Conference Session

Novel Pedagogical Techniques I: Online, Electronic, and Apps!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W Liberatore, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

usage, e.g., video views, onlinehomework responses, course management system’s file downloads, reflective textbookcommenting, etc. [7-15]. Student engagement with new technologies does not seems to be adetractor; one recent study found a growing majority of current engineering students, sometimescalled digital natives, prefer interactive or electronic textbooks [16, 17]. With detailed data nowavailable, new research questions related to textbook usage can be formulated and tested.While portable electronics became relatively inexpensive and multifunctional, the price oftextbooks rose to more than $200 for a traditional hardcover engineering textbook. Some studentsopt to use the Internet for free rather than add hundreds of dollars of books to

Conference Session

Strategies to enhance student learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marybeth Lima P.E., Louisiana State University; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

in the College of Engineering. She is a second-generation woman engineer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Service learning in biological and agricultural engineering: Journeys in community engagementService learning has a long history in biological and agricultural engineering involving academicstudent learning outcomes attainment that occurs through hands-on projects implemented in andfor the community. Best practices in engagement between an academic institution and thecommunity are characterized by mutually beneficial relationships, clear inclusion of thecommunity partner's voice, intentional reflection by the students on their experiences, and alonger

Conference Session

Construction 2: Teaching Using Projects, Case Studies, and Service Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Alan Bugg P.E., Auburn University; Wesley Collins, Auburn University; Scott William Kramer, Auburn University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

students from being able to participate during their undergraduate education. In order to help alleviate these common barriers, two faculty members at Auburn University designed and implemented a 10-day Service-Learning class to Quito, Ecuador. An international Service-Learning class is defined as: "A structured academic experience in another country in which students (a) participate in an organized service activity that addresses identified community needs; (b) learn from direct interaction and cross- cultural dialogue with others; and (c) reflect on the experience in such a way as to gain a deeper appreciation of the host country and, an enhanced sense of their own responsibilities as citizens, locally and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology)

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

with real project, they have increased the motivation to learn. Students are alsomotivated when they are provided opportunities for practice and feedback. Experiential learningcriteria are given in (Ambrose, et. al., 2010). Through experiential learning, students areconfronted with unfamiliar situations and tasks in a real-world context. To complete these tasks,students need to figure out what they know, what they do not know, and how to learn it. Thisrequires students to: reflect on their prior knowledge and deepen it through reflection and totransfer their previous learning to new contexts resulting in mastering new concepts, principles,and skills (Linn, et al., 2004). Ultimately, these skills create students who become self-directedand life

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus; Raju S. Dandu, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

automated manufacturing systems.The two-year and one-semester subscription options can only be justified for courses in whichTooling U is heavily used as the main replacement to a textbook. Some MET courses would bebenefited by one or two key Tooling U modules in addition to existing text(s), but this is notfeasible when students from other majors or transfer students do not already have subscriptionaccess. The usage of one or two Tooling U course modules would not be enough to justify theb Prices reflect what was offered at the time and may not necessarily a reflection of current offerings by Tooling U.Organizations should consult with Tooling U concerning needs and costs.subscription purchase, and single-module costs for the non-subscription

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

thestart to the end of their participation in the program. Students also performed routine self-assessments and reflections, based on a developed set of program learning outcome, at thebeginning, middle, and end of each quarter. In their reflections, students noted where they haveachieved this level of learning (i.e. course content or specific co-curricular activities). Throughimplementation of the design process in the courses of the HERE program, we anticipated thatstudents would reach higher levels of learning in sustainable design.IntroductionNearly all engineering professions and accreditation boards, not to mention a growing number ofemployers, require that engineering graduates be able to design for sustainability. And yet, until2011, the

Conference Session

Pre-College: Resource Exchange

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Colleen Sage, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

.-Checklist Template (see below)ACTIVITY:-Ask Students to brainstorm things they see every day that consume energy. Create a list of student ideas (i.e. therefrigerator).- Play BrainPop’s Conserving Energy video and discuss key concepts. (Note: The quiz that goes along with thevideo can be taken as a pre-test and then retaken after the video as a means of assessment for objective 1.)- Refer back to the list of student ideas of thingsthat consume energy. Ask students to brainstormways in which we could use less energy witheach item.-Assign the Sustainable energy checklist to becompleted at home that assesses several simpleareas of energy efficiency. After completing thechecklist, have students write a short reflection ofways they could improve their

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Deirdre-Annaliese Nicole Hunter, La Gran Familia De Gregory; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Tech; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

metacognition and its critical role in learning. Therefore, the metacognitiveindicators also provide a path for instructors to understand metacognition better whilesimultaneously yielding valuable information about what students are doing in their attempts tolearn the content of their courses. The indicators enable conversations between instructors andstudents about learning processes where the instructors can respond and suggest specific ways ofprocessing, thinking about, or using the content to learn it better or more efficiently. Instructorsmay well find themselves reflecting on their own learning experiences – in general andspecifically within their area of expertise – which can provide powerful points of connectionwith their students.The next

