Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

andadjusted a structured Professional Plan to assure that ME graduates truly experience keyareas of the engineering profession and demonstrate the ability to perform in a professionalmanner. The ME curriculum delivery is guided by this plan, which defines and organizeshow students acquire design tools and skills, integrate their evolving competencies inmathematical and technical analysis to the project experiences, teach and reinforce effectivecommunication in all forms, and couple the design experiences with methods to makeprofessionally ethical decisions. The four Professional Components are defined:  Engineering Design (teaching and practicing design skills)  Professional Communications (conveying designs and interacting with peers

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Drennan MSW, Centers for Disease Control ; Mary Y. Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Maggie Varga, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education; Sean J Creighton, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education; Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, Air Force Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

respondents in the baseline survey, and over 71% of thestudent respondents in the post-survey.In both the baseline survey and post-survey, SOCHE asked the students about their future plans inorder to collect information regarding student interest in continuing within the STEMpipeline.17,18,19 In both surveys, SOCHE asked the students to indicate whether they: (1) plan tograduate with a STEM degree; (2) are uncertain about their major; (3) plan to attend graduateschool in STEM; (4) plan to attain a Ph.D. in a STEM field; and (5) feel confident in theirresearch knowledge. 100% of students responded that they plan to graduate with a STEM degreein both the baseline survey and post-survey. Moreover, the results show that none of the studentsare uncertain

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

. We also provide a brief overview of the other two case studies. .3.1. The Crist Power Plant case study. We worked closely with the Gulf Power Company to create a written case study, video,and CD-ROMs as part of our project. The objectives of the Crist case study were to teach thestudents:(a) the technical and project management details involved in planning and implementing a real-world project,(b) the importance of developing and prioritizing project criteria in analyzing alternatives, and(c) how to embed an expert system in the decision-making process. The authors discussed with the plant manager the maintenance and planning schedules of aturbine-generator unit in the plant in several

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Nelson, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

one of the few ABET accredited engineering programs in the United States thatexists outside a college of engineering. Housed in the College of Architecture andEnvironmental Design, ARCE resides with the departments of Architecture (ARCH),Construction Management (CM), Landscape Architecture, and City and Regional Planning. Thecollege has a 60 year tradition of collaboration between the engineering, architecture andconstruction disciplines. Several decades ago, all students in the college took a common twoyear curriculum prior to separating into their respective disciplines. Although that model nolonger exists, there is a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration at the lower division level.ARCE students take three architecture studios side

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University; Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

been defined as a “project simulation consisting ofthe 3D models of the project components with links to all the required information connectedwith the projects’ planning, construction or operation, and decommissioning” 1. It is a digitalrepresentation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility providing accurate 3Drepresentation of a building and the capability to affiliate attributes and data to the componentsand objects that form the model 2. Similarly, the National Institute of Building Sciencespublished the following definition: “Building information models, or BIMs (are) digital, easily managed and shared representations of physical and functional data that define buildings throughout their life cycles—are

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

offered ageneral technical writing course, but never on a regular basis. The College of Technologycontinues to offer a technical communications course, but because it is geared toward anothercollege’s majors, and based on their curriculum, it is considered inadequate for engineeringstudents. Technical communications training in the College of Engineering has been more or lessthe task of individual faculty members in discrete courses. Laboratory courses usually requirewritten and sometimes oral lab reports. Typically, design classes have a reporting component:students develop, manage, and execute the work of a project, writing periodic documents thatboth aid in the planning process and model reporting to clients. In both cases it is the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

possible, the teams are composed of four students each. Informational andtechnical support for each team is provided by a client or “engineer-in-charge” (whoproposed and financially supports the project) and a faculty consultant (a faculty memberwho volunteers to provide technical assistance, sometimes an instructor for the capstonecourse). The instructor’s official role is that of a team facilitator. (The instructors alsohandle all the organizing, planning and grading for the class as well as serving in the roleof the client and consultant as needed.) In the current course the instructor can expect tobe “responsible” for about twelve teams each year working on ten or eleven differentprojects. For example, in 2003 (spring and fall semester

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Harth; Matthew Barber; Andrew Spurgeon

an educational methods course,an advanced course in instructional technology, and by serving as teaching assistants andtutors in guiding summer academies for middle and high school students. Project STEPis also receiving partial support from the Directorate for Engineering.This paper seeks to discuss in detail one activity developed by Fellows in Project STEP.It is hoped that by detailing the planning, implementation, and success of the project,other educators may use it to help teach specific science and social science conceptsrelated to the community effects of power generation to their own classes. Because theproject was designed for one specific high school program, but was implemented in two,a qualitative comparison between the

