Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yljing Stehle, Union College

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Materials Division (MATS)

,having familiarity with search engines and open AI. This is reflected in the highest self-evaluation scores even before the lab session commenced. The lab strategically incorporateddatabases from the college library, highlighting their importance for finding peer-reviewedpublications and ensuring proper citation in reports. Most students observed an improvementin learning skills through lab practice, with only a couple having prior experience in search andcitation. Communication, Poster, & Data: Sophomore students already had experience aboutoral presentation, which includes poster presentation, data processing in the freshman year fromtheir intro to engineering course at Union college. Students feel they already come with a

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session: International Programs and Curricula II

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N Warnock, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

reflective standpoint of the author employed in a senior management position. The authorprovides insights and discussion involving practical experience.IntroductionThe precise definition of an international branch campus remains somewhat ambiguous and lacksuniversal agreement on a global scale. The term typically refers to an overseas extension of ahigher education institution, either wholly owned and operated by the institution itself, orestablished as a collaborative venture with international institution as a partner [1]. They mayoffer a range of academic programs, including undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well ascertificate programs, language courses, and short-term study abroad opportunities. It wasreported that in 2017 there were 263

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Teamwork

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Thompson, University of Louisville; Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; Liliana Martinez, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

, particularly in the first year.IntroductionTeamwork is an important skill for engineering students and is often a key component of first-year engineering courses. Research has shown that to foster development of teamwork skills,activities should be carefully structured with ample opportunities for practice, constructivefeedback, monitoring, and reflection [1]. One well-established way to develop teamwork skills iscooperative learning, which is a structured form of group work [2]. Cooperative learning is basedon five important tenets: mutual interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-facesupportive interaction, guided practice of interpersonal skills, and regular self-assessment ofteam functioning [3]. Oakley et al. [4] provide a comprehensive

Conference Session

Engineering Futures: Navigating the Pathways of Education, Inclusion, and Professional Growth

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajita Singh, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

engineers, as it makes them moreenthusiastic to participate in engineering and therefore helps them perform better.Four of the papers showed a marked improvement in underrepresented student’s performancewhen those students were given representation in the form of discussing or showing an engineersimilar to their identity, either in the form of online platforms with diverse avatars of engineers orguest speakers (Casey, E. et al, 2023; Gunjan Tomar & Vineeta Garg, 2021; Good, J. J. et al.,2020; Aguirre-Muñoz, Z. et al., 2021). One paper focused on giving students a space to developtheir own identity in connection to their career path through reflective journaling (Tran, K., Barreraet al., 2022). Two papers focused on giving students either a

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 8: International Perspectives in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton; Khalid Zouhri, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

a second language.This may impact their ability to thrive in the first semester. Lack of confidence to engage inconversations during the first semester could also affect their ability to navigate the academicexpectations as well as their willingness to explore and utilize campus resources. In this paper,first-semester international students in a graduate engineering program were asked to reflect ontheir academic experience to identify the critical success factors. An anonymous, non-scientificsurvey was designed to gather feedback from the students at the end of their first semester. Allstudents in the class were international students taking on-campus courses in the United Statesfor the first time. The following section presents a brief

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 9

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. K. G. Wolfinbarger, R. L. Shehab, D. A. Trytten, and S. E. Walden, "The influence of engineering competition team participation on students' leadership identity development," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 925-948, 2021.2. A. B. Hargadon, "Brokering knowledge: Linking learning and innovation," Research in Organizational Behavior, vol. 24, pp. 41-85, 2002. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-3085(02)24003-4.3. A. B. Hargadon, "Firms as knowledge brokers: Lessons in pursuing continuous innovation," California Management Review, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 209-227, 1998. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.2307/41165951.4. J. Saldaña, The

Conference Session

Modern Teaching Strategies in Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Joel-Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

computing, and utilizing a unique large scalelocation dataset. In all these cases, the instructors were not the experts but acted more as guidesto graduate student learning.To foster co-created knowledge and a shared learning process, previous versions of this coursehad students add notes to a wiki during the semester. This shared recording space allowedstudents to reflect on and build off each other’s knowledge. Expanding on this constructivistapproach, the SCHOLAR model was introduced in the “emerging technologies” course for fallof 2023, focusing on generative AI. Instead of a wiki, each student built a tutorial about someaspect of generative AI and/or its use in scholarly research. Examples included:  Gradio Library Tutorial

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3 - Innovative Pedagogy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Jensen, University at Buffalo

