Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Christopher J Rowe, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

particular majors in their career quest.12An exploration of 14 universities’ online course catalogs in Vanderbilt’s peer and aspirationalgroups indicates that career development courses currently offered at institutions vary almost asmuch as the institutions themselves. The surprisingly small handful of institutions who offersuch courses either offer them through a centralized career center or through the engineeringschool within a college or university. The speculation over the type of institution that may offercourse-based resources for students’ career development is discussion for another paper. Five ofthe 14 universities sampled offer career development courses with variable credit hours from

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers; Jeff Goldberg

skill building is incorporated into their regular course work. Engineers todayrequire a high degree of proficiency in a range of abilities outside of the traditional coursecontent. In fact, it was in part due to the lack of information literacy skills demonstrated by newengineering graduates that so concerned the engineering industry that ABET felt prompted toinclude in its 2000 guidelines a requirement, requiring teaching students “to learn how to learn.”1 We discussed in our earlier work how to use syllabi to impart goals and information tostudents, specifically how to use the syllabus to identify opportunities for incorporating IL intoan engineering course2. Before showing some specific techniques for integrating these skills

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning and Motivation in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

allay some students’ concerns that they are alone intheir work without instructor help. In the biotransport course studied here, students reported lackof preparation for class discussions even though they recognized the benefit of low-stakespractice problems and online resources and even though learning goals and rationale werediscussed in class and the interactive online syllabus. Instructor involvement with studentsduring their interaction with course material would perhaps help students feel less confused andoverwhelmed by the new, heavily quantitative material in this course.It becomes especially important for instructors to articulate clearly the rationale and goals behindexpectations for students to initiate and direct their own learning

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Kelly Klima, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

conducted a needs assessment of the faculty, staff, and students. In this study,we investigate current course offerings and ask: 1) What did the lecturers expect students to learn, and what did the students actually learn? 2) How much of current climate related classes are overlaps of previous material as a) listed in the syllabus and b) perceived by students? 3) What do instructors self-report as being needed to manage these topics better?MethodsIn Fall 2014, we interviewed nine faculty members from five departments and two academicadvisors who participated in teaching or recruiting for climate related courses in engineering,architecture, policy, and social sciences. The faculty members ranged from mature lecturers(taught the class

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonia Travaglini, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

conducts research on engineering education andDr. Helen L. Chen, Swarthmore College Helen L. Chen is a research scientist in the Designing Education Lab in the Department of Mechanical En- gineering at Stanford University. She has been involved in several major engineering education initiatives including the NSF-funded Center for the Advan ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Engaging Aerospace Students With Experiential Learning in Hybrid Project-based CoursesIntroductionAs the Stanford Aeronautical and Astronautical department’s project-based Spacecraft DesignCapstone course returned to in-person instruction, elements of online teaching and learning thatwere

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emily Mowry

positionsindicates an increased awareness of issues in clinical research ideas after viewing the film4. We attempted to create a backbone for the course structure by looking at existingbioethics courses at various universities. Some course descriptions were available online at JohnsHopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, University of Virginia,and Vanderbilt University. We observed the undergraduate philosophy course, Introduction toEthics, at Vanderbilt University and interviewed engineering students enrolled in the course. Further ideas for case studies and course content were supplemented by web researchfrom various institutions. The World Medical Association5 provided us with historical documentssuch as the

Conference Session

Web-based learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

announcements, course material including syllabi, contest guidelines, homework, termprojects and solution to test/quiz problems. Fig. 1. BlackBoard – CoursInfo Announcements PageWebCT: In 2003 WebCT was adopted for its advanced capabilities as well as compatibility withthe existing Student Information System (SIS) software. Although it took longer to learndifferent tools and the process was very involved, we soon found out that WebCT is much morepowerful than CourseInfo and offers a variety of teaching/learning tools for both instructor andstudents. The author developed sites on WebCT for Engineering Fundamentals6 and all ETcourses mentioned before. Course materials such as syllabus, staff information and homeworkproblems

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qaiser Malik, Michigan State University; Punya Mishra, MSU; Michael Shanblatt, MSU

