Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank D. Voss, Taylor University; Scott Henry Moats, Crown College; Bill Chapman, University of Arizona

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. As a result, students obtain job ready skills and project abilities in 2years that can greatly leverage their early learning and focus.In a multi-university collaboration, all participants gain in shared information including:articulation agreements, ABET start-up templates and shared consultant advice, summerinternships, legal forms, competitions, joint projects and other synergistic areas. Using acollaboration mesh network strategy coupled with hybrid technology and proven teachingstrengths, a more efficient program is planned for pilot testing for SCU consortiums towardfurther feasibility assessment.1.0 IntroductionMajor advances can be made at the undergraduate level in STEM education. Large gains areexpected in program quality and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Temesgen Wondimu Aure, University of Cincinnati

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary research field.Dr. Temesgen Wondimu Aure, University of Cincinnati TEMESGEN W. AURE, Ph.D., is the STEM Program Coordinator working under Dr. Kukreti on the NSF Type 1 STEP and S-STEM Projects in the Department of Biomedical, Chemical and Environmen- tal Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Temesgen joined UC as a graduate student in 2008 Fall and completed his doctoral degree in Civil Engineering in 2013. He started working on his current position at UC in January 2014. He plans, designs, evaluates and modifies pro- grams supported by the NSF Type 1 STEP and S-STEM Grants in the College of Engineering and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Engineering Ethics

Africa & Mozambique).† Problem statement adapted from [13]. export and is considered the amount of transfer to Canju. The value of this transfer at which the system is barely stable is the transient stability limit. South to North TTC is similarly calculated.b) Reports should recommend a North to South allowed TTC plan, and a South to North TTC plan at the CNI (Canju-Northwest Intertie) for each year in the given planning period.c) Reports should recommend options for extending the system into the eastern region that illustrate how environmental, social, and ethical considerations were taken into account. Note that the population of the eastern region is about half that of the west (38M vs 76M) and the [western

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy L.J. Ferris, School of Engineering, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Fanny Camelia, University of South Australia

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Systems Engineering

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Brewer, University of Georgia; Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

theconclusion that engineers well deserve our “significantly higher” salaries? As I’m strugglingwith these thoughts the administrator answers my question for me: “Engineers are very important to our economy. Engineers create new companies, they create wealth, they create new jobs.”The “economic hero” rhetoric doesn’t land with me, and my reaction is personal. If engineersare very important because they create companies and “wealth”, then what is an engineerwhose primary concern isn’t economic growth? This is more than a philosophical point for me.My personal career plans not only take me away from service to “our economy” but put mesquarely in opposition to the values I’m hearing described by the one of the highest leveladministrators

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William John Palm IV P.E., Roger Williams University; Charles R Thomas, Roger Williams University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles M Schweik, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Paula Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Steven D Brewer, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Christine Olson; Dan Smoliga

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

communicate with others through their web platformwiki or “Research Note” functions. The latter is the primary method for participants todocument what they are working on, share what they have learned, ask questions to thecommunity who are following the science topic, pose challenges to others to solveproblems they have encountered, or critique one another’s work. Research notes mightinclude photos of project steps or components, documented steps they have or plan toundertake, or reports from some field excursion or Public Lab meetup. This particularfunction played a central role in the class we will now describe.  Course Overview    In the fall of 2014, we offered an experimental upper-level undergraduate course at theUniversity of Massachusetts

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Kylie Hensley, SUSTAIN SLO; Rachel Pittman; Jada Golland, SUSTAIN SLO

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

(Sino-US Strategic Alliance for Innovation) was formed as aninternational institute committed to innovating for sustainable design in rural Chinesecommunities. As soon as the partnership began to identify sustainability indicators for the worktogether, the U.S. team realized that it didn’t have a legitimate voice in the partnership since theU.S. is itself out of sustainable balance. SUSTAIN SLO was established in 2009 to mirror theChinese partners’ collaboration between university, local government, business, non-profits andcitizens. One portion of the work is a freshman learning initiative that was launched in 2012 atCal Poly, SLO, after several years of planning and capacity building by the collaborators. Thefaculty involved are dedicated to

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Eric Kuo, Stanford University; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Michael M. Hull, Wayne State College

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, how engineering students come to understand and practice design.Dr. Michael M. Hull, Wayne State College Assistant Professor of Physical Sciences Page 26.1499.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Tensions and trade-offs in instructional goals for physics courses aimed at engineersAbstractIn planning and teaching courses for engineering majors, physics instructors grapple withmultiple instructional goals: extensive content coverage, quantitative problem solving,conceptual understanding, motivation, and more. The temptation is to treat

