Conference Session

Curricular Advancements in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University; Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

benefits of blendingentrepreneurial skills and tendencies with engineering are great. It has even been postulated thatengineers with an entrepreneurial inclination are the core drivers of economic growth in nations[1]. Many programs, both publicly and privately funded, have focused on entrepreneurship or theentrepreneurial mindset (EM) in engineering education. The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program is one example on the public side, and the Kern Family Foundation’s KEENprogram (Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network) is an example on the private side.KEEN is a growing network of over 35 U.S.-based academic institutions with the shared missionof integrating the EM in their undergraduate engineering programs [2]. The focus of KEEN is

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Massie Chance, University College London and TU Dublin; Mike Mimirinis, Anglia Ruskin University; Ines Direito, University College London; John E. Mitchell, University College London; Emanuela Tilley, University College London

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering

, educators can do more to encourage reflection, exploration, and self-directed learning among students. This is a work in progress, and the first phase has been a pilot study. This paper reports results of the pilot as well as the context, rationale, and design of the overall study. The pilot was the first step in a study seeking to provide new understandings: (1) spanning multiple professions; (2) identifying the various concepts that architecture and engineering students hold about the generation of new designs; and (3) describing how these conceptualizations compare within and between fields. The second phase will use phenomenographic methodologies to identify qualitatively different ways engineering and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maral Kargarmoakhar, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Transformation Institute, earned a doctoral degree in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Elizabethtown College, a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University, eleven years of experience in industry as a software engineer. Her research focus is on broadening participation in engineering and computing through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and identity and 2) computer science education research in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women and minorities in computer-related engineering fields. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramiro Jordan P.E., University of New Mexico; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Kamil Agi, SensorComm Technologies Inc.; Donna M. Koechner, eNova Solutions, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

employed by the military ingeneral rather than being “civil” engineers. The first non-military engineering curriculum in auniversity was instituted in France at the École des Ponts et Chaussees as a “civil” engineeringprogram in 1747 [1]. In 1847, the West Point Military Academy became the first systematicengineering school in the U.S. About 50 years after that, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutefollowed Connecticut College as the first non-military school to implement an engineeringdegree curriculum. The Industrial Revolution maintained the hierarchical structure ofengineering as most engineers worked for the industrial enterprise or the government.The first concept bordering on Peace Engineering is probably that of “appropriate technology”.In his

Conference Session

Best Practices in Out-of-School Time

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University; Elisabeth Roberts, Northern Arizona University; Lori Rubino-Hare, Northern Arizona University; Haylee Nichole Archer, Northern Arizona University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 How Educators Implement Engineering Curricula in OST Settings Recent education policy documents call for a renewed emphasis on engineering as acritical practice for student learning in PK-12 settings [1], [2]. Engineering entails specificpropositional and procedural knowledge, which Cunningham & Kelly [3] argue are coreengineering practices that youth must understand as a part of authentic, inclusive, and equitableengineering learning experiences. Providing youth opportunities for engineering during theregular school day, however, can be challenging due to time and other curricular constraints. Due to these constraints, out-of-school time (OST) programs have been identified

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexa Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University; Christina Keenan Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. A faculty advisor, who is required for studentorganizations in most universities, serves as the liaison between the SWE section and theuniversity and is responsible for knowing the university’s policies. A faculty advisor helps thestudent section access university resources and ensures the section is meeting all universityrequirements. A counselor is required by SWE for a collegiate section to remain in “goodstanding” and serves as the liaison between the SWE section and other SWE professionalmembers and the industry [1]. The relationship between collegiate sections and their facultyadvisors and counselors is different at every university.This paper examines the role of faculty advisors and counselors in SWE collegiate sections

