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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

PATRICK BOBBIE; Sheryl Duggins; VENU DASIGI

dominating the market, there are now manycompeting products available, including open source, however Blackboard is still the leadingeducational course management system [11].In addition to using Vista™ at [Our University], some professors are also experimentingwith Sakai-Globule, which is open-source, and is gaining popularity and is being used byinstitutions like Georgia Institute of Technology. Sakai, free software, provides capabilities 141for storing and managing course data, student profile and assessment data like exams,projects, etc., and revising of such data. Globule is integrative with Sakai by offering aserver-based environment for developing content for eventual ‘pushing’ to Sakai

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carol Siri Johnson

steel rails, Octave Chanute moderated the information flow necessary to theinvention of the airplane, and today individual moderators volunteer their time to open- 416source programming projects [10]. Knowledge brokers or gatekeepers of publishedknowledge play a major role in keeping the knowledge disseminated relevant to theindustry or the science for which it was intended. The 19th century was also a time of rapid development in office technologies such astyping and shorthand dictation. In the 1880s, women began learning shorthand and, afterthe turn of the 20th century, they monopolized the fields of typing and stenography. Thus,although AIME did not include women and had only one female

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

to 5 members and assigned a structured task such as “multiple-stepexercises, research projects, or presentations.”9 Per Johnson et al there are 5 crucial componentsfor cooperative learning groups:10 a. positive interdependence between students (“all for one and one for all”) b. face to face interaction c. individual accountability d. emphasize interpersonal and small-group skills e. processes must be in place for group review to improve effectivenessLedlow adds that equal participation is also important: “the structure of the assignment shouldbe such that all students have to participate, and that there are mechanisms to ensure that theparticipation is fairly equitable. You may try assigning roles, adding steps to the lesson

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

M. Minnucci; J. Ni; A. Nikolova; L. Theodore

Manhattan College. During the study, the students learned about the interrelationship between two 1principal subject areas of chemical engineering: thermodynamics and heat transfer. The educational outcome of thisresearch project provided the students with a better understanding of how the two disciples simultaneously affectdesign applications. These concepts can be used when the student is given a task to design an applicable heatexchanger in the work field or an academic environment. The law of conservation of energy is defined by many as the first law of thermodynamics. Its applicationallows calculations of energy

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carol Siri Johnson

the end of the 19th century,Lukens began keeping records of the plate defects and their sources. All of these books were the end product of multiple routines of record keeping by people on thefactory floor and many of them have fingerprints and handprints on them. They are similar to the daybook, journal, and ledger, in that they record data into a transitional location before entering the finalresults into ledgers. However, they are different in that it was a works-wide record keeping project, ratherthan the work of a single clerk or owner. The processes were becoming more complex and more peoplehad to participate in the written record keeping in order to gain the knowledge necessary to analyze andcontrol the industrial

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Peter Thomas Tkacik

work up inthe race shop computer and meeting room. The result is that students are forced to return to theexcitement of racing just frequently enough that they are reminded of the excitement and stay engaged. 3Despite the programs focus on undergraduate studies, graduates that continue on for a master‟s or PhD,typically use the race shop as a hang out, working on pet projects, and continuing to support the raceteams they crewed on in their undergraduate years. This beneficial support of the teams complements thefaculty effort to guide and lead the teams through the engineering of the race cars.Students and race team internshipsBecause of the great need for race team engineers and because of

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci; Pathickal Polouse

DIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION URBAN SPEED LIMITS: AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE, Professor Pathickal Polouse, PhD, Associate Professor University of the District of Columbia Washington, DCAbstractThis paper will present one of a series of experiments that are part of a Department of EducationGrant to develop a series of hands-on experiments designed to interest and motivate freshmanstudents to study engineering. An essential part of this project is to design experiences (experiments

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Laurent Simon; Piero Armenante; Rajesh Dave

related to drug manufacturing. Atthe same time, Camp Pharma instructors and faculty will lead a selected group of high school (HS)teachers through new training and research applications for implementation in their classrooms. HSteachers will collaborate with Camp Pharma researchers on their own classroom projects. To test theirnew skills in a controlled environment, they will introduce these new materials to participating students atthe Camp. Through the program, both HS teachers and students will gain a better understanding of theimportance of pharmaceutical research and manufacturing and the challenges that it involves.Participating HS teachers will also be encouraged to create a network consisting of other teachersattending and NJIT faculty in

