Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda A. Haven, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Michael Kenneth Fabian, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Alexander James Herring, General Electric - Aviation; Marissa Pinnola, Purdue University; Devan DUPLICATE Berg, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

development process. Figure 1. Cast Cambered and Twisted Compressor Blades compared to the flat “work horse” blade.Course ContentThe course lectures and laboratory activities will be discussed below:LecturesLectures were limited to two hours per week for the first three weeks so the students could usethe remaining laboratory time to work on long-lead items for their project. Since the students hadjust completed an aerothermodynamic design of a propulsion system in the preliminary designcourse, the concept of engine families (e.g. J85/CJ610/CF700) was presented. Due to the large Page 25.726.4capital cost of producing their new turbojet

Conference Session

Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

opportunities1.In order to train qualified technicians in the South Texas area (Figure 1) who are able to performwell in high-tech manufacturing, advanced manufacturing concepts should be implemented inthe South Texas technical colleges. There are six technical colleges in South Texas offering anAssociate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in machining technology and/or computer draftingand design technology. All six technical colleges share the same student demographics; SouthTexas is a region where more than 65% of the population is Hispanic. It is transitioning from ahistorically under-served region to one where major efforts are underway to build an educational

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Rust, Western New England University; Steven G. Northrup, Western New England University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, includingoperating as productive members of multidisciplinary teams in a global environment.1-3 Whilerecent trends in engineering education have emphasized the importance of teaming andleadership development, the majority of the engineering curriculum involves interaction withstudents within the same discipline.4,5 As a result, engineering students are often ill-prepared towork in multidisciplinary environments that are needed to solve many real-world problems. Inorder to address these needs, engineering programs must provide opportunities for students towork in multidisciplinary teams during their undergraduate studies. Moreover, it is particularlyimportant that these experiences involve real-world problems rather than traditional academicexercises, since

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Oswego State University College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

,impressions, and enthusiasm are presented. The course was refreshing in terms of researchperformed at undergraduate level. We hope that our experience can be useful to others teachingsimilar courses.IntroductionHands-on learning stimulates curiosity, renders relevant the theory used in the classroom, andprovides practical foundation for senior capstone projects [1]. It is known that there aresignificant difficulties in transferring learning from one field to another, such as mathematics tophysics. Laboratory work helps such transfer of skills and is an important component for studentsuccess and preparation for real-life [2, 3]. Physics faculty could also help by focusing on how tointerpret real-world information and to set up the solution. [4

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Tracy R. Rone, Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

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Minorities in Engineering

they are actively involved in the learningprocess.[1] Incorporating a hands-on laboratory experience in conjunction with traditional courselecture has been known to actively engage students in learning.[2] However, there has been nodocumentation to illustrate best practices in implementing cooperative learning techniques to aminority student population in an RF Engineering laboratory environment. This paper willprovide an overview of cooperative learning strategies used in the RF microwave engineeringlaboratory and give an update of the impact of these strategies in increasing minority studentinterest in the microwave fields. In a pilot study over the period of two semesters, it was shownthat through unstructured interviews and pre- and post

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Frinzi, Southern Polytechnic State University; Scott Larisch, Southern Polytechnic College of Engr and Engr Tech

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Engineering Technology

course.Participants will implement the course plan they developed in TADL Part 1 andeffectively use the use the Vista tools as well as other online technologies andmethodologies to implement. Page 25.731.6The last nine hours of TADL focuses on applications-based workshops. Staff willbe on hand to assist participants in applying Vista and other support tools tocomplete their online course development. Participants will complete designatedmilestones that will help them with the development of their course. Along withmandatory attendance for face-to-face meetings, there will be an ongoingasynchronous online component that encourages participants to reach milestonesin the

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Environmental Engineering

students’ awareness on environmentalsustainability. LEWAS has been designed to accomplish this task by measuring water qualityand weather data from the site of an on-campus impaired stream and by providing end users withmeasured data in real-time in the form of a web-based interface.The main objective of LEWAS is to increase student awareness on environmental and energysustainability. Real-time remote monitoring of water parameters of an impaired stream servesthis objective for three reasons [1]: First, it makes students aware of what is happening or willhappen in their own campus if watershed development activities are not planned and executed inan environmentally friendly manner. Second, it enables stakeholders to assess the efficiency

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Alfonso Villasmil Urdaneta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Rob Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

material. Page 25.734.2IntroductionMany Engineering Science and Engineering Technology programs include technical introductorycourses that students traditionally struggle with, Borrego1. At Rochester Institute of Technology,Pneumatic and Hydraulics Systems is one of many of this type in the College of Applied Scienceand Technology. This course has a relatively high D/W/F rate (historically about 23%)4,5, seeFigure 1. which causes the need for trailer sections. Nevertheless, hidden in single grades is thefact that students do significantly better in the laboratory portion of the course than in the lecture(α < 0.00001 in one-tailed t-Tests

