Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Aleong, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

interdisciplinary understanding to balance the triadic tension I felt between myidentities as an engineer, researcher, and educator.Stevens, O’Connor, Garrison, Jocuns, and Amos3 describe identity as “a double-sided process ofpositioning ourselves and being positioned by others” (p. 357). My sense of identity refers to theway I see myself and the way others see me, in the engineering education context. Applying aninterdisciplinary understanding to position myself both within engineering and education, Iidentify myself as an educational engineer4,5,6: designing products, processes and systems tooptimize student learning. Finding my sense of identity as an educational engineer has led me tonew growth and understanding in my engineering education research and

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Walter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

AC 2012-5183: EASING INTO ENGINEERING EDUCATION: AN ORIEN-TATION PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTSStephanie Cutler, Virginia TechWalter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech Walter Lee is a Graduate Assistant and doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His pri- mary research interests focus on diversity and student retention. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Neale, University of Waterloo; Oliver Grant, University of Waterloo; Manoj Sachdev P.Eng., University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Student

important ones • Incorporating planned recreation and personal time into your schedule • Being on time for classes, meetings, practices, appointments, etc... • Maintaining a balance between your athletic, academic, and personal life • And, trying to complete at least one major task per dayThe idea is that by incorporating these suggested strategies into their lives, students may make amore efficient use of their time. The interviewed students’ actual use of many of these strategieswill be discussed in the Finding and Discussion sections.Application of Propositional Logic to Expectancy-Value TheoryIn an effort to facilitate a framework for concurrent motivated actions, this work introduces theconcept of propositional logic to the

Conference Session

Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

AC 2012-3887: ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ VIEWS OF THE ROLE OFENGINEERING IN SOCIETYNathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder Nathan Canney received bachelor’s degrees from Seattle University in civil engineering and applied math- ematics. After graduation, he worked for Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle, Wash., as a struc- tural engineer on high-rise residential buildings. Canney returned to school at Stanford University for a master’s degree and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in civil engineering, with an engineering education research focus.Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt has been a professor in the Department

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Andrew Janeski, Virginia Tech; Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Chris Venters, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

distinct disciplinary patterns2. This research training is central to transformingthe student into a producer of knowledge, so much so that departments design specializedtraining programs to meet the needs of individual disciplines3.The majority of engineering graduate students spend their graduate school years as part of aresearch group4. These groups are generally organized around the research specialty of aprimary advisor, or collaboration between faculty advisors, depending on the size of the researchgroup5. Doctoral students, master’s students and post doctoral researchers work together underthe guidance of these faculty advisors, often in shared laboratory and office spaces6. It’s thisgroup environment where the majority of student learning

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Morgan M. Hynes, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4154: ENGINEERING IN A FICTIONAL WORLD: EARLY FIND-INGS FROM INTEGRATING ENGINEERING AND LITERACYMs. Mary McCormick, Tufts University Mary McCormick is a graduate student at Tufts University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in education, focusing on mathematics, science, technology, and engineering education. She received a B.S. from University of Massachusetts, Lowell, in civil engineering, and an M.S. from Tufts University in civil engineering. Her current research involves seeing the engineering thinking and doing in children.Dr. Morgan M. Hynes, Tufts University Morgan Hynes is a Research Assistant Professor in the Tufts University Education Department and Ed- ucation Research Program Director for the

Conference Session

Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

oninnovation and deep learning included a variety of experimental activities and field trips,Imaginative Education and knowledge building.An example of balancing innovation and efficiency is how students learned about AtterbergLimits (the moisture contents of fine-grained soils that indicate the boundaries between differenttypes of engineering behavior). As in most introductory geotechnical courses, studentsperformed the standard ASTM laboratory procedures to determine the liquid limit and the plasticlimit of a soil. Through this efficiency activity students learned the procedural knowledgeassociated with the topic. However, innovation was also integrated into the experiment to helpstudents develop a deeper understanding of the concepts by requiring