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 1

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2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Xiaojin Ye, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Nur Dean, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York

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Professional Papers

, providing guidelines for educators [12]. Theyexplained the reasons to consider GenAI for such courses, outline strategies for its integration,and present guidelines for its implementation. The authors outline effective strategies forintegrating GenAI, including collaborative projects, and Hackathons with AI-assistedprogramming tasks. Besides the assessments, there has also been research on the impacts of AIon students, with findings indicating a positive impact on student performance and motivation tolearn [13,14,15].As previous research has indicated, there are ethical concerns, worries about plagiarism, and bothchallenges and benefits associated with using GenAI tools for learning and assessment. Earlierstudies often focused on dividing students

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

James McDonald; Mary A. Burke

Review, Volume 34 Number 1, July 2006, pp27-43.MARY A. BURKE is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Computer Studies at Ocean County College inToms River, NJ. She teaches courses in Computer Science and Mathematics.JAMES MCDONALD is an Associate Professor and Chair of Monmouth University’s Department of SoftwareEngineering in West Long Branch, NJ. He teaches courses and consults in the areas of software project managementand testing.Return to Main page Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 9

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunghoon Jang; Malgorzata Ciszkowska; Robert Russo; Hong Li

bloodglucose levels. The proposed research will introduce the concept of using the glucoseconcentration in tears as a detection of the blood glucose concentration. This project is based ontwo basic facts: (1) the concentration of glucose in tears is directly proportional to the bloodglucose level and it follows the changes in the glucose level without a significant delay and (2) anamperometric glucose microsensor can detect the level of current which is proportional to theglucose in human blood serum. The new contact lens with embedded electrochemical sensor,which can detect the tear glucose level, will be constructed and applied to provide preliminaryresults for the future applications. In an electrochemical glucose sensor, an enzyme, glucose

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ha Van Vo; Stephanie Rossman; Zsaquez Flucker; R. Radharamanan

to certain ground surfaces because they are rigid and donot allow for a normal gait. Therefore this causes excessive moment and shear force to occur andconsequently compensation occurs at the stump and socket interface. This will later in turn causecomplications of pressure sores and discomfort along the stump. In the biomechanics lab at MercerUniversity, students have been involved in several research projects and lab works relating to lowerextremity biomechanics using gait analysis system and measure moment and reaction forces.The authors used Pro-E to model a mobile (full range of motion at the ankle level) and immobile (rigidand no motions occur at the ankle joint) prosthetic devices and analyzed the shear stress in the pylons andsockets

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

by the Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science andEngineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Instituteof Medicine5; increasing and sustaining women enrollment in STEM can only be possible by acollaborative effort rather than independent individual institutional projects. In this regard, university 5leaders, such as university presidents, provosts, deans, department chairs, faculties and their senatesshould develop and implement regulations to promote women in engineering, technology and computing.Professional societies and higher education organizations should develop and enforce guidelines to ensurethat keynote and

Conference Session

Innovating Inclusivity: Rethinking Access and Empowerment in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation and Research Consulting; Raena Cota, New Mexico State University; Ruth Constansa Torres Castillo, New Mexico State University; Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University; Adan Maximiliano Delval, New Mexico State University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

science 2 year and 4-year programs at Hispanic Serving Institutions in a ruralSouthwest state was developed to support students, particularly Hispanic first-generation collegestudents, as they navigated higher education pathways in computing. The table below providesadditional information regarding the data sources that support meaning making in this project. Demographic Marker Source of Data Gender identity Survey distributed by (source of grant funding) Race/ethnic identity Survey distributed by (source of grant funding) Citizenship/permanent resident Survey distributed by (source of grant funding) status Place of birth Survey distributed by (source of grant

Conference Session

Student Engagement in Construction Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

