Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., Univerity of Illinois College of Engineering; Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

. As a result, it is hoped that the students will determine an effective collaborative learningapproach that informs each others’ areas of interest regarding international developmentsustainability, while building a knowledge base for better understanding the interrelationshipsamong these disciplines to evaluate long-term interactions between an engineered infrastructureand a recipient community.We emphasize that this course is not design-based, such as an Engineering Capstone project, nordoes it teach technical design. Instead, it focuses engineering minds on the non-engineeringinfluences that must be considered to produce a successful, sustainable engineering design for arecipient outside the designers’ own sociocultural experience.Course

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Rebecca Cors; Pat Eagan

or more design courses, which require students to work in teams. Examples include Hydraulic Design, Wastewater Treatment Plant Design, and Circuit Design courses. - Capstone Design Courses: Each engineering department requires a capstone design course, which is structured around real projects for bona fide or imaginary clients. While engineering curricula at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and many other universities, offer opportunities to practice teamwork and leadership, many students enter the workforce unprepared to facilitate and lead17,18. This, along with the foregoing investigation results and literature review about the importance of facilitation skills in the

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; James R. Lewis, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

theprogramming environments with java course. We have collected no data to quantify if thismodular course has adequately prepared the first group for capstone senior project, since thesestudents have just started taking their senior project capstone course sequence.Concluding RemarksIn conclusion, it can be stated that with proper guidance, monitoring and diligent care, thetechnology students can be exposed earlier to Xcode, Cocoa framework, Objective-C designpatterns or Android development platform. This will go a long way in motivating them,1eliminating their fear, improving their understanding and enhancing their quality of education.With proper mentoring, capable tutelage, and guidance, these burgeoning and talented youngstudents will contribute to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maeve Bakic, Boise State University; Samantha Schauer, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

earlier, allowing students to focus on‘understanding’ the content rather than just ‘knowing’ the content [8]. The difference being thatlecture based teaching tends to focus on theory and strict processes, limiting students to findingone particular ‘right’ answer. Active learning methods, such as flipped-classrooms,think-pair-share activities, and case study reflections, push students to defy their normalcognitive boundaries of what engineering “is” [9, 10]. This education method can ease the oftenfrustrating transition that seniors experience during capstone design courses where students areexpected to translate isolated concepts learned in classrooms to suddenly very technicallycomplex projects [11]. The frustration that students experience

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse; Tim Bower; Eduard Plett

-  Key Mechanical Courses MET 246 Dynamics of Machines -   MET 252 Fluid Power Technology -  Elective MET 264 Machine Design Technology 1 (Sophomore Capstone Project -   MET 346 Elements of Mechanisms -  Elective MET 382 Industrial Instrumentation and Controls

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ilmi Yoon, San Francisco State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Diversity Research

of identifying speakers, alumni, and faculty that provided career advice,any recurrent issues and themes among their students and inspired interesting research possibilities for theregardless of the course they were enrolled in. This strategy capstone class (CSC 698; fall 2016, spring 2017). We alsowas repeated twice over the course of the semester. After hosted a poster session of 698 projects, which was thenthese workshops, the mentors met to discuss and vote on

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 7 Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

team’s conception of the nature of a design problem for a givenproject will have a marked effect on what criteria and constraints are identified, what ideas areexplored, what models or prototypes are tested, and ultimately what artifact emerges from theirprocess. For engineering design instructors, deeply capturing students' conceptions of theirdesign problem could prove to be a useful reflection tool for design projects, particularlycapstone design. While student generated problem statements and enumeration of criteria andconstraints begin to reveal students' design problem conceptions, these formats may not allowthe full details of students' understanding of the problem to emerge. In this work we propose toadapt an approach used in policy

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Francesca Giardine, Smith College; Robin Ott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Anne Kary

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

transition from capstone trainingto engineering practice. Engineering education is meant to prepare engineering students for thechallenges of the engineering workplace, but this is not the same as preparing women for the(presumably) gendered experiences of engineering work. This study aims to answer the question:What unique challenges do women face in their first year of engineering work?We ask this question to make way for the question: What should women be prepared for intransitioning to engineering work?We attempt to answer our main research question with a qualitative analysis of data from a largerstudy, the [Project] study. Data comes in the form of 98 interviews with 45 engineeringnewcomers, at 3, 6, and 12 months of engineering work. Of the