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

content.Moreover, the two instruments developed in this study may form the basis for a broaderframework for the formative evaluation of engineering courses.IntroductionInterdisciplinary courses commonly known as service courses are offered by almost allengineering departments to meet the ABET’s essential program outcomes criteria 3a-3k toprepare the future engineers for a successful and productive career1, 2. These courses areprimarily developed by the departments for non-major engineering students with three mainobjectives3: 1) to prepare the students to efficiently solve the interdisciplinary problemsconfronted by entry level engineers in the industry4; 2) to adequately cover the relevant portionof the syllabus for professional certification and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Raymond Calluori, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Vladimir Briller, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene Deess, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kamal Joshi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

delivery of the distance learning courses with the ultimate goal of adopting astandard platform. Institutional Research saw this as an opportunity not only to compareplatforms, but to assess the effect of technology training and teaching formats on learningoutcomes by using existing data generated by the software platforms and combining them withthe results of the student course evaluations.WebCT and WebBoard are software platforms that have the following features: share/ storedocuments (syllabus, lecture notes, articles), online chats, discussion forums, calendar tools,assignments, quizzes and grade trackers. The existing evidence of their benefits consist mostly ofcompany white paper, customer testimonials and attitudinal satisfaction surveys

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kisaalita; Thomas Reeves

specialized courses a non-option. We have previously proposeduse of case studies in existing required sophomore courses as a viable option. The case studyapproach as proposed has potential to provide students with global competence withoutcompromising the syllabus content and time to graduation (Kisaalita, 2002a). We are now extending aspects of the idea – focusing on solutions toglobal/international problems from global/international customers – to a senior course, thecapstone engineering design. A senior design course was found attractive for several reasons.First, it is a required course that affords exposure to a large proportion of students in theprogram. Second, it is conducive to real-life, open-ended thought problems. Open-endedproblems

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

lays the foundation for educating students in engineering design. In the course,design education includes methodologies of design, 6 validation of results, and optimization throughproject work.The details of the course, as well as lectures and videos, have been described in a previous paper. 7 Insummary, the learning objectives of the course (as stated in the syllabus) are that the student should: (I) Develop a proficiency in solid modeling using Pro/Engineer, (II) Develop the ability to use Pro/Engineer as a design tool, (III) Be able to perform dynamic simulation using Pro/Mechanism, (IV) Understand the theoretical basis of finite element analysis (FEA) and perform limited, simple analysis with Pro/Mechanica Structure, (V

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

lays the foundation for educating students in engineering design. In the course,design education includes methodologies of design, 6 validation of results, and optimization throughproject work.The details of the course, as well as lectures and videos, have been described in a previous paper. 7 Insummary, the learning objectives of the course (as stated in the syllabus) are that the student should: (I) Develop a proficiency in solid modeling using Pro/Engineer, (II) Develop the ability to use Pro/Engineer as a design tool, (III) Be able to perform dynamic simulation using Pro/Mechanism, (IV) Understand the theoretical basis of finite element analysis (FEA) and perform limited, simple analysis with Pro/Mechanica Structure, (V

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

lays the foundation for educating students in engineering design. In the course,design education includes methodologies of design, 6 validation of results, and optimization throughproject work.The details of the course, as well as lectures and videos, have been described in a previous paper. 7 Insummary, the learning objectives of the course (as stated in the syllabus) are that the student should: (I) Develop a proficiency in solid modeling using Pro/Engineer, (II) Develop the ability to use Pro/Engineer as a design tool, (III) Be able to perform dynamic simulation using Pro/Mechanism, (IV) Understand the theoretical basis of finite element analysis (FEA) and perform limited, simple analysis with Pro/Mechanica Structure, (V

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 3

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Aiman Said Kuzmar, P. E., Islamic University of Madina, Saudi Arabia

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

integrated in this regard and the STEM acronym was elevated to STEAM [14]. However,STEAM did not gain as much steam as STEM yet, and it is not as popular either.Qualifications Required for the Position of Instructor for Engineering Courses:A scan of more than one hundred online announcements for engineering faculty positions atvarious institutes of higher education in the US and a few parts of the world was executed. Itrevealed expected similarities as well as differences in listing the qualifications needed tobecome an instructor for engineering courses. Showing full details on this scan here is ratherlong and tedious, and therefore it is not necessary especially many of the details are repetitive.In lieu of that, a relatively shorter tabulated

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas H. Baxter

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”After the student has viewed the material, they take an online quiz. The online quiz isgiven to ensure that the student has understood the material. Instructors can enter WebCTand determine who has taken the quiz and what scores were obtained. The student hasthree opportunities to earn a passing mark. An example of one test question is shown inFigure 5.Figure 5: WebCT Online Quiz QuestionFinally, the student can check to see what problems will be assigned in their laboratorysession. Instructors are required to keep their web page syllabus sheet filled in with atleast one week lead-time. This allows students to work

