Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University; Nicholas Patrick Totaro, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

courses have collaborated for years onthese courses. However, starting two years ago, co-author Totaro began co-teaching bothcourses. This effort has led to greater continuity between the courses and a more seamlessapproach with objectives that cross courses, including an emphasis on career development,communication skill development, and design experiences. Specific examples include:  A focus on visual communication which starts in BE 1251 (CAD drawing) and continues in BE 1252 (CAD drawing of playground design concepts). CAD formatting and best practices in drawing presented in 1251 are required/carried through in 1252.  The same human-centered engineering design method (Lima and Oakes, 2014) presented across

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Raj Raman, Iowa State University; Amy L. Kaleita, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

therewas more than a 0.5 difference in average response on a 5-point Likert scale, the following wereobserved:  Hybrid-flipped (HF) students found the teaching style less effective (4.0 vs 4.8).  HF students felt more connected to their TAs (4.6 vs 3.7). This was the biggest between the groups. The TAs were different fall to spring, so it is hard to know if this was in part an effect of TA personality.  HF students found the programming tasks more meaningful (4.4 vs 3.8), less boring (1.6 vs 2.3), more helpful to their career goals (4.4 vs 3.8), and were less intimidated by the programming portion of the class (2.0 vs 2.5).  HF students felt less qualified for the engineering topics portion (4.2 vs 4.8

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Pawan Ramchandra Galande

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

agriculture and preparing them for careers in agriculture,horticulture, or dairy; 2) to acquaint its students with on-going thrust programs and relatedtransfer of technology programs in agricultural and allied areas; and 3) to help its studentsinteract with various agriculture and horticultural based industrial units in the region forinternships and placements. The college had poor performance for a few years before 2016. For example, the passingpercentage of its third (final) year students in 2015-16 was merely 16%. The first author joinedthe college as its principal (administrative head or dean) at the start of the academic year 2016-17and the second author joined the parent body Shri Shivaji Shikshan Prasarak Mandal of thecollege as its

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

students with an opportunity tospecialize their learning in specific concentrations such as water and soil conservation, airquality, agricultural systems/power & machinery, renewable energy, and post-harvestprocessing/food engineering/bioprocess engineering. In an effort to identify distinguishingcharacteristics of a BAE, learning outcomes were mapped to specific concentrations and specificknowledge areas for the BAE curriculum at Texas A&M University. Learning outcomes havebeen viewed as the standard for measuring the knowledge, skills and attitudes a student hasobtained. Mapping of these learning outcomes could function as indicators of students’ abilitiesto perform in careers focused on their concentration and distinguish them from

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Peterson P.E., University of Wisconsin, River Falls; Matthew Francis Digman, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

videos was about right. Q13 The amount of homework was appropriate for the course. Q14 I will most likely use CAD in my career. Q15 Having deadlines for assignments required me to adhere to the course schedule RAD Questions I believe I would have kept up with the course material even if homework assignments didn’t have Q16 due dates. I would have preferred to hand in assignments at my convenience rather than by strict due dates Q17 (Late assignments permitted). I would have submitted more homework