Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Writing Program Administration in STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Extending WID to train mechanical engineering GTAs to evaluate student writingAbstractBeyond first-year composition, the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum providesfew opportunities for students to develop technical writing skills. One underutilized path forstudents to strengthen those skills is the required sequence of laboratory courses, where studentswrite reports that are evaluated by graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), many of whom speakEnglish as a second language. Historically, engineering GTAs have not been trained informative assessment techniques to help

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1022: FACULTY'S USE OF TABLET-PC TO ENHANCE LEARNING FORTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSRungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dr. Rungun Nathan is an assistant professor in the division of engineering at Penn State Berks from the fall of 2007. He got his BS from University of Mysore, DIISc from Indian Institute of Science, MS from Louisiana State University and PhD from Drexel University. He has worked in the area of Electronic Packaging in C-DOT (India) and then as scientific assistant in the Robotics laboratory at Indian Institute of Science. He has also worked as a post-doc at University of Pennsylvania in the area of Haptics. His research interests are in the areas of unmanned vehicles

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

have a basis for evaluating the quality of the contribution. In contrast,professional review committees are able to rely on peer review of proposals and journalpublications when evaluating the quality of a faculty member’s contributions in technicalresearch. For faculty who invest time and effort to develop learning objects because they feel itis “the right thing to do”, it would be pleasant to have a mechanism for broad dissemination andpeer review of these contributions. This is one step to increase the respect for teaching asresearch and research on learning in engineering programs.The Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT,www.merlot.org) is a database of educational resources, primarily for post-secondary

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

. Eventually, it was up to me to shape the direction that my tenure path would take,accompanied by the advice and guidance of my associates and my department head. Even so, thepath has been difficult and the outcome is not yet decided.The ProcessIn the Purdue University School of Technology, it is a given that all faculty will teach, and willteach well. Course development, laboratory development, finding new ways to present material,preparation of auxiliary educational materials as well as grading all occupy considerable effort.Faculty must keep current on new developments in their course areas. At the same time, faculty Page 2.37.1must be working in

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven S Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joshua David Carl, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

(no stylus capability), which are not ideal for do-ing electronic documentation. In recent years, faculty and students have moved to combinationlaptop/tablet platforms with stylii that are better suited for such documentation. This technologychange inspired me to modify the documentation requirements in my courses.The courses I teach span the junior and senior levels and range from theory-intensive courses withno laboratory component, to courses with procedural-based labs investigating a physical law, tocourses with open-ended design intensive labs. The documentation requirements are therefore dif-ferent course to course, but in general focus on instilling proper technical documentation normsalong with the technical work. Notebook entries

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Musiak

enhancedclassroom that combines the features of a standard classroom environment with a computer laboratory, multimediaenvironment to expand our teaching capabilities without increasing the need for additional classroom or laboratoryspace.This paper presents our experiences in making the learning environment richer and more supportive for our studentsand providing them with the means they need to succeed in their studies as they adjust to college life and advancetheir career goals. Page 8.1176.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Davis; Paul Stanfield

challenges, the initial one being thetechnical issues of equipment, process, and IT integration. Even after successful physicalintegration, curriculum integration presents several challenges. The first challenge is securingfaculty acceptance and participation. All faculty have been involved in the decision process tochange the nature of our laboratories. To further encourage participation, faculty membersassociated with each undergraduate class will be involved in the development of the learningmodule substance. Faculty will be trained to: (a) understand the developed modules in thecontext of the virtual enterprise; (b) develop teaching module substance within the context of thestandard delivery mechanism.In addition to inadequate faculty training

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1100: DESIGNING A CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM FOR THENATIONAL MILITARY ACADEMY OF AFGHANISTANStephen Ressler, United States Military Academy Colonel Stephen Ressler, P.E. is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. He earned a B.S. degree from USMA in 1979, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering degree from Lehigh University in 1989, and a Ph.D. from Lehigh in 1991. An active duty Army officer, he has served in a variety of military engineering assignments around the world. He has been a member of the USMA faculty for 16 years, teaching courses in engineering mechanics, structural engineering