Conference Session

FPD X: Addressing Retention in the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Melanie Roudkovski, LeTourneau University

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First-Year Programs

the logistics and challenges of starting up this mentoring program, andpresents qualitative and quantitative assessment results, with the intention of contributing ourexperiences and materials to the dialogue on retention initiatives. Details include: creatingconducive mentoring groups, identifying and recruiting ideal mentors, empowering student peeradvisors to “own” the relationship (and the accompanying logistics), jumpstarting conversationswith first-year students and mentors, and program results. Results include data from one focusgroup and surveys of first-year students, student peer advisors, faculty mentors, and industrialmentors. Results to-date are very encouraging and include recommended improvements.1 Introduction and

Conference Session

Lessons learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Ramiro g Gonzalez, Boston Arts Academy High School; Cassandra Wallace, Boston Arts Academy High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Founded in 1998, Boston Arts Academy (BAA) is the city’s first and only high school forthe visual and performing arts [1]. It was founded on the conviction that academics and the artsare equally important to student development and achievement. The arts are integratedthroughout the academic curriculum motivating students with a variety of learning styles tosucceed in high school and pursue higher education. BAA is committed to providing a rigorousarts and academic education to urban youth who seldom have the opportunity to focus on thearts. Its 405 students reflect the diversity of the seventeen Boston neighborhoods from whichthey come: 49% are African American, 29% Latino, 17% Caucasian, 3% Asian, and 2% self-identified as Other. Nearly

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges I: Novel Approaches to Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramirez Apud Lopez Zaira, Universidad de las Américas Puebla; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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Chemical Engineering

engineering (ChE) students developthe knowledge and skills to design and operate chemical reactors in two senior courses, the firstone entitled Kinetics and Homogeneous Reactor Design (IQ-407) and the second one Catalysisand Heterogeneous Reactor Design (IQ408). Heterogeneous reactors using solid catalyzers arethe most common reaction technology implemented on industrial scale; catalytic models are builtusing the same basic concepts that those used in homogeneous reactor design, for this reason it isindispensable that students acquire a solid knowledge from their first course of reactor design.The first course (IQ-407) is focused on the first four pillars mentioned above and its outcomesinclude that students will be able to: 1) determine reaction

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University; Gordon W Skelton, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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Civil Engineering

required performance to succeed in engineering. The reasonsresulting their failing or dropping out of engineering may include: (1) lack of motivation andinterest in learning engineering; (2) lack of good learning habits, strategies and efforts in theirstudies; and (3) lack of connection with other students and faculty members for seeking support.This paper presents a new instructional framework that integrates SRL process model into courseinstruction. The integrative instruction is to simulate four phases of SRL in series of self-directedfeedback cycles, and to prompt application of learning strategies and self-reflection at thedifferent phases of learning and problem-solving process. This is implemented throughintegrating self-assessment

Conference Session

ETD Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Engineering Technology

graduate program level, and, especially, with regard to prioritizing areas for research. In one instance, however, it was noted that an advisory board reviews details of “program educational objectives, and program outcomes, and offers suggestions for change to keep them current”. (Santa Clara)Literature Review Page 25.739.2 1Genheimer and Shehab (2009)1, while reporting on a survey of engineering advisoryboards’ operations, and effectiveness, quote a 2002 study2 that found a significant lack ofdata regarding interactions between engineering programs and advisory boards. Theyargue that this

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research-related Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sidi Berri, New York City College of Technology; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Gaffar Barakat Gailani, New York City College of Technology

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Engineering Technology

)department.Today, throughout the City University of New York (CUNY), colleges are stepping forward andconducting research at all undergraduate levels. One of the more effective ways to enhance theskills of students in STEM is conducting research as part of an internship or with a facultymember [1].New York City College of Technology (NYCCT) or City TechCity Tech is the designated senior college of technology within the 23-campus City University ofNew York, CUNY, the largest urban public university system in the nation. A federallydesignated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), City Tech has a student population of about Page 25.740.215,000. 34% of students

Conference Session

Active and Project-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Miles Clayton, Villanova University; Teresa Genevieve Wojcik, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlińska, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University

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Mechanical Engineering

this paper, the use of impromptu design exercises in an introductory mechanical engineeringcourse is presented. These exercises are used to introduce three design concepts: 1) the designprocess (in general), 2) brainstorming and decision making, and 3) optimization. The developedexercises are presented along with details pertaining to implementation and preliminaryevaluation results.The impromptu design exercise format [1-3] is commonly used at engineering student functions,like conferences, as a fun, ice-breaker activity [1]. In a typical contest, students are given asimple design task capable of being completed in a short amount of time, a bag of (carefullychosen) supplies, and nothing else. The student team approaches the problem as they