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Tyler, Granta Design; Nicole Johnson-Glauch, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Leon M. Dean, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jessica A. Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

curriculum andengineering self-confidence among participants, we studied outreach camps targeted tohigh school women that varied in the incorporation of design into their structure. Wechose to study three camps: (1) a design-focused camp, (2) a design-incorporated camp(run by the authors), and a (3) design-absent camp. All three camps were at the sameuniversity but based in different engineering disciplines. Results from pre-post surveyWilcoxon Signed Rank tests showed that design-focused and design-incorporated campswere able to improve students’ perspective of what engineering is (p

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anas Chalah, Harvard University; Fawwaz Habbal, Harvard University; Michael Raspuzzi, Harvard University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

human challenges.1 Engineering schools that are embedded within liberal artsschools, such as ours, are uniquely suited for such education. In addition, schools that havestrong research faculty can enable an additional component where students and curriculumare informed by research methodologies as well as advancements in science andengineering, thus creating a mind set for innovation and critical inquiry.In this paper we present two cases of comprehensive summer programs where studentsworked in teams on research-oriented projects. The teams are composed of internationalstudents and worked with a clear objective to learn and contribute in creating new devicesthat may advance state of the arts within a social and economic context. The topics of

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alaa Abdalla, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Rinith Reghunath, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Midhat Javaid Zaidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

in the field of engineering. PBL has long been shown to be an effectivemethod for student learning and understanding, particularly if thoughtfully integrated throughoutthe curriculum ​[1] and if instructors include key features, such as meaningful inquiries,scaffolded assignments, and consistent feedback ​[2]​. Other studies have shown that PBL is moreeffective in deeper retention of material, satisfaction of both students and professors, anddevelopment of professional skills than traditional lecture methods ​[3]​. However, the overalleffectiveness of PBL, and experiential learning in general, may vary widely depending on thenature and structure of the teamwork ​[4]​.This study was conducted at the branch campus of Texas A&M University

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jingshan Wu, Zhejiang University; Yujie Wang, Zhejiang University; Hanbing Kong, Zhejiang University; Ling Zhu, Zhejiang University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Framework of CT for Big E (CT-ENG)Computation thinking is a broad term that encompasses a set of concepts, techniquesand skills. In this section, the study will deconstruct and define CT in the context of“engineering with Big E” (CT-ENG) as follows: We firstly draw on multiply materialsincluding standard documents, reports, and other scholarly literature to identify thecore elements of CT-ENG. We then conduct face to face semi-structured in-depthinterviews with 19 professionals and 5 human resources executives from 11enterprises and institutes. After two rounds of revisions, we formulate a frameworkfor CT-ENG based on these four elements (See Fig.1): Digital Literacy: Understand the basic functions and terminology related to computer hardware

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Cutler, Northern Arizona University; Perry Wood P.E., Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

student to learn, but thetheory, terminology, and general understanding of application would benefit the students’college experience in the engineering curriculum.MethodsTo design a lecture that contains the importance of tolerance as well as the basic fundamentals ofthe subject, the curriculums of other schools are researched and compared to the currentcurriculum at NAU. Portland State University, a university similar to NAU, has 3 separate Introto Engineering classes that are required over the Fall, Winter, and Spring semesters of a student’sfirst year [1]. These classes are titled Introduction to Engineering, Introduction to Systems andControl, and Introduction to Design. These classes focus on teaching the students the importanceof

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Laura P. Ford, University of Tulsa; Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Christy Wheeler West, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

and curricula. Through this, we hope to enable more informed course andcurriculum design throughout the chemical engineering community. The 2018 survey focusedon “Thermodynamics,” a core engineering science. Thermodynamics is perhaps the topic fromthe chemical engineering core with the best available prior documentation, having been treatedby the AIChE Survey Committee in 1973, 1976, 1982, and 1992 (​1–4​), and having been studiedat some depth by an international group lead by Ahlstrom in 2010 (​5​).MethodsThe survey contained 40 mostly multiple-choice questions about undergraduate thermodynamicsinstruction. An electronic copy of the survey questions is available from the correspondingauthor upon request. Invitation links to the online survey

