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2000 Annual Conference

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Narayanan Komerath

show the student how all the other disciplinesfit into the knowledge base. Thus the DCI is an excellent vehicle to introduce users at any level,to the knowledge base of any other discipline. This structure is therefore used as the Gateway tothe Aerospace Digital Library.IX. Concluding remarksThe Design-Centered Introduction to Aerospace Engineering has caught on in the 3 years since itwas first tried, with senior instructors adopting and adapting it. Student reaction is very positive,reflecting the experience of coming up with a credible design for an advanced flight vehicle. Thiscourse reveals the strengths of the freshman students, their capacity for innovative thinking, andacceptance of open-ended problems requiring bold guesswork and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William C. Oakes; Ronald Wukasch; Richard Foretek; Jennifer Watia; Jeffery L. Gray; Leah H Jamieson; Edward Coyle

, the program has grown to twenty projects in Spring of 2000. Once aproject has been selected for the EPICS Program, the service agency that will be directlyinvolved is designated the Project Partner. Phase 2 - Assembling a Project Team: Once a project and Project Partner have beenidentified, a student team is organized. This is done by advertising the project in undergraduateclasses, through academic advisers, call-out meetings and on the World Wide Web. Eight tofifteen students are chosen for each Project Team. Depending on the needs of the Project Partner,teams may reflect a single engineering discipline or may be multidisciplinary, including studentsElectrical, Computer, Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace, Industrial and/or Materials Engineering

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2000 Annual Conference

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William C. Oakes; Leah H Jamieson; Edward Coyle

operation of EPICS teams and allow the program to continue to grow to meet the community needs Impact: Improved production from EPICS teams in meeting community needs Facts: Begun spring 2000, Disciplines: CE, EE, Comp E, ME, Mgmt, CS. Page 5.281.5Phase 2 - Assembling a Project Team: Once a project and Project Partner have been identified,a student team is organized. This is done by advertising the project in undergraduate classes andon the World Wide Web. Eight to fifteen students are chosen for each Project Team. Dependingon the needs of the Project Partner, teams may reflect a single engineering discipline or may bemultidisciplinary

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Schmaltz; Kevin Schmaltz

, and the scores are scaledso that a 50 represents the average student. The Academic Success Results are a measureof students’ self-appraisal of their own behavior. Unlike the SBI (50 is average), for theAcademic Success survey students will grade themselves using a more traditional pointsystem, where a score in the 70’s would reflect an average assessment. The results fromTable 2 do offer some insight into the comparison between the categories. OverallAcademic Confidence is the highest of the three areas. Students are more critical of theirShort-term Study Behaviors, compared to Long-term, although the SBI results indicateless of a difference. Students are more aware of the ongoing pressures and demandsdiscussed in the Short-term Study

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2000 Annual Conference

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Mark Cutkosky; Christopher Richard; Allison Okamura

paddle.As a user takes the handle of the haptic paddle and moves it from side to side, the position of thehandle is sensed. Based upon the position and velocity of the handle, various amounts of forceare reflected back to the user. In a course on dynamic systems and control, the haptic paddle is anexcellent platform for students to: • Model a second-order system, • Estimate the parameters of a system model, • Observe and analyze the response of a second-order model • See the effect of pole location on a system’s response • Interact with simulated dynamic systemsFigure 3 below shows how the haptic paddle laboratories corresponded to the various topics inthe dynamic systems course

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2000 Annual Conference

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Srboljub R. Masala; Kevin W. Biggar; Colin Geissler

Soil Mechanics course, who had already performed this test in a physical geotechnicallaboratory.The group consisted of 10 people, ranging in age from 20 to 30 years. A bit surprisingly forengineering students, only seven of them had their own computers at home. Nevertheless, theproperties of this group reflected well the conditions of a student population, surveyed earlier bythe university administration for other purposes. Therefore, our sample group was representativefor the anticipated (target) audience.A questionnaire was prepared with the questions grouped according to the general issues of: Page 5.625.12 - the overall impression

