Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

Session 1354 Exploring Entrepreneurship through Product Development: A Hands-on Approach Lawrence E. Carlson, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan Co-Directors Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractEngineering students of all disciplines typically engage in at least one open-ended designexperience during their undergraduate careers. Through hands-on design and build projects, theylearn

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Natalia Cardelino, Mercer University; Laura E Moody, Mercer University

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Diversity

current research interests include producing sustainable concrete mixes by replacing a portion of energy-intensive Portland cement with blends of limestone powder and metakaolin.Dr. Laura E Moody, Mercer University Dr. Laura Moody is an associate professor and chair of Industrial Engineering at Mercer University. Dr. Moody has taught Mercer’s School of Engineering for more than 30 years and has experience in consulting and managing human factors professionals. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Experiential Service Learning: Applying Engineering Skills and Knowledge in the Dominican RepublicAbstractService-learning projects can make a positive impact on

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

David S Greenburg, The Citadel; Eva Theresa Singleton, The Citadel Military College; James Righter, The Citadel

Paper ID #40878Developing a Quantitative Methods Course for Undergraduate Civil andConstruction Engineering StudentsDr. David S Greenburg, The Citadel Dr. Greenburg is a Professor and Department Head for the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel.Dr. Eva Theresa Singleton, The Citadel Military College Dr. Eva Singleton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering at The Citadel Military College in Charleston, SC. She is a certified Project Management Professional

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

John William Lynch, University of Cincinnati; Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Teri J Murphy, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

education levels and make the field accessible for more populations.Dr. Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati Dr. Sheryl Sorby is currently a Professor of STEM Education at the University of Cincinnati and was recently a Fulbright Scholar at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She is a professor emerita of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering MecDr. Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is Associate Professor Emerita in Engineering Design, Manufacturing, and Management Systems. At Western Michigan University, she coordinated and taught capstone design courses for 20 years, and developed courses in sustainability and project management. Her focus was on students’ professional

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2023 PSW

Authors

Farbod Khoshnoud; Marco Quadrelli; Enrique Galvez; Clarence de Silva; Shayan Javaherian; Behnam Bahr; Maziar Ghazinejad; Anas Salah Eddin; Mohamed El-Hadedy P.E.

generation of engineering workforce for the fast-changing industry, the R&Dsectors and academia. The quantum mechanics education and training steps in the mechatronicscourse and senior design projects are particularly promoted and discussed here. 1. IntroductionBrain-computer interface (BCI) and EEG systems have been utilized in many BiomedicalEngineering applications [1], and beyond. In systems engineering, control of mechanical systems,such as drones, has been addressed by various research groups (e.g., [2]). Integrating brain functionand quantum devices have recently been investigated in association with non-invasive brainfunction mapping through magnetoencephalography, where superconducting quantuminterference devices and optically-pumped

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2024 PNW Section Annual Meeting

Authors

Ean H. Ng; Sage Kittelman; Ganapathy Natarajan; Javier Calvo-Amodio

for one class. The average of all check-in responses,represented with “1” in the image shows the class average. In this case, it shows that students aremainly preoccupied with life-related stress, and the stress level is average for the cohort, and that,on average, the students are generally positive that day. Figure 3. Plot of students’ responses to the Check-In Tool©Course Setup and Learning Outcomes AssessmentThis study was conducted in a senior-level engineering capstone design course, which is a requiredcourse to be completed during the semester when they graduate. The course spanned 15 weeks,students are divided into teams of three to four students. Each team is assigned a real-worldindustry project where students are

Conference Session

CPD Technical Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Andrew Lillesve, Iron Range Engineering

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Continuing Professional Development

, 2014 Personal Improvement Plan: a professionalism assignment for engineering studentsAbstract:Iron Range Engineering (IRE) is an innovative project-based engineering program which placeshigh value on the integration of technical learning and professional skills. The IRE studentsmust enroll and complete one Professionalism course per semester (Professionalism I throughProfessionalism IV) during their four semester upper-division experience. As part of eachprofessionalism course, students complete and submit an assignment named PersonalImprovement Plan (PIP). Each semester, through various experiences within the project teamsand discipline-specific workshops, each student self-assesses his/her improvement in

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

Distinction in 2010. Dr. Natarajarathi- nam’s research interests include coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis and optimizing global supply chains. Her research articles have won best paper awards at Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators Conference and Society of Marketing Advances Conference. She currently serves on the Editorial advisory board for International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. Dr. Natarajarathinam has worked on several research projects funded by government agencies and industry. She has a strong passion for student development. She is the founding faculty of the Society of Women in Industrial Distribution