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Rachel B. Getman, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering

learning.Dr. Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre DameDr. Rachel B. Getman, Clemson University Page 25.742.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Improvements in Computational Methods Courses in Chemical EngineeringAbstractAs more core courses in the undergraduate curriculum require significant ability using computerskills, we see a need for improved methods of instruction in computer methods courses requiredin the chemical engineering curriculum. It is important to provide students with a series ofapproaches and activities that ensure (1) that students

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint

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Minorities in Engineering

, for the post-tests, students were required to reflect onthe depth of their own knowledge concerning the topic, which is the basis of metacognition.Literature ReviewCognitive self-appraisal is “judgments about one’s personal cognitive abilities, task factors thatinfluence cognitive difficulty or cognitive strategies that may facilitate or impede performance" 1.In metacognition, when analyzing personal confidence judgments, one must introspect.Confidence judgments are the most commonly used method for determining whether anindividual’s belief that the information recalled from memory is accurate 2. Confidencejudgments consist of both the cognitive process of confidence assessment and the subjectivefeelings of confidence.To effectively learn

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Arlene Ann Russell; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Chester G. Wilmot, Louisiana State University; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; David R. Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; W. Todd Monroe, Louisiana State University; Warren R Hull Sr. P.E., Louisiana State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, Meredith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the learning process. Aseparate instructor interface and student interface provide customized reports on performance forindividual assignments (see Figure 1). Figure 1: A Dynamic, Multi-staged Learning Environment Page 25.744.3• Task: Students are presented with a challenging communication task, with guiding questions to act as scaffolding for the demanding cognitive activities. Web-linked resources (e.g., tutorials, samples, guidelines, or other handouts) may be embedded at this point.• Calibration: Students examine three “benchmark” samples and assign each a score based on a series of evaluative questions

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Anthony Carnegie, Victoria University, Wellington; Craig A. Watterson, Victoria University, Wellington

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Electrical and Computer

to expect that in a growing knowledge economy that the demand for the digitalengineers could be even higher than these figures. Conversations between the authors andengineers from some of our major engineering employers state that the inability to recruitsufficient numbers of appropriately trained engineers is, in some instances, the majorlimitation to their company‟s growth.Figure 1 illustrates the poor ranking of New Zealand amongst its OECD trading partners. TheOECD average indicates that approximately 13% of all tertiary graduates can be classified asan engineer of some form. New Zealand scores below half of this average at 5.7%2.Figure 1. Comparison of percentage of engineering gradudates across 8 OECD countries.This shortage directly

Conference Session

Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

technological selection and rejection. Theresults of this research may be used to improve the design criteria for more effectivedevelopment and application of learning technologies, such as deployed in on-line courses and inemerging high immersion game-based learning systems. Furthermore, with better-designedlearning technology systems and devices, leading to broader diffusion and successfulimplementation, then criteria for technological literacy might be determined more effectively.Objectives of the research include: 1) identifying anthropological invariants in early learning; 2)identifying invariant learning behavior in later stages of learning, including identifying vestigesor artifact behaviors from early learning; 3) documenting the adoption rates

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

implementation of class projects and how to betterintegrate project-based learning and inquiry-based learning into a tight teaching schedule. Basedon the assessment results and student recommendation, a plan has been devised to adjust thecurrent teaching strategy and improve the effectiveness of online CPBL.IntroductionIn Fall 2010, California State University Los Angeles received a CCLI grant from NSF toexplore a good solution to incorporate collaborative project-based and inquiry-based learning inundergraduate computer networking curriculum. The project goals include: 1) Establish a cyber-infrastructure to enable remote learning which significantly improves the learning efficiency ofstudents on a commuter campus; 2) Foster students’ hands-on design

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

the college population, respectively.The paper presents the social and academic background of the students attending this College aswell as some statistics from the main factors that have contributed to low historical retention. Itdescribes later the strategies adopted for the last three years to improve recruitment, retentionand graduation rates for engineering degrees: (1) prepare high school students for college-levelconceptual analysis, problem solving and the value of experimental replication through a STEMSummer Camp using problem-based learning; (2) supplement college STEM curricula withprograms aimed at tutoring college and dual credit students who are at risk with engineeringrelated courses; (3) curriculum and laboratory development

Conference Session

FPD V: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-year Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine S. Zerda, University of Houston; Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston; Stuart A. Long, University of Houston; Fritz J. Claydon, University of Houston

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First-Year Programs

-represented groups who may not have access to college-educated role models within theirfamilies and who may not otherwise have access to professional and academic engineeringmentors. PROMES was launched at the University of Houston in 1974 and incorporates keyrecommended structural elements such as a formal introductory course for new freshmen andincoming transfer students, clustering of students in common sections of their courses, adedicated study center, and structured study groups.1 In addition, peer mentors assist freshmenand new transfer students throughout the first year.There is a second learning community within the College of Engineering that supports successfor a different, although sometimes overlapping, cohort. This second community is

