degree from the University of Baghdad, pursued a post gradu- ate diploma in planning from the United Nations institute in the middle east, Went to Wales in the United kingdom to get his Master’s degree and then to Belgium for his Ph.D. He has also international work experience; he served as Faculty at Al Mustansiria University in Baghdad, a regional consultant at the

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika A. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan ; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L Peters, University of Michigan; Steven J. Skerlos, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

and support of returning students. Page 23.377.4III. Research GoalsThe Graduate Student Experience and Motivations survey aims to identify common themes inthe perceptions and graduate school experiences of a diverse population of returning graduatestudents and how their perspectives and experiences compare to those of direct-pathway graduatestudents. This survey aims to improve our understanding of why both groups of students chooseto pursue a PhD, what their experiences during the course of completing the degree are like, andwhat they plan to do upon graduating. Specifically our work is guided by the following questionsfor both returners and

Conference Session

Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick Jones, University of Texas, Arlington; Vettrivel Gnaneswaran, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Beatriz Murrieta, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro

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International

consisted of pre- and post- Page 23.163.6surveys, with responses on a 7-point Likert-scale, from 1 - ‘strongly disagree’ to 7 - ‘strongly 5agree’ with a neutral point of 4 - ‘neither agree nor disagree’. The survey consisted of 43 itemscovering five categories: 1) Engineering Skills, 2) Language and Culture Skills, 3) Awareness ofGlobal Issues and Cultural Differences, 4) Future Plans, and 5) Cultural Intelligence. Each ofthese categories maps to one or more of the assessment questions.Engineering Skills maps to assessment questions A and B; the questions in this section focus ofboth the technical and

Conference Session

Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Harry R. Diz, Gannon University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

threeengineering departments.Even though the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET mandates that engineeringprograms demonstrate that students achieve “(d) ability to function on multidisciplinary teams,”most senior design projects at our institution are discipline specific. Although the ECEdepartment actively promotes interdisciplinary projects and collaboration among students fromits two programs, computer engineering and electrical engineering it is in general challenging forall projects to be interdisciplinary. When planning an interdisciplinary senior design experienceamong three engineering departments, there were significant institutionalized obstacles to beovercome. It was quickly realized that even the timing and structure of the senior

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robinson; Demetris Geddis; Adam Austin; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

, and Computing (CEISMC) Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractThere is a growing awareness among educators that engineering can enhance the K-12curriculum by providing “real world” scenarios that help develop problem-solving skills instudents. This paper presents activities designed to incorporate engineering concepts into highschool mathematics education. Three graduate students of Georgia Tech’s Student and TeacherEnhancement Partnership (STEP) program directly assisted high school mathematics teachers todevelop hands-on approaches for algebra and trigonometry classes. These laboratory activitieswere incorporated into the normal lesson plan. Both the high school

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

plan is in place to repair and upgrade existingequipment, design and fabricate new equipment, procure basic measurement equipmentincluding computers, programs and interfacing hubs to central computers, replacement ofoutdated equipment and acquisition of new laboratory benches. The laboratory experiments aredesigned to provide hands-on experience in application of classroom theory through use of state-of-the-art measurement and instrumentation techniques. Design of experiments is required inupper level laboratory courses. Laboratory experience is also included in elective courses usingthe same basic laboratory equipment in an “Open laboratory” approach. This paper describes therestructured laboratory sequence, explains how the data acquisition

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Farmer, UTeachEngineering; David T. Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa Guerra, NASA

