Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Remote World

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Emily Kate Bierman, The Citadel

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Mechanical Engineering

. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 2020 ASEE Annual Conference and ExpositionConclusionHomework assignment frequency was tested across four courses. The results from this studysuggest that the objective gains from using daily homework assignments are modest. Non-traditional students appear to already possess the soft skills that such a strategy encourages, andthese students do appear to outperform their traditional counterparts and receive slightly moreconsistent benefits as a result. A higher frequency of homework assignments does greatly reducelate submissions, but a good percentage of these would-be late submissions appear to simplynever get turned in. However, students displayed more consistent time

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Qiushi Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Design in Engineering Education

in developingengineering students’ multiple skills and abilities, such as independent thinking, criticalthinking, creative thinking and hands-on skills [8]-[10]. For instance, using self-reported questionnaires among senior students ， Marques (2017) pointed out thatengagements in SDPs can strengthen students' soft skills like communication andpublic speaking [9]. Also, Xiong and Liu (2012) suggested that students whoparticipated in SDPs got their critical thinking and engineering design thinkingimproved [13]. In addition, applying self-efficacy scales, Dunlap (2005) measuredstudents' self-efficacy in a capstone environment. Pre- and post- data showed astatistically significant change in student perceptions of personal ability andpreparedness

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Joan B Schuman, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

careers, I believe that they will in fact be better prepared for aglobal world.This work was funded in part by a grant from my University through the Campus Committee forDiversity and Inclusion.References[1] A. Parkinson "The Rationale for Developing Global Competence," Online Journal for GlobalEngineering Education: Vol. 4:Iss. 2, Article 2, 2009 [Online] Available at:http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ojgee/vol4/iss2/2http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ojgee/vol4/iss2/2[2] C. Del Vitto ,"Cross-Cultural "Soft Skills" and the Global Engineer: Corporate Best Practicesand Trainer Methodologies," Online Journal for Global Engineering Education: Vol. 3: Iss. 1,Article 1, 2008 [Online] Available athttp://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ojgee/vol3/iss1/1http

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Oleksandr Kravchenko, Old Dominion University; Konstantin Cigularov, Old Dominion University; Tancy J. Vandecar-Burdin, Old Dominion University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

ceramic. At the end of the first semester ofthe program, SCS students in the program had to prepare and make a presentation describingtheir progress with their research work. This task provided an important element for professionaldevelopment for the students in the program, as they were participating in group discussions andpracticed to improve their career “soft” skills, like oral communication and collaborative,project-based learning skills [9].To address the outreach element of the program, special hands-on workshop series offeredtraining and exposure to various manufacturing techniques for advanced materials. This includedthe composite fabrication sessions, where students learned how to fabricate polymer reinforcedcomposite materials using

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: REU 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Subodh Bhandari, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Fang Tang, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Amar Raheja, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Erika DeJonghe, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

areasof UAV technologies. The paper also discusses lessons learned, student feedback, and theirsuggestion for improvements. Students reported statistically significant changes in skills related toUAVs from pre-participation to post-participation. In addition, improvements in “soft skills”,particularly with regard to working in teams, were found in qualitative/quantitative results.I. IntroductionThe goal of this REU Site is to provide research experience to undergraduates and expose them tostate-of-the-art in the area of UAV technologies in a multidisciplinary environment. The researchfocus of the Site is UAV dynamics & control, increased autonomy of UAVs, and their applications.UAVs have been used for remote sensing, precision

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2019 Fall Mid Atlantic States Conference

Authors

Saul Henderson, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Devdas Shetty, University of the District of Columbia; Christopher Riso, University of the District of Columbia ; Rudy Antonio Villegas

Paper ID #28357Design and Fabrication of a 50mm Gun Launched Hybrid ProjectileMr. Saul Henderson, University of the District of Columbia Saul Henderson is a first-year Master’s student within the Electrical Engineering department at the Uni- versity of the District of Columbia (UDC). Prior to joining the Master’s program in August 2019, Saul has gained over 6 years of valuable experience and soft skills in STEM research, design and informal education. Starting out at UDC as an undergraduate Electrical Engineering student in the Fall of 2012, he has gained 5 years of education experience as a student educator at the

Conference Session

Careers and Professional Development in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guruprasad Madhavan, State University of New York-Binghamton; Aimee Betker, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Jennifer Flexman, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University