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Flath, Macalester College; Diane P Michelfelder, Macalester College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

wholedoes not warrant attention in the curriculum. But given the traditional mission of so many liberalarts colleges of preparing students for active lives as informed citizens, and the desire if notpassion of so many liberal arts college students to change the world and improve the quality ofhuman life, the lack of such introductory courses is evidence of a lingering, and troublesome,blind spot in the liberal arts college environment.In this paper, we—one of us a mathematician with a background in engineering and the other aphilosopher with a background in philosophy of technology and philosophy of engineering—describe and reflect on our experiences in the Fall of 2016 team-teaching Thinking Like anEngineer, a course we developed for first year

Conference Session

International Research Experiences

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming Li, Tsinghua University; Qing Lei, Beihang University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

ABET and its international trend, the practice of qualityassurance in engineering education within American colleges and universities has gonethrough different stages under the guidance of ABET. Engineering education accreditationpersonnel (ABET managers, staff, accreditors, etc.), engineering education professionals(administrators in engineering departments, engineering faculty, ABET liaison, etc.),engineering students (engineering undergraduates, engineering graduate students, engineeringdoctoral students, etc.) are important stakeholders. Researches based on the StakeholderTheory are mainly reflected in the following aspects, research on stakeholders and their rolein the accreditation process,2 research on evaluation culture in the

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard David, University of Texas, Austin; Jill Marshall, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, the reflective judgement theory of personal epistemology similarlydescribes epistemic development as an individual’s progression through a series of well-definedstages (King & Kitchener, 1994, 2004). In the reflective judgement model, individuals progressthrough pre-reflective, quasi-reflective, and reflective stages, ultimately viewing knowledge ascontextually-dependent and open to evaluation.Schommer's (1990) beliefs view of personal epistemology purports individuals have a multi-dimensional view of knowledge and that each dimension varies in complexity and sophistication.According to this theory, there are five dimensions that can be used to describe individuals’beliefs about knowledge: “the structure, certainty, and source of

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. mention societal impacts of their project as a separate item to consider in design, 2 but they do not provide examples or any further detail. mention societal impacts of their project, perhaps only in passing or in a sentence 1 with all three pillars of sustainability. do not discuss societal impacts of their project. 0ReflectionFinally, we reviewed students’ reflections of how the Community Engagement module impactedtheir understanding of and ability to incorporate preliminary social sustainability principles intheir senior

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

-engineers. Grunert and Adams(2016) reflect this consensus when they assert that “engineering literacy develops citizensthrough their participation in a culture and society that depends on engineering projects.Engineering literate persons function fully within such a society, participating in engineeringprojects not only insofar as engineering training is required, but also in recognition of the broadersocial impact of those projects.” Their paper highlights an interesting finding from their previousresearch: an “absence of meaningful difference between students in engineering courses of studyand students in non-engineering programs.” Of course, this recognition goes at least as far back as “Improving TechnologicalLiteracy” (2002), in which

Conference Session

Software Engineering Concepts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Goswami, North Dakota State University; Gursimran Singh Walia, North Dakota State University; Ganesh Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Mark E McCourt, Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

saccades instead of reading in a linearfashion. Modern eye tracking system works by reflecting infra-red light on an eye, and recordingthe reflection pattern. Early research [26] in eye tracking showed that, people tend to incorporateregressive fixations and saccades (instead of reading in a linear fashion) when faced withcomprehension difficulty to review their understanding and retention.These eye movement factors represents the amount of cognitive processing involved by anindividual [27]. Cognitive psychologists used eye tracking technology [28], [29] to understandVisual/Verbal and Sequential/Global LS preference of individuals by displaying information ona computer monitor. The results showed that visual learners tend to focus at the pictures

Conference Session

Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Necia Werner, Carnegie Mellon University; Joanna Dickert, Carnegie Mellon University; Nisha Shanmugaraj, Carnegie Mellon University ; Kevin G. Monahan, Carnegie Mellon University; Stephanie Wallach, Carnegie Mellon University; Jennifer Keating, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-program aggregate response report to Carnegie Mellon University. The response rate forsummer 2015 respondents from Carnegie Mellon University was 70.7%. Responses reflect self-reported learning gains for each construct andwere measured on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from very large gain (5) to no gain or very small gain (1).2.2 Efforts to build a communications program for summer undergraduate researchers throughbroad stakeholder collaborationIn 2010, the American Society for Engineering Education issued two reports on the future ofscholarly and systematic innovation in the discipline. Among their recommendations for success,ASEE urged those engaged in new pedagogies to be sure to gain broad, collaborativeparticipation among stakeholders

