Conference Session

Graduate Student Support

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

difficulties are not inclusive to them and may be shared by native speakers ofsimilar academic backgrounds. One of us mentioned how he restricted his communications withhis peers and faculty due to his internal belief of the existence of a linguistic barrier.Language Language was the second inquiry subject that we examined. We agreed that language hasmainly influenced us in three ways: (1) Interpersonal Communications, (2) Reading and (3)Writing. While reflecting on our experiences, we identified challenges that were common to allof us. Here we share these challenges and describe different ways we have overcome them.Besides, we provide suggestions to support others experiencing these challenges based on howwe wished these challenges were

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; Dakota Ryan Edmonds, University of Colorado, Denver

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First-Year Programs

,students covered topics such as purposeful writing, revision and writing process, argument andanalysis, critical reading, research and technology, and multimodality. The course also utilizedthe book Writing in Engineering: A Brief Guide by Robert Irish for student reference. This bookgives guidelines for writing in engineering and was chosen because it was easy for students tounderstand and apply concepts from it. The assignments in the course were broken up into stepsfor the students which included a rough draft process with peer revisions. The ENGL 1020course also allowed students to get support for the research paper they wrote in the ENGR 1208course. Students peer reviewed their research papers in the ENGL 1020 course with the guidanceof the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Jaime Allen Fawcett, Carnegie Mellon University; Elizabeth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #12741Help Seeking Among Undergraduate Men and Women in EngineeringDr. Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon UniversityJaime Allen Fawcett, Carnegie Mellon University Jaime Allen Fawcett recently completed her undergraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University in De- cember 2014 where she received a degree in Professional Writing and an additional degree in Creative Writing. Her research interests include pedagogical practices, educational policy and cultural attitudes that influence learning and development for students with specific learning disabilities.Dr. Beth A Powell, Tennessee Technological University

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Sheardown; Donald Woods

Chemical Engineering Division: Assessment of Teams, 3513 paper 832 An Approach to developing Student=s skill in Self Assessment Donald R. Woods and Heather D. Sheardown Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton ON L8S 4L7Abstract: Self and peer assessment can be vital parts to any team assessment. Theassessment can be of the overall team or of the performance of team members.Assessment is a judgment as to the degree to which a goal has been achieved. Instudent self assessment, the judgment is made by the student. In this paper the fiveprinciples of assessment are summarized. Assessment is about performance notworth; is based on evidence not intuition

Conference Session

Data Analytics in Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Computers in Education

focus on how the data was obtained and prepared, how the different algorithmswere utilized, how the algorithms performed in the classification tests, what the results indicateabout our implementation of MEAs and how the results will be informing the next stages of theresearch project.Introduction    Peer  review  is  a  cornerstone  of  the  modern  scientific  process.    It  is  meant  to  act  as  a  gateway,  allowing  good  research  through,  while  filtering  out  junk  science;  to  separate  the  wheat  from  the  proverbial  chaff.    Yet  many  scientists,  academics,  and  even  the  US  Supreme  Court  agree  that  peer  review,  while  essential  to  the  scientific  process,  is  far  from  a  perfect  system1.  The  problem

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Paul Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Biomedical Engineering

," ed, 2017.[2] L. A. Riley, P. Furth, and J. Zelmer, "Assessing our engineering alumni: Determinants of success in the workplace," in 2000 ASEE/Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, 2000.[3] ABET, "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2019-2020," ed, 2019.[4] K. Cho and C. D. Schunn, "Scaffolded writing and rewriting in the discipline: A web- based reciprocal peer review system," Computers & Education, vol. 48, pp. 409-426, 4// 2007.[5] N. Artemeva, S. Logie, and J. St‐Martin, "From page to stage: How theories of genre and situated learning help introduce engineering students to discipline‐specific communication," Technical Communication Quarterly, vol. 8, pp. 301-316, 1999/06

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design” (Journal ofEngineering Education) report that at Harvey Mudd College, engineers enrolled in design classes must, aspart of their design experience “interact with their clients in a professional manner and communicate with avariety of audiences (peers, faculty members, clients, etc.) orally and in writing. ” It is, therefore, vitallyimportant that engineering students realize the place of communication in their lives. This realization appearsto be awakening in students because a survey conducted at The Colorado School of Mines (Miller, Olds 1993) shows that 95.3’XO of students in multidisciplinary Senior Courses felt that “Good communication skillsare an essential attribute of a professional design engineer. ” In

