Conference Session

"How Do We Compare?" - Students, Case Studies, and Learning Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

students into chemical engineering over chemistry.Some marginal effects were identified for students majoring in chemistry in terms of scienceclassroom practice. They more often worked on labs and projects, were given the conceptsbefore equations, and worked on small group activities (all p<0.05). These students also had astronger desire to be an expert in a single field (p<0.01) and were less rigid than their chemicalengineering counterparts in their attitudes (p<0.05). Chemistry students' confidence in a scienceclassroom or laboratory may explain why some students who would succeed in chemicalengineering choose chemistry as their major.Chemical engineering students showed a significantly higher interest and confidence in theirphysics

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 1 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Krishan Kumar Bhatia, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of thecontent.!Introduction!Davis, et al. point out in their extensive review of literature on the Challenges New ScienceTeachers Face,1 that there are appreciably high expectations when it comes to teaching science.Science teachers are expected to help students to develop “deep conceptual understanding … byengaging students in authentic scientific inquiry…” As a result, “Teachers must deviseexperiences that will help students construct understandings of natural phenomena…” Davis andco-workers document, often the instructors have limited background or time to prepare theseexperiences for their students, which in turn can adversely impact student interest.1 Davis, et al.suggest a number of supportive strategies and programs to assist science

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg P.E., Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Clarkson physics student DaeganGonyer, now an MS student in Engineering Science.Student teams raised Phase I and Phase II fundingfor the project in 2009 and 2010 from the EPAthrough their People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3)student design competition for sustainability. Theyalso conducted laboratory and feasibility studies anddid all of the design, construction and operationaspects of the greenhouse and its systems. Page 23.293.3 Figure 2: Aeroponic system concept (top) and actual system (bottom

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

-oriented development methods, and team-oriented learning and problem-solving with real-world challenges.The developed and validated cases besides traditional teaching and learning methods, andlaboratory activities, use browser-readable interactive 2D and 3D objects, animation,videos, 3D objects of real components, virtual 3D disassembly methods of objects, andsimulated (virtual) factory tours that the students can create, explore and study.Our educational and computational methods introduce a novel approach to developingand running undergraduate and graduate courses in this subject area for face-to-face,honors and distance learning modes.The objective of this research was to create a case-based / problem-based teaching andlearning curriculum that

Conference Session

FPD X: Addressing Retention in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. DeJong, Central Michigan University; Joseph Langenderfer, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

course is taught round-robin-style with teaching blocks of electricalengineering (with a electrical professor), mechanical engineering (with a mechanical professor),engineering laboratories (with a technology professor), general engineering and two-weekrobotics project (with electrical or mechanical professor), and simultaneous two-week largeproject (with each professor). The mechanical and electrical blocks each include several single-day projects and labs, while the general engineering block includes upperclassman, studentgroup, and alumni speakers to better EGR120 students’ understanding of engineering both atCMICH and in the workforce.EGR120 has consistently drawn a relatively higher, and growing, enrollment each year (currently

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Ruby Clewlow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Afreen Siddiqi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Joseph M. Sussman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

, “Developing a Systems Approach to Engineering Problem Solvingand Design of Experiments in a Racecar-Based Laboratory Course,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, January 2011, pp. 109-112.7 Dym, C.L., “Design, Systems, and Engineering Education,” International Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 305-312, 2004.8 “The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century”, The National AcademiesPress, USA, 2004. Available: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10999&page=389 Prince, M.J. and R.M. Felder, “Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions,Comparisons, and Research Bases,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 2006, pp. 123-138.10 Mills, J.E., and Treagust, D.F., “Engineering Education—Is Problem

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education: Program Models

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey B. Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University; Marta C. Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University; Min Young Pack, Pennsylvania State University; Johanna Gretchen Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Samir Narendra Patel, Pennsylvania State University; Tara Lynn Sulewski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Amy L. Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

-changingtechnology that can emerge from the innovation space. This paper discusses the genesis,mechanics and logistics of the iSPACES venture and various outcomes from the first year ofstudent engagement.IntroductionIn the last decade humanitarian engineering programs and curriculums have seen exponentialgrowth. The growth promotes the development of a ‘new type’ of engineer that can thinkbroadly, creatively, globally and sustainably 1, 2. In addition to these pillars, humanitarianengineering curriculums promote cross-collaborative efforts and the convergence of a range ofdisciplines. Fundamentally multidisciplinary, humanitarian engineering also aids in increasingthe recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities due to the innovative teaching