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Viktoria Zelenak, University of New Haven; Michael J. Hollis, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

stronger sense of identity with the engineeringprofession compared to younger classmates.Adult students can experience high levels of stress and inter-role conflict stemming from theirresponsibilities in work, personal, and academic domains. Kohler Giancola, Grawitch, &Borchert explored the interactions between stressors, inter-role conflict, coping behaviors,appraisal styles, life satisfaction, and general well-being by surveying a sample of 159 adultstudents at Saint Louis University’s School for Professional Studies.9 Students reported thehighest levels of stressors related to work (as opposed to academic or personal stressors), whichis believed to be related to the limited control the students have over work demands. Studentsreported the

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Kaitlyn J. Bunker; Nilufer Onder, Michigan Technological University; Raven Rachaun Rebb; Laura E. Brown, Michigan Technological University; Leonard J. Bohmann, Michigan Technological University

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Women in Engineering

25.1401.4out of doggedness (a strong determination to complete their degree) regardless of theirconfidence, level of enjoyment, or satisfaction13.The academic background that students receive from their high school education has an effect ontheir persistence in engineering. Jackson et al. showed that there were no differences in highschool GPA, ACT or SAT scores, or family background between students who persist than thosewho switch majors. However, the results also showed a difference between men and womenstudents with respect to their academic background. Women students tended to rank themselvesas having lower academic ability in science, math, and writing compared to other high schoolstudents9.In 2009, Pierrako et al. completed focus groups and

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University; Shaobo Huang, Utah State University - Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

asked to wear a lapel microphone. Audio/video recording wasdone to capture the participants as they verbally worked through the problem, as well as, to showwhat participants were reading, drawing, and so on. The documents used in administering theproblem were colored to help the observer differentiate between information (blue), problemdefinition (yellow) and student work (white).Three hours were allotted for students to complete the design task, although the average studentcompleted the problem prior to the administrator stopping the session. During the participant’sdesign session, a member of the research team acted as the administrator of the problem. Theadministrator provided the students with a physical copy of the design task and read it

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benito Flores, Universidad de Monterrey

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

applying it as a change agent.Students had to produce an integrating final project in one semester (around 18 weeks), andboth students and instructors pointed out that, at the end of the whole degree program,students were not ready to undertake a high caliber project which incorporated much learning,skills, and professional attitudes.Responding to that problem, the university introduced a Capstone Course in systemsengineering in the mid 1980s. It came in the next to last semester of the program, just beforethe student thesis and graduation. Lasting 17 weeks, the course required students to developan intervention for improvement in an administrative system, aimed at integrating andapplying methods and skills learned along the way. Thus students

Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Motto, Virginia Tech ; Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4268: UNDERSTANDING FACULTY AND STUDENT BELIEFSABOUT TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION SKILLSDr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Holly Matusovich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education. Matusovich earned her doctoral degree in engineering education at Purdue University. She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.S. in materials science with a concentration in metallurgy. Additionally, Matuso- vich has four years of experience as a Consulting Engineer and seven years of industrial experience in a variety of technical roles related to metallurgy and quality systems for an aerospace supplier. Matuso- vich’s research interests include the role of motivation in learning

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Swartz P.E., University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

engineering instructor. The recommendations fall into five categories: 1. Establish rapport with the class 2. Articulate clear learning objectives for the course 3. Structure the content and delivery to facilitate learning 4. Involve students in class time 5. Hold students accountable for learningThe lessons learned and the recommendations summarized here have led the author towardsimplementing the “classroom flip” strategy. The paper concludes with a summary of ongoingwork to evaluate the effectiveness of the flip approach.1.Establish Rapport with the ClassOftentimes students have a distorted perception of the educational process and the role of theteacher and learner in that process. They might hold the assumption that the

Conference Session

Relevance of and Models for Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan McCahan, University of Toronto; Holly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Mark R. Henderson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

