Conference Session

The Best in DEED

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Emilia Dewi Tanu, University of Maryland, College Park

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #18835Designing a Course for Peer Educators in Undergraduate Engineering De-sign CoursesMs. Gina Marie Quan, University of Maryland, College Park Gina Quan is a doctoral candidate in Physics Education Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. She graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include understanding community and identity formation, unpacking students’ relation- ships to design, and cultivating institutional change. Ms. Quan is also a founding member of the Access Network, a research-practice community dedicated to

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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a team of 4 or 5students). Thus, based on the technical quality of the bridge designs, the lower peer ratings forMiddle Eastern students may reflect biased ratings by peers, while the lower peer ratings ofChinese students appear to have some objective justification.It is possible that in fact Middle Eastern and Chinese students contributed less to the team projectthan majority peers, on average. Putting together the written report and completing the groupdiscussion elements could be distributed unevenly among team members. For example, thosewith better writing skills may naturally take on these tasks. While the quality of the bridge itselfcreated by Middle Eastern students was comparable to average students in the course, the MiddleEastern

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Teams

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Stephanie Sheffield, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, California Institute of Technology

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faculty and staff. Since students are usually more willing to share concerns with their peermentors, the peer mentors are an invaluable resource for determining student needs, and thefeedback allows the instructional team to adjust each semester accordingly to best serve students.Reflections on Teamwork Topics. In the course management system, students complete weeklyreadings and reflections on teamwork topics. Reflection is a critical component of learning fromexperience [18], and we believe that directed reflection helps students to abstract lessons fromtheir teamwork experiences. Most of the weekly lessons include a link to an outside reading;topics included collaborative writing tools, giving and receiving feedback, the value of diversityon

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology

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working). These peer comments and thenumerical peer feedback grade are used along with reported hours as part of the instructorevaluation grade described below.Instructor Evaluations. In aerospace senior design classes, 20% of the grade comes from"Individual Participation", which consists of two instructor evaluations each semester along withattendance, in-class exercises, and individual writing assignments. As stated in the syllabus, "Theinstructor evaluation considers time card data, input from staff members, faculty and industryadvisors, feedback from student leaders and peers, and the subjective assessment of the courseinstructor." To come up with a grade, first the instructor develops a formula using a weightedcombination of hours worked

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia

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with little design experience or understanding ofengineering practice. This paper provides suggestions on how these challenges can beovercome and, in particular, how self-assessment rubrics can help eliminate much of thetraditional design course assessment workload for teachers. This paper provides suggestionsfor preparing incremental self-assessment rubrics for a capstone design course. While bothself- and peer-assessment can provide significant assessment time-saving for tutors, self-assessment also promotes student learning, according to recent education research.Appropriately designed rubrics can also provide students with guidance on levels ofattainment required for design tasks and students also learn to assess design

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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). Page 26.1430.4 Table 1 – Coding scheme description and examples.Domain Category Description Example Refers to writing or presentation of the design “There are grammatical error[s] Communication work. throughout the paper.” Explicitly refers to one of the design concepts Design Concepts taught in class by using terminology taught in “The goal could [be] more specific.” class.Substance Refers

Conference Session

Teamwork and Student Learning in Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology; Kyi Phyu Nyein, Florida Institute of Technology; Jessica L. Wildman, Florida Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

studentleaders on how to deal with management issues within their team, and to introduce team timecards in conjunction with an instructor evaluation and peer feedback to increase individualaccountability. Our goals were to improve the capstone design experience for the aerospaceengineering students, and to better understand the evolution of students as individuals and intheir team relationships.Changes to the Aerospace Capstone Design Course during the 2016-2017 Program.Increased Student Choice in Topic Selection.Marin et.al. identified student ownership as one part of designing an optimal experience forcapstone design [1], and we hypothesized that if students were allowed a chance to researchpossible topic areas, propose projects to their peers, and

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

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., 2010, “Measuring engineering design self-efficacy,” Journal ofEngineering Education, 99, pp. 71-79. Page 26.1074.11 AppendixThe rubric used for peer evaluation to determine individual contributions is shown below. Peer Rating of Team Members: ENGR 350 In the table below, write down the names of the individual members of the group in which you worked for the project as part of ENGR 350 this semester. Rate your participation and the participation of each group member. You have to rate the degree to which each member fulfilled his

Conference Session

Design Teams 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eltahry Elghandour, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eileen W. Rossman P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sarah Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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alternative method enables students to form their ownteams in a dynamic faculty-guided setting: Students place nametags on their top project posters,speak with other interested students, and move their nametags as needed until each project hadteams with the appropriate size and skillset.Teams formed using these two approaches have completed a full year-long senior design projectexperience. Throughout these experiences, we collected data to help answer our two keyquestions. We used student surveys about the experience and the class, peer feedback on teamdynamics, focus group discussions, and faculty observations. The results are inconclusive: Thedifferences between the two approaches are small, indicating that either approach could be usedto enable