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

forimprovement in the form of providing more guidance in terms of literature reviewing andpresentation skills. A number of students pointed out the benefit of this course towards a graduatecareer. Similarly, the graduate students expressed to the instructor how taking this course wouldhelp them with their research efforts for their master’s degree in engineering.ConclusionsJournal club activities are tremendously beneficial tools for teaching emerging science fieldssuch as nanotechnology, biotechnology, microfluidics, micro-electro-mechanical systems(MEMs), advanced alternative energy systems, etc. They allow the courses to remain current andfoster student-driven content leading to a more engaging environment for the students. With thecorrect format and

Conference Session

Educational Methods and Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janus Liang, Yung-Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

educational course are presented.Keywords: Blended web-based learning, SEDM, Imitated interaction, Media in educationIntroductionTechnology is not new to education as contemporary computer technologies, such as e-learning,allow new types of teaching and learning experiences to flourish. Research shows that thecorporate education market has spent 16% in year 2000 on e-learning initiatives and 24% in year2001 with expected raise in years to follow [1]. Meanwhile, the global e-learning market isUS$33.6 billion in 2005 [2]. Already the 2007 U.S. e-learning market is $17.5 billion and theglobal e-learning market to surpass $52.6 billion by 2010. While Europe and Asia lag on e-learning adoption compared to the United States (U.S. enterprise e-learning

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas; Gigi Secuban, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

students. This program was introduced during the 2007-2008 academic year. Dr. Cassady is an elected member of the University of Arkansas Teaching Academy, and he has received numerous teaching awards including the Charles and Nadine Baum Faculty Teaching Award from the University of Arkansas (2006) and the inaugural Imhoff Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Engineering (2005). Dr. Cassady is a Fellow of SRE, a Senior Member of IIE and a member of Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, and ASEE. Dr. Cassady received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., all in Industrial and Systems Engineering, from Virginia Tech.Gigi Secuban, University of Arkansas Gigi Secuban currently serves as Manager of the Freshman

Conference Session

The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

thecourse, students engage in a variety of critical thinking learning experiences that teach them howto: develop analysis mapping for making decisions; use design heuristics; utilize comparative,ideological, deductive, and inductive reasoning; and understand the relationship betweenscientific inquiry and problem solving. During the second half of the course, students work inteams to apply these critical thinking skills to a complex global sustainability problem,investigating how a problem becomes a problem and exploring current solutions and projectedfuture solutions. Relevant examples of how students apply these cognitive innovation skillswithin their academic major as they further develop their science, technology, and engineeringknowledge are

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University; Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Ali Ghobahi Katamjani, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

Paper ID #9114Efficiency Measure for Colleges of EngineeringDr. Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University Don E. Malzahn is Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Wichita State University. He received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees from Oklahoma State University. In his 40-year teaching career, he has taught a wide range of Industrial Engineering courses and currently directs the department’s capstone design experience. His research interests are in systems engineering, decision analysis, and engineering education.Dr. Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University Lawrence E. Whitman is Associate Dean of

Conference Session

Engineering & Our Global Society

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

wenjuan wang, Beihang University ; Ming Li, Beihang University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Jian Yuan, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

civil ethics. A good engineer first had to bea good citizen and responsible for the civil society.However, this separation of Confucian liberal learning from technique may also bring challengesto engineering education practice in contemporary China. On one hand, Confucianism stillimpacts Chinese thinking and actions in personal and professional life. On the other hand, somefundamental ideas and assumptions embedded in the Western engineering education posechallenges to Confucian traditions of teaching and learning which are remain evident in Chineseclassrooms. For example, it remains unclear how team-based, active, and student-centeredpedagogies in Western engineering education can be adapted for “Confucian classrooms” and“Confucian learners

Conference Session

FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Theodore Demetrius Caldwell M.Ed., Diversity Programs Office/College of Engineering/Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Subashini Nagendran Sivakumar, Michigan State University; Kyle P. Foster, Michigan State University College of Engineering; Tonisha Brandy Lane, Michigan State University; Rickey Alfred Caldwell Jr.; Lisa R. Henry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #9648Increasing Retention of Under-represented Minority Students in Engineer-ing: The Diversity Programs Office - Scholars Program (DPO-SP)Dr. Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University Claudia Elena Vergara is a Research Scientist in The Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER). She received her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Purdue University. Her scholarly interests include: improve- ment of STEM teaching and learning processes in higher education, and institutional change strategies to address the problems and solutions of educational reforms considering the situational context of the par

