Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Felix Ewere, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

broad alternatives, i.e., aeronautics (e.g., unmanned Fixed-Wing orMulti-Rotor UAVs) or astronautics (e.g., CubeSats, Solid Rockets, or Cube Rovers). The choiceof which project section can be a daunting task for some AE students. A pertinent question giventhese options available to Aerospace Engineering students is “what can influence studentsinterests to select a project for their capstone experience?” In their paper, Hart and Polkconsidered factors that influences students’ selections of their capstone project in threeengineering departments5. They considered fourteen factors and ranked them in the order ofimportant or very important. They had four main recommendations, i.e. (1) There is a strongpreference for industry-sponsored projects, (2

Conference Session

Using Research in Engineering Ed

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Dorina Marta Mihut, Mercer University; Sahar Hasim, Mercer University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

, RomaniaDr. Sahar Hasim, Mercer University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section ConferenceIndependent Study Class for Investigating Coated Materials affecting Candida species Growth Dr. Dorina Mihut1,3, Jorge Luis Arce-Larreta1, Benjamin Wesley Pollard1 Jheel Kiritbhai Patel2, Sahar Anis Ali2, Dr. Sahar Hasim2 1 Mechanical Engineering, 2Biology Department, Mercer University, Macon, GA 3 Technical University Cluj-NapocaAbstractMany human infections resulting from medical devices or implants contamination are

Conference Session

Graduate School

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Mazen I. Hussein, Tennessee Tech University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

media2.Active learning methods were used in the online data management course for industrialengineering students at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences to increase student retention © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conferenceand to improve the students’ motivation. The active learning methods include 1-Minute Paper,Fishbowl, Snowball, Quescussion, Think-Pair-Share, Buzz Groups, Think Aloud, Peer Review,Complete Turn Taking, Pro-Con Grid. Quescussion is easy to explain and an effectiveinteractive method. In this method, the instructor starts each web conference with a shortquestions session to get the students involved from the beginning

Conference Session

Civil, Electrical, and Eng Tech

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Rajesh Balasubramanian, The University of Memphis

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

subjecting all direct and indirect operations in a manufacturing orservice industry to scrutiny.”1 It includes introduction of improvements resulting in making workeasier, to perform and allowing work to be done in less time and to improve workflow. In otherwords, the methods engineers increase productivity and throughput, reduce process, and cycletime and lower the costs of operations for products or services. To accomplish this taskpractitioners must have a working knowledge of work design and measurement.Time studies have been done for many decades. They form the bedrock for many project proposalswhere effort estimation become the basis. All production-based industries use time studies as theirplatform to measure productivity. Software companies

Conference Session

Retention

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Marino Nader, University of Central Florida; Harrison N Oonge, University of Central Florida; Shawn A Putnam, University of Central Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

mostrecent six academic years, namely 2016-2017 till 2021-2022 (see Table 1 below)Table 1: Total Number of Students Based on Target Course Completed at the University with a Pre-requisiteCompleted at Either the University or Transfer Institution PHY2048 to EGN3310 PHY2029 to EGN3373 (N) (N) Pre-requisite Completed at the University 2016-17 921 465 2017-18 910 619 2018-19 754

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Brett Austin McCandless, North Carolina State University; Nancy Moore PhD, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

coding was done to automatically check andgrade students’ design parameters and corresponding calculations. Students were then permittedto optimize their design and resubmit their work, where they were competitively awarded pointsbased on the financial and social metrics of their designs. Student adopted a variety of strategiesfor optimizing, with some groups choosing to optimize monetary cost, some groups optimizingsocial considerations, and some groups trying to address both.KeywordsThermodynamics, Projects, Large-ScaleIntroductionWhen students are able to utilize their knowledge for real-world scenarios, rather than ploddingthrough more typical, textbook problems, the quality and robustness of their educationincreases.1-3 Some students

