Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Stafford, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

2007 and administered by the departments of Computer Science, Electrical andComputer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. As of the fall of 2008, the program is thefourth largest engineering program (among 11) at the institution in terms of freshmen enrollment.The B.S. program produced its first graduates in May 2009 and it is planned to seek ABET-EACaccreditation under general engineering criteria in the 2010-2011 academic year.The RBE program objectives are to educate men and women to: ≠ Have a basic understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Engineering. ≠ Apply these abstract concepts and practical skills to design and construct robots and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

technical support,PC technician, help desk, and other IT support roles after their graduation. This indicatesthat learning and maintaining a high level of Microsoft Office software is critical to mostof our graduates in today’s competitive job market. There is a need to further developstudent’s technical skills in this area.The Three Step Study Plan in IWU CIS ProgramBecause students need to use a test preparation course to prepare to complete the testsuccessfully, the step by step course program is designed to prepare students for buildingtheir Microsoft Office technical foundations first. Then they will develop their core-levelknowledge in every Microsoft Office application. Later they will go through theintegrated projects to learn how to

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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Civil Engineering

Dominion University she worked in the construction industry for 15 years.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 ExCEEd II: Advanced Training for Even Better TeachingAbstractIn 2007, the American Society of Civil Engineering’s Committee on Faculty Development(CFD) conducted a longitudinal survey of all the past participants of the ExCEEd TeachingWorkshop (ETW). The CFD received 173 responses, representing 40% of the ETW populationat that time, to its survey about skills and the long term value of ETW. Important to this paper,73% of the survey respondents said that they were interested in attending a post, advanced ETW.Motivated by these survey results, the CFD began its planning for a pilot ExCEEd II workshopduring the 2008

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

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Information Systems

went beyond what came to be known as the World Wide Web. The scope ofLicklider’s vision, which he called the “Intergalactic Computer Network” (Licklider, 1963),included a network of computers that would share both information and live softwareapplications. Licklider’s vision and plan for the Intergalactic Computer Network more closelyresemble cloud computing than does the prevalent html-based World Wide Web. Licklider’sIntergalactic Computer Network plan was partially realized in time as distributed applicationsavailable by terminals connected to the ARPANET. This architecture resembles today’sSoftware As A Service (SaaS) architecture, which is part of cloud computing.Bolstering the idea of SaaS early on was cognitive and computer scientist

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Setterfield, Sinclair Community College; Eric Dunn, Sinclair Community College; Russell Marcks, Sinclair Community College

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Architectural

a sole proprietor, Setterfield provided residential design services, specializing in timber framing and environmental responsibility. As a Plans Examiner, Setterfield balanced building code requirements with real-life owner and contractor concerns.Eric Dunn, Sinclair Community College Eric Dunn is an associate professor in the Civil Engineering and Architectural Technologies department at Sinclair Community College. He has a masters degree in project management from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He specializes in teaching construction management, cost estimating, means of construction and various CAD software packages. Dunn’s professional experiences include on site

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Atchison, Drexel University; Dorothea Holmes-Stanley, St. Cyprian's School; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

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Educational Research and Methods

processes used in scientific discovery and innovation. The student authors wereinvited to read their novels with the students in the lower grades to promotescience/engineering literacy throughout the school.The module described above outlines the process by which students in grades 6, 7, and 8created graphic novels with science and engineering themes. The lesson plans followedthe recommendations outlined on the National Association of Comics Art Educator’swebsite for the process of making a graphic novel. Pre and post activity assessmentswere administered to evaluate the student’s attitude towards science and engineering, aswell as for evidence of understanding and application of the scientific method.Introduction: A graphic novel is usually a book

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Paul Peercy, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Darryl G. Thelen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Klingenberg, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Beyond Boundariesrelative to transforming undergraduate engineering education have been in the areas of: • Leading a change management process • Getting broad faculty involvement • Applying research on engineering education innovation from peer institutions and educational research.The work of the Engineering Beyond Boundaries (EB2) Task Force and Roundtable has beenfully supported from the college administrative leadership and increasingly has formed the basisof the college’s strategic plan. Department Chairs and Faculty have been invited to engage in theplanning process as members of the Task Force and/or Roundtable to provide ideas and create

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Padmanabhan

pre-college students in such programs need to involve tribal college, university, and school faculty inthe development and implementation of those activities. This paper describes the experience ofthe authors in a multi-year, multi-site project funded by the Office of Naval Research providingenhancement activities for reservation middle and high school students and activities to facilitatesmooth transfer of tribal college students to four-year colleges or universities. The studentactivities in the project were planned, designed and implemented jointly by tribal college,university, and high school teachers. The program has been a success not only in terms of theincreased student enrollment in the activities but also by systemically impacting