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

score of zero. The lowervariability in scores also may reflect the quick decision-making required during real-time gradingof the exams, as opposed to more contemplative grading possible for a written exam. Differencesin grading between oral exams and transcripts of oral exams also was noted by Thomas andcoworkers [16].Role of Oral Exams in Environmental Engineering EducationWhen asked for their exam preference in engineering courses, respondents expressed apreference for written exams, although nearly one-third of respondents indicated they preferredan equal number of oral and written exams (All Written: 4.9%, Mostly Written/Some Oral:58.9%, Equal: 31.6%, Mostly Oral/Some Written: 4.3%, All Oral: 0.3%). These responsesindicate a desire on the

Conference Session

Diverse Pathways in Engineering Education: Exploring Experiences and Opportunities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dessaray Monique Gorbett, University of Texas at El Paso ; Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas at El Paso; Cristina Villalobos, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Sara E. Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso; Ariana (Ari) Arciero, University of Texas at El Paso; Josef Aaron Sifuentes, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

-boarding activities, researchexperience, mentor experience, program interactions, and reflect on the gains from programparticipation. This study did not include survey data on participants perceptions of the programdue to the limited number of participant responses. Based on the focus groups conducted,participants reported that this experience was highly valued and significantly increased theirmotivation for pursuing future research and careers. Participants also reported that the programallowed them to develop and refine their professional and research skills, enabling them to applyconcepts learned during their undergraduate studies to their research projects. Additionally,participants described faculty mentors as supportive, understanding, and

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2023 CIEC

Authors

Mert Bal; Reza Abrishambaf

like Arduino are increasingly beingused to teach students relevant skills, attitude and knowledge around technology. Based oninterviews with experts, observations in the classroom, reflection with the teachers, Arduinosketched future visions that re-designs the tools to be more collaborative and fluid. Students inmany engineering technology courses use the Arduino platform to effectively design and develop Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 465control real-time applications in a collaborative manner.The

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ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Tim Reno Baci Snow, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael James Cuddy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kevin Neidhart, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Griffin O’Neil, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fiona Zoutendyk, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robert Daniello, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

simple, standard hand tools.IV. Implementation In the end, this project resulted in an average cost per machine of roughly $520 subject toavailable materials, shipping, and other factors. Note that $520 reflects the average cost betweenthe team’s raw price per assembly and the price paid per assembly, as a lot of assembly materialscan be found or are already available in many academic and STEM settings. As part of the implementation and realization of the machine, the project produced acomprehensive operational package accessible to researchers, students, and machine users. Thisincluded organized CAD and CAM folders of the machine and its parts and detailed instructionson how to fabricate them, a code folder of calibration and

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 13

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel E. Durham, Notre Dame of Maryland University; Michael L. Falk, The Johns Hopkins University; Allison Reigel, The Johns Hopkins University; Alisha Nicole Sparks; Margo K Williams, The Johns Hopkins University; Emily J. Yanisko, American University; Alexis Daniels, The Johns Hopkins University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

) before treatment5 Demographic characteristics reflect students’ district administrative records; in Maryland students may identifytheir gender as non-binary and as more than one race. Ethnicity is recorded separately from race. n 60 27 Note. Means (and standard deviations) presented. * Group difference significant, p

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Afshin Zahraee

. It is good for students to be more preparedto enter the workforce, but many rely on robotic and trivial tasks that are repeated. This takesaway their creativity in offering inventive solutions to their company. This is reflective in therecent course work, where students look to copy solutions to previous problems and incorporatethem into similar problems without thinking of other solutions. This culminates to the need foran industry-led project, but one in which the student also gives input and shows their creativityby applying the technology that exists at the industry to find alternate use for it.ObjectiveThe objective of this paper is to analyze the intertwining of industry led projects andtechnologies with research from students toward a

Conference Session

Duff's Dynamic Duo: Harnessing the Power of Teamwork for STEM Excellence!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Penn State University, Harrisburg; Brittany Anderson, Penn State University, Harrisburg

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

recruiting students.Workshop SessionsAs mentioned in the introduction, the pedagogical techniques employed in all of the workshopsare active-learning student-centered methods. Session contents are determined by the instructorsbased on what they determine is most effective to introduce their topics and disciplines. Sessionsnormally include lecture presentations followed by activities that teach the concepts throughdemonstration or experiment that the students perform themselves. The session descriptionsbelow are reflections of the 2023 workshop. A particularly important component of the programthat makes this possible is the inclusion of teaching assistants that are current undergraduatestudents. These teaching assistants, close in age to the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin E Wandke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jonathon Kenneth Schuh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yang Victoria Shao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, and Confidence MOSFET and Effective Resistance 24 Student Enjoyment and ConfidenceResults: One of the major researchquestions we wanted to answer wasthe impact that prerecordeddemonstration videos had on thestudents’ enjoyment of their time inlecture. To assess this, at the end offour of the lectures where studentswere shown videos, we asked themto reflect on whether thedemonstration video improved theirenjoyment of the lecture. We foundthat in all four of the lectures,between 64% and 71% of thestudents indicated that they “Agreed” or “Strongly Agreed” that the video had improved theirenjoyment of the lecture. Furthermore, only 4% to 8% of the students reported “Disagreed” or“Strongly Disagreed” that the video had

