Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly K. Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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emerging trend. Computing projects that are usedto control physical hardware were added to the Engineering Problem Solving and Computation course inorder to make strong connections to the many embedded computing applications used in students’everyday experience and in society in general. Moreover, witnessing computer instructions produce light,sound, and motion engages the students’ senses and provides the sort of immediate feedback essential forconstructive and memorable learning.In order to accomplish the goal of introducing hands-on laboratory experiences to over 600 students,Northeastern University teamed with the not-for-profit company Machine Science Incorporated toconduct a pilot study using a custom kit of electronic components in the

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Elizabeth Carruthers, The Ohio State University; Paul Alan Clingan, The Ohio State University - EEIC

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School: A Course in CFD for Undergraduate Students.Cummings, R. and Morton, S. s.l. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2005.12. Hands-On CFD Educational Interface for Engineering Courses and Laboratories. Stern, F. et. al. s.l. :American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2006.13. Improving Engineering Undergraduate Retention via Research and Internships. Seevers, M. et. al.s.l. : American Society Engineering Education, 2006.14. An Innovative Method to Reaslistically Track Engineering Student Retention and Academic Progress.Pyke, P. et. al. s.l. : American Society of Engineering Education, 2007.15. Diversity Programs and Nuclear Engineering Education: Outreach, Retention, and Engagement

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FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland; Lawrence J. Carter, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

is given to about 300students. Two lecturers give the lectures, with each lecturing both streams for about half thesemester. Tutorials are smaller, typically of size 40, and involve several academics. Eachtutorial is managed by one academic and one teaching assistant, normally a postgraduatestudent. In addition to tutorials, informal drop-in clinics are also provided. These take placein a large, open workspace and are staffed by senior students who assist students needing helpin mastering the course. Laboratory exercises provide further learning experiences, as dovarious online resources. While completion of all laboratory exercises is required, there is noattendance requirement for lectures or tutorials. Online assignments2 provide early

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pacella, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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First-Year Programs

correlations than my class did.Tuning a Design during Prototype Construction and Evaluation: This past semester’s project also differed from previous projects in that manygroups chose to spend much greater amounts of time in an available laboratory testing thevarious phases of their designs. Because the design criteria specified a very narrowacceptable temperature drop range many groups spent as much time as possible tuningtheir designs to achieve a desired result. As I was supervising many groups while theywere using the available laboratory, I observed a dramatic increase in their ability to uselaboratory equipment (pumps, spargers, power supplies, etc.) As this is the observed caseI would greatly recommend giving freshman engineers more

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; William Bassichis, Texas A&M University; Jacque Hodge, Texas A&M University; Donald Maxwell, Texas A&M University

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performance prediction and comparison of predicted and measured behavior ‚ Use prefabricated parts to emphasize design over fabrication ‚ Use content from first-year mathematics, physics, and engineering coursesAlthough the course content of calculus has remained the same, innovations have beenintroduced in the laboratory portions of the courses to support engineering students. In Page 11.690.4mathematics, the laboratory portion is devoted to MATLAB, rather than Maple, because of itsutilization in subsequent engineering courses. In physics, some of the experiments performed inthe laboratory portion of the course have been designed to connect

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Mathematics in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower, The Citadel

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(6.1%), Engineering Physics &Physics (2.0%), Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies (2.0%), BiomedicalEngineering (2.0%), and Military and Veterans (2.0%). Three papers (4.1%) published in 2005were not published within ASEE divisions as they currently exist.Analysis of Results by Target ClassesMost frequently faculty implemented innovations within typical first-year calculus courses(Table 5). Specifically, 59.2% and 30.6% of retained records reported modifications to or insupport of Calculus I and II, respectively. Fewer retained records reported modifications to or insupport of Calculus III (18.4%) and Calculus IV (4.1%). As some students arrive to engineeringprograms with insufficient math preparation, 26.5% of retained records

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Gomes, Rochester Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

learned in the Matlab programming laboratory as a fundamental component of the design project.3 Project Rules (As given to the student teams) ◦ Your materials budget for this project are the ones given to you in your “kit”. You may ONLY use the given materials to make your trigger mechanism. You will need to get film developed into 4x6 inch prints. Pick one person in your team who is responsible for that. They will need to pay that cost, keep the receipt, and submit those receipts and a form to get reimbursed. Reimbursement takes a few weeks after the form has been received. IMPORTANT: Without a receipt you cannot get reimbursed. ◦ No flammable gases, liquids, or solids are allowed ◦ No open flames