Conference Session

Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning Environments

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the “Guaranteed 4.0Plan” by Donna O. Johnson3 during the Spring 2006 semester. Up until that time, even with timemanagement instruction, students noted on their evaluation of the course that the program wasnot helping them academically. The 4.0 Plan is the only system that has been researched andproven to work if students will follow all of the steps of the program. The program is called“guaranteed” because Ms. Johnson has promised to give $100 to any student who follows herprogram completely and does not receive straight A’s. The most difficult part of the program isto get at least 8 hours of sleep every night. It is well known that adequate rest and a good dietare instrumental for the success of a student. Although some students can pick up

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

curriculum.A recruiting and retention plan is also being developed as part of the new curriculum design. Thedevelopment of this plan is considered to be a crucial and fundamental component of the overallEE program. One of the biggest concerns is the recruitment and retention of underrepresentedgroups in the engineering field.This paper describes the planning and development of the new Electrical Engineering program atEWU including the significance, infrastructure, goals, objectives, laboratory needs, programrequirements, and curriculum.IntroductionThe EE program was conceived on the basis of three factors: industrial demand within the regionand state, the small number of qualified graduates available to enter the workforce, and theincreasing pool of

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

readings, discussions, and self-designed projects, students explore materials science concepts alongside the social, cultural, andenvironmental factors that shaped technological and scientific history. Although some formal in-class activities are planned, many class sessions are flexible, allowing students to engage inindividualized learning approaches. The projects are loosely framed, enabling students todevelop key competencies while investigating topics of personal interest and controlling projectfocus and direction. In this paper, we discuss the processes and motivating factors that led to theinitial design and continued development of the Paul Revere: Tough as Nails course block. Wedescribe the philosophical and practical benefits of the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Sullivan

needs of the community and meet instructional objectives using action andcritical reflection to prepare students for careers and to become meaning members of a justand democratic society”. 2 The interdisciplinary aspect of the course is carefully planned out. There are 12college students in the course. Six of these students are from Chemical engineering, andthe others are from multiple disciplines such as biology, communication, geology andgeophysics. The multi-leveled nature of the course is due to the partnership of theAcademy of Math, science and Engineering (AMES) and the 12 high school students whoattend the class for college credit. AMES draws students from grades 9-12 from two different school districts. It isaligned with

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Min Huang; Michael Trevisan

evaluator provided focused assistance by facilitating thedevelopment of a student assessment system. This work included the construction of a variety ofassessments for engineering design, development of scoring criteria to evaluate student work,and evaluation of technical characteristics of the assessment, such as inter-rater reliability.For the opto-electronics and IGERT projects, an eclectic evaluation strategy was employed,strategically applying a variety of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. Theevaluations for these projects differed as the evaluation plans responded to unique programcomponents and outcomes in each project. All stages of the opto-electronics project wereevaluated, including planning and implementation phases

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

Session # 3613 Making Memories The Penn State Bioprocessing Cluster Program 2000-2002 Alfred Carlson Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractAs part of a larger National Science Foundation grant to Penn State, I ran a special hands-on, “real life” educational program in bioprocessing for senior chemical engineers. Thestudents took all of their courses for the spring semester, senior year, from a singleinstructor and pooled them into a seamless laboratory project to produce a recombinantprotein at pilot plant scale. The students were able to learn how to design experiments,plan and execute runs, and operate a

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

approach to curricular integration includes pre-college outreach, freshmanprojects, curricula support, capstone projects and graduate projects. The educationalenvironment includes a Campus Center for Entrepreneurial projects; an entire building designedto support students project teams. This paper will discuss the design and implementation ofthese programs, our assessment and evaluation methods, lessons learned and future plans forimproving this environment.1. IntroductionThe engineer as inventor is certainly not new. Many innovative products that we enjoy todaywere invented and created by engineers, but what about the engineer as entrepreneur? Textbookauthors write and students study engineering design, concurrent engineering and design in abroad

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Sudhir I. Mehta

and keep their learningat the center of our teachings. Many instructional strategies are provided in the literature toreach students with various learning styles (Felder & Silverman, 1988; Felder, 1993). It is alsoimportant that we take student intellectual ability into account as we teach. For example, adistribution of student intellectual ability at Stanford is different as compared to a communitycollege. Correspondingly, instructional methods should consider these differences. However,being learner-centered does not mean being lenient. In fact, one of the NG Principles (#11) is toset appropriately high standards and have high expectations from students. Being learner-centered includes planning and delivering instruction such that