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny Davis, Ohio State University; Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University

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Design in Engineering Education

smiles upon receiving credibleinformation about this potential employee’s preparation for engineering professional work. Theinterviewer then focuses discussion on performances behind the graduate’s scores and on jobresponsibilities that either fit the individual or that may be particularly challenging for this prospectiveemployee. The interview concludes with both parties confident of the interview’s effectiveness and finaloutcome.What is different about this picture? What gives the employer and prospective employee confidence in thevalue of information on the score sheet? In this case, scores were based on evidence from multiplesources: instructor, peers, and outside evaluators. Scores were earned in a capstone design project thatsimulated

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Jennifer M. Sieber, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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learning, expressed in the student reflections (LS), can instructors assess from individual assignments? Question 3: Do students whose reflections on doing are assessed to be more insightful focus on different “doings” than their peers? What can we infer by text mining the data about the ways that ‘insightful’ students write their LS? We anticipate certain patterns to emerge, given our intentional effort to tie eachassignment to successive POED over the course of the design process; see Figure 1. We are alsointerested in the degree to which the evolving focus in the course design is reflected in thestudent learning. Based on our prior work, we expect both team formation, concept

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng.; William Daniel Rosehart P.Eng., University of Calgary

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component. A group specializing inengineering teamwork psychology also provided material for the students to appropriate handleteam conflict resolution. Teaching assistants were also engaged in ensuring that students werecontributing during lab time. Students reported that while it was difficult for four people to workon the code, peer-programming techniques allowed multiple team members to write code,alongside the work needed to complete the testing, documentation, and presentation deliverables.Students were also graded by their peers. Each team rotated around the room and attempted eachgame in their lab section, giving each other team an anonymously reported grade. The gameprototypes were graded on three main aspects: does the game satisfy the

Conference Session

Revealing the Invisible: Engineering Course Activities that Address Privilege, -Isms, and Power Relations (Interactive Session)

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

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Design in Engineering Education, International, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

-Centered Designclass has been very rewarding for Dalrymple, especially after overcoming the initial discomfortin critiquing Whiteness as a Black immigrant. She especially enjoys having her experienceworking with communities valued in an engineering context.S. M. Lord is a White woman with over two decades of teaching experience. Her interest insocial justice stems from experiences of marginalization as a woman in Electrical Engineering inthe 1980s. During graduate school, she took several courses in Feminist Studies in response toher male peers constantly asking, “What do women think?” These courses gave her invaluableexperiences and some language and theoretical understanding of concepts such as privilege,sexism, racism, structural inequality and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Teams

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Martin A. Watkins, University of New Mexico; Tryphenia B. Peele-Eady Ph.D., University of New Mexico

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and authentic, the belief thateach member brings different and potentially useful information to the task, and theopportunity to iterate design ideas over time. Framing agency provides a lens forunderstanding the kinds of design learning experiences students need to direct their ownlearning and negotiate that learning with peers in design projects.IntroductionManaging design projects in undergraduate coursework is challenging, in large partbecause design problems are ill-structured, meaning there are many possible solutionsand framings of any design problem [2]. As engineering programs have increasinglyincorporated design challenges into first year and core courses, faculty must makedifficult decisions about feasibly managing design

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Nirangkush Das, Arizona State University; Brent Wallace, Arizona State University; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Tim S. Frank, Glendale Community College; John W. Griffith, Mesa Community College; Russell Cox, Mohave Community College; Eddie W. Ong, Phoenix College; Ernest Moulinet Villicana, Phoenix College Engineering; Celia . Jenkins, Cochise College

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. Despite this, the nation still struggles to produce the ENG talent it needs. Given this, programs to increase the number of ENGs that graduate have been promoted across the nation [1]-[3]. Such programs focus on recruitment [4], retention principles [5], persistence [6], as well as practices that help students with critical thinking [7]-[8], academics [9]-[10] and professional development [11]-[12]. The latter includes mentoring by faculty [13]-[14], peer mentoring [15], project-based learning [16]- [26], research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) [27]-[28], internships [29], preparing for graduate school [30], career planning [31], etc. We at Arizona State University’s (ASU’s) Fulton Schools of Engineering, have

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; William F. Resh, Michigan State University

