Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Marc Lockard, Lockard and White, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

mistakes and his successes.Now over a year after the student team hosted the seminar, each of the graduates continues tostay in contact with their guest. His impact on their lives and careers has far exceeded theexpectations set by the EET/TET faculty. With the mentorship that has being provided, each ofthe team members has undergone an unprecedented learning experience.As depicted in Figure 2, another interesting example was when Dr. Robert Gates was invited tothe lead the roundtable discussion. He immediately captured the attention of all students with hisopening remark, “You are probably wondering what a person can tell you about ethical behaviorwhose former job was to lie to everyone outside the organization.” Little did these studentsknow

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Morgan Hynes, Tufts University

with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Morgan decided to change career paths and pursue education so he could make a difference in bringing engineering to K-12 education. He is also a research assistant at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach. Page 12.1516.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Underwater Lego Robotics: Testing, Evaluation & RedesignAbstractIn this study, underwater robotics using LEGO was used to analyze the testing, evaluation andredesign phases of the engineering design process. A group of all male participants of a summercamp at Tufts

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

International

project consists of designing, building, and testing a prototype of a product or process. Atthe completion of their senior capstone project, students will have acquired the followingnecessary skills, which will apply to their professional careers. 1. Synthesizing knowledge from early courses 2. Starting from concept to making a working prototype 3. Project management 4. Time management 5. Dealing with vendors 6. Oral communication to a technical and non-technical audience Page 12.450.2 7. Writing a formal project reportSenior Capstone ProjectThe four-course sequence for senior project consists of Senior Seminar, Senior

Conference Session

Mechanical Design and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

process. Atthe completion of this capstone project, students will have acquired the following necessaryskills, which will apply to their professional careers: 1. Synthesizing knowledge from earlier courses. 2. Starting from concept to a working prototype. 3. Project management. 4. Time management. 5. Dealing with vendors. 6. Oral communication to a technical and a non-technical audience. 7. Writing a formal project report. Page 12.449.2Senior Capstone ProjectThe four-course sequence for the senior project consists of Senior Seminar, Senior DesignProject I, Senior Design Project II, and Senior Communications. This

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Otis, University of Washington; Linda Whang, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

., & Pinelli, T. (2001). An investigation of factors affecting how engineers and scientists seek information. Journal of Engineering and Technology Managemen, 18(2), 131-155.7. Kerins, G., Madden. R, & Fulton, C. (2004, October). Information seeking and students studying for professional careers: the cases of engineering and law students in Ireland. Information Research, 10(1), paper 208. Retrieved March 5, 2007, from http://InformationR.net/ir/10-1/paper208.html8. Ackerson, L.G., & Young, V.E. (1994). Evaluating the impact of library instruction methods on the quality of student research. Research Strategies, 12(3), 132-144.9. Rodrigues, R.J. (2001). Industry Expectations of the New Engineer. Science &

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Chuck Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Debbie O'Hare

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

classroom. It also seems to run counter to a number of givens in their lives especially sinceteacher career advancement seems to dictate that they pursue one or more masters degrees withthe corresponding homework. Finally, the idea of conducting a course with no fixed finalperformance expectations might be just a bit “around the bend”. Naturally, these are all genuineconcerns and this course set does not blatantly ignore the good practices expected of any course.However, it is one thing for an in-service teacher to succeed when writing papers and/or doingliterature research in a method course or principles of school administration course and quiteanother for a teacher with no or at best absolute minimal previous exposure to engineeringscience and

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado at Boulder

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First-Year Programs

Amiable social style — perhaps the most people-oriented of ourstudents — were more likely to leave engineering after their first year. Perhaps the needs of theseshy, inquisitive, people-oriented individuals are unmet in the first year and in the FYEP courseand lead them to seek other options for their career goals.Students with lower versatility scores were more likely to be retained into their sophomore year.This may be good news from a numbers perspective, in that our students overwhelmingly werecharacterized as having low versatility. However, the loss of greater numbers of studentsexhibiting high communications versatility (already poorly-represented at 22%) is a disturbingfinding for engineering, as this would seemingly lead to a less

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Asa, North Dakota State University; Zhili (Jerry) Gao