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Guilford

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.81.1 Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationWe present an outline for a course in Cell and Molecular Biology for Engineers in which humanpathologies are used as a clinical, problem-based context for teaching basic biologicalmechanisms. To further emphasize the interface between engineering and the biomedical sciences,students write “review articles” covering the application of engineering to a particular problem incell biology and engage in the process of peer review. A representative curriculum is providedwhich

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Biomedical

club (or how to find and read a research article), discussions on laboratory etiquette andresearch ethics. Participants were then integrated into their research mentors laboratory, andspent eight weeks on a research project. The program has two Peer Mentors, who areundergraduates with research experience, that live with the students and participate in theresearch project. The mentors are also responsible for additional social and academic activitiesduring nights and weekends. This paper describes the program, evaluations and critiques fromthe first year (from both research mentors and participants), as well as the challenges andopportunities the program presents to future “Research Experience for Undergraduates”programs. Surveys will continue

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Long

system of distributed cognition.Small groups provide an optimal environment for peers, near peer mentors, and communicationsfaculty to interact through various modes of communicating. Speaking, writing, drawing,gesture, computer programs, etc. mediate individuals’ construction of knowledge. At the sametime, these media represent knowledge externally for others, who can both provide feedback anduse it in their own knowledge constructions. The process of constructing knowledge is enhancedby expert guidance and feedback as the learners work on increasingly challenging aspects of theresearch projects they are involved in with their research advisors. What learners can do initiallywith guidance from a more knowledgeable member of the discipline they

Conference Session

M3C: Mentoring into the profession

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Roger J Marino P.E., Drexel University; Rosie Sullivan, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Dionne Gordon-Starks, College of Engineering, Drexel University

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

attend an event on campusand write about their experience at the event. The reflection paper included the requirement toelucidate how attending the event may help the student to build their network at the University.In addition to this assignment, course instructors were focused on building in additional groupactivities and in-class assignments that encouraged students to share ideas with peers, thusbuilding their in-class peer network. A final group project was replaced with a final reflectionpaper.undeclared studentsThe greatest adjustment to the delivery of this course was the increased focus on supportingUndeclared Engineering students. During AY 1718 Undeclared Engineering students wereintegrated into sections that were major-specific. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Decker, University at Buffalo; Briana Morrison, University of Nebraska Omaha; Lauren Elizabeth Margulieux, Georgia State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

subgoal label tasks that isrepresentative of the topics that are commonly taught in introductory courses. Throughexperience in teaching introductory programming along with reviewing several best-sellingtextbooks, we determined this list to be:  Assignment  Selection  Repetition (both definite and indefinite)  Procedure / method writing and invocation (parameter passing)  Object usage and class implementation (for object-oriented courses)  Array processingNext, we used the Task Analysis by Problem Solving (TAPS) protocol developed byCatrambone to identify the subgoals of the procedures [12]. Figure 1 lists the subgoal labels thatwere developed. Following identification, worked examples and practice

Conference Session

International Graduate Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

guidelines to assist them in resolving issues they may encounter.An integral part of these exercises is the feedback the students receive, which dictates how theywill proceed on subsequent assignments. All feedback is delivered in a constructive manner,emphasizing the strengths of their work as well as recommending areas for improvement. Inaddition to the instructor, a panel of two to three faculty members (including the student’sadvisor) reviews the literature reviews and proposals. The class and a second faculty panelcritique the oral presentations. Peer review of writing in progress is also used to help thestudents prepare their manuscripts before submission. Finally, the presentation videotape andwriting portfolio draw the students themselves

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Allan Moss, University of South Florida; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

“surroundings” in an engineeringclassroom. We posed an open-ended reflection question to engineering undergraduates at a largeUS university about their classroom surroundings and its impact on their learning andcomprehension. The reflection prompt defined surroundings as the “conditions and objects thatsurround you.” This reflection question was part of an NSF-funded study on the use of weeklyreflection in a flipped fluid mechanics course to drive metacognitive development and lifelonglearning skills. During class, students were encouraged to collaborate with their peers duringproblem solving to achieve collective understanding and interact with the instructor. Based on aninductive, emergent content analysis of the reflection data with two analysts, we

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

university about their classroom surroundings and its impact on their learning andcomprehension. The reflection prompt defined surroundings as the “conditions and objects thatsurround you.” This reflection question was part of an NSF-funded study on the use of weeklyreflection in a flipped fluid mechanics course to drive metacognitive development and lifelonglearning skills. During class, students were encouraged to collaborate with their peers duringproblem solving to achieve collective understanding and interact with the instructor. Based on aninductive, emergent content analysis of the reflection data with two analysts, we obtained anunexpected result. Specifically, the most-frequently mentioned positive classroom “surroundings”was “peers” (46