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Design in Engineering Education

students continue on the project throughtheir education they can see how the engineering sciences interact in design and how changingthe design to improve performance in one area may degrade it in another.The experiential learning elements of the ISD project are many. Multi-year projects are commonin industry, so the ISD experience starts early in the students’ educations to break the classroomexperience that after 15 weeks everything resets and you start over. With the involvement ofstudents over many years, it is common to have Freshmen and Sophomores working with Juniorsand Seniors, providing peer learning, leadership, and mentoring opportunities. The ISDexperience is run more like industrial projects with student teams assigned tasks, and the

Conference Session

Design and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Quincy Marshall, Kennesaw State University; Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University

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Design in Engineering Education

required from each team that details the team’swork in order to integrate the various components into the complete design 7 . The entire team willbe responsible for ensuring its completeness and organization. The submission of the designprojects is mandatory. Completion of the prototype is a requirement of this course, which isdefined as the building, testing, and evaluation of the prototype. Additionally, each student will berequired to maintain an engineering logbook of the efforts on the project, keeping track of thetime spent, the tasks being worked on, etc. The logbook is submitted to the instructor at the timeof the final examination. Peer evaluations also are used for assigning grades, which increasescooperative learning 8 .The major

Conference Session

The BEST InDEED

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Sidharth Arunkumar; Julie Dyke Ford, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Laura Mae Rosenbauer, Smith College; Nicholas Emory Alvarez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech ; Cristian Hernandez

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teaches graduate-level engineering communication courses. Her research involves engineering commu- nication, technical communication pedagogy, and knowledge transfer. She has published and presented widely including work in the Journal of Engineering Education, the Journal of STEM Education: Innova- tions and Research, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Technical Communication and Technical Communication Quarterly. Julie has a PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication from New Mexico State University, an MA in English with Technical Writing Emphasis from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a BA in English from Elon University.Dr

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and group members are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early career and re- cently tenured faculty and research staff primarily evaluated based on their engineering education research productivity. She can be contacted by email at

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Marina Shapiro

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Design in Engineering Education

students without early exposure to real-worldapplications of their major, that give positive insight into potential careers, do not always connectwith upper-classmen to use as successful peer role models. This research has shown that accessto peer role models increases academic persistence [1], [2]. It has also been shown that retentionof URM and women is increased through project-based learning or experiential learningpedagogies and techniques[3]-[9].Moreover, URM students often have a limited perspective of their contributions to improvingtechnology due to social issues such as a lack of exposure to engineering and science professionsand having personal role models in their local community who are scientists or engineers.Furthermore, when URM

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Lea Malone, The Ohio State University; Anita M. Schuchardt, University of Minnesota; Courtney R. Irwin, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Karen E. Irving, The Ohio State University

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Design in Engineering Education

for building educational resiliency and academic success of blacks,Hispanics, and women (Barton & Osborne, 1995; Borman & Overman, 2004; Brotman &Moore, 2008; Castro-Olivo, et al., 2013; Williams & Portman, 2014) all of whom are currentlyunder-represented in STEM fields.Specifically, the work being done in the field is not focused solely on biology (the context for thedesign challenges in this work). Unfortunately, statistics nationwide show that 81% of lifescience teachers do not feel very well prepared to engage classes in problem based learningactivities (i.e., engineering scenarios), while 92% did not feel very well prepared to have studentsmake the subsequent project presentations to peers (Lyons, 2013). These findings

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Kirsten M. Ely, Sonoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

Development – semester 1, weeks 9-15Customer Discovery Process Learning OutcomesIn-class Peer exercise (week 9) 1. Using Customer Discovery template, create 1. Align idea & design with actual customer survey on problem idea addresses needs 2. Survey peers 3. Compile implications of peer feedback 4. Revise survey per implicationsSurvey 10 potential customers (weeks 10-13) 1. Using Customer Discovery template, survey customers 2. Compile data and implications 3. Revise idea per implicationsStage 3: Prototype Development – semester 2, weeks 1-15Client Validation Process Learning Outcomes 1. Meet with

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S. Mullin, University of California, Davis; Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of California, Davis

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Design in Engineering Education

technical contexts while making stronger connections to practice 1early in the undergraduate curriculum has been supported through numerous studies (Passow andPassow, 2017).The case for integrating oral and written communication curriculum into existing undergraduateengineering coursework is not a new idea (see ASEE Engineering Enhanced Liberal ArtsProject) with approaches that range from writing across the curriculum, to interdisciplinarycourses and integrated programs (Leydens and Schneider, 2009; Ford and Riley, 2003; Nutman,1987). The teaching of communication skills in ways that will more effectively transfer to futureworkplace expectations to learners is a widely recognized objective among