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Biomedical

between technological progress on the one hand, and existinglimitations in educational and socioeconomic resources on the other, a varied number ofvisionary frameworks and strategic plans have been put forth by commissions of theAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)1, the National Academy ofEngineering (NAE)2, and the National Science Foundation (NSF)3. A strong, consistentrecommendation in these reports is the need for engineering graduates to have professionaldevelopment, or “soft” skills. The visions of these reports have particular relevance tobioengineering, a discipline whose explosive international growth is generating abundant careerdevelopment, professional development, and humanitarian development opportunities

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dutko, Bloomsburg University; Cathy Auburger, Bloomsburg University; Patrick Anderson, Bloomsburg University; Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University

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Engineering Technology

for program accreditationvisits. Project Learning Objectives Project Teaching Objectives‚ Gain experience in interpreting technical ‚ Foster discovery, self-teaching, and encourage specifications and selecting sensors and transducers desire and ability for life-long learning for a given application‚ Understand terminologies associated with ‚ Provide experience in designing instrumentation instrumentation systems system based on specifications‚ Gain experience in developing computerized ‚ Develop soft skills including teamwork, open- instrumentation systems for industrial processes

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Miller-Young, Mount Royal College; Sean Maw, Mount Royal College

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Design in Engineering Education

; • Increase student retention in engineering programs10-11.However there are many “soft skills” required in learning design and no consensus on which aremost important for first year students, nor which is the best way way to teach them. Someinstitutions focus on design methods and team dynamics [eg. Harvey Mudd], others on designand writing [eg. Northwestern], and others combine design with graphics [eg. Penn State].Mount Royal College offers a University transfer engineering program. Thus, our courses mustconform with the local University to which most of our students transfer. In design terms, theconstraints imposed by the University are that there are two sequential first-year courses, eachwith 1 hour of lecture time per week, and 4.5 hours of

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Bibel, University of North Dakota

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Aerospace

authors are motivated by a belief they have found abetter way to explain the science. Few bother to ferret out and develop interesting reallife adventures and applications. One source of information is the NationalTransportation Safety Board (NTSB) crash reports. It can be challenging to reduce thesecomplex aerospace systems to fundamental concepts for educational use.This material presented here was developed for a new disaster course for engineeringstudents and a disaster based science course for non-technical students. The material isalso suitable to supplement more traditional engineering courses such as: strength ofmaterials, material science, finite element analysis, and machine design. Many ABET socalled "soft skills" can also be

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Asa, North Dakota State University; Zhili (Jerry) Gao

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Construction

Page 12.470.2environment. Construction graduates must possess technical strength coupled withcommunication (written and speech), and soft skills. In most of the capstone courses, studentsare given a real-world problem to solve over a period of a semester or a year. Many programshave capstone / project-based courses, which are aimed at training students in solving real worldproblems. Some programs have courses which run for a year. Walker and Slotterbeck1, instudying the incorporation of teamwork into software engineering curriculum, concluded that: (i)there is not enough time to teach software engineering skills and also carry out a significantteam-based project in a single term, (ii) the software development process is best learnt

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melinda Seevers, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; William Knowlton, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; John Gardner, Boise State University

opportunities to partner with the university leading toopen dialogue. It is truly a “Win-Win-Win” relationship in that the students and Collegeultimately benefit due to enhanced learning experiences, increased sources of senior designprojects, possible student employment, and an opportunity for employers to preview potentialfuture professional employees. Page 11.734.6Program FutureThe university Career Center is planning to implement a “soft-skills” seminar during the 2006-07academic year. All lower division students wishing to participate in the engineering internshipprogram will be encouraged to attend. For the academic year 2006-07, a forum is in

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Christian Thomsen, Technische Universitat Berlin; Marc Wilke, Technische Universitat Berlin

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Women in Engineering

für ihre Notwendigkeit zu konkreten Checklisten, 2002. Skript zum Vortrag, BMBF-Workshop, Berlin.13. Many of the problems attributed to technical education that we are about to describe affect male as well as female students. Actually, the interest of men as well as women in technical/engineering science studies is decreasing, we are facing a global “unattractiveness problem”.8 For years, industrial managers have been increasingly voicing concern about the growing gap between the job specifications and the actual qualifications claimed by the college graduates. Massive deficiencies are especially noticeable among the non-technical, methodical and systematical competencies as well as the soft skills.2

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

course.Engineering and technology curricula often focus on the technical abilities of students,neglecting the “soft skills” that will often determine success or failure for a graduate when (s)heenters the workforce. As an example, project management skills are often neglected in anengineering curriculum, requiring additional training for those engineers who end up inmanagement positions2. Skills such as the ability to lead and work effectively as a member of ateam are frequently identified as critical to the success of an engineer, but typically are lacking innew engineering graduates3. The same is true of business students. While the businesscurriculum uses many team-based projects, students frequently resist building good, effectiveteam-building skills

