Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Duncan, Valparaiso University; Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Peter E. Johnson, Valparaiso University; Shahin S. Nudehi, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

. equally. Page 22.1135.14 Answers questions, Cannot answer Far exceeds Q&A but behaves improperly Meets expectations questions expectations during Q & A session D = 24 - 27 C = 28 - 31 B = 32 - 35 A = 36

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Soto-Caban, Muskingum University; Emre Selvi, Muskingum University; Ferdinand Avila-Medina, Ohio State University, Newark

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

assessment of the presentations. The rubric used in theElectromagnetics course is included in Appendix B. A similar one was used in the Statics andDynamics course. The presentations were graded using the following criteria: • Organization • Grammar • Content • Eye contact • Creativity • Audience interaction, Q&A • Presentation style • Audience response • Use of language: word choice, voice • Length of presentationThis rubric is similar to the rubric used to assess traditional style presentations, except in thepresentation style criterion that was added to

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Frederick Sweitzer, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

documents seemed veryuseful to evaluate any of the 3 skill areas for a pilot. However, an interesting idea surfacedregarding the team status meetings with the instructor in which an interview Q&A style could beused to gather sufficient evidence.A pilot was conducted in spring 2010 involving the capstone for Electrical Engineering as wellas Computer Engineering majors. The face-to-face meetings with the teams provided anexcellent opportunity to evaluate the skill levels. The instructor reported that each teamemployed all 3 skills at one or more point(s) during the semester. The results are shown in Table5 for all 6 teams. Good performance was observed in 2-3 teams for each skill; however, the bestteams were not always the same. No team

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

). Broadening the Appeal by Changing the Context of Engineering Education. ASEE Annual Conference.5. Rippon, S. and Collofellow, J. (2010). Camping the Way to Higher Retention Rates. ASEE Annual Conference.6. Zhang, Q., Vanasupa, L., Zimmerman, J., and Mihelcic, J. (2010). Development and Dissemination of Learning Suites for Sustainability Integration in Engineering Education. ASEE Annual Conference.7. Heun, M. and VanderLeest, S. (2008). Why a Liberal and Multidisciplinary Education is Needed to Solve the Energy Crisis. ASEE Annual Conference.8. Foster, J. and Heeney, A. (2009). The Engineering Science Praxis Sequence: Challenges and Opportunities when Integrating Sustainable Development into the Engineering Design