Conference Session

Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University; Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

culminating designexperience. Associated questions include:  Do most schools use rubrics for assessment? Are peer and industry assessments likely to have a greater weight in the overall student grade if rubrics are used?  Does the design team size affect content taught and/or assessed in the course?  What does it mean to “involve” an industry mentor? Does the use of industry mentors influence the project types, assessment, grading practices, or use of rubrics?  Does the school type: Ph.D. granting, Undergraduate and Masters (UM), or Undergraduate Only (UO), affect the design experience?Rubrics and Project AssessmentRubrics have become a common tool in assessment3 and much has been covered

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in the factthat engineers were never intended to be creative or in any way able to write anything thatbordered on the creative arts. Over these past years, the College of Engineering at MichiganState University has endeavored to open up the flood gates and let the creative juices flow. Tenyears have passed and many of the naysayers have slipped away into the shadows, mumblingabout their distrust of “soft skills” but unable to completely disregard the quality and quantity ofthe creative works that have been produced by every level of engineer: student, faculty, and staff(and now elementary, middle, and high school students).IntroductionA poetry forum was created eleven years ago to simply provide a place where engineeringstudents could

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

the AE curriculum.These options included Biosystems Engineering, Food and Process Engineering, Power andMachinery Engineering, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, and Structures andEnvironmental Systems Engineering. In all, nine different faculty developed ten labs.Intertwined with the hands-on laboratories was plant trips to local engineering companies, careerguidance, community building, peer mentoring, faculty mentoring, report writing, portfoliodevelopment, and registration guidance. Two sections of the new AE 110 were offered in the Page 5.530.2spring of 1999 and one section was offered in the fall of 1999. Each section allowed

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

student writing as a learning and assessment tool in her introductory physics courses for non-majors. She has been an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for over 25 years. Dr. Larkin served on the Board of Directors for ASEE from 1997-1999 as Chair of Professional Interest Council (PIC) III and as Vice President of PICs. Dr. Larkin has received numerous national and international awards including the ASEE Distinguished Educator and Service Award from the Physics and Engineering Physics Division in 1998. Dr. Larkin received the Outstanding Teaching in the General Education Award from AU in 2000. In 2000 – 2001 she served as a

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yue Bi, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Michael C. Smith, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

―enhancement of student learning by means of reflection, analysis, anddiplomatic criticism‖. Other benefits include the increased amount of more immediatefeedback12 and the potential of extending learning to a public domain13. More recently, online peer review has become popular. DiGiovanni and Nagaswami14conducted a study on online peer review in two English-as-Second-Language classes andobserved that ―when our students were online, they remained on task and focused‖.According to DiGiovanni and Nagaswami, other advantages, compared to face-to-face peerreview, include closer monitoring of student interaction and independence on students’memory to revise draft based on peer feedback. Effects are not only seen in writing classes;Tseng and Tsai15, in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Sharp, Vanderbilt University

peers also evaluate the presentations inclass. Using a checklist to rate presentation skills and write comments, students evaluate thespeakers and give them the checklists. It is gratifying to see speakers pore over these and evenmore gratifying when peer evaluators make the same comments as the instructor.Teamwork Training with the Kolb Learning Style Inventory. Working in teams in theengineering classroom and laboratory is a topic explored in engineering education papers,especially in the last ten years.27 One activity I have used for years is teamwork training with theKolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Teaching students how learning styles affect teaminteraction and even leadership styles can help students improve their team's performance

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, CA: John Wiley &Sons pp.120, 231, 247, 261Fulwiler, T. (1987a). The Journal Book. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 45-46Fulwiler, T. (1987b). Teaching with Writing. Upper Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook Publishers,37-44Gragson, D. & Hagen, J. (2010). Developing Technical Writing Skills in the Physical ChemistryLaboratory: A Progressive Approach Employing Peer Review. Journal of Chemical Education,87(1), 62-65Neuendorf, K. (2002). The Content Analysis Guidebook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage PublicationsNorusis, M. (2005). SPSS 14.0 statistical procedures companion. Upper Saddle River, NJ:Prentice Hall, 152, 183Olds, B. (1994). Using Draft Reviews to Improve Writing and Thinking in Engineering Classes.Proceeding of the Frontiers in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Online Learning and the Impact of COVID-19

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Holcomb, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joy Harris