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathew D. Evans, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

notnecessarily for academic researchers. Thus, each communication platform offered its own uniqueaffordances and challenges.Data Sources and AnalysisData for this study were collected across the ten weeks of the summer research experienceprogram. The primary data sources were participants’ finished, published public writing projectartifacts, public response to those products, and post-program interviews in which participantswere asked to explain what they saw a the main differences in communicating with engineeringaudiences and the general public, and to identify audience they value more and why. Informalinteractions between Author 1 and participants over Facebook probed for participants’reflections on how successful did they thought their project was

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Educators may wish to examine whether a human rights lens isrelevant to their teaching.IntroductionThis paper will illustrate how the United Nations’1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR) [1] can be used to frame ethics discussions in engineering. Engineering ethics in theU.S. are not typically taught or framed through the lens of human rights. A few notableexceptions include calls from Lynch [2] and Hoole [3] near the end of the United Nations’Decade on Human Rights Education (1995-2004). A human rights framework may be useful andbring engineering more in line with traditions in other professions. The paper first discussesprofessional ethics through a human rights lens, briefly comparing and contrasting differentprofessions. Next the

Conference Session

Technical Session 11: Topics related to Computer Science

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Perretta, University of Michigan; Westley Weimer, University of Michigan; Andrew Deorio, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, more immediate feedback tostudents on the quality of their code.2 IntroductionResearch and experience from industry have demonstrated that code review and following goodcoding practices are important parts of writing maintainable software 1 . Consequently, goodcoding style is an important learning goal of computer science courses. This is often achieved byevaluating student code by hand using a set of style criteria. This process is difficult to scale forlarge courses. In particular, having more submissions to grade increases the time it takes forstudents to receive feedback on their work. Static analysis tools offer a possible solution to thisproblem. Our goal is to determine which style grading criteria can be effectively automated

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the capabilities of those with disability who were employees, anddemonstrating that recycling was a viable option for a supported employment business.The project’s outcomes were such that 1) This community-relevant humanitarian project helpedto keep those with disability gainfully employed; 2) Student interaction with those with disabilitychanged student mindsets; 3) Real-world engineering skills and teamwork were required tobalance customer needs, worker ability, cost, maintainability and appropriate technology; 4)Students learned that engineering depended as much on artistry as on science and technology; 5)A wide mix of student disciplines participated, with 59% being female; 6) While at the start ofeach semester, few if any students had

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Systems Thinking

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Vinarcik P.E., University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

; a United States Air Force general recently stated, “Our current defense acquisitionsystem applies industrial age processes to solve information age problems [1].”Emergent behaviors (wanted, unwanted, and unanticipated) are particularly difficult to managewith traditional systems engineering approaches. Although functional decomposition and relateddeconstructive approaches are useful, they fail to fully manage interactions. As David Cohen,Director of Naval Air Systems Command’s Systems Engineering Department, recently stated:“We have been using Newtonian systems engineering. We need quantum or string theorysystems engineering to manage modern system development [2].” Model-Based SystemsEngineering (MBSE) is one solution to this

Conference Session

Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa J. Didiano, University of Toronto; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Jonathan Turner, University of Toronto; Mark Franklin, University of Toronto & OneLifeTools; Jason H. Anderson, University of Toronto; Markus Bussmann, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Julie Audet P.Eng., University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

and Post-doctoral Fellows for Diverse Career OptionsIntroductionTraditional engineering doctoral programs prepare students for the professoriate; however, veryfew go on to secure tenure-track, faculty positions [1, 2]. In Canada, 14.7% of engineering PhDgraduates (including architecture and related technologies) are employed as full-time universityprofessors [1]. The majority find employment in a wide range of sectors including research anddevelopment, manufacturing, health care, and government [2, 3]. In comparison to other fields ofstudy, engineering PhDs are more likely to be employed outside the academy [1, 4]. PhDs arenot pursuing academic jobs due to a lack of tenure-track positions, changing research interests,lucrative opportunities