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

.Challenge Based InstructionThe selected pedagogical approach was Challenge Based Instruction (CBI) based on theprinciples of “How People Learn” (HPL) and the STAR Legacy cycle (LC). CBI, as project-based learning (PBL), is a form of inductive learning. CBI has been shown to be a more effectiveapproach to the learning process than the traditional deductive pedagogy4-6 and incorporatescognitive and affective elements recommended for retaining underrepresented students7-9. CBIprovides a real life learning environment where the challenge/problem is introduced first and thesupporting theory/principles second (i.e. traditional teaching backwards)10. Thus, by directlyaddressing students’ need to see Relevance of Studies to the Real World and creating

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Fariborz Tehrani; Nell Papavasiliou; Frederick Nelson; Carol Bohlin; Mara Brady

for grades K-6 classrooms. Fundamentalunderstanding of the engineering profession is an essential key for elementary teachers toimplement this curriculum. The presented approach is an initial effort targeted at increasing theengineering knowledge of prospective K-6 teachers. This step involves developing a course titledEngineering Literacy, taken by those undergraduates who typically plan to enter the credentialprogram for elementary teaching (i.e., Liberal Studies majors). Engineering Literacy is a three-unit combined laboratory and lecture course. Hands-on activities are coupled with lectures onengineering topics. Expected outcomes of Engineering Literacy are aligned with the generalbody-of-knowledge in both engineering and liberal studies

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Al-Ansary; Andreas Christoforou; Ahmet Yigit

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcurriculum. Specifically task groups at the college level have been formed to study in depththe teaching practices and content with regard to major design experience, communicationskills, and laboratory pedagogy, because of clear evidence from all constituents indicating theneed for improvements. The following sections include sample results of direct and indirectmeasurements of program outcomes as well as corrective actions proposed to improve theprogram.Program Assessment – Direct MeasurementsAt the course level, instructors individually perform the initial assessment. The mainassessment tool used is the Instructor Class Evaluation Form7. This form reports the gradedistribution as well

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Maila Hallare, Norfolk State University; Shahrooz Moosavizadeh, Norfolk State University; Makarand Deo, Norfolk State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Paper ID #35784Application-Centric Math Curriculum for Electrical Engineering MajorsProf. Maila Hallare, Norfolk State University Dr. Maila Hallare is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Norfolk State University. Her research interests include number theory, mathematical modeling, differential equations, mathematics education, and best practices on mathematics teaching.Prof. Shahrooz Moosavizadeh, Norfolk State University Professor and former Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Norfolk State University with more than thirty years of teaching experience. In addition to his teaching workload, Prof

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David R Finley

students entering the program each year, retention is a critical issuefor the viability of the program in a primarily “tuition-driven” budgeting environment. Threefull-time faculty members, with the support of a laboratory technician and a half-time secretary,teach all core courses in the ChE curriculum. Thus, the teaching load for faculty is 12 credithours per semester. No special allowances are made for laboratory or design courses. This loadis reduced to 9 credit hours per semester for the departmental chair.II. What Do I Do?As departmental chair, workday activities can be grouped into four major categories: teaching,mentoring, administrating, and consulting/research. This list is rank-ordered based upon timetypically spent on task. However

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

fashion, Bissey and Wipplinger [3] have devised physical models that can be used toteach structural analysis to architectural engineers.Examples also exist in other areas. Fiegel and DeNatale [8] have created physical models that helpteach basic geotechnical engineering concepts. Penumadu [11] has a trixial test set-up that letsstudents conduct experiments that demonstrate an engineering principle or to determine materialcharacteristics. Brizendine [4] has a computer-controlled data acquisition laboratory where civilengineering technology students can learn how to acquire and process of geotechnical data.Then there are hands-on experiences that use mathematical models to teach civil engineeringconcepts. Barton and Wallace [2] use MATLAB to help