Conference Session

First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

George Prpich, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

. petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, aeronautical). In the lab, studentsreceive training to ensure the safe operation of equipment, appropriate use of personal protectiveequipment (PPE), and the correct method for managing hazards. Though accidents in researchand teaching laboratories are rare, they do occur and recent research suggests that safetyprocedures in academic labs lag behind the standards set by industry.1 The American ChemicalSociety and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers have called for improvements to bemade to the safety cultures of academic institutions.2 Changes to safety cultures require safetyeducation, focused effort, and repetition. In practice, this means replacing single instances ofsafety training (e.g. seminar) prior to

Conference Session

Retention

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Marino Nader, University of Central Florida; Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida; Harrison N Oonge, University of Central Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

fair testing approach. The best mark out of the three attempts was retained. The studentsparticipated in a survey whose results are shown in Appendix A of Nader et DeMara 17. More than90% agreed that it is an effective method with the hope it be applied in other courses as well.ResultsTwo groups of students were considered in the analysis, the FTIC and TS. The number of studentssucceeding in an attempt are those who obtained greater than 70% in each attempt. The percentagesuccess for each for each attempt is represented below in Table 1. It can be easily seen that allstudents, be it FTIC or TS were constantly improving in each attempt for every test (T1, T2 & T3).Notice that more FTIC students succeeded in comparison to the TS for every

Conference Session

WIED: Activities and Programs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Foss, Weber State University; Yucheng Liu, South Dakota State University

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Liu, Purdue University Fort Wayne

programs to develop curricula and seek accreditation.KEYWORDSData Science, ABET Accreditation, Student Outcomes, Curriculum1 IntroductionDue to an increasing demand for data science related jobs [1], many universities started to offer Data Science degrees in the recent decade[1,2]. According to ABET [3,4], Data science draws on knowledge, skills and abilities from computing, mathematics, and statistics, allapplied in the context of domains that make use of data. The pervasive reach and multi-disciplinary nature of datascience causes special challenges in uniting traditionally separate disciplines into a coherent approach that produces ethical and well-trained practitioners. Agreement on standards is an important step in the maturation and

Conference Session

Computers in Education 3 - Modulus I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Deorio, University of Michigan; Christina Keefer, University of Michigan

demand for office hours and longer wait times forstudents to receive feedback. In particular, more opaque automated feedback was associated withup to 57% longer wait times for office hours compared to more transparent automated feedback.A course that switched from opaque feedback to more detailed feedback decreased wait times by24%. These results can help instructors leverage automated feedback while ensuring timelyaccess to peer teachers in office hours.2 IntroductionThe past decade has seen an explosion in the number of students enrolled in undergraduateComputer Science (CS) programs [1][2]. While this surge of future programmers bodes well for aburgeoning industry [3], universities are having trouble providing adequate resources

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jule Schatz, University of Michigan; Zahra Makki, University of Michigan; John Kloosterman, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Levesque, University of Michigan; Heather Rypkema, University of Michigan

support services to awide variety of students at our institution. Students are admitted to this program based on“circumstantial criteria such as their first-generation college status, under-performing /under-represented high school or neighborhood, low SES, [or] HS counselor recommendation”[1]. We quickly discovered that the structure of the course was not resulting in equitable learningoutcomes for ASP students. For example, over the four academic years leading up to our work onthis project (AY15/16 - AY18/19), the average grade for ASP students was 2.6 (B-) vs. an averageof 3.4 (B+) for non-ASP students. Furthermore, the DFW (D, F, or Withdrawal) rate was 29% forASP students and 8% for non-ASP students.Further, Figures 1-3 indicate that

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington; Kelli Paul, Indiana University-Bloomington; Amber Simpson, State University of New York at Binghamton; Ariel Zych

, Learning and Educational Leadership Department at Binghamton University. Her research interests include (1) examining individual’s identity(ies) in one or more STEM disciplines, (2) understanding the role of making and tinkering in formal and informal learning environments, and (3) investigating family engagement in and interactions around STEM-related activities. Before joining BU, she completed a post-doctoral fellow ship at Indiana University-Bloomington. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics education from Clemson UniversityAriel Zych (Director of Audience) As Science Friday’s director of audience, Ariel Zych actively leads the engagement, learning, research, and impact strategies and activities at Science Friday