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. She recently completed a four-year assignment from NASA headquar- ters to establish a systems engineering curriculum at the University of Texas, Austin, as a pilot for national dissemination. Her efforts in systems engineering curriculum can be located at http://spacese.spacegrant.org/. Guerra’s most recent position at NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her responsibilities involved strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, architecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Guerra also spent three years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Morgan M. Hynes, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

with their abilities to teach engineering 8, 9, 10. However,many teachers have been able to overcome these barriers by using comprehensiveengineering units, such as the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) units, developed byresearchers at the Boston Museum of Science. The EiE units are designed to incorporatea science topic, an engineering discipline, and a design challenge, and provide guidancefor students to learn about and use the engineering design process consisting of five steps:ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve10. Our current research project at TuftsUniversity, entitled Integrating Engineering and Literacy (IEL), takes a similarlyintegrative approach to engineering in elementary curricula, but aims to empowerteachers to incorporate

Conference Session

Innovative Learning, Comparative Learning Analysis, and Lessons Learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Mercedes de la Cámara, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Javier Saenz, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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International

AC 2012-5093: INNOVATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN A TECHNI-CAL UNIVERSITY USING OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESProf. Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politcnica de Madrid Edmundo Tovar, computer engineering educator, has a Ph.D. (1994) and a bachelor’s degree (1986) in computer engineering from the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid (UPM). He is Certified Software De- velopment Professional (CSDP) from the IEEE Computer Society. He is Associate Dean for Quality and Strategic Planning in the Computing School of the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid. From this last po- sition, he is in charge of the training for academic staff, the introduction of innovative solutions including new pedagogies, new approaches that improve student

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manjusha Saraswathiamma, North Dakota State University; Kathy Enger, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Achinthya Bazebaruah, North Dakota State University; Bruce Schumacher, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

-term goals of organizational strategic plans: This study found that employees who have higher MIL levels (meaning they feel more energy, strength, joy, and power from their working and nonworking lives and environments) might be more open and ready for changes the organization may require of them. Furthermore, employees who feel good and are not burdened down by various concerns at work (job in general, job demands, relationship with boss, workplace social support, job knowledge and skills, and commitment to the organization) and possibly concerns outside of work (family, balancing work and family, physical and mental health) appear to be ready to make necessary individual and organizational

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, The Ohio State University; Ruth Friedman, The Ohio State University; Glenda LaRue, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

attractiveness to female students as a way ofincreasing the overall number of women in the engineering pipeline.Outside of summer camps in computing and computer science very few reports have been madeon single-discipline and single-sex summer camps in engineering8, 9. As a result, the purpose ofthis paper is three-fold: 1) to provide an overview of the development of a single-discipline,single-sex pre-engineering camp; 2) to discuss a formative evaluation plan for assessing the pre-engineering camp; and 3) to reveal anecdotal lessons learned to assist future camp directors. Inthe next sections, this paper uses CheME & YOU @ OSU as an exemplar single-discipline,single-sex pre-college engineering outreach program designed to attract young women

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chandra Austin, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

has confidence in his orher ability to engage in occupational and educational decision making 17. Career decision self-efficacy, which was originally defined by Taylor and Betz 18, is measured in terms of self-appraisal, occupational information, goal selection, planning, and problem-solving 19. Qualityexploration of career development is the basis for career decision self-efficacy 16. Research hasused the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)20 and outcome expectations to predictbehavioral influences in careers. Ojeda et al. 21 reported that high levels of confidence are relatedto positive career behaviors and outcomes. Thus, there is no debate that behavior stronglyinfluences career decision self-efficacy. The interest comes when one

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Melin, United States Military Academy; Richard Hallon, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students. Page 15.416.4 Term 09-2 Course Feedback CE460, Construction Management, Spring 2009 C&ME Questions C1. Instructor served as a prof essional role model. C2. Instructor demonstrated depth of knowledge. C3. Instructor demonstrated enthusiasm. C4. Instructor had a plan f or every lesson. C5. Instructor helped me understand importance.... C6. Instructor used learning objectives