Tagged Divisions

Construction

underlying theories with the hope that they will be able to apply themin their future professional careers. In this case, students are limited to the solution of smallproblems, most of which are not representative of real-world problems. It can asserted that, priorto the genesis and adoption of ABET EC 2000 accreditation criteria, engineering programs arenot required to teach team and real world problem-solving skills to their graduates. Wulf andFisher acknowledged that “many of the students who make it to graduation enter the realworkforce ill-equipped for the complex interactions, across many disciplines of real-worldengineered systems”. Engineering projects and systems encompass a broad spectrum of issuesranging from technical details, politics

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Tonkay, Lehigh University; E. Zimmers, Lehigh University

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Liberal Education

many more students with an opportunity for leadership training.Leadership Honors ProgramThe Information and Systems Engineering Leadership Program (ISELP)1 was an honors programdeveloped for students in the Information and Systems Engineering degree program. Themotivation for the program came from alumni in leadership positions advocating that a formalleadership program would provide theory and practice in leadership and better prepare studentsfor leadership roles in their careers. ISELP was developed at the same time as the I&SE degreewith the intention of attracting highly qualified students to the university and providing themwith a broader education than the typical engineering student. ISELP began in 2002 and ispresently being phased

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

projects and their evaluation comments reflected their appreciation of the opportunitygiven to them to gain such a valuable design experience. On the other hand other students feltoverwhelmed by the sheer volume of documents that they may need to consult in order toexperiment of options available in these tools. Detailed tutorials, extensive coaching, and clearly-defined objectives have helped reduce the effort needed for the successful implementation ofthese projects. However, some students felt uncomfortable about having to spend too much timeworking to meet the demands of one of their courses.Student mixed comments and feedback were as expected. It is a fact that not every engineeringstudent would like to have a career as a professional system

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Barnett, Saint Louis University; Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

addressprogram level outcomes, and various other enhancements and refinements. However, theimmersion experience remains an integral component of the course and is highly regarded byalumni as a valuable experience that provided a strong foundation for their next career step. Tobetter prepare students for joining a faculty laboratory, the students are normally required to jointhe lab prior to their senior year in order to facilitate the development of multi-year projects andto improve their overall experience during the senior year.This paper discusses the current status of the senior projects sequence and the developmentprocess following the initial student involvement in the lab to their project culmination. Resultsrelated to various measures of student

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manar Shami, University of the Pacific; Ed Pejack, University of the Pacific; Ravinder Jain, University of the Pacific

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Youngstown State University, Ohio. Professor Pejack’s fields of expertise include Solar Energy, Thermodynamics, Vibrations, etc. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Pejack published numerous scholarly journal and conference papers. Dr. Pejack is the founder of Solar Cookers International, a Nonprofit Corporation in the U.S.A.Ravinder Jain, University of the Pacific Ravi Jain, PhD., PE, is Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Prior to this appointment, he has held research, faculty, and administrative positions at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Massachusetts

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Reina Gerard, U.S. Navy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

admission. Successful graduates of these programs will have opportunities into higher-than entry-level engineering positions and will be prepared for rapid advancement in their careers in the marine engineering domain.• Certificate in Marine/Naval Engineering: BCET now offers an advanced certificate program in naval architecture and marine engineering. These graduate certificate programs provide the working professional the opportunity to further their knowledge and to fill a need in this fast moving and high demand technological field. The programs will enable participants to understand the marine engineering systems and their interactions with marine environment and the necessary engineering methods for design, analysis and

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Stephen Eck, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Fellowships as a graduate student, applicants to Master'sprograms that separately require GREs for admission evaluation, and all applicants whose last Page 12.162.4degree was from outside the United States are required to submit GRE scores. For the majorityof NJIT undergraduate BS/MS participants, consistency with the GRE policy overall meant thatvery few BS/MS participants were required to submit GRE scores.The program was initially targeted toward full-time students but with so many undergraduatestudents working off-campus and recognizing the reality of professional careers, the programwas expanded to include part-time students for all the various

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education - I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Czajkiewicz, Robert Morris University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Ozden Uslu, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

the industrial engineering program and director of the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Center from 1989 to 2000. During his career in academia, Dr. Czajkiewicz taught a variety of courses from statistics to management decision support/information systems design. He has more than 50 publications, more than 20 externally funded research grants and many more consultancy cases to his credit. His consulting and industrial experience includes work in England, Kazakhstan, Germany, USA and Poland. The scope of projects include analysis and productivity improvements, reengineering, implementation of computer management systems (ERP), Total Quality Management (TQM), production automation

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rod Hoadley, California Polytechnic State University; Paul Rainey, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