Conference Session

Applications of Online Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Computers in Education

education, and it isparticularly prevalent in the field of undergraduate engineering education. A strict definition ofcollaborative learning differentiates a collaborative project from one that merely requirescooperation. In collaborative learning, students work in groups to together develop a sharedunderstanding of and solution for an ill-structured problem14. Teachers are redefined as“coaches” helping students to work towards a set of possible open-ended solutions, and studentstake some ownership of their own learning through reflection. Typically, students learn aboutteam skills in addition to course content. Engestrom5 identified three stages that are characteristicof collaborative learning. In his view, for learning to be truly collaborative

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James F. Groves, University of Virginia; Leigh R. Abts, University of Maryland, College Park; Gail Lynn Goldberg

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

increasing U.S. emphasis upon science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)education, many primary and secondary schools would like to add engineering to their curricula.1These schools are challenged though, because engineering education credentialing pathways forteachers are, at present, largely nonexistent, and K-12 engineering curricula are actively beingdefined, debated, and considered for implementation.2, 3 Still, recent years have witnessed astrong upsurge in discussion and activity around these challenges, and efforts are underway to:  Provide teacher training (e.g., The Infinity Project, Project Lead the Way),  Define K-12 engineering curricula and standards (e.g., Engineering is Elementary, Engineering by Design

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Jintana Nina Phanthanousy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

curriculum on design cognition, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and industry design environments, and gender and identity in engineering.Dr. James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach James J. Pembridge is an Assistant Professor in the Freshman Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, M.A. Education in Curriculum and Instruction, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. His research has focused on mentoring as pedagogy for project-based courses and understanding the adult learning characteristics of undergraduate

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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Computers in Education

similar robots and also across robot platforms. Forexample, it is relatively straightforward to use ROBOTC to support communication between anArduino-based robot and an NXT-based robot. This author spent 8 weeks at the CMU RoboticsAcademy participating in the multi-robot initiative in the fall of 2011, and many of the multi-robot educational projects described in this paper have been motivated by that experience. Ofcourse, other robot programming languages, in addition to ROBOTC, support XBee wirelesscommunication technology as well.This paper will describe the application of XBee radio technology and a variety of software toolsto develop educational resources, laboratory exercises and projects to implement multi-robot

Conference Session

Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Jessica Tryner, Rowan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #6358Service Learning Without Borders – Turning Peanut Shells to Fuel Briquettesin the GambiaDr. Hong Zhang, Rowan UniversityDr. Jess W. Everett, Rowan University Jess Everett, Ph.D., P.E. is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has over 26 years experience as an environmental engineer and professor and has published over 63 refereed journal articles, chapters, and books. He has worked on more than 60 funded projects (totaling over $6M) and has worked with more than 100 Junior and Senior Clinic teams (over 220 different undergraduate students). He has worked with Clinic teams on EWB projects

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Thomas B Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Richard E Fairley, Software and Systems Engineering Associates (S2EA)

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

., Daytona Beach Dr. Thomas B. Hilburn is a Professor Emeritus of Software Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and was a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie-Mellon from 1997 – 2009. He has worked on software engineering development, research, and education projects with the FAA, General Electric, Lockheed-Martin, the Harris Corp, the MITRE Corporation, DOD, FIPSE, the SEI, the NSF, the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society. His interests include software processes, object- oriented analysis and design, formal specification techniques, and curriculum development, and he has published over 70 papers in these areas. He is an IEEE Certified Software Developer, an IEEE Software

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, University of Michigan; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan

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Women in Engineering

approximately 600undergraduates involved in group oral presentations reveals that women on first-year engineeringproject teams exhibit less active participation than men, and that this happens regardless of therepresentation of women on the team. Men are disproportionately more likely to present thetechnical content in oral presentations than women, to speak longer than expected and longerthan women, and to field more audience questions than women9, 10. In addition, students’ self-reported learning from the project is positively correlated with taking on active presentation roles,roles primarily adopted by men.This paper provides a summary of the statistical findings of adding an additional 500 first yearstudent participants to the prior work, lending

Conference Session

Systems Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Goncher-Sevilla, University of Florida; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida; Mengyu Li, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