Conference Session

PCEE Session 11: Engineering Outreach / Summer Programs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tang, Western Carolina University; Nelson Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University; JennieV. Sorrells, Western Carolina University; Robert Pierce, Western Carolina University

conducting the camp, and on the surveymethodology and results.IntroductionContinued demand and growth in the workforce in the fields of STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics) are projected to grow over the next decade [1], [2], in line withtrends that had already began in the last decade [3], [4] where the number of employmentopportunities in STEM fields grew at a rate three times faster than in other fields [5]. A shortageof engineers in the workforce in the United States was also documented by [6].Despite the growing job market for STEM-related occupations, studies show declining interestand literacy among students in the United States to pursue careers in STEM fields [5], leading toa deficit in STEM graduates in the next decade [7

Conference Session

Research Frameworks for Identity and Equity: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Washington, Duke University

www.slayte.com Designed to Disrupt: A Novel Course for Improving the Cultural Competence of Undergraduate Computing StudentsIntroductionWhile there exist numerous efforts to broaden participation in computing, university computingdepartments (like the tech industry) still suffer from a lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion(DEI) [1], [2]. Despite commitments to fostering inclusive and equitable environments forstudents from diverse identities, current efforts have only marginally increased representation.This paper posits that this marginal improvement is because traditional efforts primarily centerstudents from minoritized groups through deficit-based approaches such as mentoring, affinitygroups, and readiness programs. However

Conference Session

PCEE Technical Session 8: Engineering Design in Elementary School

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Simpson, State University of New York at Binghamton; Peter Knox, State University of New York at Binghamton

Paper ID #36469A Study of Problem Exploration Heuristics of Families(Fundamental)Amber Simpson (Assistant Professor) Amber Simpson is a Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership Department at Binghamton University. Her research interests include (1) examining individual’s identity(ies) in one or more STEM disciplines, (2) understanding the role of making and tinkering in formal and informal learning environments, and (3) investigating family engagement in and interactions around STEM-related activities. Before joining BU, she completed a post-doctoral fellow

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Approaches to Ethics Education (Part 3, Nature and Environment)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Technology, and the ETD mini-grant coordinator. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Polluting the Pristine: Using Mount Everest to Teach Environmental EthicsIntroduction“Because it’s there,” George Mallory famously responded in 1923 to the question “Why climbMount Everest?” posed by New York Times reporters [1]. The next year, he and climbing partnerAndrew “Sandy” Irvine walked into the clouds of Mount Everest and vanished for 75 years: hisremains were discovered in 1999, sans evidence that he had reached the summit, and Irvine hasyet to be located. Despite their highly publicized demise, Mallory and Irvine’s heroic efforts didlittle to

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Sakib Azgar; Kaitlyn Ramesh, Northeastern University; Ted Yee, Northeastern University; Ananya Tadigadapa, Northeastern University; Violet Manxhari, Northeastern University

frequency domain,and the fourth plots the mean frequency calculated per second of data. The slope of a line of bestfit of the fourth graph can be used to determine the user’s current state of muscle fatigue, whichcan factor into an individual’s risk of injury [1], [2]. A commercially-available andnon-professional product for use during exercise such as the Myowearable will providecost-friendly access to a tool that can greatly reduce the risk of recurring injury.Introduction & BackgroundDoctors often recommend their injured patients avoid strenuous or physically demanding activityto prevent accidental injury. However, many patients are unsureof where that limit lies, until they have gone too far anddamaged their muscle more. Muscle activation

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Technical Session 7: Cybersecurity and Computing

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica McGill, CSEdResearch.org; Angelica Thompson; Leigh Ann DeLyser; Eric Snow; Luronne Vaval; Stephanie Wortel-London

Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comPractitioner Perspectives of the Impact of COVID-19 on CS Education in High Schools Serving Historically Marginalized Students (Fundamental) Monica M. McGill1 , Angelica Thompson2 , Eric Snow3 , Leigh Ann DeLyser4 , Stephanie Wortel-London5 , and Luronne Vaval6 1,2 CSEdResearch.org 3 Evidence-Centered Research and Evaluation 4, 5, 6 CSforALL 1 monica@csedresearch.org, 2 angelica@csedresearch.org, 3 evidence.centered