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey L. Newcomer

-dress specific desired student learning outcomes.IntroductionEC2000 and proposed new TAC/ABET criteria have provided an impetus to provide a more co-herent assessment of programs and the achievement of student learning outcomes.1,2 While theassessment of student learning outcomes is challenging, it is extremely useful for educators toget a fresh look at the skills their graduates possess. Once assessment is underway, it is not un-common to discover that graduates’ skills in certain areas are not as strong as initially thought.One approach to address shortcomings in student learning outcomes is to utilize design projectsand other realistic, open-ended problems. Carefully planned and integrated design projects canbe used to both enhance and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Warmbier; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher

a pace which made retention of the material challenging. It seemed as though the class started and was over before you knew it. And when it was over, it was one of those classes where you really didn’t know what you had learned.”Our initial approach to improve ECE 345 was to sue feedback from students and facultymembers as follows:1. Develop a draft set of course learning objectives and course topics based on the existing course model and content.2. Share these documents with department chairs throughout the College of Engineering, and with chairpersons of the various departmental and college curriculum committees.3. Develop a comprehensive plan to revise the existing course. This plan included the following

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

integrate Policy Statement 465 implementation into theSociety’s broader strategic planning process. At this important juncture, there is a critical needto document the achievements of the past, discern key lessons learned, and chart an appropriatecourse for the future.PurposeThe purposes of this paper are (1) to summarize the decade-long process of developing andimplementing new accreditation criteria in support of the ASCE Raise the Bar initiative; (2) toidentify the principal lessons learned through this process; and (3) to provide recommendationsfor future developments in the accreditation domain of this ongoing effort to raise theeducational standard for civil engineering professional practice

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Matters in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University, Statewide Technology; Michael D. Sanders, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

target students well. We chose to work with local PLTW high schools for thesimple reason that the students who voluntarily elected to follow the PLTW curriculum weremaking the statement that they were already interested in STEM subjects.Make early contact with local high school teachers who teach in PLTW and STEM disciplinesand who will have support from their administrators and school corporation. Contact withschool principals or assistant principals is also good to help them understand the goals of theconference and why their students should participate.Set the conference date as early as possible. We have learned to do ours almost one year inadvance. Most educators have day-by-day or week-by-week subject matter plans and fitting aday-long

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree; Wendy Newstetter; Jennifer Turns

learn from theexperience.A learning essay is a written composition in which students document observations about theirdesign experiences, explore the implications of the observations, and then articulate what theyhave learned. We have been using this activity for over ten years. Student write these essaysfollowing the completion of each phase of the design process (e.g., the planning phase and theconceptual design phase). Some essays are exhilarating to read and really convey a sense of astudent’s struggle to understand the design lessons inherent in their experiences. Other essaysare terse, full of platitudes, unrelated to the students personal experiences, and generallyunconvincing. In working with the students to understand why the quality

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Tymvios, Bucknell University; Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Saint Martin's University; Moses Tefe, Norwich University; Scott R Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Xiaomei Wang, Brigham Young University; Gloria Faraone; Thais Alves, San Diego State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Jobs Act'' passed onNovember 6, 2021 by the US Congress and provides $1.2 trillion for infrastructure. The bill hasspecific plans to rebuild and improve road, bridge, and railroad infrastructure, expand access toclean drinking water, ensure access to high-speed internet, tackle the climate crisis, advanceenvironmental justice, and lastly to “invest in communities that have too often been left behind”[6]. Significantly, the bill also aims to tackle and repair historical inequities through programssuch as “restoring community connectivity”, and “retrofitting and mitigating highways or othertransportation facilities that create connectivity barriers”. Other programs that are part of the billinclude the improvement of infrastructure to address

Conference Session

Voices of Diversity: Perspectives and Experiences in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire MacDonald, The University of Texas at El Paso; Palvi Aggarwal, The University of Texas at El Paso; Xiwei Wang, Northeastern Illinois University; Yun Wan; Shebuti Rayana, The State University of New York at Old Westbury; Rudy Caraballo; Sherrene Bogle, Cal Poly Humboldt

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

students in their academic and professional careershas become increasingly critical [1]. In previous literature on the subject of higher educationtransfer students, two categories of transfer students were identified regarding their subsequentsuccess in their careers [10, 11]. The critical difference is that students who plan the transfer beforeattending community college were more likely to succeed than those who did not plan early[18].However, even with planning, there are still factors that are imperative to transfer student successpost-transfer. Previous literature considers personal [11, 8, 9, 19] and academic factors about thesedifferences [11, 8, 9, 19]. Major factors identified in the past research include social isolation,finance