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

project serves as the second of two interdisciplinary engineering designexperiences during the freshman year. It introduces aspects of computer, electrical, andmechanical engineering, including the following five primary knowledge areas: (i) machiningand fabrication; (ii) electronic circuit prototyping and programming; (iii) sensor and actuatorapplications; (iv) mechanical design; (v) project planning; and (vi) presentation skills.A project demonstration at the end of the semester determines the relative effectiveness of eachmachine based upon a number of quantitative factors, including the total time required tocomplete the overall process, the volume of water in each bottle, the number of bottlessuccessfully capped, the amount of water spilled

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

strategies andcurriculum, learning outcomes, and within the context of professional development programs.Some of the key factors identified for effective professional development include1-8:≠ Engaging teachers in practicing concrete tasks related to teaching, assessment, and observation of learning.≠ Drawing upon teachers' questions, inquiry, and experiences.≠ Including time for collaboration, sharing and exchange of ideas and practices.≠ Building on teachers' current work with students, as well as new ideas.≠ Providing modeling, coaching and problem-solving around specific areas of practice.The planning of professional development programs that effectively employ these factors andlead to desired teaching practices is not a simple

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vaneshette Henderson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Brenda Nixon, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and build their the HSTEAP planning team for proper Savonius Wind Turbine. documentation techniques. Page 15.66.7• Case Study Scenario – Savonius Wind Turbine – The history of the wind turbine, and the advantage of wind as a power source was discussed to introduce electrical engineering and power. The use of wind as a power source lead into a discussion of natural resource depletion and innovate ways to generate different power sources. The teachers built a wind turbine to demonstrate and learn about power, alternative fuel sources, rotors and torque. During the activity, the teachers had to develop a scenario

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Anson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher Greene, University of Alabama; Carol Romanowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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New Engineering Educators

crucial for them to quicklydevelop their scholarship foci, and research plans to allow them to achieve tenure.A successful tenure program requires a balance of teaching, scholarship, and service; however,developing a robust research and scholarship agenda while trying to maintain the excellence inteaching and a broad service agenda is a challenge. In addition, teaching-oriented colleges oftenlack research laboratories, have a very limited number of graduate students, and offer little or nostartup funds to new faculty. Because of economic constraints, both administrators and facultyare being asked to do more with less support [6]. Simply put, the “action figure” portrait oftoday’s engineering/engineering technology professor[7], who has to do it

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Cook, Montana State University; Salman Adam, Montana State University; Darla Goeres, Montana State University; Steven Anderson, Montana State University; Diane Walker, Montana State University; Alfred Cunningham, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

implemented as a result of the project.In addition, details of the assessment plan, including MET program assessment goals, as well asthe research and technical faculty assessment goals will be presented. Finally, the format for thistype of internship or undergraduate research activity will be formalized and plans for expandingthis activity campus wide will be presented.IntroductionTraditional internship programs have long been an integral part of college engineering andengineering technology programs. These “traditional” internships involve students workingdirectly with industry engineers, performing actual day-to-day “engineering” tasks in anindustrial setting. These experiences provide students an opportunity to learn and develop skillsin a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J. Skromme, Arizona State University; Paul Rayes, Arizona State University; Bing Cheng; Brian McNamara; Aaron S. Gibson; Angela Barrus, Arizona State University; John M. Quick; Robert Kenneth Atkinson, Arizona State University; Yih-Fang Huang, University of Notre Dame; Daniel H. Robinson, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

previously described version,3 though it uses much of the same code. A screen shot ofthe VB6-based circuit editor is shown in Fig. 3.The program no longer requires that students have a copy of PowerPoint to use it, but is currentlystill limited to Windows PC’s, or other platforms running Windows emulators. Students caneasily access such machines on campus computing sites if they do not own one. A future web-based version is planned, but will require considerable additional development to implement.2.3. Web-Based Waveform Sketching Input ModuleA number of typical problem types in textbooks involve showing the student a waveform for thecurrent or voltage of a capacitor or inductor as a function of time, and asking them to sketch theother quantity (by