Conference Session

WIED: Community

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University; Carla Koretsky; David Wahl, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Lori Wingate, Western Michigan University; D. Raj Raman, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Sonia Goltz; Patricia Sotirin

ADVANCE grants. The fourthone has a history of programs focused on women’s success. Efforts to recruit more womenfaculty at these institutions are shown by increases at the assistant professor rank from 2008 to2018. However, the increase in the percentage of STEM women faculty in the lower ranks hasnot been consistently reflected in the higher ranks, suggesting that retention remains an issue(Figure 1). This is noted also at other ADVANCE institutions [1]. Overall, the numbers ofwomen faculty in STEM fields at the four partner institutions are significantly lower than the34.5% national average of STEM women faculty at doctorate-granting research universities,particularly at the full professor rank [2].Research indicates women and underrepresented

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Andrew Bard, Northeastern University; Andrew Sozio, Northeastern University; Samuel Haggans, Northeastern University; Nicholas Tarallo, Northeastern University; Timothy Bennett, Northeastern University

raised questions about their future reliability, muchof the current technological advancement in the green energy sector has been a result of evidenceimplicating their use as a primary factor in the ever-growing climate crisis.As such, there has been an unmatched investment in the future of alternative sources of energy,such as wind, solar, and hydropower. These have led to massive improvements in every aspect ofthese technologies, especially cost and efficiency [1]. For example, according to the Departmentof Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the cost of a 200kW solar array has declinedfrom 5.57 to 1.72 dollars per watt, a 69% decrease [2].However, there are still many drawbacks to these technologies. Perhaps the most notable of

Conference Session

Computers in Education 3 - Modulus I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside; Bailey Miller, University of California, Riverside; Tony Givargis, University of California, Irvine

. RIOS isdownloadable for free at https://www.cs.ucr.edu/~vahid/rios/.1 IntroductionConcurrent tasks are needed in various software applications. Operating systems allow programmers todefine processes or threads, and the operating system then manages by executing each task for sometime, saving task state, switching to another task, and so on. Some languages like Java have threadconcepts built-in. However, in many scenarios, a way is desired for a programmer to define multipletasks without relying on an operating system or built-in language support.One such scenario involves embedded systems. Although a trend is for many embedded systems to useincreasingly powerful architectures that support operating systems like the popular FreeRTOS[FreeRTOS21

Conference Session

Student Division Technical 4: Student Experience & Competencies

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehdi Lamssali, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (CoE); Alesia Ferguson; Olivia Nicholas, RAPID; Andrea Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (CoE); Angela White

remarked variability in levels ofpreparedness and experience in the use of online course delivery, groups (i.e., administrativestaff, faculty, students) struggled and diverse outcomes were realized with the transitions toonline learning [9]. Recent research on COVID-19 has demonstrated that this rapid transition had a negativeimpact on the mental health of college students with symptoms ranging from minor irritabilityinto excessive anxiety and panic attacks [8], [5], [2]. Additionally, various studies demonstratedsome student’s preference for in person learning rather than online learning [1]. This was mainlydue to multiple drawbacks that online learning presents. Some of these drawbacks include butare not limited: poor community

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Newhart, United States Military Academy; Andrew Pfluger, United States Military Academy; Michael Butkus, United States Military Academy

format for active learning in engineering ethics educationand provides an outline for ethics education in a wide range of professional disciplines.1 IntroductionEngineering ethics is the study of moral issues, decisions, conduct, character, ideals, andrelationships of individuals and organizations involved in engineering and technologicaldevelopment [1]. Across all disciplines of engineering, ethics is a required course component ofundergraduate engineering education and is included on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)and professional engineering (PE) examinations. At the undergraduate level, there is only abroad requirement by ABET for students to have “an ability to recognize ethical and professionalresponsibilities in engineering

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4 - Global South Engineering