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karan Watson; Jeffrey Froyd

education?II. Core Competencies: DefinitionBefore answering the questions, let's define the core competencies. Each corecompetency refers to a pedagogical theory (or set of theories) in which FoundationCoalition partners will work to increase their competence. Curriculum integration refersto theories of pedagogy in which students and faculty work to make connections:between topics in a discipline, between topics in different disciplines, between subjectsthey are studying and their career aspirations. Cooperative and active learning refers totheories of pedagogy in which students in a classroom are doing more than simplylistening to a lecture; instead, they are engaged (actively and cooperatively) in reading,writing, reflecting, discussing

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Frair; Jeffrey Froyd

education?II. Core Competencies: DefinitionBefore answering the questions, let's define the core competencies. Each corecompetency refers to a pedagogical theory (or set of theories) in which FoundationCoalition partners will work to increase their competence. Curriculum integration refersto theories of pedagogy in which students and faculty work to make connections:between topics in a discipline, between topics in different disciplines, between subjectsthey are studying and their career aspirations. Cooperative and active learning refers totheories of pedagogy in which students in a classroom are doing more than simplylistening to a lecture; instead, they are engaged (actively and cooperatively) in reading,writing, reflecting, discussing

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan

opinions expressed in this article are those of the author asan individual educator and researcher. They do not in any way reflect the official position of theOhio State University, its College of Engineering, or the Dept. of Computer & Information Science.Further, throughout the paper, ‘I, my’ etc. refer to the author; ‘we, our’ etc. refer to the faculty ofthe CIS Department as a whole.1. IntroductionBy now it is well understood in the engineering community that preparing for accreditationevaluation under Engineering Criteria 2000 (henceforth abbreviated EC2000) is a demandingtask4, 8, 6 . Perhaps the most challenging of the EC2000 requirements are those that have to dowith objectives, outcomes, and assessments. Traditionally, most

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2001 Annual Conference

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Don Rhymer; Marty Bowe; Daniel Jensen

, weconducted follow-on research using the same process, testing the same mechanical concepts butaltering the visualization modules. As a result of the fall 1999 assessment results, changes weremade before module presentation. It was hypothesized that the students’ negative response tothe multi-media presentation was due to two main factors: 1) the students were not aware thatconcepts presented were testable and 2) the visualizations involved too much finite elementmethod (FEM) background that proved counterproductive to the students’ understanding of themechanics being taught. Therefore, the current fall 2000 work reflects data resulting from twochanges to the fall 1999 experiment: 1) an emphasis on the presented concepts as being exam-testable and 2

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1998 Annual Conference

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Paul Duesing; Morrie Walworth; Jim Devaprasad; Ray Adams; David McDonald

is subjective. To further emphasize the subjectivenature of industry type evaluation, a certain percentage of the final lab grade is purely subjective.As an example, if the total lab points is 100, the breakdown of these points could be as follows:x successful completion of projects assigned 50 pointsx written assignments (memos and discussions) 15 pointsx presentation/demonstration of projects 10 pointsx overall subjective evaluation 15 pointsThe subjective evaluation is used to reward teams and team members when they produce resultsbeyond the minimum expected outcomes. In addition, the subjective evaluation also reflects onan individual’s interpersonal skills. At the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Linda Parker; Lawrence Burton

Table 1. Over 98% of the all engineering degree recipients can be placed in one of fourcategorites of degree combinations: Engineering Only, Engineering and Business (orManagement), Engineering and Science, and Engineering and Other. (It is important to note thatthese labels begin with engineering, but do not reflect actual degree order. However, the lastdegree earned is shown in Table 2, discussed later in this section.) Within the categories, Page 3.369.22 Throughout this paper management fields have been subsumed into the “business” category. 2individuals may have taken

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Ludovice; Noel Rappin; Matthew Realff; Mark Guzdial

