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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachary Riggins Del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitlin Anna Coffey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Arwen Sadler, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephanos Matsumoto, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Paul Ruvolo, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; C. Jason Woodard, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

widely-used technology. He has several projects that aim to improve the security of the Web public-key infrastructure (PKI) by building on existing technology, and he is currently studying and improving the economic incentives underlying cryptocurrency. He is also interested in computer science education, particularly in the field of security, and focuses on designing courses that build students’ (1) competence in technical fields, (2) confidence to tackle important and interesting problems, and (3) context in non-STEM fields. Before coming to Olin, Steve was a postdoctoral researcher in the Cybercrime group in the Institute for Software Research at Carnegie Mellon University, supervised by Nicolas Christin. He earned

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Baldwin Wallace University; Alissa Papernik; Amanda Ferreira Dias-Liebold, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

active member of ASEE since 1998. She joined as a graduate student, after working on an engineering education project and presenting that work and student chapter activities at annual conference. As a faculty member, she regularly publishes and presents at the ASEE Annual Conference. Her interests are in design education and assessment in mechanical and biomedical engineering. She previously served ASEE in leadership roles in the ERM and Mechanics Divisions and as PIC-III Chair.Miss Alissa Papernik Undergraduate Student at Rowan University’s College of EngineeringAmanda Ferreira Dias-Liebold, Rowan University Undergraduate Student at Rowan University College of Engineering American

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

received all of his degrees from Purdue University, including his PhD in Engineering Education, Master of Science in Civil Engineering, and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Justin is the Program Chair-Elect of the American Society for Engineering Education’s Liberal Education/Engineering & Soci- ety Division and the vice chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Committee on Sustainability subcommittee on Formal Engineering Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 What Do Students Learn About Innovation?IntroductionInnovation is a complex construct. It spans a variety of processes and tasks [1,2], project andproduct outcomes [3,4], personal

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ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Froyd; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; David Ford, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-1119: DESIGNING A PROCESS FOR DEPARTMENT CURRICULARREFORMJefferey Froyd, Texas A&M University Jeff Froyd is a Research Professor in the Center for Teaching Excellence and Director of Academic Development at Texas A&M University. He was Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, one of the NSF Engineering Education Coalitions and now serves as Project Director for “Changing Faculty through Learning Communities,” a project sponsored by the NSF Research on Gender in Science and Engineering Program.Jean Layne, Texas A&M University Jean Layne works as a Program Coordinator and Instructional Consultant in the Center for Teaching Excellence and the Division of

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Mechanical Engineering Labs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Philip Varney, Georgia Institute of Technology; David MacNair, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

as well as other outcomes that are more distantto the experiments themselves; e.g., teamwork, professionalism and ethics, life-long learning,and especially communications. This paper will describe the process of redesigning a junior-level mechanical engineering laboratory on measurements and instrumentation at Georgia Tech.Such classes are fairly standard in ME curricula, and they are often structured so that a newmeasurement technique, or new sensor/actuator is introduced in every lab. Such courses have theadvantage of introducing students to a wide variety of instruments and measurement techniques,but they do this at the risk of losing conceptual connections between the weekly projects. Thispotential problem was compounded by the original

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Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Tianyi Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

found in current literature as to theessence of engineering leadership. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Programportrays engineering leadership as a process to promote teams to implement commongoals; it represents a series of capabilities and skills that help engineers to accomplisha multi-disciplinary project, which is often characterized as a team-working processinstead of individual efforts [10]. The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)points out that leadership skills represent essential professional capabilities thatcontribute to public health, safety and welfare [11]. By an analysis of differentengineering leadership program outcomes, one can understand the varied emphases ofthese programs in their training. For example, the

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Hands-on Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - II - Student Papers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Cook; Maxim G. Strehle; Jonathan William Schaefer , Saint Louis Rocket Propulsion Lab; T. Alex Ambro, Saint Louis University; William Hiser; Andrew Riddle; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

and development of high-power rocketry systems providing the students with experientiallearning opportunities to develop critical skills and knowledge in designing, building, and testingrocket subsystems. Current projects include a modular solid propellant research engine, anintegrated flight tested solid propellant engine, design and analysis of rocket recovery systems,as well as several others. The student-led rocketry lab currently has nearly 50 students, andfaculty advisers not only from the undergraduate engineering programs, but also from four otherschools at the university. The lab has established partnerships with expert mentors from localRocketry Association and with the university’s chemistry department to permit the safe mixingof

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Macarena Zapata P.E., Universidad de Chile ; Sergio Celis, Universidad de Chile