MechanicalEngineering students at Cal Poly by giving them structured machining activities where they must Page 12.60.8produce parts individually and in teams to meet prescribed dimensions and tolerances. Theseactivities help provide the students with the skills that they will need to produce working modelsof their senior projects and with an understanding of the level of difficulty and expense tomachine parts. Probably the most important result is students’ pride of accomplishment inperforming genuine engineering tasks early in their education. It is highly motivational andencourages them to pursue a career in engineering. From the viewpoint of the instructors

Conference Session

CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clara Fang; David Pines, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

-life project for 6senior students prior to their professional career; and 3) Multimedia and computer-assistedteaching facilitated with Blackboard. All civil engineering students will be impacted throughouttheir undergraduate experience at the University of Hartford by this new teaching of integratingsimulation and service-learning into transportation engineering education. The computer trafficsimulation tools facilitate students’ deriving insight and understanding through a hands-onlearning process of hypothesis and alternative testing of traffic flow theory, advanced urban andfreeway traffic control strategies. These simulation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Dana Johnson, Michigan Technological University; Kris Mattila, Michigan Technological University; John Sutherland, Michigan Technological University

data, analyze, innovate, implement, & design 18. Understand financial matters 19. Cost/time tradeoffs – decision makingFormalized Program Objectives and Program OutcomesIn order to facilitate our continuous improvement process, the program objectives were modifiedfrom our multidisciplinary Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering program. These outcomes areshown in Table 3: Table 3: Service System Engineering Program Objectives 1. A sound technical foundation with a Service Systems Engineering focus and the flexibility to pursue professional interests in areas outside of engineering that could lead to a wide variety of career paths. 2. In-depth technical preparation in Service Systems Engineering

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Edmonson, University of Dayton; Donna Summers, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

team projects. Thisteam project experience is culminated in the interdisciplinary capstone course, SeniorProject, XXX-490, where teams of students complete a project with industry. How eachof these courses teach and apply teamwork, leadership training, and team projects aredescribed below.First Year CoursesTwo courses taken by students in their first year involve working in teams. SET-100,First Year Seminar, is required by all students in the first semester of their first year.Besides team dynamics, topics such as academic policies, academic planning, registrationprocedures, and counseling and career placement services are discussed. Professionalethics, critical thinking and communications, and are also discussed.Following an introduction to

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Verstraete, University of Akron

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

: The objective of this course is to provide the biomedical engineering students with the skills necessary to perform proper physical and physiological measurements of devices and phenomena likely to be encountered in their engineering careers. A major concept used in this course is hands-on training which allows the student to physically participate in device construction, data collection and data analysis. Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the students will: • Understand equipment calibration, accuracy and error • Understand error analysis and how to report uncertainties • Understand numerical methodologies used to determine accuracy and uncertainty • Understand simple statistical analysis and least-squares

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. (Another paper (Ref. 2) discusses theBS/MS and BS/PhD programs that were developed and enhanced at NJIT in order to attract theuniversity's own highly diverse population to part-time and full-time graduate study.) Thegraduate office and the university therefore made a concerted effort to have NJIT involved andactive in a number of regional and national programs to address diversity in its doctoralprograms. Since 1990 therefore, NJIT has become a member of or more active in the followingprograms:The Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement program.The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc.(GEM).The Minority Academic Career Program of New Jersey.Project 1000 consortium centered at Arizona

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enno Koehn, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College

Tagged Divisions

Construction

done so in the construction industry. In order to meet this anticipated demand for construction managers, Lamar Universityhas decided to introduce a B.S. in Construction Management Program into the curriculum. It’sgeneral mission will be to provide a quality program for preparing nationally competitiveundergraduate students for a successful career in construction. The paper will describe the administrative details of developing the program. The Deanof Engineering, a chemical engineer, originally recommended the course requirements developedby a theoretical structural engineer. This program was found unsuitable by the UniversityCurriculum Committee after consultation with individuals involved with construction. Afterconsiderable

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Solomon Eisenberg, Boston University; Jo-Ann Murray, Boston University; Urbain DeWinter, Boston University

Tagged Divisions

International

term benefits may not be manifest inmeasurable outcomes at all – how do we objectively measure the impact of a broader perspectiveor of a more informed global awareness on the professional development and career paths ofparticipating students?Bibliography1. Eisenberg, Solomon R., Murray, Jo-Ann, and DeWinter, Urbain, “Developing a Study Abroad Opportunity for Engineering Undergraduates.” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Page 12.283.8 Engineering Education Annual Conference, session 3260, Nashville, TN, June 2003.2. Open Doors 2001 (http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/page/25081/), Institute of International Education.3