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald S Harichandran, University of New Haven; David J Adams, Technical Communications Consultant; Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; W. David Harding, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Amy Thompson, University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

outcomes (listed in Table 1 below) focus on both products and habits. Table 1. PITCH Outcomes. 1. Technical Communication Products 2. Technical Communication Habits a) Plan, design and produce letters, a) Use appropriate format and content; technical memoranda, short reports, b) Exhibit clear, precise and logical formal e-mails, reports documenting expression; experimental or simulation methods c) Demonstrate appropriate organization, and results, and formal level of detail, style and tone for a reports (proposals, analyses, progress given audience, situation and purpose; reports

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University; Charles J Lesko Jr., East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

consulting for topics including forecasting, inventory management, production planning, project management, and supply chain management. His research interests are in improving supply chain efficiency through the application of technology and best practices for warehousing, logistics, and inventory management. He holds a B.S. and Master of Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Ph.D. in Technology Management from Indiana State University. He also holds professional certifications of CPIM and CSCP from APICS, The Association for Operations Management, and a PMP from the Project Management Institute.Mr. John Pickard, East Carolina University I am a teaching instructor at East Carolina University in

Conference Session

Developing the Design Skillset

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Design in Engineering Education

publication, we show the useof this design task for first-year engineering students as further validation of the design task [18].The design task is attached in Appendix B. The design task provides a three paragraphdescription of the scenario, including the dilemma of whether to provide a real steeringexperience to a child with physical or cognitive disability with adult override capability. The Page 24.690.4design task asks for a term-long plan (students at semester-based universities develop a semester-long plan; students at quarter-based universities develop a quarter-long plan) to address theproject. The design task includes a table prompting

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

cultureGovernment Service for Computer kiosks to help provide better access to Failure to assess assetsRural Citizens (GSRC)14 government information and services.Customer Service (CS)15 Mechanization of business operations with a Failure to assess assets planning machineVillage Improvement Project Nursery for the woman of the village Failure to apply knowledge(VIP)16Findings: Modes of FailureBy inductively analyzing the cases, we found that failures were due to 1) failure to learn, whichrefers to a lack of knowledge or failed attempt to learn about the context, and 2) failure to applyknowledge about the context when proper knowledge was properly gained. The failure

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pape

never take place in isolation.” For instance, theinability of students to meet a particular course objective may be due to difficulties with aprevious course. Thus, in an integrated assessment plan course level assessments shouldfeed into the overall program assessment.Program Outcomes AssessmentThe philosophy of EC 2000 represents a shift from the “bean-counting” of the so-calledconventional criteria to a system which includes and focuses on outcomes assessment.Each program has the opportunity to define its’ mission and objectives, which should beconsistent with institutional goals and representative of the needs of constituent groups.Accordingly, each program must have in place detailed published educational objectives,a process by which

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

Search Implement Formulation Solution Implementation 4 8 Criteria & Plan Constraints Problem Solving 5 7 Alternative Decision & 6 Solutions

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

Composition 3 E 110 Composition & Literature 3M 117/M115 Calculus I or Precalculus 4 M118/ M117 Calculus II or Calculus I 4EAS107 Introduction to Engineering 3 EAS112 Methods of Engineering Analysis 3EAS109 Plan, Design & Experiment 2 Humanity /Social Science Elective 3 16 17 Table 2 Cour se Requir ements - Second Year Pr ogr am Second Year - Fall

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

should plan, design, andfabricate systems of their own, so they see whether the performance they predicted matches thatwhich is observed.The sections that follow present the plan that has been devised for Rensselaer and initial findingsfrom a pilot implementation. Section 2 reviews similar efforts that have been undertaken at otherinstitutions. Section 3 describes the plan that has been devised. Section 4 discusses initial findingsfrom a pilot implementation and Section 5 presents plans for the expansion and implementation ofthe experiences.2.0 Other Hands-On InitiativesIt is clear that many schools are embarking on efforts to introduce hands-on experiences. AtRensselaer, sophomores now participate in ENGR-2050 Introduction to Engineering Design