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Tanya Faltens, Purdue University (Network for Computational Nanotechnology)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials

benefits to working together, as86% preferred working on a simulation with a partner; of these 56 students, 63% said thatdiscussions should be encouraged. However, the nature of their discussions was not analyzed todetermine the depth of conversations that occurred. The interactive mode requires studentsworking together equally, discussing the constructive portion of the activity. Students’reflections could provide information on their discussions, but very few students responded tothese questions on the survey. In the future, conversations should be monitored to ensure thatthey are constructive, possibly revising the discussion prompts as needed.The low number of written responses for the reflection question may indicate that students wererunning

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz; Bryan M. Jenkins, University of California, Davis, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Martin Lehmann, Aalborg University, Denmark; Chresten Træholt, Center for Electric Power and Energy, DTU Department of Electrical Engineering; Ronnie D. Lipschutz, University of California, Santa Cruz; Kurt Lawrence Kornbluth, University of California, Davis; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, solutionsmust not only be technically feasible, but also economically, environmentally, and sociallyviable. Thus, truly impactful innovations cannot be isolated to linear track constructs such aszero net energy or carbon neutrality, but must be addressed holistically as a complex systeminvolving diverse stakeholders and with outcomes that may include such metrics.1Training the next generation of leaders and professionals to tackle such challenges in today’sglobalized economy requires a pedagogy that reflects these complex themes and fosterscreativity, engagement and entrepreneurship required for innovation. Municipalities in Denmarkand California have actively committed resources to achieve 100% renewably poweredcommunities by 2050 and have strong

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

2016 semester, course leadership was formalized in the Microprocessors course atECU. Students were encouraged to engage in leadership through coming to class prepared,helping other students learn, and asking questions when they struggled to understand courseconcepts. Leadership outside of the class was encouraged through the formation of studygroups. The instructor also created a Piazza site for the students to use an online forum allowingthem to ask questions and to answer each other’s questions. Students were surveyed at themidpoint and end of the semester in order to reflect on their own participation in the course andto evaluate the leadership of their lab partner. Students were encouraged to provide constructivefeedback in order to help

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University; David J. Terrell, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

MSAs and their impact on quality of life metrics, to find multiplealternative hypotheses to pursue, and find ways, both engineering and non-engineering, toimprove such metrics. This should help place engineering solutions in the broader scope ofthings and their impact.We hypothesize that, by providing scaffolding with ’executable’ narrative case studies andinteraction with students in other disciplines, we can help mainstream engineering students tostep out of their comfort zones and reflect on broader societal issues. We also hypothesize thatthis would help non-mainstream engineering students to find a new awareness and strength inbecoming engineers.Our approach is derived from two theoretical models with strong emphasis on studentinvolvement

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Daria Gerasimova, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; J. Reid Schwebach, George Mason University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

extent to which members are implementing techniques that are new to them varies, but themodel also encourages instructors to reflect on their existing teaching practices.) SIMPLE groupmembers are asked to write design memos that document their process in implementing a newstrategy. Design memos typically describe the strategy itself, why it was chosen, the type ofcourse in which it was used, if/how new activities were graded, how students responded, andlessons learned for future implementations. Design memos serve both as a means to sharestrategies and insights with other instructors and to provide a structure for reflecting on one’steaching.The group in question included a group leader, faculty member participants, and graduatestudents. The

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Usama Zahid, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Evin Scott Groundwater, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yanfen Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andrew Michael Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dallas R Trinkle, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly Ritter, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; P. Scott Carney, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering writing. Also included are rhetorical reflections that ask studentsto consider the choices made in their own writing and to understand writing as a process inwhich they engage.The Writing in Engineering Fields pilot course was designed to be delivered in three units: Unit1: Basic Skillsets for Rhetoric/Why do Engineers Write?”, Unit 2: Writing to EngineeringAudiences, and Unit 3: Writing to Wider Audiences—with each unit designed to meet three corelearning objectives (Table 2). Unit 1 began with an introduction to the Grand Challengesconcepts, culminating in an assignment that asks students to analyze, along with providing arhetorical reflection on, the written and rhetorical choices made across three texts that reflect aGrand Challenge

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinny Rhee, San Jose State University; Camille Johnson, San Jose State University; Clifton M. Oyamot Jr., San Jose State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

that thesense of belonging in women students is consistently higher in departments where they arerepresented in higher numbers9. At Arizona State University, the long-term effects to a suite ofstrategies designed to increase sense of belonging were found to be an increase in retention from0.9% per year to 1.6% per year in their undergraduate engineering cohorts from 1998 to 201310.Four areas were identified at the University of Washington as being important to thedevelopment of community and belonging of ethnic minority students: co-curricular activities,peer support, faculty/department support, and residence programs. They found that supportmechanisms changed with time and responsive strategies should reflect that11. Sophomore andjunior level