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas S. Soerens, Messiah College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Place of HomeworkAbstractDo online quizzes with immediate feedback promote better student learning than homeworkassignments for upper level engineering classes? A junior-level Environmental Engineering classwas reworked to use multiple-choice quizzes in a learning management system rather than paperhomework. Similar approaches have shown encouraging improvement in student motivation [1],in providing feedback to students [2] and in exam performance [3]. An objective for using thisapproach in Environmental Engineering was to allow the students to receive immediate feedbackon their skills. For example, in calculating the pH of a composite water sample (with somesimplifying assumptions), there are common mistakes that students make that will lead

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning in Chemical Engineering Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Liberatore, University of Toledo; Kayla Chapman

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

and formulas than more advanced topics, such as integration andinterpolation.IntroductionSpreadsheets are common in home and professional life from budget spreadsheets to engineeringcalculations. Leveraging the ability to efficiently organize, calculate, and plot, spreadsheets havebecome commodities after decades of use. While the history of spreadsheets centers on MicrosoftExcel as computer software, e.g., [1], the growth of open source and online spreadsheets, such asGoogle Sheets, fuels the current growth and ubiquity of spreadsheets.Spreadsheet education and training resources are abundant on the Internet. Any web search usingterms such as spreadsheet, excel, or MS Excel yield hundreds or thousands of online resources,many free of charge

Conference Session

Computational Thinking in Pre-College Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

technology medium. This comparison may shedlight on how ‘technology neutral’ CT can be, versus how much technology influences problem-solving.MethodsParticipants and Context This study involved one first grade class in a Title 1 school located in the Midwest. Theselected classroom of 18 participants had recently completed an integrated STEM, literacy, andcomputational thinking unit as part of our NSF STEM+C grant. The class engaged in two half-day computational thinking lessons developed for use in a first-grade classroom. The first half-day lesson included seven activities using the Learning Resource’s Code & Go Robot MouseActivity set, exposing participants to creating sequential only algorithms using a programmablehardware device. The

Conference Session

Interest & Identity

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin (brenda) Zhou P.E., Central Connecticut State University; Feng Wang P.E., Texas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM). Plentiful prior studies [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], and [6] documented positive impacts ofsuch efforts using exit interviews. This paper evaluates a STEM-oriented summer programdesigned for high school students and examines the effectiveness of its educational instruments,using an opening survey, an end-of-program survey, and an alumni survey. Activities of highimpacts identified by this study can be used by other similar outreach programs that aim toincrease high school students' interests in STEM. The National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) program is one of the FederalHighway Administration’s (FHWA) educational initiatives. It is "to increase awareness andstimulate interest in

Conference Session

PCEE Resource Exchange

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lorenzo Greene, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Christine Nguyen, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

, inclusion and K-12 engineering pedagogy.Ms. Christine Nguyen, University of Pittsburgh Christine Nguyen is a full stack software engineer at the Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative at Ari- zona State University who builds and maintains computational social science open source software to (1) investigate factors influencing human behavior and collective action in socioecological systems, (2) support integrative research and data analysis on long-term socio-ecological dynamics, and (3) preserve the digital context necessary to ensure reproducible scientific computation. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in December 2018.Dr. David V.P. Sanchez, University of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

José Carlos Villalobos, University of Central Florida; Uday K. Nair, University of Central Florida; Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Rachel Straney, University of Central Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Social Identity and Personal Identity Scale (SIPI) [1];b) types of motivation on the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) [2]; and c) temporalfluctuations in self-esteem on the State Self Esteem Scale (SSES) [3]. Data were analyzed usingthe Mann-Whitney ​U​ test on nine scales with three demographics comparing ethnicity (majorityvs. underrepresented minorities), gender (male vs. female), and first-in-family to pursue abachelor’s degree (first generation vs. non-first generation). Preliminary results suggest thatfemale students’ motivation for four sub-constructs on the AMS were significantly higher theirmale counterparts. Female (Median=4.38 s=.55) ​motivation to accomplish things​ wassignificantly higher (​p​=.016) than male (Median=3.25 s=.93

Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Constituent Committee

faculty to be moreinclusive and empathetic and immersive virtual reality experiences present a modality throughwhich this can possibly be achieved.Rarely are intentional efforts to learn to be inclusive or empathetic embedded in formalizedtraining as an engineer. However, Kaufman and Libby described experience-taking as aneffective way of changing mindsets and hearts—showing changes in participants’ goals, attitudesand behaviors fostered by a reduction in the self-concept that allows for the taking on of thethoughts, feelings and traits of another [1]. The potential to change mindsets exists and bothinclusion and empathy are teachable and learnable constructs. With that knowledge, what ifengineering faculty could be exposed to a host of

Conference Session

The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville; Matthew A. Verleger Ph.D. (He/His/Him), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Farshid Marbouti, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

abilities across allthree dimensions than the students in the comparison group. This study demonstrated thatintentional and explicit instructional strategies targeting model development resulted in greatergains in students’ demonstrated modeling skills and both their written and coded solutions to acomplex modeling problem.IntroductionEngineers must understand how to build, apply, and adapt various types of models, includingmathematical and computational models, to be successful. Throughout undergraduateengineering education, modeling is fundamental for many core concepts, though it is rarelyexplicitly taught [1]. There are many benefits to explicitly teaching modeling, particularly in thefirst years of an engineering program [1-3]. There are some

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 21: Student Grades and Feedback

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae-Eun Russell, University of Iowa; Mark S. Andersland, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of itseffectiveness has grown (e.g., [1], [2], [3]), multiple institutions have promoted the creation ofactive learning classrooms (ALCs) designed to facilitate this pedagogy. Traditional, teacher-centered passive approaches to learning are primarily focused on efficiently presenting subjectmatter to students through lectures [3]. In contrast, the active learning pedagogy, through in-class activities, hands-on tasks, and more frequent and richer instructional feedback, seeks toengage students in higher order thinking about, and application of, the subject matter.Crucial to the success of the active learning pedagogy is the instructional feedback and helpstudents receive as they think about and try to apply the subject matter they are

Conference Session

Professional Development for Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Corinne Lardy, California State University, Sacramento

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

experience (in which our undergraduate students teachSTEM activities in elementary after school programs in diverse communities) influence theirideas about: (1) STEM, (2) teaching elementary students about STEM, and (3) teaching diversepopulations of students?, and B) Were there differences in these ideas depending upon theelementary school site where the service learning practicum took place? The undergraduates’experiences and developing perspectives are examined through written reflections and fieldobservations throughout the semester. Instructors' field notes from the service learningexperience are used as a data source of triangulation. In general, results from this study indicatethat undergraduate students’ ideas about STEM and STEM teaching

Conference Session

Writers, Experts, and the Workforce in Civil Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Molly McVey, University of Kansas; Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas; Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

developmental science and mindful of the challenges they will face in the future. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Impact of an Embedded Expert Model on Course Transformation in EngineeringIntroduction and Background The need to improve undergraduate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMath) education is widely recognized [1, 2]. Concerns about the quality of STEM educationhave been fueled by high levels of attrition in STEM majors, particularly among women andstudents from underrepresented minority groups, as well as the need for a more scientificallyliterate citizenry. There is now a substantial literature on teaching practices that can improvestudent learning and academic

Conference Session

Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddumage Karunaratne, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

topic.Part II: course flow and course contents By the time EE and COE students take the capstone project, both majors must have taken thecore technology related courses as depicted in Table 1 below. They take two physics courses amongsciences followed by a rigorous C programming course along with a basic electric circuits class. Afterthey have taken two more courses in analog and digital electronics, students are eligible to takeembedded systems course which is a precursor to their most important capstone project course. Withthe heavy emphasis on hands-on experience at electrical and computer engineering programs at thisuniversity, each of those courses has a 3-hour lab in addition to having a 3-hour lecture class. By thetime students get to