Conference Session

Innovations in Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adel Shirmohammadi, University of Maryland-College Park; Arthur Johnson, University of Maryland-College Park

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

which was in the group that submitted the report. There is a form (a copy of whichis attached) that solicits specific comments about technical and communication attributes of thereport. Evaluators are instructed not to write simple “yes” or “no” entries, but to givemeaningful comments. These evaluations are submitted anonymously, except to the instructor,and are graded by the instructor and returned to the group that originally submitted the report.The advantages of this procedure are these: 1. it assists the instructor in reading and evaluating the reports, because he has the peer evaluations when grading the reports 2. it gives the submitting group feedback from more than just the instructor 3

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammara Ramírez Apud L., Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Judith Virginia Gutierrez Cuba; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Biological & Agricultural

Américas Puebla (UDLAP).Problems vary in different ways, so different kinds of problems call on different conceptions andskills 2-4. Based on those differences among problems, different kinds of food engineeringproblems were developed such as decision-making, troubleshooting/diagnosis, and designproblems. For seven PSLEs' assignments an Argumentation Rubric (adapted from Jonassen2),was utilized to assess students' (n=81) argumentation skills, particularly adequacy of premises,credibility of premises, organization of arguments, quality of conclusions (claims), and writing(content/ideas). Four evaluators assessed student papers and videos. Furthermore, the mostcommon method for assessing argumentation, protocol analysis of student essays or

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chehra Aboukinane; Daniel N. Moriasi, USDA-ARS; Ann L. Kenimer, Texas A&M University; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

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Biological & Agricultural

, meaning that the greater number of ideas, the greater the likelihood ofsuccessful ideas, and (d) combination and improvement are sought, meaning thatindividuals are encouraged to suggest how ideas from other peers can be turned intobetter ones. The third step is also referred to as the idea finding stage in the Osborn andParnes model. The fourth step involves evaluating ideas. Evaluating ideas generallyoccurs based on several factors such as cost; time required, usefulness, practicality, socialacceptance, and other considerations (Torrance and Safter, 1999). Osborn (1963) referredto the fourth step as the solution finding stage. The last step in Osborn and Parnescreative problem solving process is translating ideas into problem solutions

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Balaji Narasimhan, Iowa State University; Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State University; Carlos Lopez, Iowa State University ; Dimitra Lynette Jackson, Iowa State University

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Biological & Agricultural

of study. Similarly, students stated that their projects were notonly interesting; but also challenging, and that they were able to learn more about managing timeand accomplishing different tasks in a short period of time. Moreover, students expressed that allworkshops and activities during the REU BioMaP research program helped them to betterdevelop their ability to write effectively, to think critically, to interact with others and to openlycontribute to group discussions.In addition to the quantitative data, a qualitative component will provide a rich, in depth-description of student experiences. Specifically, this component of the analysis will portray theexperiences of students; their role in the labs and different tasks during the 10

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural

effectiveness of their teaching. Finally, a learning environment mustbe community-centered, one in which students are provided opportunities to learncollaboratively.There are many efforts underway within STEM education to move away from traditional lecturemethods of delivery towards more novel methods designed to engage the students in the learningprocess.9-12 In many cases, these methods are taking the How People Learn concepts fromtheory to practice. The highlights of two specific programs, Project Galileo11 and VaNTH12follow.Project Galileo has developed two novel pedagogical approaches: Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time Teaching. These approaches are designed to provide students “with greater opportunity forsynthesizing concepts while instructors

Conference Session

Strategies to enhance student learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Josh Ramey, Colorado School of Mines; Judy Schoonmaker, Colorado School of Mines; Sarah M. Ryan, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Biological & Agricultural

understanding of the assigned reading (Smith et al., 2009; Millerand Tanner, 2015) and, importantly, to expose remaining misconceptions. A pivotal part of thisformative assessment is the follow-up peer instruction associated with any quiz questions forwhich there is not a group consensus on the correct answer (Tanner and Allen, 2004). Thispursuant discussion not only helps students who are struggling, but also allows students whobetter comprehend the material to cement their understanding by explaining the concepts to theirpeers (Cortright et al., 2005; Tanner, 2009b).Group activities, termed Explorations in our course, emphasize enduring understanding overfactual knowledge and process over details. Explorations (lasting one to two hours) use real