Conference Session

Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Loring Nies, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

certain assignments weren't always specified” Category of Investigation: Team Teaching Increase coordination between instructors and among modules; share content; Construct consider one overarching syllabus “Sharing materials and assignment information between modules” Example Excerpts “Having the previous module instructor provide a brief outline of assignments and major takeaways from the course to the upcoming instructor” Category of Investigation: Thematic Approach Construct Increase clarity in connection between modules “Some modules were in continuity others weren't” Example Excerpts

Conference Session

ECE Division Technical Session 2: Long-Term Institutional Outcome Evaluations and Capstone Innovations

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjeevi Chitikeshi; Shirshak Dhali, Old Dominion University; Vukica Jovanovic, Old Dominion University

Rockwell PLC modules, Festorobot arm and Human Machine Interface (HMI) unit, and RSstudio software [20-21]. Thecapstone course syllabus was developed with learning outcomes that focuses on understanding ofdifferent sensors, motors, motor drives, PLC I/O cards, wiring, control algorithms, and how tointegrate all these devices and control them with the PLC software. The other important goal wasto teach students to troubleshoot the hardware and software issues in the integration process.The Main Leaning Objectives and Block Diagram of the Project FrameworkThe capstone projective learning outcomes were divided into two main parts, the first one was torun the robot with manufacturer provided software, without PLC, to understand the workingprinciples

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shelly Gulati, University of the Pacific; Mehdi Khazaeli, University of the Pacific; Jeremy S. Hanlon, University of the Pacific

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

emphasized engineering education to promote persistence and success in engineering.Dr. Mehdi Khazaeli, University of the Pacific Mehdi Khazaeli is an Associate Professor in School of Engineering and Computer Science at University of the Pacific. He also serves as Director of Pacific’s Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TIE) Program. He teaches courses in Design and Innovation, Decision Making, Building Information Modeling and Data Analytics. He has consulted with and/or taught seminars to a variety of clients in R&D-based industries, research organizations and educational institutions.Mr. Jeremy S. Hanlon, University of the Pacific American c

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, http://www.sonoma.edu/kinesiology/adapted_pe_web_page/index_sat_sidekicks.html 11. The Center for Community Engagement (CCE), Sonoma State University, http://www.sonoma.edu/aa/ap/cce/ 12. ES110 Course Syllabus is available at http://www.sonoma.edu/users/f/farahman/ 13. Team-Maker and CATME: https://engineering.purdue.edu/CATME Page 15.771.9 Appendix A Pre-Project QuestionsDate: ______________________________Male/Female ___________________________________Semester at SSU ____________________ Team Name ___________________________________How much

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bradley James Schmid, University of Saskatchewan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

CAD course.Comparison to Other CoursesMany course descriptions and syllabus from Canadian Universities were evaluated during thedevelopment of this course but none appear to offer the topics we were planning. Otey et.al.[4].Published a paper in 2019 that described the evolution of a course at Texas A&M University thathas many aspects in common with the course described here.The Texas A&M course also had a focus on improving the CAD skills for follow-on courses,developing skills with industry-standard CAD tools, and included many of the CAD features intheir course topics such as corridors, pipe networks, earthworks, etc. The course described byOtey did use Revit in their second version of the course, but Revit was removed in the

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett P.Eng., University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

ThermodynamicsAbstractThe first course in thermodynamics has traditionally been a challenge for students inengineering programs. The course typically introduces students to concepts of energy andcontinuum mechanics, both of which are novel to the students. Often, the theory reliesupon still-new calculus concepts for the students. With such a dense topic, this course ismost often delivered in a traditional lecture-based structure. In a program throughout 7partner universities, this first course in thermodynamics has a reputation for being the“weed-out” course for students.In the fall of 2013, the author took an established course having 6 lab experiments, apopular textbook, a well-evolved syllabus, and overturned the motivational structure tocreate a new delivery

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhixue Wang; Guangpi Lai; Feiyue Wang; A. Terry Bahill; Jeff Goldberg

course syllabus, lectures, homework/exams and solutions, grades, lab reservations, group discussion, "ask TA," "ask Professor," and feedback/comments. With these modules, students and the instructor can conduct the course process in a largely online fashion, however there are on-campus classes, and the WAVES system is currently being used as a class supplement. • Experiment implementation - Currently, the Inverted Pendulum is implemented in this section and Figure 5 contains the real time sensor data and streaming video of the equipment. Students design an algorithm for control using the concepts and methods of the Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) state feedback design. The

Conference Session

Using Technology to Support Learning in Mechanics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yonghee Lee, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Edward J. Berger, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

problems; online videos, covering worked examples[Figure 1], homework solutions [Figure 2], concept demonstrations and visualizations [Figure 3];a course blog / discussion forum [Figure 4] that includes all of the course materials, as well asstudents’ conversation threads used in collaborative learning; collaborative learning activities,such as group discussion and collaborative problem solving with peers in and out of classroom;and instructor office hours and a teaching assistant help room where students can ask questionsand seek help related to dynamics. Freeform has been continuously refined based on the findingsof our previous studies conducted in multiple dynamics courses in several distinct contexts,including teaching-focused and