,highlighting the necessity for targeted interventions to rectify this imbalance.6As the industry experiences rapid global expansion, there is a heightened demand for skilledprofessionals in construction management and related fields.3 The urgency to replenish andexpand the construction workforce is underscored by these projections, emphasizing the criticalneed for CEM programs to produce a sufficient number of qualified graduates to meet theescalating demand.In today’s landscape, there is a growing emphasis on diversity and inclusion, recognizing womenas valuable contributors to the construction industry. However, despite this recognition, thereremains a significant under-recruitment of female students in CEM programs, with male studentscontinuing to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hsin-Li Chan, Penn State University; Yuan-Han Huang, Penn State University; Barukyah Shaparenko, Penn State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

undergraduate-level deterministic modeling course that covers linear and integerprogramming, students apply modeling and optimization approaches to address challenges relatedto network flows, project management, transportation, and assignment problems. They alsoacquire proficiency in various solution strategies, including the simplex method and the branch-and-bound approach. Duality and sensitivity analysis are comprehensively covered, as well as theireconomic interpretations. Both Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering students shareaccess to identical learning modules, completing the same assignments and exams. The objectiveof this study is to compare the performance of these two student cohorts and assess their abilitiesin three crucial

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Umer Farooq, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A and M University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

collaborates on diverse projects aimed at enhancing learning experiences for students, trainees, and professionals.Dr. Saira Anwar, Texas A and M University Saira Anwar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering, Texas A and M University, College Station. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, USA. The Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and industry sponsors fund her research. Her research potential and the implication of her work are recognized through national and international awards, including the 2023 NSTA/NARST Research Worth Reading award for her publication in the Journal of Research in Science

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

duringthe Fall semester of the 2024 academic year. The other faculty member implemented RapidReviews into the first electrical circuits course with predominantly first year electricalengineering students during the Spring semester of the 2024 academic year.The Fall semester for academic year 2024 was the first implementation of Rapid Review sessionswith the in-person format described in the previous section. There was a desire to implementRapid Reviews at the start of each lecture; however, this was not achieved for the first semesterof utilizing Rapid Reviews. The Rapid Reviews occurred at least once a week and not more thanthree times per week. Upon arrival to the classroom prior to the start of class, the faculty memberwould project the Rapid

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Li Coffman, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

levels). Finally, participants were asked (Q12) which of the threedomains they preferred to learn with and why. It should be noted that this interview consisted ofquestions about all three domains, and the results were split into three papers to better emphasizethe findings related to each domain of learning. In this paper, we focus only on the cognitivedomain of learning. Readers interested in understanding more about the research on affective andpsychomotor domain are directed to the other papers from this project [2], [3].Q1: How do you perceive learning as a process?Learning is an integral part of our lives. Each one of us learns the same things differently based onour preferred way of learning. In this question, students share their

Conference Session

Innovations in Experiments and Modeling

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clint Guymon, Brigham Young University; Joseph R Tuft

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

students subsequently analyze thetransient CO2 response to determine the rate of CO2 uptake by the terrarium plants given the rateof CO2 production by the soil bacteria and the diffusion rate of CO2 from the terrarium. As partof the assignment, the students are also asked to reflect on the similarities between the terrariumand the earth's atmosphere. This multifaceted project not only emphasizes fundamental chemicalengineering principles but also explores the broader context of environmental sustainability andclimate change. This activity is part of a recent curriculum change in the chemical engineeringdepartment with a greater emphasis on a larger quantity of focused laboratory activities in placeof fewer and longer unit operation experiments

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 20

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo Rodriguez Mejia M.Sc., Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2020.101859 6AppendixGraduate student motivation survey under the EVT framework.7 point Likert Scale: 1. Strongly disagree 2. disagree 3. Somewhat disagree 4. Neither agree nor disagree 5. Somewhat agree 6. Agree 7. Strongly agreeInterest Value1. I find graduate engineering coursework interesting.2. I find graduate engineering research interesting.3. I like engineering.4. Solving challenging advanced engineering problems is rewarding.5. I like design projects.6. Graduate engineering program is exciting.7. Graduate engineering is an intellectually

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner

proficiency compared to a traditionalteam approach, additional data must be obtained to validate the results from this pilot study.Based on the data from the current current pilot study, it was projected that additional data fromProceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 10approximately 60 students would be required to yield an α = 0.05 and power = 0.75 for statisticalsignificance.The results from this study also imply that a full scale deployment of an individualizedlaboratory system potentially enhances the students' acquired laboratory proficiency. However,due to the independent

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi Patton Luks

assignments are also frequently copied. On routineprogramming assignments, I check the file properties page to see who created their file, who lastsaved their file, when it was created, and when it was last saved. I frequently find that the filewas created a year earlier by a student in a previous course or that the same person created thefile for multiple submissions. Of course I look at their work also. This year a group of studentssubmitted very similar programs for the semester project. The programming was much moresophisticated than what I had taught them in that freshman-level course. By investigating theproperties page (see Figure 1), I learned that the students had hired Wipro, Ltd., an outsourcingcompany in India that will write software for