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey Kiassat, PhD, MBA, PE, Quinnipiac University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

supportsustainability-focused projects. The evolution of the IE curriculum at QU reflects a commitmentto producing engineers equipped to address the complex challenges of a sustainable future.IntroductionThis work-in-progress manuscript discusses ongoing efforts to integrate a strong focus onsustainability and societal impact into the Industrial Engineering (IE) program within the Schoolof Computing and Engineering (SCE) at Quinnipiac University (QU).QU, a private institution located in the northeastern United States, boasts a comprehensiveacademic structure encompassing nine distinct units, including SCE. Notably, sustainabilityfeatures prominently in QU's strategic plan [1][2]. A dedicated sustainability committee drivesvarious campus-wide initiatives, and

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation, Globalization without Travel

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hiroyuki Ishizaki, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Maria Anityasari, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology - ITS; Masaomi Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Hitoshi Nakamura, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Tomoko Iwata, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Mohammad Iqbal, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology - ITS; Imam Mukhlash, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology - ITS; Faiqoh Agustin, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

the internationalization of SIT and its partner universities throughout the Southeast Asian region. Under his initiatives, various short-term mobility programs and student exchanges have been started. He is also Chair of the Mobility Special Interest Group of Asia Technological University Network (ATU-Net) and initiated a COIL program called Virtual Asia Exploration (VAx) by orchestrating the collaboration of six Asian universities. He is also an entrepreneur through his consulting company established in 2004, and has been rendering management consultation services to both small-medium size companies and multi-national enterprises such as global strategy planning, cross-border business entry, middle manager

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Columbia University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

University and Columbia University), and how these curricular objectives aretargeted within each. These cases are used to show how other chemical engineering educatorsaddress the following questions: (1) How can chemical engineering educators better addresssustainability topics in chemical engineering courses? (2) How could chemical engineeringeducators implement sustainability topics throughout the chemical engineering curriculum toimprove students’ understanding of the need and ability to apply these topics? We follow theseexamples with a description of our planned assessment to complete this work-in-progress paper.Description of CoursesTo help demonstrate how we are able to integrate sustainability across the chemical engineeringcurriculum, we

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Small, Clarkson University; Gail Gotham, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES; Peter Turner, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Clarkson University Ms. DeWaters is a PhD candidate in the Environmental Science and Engineering program at Clarkson University. Her research focuses on assessing and improving energy literacy among middle and high school students.Mary Margaret Small, Clarkson University Dr. Mary Margaret Small is the program coordinator for the projects described here. She has experience as a classroom teacher and school administrator and currently works for Clarkson University's Office of Educational Partnerships.Gail Gotham, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Gail Gotham is the Administrator for Program Planning and Development for the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES, Canton NY. She has experience as a classroom teacher and

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Fredericks Volkwein; Linda Strauss; Lisa Lattuca; Patrick Terenzini

200 programs – in 40participating institutions – responded to surveys in fall 2003. Approximately 11,500 graduatingseniors (anticipated degree date of Spring 2004) and approximately 9,000 alumni (who graduatedin 1993-94) from those same programs are being surveyed in early 2004. Telephone interviewsof deans and a survey of employers will be conducted in summer 2004.This paper presents information about the research design of the EC2000 Study, describing thesampling plan, instrument development process, survey administration, data collection andmanagement, and planned analyses. It also provides information about the anticipated uses of thefindings of the EC2000 Study.IntroductionIn the early 1990s, the Accreditation Board of Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; Nayda G. Santiago P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; Pedro O. Quintero; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; Nelson Cardona-Martinez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

the UPRM. A total of92 students participated in the program, of which 61 have been directly impacted by scholarshipsand interventions (scholars) plus 31 participants who, although not receiving scholarships, havebenefited from the interventions. Both groups received services in the form of faculty and peermentoring, career planning, and curricular, co-curricular, and community-building activities.This initial group included 89 undergraduates from nine different academic programs and twograds from two different master's level programs. The average household family income amongscholars was $14,512/year; and $44,216/year among participants. The gender balance included43% females and 57% males. The group was composed of four cohorts that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Liang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

characterization, augment their interest andconfidence in pursuing the subject matter, and encourage them to pursue higher level nano-courses as well as research projects with the support from the NSF CCLI program. Two labmodules, nanopatterned surfaces with relevance for tissue engineering and targeted deliveryof therapeutics and creation and evaluation of mechanical properties of nanowires or othernanostructures, are being developed and planned to be offered in Spring 2011 and Spring 2012.This three-credit course will comprise two major sessions: 1. Lecture and conference for learning background, principles and experimental tools anddiscussing experimental design and lab results; 2. Lab activities for learning and using experimental tools, such as