Paper ID #42422Student Goal Formulation in an Introductory Engineering Design Coursethrough Systems Thinking ScenariosDr. Andrea Goncher-Sevilla, University of Florida Andrea Goncher-Sevilla is an Instructional Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at the University of Florida. She earned her PhD in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech and focuses on teaching and learning projects in human centered design and humanitarian engineering.Dr. John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida John Mendoza Garcia is an Instructional Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Education in the Herbert

Conference Session

Lisa's Legacy: Guiding Students Toward Engineering Careers, Excellent!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jialing Wu, Vanderbilt University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

educationenvironment by offering introductory engineering courses to high school students. The coreobjective is to enhance high school students’ understanding of the engineering design processand the real-world roles of engineers, empowering them to make well-informed career choices.This paper focuses on examining the aspects of the pre-college engineering education curriculumthat are appreciated by the students which may influence engineering as their future careerchoice.The study is part of a larger research project, where the research team conducted surveys ofstudents participating in the e4usa during the 2022-2023 academic year. The survey wasadministered in 33 schools across 20 states and regions in the U.S. A qualitative analysis wasconducted on the

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Ethan E Danahy, Tufts University; Mehek Kunal Vora, Tufts University; Yume Menghe Xu, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; William Church

, Massachusetts Jul 28 Full Paper: A Generative AI Approach to Better Teamwork in First-Year EngineeringAbstractThis Full Paper describes a new method of facilitating teamwork in a first-year engineeringcourse using generative AI. This work discusses enhancements to the group-formation step of theprocess leveraging generative AI tools and technologies to facilitate maintaining personalizationand student identities when creating small groups. Through student data collected at differentstages of the project development cycle, and specific prompts used to interact with generative AI,it was possible to customize and personalize the teamwork groupings, recommendations,feedback mechanisms, and individual evaluations in a

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Eniko T. Enikov; Jesus Acosta Iriqui

From Step-Response to State-Space Controller-Observer Design in Twenty Minutes: A Hands-On Workshop on the Use of Matlab/Simulink to Control a Low-Cost Aerodynamic Pendulum Eniko T. Enikov, Jesus Acosta Iriqui Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department University of ArizonaAbstractThis workshop will present broad range of control systems design topics illustrated through theuse of a low-cost aeropendulum. The project is based on a USB-powered kit operated by MatlabSimulink environment in real-time. Participants will follow the activities offered to senior-levelundergraduate students from mechanical and aerospace engineering

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jennifer L. Anthony; Keith L. Hohn; John R. Schlup; Chris Aiken; Christopher Frampton

incorporated in the ChE 571 by helping student design teamsevaluate process safety in their assigned design projects. The collaboration was begun in eachsemester by a kick-off meeting at which a Cargill representative described Cargill’s perspectiveon process safety. The design teams then met with the Cargill safety coach via a conference calltwice during the semester. In the first meeting held early in the design process, the differentprocess design options were presented to the coach and the chemicals being used.. The safetycoach provide a perspective on the different options and choices the design team could make thatwould impact the inherent safety of the process. The coach also provided the team with a fewcodes, standards or Recognized and

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Peter LoPresti; Theodore W. Manikas; Jeff Kohlbeck

U.S. universities. In fact, the U.S. trails manyother industrialized nations in the percentage of bachelor's degrees in science and engineering1.A contributing factor to this problem is that engineering lacks a formal presence in K-12education. As a result, many qualified students are unaware of career opportunities in scienceand engineering, and thus fail to pursue technical majors in college2.To address the need for the exposure of students to the career of engineering, and particularlyelectrical engineering, we developed an Electrical Engineering Summer Academy program at theUniversity of Tulsa. The objective of our program is to make students aware of engineeringcareer opportunities through hands-on design projects, seminars, and tours of

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Graham Walker

process project.2 Background Several efforts have been made over the years to improve the experimental experience thatstudents obtain at the undergraduate level. With respect to teaching students about mathematical design ofexperiment concepts and statistical analysis Gleixner, et al.2 and Munson-McGee4 both introduced theseelements into a laboratory course in chemical engineering. Equally, Lyons, et al.3 has introduced theteaching of instrumentation and experimental practices into a mechanical engineering laboratory, whileCyr, et al.1 has exposed students to open ended experimental process projects to promote creativity andinnovation. However, there is no documented case of where all of the material and practices necessary toaddress a

