Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Razi Nalim P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Manikanda K Rajagopal, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Robert J Helfenbein, Indiana University-IUPUI, School of Education

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in three different American states. These wereIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and University of Illinois –Chicago.One group of participants all agreed to attempt PEL, and some had begun implementation ofPEL in their courses. The team conducted interviews focused on instructional planning andreflections on PEL as a pedagogical strategy. In addition, these instructors were recruited toparticipate in a series of professional development activities and focus group discussionsoccurring at various points throughout the ongoing project. The participants in interviews andfocus group discussion did not include instructors who declined to attempt PEL.All individual participants in this group were contacted initially by a

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leticia Anaya, University of North Texas

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associated software packages in engineering educationresearch. LDA extracted Software in Education, CAE Process Design, University Computersand Integrated Technology Tools , while LSA extracted Integrated Design Technologies,Computer CAD Design, Industrial Software, Computer Programming and Control, ComputerEngineering. Engineering training was also part of the engineering education research area.LDA extracted Teaching Engineering Courses and LSA extracted Teaching Engineering andEngineering Programs. Emphasis on the systems concept was noted in this period. LDAextracted Systems Research and Industrial Systems while LSA extracted System Planning. Onefield that seems to have come into play is the Management Science field, a topic that wasextracted by

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S London, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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acompromise on every design choice to accommodate every new suggestion. However, this doesmean that developers should be confident about their core idea(s) –for example, a theoreticalframework or target audience- and be open to modifying details that are not related to the team’score idea(s) to ensure that the resource meets the needs of the users. Lastly, the highlighted awards illuminate one key idea as it relates to sustainability: beginplanning for long-term sustainability early. Although coming up with a plan for long-termsustainability is one of the developers’ biggest struggles, many are overcoming these challengesand generating plans that promote success. Some of these plans include commercialization.Others involve seeking support from

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; Cathy Bays, University of Louisville

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Dr. Cathy L. Bays is the assessment specialist for the university’s regional reaccreditation Quality Enhancement Plan. In this role she provides leadership across the 8 undergraduate units by demonstrating a broad knowledge of assessment, facilitating unit-specific assessment projects and outcomes, providing faculty development on assessment topics, and supporting the scholarship of assessment. For 15 years she was a faculty member in the School of Nursing at the University of Louisville, serving as Director of the Undergraduate Nursing Program for 5 of those years. Page 15.1022.1© American Society

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Fatin Aliah Phang, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Aziatul Niza Sadikin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Syed Ahmad Helmi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Mohd Johari Kamaruddin, Centre of Lipids Engineering & Applied Research (CLEAR), Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

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theliterature as well as the questions that they have listed for the interview. The requirement isfor each group to have at least one face to face interview.Although the instruction is somewhat detailed, students normally feel overwhelmed by thefact that they have to find their own material to learn, teach one another, and search forengineers to interview. To provide support for planning the tasks and seeing the "big picture"of the whole assignment, students are taught to develop a Gantt Chart to manage their timeand expectations as a group. After conducting the assignment for several years, it is safe tosay that most students have never talked to engineers. Ensuring that they have foundengineers to interview is important for the success of the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Miles Griffin Evans; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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I can teach engineering as well as I do most subjects. 0.907 Page 25.466.9 7 I can craft good questions about engineering for my students. 0.902 8 I can employ engineering activities in my classroom effectively. 0.839 9 I can discuss how engineering is connected to my daily life. 0.81910 I can spend the time necessary to plan engineering lessons for my class. 0.80811 I can explain the ways that engineering is used in the world. 0.77512 I can describe the process of engineering design. 0.75713 I can select appropriate

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, University of Florida ; Zaria T. Malcolm, University of Florida; Nathan McNeill, University of Florida, Gainesville; David J. Therriault, University of Florida; Christine S. Lee, University of Florida

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. Studying problem So all we‟re doing is just it‟s 12 feet long and this Prices Studying Connotative building needs 40 of them. Cost for the job would material problem be hard to do without the current prices of what the material would be. My plan is just to solve one and to kind of come specifications Rationalizing Indicative up with those specifications. But as far as the cost cost approach for the job part, I‟m not sure I can actually do it price without like the current price of what the materials materials would be. Two researchers were involved in the analysis

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech

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of job or nature of work, or a raise in starting salary. Otherevidence of outcome expectations may be the selection of the advisor or research project.Outcome expectations are often influenced by self-efficacy, especially when the outcomes arejudged based on the quality of a person’s performance of a task or behavior9, 10.The final major tenet of SCCT concerns student goals. A goal is defined as a decision that anindividual has made regarding future objectives or plans. Student goals may be the type ofgraduate degree they are interested in (MS or PhD), the type of job they want after graduation(industry or faculty), or the focus of their research topic. Behavior is organized and sustainedbased on these previously set goals.In addition to