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Kurtis Younkin, Iowa State University; Peter T. Savolainen, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

professional development tool.Dr. Peter T. Savolainen, Iowa State University Dr. Peter Savolainen is an Associate Professor in the Iowa State University (ISU) Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. His research includes fundamental and applied projects focused on traffic operations, safety, and driver behavior, as well pedagogical approaches to improve transportation engineering education. Dr. Savolainen currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of Accident Analysis and Prevention and Analytic Methods in Accident Research. Dr. Savolainen’s peda- gogical efforts are reflected by his selection as a fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering

Conference Session

First Year Computing Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishnendu Ghosh, Miami University; Michele D Dickey, Miami University; Laurena Werner, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

procedural steps and important concepts in the assignment. e. My group was satisfied with how our assignments turned out.The aforementioned assignment helped the students to demonstrate their project based on theirimplementation and also, critique the projects of other students who were members of theirgroup. The in-class assignment and reflection gave exposure to other student projects. Also, theinstructor provided feedback on the Software version 1.0 and additional features wererecommended to be incorporated in Software version 2.0.Software version 2.0: Modify the Software version 1.0 based on the feedback received. State clearly how you have incorporated the feedback in Software version 2.0.The assignment, Software version

Conference Session

Engineering Identity

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

required to complete a group bridge-building project in which they utilized the entirety ofthe engineering design process to design, analyze, build, and test a balsa bridge, given materialand size limitations.Journal Development and AdministrationAfter bridge testing, students were offered five points of extra credit on a 1000-point scale tocomplete a 15 to 30-minute short-answer journal entry, found in Appendix A, regarding theirexperience of designing, building, and testing the bridge project. Use of student reflections, suchas journals, have been shown to allow students to find better meaning in the work they have done,and to be beneficial towards students experience of completing design projects14.Online Learning Management Software was used

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Sedig Salem Agili, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

chosenafter extensively investigating and inquiring opinions from working signal integrity engineers. Thetextbook “Signal and Power Integrity - Simplified (2nd Edition)” is one of the most used byindustry, with very high rating by technical readers.EE 497A INTRODUCTION TO SIGNAL INTEGRITY FOR INTERCONNECTS (4) Catalog Data: Transmission lines and reflections, lossy lines, rise time, material properties, cross talk in transmission lines. Time and frequency domain measurements, jitter. Prerequisite: E E 330, E E 352. (Note 3 hour lecture and 3 hour lab per week) Eric Bogatin, Signal and Power Integrity - Simplified (2nd Edition), Textbook Prentice Hall, 2009

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheree Buikema, Purdue University; Robert J. Herrick, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Wanju Huang, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Reviewer. Wanju enjoys collaborating with faculty to design online and blended courses. She strives to transfer faculty’s expertise and teaching philosophy in different learning contexts and enhance students’ learning experiences. She has published and presented research papers related to online learning and instructional design at national and international conferences. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Technology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Using Technology to Reinvent a Learning EnvironmentAbstract:This is a reflection describing the process of redesigning a lower

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mel Chua, Olin College of Engineering; Lynn Andrea Stein, Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

apprenticeship framing presumethat expertise comes through scaffolded, reflective, and social performance leading towardcontextually adaptable mastery. These contrasting frames, supported by case studies, provide atheoretical basis for improved curricular culture change.Introduction: Pedagogical change is curricular culture changeEducational experiences are embedded in curricular cultures. By curricular cultures, we meanparticular sets of assumptions, practices, and skills regarding teaching and learning that areshared by a community, or, in more colloquial terms, “the way we do things around here” withrespect to the curriculum. An individual course typically includes a particular set of expectations,roles, activities, artifacts, and underlying

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1: Programs, Pedagogies, and Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Teresa J.K. Hall, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

currently professor and head of the Construction and Operations Management department at South Dakota State University.Prof. Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University BYRON GARRY is Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Construction & Operations Management in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University. He has been a member of ASEE since 1998. As SDSU ASEE Campus Representative, his goal is to help fellow College of Engineering faculty to be reflective teachers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Continuous Improvement of Teaching via Peer and Administrator Classroom

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Tech; Tamoghna Roy, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

byorganizations and often reflect the college’s unique vision which sets it apart from peerinstitutions. Analytical techniques which rely on word usage, semantic information, andmetadata information can be used to generate powerful descriptive models with allow us toobtain relevant information from text-based data. This study presents a Natural LanguageProcessing (NLP) based textual data analytical approach using Term Frequency-InverseDocument Frequency (tf-idf) to study the mission statements of engineering colleges/schools. Atotal of 59 engineering colleges/schools: 29 public, and 30 private, across the United States wereanalyzed in this study. Results of this study indicate that there is indeed a difference in tf-idfscores for public versus private