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; Eric Musselman P.E., Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

andrelationship of individual course components in the inverted model (recorded lecture videos,concept quizzes, problem sets, laboratory exercises, and design projects) are presented. Impactson faculty planning and preparation are discussed. A review of the changes made between eachsuccessive course offering based on lessons learned is also provided.In addition to the authors’ (faculty) perspective, the students’ perspective is also addressed basedon the results of extensive end-of-the-semester surveys asking students for feedback on theinverted model. Student responses to numerous multiple choice “rating” questions about courseformat and course components are provided. Student performance is also addressed through abroad comparison of examination grades

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs for K-12 Teachers.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, the Maryland Coordinator and content experts trained and collaborated with theircounterparts from eight PLTW Affiliate Universities across the country, gathering input andfeedback on lesson plans, assessments, and frequency of training. As changes were made in thePLTW curriculum, materials were developed for new subject matter, including a new digitalelectronics platform.The full day training sessions, which reinforce and build on knowledge gained during PLTWsummer core training programs, are designed to build teacher confidence and to make thembetter instructors. Learning a new software package or technical material such as AutodeskInventor, VEX with ROBOTC, Autodesk Revit, digital electronics or civil engineering topics inan intensive two

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 3 – Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd France, University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(aboutone-quarter of the school’s population), with demographics of 35% minority, 35% female, and23% low socio-economic status. While these rates fell short of matching the school itself,compared to those earning engineering degrees across the nation (13% minority, 18% female1),the academy was an overwhelming success in diversity.The learning modelOriginally unable to afford canned curricula, two of the school’s science teachers – one of whomhad a degree in engineering, the other with a background in the construction industry – weretasked with creating the lesson plans. Though neither had experience with engineering education,faculty members from the partnering college provided guidance. Rather than simply focusing onthe development of

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nan Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Natascha M Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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International

personal and professional life. IV.2 Use of observations and discussions to examine, appraise, compare, contrast, plan for new actions, or propose remedies to use in and outside of structured learning experiences Metacognitive V.1 Demonstrate examination of the learning process V.2 Show what & how learning occurred V.3 Show how new knowledge altered existing knowledgeFindingsAfter the four authors finished their data analysis, the codes were tallied and summarized asgiven in Table 4. The codes were tallied as a way of getting a more global sense for what kindsof topics students most frequently commented on, while also providing

Conference Session

Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Lynne Morazes, Brandeis University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

other for affirmation, respectively.To address these issues, educators should uses appropriate learning strategies, make choices thatare changing and engaging, and develop a positive orientation toward learning in theirclassrooms to promote a mastery orientation. As instructors, specific pedagogies can be used toinfluence whether students adopt a mastery orientation in the classroom. Some of these practicesinclude focusing attention on students’ effort and strategy use, not on abilities or intelligence;teaching adaptive learning strategies (e.g. planning, monitoring, and evaluating their progress inlearning); encouraging student involvement and a sense of personal responsibility; de-emphasizing the negative consequence of making errors

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah; Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering

onlinesimulations of relatedsystems. Thesesimulations are used inhomework assignments tofamiliarize freshmen withcomplicated theory,prepare for hands-onassignments, comparereal-world data to theory,and track student usage toinform iterativeimprovement ofcurriculum material.After the introductoryweek students begin aseries of projects.Basic Sensors (Week 2):Purpose: Studentsdevelop the skills neededto assemble a simplecircuit and acquire datathat would be useful to a Figure 2: Example of a hands-on Design Module. Simulations are used inchemical engineer. Basic the research phase, during class discussions and individual homework.concepts of physical Students then plan their designs, using the theory they have learned, and thenmeasurements, and

Conference Session

Student Experiences and Motivation: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Marcia R Friesen P.Eng., University of Manitoba; Sandra Ingram, University of Manitoba; Douglas Warren Ruth

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

attainment of the targeted learning objectives. To that end, two engineering education researchers planned and carried out an intrinsic case study of the Winter 2013 offering of the course. After executing the study, the researchers were surprised to find quite a negative bent in students’ responses to the course in the data. They recognized that students’ expectations and perceived experiences were quite different from the instructor’s expectations and intended experiences for his students. Therefore, the study was extended for a second year. The objective of the broader study, within which this work is positioned, was to be a formative assessment tool for the course to explore students