Conference Session

Outreach, recruiting, and retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia A. Modenbach P.E., University of Kentucky; Sue E. Nokes, University of Kentucky

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Biological & Agricultural

-Tenured Fac- ulty (2000), Henry Lutes College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award (1999), and several other teaching awards. Dr. Nokes has published over 60 peer reviewed articles and four book chapters and has received over $10M in grant money from sources including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and industrial support. Nokes holds one patent. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Transitioning students into BAE from a common first year engineering curriculum – A work in progressAbstractIn Fall 2016, a new First Year Experience (FYE) was implemented for all incoming engineeringstudents at the University of Kentucky

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

Senior Member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE, and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented more than thirty five papers at various assessment institutes. His posters in the areas of assessment, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of cogni- tive science and educational methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Husted, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Biological & Agricultural

, peer-, and self-assessments were also performed throughout the course and on final project. Additionally, aSpecific Course Rubric that included technical aspects regarding food product development aswell as abilities of the team to present their product and answering questions raised during oraland poster presentations, and during tasting of developed food products. For this specific rubric,the scale varied from 1 (novice) to 4 (expert).Mean values from Creative Thinking VALUE Rubric assessment of final projects were 2.35 forAcquiring Competencies (attaining strategies and skills within a particular domain), 2.42 forTaking Risks (may include personal risk, fear of embarrassment or rejection, or risk of failure insuccessfully completing

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Silvia Husted, Unicersidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; Judith Virginia Gutierrez; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Biological & Agricultural

of the semester was applied. The test isa self-assessment that consists of 16 questions that are grouped into 5 categories of analysis thatare related to the five steps that are part of the effective creative process proposed byCsikszentmihalyi3: 1) Finding problems (preparation), 2) Gathering and reflecting oninformation (incubation), 3) Problem exploration (insight), 4) Generating and evaluating ideas(evaluation), and 5) Implementation (elaboration). Furthermore, a group of experts in the fieldwere invited to evaluate final projects and developed food products by means of the CreativeThinking VALUE Rubric, which is made up of a set of attributes that are common to creativethinking across disciplines4. Instructor-, peer-, and self

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rupa Iyer, University of Houston (CoE)

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Biological & Agricultural

of discussion. For example, a lecture on patenting biotechnologyinventions will be followed by a presentation on patent law. The courses will end with acapstone activity in which students will use the information that they have learned and tietogether the central concepts of the course by writing a business proposal for a biotech start up.4b. Designing and disseminating project-based laboratoryThree sets of activity modules will cover topics from microbiology techniques, moleculartechniques and applications to biomanufacturing techniques/technology and introduction tonanotechnology. The common theme that connects these modules will be the soil bacteriumPseudomonas dimunita, its OP gene, the gene product and applications in

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

lourdes gazca, American University, Puebla, Mexico; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, American University, Puebla, Mexico; Enrique Palou, American University, Puebla, Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

reading assignments.In addition, students are encouraged to write brief reflective journal entries to further solidify andreinforce their own understanding, and demonstrate that improved understanding for animproved quiz grade3.Food Chemistry (IA-332) is a course that is offered for students of sixth semester of FoodEngineering. This course was redesigned following the HPL framework to further promote aninteractive classroom while integrating multiple formative assessments by means of Tablet PCtechnologies4. It is a course that uses active and cooperative learning in everyone of its meetingsand activities. The grading scheme includes individual and group quizzes, individual and groupproblem-based exams, journal writing, peer assessments and the