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Linda Laird; Ye Yang

. Speakers will be faculty, career centerstaff, and members of industry. The initial title of the series is “Surviving and Thriving in Tech.” Component 12: Leadership and Soft Skills: These students are expected to enter theprogram with good interpersonal and communications skills – skills that are highly needed andcan give them a competitive advantage in the high-tech workplace. Leadership skills willexplicitly be addressed as part of the architecture and requirements courses. Throughout thecourse work, and especially in the design/build courses, these skills will be practiced andreinforced through class work and team projects. Component 13: Technical Skills: These students will gain excellent technical skills fromtheir classes and work

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Thomas Ask

beingcreative and therefore the individuals within the group also consider themselves creative.The connection between collaboration and creativity appears to be an innate need. Thepsychologist Howard Gruber notes: “Creative people must use their skills to devise environmentsthat foster their work. They invent new peer groups appropriate to their projects.” 5 Theimportance of contemporaneous collaboration can be seen in art and science such as with Picassoand Braque in their artistic pursuits leading to Cubism and Einstein and Grossman in developingmathematical expressions suitable for describing relativity.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityBounded RationalityCreative expression acts under the domain of the

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Anurag Purwar; Pranav Korrapati; Q. J. Ge; Xin Ge

Design Innovation class work has been supported by a SUNY IITG award.1 Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universityenabled by the spreading of membership based DIYand/or DIWO (DoITWithOthers) hobby shops suchas MIT’s hobby shop4 and TechShop.5 Another is the availability of low-cost digital manufac-turing tools or 3D printers and online 3D print services such shapeways.com6 and open-sourceelectronics prototyping platforms, such as Arduino.7 And, a third one is the crowd-funding ofinnovative projects at kickstarter8 or indiegogo.9 Not only have these hobby shops, 3D printingoutfits, and non-traditional funding platforms become profitable businesses, they are also servingas casual

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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balancing act for the professor.Freshmen students are especially vulnerable as they may not be used to the 3 hour or more class,and they may lack the concentration necessary to carry them through. They may sit in traditionallecture rooms with sociofugal rows where they wait for information to be disseminated formemorization and later regurgitation in exams, papers or projects. Faculty endeavor to explainand connect large amounts of course material while maintaining student interest and attention.Students who are actively engaged show increased learning. Per Umbach, P, and Wawrzynski“students report higher levels of engagement and learning at institutions where faculty membersuse active and collaborative learning techniques, engage students in

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gay Lemons; Adam Carberry; Chris Swan

Mechanical Engineering 3 F-ME-4 F Mechanical Engineering 4 M-GE-4 M General Engineering 4 F-ME-3 F Mechanical Engineering 3Table 1. Student ParticipantsProcedureThe study participants were asked via e-mail if they would be willing to participate in a researchexperiment on engineering design. After giving consent, students were tested individually in asmall conference room on campus. A small audio-video camera was mounted on the ceiling torecord speech as well as students’ hands. Participants were told that the purpose of the study wasto investigate the design process of engineering students. A practice think-aloud project ofassembling a 24-piece puzzle

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Nicholas Monsu; Kevin Timko; William Caracciolo

Learning from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Preparing for the Future Nicholas Monsu, Kevin Timko, William Caracciolo Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractThis paper presents an in-depth overview of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disasterthat occurred in April 2010 off the coast of Louisiana. It contains a substantial review ofthe safety protocols that were and were not followed and how safety protocol problemscould be avoided in the future. The objective of this project was to learn from thisdisaster and to develop problem sets and demonstrations that emphasize sustainableengineering and could be used in a wide array of classes or labs

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Scott Bronikowski; Christopher Lowrance; Kenneth Viall

2: Electrical Engineering Courses using the Quiz Replacement MethodThe first benefit that certainly every college professor or teaching assistant can appreciate is thetime saved by not having to create new homework problems and grade all those homeworkassignments. Under our course model, graded homework is eliminated which means no morelong hours in the office or at home scrutinizing students’ work. Not being tied down to thisgrading commitment affords the opportunity for professors and instructors to focus theirattention in other important areas including individual tutoring via extended office hours,research, or more involvement in student projects or clubs such as IEEE. Some engineeringeducators might argue that their time spent grading