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Ioana Tiu; Koenraad Gieskes

research aims to contribute to a better understanding of genderdynamics in engineering education. Focusing on first-year engineering students at* Author’s University*,the impact of the gender distributions in teams during fall semester projects is analyzed. In a first-yearprogram comprised of an introduction to engineering design course focused on the engineering tools andapplications and a communications course emphasizing teamwork and design skills, this study employs ananonymous survey to gather perspectives from students in various team gender-composition categories:Majority Male, Majority Female, All Male, All Female, and Even Gender. The survey questions coverparticipant’s gender identification, group composition, communication effectiveness

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Vanessa Ironside; Lisa Cole; Michelle Tsui-Woods

-person, allother days are virtual. All materials for the terms of the employment are provided to each LabAssistant to take home and return at the end of the program.The High School Lab Assistants are put into project teams for the summer and are assigned toa team of two k2i Undergraduate STEM Mentors per project team. The k2i STEM Mentorsand Mentor Leads are hired for the full summer term (May - August) to develop theirleadership skills, mentorship skills, and design inclusive programs and projects which theywill facilitate. The k2i Mentor team is a diverse group of undergraduate STEM andSTEM-related students. They come from various disciplines and technical expertise to ensurethat the team has the skills and knowledge they need to provide the

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gary A. Gabriele; Edmond Dougherty

Detroit Mercy, and Baylor University, Villanova engineering students havehad the opportunity to engage in joint senior design projects with peers at partneruniversities. Villanova has also been very engaged with other KEEN colleges incompetitions and in sharing classroom materials and experiences.Despite much success to date, there remains a low participation rate for full-timeengineering faculty in KEEN-related activities beyond the core faculty teaching in theengineering entrepreneurship minor program. Faculty workshops have been held the pasttwo years with members attending from all four engineering departments. In addition, anentrepreneurship workshop was held for the department chairs last year. However, most Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

lessons learned. Inaddition, we describe three student projects that were based on the Z80 system.IntroductionUndergraduate courses in microprocessors are typically based on simple training kits orsimulators based on processors such as the 6800 or 8085 connected to system components suchas memory, clock, etc.1 In these courses, the internal architecture as well as the remaining systemcomponents and interconnects (memory, clocks, buses, etc.) were described conceptually and theemphasis, in terms of the hardware usage, was on learning and using the instruction set andinterfacing peripheral devices. Since those early times, microprocessor technology hasprogressed to the point that a trainer employing a Pentium or Core 2 device would

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Priscilla Tengdin; Kayla Santello; Robert Henry

construction drawings. I. I NTRODUCTION • Discuss an iBook that is being developed to help undergraduate engineering students learn to read, Construction drawings are the central communication interpret and work with engineering and constructiontool for the architectural and engineering design of a drawings. The iBook incorporates 2-D images, 3-Dconstruction project. Construction drawings have a images, virtual reality models, drawings andlanguage of their own and each person involved with the photographs into an interactive learning

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Warren Rosen

lessons learned. Inaddition, we describe three student projects that were based on the Z80 system.IntroductionUndergraduate courses in microprocessors are typically based on simple training kits orsimulators based on processors such as the 6800 or 8085 connected to system components suchas memory, clock, etc.1 In these courses, the internal architecture as well as the remaining systemcomponents and interconnects (memory, clocks, buses, etc.) were described conceptually and theemphasis, in terms of the hardware usage, was on learning and using the instruction set andinterfacing peripheral devices. Since those early times, microprocessor technology hasprogressed to the point that a trainer employing a Pentium or Core 2 device would

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Khaled Almgren; Christian Bach

for universities. Third-party companies training employees is very critical to the success of the ERPcustomize these packages (Robert Jacobs, 2007). The ERP project (Umble, et al., 2003).system brings many benefits to organizations. It brings The eighth factor is focused performance measures. Theoperations benefits, managerial benefits, strategic benefits, ERP system performance must be evaluated by theIT infrastructure benefits, and organization benefits. But organization to keep track of how the system is meeting thethere are many obstacles to moving to an ERP system organization’s goals.(Shang & Seddon). The ninth and last factor is multi

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

David Naish

courses. A course in computer-aided design and analysis in civil engineering hasevolved over the past few years to meet the changing demands of the workplace. This coursenow incorporates learning practical engineering software and developing students’ ability tolearn new software in an efficient manner. Students are taught the importance of fundamentaltheory beyond rote memorization of the mechanics of the software implementation. Additionally,students are taught to investigate multiple solution methods for similar problems and choose themost efficient method. The course concludes with a project aimed at allowing students to learnnew software on their own, quickly and efficiently. The purpose of this paper is to outline thebasics of this course