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arvid Andersen

and in environments with people from diverse culturesand disciplines2. We have found that the way we do project-based learning inspire andencourage students to involve and take ownership of their project. This method of teachingallows students time to wonder and to use their acquired knowledge and find newinformation. They do take responsibility of their own time and learning. Simultaneously theyexpress themselves and feel comfortable to develop in this cross-cultural environment. Eachteam is involved in defining, systematizing, planning and navigation of their own project. Onmandatory weekly meetings things such as project progress, teamwork problems,communication problems and cognitive and political problems are discussed if needed

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Stratton; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson

% Page 9.8.5 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The 2002 RIT survey provided 30 different job duty choices for the alumni to identify. The 678alumni who completed the survey identified 1,764 self-described job duties. Design andDevelopment job duties were described as engineering design, consulting, hardware andsoftware design, product development, process design, system design, research and development,and product planning. Management job duties included engineering management, generalmanagement, plant engineering management, and manufacturing operations management.Quality Assurance job duties

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Carpenter; Honor Passow; Trevor Harding; Cynthia Finelli

the academic process is at stake because engineers (more often than their businesscounterparts) are responsible for the physical welfare of the consumers of the products theydesign and manufacture.In a study based on their Theory of Planned Behavior, Beck and Ajzen3 surmised that prior andfuture behavior are only correlated to the extent that the underlying determinants, such asattitudes, subjective norms, perceptions of behavioral control and intentions, have not changedover time. Thus, if a correlation exists between high school cheating and college cheating, onewould presume that the underlying determinants, what some would refer to as the morality of theindividual, have not changed from one context to the other. If such a correlation does

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University ; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

showing comprehension of the material in lieu of a language barrier. Thesummer outreach program spiked international students interest in STEM related fields andenrolling in United States universities to pursue higher education. Common results observedfrom surveying the three groups were that the students were better able to connect theory anddesign principles to application after performing hands-on activities. It was observed thatstudents became inspired and encouraged after planning, designing, constructing and testing anengineered solution during various activities. Page 24.438.2IntroductionInteractive STEM summer programs provide visiting

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, poor,fair, good, and excellent or strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree) andeight open-ended questions. For the purpose of this study, we only examined the open-endedquestions from the survey as they pertained to our research questions. Among the eight open-ended questions, seven questions inquire about three important things teachers learned from theengineering TPD, meaningful aspects of the engineering TPD, how they were motivated by theTPD, teacher’s plans for future classroom instruction, suggestions for future topics, andcomments regarding the Summer Academy, including one question to clarify responses on theprior questions if needed. The last question requested comments about the instructors. This studyutilized

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roy W. Melton, Department of Computer Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology; Shanchieh Jay Yang, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Adriana Becker-Gomez, Rochester Institute of Technology (KGCOE)

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First-Year Programs

Page 24.488.2quantitative and qualitative results of the project. Finally, it offers conclusions drawn from theexperience.ProjectThe project was announced to computer engineering freshman at the time they were beingadvised for spring registration, and their advisor encouraged them to register for it. It wasoffered as a zero-credit course with a satisfactory/unsatisfactory indicator rather than a lettergrade. The project execution consisted of four phases: planning, instruction, design, andcompetition. The subsections that follow describe each of these phases.Planning. Concurrent with adjustments made to the curriculum last year, it was decided toexperiment with a freshmen design project in the spring quarter. In particular, the intent of

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oluwatosin Alabi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; R. Edwin Garcia, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

mathematicalbased problems 19. Polya’s four step model for problems solving with mathematical methodsincludes: (1) Representation of the problem, (2) Goal setting and planning, (3) Execution of theplan and (4) Evaluation of the solution. These steps were mapped to the assignment questions for Page 24.582.6each group as shown in table two. These mappings helped examine and highlight students’documented goal-oriented tasks towards developing their solutions to the problem assignment.Students’ responses were investigated using open-coding analysis to identify the patterns andthemes embedded in student responses 20. In particular, an inductive analysis

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young University; Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

transportation technology coupled with economic factors thathave made international trade virtually ubiquitous, engineers are now required to work in aglobal environment. The global workplace has placed increased demands on engineers,specifically in the realm of the professional skills. Employers now seek graduates who not onlydemonstrate strong technical ability, but also have developed leadership skills necessary tosucceed in industry4,5,6,7,8. These skills include: • Self awareness • Integrity and ethical decision making • Interpersonal skills • Communication • Problem solving • Project management • Teamwork and team development • Conflict resolution • Planning, organizing and strategy formulation