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #26983Emerging Support Systems for Entrepreneurship Education in the Contextof an Ambitious National Reform in Chilean Engineering SchoolsMiss Macarena Ver´onica Zapata P.E., Universidad de Chile Macarena Zapata Pizarro received her Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering at Universidad de Chile and Master degree in Management and Public Policy at Universidad de Chile. She serves as coordinator of the Armonizaci´on Curricular Area in Ingenier´ıa 2030 project for the Facultad de Ciencias F´ısicas y Matem´aticas of the Universidad de Chile. Her research interests include entrepreneurship, innovation, technology

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Computer-Based Tests, Problems, and Other Instructional Materials

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dongdong Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Deniz Eseryel, North Carolina State University; Uzair Nadeem, Prairie View A&M University; Atiq Islam, Prairie View A&M University; Deron Arceneaux, Prairie View A&M University

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Computers in Education

Impact of Peer-Generated Screencast Tutorials on Computer-Aided Design EducationAbstract This paper presents the design strategies of an engineering education research project fundedby the National Science Foundation (NSF) and discusses the preliminary findings. Studyparticipants were the students who enrolled in the "Mechanical Engineering Drawing" courseand learned about computer-aided design (CAD). We grouped students into two sections ascontrol section versus experimental section. Control group students received a traditional andteacher-centered instruction. The screencast tutorials were provided to them by their instructors.In the experimental section, students designed their own screencast tutorials. They shared

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International Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Aditya Johri, George Mason University

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International

this qualitativecase study was to better understand engineering students’ learning experiences in a EWB project,looking specifically at how students participating on the project exhibit attributes of globalengineering competencies. The case study investigates an EWB project with the mission ofdesigning and implementing a solar-powered electricity system for a school in Uganda. Wefound that students do exhibit attributes of global engineering competencies, although attributesregarding engineering cultures and ethics were exhibited more strongly than attributes regardingglobal regulations and standards. We discuss implications of these findings for educationalpractice and future research.IntroductionProviding engineering students opportunities

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Multidisciplinary Course Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

has been designed to train theEngineer of 2020 [1,2]. Offering a single Bachelor of Science degree in engineering without discipline-specific majors or concentrations, the goal is to train and produce engineering versatilists, a termpopularized by Friedman [3], who can work in cross-disciplinary environments. At the heart of ourprogram is the six-course engineering design sequence that provides instruction on design theory(thinking, process, methods, tools, etc.), sustainability, ethics, team management, and technicalcommunication (both oral and written), while incorporating elements of engineering science andanalysis. Students apply design instruction in the context of two projects during the six-coursesequence—a cornerstone project spanning

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Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jo-Ann Panzardi P.E., Cabrillo College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College & Cabrillo College; Natalia Cordoba-Velasquez, Cabrillo College; Brandon Faria, Cabrillo College; Sarah E. Kalman, Cabrillo College; Patrick Mojica, Cabrillo College; Jose Horacio Jimenez, Cabrillo College

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #11208Development of the Whole Student through an Engineering Abroad ServiceLearning Program: Rainwater Catchment/Filtration System in GuatemalaJo-Ann Panzardi PE, Cabrillo College Jo-Ann Panzardi is a Professor and Chair of the Engineering Department at Cabrillo College, Aptos, California since August 1995. She is also the Program Director of a USDE Title III STEM grant and Project Investigator of a NSF EAGER grant and NSF S-STEM grant. She received her BS in Civil Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York and her MSCE in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Maryland. She is a registered civil

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; David Torres, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, Purdue University Megan is a fourth year doctoral candidate in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue Uni- versity pursuing a PhD in Organizational Communication with a minor in mixed methods. Her research focuses on engineering education, design, organizational identity, identification and socialization, team communication, innovation, and technology. She is currently working on an NSF grant examining ethi- cal reasoning and decision-making in engineering project teams, and examining the relationship between teams and individuals in engineering design from a social constructionist and social network perspective.David Torres, Purdue University David is a first year doctoral student in the Brian Lamb School

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek David Riley, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Engineering riley@msoe.eduAbstractThe development of Software Product Lines (SPL) hold promise to improve the efficiency ofwriting and maintaining large software projects, but SPL engineering can be difficult to teach in asoftware engineering classroom for many reasons. The development of a non-trivial SPL typicallytakes longer than the time available in a typical semester, student interest in SPL engineering israrely inherent, and learning outcomes from different approaches to SPL engineering are notalways consistent or aligned with traditional software engineering learning goals. Further,applying SPL methods in an agile development environment can be challenging because agilemethods typically prioritize features and bug