. Thedifference between points 4 and 5 represents the sophistication and depth of a project. While 4may represent a freshman LTS experience, 5 would be a capstone LTS experience, building uponprevious technical and social learning in programs such as EPICS, which provides graduatedproject experiences for freshmen through seniors and graduate students that can become morecomplex as the project progresses and as more senior-level students become involved.This balance can be viewed in terms of Butin’s models.6 Basically, we have collapsed Butin’sCultural, Political, and Anti-foundational models onto one axis. In our experience fewengineering LTS program have a very strong anti-foundational goal set. The goals tend to bemore often technical, cultural, and

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Venters, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

papers turned in per sectionwas also recorded. Since the number of assignments turned in varied between sections andwithin each section as the semester progressed, the number of assignments graded per hour wascalculated each week. The average across the entire semester for the TA assigned to EX1 wasapproximately 16.0 problems per hour, and the TA assigned to EX2 averaged approximately Page 25.1450.1224.6 problems per hour. This corresponds to a semester average of approximately 3.75 minutesper problem and 2.44 minutes per problem for each respective TA.Both of the TAs were students enrolled in a technical engineering graduate program housedwithin

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

mean if our blue ribbon panels thatname directions for engineering education were not a who’s who list from the NationalAcademies or the Fortune 500, but instead comprised a representation of individuals acrossAmerican society, and from around the world?With Ramin Farahmandpur,55 among other scholars of critical pedagogy, I put forward oneproposal of resistance -- for faculty to make the connections between our own labor in theacademy and global neoliberalism. If we can first understand how OBE and ABET relate to thecorporatization of the university, perhaps we will then be increasingly concerned about globalimperialism and engineering’s role in it. Perhaps we will be moved to act in solidarity withothers around the world resisting free-market

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Akshit Aggarwal, Stanford University; Felipe Pincheira, Stanford University; Rebecca Rose Krauthamer; Gregory Kress, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2012-4303: OPEN PROCESS FOR ENTREPRENEURING TEAM COL-LABORATION: PARALLELS FROM AN ACADEMIC RESEARCH TEAMTO THE START UP THEY STUDIEDProf. Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University Barbara A. Karanian, Ph.D. teaches graduate design methods and a new REVS class on the car experi- ence in the College of Engineering at Stanford University, using applied psychology and art for story- telling to facilitate student progress from the idea and prototyping phases to delivery. With a focus on entrepreneurial leadership, Karanian makes productive partnerships with industry and forms collaborative teams from the areas of engineering, design, psychology, and communication. She was the Michael T. Anthony Professor at Wentworth

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jessica Erin Sprowl; Rui Pan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dyehouse, Purdue University; Carrie A. Wachter Morris, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

distinguish between empathy and care, what do participants say about the terms (e.g. big part of their profession, motivation for a project) 5. How participants rank the role of empathy and/or care in teaching and learning 6. The role of empathy and/or care in engineering practice and engineering educationThe coding scheme is included in Appendix B.After one member of the research team (Coder 1, a male PhD student in Engineering Education)finished coding the data and had developed a rigorous coding scheme, a second member (Coder2, a female Master’s student in Counseling with some undergraduate experience in engineering)engaged with the data and (1) agreed or disagreed with the codes paired with data, (2) addedcodes that were thought to be

Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Period, Replacement, Sensitivity  Depreciation  Individual and Corporation Income Taxes  Minimum Cost of an Asset  Public Projects, Investment, and Decision making  Inflation and Global Economies Page 25.287.3  Accounting Reports (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow)2.3 Student AssessmentStudent assessment was based on the following tasks:  Seven assignments at 100 points each = 700 points (58% )  Seven case studies at 50 points each = 350 points (29%)  Final comprehensive exam = 150 points (13%)for a total of 1200 points (100%) assessment.3. Course DeliveryThe course delivery consisted of various

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio; Vincent B. Canizaro, University of Texas, San Antonio; John D. Murphy Jr., University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

that building construction projects include active and continuouscollaboration of all of these parties, learning multi-disciplinary strategies is a necessary acumenwith which students must graduate in preparation for professional practice. New technologiesand project development approaches such as building information modeling are necessitatingearly and extensive collaboration among the professions. Integrated project delivery methods aremaximizing this need for interdisciplinary team production. Feedback from industryrepresentatives and practicing professionals unanimously supports the concept of integration.This paper describes an effort to establish a multi-disciplinary first-year curriculum for designand construction freshman that includes