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andres Cornel Chavez, California State University Northridge; Stephanie Marie Jaco, California State University Northridge; Alejandro Roldan, California State University Northridge; Matthew Ferrer, CSUN; Joyceanne Sim; George Youssef, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineers and Mentors: A Model for Student-Led Engineering Outreach." American Society for Engineering Education. American Society for Engineering Education, 2011.[2] Brophy, Sean, et al. "Advancing engineering education in P‐12 classrooms." Journal of Engineering Education 97.3 (2008): 369-387.[3] Dawson, Anthony, and Matt Hartley. "GAMES FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION." COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM (2007).[4] Feisel, Lyle D., and Albert J. Rosa. "The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education." Journal of Engineering Education 94.1 (2005): 121-130.[5] Felder, Richard M., et al. "The future of engineering education II. Teaching methods that work." Chemical Engineering Education 34.1 (2000): 26-39.[6] Mills

Conference Session

Visualization tools, modeling abilities and grading models

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly K. Ault Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Alister Fraser, Parametric Technology Corp.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Technology and Design Education,Volume 17, Number 1 (2007), 23-35.10 Menary, G. and T. Robinson (2011). Novel approaches for teaching and assessing CAD. International Conferenceon Engineering Education, Belfast, N. Ireland, 21-26 August 2011.11 Rynne, A., and W. Gaughran (2012). Cognitive Modeling Strategies for Optimum Design Intent in ParametricModeling. Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 55-68. Page 23.31.912 Branoff, T.J. (2004). Constraint-Based Modeling in the Engineering Graphics Curriculum: Laboratory Activitiesand Evaluation Strategies. Proc. Midyear Conf. Eng. Design Graphics Division of the Am. Soc. for Eng

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Victor Freitas de Azeredo Barros, Science and Education Research Council

Tagged Divisions

International

Information Systems in the School of Engineering of Uni- versity of Minho where he teaches courses on information systems management and information systems planning to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. He is also involved in research projects in the area of methodologies for organizational intervention activities such as; Information Systems Management, Information Systems Planning and Information Systems Development. Other topics of interest are the adoption process of IT applications by organizations and the curricula for Information Systems profes- sionals. He is the head of the Department of Information Systems and is director of the Master Degree

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak; Xiaolin Chen; Dave Kim

workshop helped the girls understand fundamentals of molding, polymerprocessing, and machining. All participants had a chance to operate manufacturing toolsin a real engineering laboratory. Page 10.983.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAll students and staff pretended to run a manufacturing company called “Wazzu Corp.”There were three divisions in the company, the Plastic Molding division, PolymerProcessing R & D division, and CNC Machining division. In the ‘Polymer Processing R& D’ division

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tobia Steyn

complete the Felder Solomon Index of Learning Styles (ILS)[10] as part of courseactivities. This is followed up with a discussion of the outcomes of the ILS, and of the existenceof and diversity in thinking, learning and teaching preferences. The aim is to make the studentsaware of their own preferences and the need to develop functionality in their less preferredthinking and learning modes. External Internal learning learning Linear Global Logical Holistc

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sookram Sobhan; Noel Kriftcher; Nerik Yakubov; Alon Kadashev; Magued Iskander; Vikram Kapila

; Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”with insight for activities in future classes and in the long term allows them to becometechnology resources in their schools. Graduate fellows receive tuition remission, as well as a stipend, while undergraduatefellows receive a stipend. The fellows benefit by acquiring valuable teaching experience,improve their communication skills, and apply their knowledge and explore their creativity bybeing able to design lab experiments and demonstrations.3. Illustrative Sensor-Based Physics Experiments A key element of the RAISE project is the development of sensor-based lab experimentsthat demonstrate concepts in physics from an engineering perspective

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Hudson; Laurence Merkle; Joshua Holden; Richard Layton

Conf., Salt Lake City.2. MUPEC 2004 conference website, www.rose-hulman.edu/MUPEC2004/RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His interests include student teambuilding and laboratory curriculum development. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelve years Page 10.1373.10in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education7. Berver, E., Jerse J.O., Fowler D.W., and Wheat, H.G. 2003. Laboratory and field observations of composite– wrapped reinforced concrete structures. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Structuraland Construction Engineering, 23-26 September, 2003, Rome, Italy. Vol 2 pp. 1459-1465.8. Carpenter, C.L. and Oloufa A. 1995. Postoccupancy Evaluation of Buildings and Development of FacilityPerformance Criteria. Journal of Architectural Engineering 1(2):77-81.9. Chapman C. and Ward S. 1997. Project Risk Management Processes, Techniques and Insights.Chichester, Wiley.10. Colaco, J.P. 2003. Uses of composite