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University

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prompt in the form of a series of questions that direct the participants toidentify problems, consider stakeholder perspectives, and outline a plan to learn more about theproblems. An example scenario and discussion prompt is found in Appendix A.Student performance with respect to the set of ABET professional skills is determined by scoringthe discussion using the analytical Engineering Professional Skills (EPS) rubric. The EPS rubricis segmented into five dimensions defined by the ABET Engineering Criterion 3, StudentOutcomes (3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, and 3j). The five dimensions of the rubric are then further divided intothe specific areas for scoring shown in Table 1. The complete rubric is located in Appendix B.Currently, the research team is scoring

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Russell Korte, George Washington University; Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University

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you learn about engineering and work inthe energy sector?” Following IRB protocol, we gathered data from semi-structured interviewsconducted via two student focus groups and 5 individual faculty interviews. Additionalinterviews are planned in the coming year. Interviews were recorded and transcribed (total of180 pp.). We are currently analyzing the data (transcriptions) using an iterative, constant-comparative process according to qualitative data analysis techniques specified by Miles,Huberman, and Saldaña [28] and Strauss and Corbin [29]. The analysis is done using a softwareanalysis program called Atlas.ti and entails the following procedures:• Reading the data: Each interview transcript was carefully read by the first author, who also

Conference Session

Student Engagement, Socioemotional Needs, and Social Support During Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner, Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

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specific research questions for the overall project are 1. How doesparticipation in the program influence students’ social capital related to pursuing anundergraduate engineering degree and career opportunities? and 2. In what ways do students ondifferent pathways to engineering baccalaureate success gain awareness of, access to, andactively pursue social capital in making decisions to persist in engineering studies and formingcareer plans?This work in progress paper explores a subset of data, specifically those students who wereinvolved in and have complete data available from the first two years of the program. This papermainly speaks to the first research question posed by the project, exploring the question: Howhave students’ engineering

Conference Session

Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matias Alonso Piña, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Jorge A. Baier, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Constanza Melian, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chilev; Cristian Ruz, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Tomás Andrés González, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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research focuses on areas of automated rea- soning in Artificial Intelligence; specifically, automated planning, search and knowledge representation. He is also interested in the development of teaching approaches and systems that promote the wellbeing of students.Miss Constanza Melian, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chilev Constanza Melian is Assessment and Evaluation Coordinator for Division of Engineering Education at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Constanza is sociologist, interested in issues of education, social inequality, poverty and gender gaps. Methodologically his interests and work is in survey design, construction of quantitative instruments, statistical data analysis and evaluation

Conference Session

Postgraduate Pathways and Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elif Miskioğlu , Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

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preliminary results attempting to define theconstruct of “engineering intuition,” specifically focusing on the establishment of our interviewprotocol. Semi-structured interviews with practicing engineers, nurses, and business managerswere conducted using: 1) implicit discussion around intuition informed by literature, and 2)critical incident technique [1], i.e., explicit discussion around the concept of intuition. Eachinterview sought to identify practitioner decision-making and problem-solving processes on thejob. The combined dataset and supporting literature are planned to be used as the basis of ourfuture work, which ultimately aims to develop a psychometrically tested instrument capable ofaccurately measuring engineering intuition. Dissemination

Conference Session

Cognitive Skills Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bria M. Booth, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Elif Miskioğlu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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different kinds of engineering majors offered by the university,common processes students perform (building a four year plan, adding and dropping classes,etc.), and helps students to transfer successfully into their newly focused studies. Students thatelected to take the survey submitted their major, noted how long they had been attending college-level classes, and completed an engineering identity survey (Godwin, 2016).Nine of the students (less than 3%) in the University 101 class completed the survey. This poorturnout may be due to a lack of incentive to fill out the survey or because of the timing of thesurvey distribution (three weeks before final exams). While the survey only took a few minutesto fill out and the following interview would

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 9: Persistence and Retention

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Meeroff, Florida Atlantic University; Donna Chamely-Wiik, Florida Atlantic University; William R. Kwochka, Western Carolina University; Evelyn Marques Frazier, Florida Atlantic University; Jordan Merritt, Florida Atlantic University; Michael Aldarondo-Jeffries, University of Central Florida; Alison I. Morrison-Shetlar, Western Carolina University; Kimberly R. Schneider, University of Central Florida

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all the variables within the stratified sampling, but the protocol used was the same foreach institution.Program assessmentFormative and summative assessment instruments will be used to evaluate and assess bothproduct and process to provide assessment results within and between institutions and by cohorttype (F-LEARN and T-LEARN). The assessment plan will use a mixed-method approach [3] toassess the effectiveness in fulfilling the desired learning outcomes, which are:1. Fall-to-fall retention, credits earned, GPA, and graduation rates of LEARN® cohorts will be higher when compared to matched intra-institutional comparison control groups2. Students in the program will show developmental gains in critical thinking and oral/written