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Rivera, Universidad Icesi; Andrés López, Universidad Icesi; Andrés Calderón, Universidad Icesi

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

) on a different class (related to environmentalmanagement), and under these circumstances civilizations followed a very different path to theinformation age and the utopian conditions reached were materials for intense discussions forthose other students.3. The class (graduate level Manufacturing Strategy)This paper refers to the experience of using a videogame in a Manufacturing Strategy course.This class is a mandatory subject in the graduate Specialist degree in ManufacturingManagement. We will explain briefly the structure of the course and the use of the game as aneducational tool.3.1. Course StructureThe Manufacturing Strategy is a 24 hour course, presented in six four-hour sessions. It aims toconvey the importance of strategy in any

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bailey Renee Leppek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kara E. Gray, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

visualization course,after a semester of making images for art’s sake, emerge believing that fluid mechanics is more important tothemselves as engineers and to society, i.e. they have a positive shift in affect. The students in the traditionalfluids course which is packed with real-life engineering examples exhibit a negative shift in attitude, which istypical of other technical courses. The use of photography in improving student perceptions is being extended toa course on perception of design. Although many course elements were identical to the Flow Visualizationcourse, including an emphasis on aesthetics, results from the attitudes survey towards design indicate no shift inattitude, nor was there an attitude shift seen in the upper division

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

beprepared to help students plan for these types of careers, particularly through course selection.Therefore, it is important for us to not only understand the role of counselors, but to have a bettergrasp of their KAB regarding gender and STEM, and how this may potentially influence howthey counsel and engage with students. This paper examines the results of a five point Likert scale assessment tool developed usingthe KAB framework. The survey was administered as a pre and post assessment from a two hourprofessional development workshop on STEM occupations in November of 2010. Participantsincluded 120 counselors from a large Southwest school district. Eleven out of the original 45survey items are reviewed in this paper and N=71 participant

Conference Session

Global Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech; Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

and exploration. Relatednessrefers to the feeling of belonging and being significant in the eyes of others. SDT furthersuggests that people are naturally inclined to explore and dedicate much of their energies towardsactivities, role, and relationships that promote these basic psychological needs. “Of importance,from an SDT perspective, the social context – specifically relational partners’ support of needs –informs one’s self-concept, goals, and identity-related behaviors (La Guardia, 2009, p. 93)16.”Prosocial motivation, intrinsic motivation, and self-determination theory form the backbone ofour program and curriculum design. We believe that our projects should provide students theopportunity to act on their prosocial motivation while also

Conference Session

Methods of Teaching and Learning in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Liverpool John Moores University ; Andrew David Price, Loughborough University; Ximing Ruan Ruan, Robert Gordon University; Yassine Melaine, Liverpool John Moores University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

experiences with cognitive additions: abstractconceptualization, active simulations, concrete experience and reflective observation.The entry point to the circular process is not essential as learning transpires when the cycle iscompleted8. These four elements provide the foundation for teaching Construction ProjectManagement in the United Kingdom. For example, the existing Construction ProjectManagement Master‟s programme at Robert Gordon University has been operating for aboutfive years, graduating masters‟ students in Construction Project Management with MBAdegrees as well as, more recently, with corporate certificates. A good construction projectmanagement programme should have a balance of three learning domains: knowledge, skilland personal

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Ethics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Islam H. El-adaway, Mississippi State University; Marianne M. Jennings, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

,methodology, or conclusions.The Long-Suffering and Unrecognized Graduate Assistant Co-AuthorIn working in their mentor relationships with graduate students, some faculty members do notframe a research problem for their students but, rather, tend to assign them a general topic (XYZ)to work on during their studies. This broad direction is an effective means for fostering graduatestudents’ independence, innovation, and creativity, which are needed skills for both theireducational experience and development and their future careers as academics. However, insome cases, the students are instructed, under the disguise of getting experience, to writeresearch proposals including the literature review, problem definition, objectives, methodology,and often even