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York; Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, 2005 and 2006 Page 12.216.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 An Integral Analytical-Numerical-Experimental Pedagogy for a System Dynamics and Control CourseAbstractAn integral analytical-numerical-experimental pedagogy was adopted to reform the teaching-learning method in a junior systems dynamics and control course in the Mechanical Engineeringprogram at The City College of New York. The main objective of the course reform is to helpstudents acquire knowledge and abilities necessary for the success in students’ futureprofessional careers (including graduate studies) and life-long learning

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

particularly well Page 12.1381.3understood. While many continue to believe it is simply a matter of curricular rigor, the researchevidence begins to provide a more comprehensive view of a fairly complex issue. In a landmarkcomprehensive study of student engagement, Astin5 suggests social communities, student-student interaction, and faculty-student interaction may have a stronger implication for studentsleaving than does academic rigor. In her studies, Sheila Tobias12 suggests that students oftenleave because of a mismatch in learning needs and instructional delivery. Seymour and Hewitt13,suggest career advising, limited communication, and faculty

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama; Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

understand the principles of leadership.Engineers will need to exhibit high ethical standards and a strong sense of professionalism, andthey need to be lifelong learners. The NAE also recognizes that engineers will need somethingthat cannot be described in a single word or phase but involves dynamism, agility, resilience, andflexibility.As for the second NAE report which focuses on preparing the future engineer for entry into theprofession, the first recommendation states that “The baccalaureate degree should be recognizedas the “pre-engineering” degree or “bachelor of arts” in engineering degree, depending on thecourse content and reflecting the career aspirations of the student.”The common theme and mutual support communicated through ASCE Policy

Conference Session

Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Haman, University of Detroit Mercy; Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy; Will Wittig, University of Detroit Mercy; David Chew, University of Detroit Mercy; Krysten Dzwigalski, University of Detroit Mercy; Chris Keimig; Meghann Mouyianis, University of Detroit Mercy; Tim Rourke, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

leaderstook charge of coordinating the assembly efforts of the other student volunteers, a responsibilitythat taxed their people- and materials-management skills. Installation of the solar assemblieswas conducted in the midst of an academic term, impressing upon the students the importance ofcreating a schedule and following it to enable successful completion of a project in a timelymanner. Part of an engineering education is to prepare students for their professional lives, andthe solar array project offered a hands-on approach for achieving that objective. Additionally,the student leaders found this project an opportunity to confirm their career choices to beengineers.Much of the leadership experience was gained through problems experienced

Conference Session

New Trends in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

studentsregarded the course as extremely useful for their career. In addition, 86% of the studentsregarded the course as stimulating their interests in the subject matter and almost 90% agreedthey learned a great deal from this class. Teaching this class is a rewarding experience for the instructor, providing students with thecourse materials and enhancing their knowledge and experience in the area of design of thermalsystems. Wedekind and Kobus12 mentioned the need for an integration of all the design steps intoa cohesive learning experience and stated that Fluid and Thermal System Design course is thecourse where the students obtain the entire taxonomy of the design process. According toMueller13, the new elective course, Design and Optimization of

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chesney, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

! I decidedthat if I could not come up with a major professional accomplishment from that year, thenperhaps it was time for a change. By the end of the subsequent year, I had left my job in industryfor a full-time teaching position.The lesson. It takes courage (and sometimes a little bloodshed) to acquire a new skill like story-telling. Also, sometimes it is life’s little events that have significant personal meaning and leadto significant life decisions (like career changes). Page 12.307.3Basics from Big Fish I “Story-telling is first for the benefit of the audience, and only a distant second, for

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

iscampus- or curriculum-based assessment. This paper does not address program educationalobjectives, which describe career and professional accomplishments of program alumni. Theformer usually requires different evaluation and assessment tools than the latter; although, someoverlap does exist. In addition, we will also refer to course objectives, which are not to beconfused with program educational objectives. Therefore, given this context and the imminent importance of using direct assessmentmethods, this paper provides a review of direct assessment measures. These methods include,but are not limited to, instructor end-of-course assessments, use of targeted assignments(assigned problems, exam questions, projects), capstone examinations