Conference Session

Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Yu Yan, University of British Columbia; Carolyn Labun, University of British Columbia

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Mechanical Engineering

of the differentassignments and learning methods.Course Goals and Instructional MethodsKinematics and Dynamics of Machinery covers fundamental principles in analysing andsynthesising mechanisms and is a foundation to the broader subject of machine design. Theobjectives of this course are 1) to develop students‟ essential technical knowledge in machinery,2) to develop their ability to implement classroom learning through solving real-life designproblems, and 3) to encourage technical communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, andteamwork skills.In order to achieve these objectives, this course (in Term 1 of 2011-2012) was taught bycombining active learning elements, for example, real-life examples and design projects, withtraditional

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

                                                            1  Name of the university is hidden for blind review purpose. (Yousuf et al., 2010). In other words, the knowledge transmission depends upon the instructorand how he or she designs and delivers the material given in the text book. It has little correlationwith what is the contemporary need of the industry. The more recent learning approach that hasbeen widely adopted across all the majors is project-based learning, which provides environmentfor active learning (Bayles, 2005), and application of knowledge to solve real-world problems(Perrenet et al., 2000).In summary, while it is critical to have academic rigor based on theory offered by traditionaltopic-based learning, it is equally important to develop an innovative pedagogical approach

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashland O. Brown P.E., University of the Pacific; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joseph J. Rencis P.E., Tennessee Technological University; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Vladimir A. Labay, Gonzaga University; Ismail I. Orabi, University of New Haven; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Paul Henry Schimpf; Alexis Pham, University of the Pacific; Krystian Zimowski, University of Texas, Austin; Kristin Taylor, University of the Pacific

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

to add FE analysis to their curriculum7-9,22-24,but these plans are not occurring fast enough to meet the demand of firms competing in theglobal economy. The National Science Foundation realized the need and has supported thiswork with a "Proof of Concept-Phase I" DUE CCLI Grant Award number 0536197 and mostrecently a TUES "Type 2 Collaborative Research at Several Institutions" DUE Award numbers1023034 and 1023064, respectively. All learning modules developed in six years of work areavailable free to US engineering educational institutions onhttp://sites.google.com/site/finiteelementlearning/home.Initially, we developed FE learning modules in six engineering areas: (1) structural analysis, (2)mechanical vibrations, (3) computational fluid

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

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Mechanical Engineering

the instructor. At the end of theclass period, additional questions that require simple calculations are given to the students.Consequently, students getting C or better grades were 92.6% using such new approachcompared to 59.2% in a simultaneously taught traditional Statics course9. Being aware of theseinterventions in Statics courses at different institutions, this project presents a description ofonline formative assessments to integrate knowledge and recitation sessions developed for theStatics courses which are expected to enhance traditional face-to-face Statics instruction.Statics Course Difficulties and Opportunities Figure 1 indicates the main topics that are associated with student learning outcomes in theStatics course in the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Eric Wong, University of Texas, Dallas

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

before graduation. Page 25.754.2Another argument is that undergraduate SE programs, following the SWEBOK5, or theundergraduate SE curriculum recommended by the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society4,generally do teach software testing. However, we must recognize two important facts: (1) mostuniversities and colleges only offer undergraduate degrees in CS, not SE, and (2) for the majorityof software engineers, if they have a Bachelor’s degree, it is most likely in CS rather than in SE.Besides, although some aspects of software testing may be covered, the actual application oftesting practices is not explored in-depth during the undergraduate

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Briana B. Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State University; Fong K. Mak, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

ithas been adopted and modified by other programs and institutions, and recommendationsregarding its future use.1. Origins of the Faculty Course Assessment ReportIt is often said that necessity is the mother of invention; the Faculty Course Assessment Reportdocument was developed under such circumstances. During the 2001-2002 academic year, boththe computer engineering and electrical engineering programs housed within the Electrical &Computer Engineering and Computer Science (ECCS) Department at Ohio Northern University(ONU) were preparing for an ABET accreditation visit under the then-new “EC 2000” guidelines Page 25.755.2requiring programs

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Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Aleong, Queen's University

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Graduate Studies, Student

strengthened and developedthroughout my graduate program. These critical perspectives challenged my assumptions and Page 25.756.2caused me to question the purpose of my actions. Through analysis of my personal memoriesand reflection entries, I have organized my critical perspectives into four categories: 1. Challenges in Undergraduate Engineering 2. Other Opportunities 3. My Graduate Degree Program 4. Benefit for Employers, Benefit for MyselfChallenges in Undergraduate EngineeringI realize that during my undergraduate years, I was a passive stakeholder in my education—Iallowed the curriculum of the school to act on me. A personal