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chen Xu, New York City College of Technology; Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

adjust to the distance learning mode include: a) decomposition of the course context into three modules and clear specification of the corresponding learning objectives of each module; b) combination of different technologies to create friendly and inclusive learning environment; c) frequent assessment of students' performance via online quizzes/tests; and d) carefully- designed laboratory assignments via MATLAB simulations that are able to demonstrate the entire feedback control process. A comparison of students' performance under the traditional face-to-face learning mode and the new distance learning mode is conducted. Based on assessment results, we will evaluate the effectiveness of our current teaching methodology/plan developed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie Kephart, University of Texas, El Paso; Elsa Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Louis Everett, University of Texas, El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas, El Paso

expertise and experiences are in human factors engineering (modeling human behavior and performance), and in engineering education. His research in human factors has been funded by NIH (work on older Mexican American adults), and the US Army Research Laboratory (work on modeling concurrent mental and physical workload in soldiers). Dr. Pennathur has been writing about and teaching sociotechnical approaches to work design. Dr. Pennathur is currently co-PI with Everett on a Phase 2 NSF CCLI grant for cultivating authentic engineering discourse. His interest in the NSF project is how faculty members navigate the engineering instructional space. Dr. Pennathur has also created the virtual collaborative

Conference Session

Student Evaluation in Design Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sivachandran Chandrasekaran P.E., Deakin University; Riyadh Ibrahim Al-Ameri, Deakin University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

have same teaching staffthat coordinates the unit delivery and assessment. The comparison of partial DBL and fullDBL is shown below in Table 1. Table 1: Comparison of partial DBL and Full DBL Partial DBL Full DBL Assessment - One Design project (30%) - Design project 1 (50%) + One laboratory project – Concrete Lab (15%) - Design project 2 (50%) - Final examination (55%) Contact - 3x1 hour Class per week - 1 x 2 hour Class per week - 1x1 hour Seminar per week - 1 x 2

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University; Adam Scott Carter, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

classwould seem to be a large impediment for using SBL. With the advent of the numerous,asynchronous communication media now available this no longer need be a barrier.Prior WorkThe desire to seek improvements in teaching strategies in material/energy balance classes startedwith the observation that approximately 35% of the students enrolling in such classes eitherdropped out of the class, failed the class or received a grade lower than a “C”. This statisticseemed to be constant no matter who taught the course and also appeared to be the situation atother universities. In 2006 pairs of students from the material/energy balance course were askedto participate in a laboratory study in which they were observed solving problems typical of theclass

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel L Romero; Jessica Stershic; Taylor Ryan; Michael Young

NREL, Rachel is the competition manager for the U.S Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, which has inspired over 4000 collegiate students in 7 years to be the next generation to design net zero buildings. Also, she provides technical assistance to the to the Department of Energy’s Smart Labs program, which provides technical assistance to university and national laboratory partners across the US. She was a main author of the Smart Labs Toolkit, which describes a systematic process to achieve safe, efficient, and sustainable laboratories. As a collegiate All-American swimmer, Rachel now enjoys training for and competing in sprint triathlons, all while teaching her son and daughter to learn all of the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Raman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Da Silva Luiz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Masoud Agah, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Allen MacKenzie, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christopher Maxey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Bell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, just-in-time teaching on a selection offundamental topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, includingprogramming and problem solving with Matlab, signal and image processing, basic circuitanalysis, and the basics of wireless communications systems. The intent is not to teach thismaterial at a detailed, first-principles depth, but rather to provide introductory-levelconceptual understanding of, and motivate and spark interest in, these topics in order toenhance student success in subsequent core courses.The new 1104 course is organized into a number of short (few-week) lecture/laboratorymodules delivered by faculty subject matter experts from the relevant field. Each moduleconsists of an introductory lecture

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Mark Barker, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University

Full Implementation for Over 400 First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstractTwo years ago a robotics-centered sequence of three first-year engineering courses wasexpanded to include all beginning engineering students as part of an NSF CCLI grant. Theobjective of this course sequence is to immerse students in a skill-based, project-drivencurriculum that builds creativity and a can-do spirit. Students purchase a Parallax BASIC Stampcontroller, sensors, servos, and software to provide the basis for a mobile laboratory and designplatform; this mobile platform, which is owned and maintained by the students, provides amechanism for boosting experiential learning to a level that would be difficult to achieve usinguniversity

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida; Maria Herrera, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2009-422: INTEGRATING REAL-WORLD MEDICAL-DEVICE PROJECTSINTO MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONSusana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida Susana K. Lai-Yuen is an Assistant Professor of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering at the University of South Florida, USA. She received her Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) degrees in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University, USA. Her research interests include computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided molecular design (CAMD), human-computer haptic interfaces, computational geometry for design and manufacturing, and engineering education. She is the director of the Virtual Manufacturing and Design Laboratory for Medical