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bower, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Capstone Projects X X X X X X Project• Consistent with the pervious observation, a lower level class provides the necessary foundation for higher levels of cognitive performance within a Program Outcome. In cases where no course appears at lower levels, the student is obtaining necessary knowledge foundation from somewhere else within the curriculum. This creates a learning environment in which student understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of engineering and is consistent with the department’s philosophy on the need for a broad based education.• Table 3 illustrates that Environmental Engineering Capstone provides the most

Conference Session

Global Perspective and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Seri Park, Villanova University; Susan B. Mackey-Kallis, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the overwhelming need forfaculty assistance and resources as uncovered by the survey.Internationalization database: The broader curriculum would be further enriched, particularly asrelated to thesis and capstone projects, by student access to faculty expertise with respect tointernational research or educational experiences through a common informational database.Faculty colleagues could also use this database as a way to identify potential collaborators indevelopment of internationally-focused student capstone experience projects or course topics.Mentorship and global-learning outcomes: The Villanova Institute for Teaching and Learning(VITAL) should create a repository of educational modules /syllabi from faculty who received aVITAL grant to

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifang Shih, Excelsior College; Jane A LeClair, Excelsior College

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

President of ALC Consulting and has been extensively involved with numerous projects for the IAEA. Page 23.1299.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Use of Sustainable and Systematic Plan to Assess Student Learning Outcomes for Non-Traditional IT StudentsAbstractExcelsior College has been considered as a pioneer institution in distance learning. Consideringthe needs of career-oriented adults learners, Excelsior recognized that college-level knowledgecan be obtained in many ways and designed a student-centered learning model that integratestransfer credits from

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 7: Teaching and Learning Practices

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel A Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

projects are present infirst-year engineering courses, senior capstone projects, and more recently, second and third-year courses [4, 5, 6]. These team interactions demonstrate practical knowledge skills by taskinggroups of students with complex problems. While research on student engineering teams is ex-tensive, few studies to date have explored how students’ intersecting identities impact their expe-riences on teams, particularly at the intersection of race and gender. (Note: in discussing gender,we use the terms “man/men,” “woman/women,” “non-binary,” and “trans-men/women” for gen-eral discussions; when referencing previous research, we use the term used by the researchers;when referencing our participants, we use the term “female” because, as

Conference Session

LEES Session 8: Care and Commitments

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mallette, Boise State University

learning that focuson community-based projects [7], industry partnerships [8], and interdisciplinary efforts [9],often taking place in capstone experiences [10]. These projects often offer “authentic trainingexperiences that emulate industry teams, which are composed of members selected for thediverse and complementary expertise they bring to a complex, real-life problem” thatengineering educators value and lead to stronger teams in academic settings [8].These efforts can be roughly divided into two main tracks: 1.) using teamwork assignments as away to increase opportunities for peer-to-peer learning and active learning [e.g. 11-12] and 2.)using teamwork assignments to develop collaboration skills [e.g. 7-10]. The former focuses onindividual

Conference Session

International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Boschetto-Sandoval, Michigan Technological University; Ciro Sandoval, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

International

and Comparative Studies at Michigan Technological University. His primary research interests are in Latin American Cultural Studies and the relations between science, technology, and literature. His teaching and research interests also include intercultural communication, linguistics, critical theory, and social philosophy.Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University Linda Phillips, P.E. is Lecturer of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University and Director of the International Senior Design program that allows undergraduates to combine the engineering capstone design course with field construction in a developing country. Ms. Phillips brings over 20

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 3: Advancements in Teaching Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Prabha Sundaravadivel, The University of Texas at Tyler; Aaditya Khanal, The University of Texas at Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

solutions, multiplestakeholders and no conclusive formulation) or the ability to communicate in a digital environment[1, 2]. Moreover, project-based learning (PBL) has been gaining more traction in engineeringprograms to facilitate student learning experience and professional development. Although designcourses including capstone design have PBL with components of EML, entrepreneurial mindsetbased PBL is quite uncommon in many engineering courses that are not design courses [3].Traditional engineering course projects involve a relatively close-ended problem whereinstructions and information about the project specifications are provided. This can be due toengineering instructors lack of access to curriculum that focuses on problem solving with

