Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

innovationimplementers is important to them and that it is helping them in their jobs and career decisions.Furthermore, they are on the road to being “conscious competents”, particularly exhibited in therealization of their leadership abilities.It is encouraging to see that learning continues long after the class ends. These students areclearly demonstrating innovation leadership, developing the ability to think differently. They arebecoming the “right engineers for out times and for the future” that Dr. Bordogna addressed inhis Distinguished Lecture. They are on the path to becoming the trusted innovators, changeagents and master integrators so important to the economy and security of the future of theUnited States and the world. They are clearly contributing

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust

University of Dayton. Previously, Rebecca has had a 12-year career with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. While working for Goodyear, she held manymanagement positions including; Automotive Business Center Manager, Production Manager and Interim PlantManager for the world's largest conveyor belting facility. Rebecca also is the Assistant Director for the IndustrialAssessment Center at The University of Dayton. Rebecca's extensive industrial background facilitates excellentlearning for students by combining practical experiences with technical knowledge.J. BILL BATESBill Bates is currently a Program Manager at the National Air & Space Intelligence Center at the Wright PattersonAir Force Base. Bill started working for the Air Force in 1989 and

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Davis; Maximillian Peeters; John Curtis; Jennifer Miskimins

studentsreceive significant team skill instruction in earlier courses (EPICS), they do not always have theopportunity to practice these skills throughout their undergraduate careers and can be out ofpractice when they take their senior capstone design course. In this mode, they sometimes do notunderstand how the pieces of a major project fit together in a “beehive” fashion, but rather theytry to force fit an “assembly line” approach. Additionally, these students are groomed to act asindividuals in their other, more traditional lecture classes where they often compete for grades.The students have a difficult time switching their mentalities between these competitiveindividually-graded classes and a design class which requires them to work together for

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Campbell

, They begin to seek answers to questions that lead to later subjects in their courses. Their ‘motivation’ level rises dramatically. 2. Since models are fabricated/prototypes tested at home, a student (in this way) exposes relatives, friends and family acquaintances to the ‘process’ of engineering design. This assists students in validating Engineering as their chosen career. 3. In 2001 and again in 2002, significant numbers of students sought to enter the annual Australia competition for “Paddle Pop” model bridges in Sydney. (In both 2001 and 2002, this competition was won by freshman students taught by the author. Figures 19 through 22 show aspects of this annual competition.) 4. Progression records show

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

School of Technology at Purdue University, New Albany. Dr.Dean holds a Ph.D. from the University of Louisville in Clinical Psychology, a Master of Public Administrationfrom IUPUI, and a Master of Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville. He is an ASQ CertifiedQuality Engineer and a Registrar Accreditation Board Certified ISO 9000 Quality System Auditor.DONNA EVANECKYDonna Evanecky started teaching as an assistant professor for Purdue University School of Technology in 2001 afteran eight-year career in the field of quality management. She teaches Organizational Behavior, Managing Change,Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Occupational Health and Safety and Team Development for the Department ofOrganizational Leadership and Supervision

Conference Session

NEE Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Dean

and the New Science. Berret-Koehler. San Francisco.BiographiesMARK DEANDr. Mark L. Dean is an assistant professor in the School of Technology at Purdue University, New Albany. Dr.Dean holds a Ph.D. from the University of Louisville in Clinical Psychology, a Master of Public Administrationfrom IUPUI, and a Master of Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville. He is an ASQ Fellow and Page 9.1285.6Certified Quality Engineer. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Dean enjoyed a 23 year career in industry. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Steif

Session 2468 Use of Simplified FEA to Enhance Visualization in Mechanics Paul S. Steif, Edward Gallagher Carnegie Mellon UniversityIntroduction and BackgroundMany recommendations have arisen from national reports1,2 which noted the increasingneed to improve undergraduate education in engineering. A central suggestion is that“Institutions of higher education should provide diverse opportunities for allundergraduates to study science, mathematics, engineering, and technology as practicedby scientists and engineers, and as early in their academic careers as possible”3. This isalso recognized

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Mozrall; Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

• Become proficient in preparing and reviewing formal technical data packages related to an engineering design. • Apply the broad range of technical tools and engineering sciences learned during the previous formal education.Level 5: Synthesis • Be ready to begin a career as an engineer. • Synthesize the learning achieved from not only the formal classroom experiences, but also co-op work experiences, to form a solid foundation for subsequent professional development. • Be able to function in a multi-disciplinary environment. • Understand the importance of life-long education.ConclusionThe Rochester Institute of Technology has a life-long history of responding to the needs of theindustrial community. In this case