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Georgios Anagnostopoulos

programentitled Course, Curriculum and Laboratories Improvement (CCLI-EMD). Thetitle of the grant is “PROJECT EMD-MLR: Educational Materials Developmentthrough the Integration of Machine Learning Research into Senior DesignProjects”. The project partners are two major universities in Central Florida,Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) in Melbourne and the University of CentralFlorida (UCF) in Orlando. In addition to the two universities, there are two 2-yearCentral Florida colleges, Seminole Community College (SCC) in Oviedo andBrevard Community College (BCC) in Palm Bay.Project EMD-MLR is a “proof-of-concept” project focused on Machine Learning(ML), whose immediate objectives are i) the development of educational materialin the form of software

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marijke Kehrhahn; Kelli Vallieres; Alexandra Bell; Nicholas Massa

faculty from five geographic regions across the US participating inProject Photon2, a National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education (NSF-ATE)project aimed at increasing the number of educators across the US prepared to teach photonicstechnology.BackgroundCurrently 85% of all universities and colleges in the United States offer distance educationcourses, an increase from 62% in 19981. According to the National Center for EducationStatistics2, enrollment in online instruction courses has more than doubled, from approximately1,364,000 in 1998 to over 2,870,000 in 2001. One of the fastest growing forms of distance Page 10.872.1learning

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; Frank DeRego; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

agency, museum or school, or government agency), and a faculty orindustry advisor. A pool of graduate teaching assistants provides technical guidance and administrativeassistance. Each team is vertically integrated, consisting of a mix of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.Each team is constituted for several years, from initial project definition through final deployment. Eachstudent may earn academic credit for several semesters, registering for the course for one or two creditseach semester. The credit structure is designed to encourage long-term participation, and allows multi-year projects of significant scope and impact to be tackled by the teams. Each student in the EPICS Program attends a weekly two-hour meeting of his/her

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Jeff Williams; Beth Milligan; Andrew DuBuisson; Robert Drew; Karl Rink; Edwin Odom

regularly taught introductory courses, shaped the senior laboratory course, and collaboratively taught seniordesign. He was recognized for his faculty development and outreach activities by a university teaching award in2001.DR. KARL RINKDr. Karl Rink recently joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the UI after spending 10 years inindustry researching the combustion and thermodynamic behavior of gaseous, liquid, and solid phase propellantsand explosives. He holds 33 U.S. patents with an additional 10 applications under examination. He has receivedthe PACE Award from one patent and is the youngest recipient of Purdue’s Outstanding Mechanical Engineeraward

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Carter; Sarah Rajala

departmental administration (also insofar as it helps to support the objectives) • the curricular outcomes defined under Criterion 3 • the courses in the curriculum • the faculty teaching in the program • the facilities • the financial resources • information pertinent criteria It is important to demonstrate how these various parts are related to each other in two ways: (1) how each part either influences the goal of the whole OR contributes to attaining that goal and (2) how each part is connected to a larger process of continual improvement of the Page 6.400.6 program through various forms of

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

Science and TechnologyPolicy, argued that historically scientists and engineers have always played a significant, albeitparticular, role in society. Possessing knowledge of science and technology, engineers haveacted on behalf of society, developing and implementing beneficial technologies that serve theneeds of individuals and their communities. Lane suggests that more recently, the nature of theengineer's role has been changing, creating a new and additional function that engineers andscientists must play in society: I termed this role the "civic scientist," with civic meaning "concerning or affecting the community or the people." In this new civic capacity, scientists and engineers step beyond their campuses, laboratories

Conference Session

A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald C. Rosenberg, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

AC 2011-656: GUIDED REFLECTIONRonald C Rosenberg, Michigan State University Associate Dean for Special Initiatives and Associate Director, Applied Engineering Sciences Program, College of Engineering, Michigan State University. Long-term interest in modeling and simulation of engineering and ecological systems. Co-author of two texts on systems dynamics primarily intended for mechanical, electrical and control engineers. Strong interest in effective methods for teaching systems concepts to broad audiences.Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University Jon Sticklen is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education Research at Michigan State Univer- sity. Dr. Sticklen is also Director of Applied Engineering

Conference Session

Towards Global Competency for Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica Jovanovic, Trine University; Thomas H. DeAgostino, Trine University; M. Brian Thomas P.E., Trine University; R. Thomas Trusty II, Trine University

Tagged Divisions

International

internship in aircraft manufacturing company Aernnova Aerospace, Spain, where she worked in assembly of aircraft wings. Jovanovic subsequently continued to work towards her doctorate at Purdue Univer- sity, Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology in Aug. 2006, as a Graduate Research Assistant in Product Lifecycle Management Centre of Excellence Laboratory. As a graduate student, she was in- volved in the following projects: Boeing PLM Certificate Program, Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation Project: Product Lifecycle Management Curriculum Modules, National Science Foundation project: Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive Design Education, and Department of Labor- funded project: Development of