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

abilities to incorporate sustainability into capstone design projects in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2013. Atlanta, GA.25. L., C.A. and M.C. A., Teaching sustainability as a contested concept: Captializing on variation in engineering educators’ conceptions of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. J. Clean. Prod., 2008. 16: p. 105.26. A., Y., S. D., L.M. A., and B. C., Problem-based learning: Influence on students’ learning in an electrical engineering course. J. Eng. Educ., 2011. 100: p. 253.27. Sattler, M.L., Y.P. Weatherton, V. Chen, S.P. Mattingly, and K.J. Rogers, Engineering sustainable civil engineers, in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Briceland McLaughlin, Boise State University; Julianne Wenner, Clemson University

the time, energy, and writing skills needed to complete a thesis. TheSEnS GPS program has participated in conversations at the department level about graduateprogram curriculum changes. These conversations have not been fruitful in some areas, but someconversations have resulted in significant shifts to capstone experiences. One program entirelyredesigned the range of options available for MS capstone experiences. Students now have theopportunity to complete a thesis, a project with their employer, or case studies. These changesare already showing dividends in the number of students interested in pursuing an MS degree butand applying to graduate programs. Students for whom financial burdens are notable haveanecdotally noted that these changes

Conference Session

Training Faculty to Teach CE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Decker Hains, U.S. Military Academy; Mark Evans, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

projects and laboratory exercises within a course and especiallyduring a capstone design experience. The development of the ability to function as a memberof a team may not be limited to the classroom or even to engineering. Additionally, studentsshould seek opportunities and faculty members should encourage students to work as membersof team in a myriad of other activities, such as student government, civic and serviceorganizations, employment opportunities, etc.CommunicationEffective communication is a critical skill for civil engineers and the BOK-2 states that upon Page 12.1371.11graduation from a baccalaureate program, an individual must be

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Dick Desautel

assessment) thatin turn supports the highest level (program assessment/enhancement). Content of the educationflows from course up to program level, and requirements for revision and improvement flowdown from program level to course level.The second basic feature is the integration of a longitudinal series of assessment data collections.The collection tools fall naturally into two categories that are distributed from (potentially)freshman through senior years and beyond into professional practice: • Traditional methods for faculty evaluation of student knowledge and skills within each course including the capstone course and senior project, e.g., course deliverables and grades. • Self-perception and external perception methods

Conference Session

Track 8: Technical Session 2: Adapting the Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) to Engineering: A Digital Tool to Aid Inclusive Design

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Audrey Anne Blanchet, Université de Sherbrooke; Nathalie Roy, Université de Sherbrooke

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

.). These attributes are akin to competencies. Therefore, all futureengineers must develop solutions to complex engineering problems (A04 - design) whileconsidering differentiated social impacts based on gender, gender identity, and other identityfactors during the design of an engineering product or process (A09 - engineering's impact).The following example demonstrates the application of GBA+ in a capstone student project. Thisproject focuses on the design of a robotic arm intended for quadriplegic individuals. In thisexample, GBA+ allows for the consideration of various identity factors to design a robotic armadapted to the diverse realities of quadriplegic individuals. First and foremost, the factor ofdisability is central to the development of

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luciana Debs, Purdue University Programs; Bryan John Hubbard P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

construction professionals deal with adiverse group of professionals in architecture, engineering and construction. In addition, there isan expectation within the construction industry of 18% growth in the use of Design-Builddelivery method over the years of 2018 to 2021 [2]. Design-Build can be considered a morecollaborative delivery method than Design-Bid-Build due to the engagement of contractor anddesigner during the initial development of a project. The rise in use of more collaborativedelivery methods, such as Design-Build, Construction Management at Risk, Integrated ProjectDelivery, as well as previous research [3], [4] indicates the need for improving collaborationfrom an industry perspective. Additionally, construction programs are aware of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

perspective early, and the Capstone Design Professor could move quicklyto more advanced topics. This would enable a large improvement in the scope of the seniorDesign course. A third benefit is expected to arise as other instructors begin to realize that theirstudents have good perspective on the field: cross-disciplinary projects would become feasible,enabling an iterative revamping of the entire curriculum.DCI ApproachWe hypothesized further that the introduction of the Conceptual Design portion of this course, atthe entering freshman level, would be highly motivating to the student. The steep learning curveneeded to do such a design with understanding and confidence was weighed against theadvantages of a motivated class. In 10-week Fall Quarter of

Conference Session

Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gianina Morales, University of Pittsburgh; Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile; Emily C. Rainey, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

music to visually impaired people?” as part of the course’s capstone project. Wecollected data between March and May 2023. Data includes semi-structured in-depth interviews(5.4 hours with the instructor and 1.5 hours with each focal student), observational field notesand audio recordings of classes (including two external events where the students presented),observational field notes and audio recordings of focal students’ working meetings, focalstudents’ artifacts, coursework materials and supporting multimedia (pictures and videos).For our analysis, we followed standard procedures of qualitative case study research (e.g., [43],[44]). For question 3, we used a provisional code [45] based on the set of human-centeredengineering design