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PCEE Biomedical Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Maria Gossler, University of Arizona; Vignesh Subbian, University of Arizona; J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona

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Pre-College Engineering Education

- on projects. However, this newteaching tool is also well suited for use in other classrooms, such as introductory engineeringcourses. One issue within these courses is they lack an engaging biomedical engineering projectwhich is suitable for all the students. NeuroBytes are relatively easy to use and require little priorknowledge. This technology bridges the gap between technology and biology orneurophysiology in order to show students the basic principles of biomedical engineering. A totalof 15 students and two teachers in a dual credit engineering course, offered by the University ofArizona, participated in this evaluation of NeuroBytes. Teachers first completed a pre- labsurvey and then a post-lab survey to determine if there was a need

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First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leila Keyvani, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

University. She teaches the Cornerstone of Engineering courses to first- year students as well as courses within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. She is a recent recipient of the Outstanding Teacher of First-Year Students Award and is interested in research that compliments and informs her teaching. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Preparing First Year Engineering Students for a Career where Communication Skills MatterAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper describes the techniques used in the project basedfirst-year Cornerstone of Engineering courses at Northeastern University to address the need forbuilding communication

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Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Institute of Technology. He is coordinator of leadership development education for the School’s Executive MBA, Project Management and Undergraduate Business and Technology programs. His research interests focus on leadership and leadership development and his consulting work includes executive coaching, team-building and process consultation. Prof. Dominick received his Ph.D. in Applied Psychology from Stevens, earned his MA in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, and completed his undergraduate studies in Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology Edward Blicharz is a Distinguished Service Associate Professor in the

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Rosaurelis Marín Ramírez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Paola Pacheco Roldan, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Page 25.900.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 NSF Poster: Leveraging Simulation Tools to Deliver Ill-Structured Problems: Enhancing Student Problem-Solving Ability in Statics and Mechanics of Materials1. IntroductionThis poster is based on the NSF TUES Project “Leveraging Simulation Tools to Deliver Ill-Structured Problems: Enhancing Student Problem-Solving Ability in Statics and Mechanics ofMaterials” (#1044866) that was awarded to the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. Adecision was made to re-title the project as “Simulation and Ill-Structured Problems inMechanics to Leverage Engineering Expertise, or SIMPLE2

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Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with 110 faculty, 1800undergraduates and 1000 graduate students, employs a “lecturer and coordinator” who intervenesin three laboratory courses and a project engineering course.University of Texas at Austin:6 The Department of Mechanical Engineering with 60 faculty andover 1000 undergraduates has employed a senior lecturer (for over ten years) who offers onecourse in engineering communications as an “immediate” prerequisite to the Department’scapstone design course and then intervenes in the capstone design course itself.7Prior to Spring 2003, the UH College of Engineering had few options for their students in termsof technical communications instruction. The English Department at UH periodically

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Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Moore; Mary Raber

series of project courses that representtheir roles/assignments as members of their enterprise. In addition, students take a number ofprofessional development courses that were created specifically for the Enterprise Program andcover topics such as Teaming, Communications, Leadership, Project Management, Ethics,Economics, Entrepreneurship and Finance. Each professional development course is equivalentto one-semester credit or 14 contact hours of instruction, hence, these courses are veryconcentrated in their subject matter, providing students with the most critical information andinstruction in order to enable them to employ their new-found knowledge directly in theoperation of the enterprise.The philosophy behind this approach is that students

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Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Cecil

Assembly Manufacturing y Process Planning Supplier Testing Product Design Project Mgmt Figure 1: A Virtual EnterpriseIn this decade and beyond, it is predicted that growing product complexity and resultantdiverse skill requirements underscore the need for organizations to work together as aVE. More importantly, such a collaborative approach will enable the harnessing ofremote and far-flung engineering / manufacturing facilities (and resources) and createnew opportunities for these

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Black; Robert Weber; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira

Session 1526 CRCD: Wireless Multimedia Communications for Virtual Environments Julie A. Dickerson, William C. Black, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Robert Weber Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011AbstractThis project combines research from the areas of wireless communications, very-large-scaleintegrated (VLSI) circuit design, virtual environments, and human factors in a coordinatedinterdisciplinary program. This paper gives a brief description of the overall project. Educationin the hardware and software of virtual reality (VR) systems will serve as a testbed for trainingengineers in this co-design philosophy. Part of this project is the