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Demofilo Maldonado

five semesters, tenhours per week of Japanese during the 16 weeks of the semester. Students also spend an intensive summer course inNUT, until they complete 1000 hours of technical Japanese before presenting the Japanese language exam in order to beaccepted by NUT.When students visit NUT during the summer to improve their Japanese language skills, they live with host families inNagaoka, get to know the university, and participate in important events such as the visit in 2009 of the Ambassador ofMexico to Japan, to celebrate the 400-year-old relationship between the two countries.RESUME OF THE PROCEDURE: 1) Select students interested in the program under the criteria of level of English and high school grades. 2) Selected students

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Karoline Jarr

has led educators to develop anentrepreneurial mindset in engineering students [1, 2]. Entrepreneurial mindset (EM) is definedas an “inclination to discover, evaluate, and exploit opportunities" [3, 4], and the way to thedevelop EM in graduates is through education. As an example, a Moroccan university hasintroduced a training-based educational approach for Ph.D. students to improve theirunderstanding of opportunity recognition and its surrounding environment by instilling anentrepreneurship mindset [5]. Many other approaches enhance engineering student abilitiesthrough forms of entrepreneurial-minded learning such as problem-based learning, and project-based learning [6, 7]. One possible way to promote these practices is through the SOTL

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 3: Design of Novel Energy-Related Courses and Course Materials

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Grinberg, The State University of New York, College at Buffalo; Saquib Ahmed, The State University of New York, College at Buffalo; Joaquin Carbonara, The State University of New York, College at Buffalo

leads departmental activities in ABET accreditation. He is Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET Commissioner and served as program evaluator representing IEEE since 2005. Grinberg has over 57 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and numerous presentations in his field. He is IEEE Senior Member and currently holds a position of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Zone 1 Chair and ASEE Board of Directors member. In addition, he is recognized scholar and author in World War II military history. The book he co-authored, Red Phoenix Rising: The Soviet Air Force in WWII, was named an Outstanding Academic Title by the Choice Magazine.Saquib Ahmed (Dr)Joaquin Carbonara

Conference Session

ERM: ERM Medley Session!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Jason Gross, West Virginia University; Evana Nusrat Dooty, West Virginia University; Sumaia Ali Raisa, West Virginia University; Yu Gu, West Virginia University

Practice (EBP) paper is to describe an innovative approachand the impact of that approach on undergraduates engaged in engineering and computer scienceresearch experience involving robotics swarms. While critiques of a narrow reading of EBPapproaches rightly assert inapplicability when applied as a mandate to educational practitioners[1], our goal here is to contribute to the evidence base supporting our educational practitioner-driven pedagogy thereby expanding the definition and applicability of EBP in education. Morerecent approaches to EBP in disciplines aligned with the learning sciences have made it clear thata broad range of evidentiary warrant (i.e., beyond quantitative measures in randomized controltrials), integration of cognitive

Conference Session

WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Orser; Ella Swanson-Hysell, University of St. Thomas

increase in female faculty;however, the data is insufficient to show causation.UST’s enrollment of women exceeds the expected enrollment for the majors we offer. Womenare retained within engineering at rates comparable to men and on average they graduate faster.Efforts to understand the causes of these results are mixed and continuing work is necessary intracking student body composition and assessing the reasons behind our success to date.IntroductionWomen have been historically underrepresented in engineering fields. There has been someimprovement recently with the percent of degrees awarded to women increasing from 17.2% in2011 to 19.7% in 2016 [1]; however, these numbers still mean that less than one in fiveengineers are female.Many causes of

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division ASCE Liaison Committee - Accreditation and Curriculums - What Changes Are Occurring?

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Oklahoma State University; Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Audra Morse, Michigan Technological University; Brock Barry, United States Military Academy

contrast, very few engineering Master’s programs in the United States are ABET EACaccredited. The number on the ABET website of institutions with ABET EAC accredited MSprograms is ten, as of January 3, 2020. There are an additional seven international programs [1].Therefore, arguably, ABET EAC currently has minimal effect on graduate education in the US.In this paper, we present a discussion of the EAC/ABET Master’s level criteria, provide somecontext regarding MS programs that are accredited by EAC/ABET, summarize perceptions ofsome stakeholders within the academic community, and finally, provide recommendationsshould ABET and professional societies choose to promote master’s level accreditation.Current Master’s Level CriteriaThe question is why