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzam S. Maleki P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

thetargeted area.In LiDAR systems, a laser scanner emits laser beams in various directions, and a sensor detectsthe reflected light. By calculating the time taken for the laser pulses to travel to the target andback, the LiDAR system can accurately ascertain distances to objects. This technology findsextensive applications in diverse fields such as topographic mapping, forestry, autonomousvehicles, geology, urban planning, and archaeology. LiDAR is pivotal in producing highlydetailed and accurate elevation models and three-dimensional representations of landscapes orstructures.Although the technology is sophisticated, only a few smartphone manufacturers, primarily AppleInc., have integrated it into their products. LiDAR scanners are crucial in

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Traci Kelly

realities of client needs. We also feel stronglythat having engineering-only teams for projects such as these does not reflect the actualbest-practices in industry today. Thus, Dr. Bradley and I recruit actively from business,technical communication, graphic design, journalism, political science, and other majorsto bring balance and perspective to our teams. The multiplicity of goals and tasks, combined with the mixed-major approach tothe IS teams, presented Dr. Bradley and I with quite a challenge. We needed to formulatecomplex arrangements and team structures to accommodate this myriad of needs. Weknew that we had to accomplish many tasks, including • meeting College of Engineering standards for the courses registered

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mariappan Jawaharlal

Rose Float Design Course Mariappan “Jawa” Jawaharlal Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768AbstractDesign competitions provide a rich learning experience by combining both theory and practice.More and more engineering schools are taking part in student competitions such as FormulaSAE, Mini Baja and autonomous vehicle projects as a way to provide team-based, hands-ondesign experience to their students. These design competitions offer an excellent opportunity forstudents to reflect on the world around them and develop practical solutions.Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Teruni Lamberg

development is effective on an ongoing basiscan lead to more effective professional development. We used this approach in the NortheasternNevada mathematics project and discovered that were able to communicate better, capitalize oneach other’s expertise and learn from each other.References1 Ball. D. L. (1997). Developing mathematics reform: What don’t we know about Teacher learning—but would make good working hypotheses. In S.N. Friel & G.W. Bright (Ed.), Reflecting on our work: NSF teacher enhancement in K-5 mathematics. Lanham, NY: University Press of America.2 Kelly, A. (2003). Research as Design. Educational Researcher, 32 (1), 3-4.3 Cobb, P., Confrey, J., diSessa, A., Lehrer, R. and Schauble, L. (2003

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Wolf-Dieter Otte

introduced a radical teaching paradigmshift from the traditional “teacher-lectures-class” methodology to a student-driven approach.The single intention of this change was to get students involved in the class as much as possible.The paper presented reflects on the results of this successful experiment. It describes how tocreate a “conversational environment” using a combination of techniques that foster discussion,thinking and understanding.Important roles in creating a conversational environment play modern technologies likevideotaping, podcasting and wikis, which are discussed in detail.“Tell me and I will forget.Show me and I will remember.Involve me and I will understand.” Chinese proverbThe frustrations of everyday teachingIn the

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Justin Reginato

companies, can quickly translate to entrepreneurship education because they have experience working with corporate resources.• Entrepreneurship need not be presented solely as a subject regarding creating businesses. Entrepreneurship can be taught from an engineering perspective of resource allocation, and thus fulfill ABET standards.• There is no dominant design for engineering entrepreneurship courses. Most courses seem to reflect the interest of students and/or the expertise of the faculty providing the courses.• For small universities, it is important to solicit feedback from multiple professors and industrial partners. If engineering entrepreneurship is going to be taught from the perspective of intelligent

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew T. Siniawski; Adam R. Carberry; Rafiqul I. Noorani

BFigure I. One of the ‘winning’ bottle opener designs. A) 3D CAD image from the design intent document indicating various features, and B) the final CNC milled part.Research MethodsOur study consists of a one-phase analysis regarding students’ conceptions of the design andmanufacturing project. Students were asked at the end of the course to reflect on and respond totwo open-ended questions regarding their conceptions of learning design and manufacturing: 1. Describe what you learned about design and manufacturing as a result of working on the bottle opener design project. 2. Describe the aspects of the bottle opener design project that you most and least liked and why.The questions were designed to identify general

