Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siddika Guzey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-1038: BRIDGE DESIGN ON THE RESERVATION: A STUDY OFCURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION WITH AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTHSiddika Guzey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Siddika Selcen Guzey is a PhD candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota where she also received her MA in Science Education. Her research interests focus on science teacher knowledge development, technology integration into science classrooms, and STEM education.Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota Dr. Tamara Moore is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics/Engineering Education. Tamara is a former high school mathematics teacher and her research involves helping students engage in STEM disciplines

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session: 2247 SIMULINK Laboratory Exercises In Communication Technology Jai P. Agrawal, Omer Farook and C.R. Sekhar Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University CalumetAbstract In this paper, we present simulation exercises with emphasis on learning to build blocksand subsystems and integrating them into a communication system. Through these exercises, thestudents learn to build communication subsystems from the basic building blocks that areavailable in the SIMULINK library. The subsystems are built as close approximation

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian M. Argrow, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder; Suzana Brown, University of Colorado, Boulder; Adam J. Blanford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Corrina Ladakis Gibson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Eric Donnelly Kenney

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First-Year Programs

Daniel W. Knight is the Engineering Assessment Specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Pro- gram (ITLL) and the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from the Louisiana State University, and an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of reten- tion, program evaluation, and teamwork practices in engineering education. His current duties include assessment, evaluation, and research for the ITL Program’s and BOLD Center’s hands-on initiatives.Nathan E. Canney

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Manocher Djassemi

Robotics Challenge and the first place award of the FPEP.Conclusion Based on the two projects described above, use of hard automation projects as part of theformal and informal curriculum seems to be a good approach to (1) providing students goodtraining in factory automation in an academic environment, and (2) easing funding problems oflaboratory projects depending on the extent of application of hard automation. Although the approach to teaching capstone computer-integrated manufacturing coursesdescribed here requires that individual faculty members have considerable practical experiencein various areas, similar results are achievable by teamworking among expert faculty within adepartment. A typical hard automation

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Garry Ingles; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Undergraduate Security Project Garry Ingles and Aaron Carpenter {inglesg, carpentera1}@wit.edu Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Wentworth Institute of TechnologyRecent studies have shown new opportunities for the integration of cybersecurity courses andprojects into Electrical and Computer Engineering (and related) departments. This is followingthe growth of the field in both industry and research. While past research discusses what does anddoesn’t work, from the perspective of faculty and the department, they leave out an importantviewpoint by not including the perspective of the student researcher.In this work, the authors fill that knowledge

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard V. Melnyk, United States Military Academy; William Clarence Pyant III, United States Military Academy; Daisie D. Boettner P.E., United States Military Academy; Daniel Richard Brown

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineering programs. A review of the top ten Mechanical Engineeringundergraduate programs, according to U.S. New and World Report, indicates that only oneschool offered an integrated Thermal-Fluids sequence.4 That school offered the traditionalThermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics courses as well thus not fully switching the curriculum toan integrated method. The authors also examined the curriculum of the two peer serviceacademies’ ME programs and found that only the U.S. Naval Academy offered an integratedThermal-Fluids sequence, while retaining the traditional Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanicscourses in their offerings. The limited availability of integrated thermal-fluids textbooks,compared to the wide availability of Thermodynamics and Fluid

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanne Garland; Christine Helfers; Ronald Roedel; Sarah Duerden

session 2661@ Division 61 Liberal Education Integration of First-Year English with Introduction to Engineering Design with an Emphasis on Questions of Ethics Jeanne Garland, Sarah Duerden, Christine Helfers, & Ronald Roedel Department of English/Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287AbstractFundamental to engineering education, and mandated by ABET is that students engage withquestions of ethics. Too often, however, this does not occur until late in the student’s career

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

2006-412: USE OF GRAPHICS IN MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTIONALMATERIALS: RESEARCH-BASED DESIGN GUIDELINESEric Wiebe, North Carolina State University ERIC N. WIEBE, Ph.D. Dr. Wiebe is an Associate Professor in the Graphic Communications Program at NC State University. He has authored or co-authored four texts on technical graphics and has been involved in Computer-Aided Design (CAD)/3-D modeling development and use since 1986. He has also worked on the integration of scientific visualization concepts and techniques into both secondary and post-secondary education. Dr. Wiebe has been a member of the EDG Division of ASEE since 1989