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Edmonson, University of Dayton; Donna Summers, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

University of Cincinnati and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. She obtained her Doctorate in Industrial Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. Page 12.927.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Session Integrating Teamwork Across the CurriculumAbstractThe ability to work on teams is a very important business skill. Some educators chooseto call it a “soft skill.” However, our Industrial Advisory Committee members and thebusinesses hiring our graduates choose to call it a “critical skill

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Verstraete, University of Akron

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Biomedical

metric, or metrics, in mind for measuring the level of success orfailure, such as examination or homework questions, or project requirements. Course Objectivesand Outcomes should then be included in the course syllabus distributed to each student on thefirst day of class (Figure 1).At the completion of the course, each instructor completes an assessment report for each BMEcourse they taught. The report includes the following sections; Heading, Catalog Description,Grade Distribution, Modifications Made to Course, Course Outcomes Assessment, StudentFeedback, Reflection, Proposed Actions for Course Improvement. Other sections may beincluded as each instructor or the Department wishes. These extra sections may be used toassess the “soft” skills

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Haws, Boise State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2007-130: MARGINALIZING DISSENT: ENGINEERING AND THE PUBLICHEARING PROCESSDavid Haws, Boise State University I like to think of myself as a boundary spanner—bridging between “hard” science and “soft” skills. The bridge metaphor is attractive, but it probably implies more precision than I deserve (urban sprawl comes more to my mind). My “professional” degrees are in Civil Engineering (an undergraduate degree from the University of Utah; and a master’s and Ph.D. from Brigham Young University). I also have an undergraduate degree in English from the University of California at Berkeley, and master’s degrees in Instructional and Performance Technology, and Technical Communication from Boise

Conference Session

Computers and Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut

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Computers in Education

solvingskills. In fact, it has been shown that engineer graduates possess adequate theoretical knowledgeand technical skills, but noticeably weak creativity and innovation. Interpersonal and personalskills in leadership, management, and multidisciplinary teamwork were found to be the mostoverlooked aptitudes in college despite their importance in work settings 25. With the availableWeb 2.0 applications, users can work collaboratively while chatting and conversing online. Suchfeatures help students enhance their team work skills including their oral and writing skills. Inaddition to technical knowledge and hard skills, engineers should possess soft skills in personaland interpersonal behavior to meet current employment market standards

Conference Session

Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Dulaski PE, Northeastern University

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Civil Engineering

experience (3 since graduation andat least one year of co-op) and the most recent graduates had 1.5 years of experience (0.5 sincegraduation and at least one year of co-op). Most students have 1.5 years of co-op; however, thefirst experience happens so early in their academic career that it was not included in their “real-world” experience.Out of the 63 surveyed, 24 responses were received or approximately 38% of the total. Thequestions were divided into three major “groups”, namely, overall experience, projectrequirements, and soft-skills developed. The practitioners had five options for responding to thequestions – “identical, almost identical, similar, different, and not applicable.”When asked “how well did the capstone experience emulate your

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan PhD, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, growing population, looming energy shortages, health, securityand environmental problems. These have called for changes in engineering curricula to prepareengineers for the future.Realizing these facts, many engineering, education and governmental agencies, such as theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), National Academy ofEngineering (NAE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the AmericanSociety of Engineering Education (ASEE), all point at the increasing importance of the none-technical skills (sometimes referred to soft skills) of graduating engineering. Such skills thatallow graduates to comprehend the complex interdependence between engineering as aprofession and society were referred to as ‘contextual

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Talbot; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

opportunity to create a presentation about Air Liquide’s internal social network - EA gave me the confidence to attempt such a task. Soon enough, word of my presentation made it to the Head Office in Paris, France. Because of this international exposure so early in my career, I quickly began to make a name for myself. Since last year I have been able to present before executives, meet with senior management from Paris, attend several exclusive meetings and receptions, manage the internal social network that I presented, and now work directly for the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. Without both the hard skills (presentation development, communication techniques, etc.) and soft skills

