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ABET Assessment and Engaging Students in the Classroom Through Design Projects

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Dettman, Matthew A.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	One of the challenges of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) outcomes assessment process for Civil Engineering is the requirement to show "proficiency" in four major areas of the civil engineering profession. While there is no single best way to do this, this paper will present how we are attempting to do it at Western Kentucky University. Since the programs at WKU are new, we were able to create the curriculum from a blank slate, creating the types of classes and experiences that we felt were best for the student preparing for a career as a practicing engineer. With the importance of design in the curriculum and the need for assessment of both design and proficiency in four areas, this paper discusses how we combined those two requirements into a valuable experience for the student as well as an assessable product for the faculty. This paper will discuss how we have developed multi-course sequences in each of our chosen four areas of proficiency, and have utilized design projects in those course sequences to provide the student with significant opportunities to engage in both the technical and professional side of design. The projects revolve around actual projects within the community (as practical), strongly encourage the use of a professional engineering mentor, and integrate real-world issues such as budget, schedule, and environmental concerns. This paper will also present an in depth discussion of one of the design course sequences, an example of the student design project, and how the project was utilized in the ABET assessment process.
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Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.icee.usm.edu/ICEE/conferences/ASEE-SE-2010/Conference%20Files/ASEE2005/RP2005144DET.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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