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Andrew Albright, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Karen R. Den Braven, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Elaine R. Parshall, SC Governor's School of Science and Mathematics

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

program has been developed to offer motivated high school students throughout thestate of South Carolina an integrated set of courses in mathematics, engineering, English, andscience. The curriculum was created with input from leading technology companies who wantcreative, articulate engineers. Most of these courses are dual-enrollment or Honors, taught byinstructors who hold a terminal degree in their field and have experience in college or universityclassrooms. Upon completion of this program and graduation from high school, students willearn 32+ college credit hours from colleges and universities within South Carolina.Introduction: The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (SCGSSM)is a state-wide public STEM magnet

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Shanon Marie Reckinger, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Didem Ozevin, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, The University of Illinois, Chicago

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Performance Evaluation of an Ongoing Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of High- Achieving, Low-income Engineering StudentsAbstractThe present paper reports an update on an NSF-funded S-STEM program currently in its lastyear at the University of Illinois Chicago. Lessons learned during the project implementation arealso listed in the paper. A summary of the paper materials will be presented at the ASEE 2023Annual Conference and Exposition as part of the NSF Grantees Poster Session.The project's objectives are 1) enhancing students' learning by providing access to extra and co-curricular experiences, 2) creating a positive student experience through mentorship, and 3)ensuring successful student placement in

Conference Session

Design Cognition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Pappas

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Design in Engineering Education

many engineering programs have developeddesign courses and programs to better reflect the needs of society and the environment, perhapsone of the first academicians to note the interdependence among technical engineering skills, andthe arts and social sciences is Duke University Professor of Civil Engineering Henry Petroski.Although much of his work has addressed the role of failure in design, Petroski was one of thefirst to consider engineering an integrated discipline. In what many consider his seminal work,To Engineer is Human, Petroski refers to engineering practice as a human endeavor, a practice ofboth science and art, one that is “part of our human understanding and experience.”1 Petroski is particularly referring to working in

Conference Session

ERM: Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and MORE!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Edwards, College of Lake County; ANA PIZANO, College of Lake County

generation, it is essential that the college creates an environment where they feel welcomeand have opportunities to become a member of the ECS student community. The Scholaractivities that support this concept include the cohort model, team based projects and role modelsintroduced within the curriculum, weekly meeting for tutoring and advising, high schoolpartnerships to acclimate students early and the CLC Baxter Innovation Lab which will serve asan ECS cultural hub and meeting ground.Since the introduction of the lab in 2018, an increased sense of community, collaboration, andinterest in the "making" culture had been witnessed. It has been suggested that makerspaces/fablabs, such as the CLC Baxter Innovation Lab, could increase retention of

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jered H. Dean, Colorado School of Mines; Kristine R. Csavina, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #18237Self-Guided Professional Development as an Enabler for MultidisciplinaryProgramsProf. Jered H. Dean, Colorado School of Mines Jered part of the leadership team of the Capstone Design@Mines Program in the College of Engineering and Computational Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines. He worked for nine years in product development before returning to Mines to join the Faculty. During his time in industry, he worked on everything from children’s toys to complex electro-mechanical systems. With over 30 products under his belt, you can find products that he and his teams worked on in many stores including Toys

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1398: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO GEOLOGY FOR ENGINEERSAndrea Welker, Villanova University Page 15.614.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Geology by touch: the first iteration of integrating overarching examples and laboratories into an introductory geology classAbstractAll civil engineering students at Villanova University are required to take geology in theirsophomore year. About one half of the course is devoted to historical geology and the other halfis devoted to physical geology. In the past, the class has been lecture-based with four laboratoriesthroughout the semester. In the fall of 2009, a plan was implemented to build upon the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Peter Nelson, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Shanon Reckinger, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade; Renata Revelo, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Didem Ozevin, The University of Illinois at Chicago

and Computer Engineering. Her research focuses on shifting the culture of engineering via the study of engineering identity which centers students of color and examines systemic change.Peter C Nelson (Professor & Dean)Jeremiah AbiadeDidem Ozevin (Dr.) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Academically Talented Low-Income Engineering Students: Lessons Learned and Progress ReportAbstractThis paper provides the status report of an NSF S-STEM program that is currentlyin its fourth year in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois atChicago (UIC), a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omar H. Albalawi, University of Tabuk; Ibrahem E. Atawi, University of Tabuk; Asma M. AlTurki, University of Tabuk; Khaled Saleem S. Alatawi, University of Tabuk