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University; Gregory Wight P.E., Norwich University; Peter Kjeer, Harvard University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, he said “are you kidding?” and then explained how he doubtedhe could get better hands-on engineering learning than what he was already getting. Assessmentfor the next implementation of this project will be more formalized, and formative assessmentthrough a reflection assignment will likely be the instrument used. This appears to be anappropriate instrument for assessing the professional or “soft” skills within the small sample size(N ~ 80) that spans the three disciplines at Norwich University. Questions will be formulated toevoke responses regarding the communication process between teams, the allocation of (or“negotiation” for) requirements between the subsystems, and the role of individual contributionsto the larger project.Another

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer

instructor lecturing. Our attempts to introduce video materials, either asrecordings of live lectures or as videos covering special topics, were not very effective. Workingwith teammates appears to not have worked well in the 2nd term but that seems contradicted bythe results for the class project which was judged to be effective in both terms.V. Lessons learned and future workBased on the results presented above, we drew some preliminary conclusions and observations: • Students feel more confident in their technical skills than in “soft skills” of writing reports and reading technical literature. We will address this by a different approach to writing assignments where students will be asked to submit revisions of the drafts

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

, operations management, and law. Additionally,engineering leaders need competency in many “soft” skills such as non-linear “out-of-the-box”thinking, collaboration and team building, and effective communications that are normally notencountered in a particular field of study (at least at the undergraduate level). Based on thisconsensus, the Consultors offered recommendations to strengthen the existing ECE program:1 • add subject matter to stimulate development of leadership skills in addition to engineering proficiency; • introduce integrated Engineering and Business programs; • reinforce collaboration with industry.Within the educational community, some institutions have responded with comprehensiveacademic programs in

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for the Global Workplace

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech; Elizabeth M. Tront, Virginia Tech; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech

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International

and development ofthe undergraduate engineering curriculum. The curricular experience documented here has beenshown to have a measurable and positive impact on development of global competencies.References 1. Del Vitto, C. (2008). Cross-Cultural "soft skills" and the global engineer: Corporate best practices and trainer methodologies. Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, 3, 1 Article Available at: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ojgee/vol3/iss1/1 2. National Academy of Engineering. (2004). The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Engineering. 3. Bennett, J. M. (2008). Transformative training: Designing programs for culture learning

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra R. Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Jai. P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

the course is based on Outcome Based Education6, and utilizes theinteractive model of learning. All the students maintain an online portfolio of their work. Thesystem designed in the laboratory to perform a specific task is the core measurement as thelearning outcome of the course. The laboratory performance of the course is performed inteams of three students. This mode provides a platform for horizontal learning through activeand engaged discourse and discussion. Students are empowered to charter their learning andfeed their curiosity. The course culminates in a Final Project which is assessed based upon itscomprehensiveness and originality. Students are required to master the soft skills ofcomprehensive report writing on a weekly basis and

Conference Session

Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Jenkins P.E., California State University, Fresno; Walter V. Loscutoff, California State University, Fresno; Thomas Nguyen

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Two Year College Division

Page 25.983.5The common core for engineering disciplines can be separated into two major components:fundamental and engineering. From a degree standpoint, all engineering students, regardless ofdiscipline, complete the two components of the common core as lower division students beforecompleting degree requirements as upper division in a third component of discipline-specificcourses. A representative listing of a “traditional” common core is shown in Table 1.The evolution of accreditation requirements such as EC2000 from EAC for ABET6 hasencouraged more interaction with constituents of engineering programs. This has resulted inshifts in focus and emphasis to both technical and non-technical (i.e., “soft-skills”) coursework inengineering degree

Conference Session

Topics Related to Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Paul Lapsansky, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

platform for horizontal learning through active and engageddiscourse and discussion. Students are empowered to charter their learning and feed theircuriosity. Students are required to master the soft skills of comprehensive report writing on aweekly basis and of Technical Project Report writing and project oral presentation based uponthe Team’s Final Project. These classroom practices and laboratory environment provides achallenging and invigorating environment that prepares them for a lifelong learning process andcareer path. Page 25.514.15VI. Outcome Measurement RubricThe following outcomebased grading rubric was utilized in the measurement of

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

traditionallecture content as well as a capstone project. Academic content typically includesflowsheet synthesis and development, process simulation, process economics, andequipment design/heuristics. Depending on the background of the instructor and whetherthe course is one or two semesters, a laundry list of additional topics might includesustainability and “green design” concepts,1 process safety, 2 Good ManufacturingPractice, Six Sigma,3 optimization,4 selecting materials of construction, reading P&ID’s,heat exchanger network or reactor network synthesis, environmental regulations,engineering ethics, batch scheduling, and product design.5 Senior design is also the lastopportunity to reinforce “soft skills” such as teamwork6,7 and communication.8