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jesus Acosta-Iriqui; Eniko T. Enikov

engineering fields. However, onewoman student participated in the second year of the program and one cancelled her participationin year three. Several women students participated in the program during its four year. Studentsindicate that special outreach efforts were made through women in engineering groups.Expanding the participation of women in the program was major accomplishment.Students should be asked to perform some summative activity to reinforce their learning.While the experience of participating in the program was clearly beneficial for the students, theywere not asked to reflect upon their experiences to help formalize what they learned. During thesecond and third year, returning students were asked to give presentations to peers

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jin-Lee Kim

familiar with theconcept of building assessment, gaining a clear understanding about sustainable developmentand sustainable construction, and help students understand the relationships betweensustainability and building materials, building forms, and building systems, using BIMtechnology. The visualization approach using BIM will enable students to implement high-performance green building strategies to explore how the buildings would be “greened.”AcknowledgmentThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DUE-1140941. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jeffrey Ashworth; Samer Shaghoury

andfollow-on performance reflect valid techniques but seem limited by the dimensions andperformance parameters given in the initial aircraft description. Some aircraft parameters werenot available in published form before the course began so these were measured from aircraftdrawings or assumed from similar aircraft. These assumptions in initial conditions andsomewhat limited application to full-scale aircraft contributed to most of the differences in thedata plots. However, the close agreement is very encouraging to the student groups andstimulates interest and understanding of the course material and follow-on design course.In order to give the students the best possible chance at predicting aircraft performance, theinstructor will contact

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jeffrey Georgette; Brian Self; James Widmann; Kathryn Bohn; Eric Wang

-Based Activities to Repair Student Misconceptions in EngineeringDynamics. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Bibliography1. Laws, P., D. Sokoloff, and R. Thornton, Promoting Active Learning Using the Results of Physics Education Research. UniServe Science News, 1999. 13.2. Prince, M. (2004) Does Active Learning Work: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Engineering Education, pp 223-231.3. Bransford, J., A. Brown, and R. Cocking, How People Learn: Body, Mind, Experience and School. 2000, Commission on Behavioral and Social Science and Education, National Research Council

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ibraheem A. Kateeb; Khaled F. AlOtaibi; Larry Burton; Michael S. Peluso; Evelyn R. Sowells

4150 8 TowerCo 3295 9 Mobilitie 2586 10 Verizon Wireless 1400 Total: 88512Note: American Tower Corporation”s tower count reflects only domestic structures. Thecompany owns additional towers internationally. Its most current total tower count isapproximately 38,000 6.There is a stark difference between the structure of the American wireless industry and its safetyrecord versus that of the rest of the world. International benchmarks are more difficult to

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Roy A. McCann

of tech-nologies that will address these concerns. However, because of pressures on undergraduate cur-riculum, electrical engineering students typically have one course in energy conversion topics.Unfortunately, the content and pedagogy of energy conversion has lagged the needs of govern-ment and industry. In particular, the course content often reflects the classical machines coveredsince the 1950s, but in an increasingly abbreviated format. Understandably, many students per-ceive electric energy conversion as a stagnant area where there is little innovation. However,there have been dramatic developments in electric energy conversion science in recent years. Ex-amples include piezoelectric ceramics, artificial muscles, high efficiency

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Wangping Sun; J. M. Zhang; Z. J. Pei

Lean Manufacturing inone project. Substantial improvement can be seen from the picture after 5S were implemented.From the students’ comments, the final projects helped them to: • “Study and analyze the current manufacturing processes of the product.” • “Develop ideas to improve current manufacturing processes (using what they have learned from this class and other classes).” • “Conduct cost analysis of implementing these ideas.”The learner-centered environment in IMSE 564 not only helped the students to grasp theknowledge, but also motivated them to gain self-confidence and professional preparation fortheir future. These benefits were reflected in students’ evaluations on this class: • “IMSE 564 is a class different

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

George D. Gray; Raju Dandu

maximize students’ opportunities for upward articulation intouniversity programs. Contacts were made from a variety of constituencies, includingprofessional organizations/committees, WATC general advisory board members and the Wichitachamber of commerce. Once the overall committee was established, a meeting was scheduledand an agenda was formalized. The agenda reflected the following topics: I. Greetings and Introductions (roster) II. MET Perspective and Proposal (handout) III. Advisory Board Scope and Role (handout) IV. KBOR Requirements (handout) V. Program Content / Level (handout) VI. Curriculum Elements (handout) VII. Employment Outlook/Need Assessment (handout) VIII