Conference Session

Concepts and Conceptual Knowledge

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Suzanne Wallace; Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Publication Practical P01 AASHTO / “Green Book” 2001 P02 ITE / Freeway & Interchange Geometric Design Handbook 2005 P03 ITE / Urban Street Design 2008 P04 AASHTO / “Green Book” 2011 Textbook T01 Garber & Hoel / Traffic and Highway Engineering 1997 T02 / Transportation Engineering Planning and Design, 3rd Edition 1998 T03 Banks / Introduction to Transportation Engineering 1998 T04 Khisty & Lall / Transportation Engineering: An Introduction, 3rd 2002

Conference Session

Student Motivation and Faculty Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessie Keeler, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra May Friedrichsen, Unaffiliated; Jeffrey A Nason, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

professors’ clarifications about theMuddiest Points directly improved their learning, showed their professors cared, andenhanced their overall relationship with their professors. The exercise was also popularamongst professors; several planned to include the exercise in their future courses. InIntroductory Materials courses, Krause and colleagues8,9 found the use of Muddiest Pointactivities informed instructors’ use of formative process feedback and improved studentattitudes, achievement and retention of course content.Most Surprised activities are rarely used in engineering, but have been used by instructorsin other fields in a way similar to Muddiest Point. In the most common form reported inthe literature, Most Surprised is posed as one question

Conference Session

Evaluation: Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherina V Tarnai-Lokhorst P.Eng., FEC, Camosun College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

barriers toengineering and other careers in the physical sciences continue to deter women from enteringthose careers.History textbooks are good indicators of how well social knowledge is transmitted to youngergenerations and, according to Jane Gaskell 11,12, textbooks from the first wave rarely includedreferences to women’s experiences . The early feminists attempted to initiate changes to thecurriculum in their role as teachers, setting lesson plans and writing texts to introduce students toissues relevant to life in the home and building a foundation for – or maybe driving – the secondwave of feminism 13–18. Coinciding with racial activism, the second wave was replete withmilitant affirmative action 19, which alienated some from the growing

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Mikhail Russu

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

like this were very uncommon, however. This could point to a missing link withrespect to developing a professional sense of social responsibility in engineers that could drawfrom the existing HSS influences that students reported. One student actually discussed howtheir humanities class influenced them negatively with respect to their views of engineering,saying: “Mostly the humanities, the engineering classes I took made me realize how irrelevant my major (mechanical engineering) is to making a difference in the world. I don't plan on using my major for anything in the future- planning on shifting my career path to the humanities/social sciences.”This response came from a female, senior engineering student who

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Problem-based and Active Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiina M. Komulainen, Oslo and Akershus University College; Christine Lindstrøm, Oslo and Akershus University College; Tengel Sandtrø, Oslo and Akershus University College

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Electrical and Computer

individual basis, whereas the ProLab activities,laboratory exercises, and homework assignments were designed for groups of two to fourstudents.Based on the pedagogical design, the instructor had to completely redesign the detailedlecture/exercise plans for each week. The instructor’s theory presentations had to be modifiedquite drastically from the lecture slides for traditional classroom lectures to material supporting Page 26.1750.6active learning. The theoretical material was divided into three categories: simple enough forstudents’ self-study and quizzes prior to ProLab-sessions, theory/modeling techniquepresentations with short theory tasks for

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

discussion that her group memberswent through in arriving at their final positions and the evolution of her own thinking as the dis-cussion progressed, possibly in preparation for the final exam in the course; andd) Allowing the instructor to assess how effective the initial multiple-choice question was in en-abling the formation of heterogeneous groups as well as how effective the discussions in the groupswere in helping students develop deep understanding of the underlying concepts by looking at thesummaries of the discussions submitted by the various students in the class.We conclude with a mention of our plans for future work. We are currently implementing therevised version of the CONSIDER tool. Once it is complete, we plan to test it in a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Theresa Mae Swift, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Amardeep Kaur, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla MO

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Resistor SetC. Implementation Plan and DiscussionThe assignments have been made a permanent part of the circuit analysis laboratory in ECE atMissouri University of Science and Technology14. Student performance, student comments, andinstructor observations will be used to modify the assignments for effectiveness. In particular,the laboratory reports have been selected as measures for the department assessment planregarding ABET outcomes b) and k). For instance, the student grades on the Resistive Networksreports will address the criteria for outcome b) to organize and interpret laboratory data with agoal of having a median score on this selected assignment of 80 percent or more.This laboratory implementation provides an early basic introduction to