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

circuits and electronics area. She taught variety of underrated and graduate courses including capstone design in Electrical and Computer Engineering area. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset Using the KEEN Framework for a Digital Communication System Course John Santiago, Jr., Ph.D. and Jing Guo, D.Eng. Colorado Technical University (CTU), College of Engineering, Colorado Springs, COAbstractThe College of Engineering (CoE) is using the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network(KEEN) model to develop an entrepreneurial mindset while meeting technical objectives in adigital communication course. The

Conference Session

COED: AI and ML Topics

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhao Sun, Hampton University; Laura Camila Peralta; Myles Anthony Ragins; Niara Renee Chaney

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

university, where the students finish theimplementation of ML-based visual navigation applications with TurtleBots [8].To generalize, with the one semester course learning/training and the consecutive two weeks casestudy in the summer REU activities, the undergraduate students gain a much better understandingof the fundamental concepts and are well prepared to accomplish projects on data-drivingmodeling and learning based control for AUVs and UAVs for their senior capstone design.Feedback from the students together with the course survey shows that the students have increasedtheir programming skills through the learning process and so far, all the senior studentsparticipating in the program has been offered graduate school admission with full fund

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 6 Design Pedagogy

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Leidig, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Robin Adams, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

“plays” are working as desired, closing the loop between purpose and outcome  …The playbook idea grew out of an independent study project conducted between the two authorsand is based on their extensive backgrounds in community-engaged learning, capstone, and otherdesign education experiences. The various portions of the playbook structure were created,refined, and iterated on through discussions, in parallel with a number of sample scenarios fromthe authors’ teaching experience, as outlined in the results section below. The first author hasover fifteen years of experience in community-engaged engineering and design leadership roles,including three years as a course instructor in this space for students from their first year

Conference Session

M2A: Learning By Design 1

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Sarah C Ritter, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven G. Bilén P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

all PennState campuses, there are over 50 instructors teaching 70+ sections annually. Over the past twoyears, the course has been significantly revised to reflect changing academic and industry needs.This paper describes the current state of the course, highlighting newly developed coursematerials that leveraged the expertise of a team of interdisciplinary instructors.Prior to recent efforts, the curricular objectives for EDSGN 100 were formally updated mostrecently in 1995 when the course was changed from Engineering Graphics (EG 50) toEngineering Design and Graphics (ED&G 100), signifying the shift from a predominatelygraphics-based course to one incorporating team-based design projects. In 1998, the course wonthe Boeing Engineering

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

whenthe technical communications course became mandatory for engineering majors at The Citadel.Senior design courses or capstone courses are another area where voluminous material can bepresent in a large two-semester project but benefit from a clear and concise written rendering. Aconsiderable amount of effort has gone into elucidating the documents for technical writingassignments to students in the senior design sequence. By the time students reach their senioryear, most can easily follow a format and address each area to some degree. However, thereremains a tendency to include pages of raw data in the report—typically a result of students whostruggle with prioritizing classes of information, or those trying to meet a minimum pagerequirement

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Sterk, Virginia Tech; Tim Thacker, Virginia Tech; Elizabeth Tranter, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

unique in their integration intothe Center’s diversity strategic plan, which specifies the goals, commitments, and results for eachpartner campus in the areas of student recruitment and undergraduate program development.Through the CPES Education Program, REU and LSAMP REU participants have theopportunity to apply for short-term travel scholarships, which enable their continuedparticipation in Center-related research during the academic year. This has proved an effectivemechanism for continued engagement of undergraduates in Center programs, and occasionally,for integration of summer research into the student’s undergraduate capstone design project(s).The Center’s consortium format also allows participants from partner universities to establish

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Ramers

leaders during this semester.Senior Capstone Design Project6The students choose to develop an MEA manufacturing system for their senior design project.They determined that the laboratory process they had documented at our commercial partner’soperation could produce six MEAs per day. The cycle time included the technician’s time andoven baking and heated press time, which were limited by the sizes of the ovens and presses. Italso included careful handling of MEAs and electrodes to avoid exposure to CO in the air. Weselected a production rate objective of 1000 2kW fuel cell stacks per year, which would require aproduction rate of 200 MEAs per day (eight hour shift). The project objectives and deliverables(statement of work) are shown below