Conference Session

Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jiangmei Wu, Indiana University, Bloomington; Andres Tovar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sohel Anwar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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the use of designtools, mathematical modeling, and creative engineering problem-solving and (b) practicingstudio learning through peer critique and reflection. The art instructor engaged undergraduatestudents from an origami class to provide an opportunity for collaborative learning experiencesbetween the engineering and art students. This art course involved a capstone project ofinstalling an origami-inspired structure on the premises of a church. Based on initial designpresentations by the art students to their engineering counterparts, six out of 24 engineeringstudents were chosen to collaborate with the art students in the final design and physicalinstallation of the origami-based structure. All other engineering students were required

Conference Session

1st and 2nd Year Instruction in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruturaj Soman, Florida A&M University/Florida State University ; Nikhil Gupta, Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Design in Engineering Education

formed for each project and comprised of students selected on the basis of theirknowledge, grades and interest. The students are expected to work as a cohesive team with theopportunity to become team leaders and learn to communicate effectively and efficiently amongthe team members, peers, and sponsors. During these two semesters, SDP students also attempt toparticipate in design competitions and entrepreneurial projects. The course also emphasizesacquiring non-technical professional skills besides the engineering concepts; such as professionalcode of conduct, report writing, and team management which are very critical in today’s emergingglobal economies for a successful engineering career.At the end of the school year, the capstone design

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University

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Design in Engineering Education

statement, design constraints, and criteria for design evaluation. In allsemesters the instruction discussed the topic and provided examples of each with in-classdiscussion. In the hybrid semesters additional in-class time was available for the students tobreak into groups and spend time attempting to write their own mission statement, list ofconstraints and evaluation criteria. This in-class time for attempting to define their ownstatements for a design resulting in much lengthier and engaging in-class discussion of this topic.These in-class exercises and hands-on attempts were done for each step of the design process. Inaddition, the same five 2-D Mastercam labs (#1-5) were used in all three semesters. Data wasplotted in Figure 1 to show how many

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-centered Design 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xi Wang P.E., University of Mount Union; Minhao Dai, Kennesaw State University; Gabriella Cataloni, University of Mount Union

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Design in Engineering Education

complex engineering problems, as well aspresentations and intensive technical writing. We conducted comparative surveys of teachers andstudents at a medium-sized liberal arts university in the Midwestern U.S. The results showed thatsolving real-life problems and teamwork skills are the strongest motivators for students. Thesefindings aligned with teachers’ perceptions of what motivated their students in this course.Furthermore, we found some interesting differences in some of the motivations based on gender,race, and student GPA. We hope our results inform more effective design in first-yearengineering design courses in liberal arts universities and further improve student retention andgraduation rates. We also intend to use this pilot study for

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Dukart, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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engineers capable of solving the grand challenges this new century brings.Reviewing the LiteratureStudent engagement theory pioneer Alexander Astin hypothesized that the more involved astudent is socially and academically in college, the more he or she will learn due to increases inmotivation and interaction with faculty, fellow students, and other campus activities. 4,5,6Unfortunately Astin found that choosing an engineering major had “negative effects on a varietyof satisfaction outcomes: faculty, quality of instruction, Student Life, opportunities to takeinterdisciplinary courses, … the overall college experience, … writing skills, listening skills,[and] Cultural Awareness.”6 He did find that engineering majors reported the highest growth

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wegner, University of Michigan College of Engineering; Stefan M Turcic II, University of Michigan; Gail Hohner, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 26.1066.5importance of reflection in courses is demonstrated in Wong et al. who suggested that studentwriting can be used as evidence of reflective thinking and learning.14As previously stated, there are several ways to engage in critical reflection. Kavanagh listed endof course meta-learning, portfolio reflections, peer assisted learning sessions in their engineeringcourse,2 and as seen in O’Moore and Baldock,19 they discussed online reflections, and teamreflections. Each technique has strengths and weaknesses, but they provide a different approachto understanding of learning outcomes and experiences. Journal writing has also been seen in theliterature,13, 14, 17 and in these instances, reflection can occur in the journal entries and

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Bartholomew, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Liwei Zhang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emily Yoshikawa, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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level of academicachievement (Strimel et al., 2018). The purpose of these programs can often be viewed asproviding students with the information necessary to ensure the proper selection of anengineering discipline-specific major and the knowledge and skills necessary for success in theirselected major. The first-year engineering curriculum is often designed to reinforce basic scienceand mathematics concepts while developing a student’s engineering design capabilities.According to Strimel et al. (2018), the typical core requirements during a student’s first yearincludes physics, chemistry, multiple levels of calculus, and writing/composition as well as anengineering orientation seminar and multiple engineering courses focused on design