-state, of chemical processes to be constructed, often using graphicalinterfaces, and are frequently introduced and used throughout a chemical engineering curriculum. Their wide-ranging and sophisticated functionality is reflected in the complexity of their user interfaces. This complexitymakes it difficulty to separate the student’s ability to fundamentally understand the problem vs. their ability tocomprehend the user interface syntax. These applications are designed to solve complicated general engineeringproblems and are not study educational hypotheses.Our experiences suggest that fixed simulations as represented by software such as Maxis’ SimCity [14], while easyto use, do not contribute to learning how to model, although they help

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert George; Allen Soyster; John Lamancusa

who has nevermanaged nor had responsibility for the success of others in a workplace outside the classroom,the direction and management of student teams can be a real challenge.What kind of engineering faculty member can actually be successful at this? Certainly, if afaculty member has had extensive industrial experience, a good deal of insight can be provided tothe students as he/she reflects on their own experiences. Similarly, issues dealing with projectand time management are most easily related by a faculty member who has had some personalexperiences. But, in reality, these are operational details which can be overcome through trainingand experience. A bigger issue deals with motivation and rewards. How does the facultyperceive such an

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

) Cp (mg/L) (L/min) 34,450 272.0 99.2 0.014 (seawater range) 11,420 65.8 99.4 0.021 (brackish water range) 1,130 17.3 98.5 0.025The data in Table 4 reflects some of the principles regarding separation by reverse osmosis. Asthe concentration of the feed solution increases, the difficulty in pumping the unit increases andless permeate is therefore produced. This agrees with the solvent flux expression, J w = Aw ( ∆P − ∆π ) since the osmotic pressure of the feed increases with its salt concentration.The

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1997 Annual Conference

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Mumtaz Usmen; John Raad; Haluk Aktan

funding was provided by the Wayne State University. Opinions stated here are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring agencies.Authors gratefully acknowledge the support of numerous graduate and undergraduate studentsthat helped during the procurement of the NDT equipment and during their implementation to thematerials laboratory.References1. “Civil Infrastructure Systems Research: Strategic Issues”, National Science Foundation Report, February 1993,Washington, DC 20550.2. “America’s Infrastructure: A plan to rebuild”, The Associated General Contractors of America.3. “To Examine The Future Of Our Nation’s Infrastructure needs”, Committee On Public Works And TransportationHouse of Representatives - 101

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert Engelken

in both physicaland mental energy and feel more tired and drowsy at the end of the day. The old “spark”becomes very weak at times, the “go, go, go” battle cry loses its attractiveness, and the idea ofwriting or grading papers to 1 a.m. becomes downright disagreeable at times. Furthermore,twenty years of partial neglect of one’s health can, by the mid-40's, be reflected in developinghealth problems (hopefully minor); high blood pressure, blood sugar abnormalities,gastrointestinal difficulties, allergies, etc. that can all begin to further drain one’s physical energy.Just as important is the gradual decrease in intellectual “sharpness,” creativity, memory, andorganization. One may begin to become vague on or even forget little things once

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1997 Annual Conference

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Sr., Buck F. Brown; Jr., Buck F. Brown

interdisciplinary topics. These can be utilized to extend student problem-solvingskills, increase their interdisciplinary thinking and emphasize the importance of communicationand cooperation. The attendant increase in complexity for faculty participants must be carefullyaddressed. Strategies for "cooperative" problem-based instruction are an important added Page 2.327.3consideration that must be developed. Problem-based instruction promotes learning that results from the process of workingtoward the understanding or resolution of a problem [9]. Learning, then, occurs as much aspossible within a complex environment - one which reflects the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charyl Delaney; Alejandro Scalise; Larry J. Shuman; Harvey Wolfe

programs, as well as supporting therevision of our two freshman engineering courses.The freshman attrition model is currently being updated to reflect changes in the program, as wellas students who leave after their freshman year. In addition, models to predict students who leavein poor standing are also being developed. With funding to conduct a cross-institutional study,we plan to build prediction models for other schools seek to develop attrition models, and thusidentify factors that contribute most to attrition at the freshman level.At the Department LevelWe believe the next step is to address attrition at the upper levels. At the freshman level, we sawhow effective active learning can be in the classroom. In using this format, we are more