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Katherine Sofía Palacio, Fundacion Universidad del Norte; Sarah Spencer-Workman, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Yaneth Correa-Martinez, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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First-Year Programs

issuessuch as sustainability. Therefore, one of the most important outcomes of this course is toencourage students to understand the challenges when designing product and services whileconsidering sustainability into their designs.At the large private university in South America, the Introduction to Industrial Engineering is arequired one-credit hour, first-year course for all students pursuing a major on industrialengineering. The course meets for 60 minutes once a week over the 16 weeks of the semester.In addition to the topics presented in the Introduction to Engineering course, this coursedescribes the administrative process in the large private university and asks the students todevelop and present a business plan for a potential start-up

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip M. Reeves, The Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Penn State. Theunique inter-college minor consists of several clusters that center on entrepreneurship andinnovation in relation to different majors, industries, and contexts. An assessment plan wasdeveloped in conjunction with the minor and initial results will be reported. The overall goal ofthe assessment is to track the students’ progress, knowledge, skill development, and attitudinalchanges as the students proceed through the minor and begin their careers. As the first step inthis process, students from the core classes of the minor were asked to complete a survey nearthe beginning and end of the semester to capture their attitudes toward entrepreneurship andinnovation. A vast majority of the students who completed the survey were

Conference Session

Construction Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Jing Du, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

project planning due to the collaboration requirements between wide ranges of projectparticipants. Well-structured planning phase provides effectiveness in construction as well asmaintenance/operation and demolition phases. Since the top green building constructionproviders are construction management at risk (CM at Risk) and design-build (DB) contractors,it is suggested that is necessary to explore characteristics that can be extracted from thosedelivery methods to apply into a sustainable delivery method. The findings indicate that there aremany characteristics of conventional delivery methods that can contribute to various projectphases of a sustainable project delivery. Therefore, defining a sustainable building projectdelivery method needs

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Heather L. Frost; Ziaur Rahman, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Civil Engineering

university-sponsorededucational research project over the last three years, called the Quality Enhancement Plan(QEP) Phase II. The CE QEP project, which started in the Fall semester of 2010, continuesthrough the summer of 2014. Within the QEP project, the research team uses alternative analysisas the method for developing critical thinking skills. The project includes making several minorrevisions to the curriculum, i.e., interventions, to include discussion of, and exercises in, criticalthinking at four points in the curriculum, spaced approximately one year apart.This paper presents the case for integrating more critical thinking into engineering programs andevaluates one university’s effort to try to enhance an engineering curriculum through a

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Berndt Spittka P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Erik R. Wright PE, U.S. Military Academy; Steven D Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Evan Hansen

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Civil Engineering

Engineer Officer Basic Course, Maneuver Captain’s Ca- reer Course and the Joint Engineer Operations Course. Erik has served three one-year tours in Baghdad, Iraq with the most recent tour ending in June 2010. During that tour, Erik was an Infrastructure Analyst with various infrastructure related duties such as data collection and management, condition analyses of infrastructure systems, and functional subject matter expert for validating national critical infrastructure assets. Past assignments include: Forward Engineer Support Team – Main Detachment Commander; Pla- toon Leader; Infrastructure Analyst at Corps Level; Civil Engineer, Plans Officer and Logistics Officer at Battalion Level. Erik’s Current research focuses

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

. Page 24.664.2The HASP program requires and strictly enforces all student teams to 1) conform to the HASPpayload interface specifications and schedule set out in the CFP [1], 2) complete in-depthtechnical documents such as Payload Specification & Integration Plan (PSIP) and FlightOperation Plan (FLOP), and 3) pass a rigorous ~8 hour-long thermal/vacuum test at NASA’sColumbia Scientific Balloon Facility located in Palestine, TX. Some of the important milestonesfor the HASP program include i) Selection of student payloads (mid January), ii) PreliminaryPSIP document (mid April), iii) Final PSIP document (late June), iv) Final FLOP document (lateJuly), v) Student payload integration at CSBF (one week in late July ~ early August), vi) HASPflight

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, IUPUI; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutein 1983. From 1982 to 1992 he was with IBM Microelectronics, conducting research and development inthe realization of advanced semiconductor technologies. From 1992 to 2008 he was with Louisiana TechUniversity, where he was the Entergy/LP&L/NOPSI Professor of Electrical Engineering, in recognition ofhis teaching and research contributions in the microsystems and nanotechnology areas. From September2000 to June 2008 he was the Director of the Institute for Micromanufacturing, where, from 1992, hehad contributed to the growth and development of the Institute, including through planning and settingup of laboratory resources and facilities, development and implementation of major sponsored