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Software Engineering Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Reichlmayr, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael J. Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

individualteam member. There exist at the personal level core software engineering competencies that needto be cultivated to allow an individual to fulfill their potential as an effective team contributor.Students in a course introducing team based software engineering typically possess adequateintroductory programming skills, but often lack other competencies required to execute asoftware project successfully. Students have rarely been introduced to concepts beyondprogramming, such as estimation and planning, continuous integration, detailed design,debugging and unit testing. Part of being a software engineer is the knowledge of multipleprogramming languages and tools; without such knowledge it is impossible to make intelligentengineering

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education7.0 addresses the semester-long individual course project. Student outcomes and feedback arediscussed in Sections 8.0 and 9.0, respectively, and a summary is presented in Section 10.0.2.0 Course BackgroundCreativity, Innovation and Change was originally developed as an elective for all students at thePenn State Great Valley School for Graduate Professional Studies. Penn State Great Valley is aspecial-mission campus in the Penn State University system, tasked with serving the adultlearning community in the Philadelphia region. Since its introduction in 1997, Creativity,Innovation and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Litzinger

understanding of engine function, performance, emissions, and design constraints through their design projects reports and presentations. • Students will demonstrate their ability to use the thermal sciences in the analysis and preliminary design of engine systems by creating a thermodynamic model of a spark ignition engine and through their design reports. • Students will demonstrate their understanding of the interactions of technology and society through reflective essays and their reports on the ethical and societal impact of the regulation of small engine emissions. • Students will demonstrate effective team skills though successful completion of multiple team-based tasks and during in-class project sessions. • Students

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FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Canfield, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Brittany Strachota, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-1727: SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING CONTENTION: FACULTYAND STUDENT VIEWSCasey Canfield, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering A recent systems engineering graduate from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Class of 2010.Brittany Strachota, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Brittany Strachota is a member of the Class of 2013, studying engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Yevgeniya V. Zastavker is an Associate Professor of Physics at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Her research interests lie at the intersection of project-based learning and gender studies with specific emphasis on the curricula and pedagogies

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Ruthie Lyle; Ranil Wickramasinghe; Lisa Schaefer; Kevin Nickels; Jodi Reeves; David Noyce; Annie Pearce

-solving in the engineering classroom.Group problem-solving may take many forms, from short 10-15 minute group designs used asimmediate practice for new concepts, to semester-long class projects, to year-long capstonedesigns. The use of formal group development and training in group dynamics enables thegroups to accomplish very challenging tasks. For example, at Georgia Tech, Trinity University,and the University of Massachusetts, project-based group learning has been used to exposestudents to traditional engineering problem-solving in real-world contexts.Group problem-solving can provide many advantages to the classroom learning environment.One advantage to the consistent and frequent use of group problem-solving in the classroom isthe diagnostic

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricardo Pineda, University of Texas, El Paso; John E. Weaver, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company; Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Luis Falliner, The University of Texas, El Paso; Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso

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Systems Engineering

, implementation and deployment of the AT&T Services and Network in Mexico. He was also Siemens Business Services (SBS) Practice Director for Latin America where he was the main consultant in systems implementations in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil. Dr. Pineda has extensive experience in Academia; he was a Professor at ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico and at the ”Universidad de Los Andes” in Colombia and currently at the University of Texas at El Paso. His current Research projects include: PI for ”Energy Se- curity Microgrid Large Scale Energy Storage (LSES)” for Raytheon-Energy Solutions, PI for ”Prognosis & Resilience Design for Complex SoS” with Raytheon-IDS, PI ”SOS Global Attributes to Design Space Mapping

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Gary Riggins, Virginia Tech

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International

AC 2010-2064: A WORKSHOP FOR INDIAN ENGINEERING FACULTY UNDERTHE INDO-US COLLABORATION IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONVinod Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K Lohani is an associate professor in the Engineering Education Department (EngE) and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He received a PhD in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 1995. His research interests are in the areas of knowledge modeling, water and energy sustainability, engineering learning modules for freshmen, and international collaboration. He led a major curriculum reform project (2004-09), funded under the department-level reform program of the NSF, at Virginia Tech. A spiral curriculum

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Bala Maheswaran

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationpitfalls. A large body of literature exists supporting the importance of teaching teamwork to ourstudents. For example, the Foundation Coalition promotes student learning communities. Thesecommunities are used to build a sense of group identity and cohesiveness so that students maybuild a better understanding of the material they are learning (Clark et al., 2003; Astin, 1992).Transitioning from the importance of student teamwork to faculty teamwork in curriculumdevelopment is evident in a number of additional papers. Balamuralikrishna et al. (2003) discussthe importance of faculty collaboration or teamwork to develop student design projects thatimplement multiple discipline or simultaneous