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1999 Annual Conference

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Martin Bowe; Daniel Jensen

-47, 1996.11. Felder, R. M., Silverman, L. K., “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education,” Engineering Education, pp. 674-681, Apr., 1988.12. Felder, R. M., “Matters of Style,” ASEE Prism, pp.18-23, Dec., 1996.13. Fleming, N. D., Mills, C., “Not Another Inventory, Rather a Catalyst for Reflection,” To Improve the Academy, Vol. 11, pp. 137-149, 1992.14. Flori, R. E

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1998 Annual Conference

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Ben Erwin

like a natural scientist. One of the main tasks of educators today is to make subject matter more hands-on andmore relevant to student’s lives. What has yet to be accepted is that engineering is very much ahands-on subject and engineering is real life. In his curriculum, John Dewey used real worldproblems as projects. Students worked on defining the problem, made observations necessary tosolve the problem, etc., much in the same manner that a systems engineering project isundertaken. Dewey believed that learning should be as close to real-life as possible and not just apreparation for the future. He also believed that children in schools should be engaged in thetypes of activities that reflect the life of the larger society (Tanner

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1998 Annual Conference

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Katherine E. Scales; Michael S. Leonard; Donald E. Beasley

curriculum revisions. Objectivesare the threshold values of these measures that any proposed curriculum revision must satisfy.Milestones are the dates by which a proposed curriculum revision must achieve the establishedobjectives. The choices of performance measures made by the CDT must reflect ABETgeneral and program-specific evaluation criteria. In addition, the choices of values that theCDT makes for specific performance measures, objectives and milestones are constrained bythe resources available for curriculum changes and for ongoing operation of the revisedcurriculum. Constraints that may slow or prevent implementing curriculum changes must beidentified. Common constraints may include, but are not limited to: time, money, and thenumber of

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter D. Heimdahl

PicnicThe Student Center catered an outdoor barbeque picnic in the green area adjacent to the facility.6:00-8:00 Scavenger HuntA scavenger hunt was used as a vehicle by which the girls would become acquainted and tofamiliarize them with the dorm and the surrounding area. Prizes, such as UW-Stout decals, wereawarded at each success.8:00-10:00 Snacks, Discussion, Quiet TimeThis period was used to reflect upon the day’s activities, to prepare for the next day, to writenewsletter articles, to socialize, and to wind down before bedtime. A different snack, such askool aid and granola bars, was provided each night. Teams met together as a group. Supervisedby the team counselors, they would report on what they liked and didn’t like about the day

Conference Session

Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Hall, The Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads P.E., The Ohio State University; Tyler James Stump, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

respondentsindicated they wanted to improve these skills and recognized the need to practice through writingand oral presentations both formally and informally. This multidisciplinary teaching model isobserved to respond to the need for improved workplace communication skills.Future Work and Continued (Re)VisionAs mentioned at the beginning of this paper, this is a multi-year study of the impacts of amultidisciplinary teaching model. The authors will be continuing to review the survey resultsfrom the student perceptions and self-reflections and make improvements to the capstone coursecurriculum. Demographics will also be reviewed to see if there are any differences betweengender, race or ethnicity that impact the student's experience. The authors also will be

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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Loay Al-Zube, University of Mount Union