Conference Session

FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly C. Huett, University of West Georgia; Barbara B. Kawulich, University of West Georgia; P.K. Raju, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Auburn University,Al; Chetan S Sankar, Auburn University

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Auburn University. He is the co-founder and director of the NSF-funded Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineer- ing Education (LITEE). LITEE has recently been recognized by the National Academy of Engineering as one of the 29 programs in the country that have successfully infused real-world experiences into under- graduate engineering education. He is also the founder and director of the Auburn Engineering Technical Assistance Program (AETAP) Prior to coming to Auburn in 1984, Dr. Raju held faculty positions in sev- eral universities in India and visiting positions at the Catholic University of America, Purdue University and the Technical University of Berlin. Dr. Raju received his Ph.D. from the Indian

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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. Page 23.1368.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 What’s Trust Got to Do with It? Assessing a Research-Based Mentoring Program for Novice EngineersAbstractWhile the importance of trust has largely been explored in large business organizations, littleattention has been given to the role of trust in one-on-one mentoring relationships betweenengineers1. Trust has been relatively understudied in academic settings, especially in mentoringrelationships between undergraduate and graduate students in research laboratory settings. Byassessing ways of creating and maintaining trust in engineering relationships, we will be able tocreate more comprehensive guidelines on building

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Elmore P.E., State University of New York at Binghamton; Koenraad E. Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton

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year or even second year ofstudy. Until recently, Binghamton University students have declared their engineering major atthe end of their second semester of study. Now, the declaration of major is done at the end of thefirst semester, although students are informed that they can still change their selection with nopenalty until the start of their second year. The fall semester of engineering courses introducestudents to the engineering majors offered at Binghamton University. There are guest lecturersfrom the engineering departments and industry. The engineering lectures, laboratories, andstudent projects represent all the engineering majors. These educational experiences are designedto give students a better understanding of the engineering

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: First-Year Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Villanova University; John Komlos, Villanova University; Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

, the objectivesremained the same. However, because the second-year students had previous introduction totopics including AutoCAD, Excel, and ArcGIS in their first year, there was a concern that thefirst-year students would not be able to grasp the course content as easily as the second-yearstudents. To compensate for this, the Fundamentals course was expanded from 3-credits to 4-credits with an additional 75 minutes (1 hr 15 min) per week of in-class time for a total of 315minutes (5 hr 15 min). When offered in the first-year, three weekly class meetings were 50minutes each and offered on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule with the remaining 165minutes (2 hr 45 min) reserved for a weekly laboratory session.Additional content that exposes

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jan Collins-Eaglin, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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serves as the College Coordinator for engineering education research, and is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, MSU. Dr. Sticklen has lead a laboratory in knowledge-based systems focused on task specific approaches to problem solving. More recently, Dr. Sticklen has pursued engineering education research focused on early engineering; his current research is supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE.Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Dr. MARK URBAN-LURAIN is the Director of Instructional Technology Research & Development in the Division of Science and Mathematics Education, College of Natural Science at Michigan State University. He is

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; John Courtney, Michigan State University; Ruth Heckman, Lansing Community College; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Louise Paquette, Lansing Community College; Renee Mickelson, Lansing Community College; Mark Urban-Lurain; Clifford Weil, Michigan State University

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AC 2009-1899: ENGAGING EARLY ENGINEERING STUDENTS (EEES):BACKGROUND AND GOALS OF AN NSF STEP PROJECT TO INCREASERETENTION OF EARLY ENGINEERING STUDENTSJon Sticklen, Michigan State University Jon Sticklen is the Director of the Applied Engineering Sciences major, College of Engineering, Michigan State University. Dr. Sticklen also serves as the College Coordinator for engineering education research, and is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, MSU. Dr. Sticklen has lead a laboratory in knowledge-based systems focused on task specific approaches to problem solving. More recently, Dr. Sticklen has pursued engineering education research focused on early

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Sherry Liao, University of Portland

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First-Year Programs

designed to assist students with self-efficacy beliefs and personal goals.At this University all engineering and computer science students take an introduction toengineering course that covers the engineering process, teamwork, communication skills, thedifferent branches of engineering, ethics, and co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities.Section sizes are ~30 students, so students can build community with peers and their professor.The professor of the Introduction to Engineering course is the academic advisor for his/her set ofstudents. Students declare or confirm their major by the end of the first semester. Resources tohelp students choose a major include laboratories, advisor meetings, student panels, a semester-long team project