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 15: Perspectives on Engineering Careers and Workplaces

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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participants’ engineering identity (e.g., “I see myself as an engineer” [18]) and belongingnessin engineering (e.g., “I feel comfortable in engineering” [26]).In the fourth section, participants will identify key individuals and experiences encounteredduring their undergraduate program that were influential in forming the participants’ careerpathways. This information will be used to understand key resources that students may takeadvantage of to plan for the future. Finally, we collect information on participants’ year ofgraduation, undergraduate major, gender, and race/ethnicity. In total, we approximate that thesurvey will take participants 10-15 minutes to complete.Survey DevelopmentThe survey will be distributed to alumni in Summer 2019

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 24: Studies on Socioeconomic Status

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Bovee, Michigan State University; Amalia Krystal Lira, Michigan State University; Harrison Douglas Lawson, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University

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students received scholarships to cover living expenses only (n = 39, 3%).Primary AnalysesFor our first research question, we were interested in the racial/ethnic and gender composition ofthe scholarship recipients as compared to students who did not receive a scholarship. To answerthis question, we conducted two chi-square tests to examine the racial/ethnic and gendercomposition of the scholarship and non-scholarship groups. For our second research question, wewere interested in examining whether there were mean differences in motivation based onwhether or not a student had received a scholarship. While we cannot infer causation, it isinteresting to consider whether the variables are related, and future research is planned to explorethese

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Farahani, National University, San Diego; Ronald Uhlig, National University, San Diego

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activity students were asked to insert a key into a heap structure. Theobjective of the instructor here was to force students to think about the heap structure andwork through a seemingly simple algorithm. Although all the students indicated that theyunderstood the algorithm, a good portion of them failed to correctly demonstrate theinsert algorithm (see the sample submission slides in figure 4). This is another goodexample of where the student response helped the instructor to spontaneously digressfrom the planned lesson to take advantage of the information received from the studentsubmissions. An important part of lecturing is adjusting material in response to audiencereactions and developing spontaneous examples and explanations to clarify and

Conference Session

Using Classroom Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renée Butler; Christina Scherrer

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implementing some of the features of the template intwo of our courses offered this semester. We plan to survey students in these courses about theirsatisfaction and their perception of the ease of use of the template. We are converting to a newversion of WebCT in summer 2009 that will be rolled out in the fall semester 2009. The goal isto use the template for all online courses going forward in fall 2009.The usability studies conducted do not conclusively establish how students access material basedon tools/task (e.g. exam or assignment) or content (module 1 material). However, the homepageicons were usually the first point of access. We will repeat the usability study on the templatewe plan to adopt for our department and determine if additional

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Parikh, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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, flexibility of the degree plan and/or post-graduation plans,prestige of a degree, and interactions with peers.ConclusionsUsing data from the Academic Pathways of People Learning Engineering Survey (APPLES), wesought a better understanding of undergraduate engineering students’ motivations relative totheir majors.In terms of gender, men and women are for the most part similar in their motivations to studyengineering in the six majors analyzed. We found no statistically significant differences(p<0.001) between women and men’s levels of motivation in the six motivational factors thatwere explored for electrical engineering students, chemical engineering students, aerospaceengineering students, and bioX engineering students. In addition, behavioral

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Masi, MIT

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principles (laws, methods, etc.) underlying an engineering problem.Design-Innovation Quickly grasp the limits of a technology well enough to judge whether a project should use it.Problem solving Evaluate and choose between 2 courses of Page 14.933.7 actionIn the pre-freshman survey, students were also asked about their planned choice of major(students do not choose a major until the end of their freshman year). In the final survey,they were asked which major

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gymama Slaughter, Virginia State University; Toni Harris, Virginia State University; Kabongo Ngandu, Virginia State University; Keith Williamson, Virginia State University; Kwame Adom, Virginia State University

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student referral programfor research. It is like hiring hundreds of in-house recruiters of the research as well as theengineering program. The program is new to VSU, and the rumor around campus is one musthave “a TOUGH SKIN” in order to participate in the undergraduate research experience becauseduring the individual meetings “they (the committee) will break you down and make you want toquit but its really just constructive criticism.” It is clear more students want to join the programwhere they can grow and learn, personally and professionally. Many of the students in theprogram feel a sense of being part of a group of scholars. Hence, the CBE plans to set up moretraining programs to teach and prepare future leaders in the CBE.Mentoring/Advising

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Virginia Westheider, University of Cincinnati