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Materials

interrupting and talking over eachother, at three minutes they begin to build a conversation.Speaker A: How many pellets do we want to make, because she said it was like uh five grams.Speaker B: No, because we are not going to do just one pellet so we are definitely going to need controlsand stuffSpeaker A: Yeah that's trueSpeaker C: For the 0.6 it says about 1g?Speaker D: How expensive were the dopants?At six minutesSpeaker B : So should we plan to do like 3 pellets per thing so that we have uh error bars?Speaker A: Yeah that would be goodSpeaker D: Yeah I think 3 or fiveSpeaker B : Wait, point 3 or moreSpeaker D, A, B: YeahSpeaker A: So which, so whichSpeaker D: interrupting - 9 pelletsSpeaker A: 9 pellets?Speaker A, C, B: Three, three three dopants

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jeffrey Alan Cole, Pasadena City College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. Ethnic demographics of the 102 Biol 10B studentparticipants are 4% Black/African American, 12% White, 49% Asian/Pacific Islander, 18%Hispanic/Latin, 17% Other; 55.9% of participants are women. In advisory roles are two biologyfaculty members. Planning and financial support is administered by the director of the eSTEMcenter.Common features of curriculum at both institutions. Cal Poly Pomona and Pasadena CityCollege designed their courses curricula to include 1) research skills training, and 2) interactionbetween students from both institutions. The curriculum was designed to provide a challengingbut manageable learning environment that promoted critical and creative thinking. Themechanism used for the integration of research training activities

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cem Karacal, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

IME Elect (END XXX) 3 Prod Plan. and Control IME 483 (END 421) 3 Integr. Eng. Design IME 490 (END 492) 3 Plantwide Process Control IME 476 3 Eng. Ethics & Prof. PHIL323 (ITB 217E) 3 Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Interdisciplinary Studies IS XXX 3 3 TOTAL 15 18The number of credit hours taken at SIUE is 67 and the number of credit hours taken at ITU is 76,making the total 143. Although this number is well above the SIUE’s requirements, it is the

Conference Session

Development of Collaborative Skills in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa K. Thevenin, Colorado State University; Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

on the relationship between these constructs being the same amongst male and femalestudents. Page 26.732.4InstrumentationA quantitative survey was used to explore differences in construction education-domain levelself-efficacy and motivation among construction management students. The following constructsfrom Elliott’s6 Construction Training Attitudes and Intentions Scale (CTAIS) were utilized fordata collection: planned training behavior (PTB), construction training self-efficacy (CTSE), andtraining motivation attitudes (TMA). The CTAIS identifies characteristics intended to contributeto attrition and performance in construction training

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Project-based Learning and Cornerstone Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Elmore, Binghamton University; Sharon B Fellows, Binghamton University; Koenraad E Gieskes, Binghamton University; Lee A Cummings, Binghamton University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Question 5 For the first-year engineering program in the Watson School retention has improved.Anecdotal evidence from students and instructors suggests that the change in the first-yearengineering program’s approach plays a large part in keeping students engaged and wanting tofurther experience the world of engineering. The engineering design process was built into thecurriculum in a way that allowed students to develop ideas, create designs, evaluate them, andcommunicate the results by thinking creatively and abstractly. Students developed effectivecommunication skills by presenting their design plans, results, tests, and redesigns. They wereable to articulate a particular approach to a design, what went wrong with a design, and whatsteps were

Conference Session

Faculty Development I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha Cleveland-Innes, Athabasca University; Stefan Stenbom, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Stefan Hrastinski, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

Sydöstra plans for - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOZJvoVlzNQ galleriet KTH introducing Biblioteket technology into course designs Review, and Post discipline post to, course specific articles site on online learning in Discussions of individual Week 2 subject areas Post questions and answers in discussion forum Refer to news Technical pre- stories and

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Strategies I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasa S. Vidic, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Erin Gross Claypool, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the flipped classroom.The school-wide initiative also included the formation of a learning community in the spring2013 by the school’s Engineering Education Research Center (EERC). In addition to theinstructor, other engineering instructors who were flipping courses within the school participatedin the meetings. The assessment analyst and the IT staff doing the video creation and editing Page 26.782.4were also part of the group. During the meetings, various topics were discussed includingchallenges regarding students and video development, assessment plans, classroom logistics,active learning techniques, and the overall goals.To directly