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Paper ID #38696Board 104: An Accelerator of Human Innovation Integrating ContinuousImprovement and Lean Philosophy into Innovation Program forUndergraduate StudentsDr. Omar H. Albalawi, University of Tabuk Omar H Albalawi is an Assistant Professor of Industrial engineering at the University of Tabuk’s” Indus- trial Engineering Department.”, Tabuk city, Saudi Arabia. Dr.Omar received his MSc and Ph.D. in Indus- trial Engineering from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. His interests include engineering innovation, entrepreneurial engineering, lean manufacturing, engineering economy, renew- able energy

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

to the assembly processas needed, when needed. In curriculum design, the mathematics and physics are the “parts”(topics) that need to be delivered to the student just as that student begins to study technicalmaterial. The material is first divided into learning objectives that have measurable inputs andoutputs. These objectives are connected in a precedence diagram. See Figure 1 for an example. x = yz MATH OHM'S LAW: PHYSICS e = Ri O H M 'S LA W RESISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TEC HNO LO GY EFFECTS

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #18668A Methodology to Model the Integrated Nature of the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals: Importance for Engineering EducationMr. David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder David Zelinka was part of the first official graduating class from Purdue University’s Environmental and Ecological Engineering Program. In his final year, he passed his FE exam focusing in environmental engineering. Following, he completed his MS in Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver in the Environmental and Sustainability Engineering program with his thesis focusing on an environmental impact assessment of the

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Bill, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Anne-Laure Fayard, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

uses the space and diversity of use is growing. Integration into thecurriculum of several departments is planned as the space will grow into a resource tosupplement engineering design education. An iterative approach was used for the design of thespace, and this approach is continued as the community and culture of the makerspace develops.IntroductionUniversities in the United States and worldwide are investing heavily in the implementation ofmakerspaces as a key component to developing a mindset of innovation among students,enhancing their learning experience, in particular when it comes to engineering design skills, andpromoting interdisciplinary collaboration. The idea of a university innovation space is quiterecent, with the first one

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 14: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Robert Renaud PhD, University of Manitoba

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #26081Determining the Dependencies of Engineering Competencies for EngineeringPractice: An Exploratory Case StudyDr. Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba Dr. Jillian Seniuk Cicek is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice and Engineering Education at the University of Manitoba, in Canada. She teaches technical communication. Her areas of investigation include program evaluation; outcomes-based teaching and assessment; engi- neering competencies; instructor pedagogical practices and belief-systems; engineering epistemology; and student culture, diversity, perspectives, and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jihad Albayyari; Bob Lahidji

EducationAnother curriculum component consists of 24 semester hours of basic sciences andmathematics.Eight of the 24 hours must be in laboratory science. Twelve of the 24 hours must be inmathematics.The third curriculum component is 24 semester hours of communications, humanities,and social science courses. According to ABET, "The remaining 28 semester hours ormore should be designed for a well-rounded engineering technology graduate who canfunction successfully as an engineering technologist”4. (Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology, 2001).In addition, the engineering technology graduates must have computer proficiency tosolve technical problems along with a cooperative education experience for a maximumof eight semester hours is strongly

Conference Session

Hybrid and Online Learning

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tiffany A Mathews, Penn State University; Kirstin Purdy Drew, Pennsylvania State University; Kristin Ann Dreyer, Center for Nanoscale Science (an NSF funded MRSEC)

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Diversity

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Materials

historically underrepresented groupsin STEM, and the PREM program, which is designed to increase diversity in materials researchdisciplines by creating research/education partnerships between minority serving institutions(MSI) and universities which are “leading sources of degrees in materials-related fields” [5].Traditionally, our PREM partners send a select group of their PREM-funded student scholars tocontinue their materials science research at Penn State during the 10-week REU summerprogram. PREM REU student-scholars are in a unique position because a summer REU at PennState is a continuation of their own research from their home institution, integrated within thelarger PREM-MRSEC collaboration. Thus, an intrinsic goal of the in-person PREM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Duggan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #25591Board 42: ”Integrating Undergraduate Research Across Disciplines: Sup-porting an Externally Collaborative Project-Based Interdisciplinary Culture(EPIC) for Learning using Trace Metal Analysis”Dr. John W. Duggan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Jack Duggan is Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology at Went- worth Institute of Technology. He is a registered professional environmental engineer in the Common- wealth of Massachusetts. He has earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University and M.S. in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemistry degrees from UMASS Lowell