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen C. Davis, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

, the preparatory work consists of reading thetextbook, watching (and in an upper level course, critiquing) videos, executing provided codesamples, and taking online quizzes. Students consistently reported above average learningboth from experiences outside of the classroom and during class compared to previous courses.Some students commented that they felt that they were graded on material that was “notcovered then lectured after” (Maher et al., 2015). The authors conclude that while thepreparatory work makes the in-class work more meaningful, it is important to communicate thepurpose and benefits of the style of instruction.Peer instruction is an active learning methodology originally deployed in physics (Crouch et al.,2007) that has been

Conference Session

Power Engineering & Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agoritsa Polyzou, Florida International University; Joaquin Molto, Florida International University; Nicholas Sean Gonzalez, Florida International University; Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Sophia Tavio Perez

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

can identify latent skills from existing instructional text on existing onlinecourseware [24]. Text mining techniques have been used to connect job descriptions and coursedescriptions and curricula descriptions [25]. In another application, course descriptions arecompared against the resume of a faculty in order to assign adjuncts to courses [26]. Gomez et al.analyzed the text of learners’ reviews of courses in Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)platforms to better support course selection in MOOCs [27].Gender Differences in writing (text data)Numerous empirical studies have been conducted examining text-level linguistic features relatedspecifically to men and women and the effects of gender on linguistic behavior [28] - [32]. Theseworks

Conference Session

Innovations in the IE Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise H. Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Kansas State University; Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-4451: A REVIEW OF CAPSTONE COURSE DESIGNS USED ININDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMSDr. Denise H. Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow Denise H. Bauer received her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2007. She received a M.S. in industrial engineering as well as a B.S. in engineering dcience from the University of Tennessee. Bauer’s research in engineering education centers around the use of technology mainly as a means of communication for remote engineering group work. She received a NAE CASEE postdoctoral fellowship to study what communication methods students used to communicate with group members during online classes and their feelings on their importance. She is also

Collection

2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kaylea Dunn

theLeadership Education program, who incorporated the following tools: o A United Kingdom (UK) survey facilitated in 2005. o Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation Criterion 3 guidelines. o The Introductory Leadership Course objectives in the syllabus provided to students.The survey responses indicated that not only is the development of professional leadership skillsby engineering students appreciated, it is required if they are to meet the demands of theengineering workforce. Many employers responding to the survey defined these skill sets asfundamental for future engineers.BackgroundThe global market for engineering graduates is becoming increasingly

Conference Session

Mechanics & Mechanics Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emma Treadway, Trinity University; Jessica E.S. Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (CoE); Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, when the transition online inspired mid-semester syllabus revisions.Despite the somewhat negative comparison to typical homework problems, student attitudes tothe OEMPs were generally neutral to positive, and more positive in Mechanics II than inMechanics I (see Fig. 4). Note that self-selection bias may exist in the survey data, particularly inMechanics II where a smaller percentage of students elected to participate in the survey. I'd like to have more open-ended problems like this in my other non-lab/non-design engineering courses. I enjoyed completing the

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 5: Virtual Learning and Technology Integration

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Gregg, Penn State University; Daniel Cortes; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Penn State University; Laura L. Pauley P.E., Penn State University; Minkyung Lee, Penn State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #42530Designing and Evaluating Virtual Reality Applications for a Machine DesignCourseDr. Andrea Gregg, Penn State University Dr. Gregg’s career sits at the unique intersection of instructional design, faculty development, educational technology leadership, curriculum planning, and educational research and evaluation. She is an established higher education professional with over twenty years’ experience in online, distance education. As the manager of an instructional design (ID) team responsible for the design, development, and support of nearly 150 courses, she worked with a diverse portfolio including STEM

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University; Nannette D'Imperio, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

employingstructures, and some exposure to dynamic arrays. The course grade is a weighted averagecalculated based on scores earned on weekly readiness assessments (15%), weekly homeworkassignments (20%), weekly quizzes (20%), and two exams (45%). The more challengingquizzes are allotted more time and administered as online timed take-home problems. The quizgrade is calculated after dropping the two lowest scores. Exams consist of two parts: (i) anobjective portion in the form of true-false and multiple choice questions, and (ii) a programmingportion. These parts are administered on different days. All programming submissions aregraded using a published “program check list,” which describes all required components andassociated point values to achieve an