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Craft; David Click; P. Paxton Marshall

working together with students, Page 9.1291.4advisors, and professionals from myriad disciplines,engineering students gained invaluable experiencethat will aid them in their future careers (Marshall,11-12).Energy Systems Design Most engineering effort focused on managingthe house’s energy production and consumption. Animportant feature of an energy-efficient home is aneffective HVAC system to adequately heat, cool, andventilate the house with a minimum amount ofelectricity. The HVAC team worked for almost two Figure 3: UVA Solar House Sunspaceyears on their design. We knew we wanted to makeour house the most efficient one at the

Conference Session

Lessons Learned From Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Charles Goodman; Tracy Van Zandt

integral part of their learning process throughout their entire educational andprofessional careers – the students must, in essence, “live the material” every day and in everycourse.In laboratory courses, students are expected to understand and comprehend all of the pre-requisite STEM material. Laboratory courses generally have some review material to summarizethe basic underlying theory and methodology required for particular laboratories. The laboratorycourse can then concentrate on various measurement techniques.In the Mechanical Engineering Department at UMASS Lowell, the laboratory courses are taughtin a two semester sequence. The first semester concentrates mainly on basic measurement tools(oscilloscopes, multimeters, digital data

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J.D., Christine Andrews; Leslie Wilkins

take a weed out approach can have a devastating effect onotherwise able students.18 The curriculum and academic culture must contextualize the work thatstudents are asked to do and provide students with role models and career information. Facultyand staff must be made aware of unintentional gender and other inequities, such as assignmentsand teaching examples that reflect male-dominated interests, textbooks that focus on technicaldetail and fail to reflect the application and impact of the material. 18ConclusionWorkforce demands and demographic trends dictate a new imperative to increase the recruitmentand retention of women and URM into STEM fields. While outreach and support activities forwomen and URM in STEM play an important role in

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”I. Introduction Undergraduate research should be an important part of our Engineering Technology (ET)curriculum because it better prepares our students for the graduate school. This additionalexperience also helps our majors in their career regardless of the job type because they learn towork independently as undergraduate researchers. However, it has been our observation that ETstudents are far less motivated to do research and report writing than those in other fields such asBiology, Chemistry and Physics. This is more apparent at Middle Tennessee State University(MTSU) since we have a large number

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Linder; Murat Tanyel

enhancement of thegraphical interface. The C programming language, which replaced FORTRAN in the electricalengineering curriculum during the senior author’s career development, has made the transition toVisual C++. MATLAB, which is the main staple of courses involving linear systems, hasdeveloped its graphical interface, namely, SIMULINK. PSpice, which is used to simulate analogcircuits, now makes extensive use of graphical interfaces.Given this computationally rich environment and his previous involvement with developinggraphical computer aided tools for DSP in 1980s2 and for laboratory instruction in theengineering undergraduate curriculum in 1990s3, it was a natural step for the senior author to

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Dilorenzo; Kurt Gramoll

Command. This command stores, maintains, accounts for,issues and reconstitutes equipment and materiel for the U.S. Army. The DAC serves to providethe military services with timely ammunition training, demilitarization technology, explosivessafety, engineering, career management, and technical assistance through logistics support [2].Demilitarization processes, as well as the research and development of demilitarizationtechnologies, for the Army’s conventional ammunition are handled at this facility. Each type ofammunition belongs to a family. Each family of munitions has a unique disassembly structurewith multiple methods of handling each step in the deconstruction process. The large collectionof information arising from the demilitarization of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Driscoll

] … prepare students for a productive professional career in[the new field of] … electromechanical engineering.”We found that for a dual-discipline engineering program to develop and successfully fulfill itsmission objectives required a break from the traditional organizational structure of an academicdepartment. Instead, we brought together an interdisciplinary group of interested faculty whowere able to work within the bounds of a new program management framework  a facultyoversight committee  charged with overall program supervision. How and why this type ofprogram committee evolved, the role that the Wentworth administration played in its inceptionand development, how the committee solves the day-to-day challenges it faces, how it currentlysees

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Hassan

generate a future career plan. 1. Who am I and who do I want to be? 2. What am I studying and what are my goals? 3. Why am I studying? 4. Where will I work after graduation? 5. How can I reach my goal? 6. When will I reach it?Another example for the “Six Universal Questions” is to propose and plan a new project asfollows: 1. Who should do the project? 2. What should be done? 3. Why is it necessary? 4. Where should it be done? 5. How should it be done? 6. When should it be done?5.3 BrainstormingThe basis of brainstorming is a generating ideas process in a group of people, where otherpeople’s remarks would act to stimulate one’s ideas in a sort of chain reaction of ideas withoutmaking any judgment. The