Conference Session

Applications of Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Simon Jones, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Takashi Kawano, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Laboratory Exercises,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 2006.5. Sudhakar, K. V., Majewski, T., and Maus, L., “Innovative Experimental Practices in Vibration Mechanics,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 2006.6. Elahinia, M., and Ciocanel, C., “Redeveloping the Mechanics and Vibration Laboratory: A Problem Solving Approach,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 2006.7. Rezaei, A. G., and Davari, D., “Teaching Vibration and Control courses using Animation, Simulation, and Experimentation,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR, June

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton; Cynthia Gautreau, California State University Fullerton; Madeline E. Rasche, California State University, Fullerton

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #24781Board 99: Learning through Discovery: Empowering Lower Division Under-graduates to Engage in Cross-Disciplinary ResearchDr. Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton Dr. Nina Robson is an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University at Fullerton.Dr. Cynthia Gautreau, California State University Fullerton Dr. Gautreau is a veteran educator with 25 years of teaching experience. She currently serves as the Director of the MS in Instructional Design and Technology Program at CSU Fullerton.Dr. Madeline E. Rasche, California State University, Fullerton

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hirak Patangia

understand each piece of the puzzle in a hierarchical way before they assemble all the pieces necessary to complete the project goal. - The course employs a black-box teaching approach with ideal input-output relationship when appropriate. - The course emphasizes team building, cooperative leaning, and oral/written communication skills.Course OrganizationThe title of the course is ‘Introductory Experience in Technology and Computers’ and it is a threecredit-hour course with five contact hours per week. The hours are sub-divided into two hours oflecture and three hours of laboratory. All engineering technology freshmen are required to takethis course. Electronic circuits with an introduction to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weissbach

of and entire control systems in the laboratory “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 1793A difficulty in teaching this course involves enabling students to relate the lecture and textbookmaterial to the laboratory experiments. Specifically, textbooks1,2,3 provide equations to modelthe dynamics of a system, assuming physical characteristics are available such as moments ofinertia, spring constants and gear ratios. They also provide both classical

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

isawake will receive the packet. The packet is retransmitted three times by each device, thusthese types of broadcasts should only be used when necessary. The other broadcast addressis the use of endpoint number 0xFF to send a message to all of the endpoints on thespecified device. For group addressing, an application can assign multiple devices andspecific endpoints on those devices to a single group address. The source node would needto provide the cluster ID, profile ID and source endpoint.Course Protocol and Zigbee MethodsA low cost, 68HC12 microprocessor module based, laboratory intensive instructionprogram was developed for common use in the newer microprocessor course ECET365. The overall objectives of this teaching module were to

Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

courses withexposure to content in areas such as mechanics, electrical phenomena and programminglogic. In addition the course contributes significantly to the development of timemanagement, teamwork, and oral and written communication skills. Page 9.1025.1Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2004 American Society for Engineering EducationIntr oductionTeaching and learning may be enriched by integrating new technologies in theengineering curriculum, particularly in laboratory-based courses. Traditional pedagogicalapproaches of teaching theory before

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno 'Ed' Koehn

Similarly named Program Criteria that has beenadopted by the Accreditation Board for engineering and Technology (ABET) and must besatisfied for a program to be accredited.3 The findings of the investigation could be utilized, forcomparative purposes, by other institutions and departments that may wish to study theircurriculum.II. Engineering CurriculumRecently, engineering educators have indicated that, overall, effective teaching is rated as theirhighest priority.1,2 Nevertheless, some authorities believe that a faculty member’s role is not toteach but to help students learn.6 In addition, it is believed that educators should assist students

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

F. Andrew Wolfe; Christine M. LaPlante

half the freshmen engineering class, chose to design and build a trussbridge. The bridge was to be donated to the City of Schenectady and erected in Vale Park aspart of a trail system.This paper explores the teaching process used to provide the students with the necessaryknowledge to design and build a thirty foot truss bridge.II. Course OverviewUnion College operates on the trimester system. This gave the class 10 weeks to learn abouttrusses, design a truss, and then build and erect it on site. The course was divided into threeparts. The first four weeks were used for teaching and labs. The next two weeks were used fordesign and model building culminating in a presentation before the Vale Park Task Force. Thelast four weeks were designated