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

exposure allowed students to compare and contrast engineeringprocesses with practicing UAE engineers. The collaboration with students from Al Ain Universityin building the "Water and Flood Detection System" further enriched their cross-culturalexperience. After the field trip, the instructors actively encouraged students to reflect on theircultural biases and assumptions, fostering a deeper understanding. Additionally, interactiveexperiences during the field trip, such as the desert safari and visits to Al Ain Oasis, providedvaluable opportunities for cross-cultural interaction.Through collaboration with students from the UAE, our engineering students applied both theengineering design and construction of an innovative "Water and Flood Detection

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) - ASCE Collaborations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Brian J. Swenty P.E., University of Evansville

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

courses except pavement design commonlyincluded labs and this is reflected in the higher average number of credit hours. Courses that arerequired in almost all programs include introduction to engineering, structural analysis, soilmechanics, transportation engineering, environmental engineering, civil engineering materials,and civil engineering capstone. Courses that were least often required, but still offered in morethan half of the programs include steel design, reinforced concrete, structural engineeringelectives, foundation design, pavement design, traffic engineering, hydrology/hydrologicsystems, water/wastewater, and sustainable design. Courses that were seldom offered includeinfrastructure design, geomatics, civil engineering fundamentals

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Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Silveira Madani, Mauá Institute of Technology; Andressa Corrente Martins, Instituto Maua de Tecnologia ; Leonardo Oneda Galvani, Instituto Maua de Tecnologia; Anderson Harayashiki Moreira, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Alexandre Harayashiki Moreira M.S., Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

understanding of the concepts and theorieslearned. Furthermore, the construction and operation of the simulator requires thedevelopment of complex technical skills, such as dealing with sensors, motors,encoders, microcontrollers, programming dynamic system controllers, graphicalinterfaces for simplified human interaction, among other technical skills developed. The project structure, divided into progressive phases, reflects common steps inreal-world engineering projects. Conceptualizing a system, simulating it, and validatingit is an integral part of developing a project, from conception to implementation,emphasizing practical experimentation in a controlled environment. Finally, the development of this simulator is justified by its

Conference Session

Innovating Inclusivity: Rethinking Access and Empowerment in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Udayan Das, Saint Mary's College of California; Christopher Isaac Fulton

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

experiment with a pass/fail and/ormastery learning approach for the base requirements of the course.4.2 Instructor 2 Reflection Starting in Fall 2022, I began teaching at Loyola with a primary audience of adult learnersthrough the school of continuing studies. Before my current role, I held roles at both an R1institution and a small private institution. The latter was focused on expediting students into theworkforce by offering associate degrees centered around computer science. Neither my currentinstitution nor the ones I previously mentioned required prerequisite for CS 1. Through a variety ofinstitutional contexts, I was able to observe students succeeding in CS 1 without having taken theprerequisites that are widely required in CS

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Engineering Design and First-Year Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria Kerr, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

--34805, June 2020.[8] O. Ryan, M. J. Fisher, L. Schibelius, M. V. Huerta, & S. Sajadi, “Using a scenario-based learning approach with instructional technology to teach conflict management to engineering students” 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44561, June 2023.[9] R. Al-Hammoud, M. Barichello, C. Rennick, E. Jobidon, R. & Li, “Two Student Workshops on Identifying and Resolving Teamwork Conflict” presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Online. 10.18260/1-2--35406, June 2020[10] L. van Onselen, C. De Lille, and D. Snelders, “Design requirements to educate and facilitate junior design professionals to reflect

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Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Andrew Greenberg, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

theinstructor to stay informed.Improvements in planning and implementation will be brought about by more emphasis on theplanning activities in ECE 211 and improved guidance from Scrum Leaders and the instructor onhow to perform well during all stages of the project.Specifically, for future classes we will make the following improvements to the assessment: 1. Spend more time on Scrum Leader training for using the assessment rubric. We should aim to improve the reliability of their assessments. Similarly, instructors should check Scrum Leaders’ work as soon as possible and on a regular schedule. 2. Ask teams to reflect on how well they are fulfilling the team contract they signed.3.3 Assessment of ABET outcome 7 – Life-long learningThis is