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styles are identified by abstract conceptualization and reflectiveobservation. The strength of this style is in inductive reasoning and the ability to createtheoretical models. The fourth style, accommodation, emphasizes concrete experience andadaptive experimentation. The strength of this style is in carrying out plans and tasks, risk takingand action. Concrete Experience ACCOMODATING DIVERGING Active Reflective Experimentation Observation CONVERGING ASSIMILATING

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 6: Technology-enhanced Instruction and Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David J. Broderick, Central Connecticut State University

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designedto make the student make a plan for their analysis. The second part of the scaffold presentscomponent values for the first time and asks the students to enter the required equations. In thisstep attention was paid to the flexibility of entry. Student frustration with strict syntax serves as abarrier to successful adoption. 6 To avoid this any valid and equivalent equation is evaluated ascorrect. Examples of such equations include: −7I1 + 3I2 + 4I3 = −14 (1) 7I1 − 3I2 − 4I3 = 14 (2) 14 − 4(I1 − I3 ) − 3(I1 − I2 ) = 0 (3

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning in Online Environments

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Prabodh Panindre, New York University; Richard S. Thorsen, New York University

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various constituencies for the purpose of enhancing support for the University. He was the director of all major fund raising activities and led the successful $275 million Campaign for Polytechnic - Fulfilling the American Dream, which raised $100 million in addition to the extraordinary Othmer gifts of $175 million. Dr. Thorsen led Polytechnic’s development of its Strategic Plan for 2004-2007, Securing the Future and had responsibility for its implementation. He also led the University’s brand marketing initiative which led to PolyThinking R and The Power of PolyThinking R and became the foundation of our recent branding and marketing initiative. He led the University’s year long sesquicentennial celebration in 2004

Conference Session

Approaches to Encouraging Student Engagement

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael N. Littrell, Tennessee Technological University; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Technological University; Lauren A. Michel, Tennessee Technological University ; Steven R. Anton, Tennessee Technological University

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Paper ID #30005Board Game Development as a Pedagogical Approach to TeachingUndergraduate Students in an Interdisciplinary Course that AddressesContemporary Societal IssuesMichael N. Littrell, Tennessee Technological University Michael Littrell is a graduate research and teaching assistant at Tennessee Tech University. He is pursuing a PhD in Exceptional Learning with an Emphasis in Program Planning and Evaluation. He is interested in quantitative research methodology in education, student assessment, and applied statistics. Michael Littrell has conducted research and evaluation of a wide range of education and non-education

Conference Session

Maker Communities and Authentic Problem Solving

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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design appropriate simple robotic systems to accomplish a task in a manner that is effective and safe. 3. Students can distinguish between open-loop and feedback control for velocity and position of a single joint and can implement feedback for single-joint position control. 4. Students are able to select appropriate sensors, and make use of digital and analog sensors (including visible-light cameras) to obtain and utilize information in a robotic system.The course is structured in a way that a seemingly impossible final deliverable, a functioningrobot, is broken down into a planned and sequenced set of minor deliverables that eventuallyculminate in the final creation. There is little in the way of independent

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gareth W. Figgess, California State University, Sacramento; Rustin G. Vogt, California State University, Sacramento

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final public day where students were to Construction give a tour of the house and stage a Documents; Bill of Materials, Construction twenty foot square lot for visitors to walkConstruction Management (3) through. The public day grossed over Plans. Build Site Preparation; Tool 20,000 attendees when a projected 3,000 Storage, Site Power, attendees were

Conference Session

Assessment I: Developing Assessment Tools

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Cohenour Ph.D., P. E., Ohio University; Audra Hilterbran, Ohio University

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-HCReports.xlxs. 6. … Highland Construction Customer Actual Planned Difference Sellar Corporation $ 30,349 $ 34,109 Main Street Photos 48,290 48,100 Sunset Automotive 34,192 32,885 Linstrom Enterprises 63,293 61,220 Morcos Media 29,400 30,500 Green Valley Optics 55,309 58,394 Detailed Designs 12,398 13,100 Arrowstar Company 87,534 86,905Figure 1: Part of a typical root file. Reprinted with permission1. Highland Construction Customer Actual Planned Difference Sellar Corporation

Conference Session

Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego; Frank G. Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego

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0 1 2 3 Faculty office Preference score Ideation space Figure 6 Student preferences in obtaining faculty help with academic advising.6. Summary and plans for the futureA one-semester study comparing student preference for faculty office hours held in the facultyoffice to those in a large public (ideation) space was reported upon. Students participating in thestudy were enrolled in a broad spectrum of engineering courses ranging from introductoryfreshman course to senior engineering major-specific courses. Initial data analysis seems toindicate that holding a portion of traditional faculty office hours in a large, public space is aworthwhile endeavor. Many students showed a