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

paperdescribes the course organization, the project goals, and project itself and how it supports thebroader engineering curriculum goals of engaging freshman engineering students in a designproject, exposing them in an interesting way to the breath of engineering, and motivating them intheir engineering studies.The students work in small teams and have roughly 12 weeks to design an automated electro-mechanical system that first transports three empty Snapple bottles, three tennis balls, and 36 oz.of water to a 2⁄x3⁄ operational zone. The machine must fill each bottle with 12 oz. of water, capeach bottle by covering the top with a tennis ball, and then deliver the capped and filled bottles toan area outside of the operational zone.The bottle-filling

Conference Session

Critical issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2009-406: A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS TO VALIDATE SAFETY, HEALTH ANDENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM THROUGH ACADEMICADVISORY COMMITTEEShoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet Dr. Shoji Nakayama is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision in the Department of Construction Science and Organizational Leadership at Purdue University Calumet. In this position, he teaches safety and health related courses, as well as improving Safety, Health, and Environmental Management curriculum through Academic Advisory Committees. Dr. Nakayama has safety related experience in automotive, airline, regulatory agency and printing industries. He worked as an Environmental, Health, and

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathryn Kelley, Ohio State University; Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

need to be in Excel? o Very proficient; able to manipulate, analyze, summarize, and interpret large amounts of data o Use databases from which to analyze dataThe engineers at one of the manufacturing firms outlined three essential skills thatgraduates should have include: critical thinking - to be able to adapt to every changingenvironment; the ability to communicate - when to use an email versus text versus faceto face; and flexibility, as technology changes every two years.The faculty team then were engaged in a short curriculum design camp to outline goalsand outcomes of new courses that would fit an engineering technology focus, with anoverarching purpose to integrate coursework in math, physics and engineering as

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Hietpas

longer adequatelyprepares undergraduate students for a career in power engineering. The effective integration ofpower electronics, electric drives, and system related issues into the EMEC curriculum demandssignificant redesign of both the course and laboratory exercises. One such redesign is currently beingsupported under the Adaptation and Implementation track of the NSF’s CCLI program at SouthDakota State University3. Emerging from this work is an efficient pedagogical approach forintegration of power electronics, drives and the permanent magnet DC motor.Using a "just-in-time" strategy, successfully developed at University of Minnesota4 and furthermodified at SDSU3, four laboratory exercises and corresponding lecture material associated with

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Davis; Craig Hoff

2005-2130 The Integration of Hands-on Team Projects into an Engineering Course to Help Students Make the Transition from Student to Professional Engineer Craig J. Hoff, and Gregory W. Davis, Kettering UniversityThere is considerable concern that current engineering education practices do notadequately prepare students for the practice of engineering. This statement goes farbeyond the often stated requirements that to be successful in their careers engineeringgraduates must have good communication skills, must be able to work inmultidisciplinary teams, etc. There

Conference Session

Making in Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy S. Reffeor PhD, Grand Valley State University; John Paul Farris, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

University received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to supportthe development of assistive devices by undergraduate students. Unfortunately, a specific coursefor the projects could not be created for the development of assistive devices because of thecrowded engineering curriculum. Instead the projects were implemented as a component ofthree existing courses. One course was a traditional content driven engineering course, onecourse was a design methodology course and one course medical device design course.The catalog descriptions of the courses involved in the study are below:Analytical Tools for Product Design—Analytic methods in product design are integrated into acoherent design process that includes: gathering customer requirements

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianghong (Esther) Tian, Eastern Mennonite University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

self-assessment and peer evaluations were carried outthrough the process.IntroductionWhile engineering is an exceptionally broad field, design is the central activity shared withinmany, if not all, engineering disciplines. Recognized as an essential part in many fields of study,design has become valued in engineering education. A series of two semesters or more of designcourses in the curriculum is very typical in many engineering schools. Engineering design hasbeen one of the major themes in the curricula of engineering schools in many universities andcolleges. For example, James Madison University1 has a six-course sequence in engineeringdesign, Stanford University integrates design activity in aspects of teaching and research2, andHarvey