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Ikhlas Abdel-Qader, Western Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

continue in graduate studies. This paper reports on program activities andoutcomes to date, will include qualitative assessment and feedback from the S-STEM Scholarsthemselves, and a quantitative comparison of the retention rate of S-STEM Scholars incomparison to other identified student groups in the College of Engineering and AppliedSciences at Western Michigan University. Plans for a future extension of this program that willconcentrate on transfer and URM students will also be presented.Introduction to the College of Engineering and Applied Sciencesat Western Michigan UniversityWestern Michigan University is a comprehensive state-sponsored regional university located inKalamazoo, MI. In the Fall Semester 2013, 19,198 undergraduate and 5,091

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

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Computing & Information Technology

instruction [6].Design MethodologyOne of the most important elements of planning and managing online courses is that there are lotof tools and techniques available, but not all of these technologies are appropriate matches to thesubject taught and the teacher‘s pedagogical style and strategies. As such, it is very importantthat instructors ensure that pedagogical principles drive the use of technology rather than theother way around. Instructors must strive to achieve certain learning standards, regardless of themedium through which they are teaching [11]. Because of this, course planning should take placebefore instructors select the technology and course management system that will be used for thecourse.It is also important to note, that although

Conference Session

A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Leslie Braniger, Galveston College

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Two Year College Division

the ability of students to take ownership of their work, to increase students’ability to develop research-based expository and analysis essays, and to increase their exposureto STEM-related issues and careers. This endeavor was prompted by a desire to better meet theeducational needs of our diverse student population within our current constraints. Our studentbody typically consists of 2,400 students each semester. Those students are normally earningtheir associate’s degree or a certificate under one of more than 60 degree plans or are earningcredits prior to transferring to a four-year institution to complete their bachelor’s degree. Ourcollege is also facing the same challenges that other community colleges are currently facing,namely 1

Conference Session

FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Ziaur Rahman, The University of Texas at Arlington; Heather L Frost

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First-Year Programs

6% 13,100 Mechanical 243,200 9% 21,300 a Excludes environmental engineering, b Includes electronics engineeringBackgroundCivil Engineering and Life Decisions: Choose WiselyThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) requires institutions to develop aQuality Enhancement Plan (QEP) as a part of its reaffirmation process. The QEP, according toSACS, is a “… carefully designed and focused course of action that addresses a well-definedtopic or issue(s) related to enhancing student learning.”20,21 The university implemented its QEP,entitled “Active Learning: Pathways to Higher Order Thinking at UT

Conference Session

Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mikhail M. Bouniaev, University of Texas, Brownsville; Immanuel Adaikalaraj Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Bill W. Elliott, The University of Texas at Brownsville

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Minorities in Engineering

teaches in the areas of CAD/CAM/CIM, Robotics & Automation, Product and Process Design, Materials and Manufacturing processes, Machine Design, Renewable Energy and Micro Manufacturing. His current research interests include Robotics, CIM, Sustainable Manufacturing, Micro Machining and Engineering & Technology Ed- ucation. He has published several papers, in these areas, in various national & international conferences and journals. He has worked in heavy and light manufacturing industries manufacturing pumps, motors, and CNC machine tools in the areas of system design, production planning and control and manufactur- ing. Edinbarough also served in paramilitary forces and in the Air Force. He is a Life Member

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Cindi Mason, Wichita State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

therequirements for an Engineering BS degree, each student will complete the program courserequirements including at least three of the following six activities:1. Undergraduate Research2. Cooperative Education or Internship3. Global Learning or Study Abroad4. Service Learning5. Leadership6. Multidisciplinary EducationPrevious papers have described global learning efforts8 and leadership9. The complete plan for―The Engineer of 2020‖ was also reported10, 11. The focus of this paper is centered on the servicelearning opportunity made available to engineering students by the CoE through the creation ofthe ENGR 202 course ―Service Learning in Engineering‖, which will be described in furtherdetail in a subsequent section of this

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Renee Lockwood, West Texas A&M University; Emily M. Hunt, West Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

Page 23.513.3simply not feasible to constantly integrate course material in a learning community as eachcourse has its own objectives, but with curriculum flexibility and careful planning, faculty havebeen able to integrate the courses with consistent periodic activities and projects throughout thesemester. Our experience indicates the more consistent the integration, particularly in the firstsemester courses, the more likely the students are to be engaged in the community. Problemstaken from Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications developed by Wright StateUniversity are used in both the Precalculus and Calculus courses of the learning community as ameans to link mathematics concepts to engineering applications [11]. Problem