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew H. Phillips, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; David A. Delaine, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

mathematics. As a Graduate Teaching Associate for the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors program, he is heavily involved with developing and teaching laboratory content, leading the maintenance of the in-house robotics controller, and managing the devel- opment of the robotics project.Dr. Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State Uni- versity in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In 2012, Krista completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Her engineering education research interests include

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2011, all from WVU. At WVU, she has previously served as the Undergraduate and Outreach Advisor for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant Director of the Center for Building Energy Efficiency. She has previously taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineering Students. Her research interests include energy and thermodynamic related topics. Since 2007 she has been actively involved in recruiting and outreach for the Statler College, as part of this involvement Dr. Morris frequently makes presentations to groups of K-12

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean S. Larson, Arizona State University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University; Claudia Elena Zapata, Arizona State University; Nasser Hamdan, Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics; Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Arizona State University

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Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environ- ment. Dr. Zapata’s research interest is in the area of unsaturated soil behavior. She has focused her work on laboratory and field characterization of problematic soils; applications related to the hydro-thermal and mechanical behavior of soils due to static and repeated loading; modeling fluid flow and volume change of soils applied to pavement structures and residential foundation systems; and the assessment of the en- vironmental effects on soil behavior. Current research activities include the study of the effects of thermal gradients on airfield pavement structures and the characterization of fiber-reinforced clay materials. She is

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine Francis, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; David John Orser, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Susan Mantell, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Joshua M. Feinberg, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Russell J. Holmes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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education curriculum with a focus on laboratory courses for the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His courses leverage project-based learning, experiential learning, and self-paced activities. David has over ten years of industry experience specializing in mixed-signal RF integrated circuit design, power systems, and power electronics.Prof. Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Prof. Kia Bazargan is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Has has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters related to FPGAs and VLSI computer-aided design. He received his Bachelors degree

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Theiss, The Ohio State University; John E Robertson, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University; Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

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program, students are intentionally exposedto a variety of engineering majors through hands-on laboratory experiences that arecontextualized to various majors. While the labs do not cover all 14 engineering majors availableto the students, they do cover a majority of them to varying degrees. Electrical and ComputerEngineering has the most lab experiences dedicated to them while not all first-year students(depending on track) would have lab experiences in the following majors: aviation, biomedical,chemical, engineering physics, food, agriculture and biological, and welding engineering.Students are also exposed to the various majors through their survey course which is a generalintroduction to the university and engineering if they decide to not

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: Using Technology and/or Technology Tools to Enhance Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Sivachandran Chandrasekaran P.E., Deakin University; Simon William Cavenett

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First-Year Programs

: • In-person engagement with academic lecturers, • Practical and laboratory learning activities, • Presentations and interaction with guest speakers from industry, • Industry-based site visits, • Engagement in sole and group-based learning and assessment activities on campus, and • Social interaction with other students.After running pilot residential schools for two years, it was found that a workable formatconsisted in a two-week residential experience in the first semester, linked to two key freshmancourses, Fundamentals of Technology Management, and Engineering Physics. On-campus andonline students’ academic grades were compared for both courses over the years 2005 to 2012.We found that for physics lab

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jillian Beth Schmidt, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

indicating that basic microcontroller programmingknowledge would have been valuable not only for completing the projects in the introductorydesign course, but also for use in upper level engineering courses and projects of personalinterest. Not only were students eager to learn microcontroller basics, instructors also recognizedthat by introducing students to these skills, the resulting projects may be higher quality and therange of design challenges that can be assigned may be broadened.Use of microcontroller technology in freshman level courses is not new, and these concepts havebeen taught through in-person laboratory instruction with positive results at numerousuniversities [2], [3], [6]. Additionally, multiple universities have employed a

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Major Choice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian J. Smith, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Kerr, University of Notre Dame

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, studentclub meetings, departmental or college guest lecture series, departmental information sessions,and meetings with individual faculty members. For those students specifically interested in CE orEVEG, the following additional major exploration opportunities were created for all studentsenrolled in the Fall semester course: (1) guided construction site tours of a large campus project,(2) CE/EVEG major information session, (3) faculty and student departmental picnic, (4) guidedtours of academic and research laboratories, and (5) lunches between small groups of FYEstudents and individual CE/EVEG faculty members. Table 1 provides a summary of these majorexploration opportunities. For each event, sign-in sheets were used to track student

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E.S. Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University