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mounir Ben Ghalia, The University of Texas, Pan American; Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. in Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012. 2012. 10. Kapila, V. and L. Sang-Hoon, Science and mechatronics-aided research for teachers. Control Systems, IEEE, 2004. 24(5): p. 24-30. 11. Flueck, A.J. K-12 Research experiences for teachers and other career promotion resources. in Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE. 2011. 12. Islam, A.B., et al., A mediator free amperometric bienzymatic glucose biosensor using vertically aligned carbon nanofiber (VACNFs). IEEE 2011. 13. 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet: National estimates and general information on diabetes and Page 24.399.8

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azim Houshyar, Western Michigan University; Bob White, Western Michigan University; Steven E. Butt, Western Michigan University; Tycho K. Fredericks, Western Michigan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Western Michigan University dropped to below 50 students in 2006. The facultyrealized that changes were necessary to once again have an attractive program. A core of seniorfaculty banded together to reinvent the IE program at Western Michigan University in an effort toprepare graduates for future careers -- including future positions which may not exist in the currentworkplace.Review of programs at other schoolsIn 2005, it was unclear what direction the IE program at Western Michigan University should take.Some IE programs across the US had made changes to their programs, but these changes typicallyincluded making small content adjustments and placing terms such as “systems”, “operations”,“operations research”, or “manufacturing” in the program

Conference Session

Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Koo, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Construction

compensation for students’ hard work go along with this, because students will notbe as motivated to keep participating if they don’t feel they are benefiting from the relationship.Obvious rewards include monetary compensation, in the form of a regular paycheck or stipend.Students also can be compensated with experience, which is becoming just as valuable. Ifworking on such a project can increase career possibilities in partnering organizations or inindustry in general, it is a positive outcome.The third issue is finding appropriate topics for the program. Some topics can be found throughproblem recognition. Problem recognition is perhaps the most important factor in determiningthe basis for which the relationship is founded. The key to recognizing a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Jinlee Kim P.E., California State University Long Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

experience.IntroductionThe growing need for professionals with specific training in sustainable building practices willincrease significantly over the next decade as the importance of accelerating sustainability in abuilt environment has been well recognized all over the world. Thus, undergraduate studentsneed to advance their career and maintain their competitive edge with training in the greenbuilding areas. Many schools, with undergraduate engineering programs in many disciplines,attempt to include environmental sustainability and sustainable design in their curricula.5 Thechallenges and opportunities are laid out in construction engineering management disciplines asto how to incorporate sustainability practices into their educational formation.1, 5, 6, 9

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pete Hylton, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wendy Otoupal-Hylton, IUPUI

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in common.”2 Page 24.516.2Snow and his colleagues interviewed over 30,000 engineers and scientists, nearly 25% of thetotal members of those careers in the United Kingdom at that time. He referred to be “shaken”by how little non-technical reading the technical experts did. He was concerned that they viewedpopular and easily readable authors such as Dickens as “esoteric, tangled, and dubiouslyrewarding.” On the other hand, he found his literary compatriots unable or unwilling to relate tosuch simple scientific concepts as mass, acceleration or entropy, which he considered equivalentto an engineer refusing to try to read Shakespeare.2 His “two

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Huang, Wright State University; Steven R. Higgins, Department of Chemistry, Wright State University; Aaron Joseph Blake, Wright State University, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Jason Allen Deibel, Wright State University; Ioana Sizemore, Wright State University, Department of Chemistry

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. The lab sequence schedule listed in Table 2 is grouped based on thecontents but they can be varied if necessary. For instance, Lab #13 in Table 2 was actuallyoffered in week 3, after students completed a few lab practicums and before they started to writetheir first journal article-like lab report. In the last week of the semester, students will give a 10-minute presentation on the selected laboratory module/topic that matches better with their futureresearch/career interest.3. Exemplary Experimental ResultsDue to the page limitation, the experimental results of the three-week lab series on GNSs wereselected for presentation in this paper (see figures 1-4). Laboratory results on AgNPs relatedcontents have been published in the Journal of

Conference Session

Issues in ET Education I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Joseph Michael PE, Gannon University; Fredrick A. Nitterright, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Engineering Technology

1989 from Westmoreland County Community College, the B. S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology in 1991 from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and the M. S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998. Mr. Nitterright is a senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers SME, and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education ASEE . Fred Nitterright began his career as a machinist at Elliott Support Services in Donora, Pennsylvania in 1986. He was employed as a computer-aided draftsman at Powerex, Inc, a project engineering at Stanko Products, a process engineer at Ami-Doduco, Inc., and a project engineer and team leader at Classic Industries, Inc., in

Conference Session

Student-Centered Information Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

University, West Lafayette Michael Fosmire is Professor of Library Science and Head, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Technol- ogy Division of the Purdue University Libraries.Dr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette S¸enay Purzer an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. In 2011, she received a NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students approach innovation. She is also a NAE/CASEE New Faculty Fellow. Purzer conducts research on aspects of design education such as innovation and information literacy.Prof. Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Conference Session

FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati; Jeff Kastner, University of Cincinnati; F. James Boerio, University of Cincinnati; Joni A. Torsella, University of Cincinnati

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First-Year Programs

, students end up believing that engineering courses will besimilar to the mathematics and science courses and ultimately leave for other fields whereapplications can be seen much earlier in their academic career.5Ironically, it is performance in these introductory courses, specifically calculus, which is one ofthe primary determinants of success in engineering.6 Internal data collected by the Department ofEngineering Education at the University of Cincinnati shows that students who receive a grade ofC or lower in their first calculus class have virtually no chance of completing an engineeringdegree, whereas students who receive a C+ or better successfully complete a degree inengineering at a rate of approximately 75

Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Tom G. Thomas, University of South Alabama; Kuang-Ting Hsiao, University of South Alabama

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Computers in Education

engineering. LabVIEW™ and the LEGO MINDSTORMS®platform were selected as the tools for the program. LabVIEW is an especially useful tool,which engineering students repeatedly encounter during their undergraduate careers. LEGOMindstorms give students an intuitive approach to programming, with immediate, visual results.As a result of strong teaming experiences in the workshops, the students work more effectivelyand collaboratively in their coursework. The students also interact one-on-one withundergraduate and graduate engineering students who exhibit their enthusiasm for engineering.These relationships continue into the academic year, providing a support community for the new

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute

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Manufacturing

student’s choice ofmajor: when it is made and what influences it”American Society for EngineeringEducation March 31-April 1, 2006 – Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne(IPFW),2006 Illinois-Indiana and North Central Joint Section ConferenceLandis, R. B. (2013). Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career, 4thEdition. Discovery Press, Los Angeles, ISBN 978-0-9793487.Montgomery, R., Follman, D., Diefes-Dux, H. (2003) “The relative effectiveness ofdifferent first-year engineering seminars”, Frontiers in Education National Conference,Boulder, CO.National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2005. Educating the Engineer of 2020:Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century, Washington, DC: The NationalAcademy Press.Ohland, M. and Sill

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; Jacob P. Kovel P.E., Central Connecticut State University; Lee W. Lee, Central Connecticut State University

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Construction

. Other important factors include the ability to work as part of a team and a keenunderstanding of mathemetics. The National Association of State Directors of Career TechnicalEducation Consortium3 clearly defines the mathematical knowledge and skills used in theconstruction sector. This definition includes algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, andstatistics.Davis4 investigated math skills of freshmen-level students in the CM program at Boise StateUniversity with a diagnostic math quiz. Her study concludes that high percentages of thestudents are not prepared for college-level coursework and need to take a remedial math course.We do not believe that this problem is only limited to the freshmen-level students in the CMprogram at Boise State

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bayless, Ohio University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

,” “communicating and inspiring a shared vision with others,” and finally “enlisting,engaging and empowing followers.” Page 24.207.3Learning OutcomesThe course learning outcomes are explicitly given to the students before the class. They include Differentiate between leadership and management. Learn the fundamentals of leadership and the skills needed to become real and effective leaders. Learn lessons of leadership by listening to and asking probing questions from a select group of speakers who have served in various leadership roles in their careers. Interact and bond with other members of the class. Improve the class with your studies

Conference Session

Spatial Ability & Visualization Training II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark E. Snyder, Illinois Institute of Technology; Matthew Spenko, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Engineering Design Graphics

the course, especially transfer students. Students take thesecond course in the series, which focuses on machine elements, in their junior year. The thirdand final design course is the capstone mechanical design course which students take their senioryear.The mechanical engineering department has taught Design for Innovation for three years,beginning in the fall of 2011. The course has three main objectives: 1) introduce design thinkingand open-ended problem solving earlier in a student’s career, 2) teach technical writing, and 3)improve student use of three-dimensional CAD software.Students begin the class with two-weeks of lecture on isometric hand-drawings, engineeringdrawings, and the basics of CAD software. Students use Autodesk Inventor