, thenecessity for active learning is prioritized in the course design. Essential skills cannot beobtained through lecture— capacity in presenting, pitching, interviewing, and writing must bedeveloped through iterative practice. The 2:1 studio mode affords more time in class forstructured workshops, establishing a safe and collegial environment where failure is encouragedas a steppingstone in the students’ progress.Collaborative LearningA secondary, but vitally important objective of the course is to establish a community of peerswithin the School. To facilitate collaboration and relationship building, students often work inpairs and groups during in-class activities and select assignments. Networking is furtherreinforced in standing small groups

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun J. Kwon, Andrews University

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First-Year Programs

. Visual communicationbecame enhanced by 60%; however, writing skill and technical depth decreased by 24%.According to survey results, students favored web publication over conventional term report by92% and felt that it is an effective way to deliver their projects. The results indicate that webpublication could be an exciting and effective way to develop communication skills for thedigital generation. Students still need training in the art and skill of technical writing.Introduction:As we transition from an industrial to digital age, engineering communication must also face thechallenges due to the proliferating use of the internet [1]. The internet provides many types ofcommunication opportunities. Technical communication is evolving because

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Larisa Olesova, University of Florida; Ayesha Sadaf, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University

STEM and non-STEM graduate students when they participated in inquiry-based learning, such as peer reviewactivities and case-based learning. Two hundred and twenty-four graduate students from threeuniversities in the USA participated in the study where STEM graduate students were fromengineering and non-STEM graduate students were from Education. Data were collected througha shared metacognition questionnaire online survey. The results revealed that both STEM andnon-STEM students had high perception of metacognition when they participated in the inquiry-based courses. Additionally, while STEM students considered the value of peer feedback toparticipate in the research-based activities, non-STEM students attended to the ideas of othersduring

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tina alaei; Andrew Lillesve, IRE

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

related to theirprojects. They must submit a summary of the discussion. They are also obligated to perform atleast 15 hours per semester professional volunteer work for the community. Another requirementis the submission of personal improvement/evaluation assignment; the IRE students must write areflection on their strengths and weaknesses with the help of other team members and thefaculty.Outcome G: an ability to communicate effectivelyThe IRE students must present their projects at least four times per semester; each of theirpresentations are evaluated and given proper feedback from both peers and faculty. Additionally,they must write and submit a number of technical reports and documents regarding their projects.All these documents are

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted G. Eschenbach; Robert Madigan; Patricia Linton; Catherine Frank

;5For example, the MLA and the American Psychological Association (APA) styles are distinct, andthose styles are echoed throughout the literature of their respective disciplines. Students or facultywho have not mastered the appropriate style may find that their work is judged more harshly by theirteachers or peers. Strongly technical disciplines such as chemistry and mechanical engineering placerelatively less emphasis on writing and their style guides are less widely distributed. Nevertheless,violations of a journal’s or a proceedings’ style clearly affect a paper’s substantive credibility.Moreover, the potentially disparate technical styles are brought together in engineering management(EM), which does emphasize writing and which brings

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

, who are excellent writers, are selected by faculty to help other students by reviewing their written work. These peer tutors receive specialized training by the Learning Assistance Center. There are currently over 26 Writing Fellows on campus. Writing Fellows are also available on-line. • Provide Students with Support and Assistance to Secure Financial Aid: Schoolcraft College received an endowment for scholarships to support academically and economically disadvantaged students from the Thompson-McCully Foundation. WSU also has Presidential Scholarships and Tech Scholars will be encouraged to apply. Often students would not visit with financial aid advisors, particularly, if they had failed to file the federal

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rod Paton, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Page 15.587.9this context, the theme that emerged was the use of both self- and peer-assessment in group-work projects and assignments. One important initiative here was the implementation in 2009of peer-assessment exercises. These were conducted fortnightly in tutorials. Prior to “peer-marking tutorials”, students were asked to write solutions to specified questions. At the startof the tutorial these solutions were collected by the tutor who re-distributed them amongst thestudents. A detailed marking scheme was then displayed and the tutor guided the studentsthrough it as they marked the work of one of their peers. The markers were required to awardmarks, write short explanatory notes where marks had been lost, and also write their name

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Susan J. Masten; Robert V. Fleisig

midterm (30%), in-lecture ReadinessAssessments Tests (10%), and the design project including interim work, presentation, and final report (40%). Students were given formal lectures on technical writing and oral communication skills, and asked to write two 1000-wordtechnical articles inspired by case study lectures, but including additional research that explored some particular aspect of thetopic in greater detail. Students were expected to express their own opinion on an engineering issue, present facts and evidence,and draw a conclusion. An important part of the learning process is the “peer evaluation”, in which students grade each other'swork and calibrate their own performance. A few students chose not to write one or both articles