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First-Year Programs

the design process. These studies ask participants to solveconceptual design tasks in a laboratory setting and most are structured as individual tasks.In addition to VPA and the coding scheme, Atman et al.10 measured time devoted to the task aswell as step of the design process, the number of transitions between design steps, the number of Page 24.558.3requests for information, the number of alternative solutions developed, and rated the quality ofeach participant’s final solution.In Atman’s 1999 work,10 freshman and seniors were asked to conceptually design a playground.Freshman spent most of their design time modeling, developing the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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, mechanics, computational tools and international product design as well as graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He has conducted research in the areas of environmentally-responsible manu- facturing, globally-distributed engineering teaming and early engineering education development and has over 30 years of combined academic and industrial management experience. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Dr. S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University S. Patrick Walton received his B.ChE. from Georgia Tech, where he began his biomedical research career in the Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. He then attended MIT where he earned his M.S

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University

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First-Year Programs

introductory course for engineering freshmen. This feedback can beused to improve curriculum and enhance student engagement. Students are known to find thetransition from high school to a demanding major such as engineering very challenging. Thisstudy provides some insight into the student opinion about this transition. Furthermore, thefindings from this study can be used to improve the delivery of follow-up introductory coursesand enhancement of metacognitive development. The assessment of learning outcomes throughmultiple measures provides a means of understanding the usefulness of laboratory and projectcontent in meeting outcomes, and also allows a comparison of the findings with the data in theexisting literature.2, 3Keywords: Introductory Courses

Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. McKnight, Northeastern University; Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Paula G. Leventman, Northeastern University

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AC 2012-3794: A FIRST-YEAR ”INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING”COURSE AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE USING HANDS-ON MATLABEXPERIMENT CONTROLProf. Stephen W. McKnight, Northeastern University Stephen W. McKnight received a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1977 and had postdoctoral positions at Emory University and as National Research Council Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory before joining the faculty in the Physics Department at North- eastern University in 1980. In 1988, he became an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and in 2001 was promoted to Professor of electrical and computer engineering. He has published more than 50 refereed

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen M. Doerr, Syracuse University; Jonas Bergman Arleback, Syracuse University; AnnMarie H. O'Neil, Syracuse University

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model thatis usable in a wide range of contexts. The central mathematical construct around which theinstructional sequence was organized is the understanding of average rate of change throughinterpreting, analyzing and predicting the behavior of linear and non-linear phenomena as theychange over time.The Model Development SequenceModel development sequences are structurally related tasks, beginning with a model elicitingactivity (MEA) and followed by model exploration activities and model application activities.These tasks are not step-by-step procedures (as often found in laboratory projects), but rather areopen-ended tasks that encourage students to express their own ideas about a situation and thenexplore and apply those ideas in other

Conference Session

FPD XI: Tidbits and Cookies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse J. French, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University

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the future on the highlights of these handouts.) Page 25.1302.15 Appendix 4. Laboratory Activity SampleENGR1513 Fall 2011Engineering Lab #3 Dissection, Reverse Engineering, and RedesignBackground Dissection and Reverse Engineering are common components of the design process forworking engineers. In order to improve existing products or benchmark the state of the art,engineers often use dissection and reverse engineering. Dissection is the process of orderly disassembly of an object to its subcomponents.Implied in this process is that the engineer does not know exactly how the assembly

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University

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credits.14 The third module once again begins with the currentfirst-year engineering program design materials. It involves designing a small fish farmingfacility and building and testing an aeration system. Portions of this module are being piloted inthe three Spring 2010 sections of ENG1100. The remainder of the module will be piloted in onesection of ENG1001 in Fall 2010.With the learning objectives in mind, the three groups approached the design activities indifferent manners based on their different backgrounds and objectives. The undergraduatestudents were motivated to make the design process “better” than what they had experienced.They wanted a wind turbine that they could construct and test in a laboratory setting.Consequently, they

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Briceland McLaughlin, Boise State University; Nick Hudyma, Boise State University; Robert Hamilton P.E., Boise State University; Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University; Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller P.E., Boise State University

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Engineering at Boise State University. He earned a BSc in Geological Engineering from the University of Manitoba and MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering and PhD in Engineering from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. His research is focused on the laboratory characterization of brittle materials and how their formation and and external factors influence physical and engineering properties.Dr. Robert Hamilton P.E., Boise State University Dr. Hamilton has been with Boise State University since 1995, where he helped found the Civil Engineer- ing Department.Prof. Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University Dr. Bhaskar Chittoori received his bachelor’s degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada