Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynita Newswander, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

AC 2009-542: IGERT FUNDING AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OFINTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE EDUCATIONLynita Newswander, Virginia Tech LYNITA K. NEWSWANDER holds a Ph.D. in Planning, Governance, and Globalization and master's degrees in English and Political Science from Virginia Tech. Her current research interests are interdisciplinary and reside at the intersection of theory and the empirical aesthetic.Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech MAURA BORREGO is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary graduate education in

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Johnson-Glauch, California Polytechnic State University; Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials

students and 2) does incorporating a mental wellbeing assignmentimprove students’ generalized self-efficacy beliefs? Our results indicate that participants’ mentalhealth goals centered around eight areas and focused on aspects of physical health such as sleepand exercise. While we did not observe a statistically significant increase in self-efficacy withthe mental health action plan assignment, students with lower initial self-efficacy scores showedbigger increases compared to students with higher initial self-efficacy scores. This resultsuggests that these types of assignments may preferentially benefit students with low self-efficacy.BackgroundThere is a growing concern about the mental wellness of undergraduate engineering students. Arecent

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Rzasa; John Wise; Elizabeth Kisenwether

,and IST (Information Sciences and Technology) to develop a problem-based curriculum designedto encourage creativity, customer-oriented design, and to foster understanding of theentrepreneurial business world. This paper will present the outline and initial findings of ourassessment plan. Lessons learned in the first 18 months of course offering will be shared, andrecent improvements (inclusion of online portfolios and improved curriculum co-ordinationbetween courses) are discussed.BackgroundTwo years ago, Penn State applied for and received a grant from General Electric todevelop an entrepreneurship minor within the College of Engineering. The originalgoals for assessment were as follows: 1. Are students more motivated and more likely

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brzoska; Atsushi Inoue; Min-Sung Koh; William Loendorf

: industrial demand within the region and state, the smallnumber of qualified graduates available to enter the workforce, and the increasing pool ofpotential students. Some of the projected activities in the planning process include visiting nation-wide university campuses that currently have SET programs, identifying new laboratoryequipment needs, setting up an advisory board, creating a recruitment plan, and obtaining ABETaccreditation. This paper will document this planning process.Funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF), in form of a recently approved grantproposal, will facilitate the planning process for this program. Some of the components of thecurriculum design to be developed will include integrating new learning strategies and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Denise Carlson; Janet Yowell; Jacquelyn Sullivan

math and science can be accomplished with well-developed, interactive engineeringlesson plans that incorporate hands-on activities. Through real classroom interactions inelementary, middle and high schools, graduate engineering Fellows successfully bridgeengineering subject-area content to age-appropriate education pedagogy. Supported by NationalScience Foundation (NSF) and Department of Education (DOE)1 grants, the Integrated Teachingand Learning (ITL) Program has developed extensive and innovative hands-on engineeringcurricula focused on topics universal to K-12 science, technology and math classes.Graduate engineering Fellows are key to the successful creation of K-12 engineering curricula,through researching and writing engineering-focused

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Vavreck

many schools, as asurvey in this paper of publications indicates, with mixed results being experienced. The paperthen focuses on an extensive application of project management techniques to capstone designcourses involving engineering technology students and to other student design projects (e.g. SAEMini Baja) at Penn State Altoona, through involvement by business school faculty and students.Future plans, lessons learned and student perceptions are discussed and recommendations made.IntroductionThe importance of group design projects to today’s engineering and engineering technologyprograms is indisputable,1 and multidisciplinary teams on such projects are of growingsignificance, to give students exposure to other ways of addressing problems

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James A. Houdeshell; Robert Mott

, content, and pedagogy are being developed.Additional objectives are aimed at improving mathematics and science education in grades 11and 12 of secondary schools by providing educational materials that emphasize the application offundamental concepts to authentic applications, typically relevant to manufacturing careers.Faculty development for high school, community college, and university faculty members isanother important objective.Initial funding for the center was for three years from January 1, 1995 through December 31,1997. The work of the center will continue through the end of the year 2000 with three years ofadditional NSF funding. Continuation is planned beyond 2000 with revenues derived from avariety of sources.While based in Dayton

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler; Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the true client during the development of those actual engineered plans. Theavailability of actual engineered plans provides closure for the students as to what thedesign should look like for a structure about to be really built, especially one they havebecome intimately familiar with. In some cases the students provide a free option for theclient who is looking for different options that were not considered before. This year theproject is an outdoor theater that is on the drawing board but has not been fleshed outbeyond the initial thoughts of a need for one. The students will be developing plans formultiple sites that provide different challenges. The final result is a design presentation ofeach option and a recommendation from an

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge; Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Elizabeth Nilsen, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

promising models and practices that could guide thedesign and implementation of the Pathways program, specifically on the topics of facultydevelopment and change in higher education. Since then, Epicenter staff members haveincorporated the recommendations from the literature review into the design of the Pathwaysprogram, which plans to launch in January 2014.This paper reports findings and recommendations from the literature review, synthesizes therecommendations with design decisions, and provides examples of how the decisions have beenrealized in components of the Pathways program. Finally, the conclusion offers reflections on thedesign process from Epicenter staff members as they balance implementing the (sometimesoverwhelming number of

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel P.E., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

where the university could provide more support to the faculty. If a faculty member isfound to be performing very well, units are encouraged to positively recognize that performance.If a faculty member is found to be not performing satisfactorily, an action plan is to bedeveloped. Absent from the policy is discussion of employment termination. While such anoutcome might be able to be implied if an action plan is not successfully completed, it isnoteworthy in comparison to other policies that employment termination is not stated explicitly.The collective bargaining agreement between the California Faculty Association and theCalifornia State University system [5] outlines a comprehensive post-tenure review process thatwill occur every five years

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Craig L. Just; P. Barry Butler

Executive SummaryThe Colleges of Engineering at The University of Iowa and Iowa State University, the IowaSection of Water for People, the Universidad Technólogica de Xicotepec de Juárez, and RotaryInternational, have agreed to work together through the International Engineering ServiceProgram (IESP) to provide an educational and service internship experience for students thatemphasizes environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects. The programinvolves substantial interaction between university-level students, faculty mentors at therespective universities, the Iowa Section of Water for People and members of RotaryInternational in the USA and Xicotepec, Mexico. Together, the team has begun to develop andexecute a long-term plan

Conference Session

AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

students having to create plans that completely redesignedexisting structures that were owned by the organizations. The courses’ scope did not extend toactual construction although the students’ final designs were given to the organizations in thehope that the designs could be leveraged in future grant applications to fund construction.The instructor, who was a professional architect, reported that she had organized the classroomas if it were an architectural firm. This setup led to multiple intersecting conversations in eachclass period between peers as they navigated the desires of their “clients,” as well as thechallenges of utilizing new design software and building codes to complete their designs. Thelogic of designing the class as if it were

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jennifer Richards, University of Tennessee; Wenshu Li, The University of Tennessee

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #14160Transportation System Based Summer Academy for Teachers (RTP, Strand4)Dr. Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville Shashi Nambisan is a Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). Since 1989, he has led efforts on more than 165 research, education, and outreach projects that have addressed local, statewide, regional and national issues in transportation and infrastructure systems management related to policy, planning, operations, safety, and risk analysis. He has authored or co-authored more than 125 peer reviewed journal and conference publications. Along

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angelica Burbano, Universidad Icesi

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Paper ID #15684Integrated Curriculum Design for an Industrial Engineering UndergraduateProgram in Latin AmericaDr. Ang´elica Burbano, Universidad Icesi Angelica Burbano C.,holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas. She holds a MSOM from Universidad Icesi and a BS in industrial engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana both in Cali, Colombia. She is a Fulbright Scholar 2007 and a fellow AOTS, Japan 2000. Angelica has previous experience (five years) in the food manufacturing industry (experience related to inventory management and production planning and control, also information systems

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Keith A. Schimmel P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; C. Dean Campbell, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University; Yvette Maria Huet, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; John P. Kizito, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

adepartmental diversity plan to build these insights into departmental practices and procedures.This paper will explore the process of developing the departmental initiatives and diversity plansas well as report on some initiatives and plans developed. The benefits and drawbacks of theapproach are discussed along with best practices identified to this point.IntroductionOf doctorate degrees granted in STEM disciplines in the U.S. for the past ten years, African-American and Hispanic/Latinx students make up only 2.7% and 3.3%, respectively [1]. After aSTEM student has been in a program for two years or more, the URM doctoral student attritionrate is nearly 50%, with completion rates varying by discipline and ethnicity [2]. In engineering,for example, the

Collection

2020 ERC

Authors

Bill Dunne

Standing, l to r: K. Carter, W. Dunne, W. Helmrath; seated, l to r: H. Richards, J. Huskey, M. McDonaldProposal Support (4-person team) • ERO staff handles administrative requirements and “red tape” of proposal submission so faculty can focus on technical writing.Proposal Development (1 person) • Staff partners with faculty to develop research agendas, prepare a strategic funding plan, articulate research and proposal narratives, and approach funding agencies. Tools for connecting with faculty include TCE’s ERO services brochure (also used for recruiting when interviewing faculty candidates), a web presence, and most importantly, personal engagement.ERO “Meet

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany Fralick, Purdue University; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, responding or controlled. F I can plan a procedure including all of the steps necessary to perform the experiment. G I feel confident that my experimental design report will be thorough. H I feel the task description did not contain enough information to design an experiment. I I like the open-ended nature of this assignment. J I am frustrated with the lack of direction of this assignment.The post-survey contained 21 Likert scale questions: the 10 questions from the pre-survey and anadditional 11 Likert scale questions. The post-survey questions can be seen in Table 2. Thelettered questions were those asked in both the pre- and post-survey while the numberedquestions were asked only in the post-survey. The

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Muratore; Jeannette Russ

motivation, but they may be somewhat poorly prepared inthe more mundane areas of planning, classroom presentation, and classroom management.There is good news for the professor who needs help in these routine tasks: Techniques forimprovement in the daily tasks associated with teaching can be easily learned. The goal of thispaper is to present steps that can be taken by the new professor to initiate significant improvementin the everyday elements of teaching. To achieve this goal, the paper presents specific techniquesand ideas for improving classroom performance in the areas of course planning, lecturepreparation and delivery, student assessment, personal study, and long-range planning.Course PlanningA liberal amount of time spent planning a course

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifford R. Goodwin; R. Andrew Schaffer

Session 2249 The Reengineering of IUPUI’s Organizational Leadership and Supervision Program: Lessons Learned Along the Way R. Andrew Schaffer, Clifford R. Goodwin IUPUIAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to initiate a discussion on applied management educationwithin engineering technology. By presenting what we perceive to be the answers toseveral curriculum questions, the paper and session can help pave the way for otherengineering technology educators interested in developing similar programs. Othercolleges may wish to develop similar plans of study, or they may wish to

Conference Session

Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Ridilla; James Pocock

,Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationstructural frames and landfills. Over the course of the semester, the students, working in teamsof three or four, plan, estimate and schedule the construction phase of their project. The studentteams are chosen to be multi-disciplinary within the limits of their limited background. As thestudents learn about construction management topics in the classroom, such as economicfeasibility, environmental considerations, cost estimating, scheduling, safety, constructability andethical issues, they apply them to the previously-designed project. They will also

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert J. Witt; Gilbert A. Emmert

began in the spring 1995semester. Lessons learned from this initial attempt at assessment are reported. I. IntroductionThe UW-Madison campus has required that educational objectives and outcome assessmentprocedures be developed and implemented for all majors. This arose because of a requirementfrom the North Central Accrediting Association, which accredits the campus. A similarrequirement for engineering has emerged from ABET as part of the ABET 2000 criteria beingimplemented. In order to meet this requirement in the Department of Nuclear Engineering andEngineering Physics, a committee was formed to formulate educational objectives and proposean assessment plan for each of our degree programs at the

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Phyllis Sperling

, some of my department colleagues hadintegrated community service projects into their coursework. When a large section of downtownBrooklyn adjacent to the college was being planned as the MetroTech Urban Revitalization Area,one of our instructors volunteered his site-planning class to design the “street furniture”-- lampposts, parking and street signs, etc. Much of their design work was incorporated in the finalstreetscape. A more recent MetroTech project (integrated into a model-making course) involvedthe construction of models showing New York City’s “urban” gardens and vest pocket parks.Another colleague offered the services of his class to the Bronx community surrounding YankeeStadium; the City had cited the area for urban renewal, but an

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Wang; El-Hadi M. Aggoune

such as design projects and national test results to prove that their graduateshave met the required outcomes under Criterion 3 of EC 2000. In many cases, however, a lack ofthe fundamental concept of educational outcomes assessment is clearly visible – the linkagebetween portfolio content, content assessment, corrective action planning and implementation,and evidence of program improvement.In this paper, we share our experience in portfolio development and present a tool that assisted usin the assessment of student educational outcomes set forth by ABET. In the following sectionswe first answer the question where does the portfolio fit in a typical assessment plan. Second thegoal, content, evaluation, and analysis of the portfolio are

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. L. Kolar; K. Gramoull; T. R. Rhoads; R. C. Knox

Preliminary Results from a “Course-less” Curriculum Study R.L. Kolara, K. Gramoullb, T.R. Rhoadsc, R.C. Knoxa a School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science b School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering c College of Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019 kolar@ou.edu (contact author) ABSTRACTIn 2002, we received an NSF planning grant that builds upon our Sooner City project,which was funded through the Action Agenda program

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Heather McCain

of the students are working professionals. The students must balance their time betweenhomework, work, and family. For course homework, projects are typically assigned to teams ofstudents and the project spans the entire semester. The project required students to research atype of business and create a project plan to develop the business. The students were expected towork together over the semester to complete the project assignment. Students were made awareof the expectations for the project via the syllabus, class lectures, and Blackboard assignmentinstructions that include rubrics. In the face-to-face course, which is 16 weeks long, somestudents did not start on the project until near the middle of the semester and some waited untilthe

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Seri Park

the economic analysis, software applications, and design standards and plan sets.A. CEE Curriculum (Junior & Senior Levels) Furthermore, annual senior (student) exit survey results also CEE 3705 Engineering Economics is a junior-level required showed that it is essential that they are learning the types ofcore course with traditionally total of 48-52 students enrollment skills that will make them competitive upon graduation and thatdivided into two sessions (average of 25 students per session). they have an opportunity to be creative while learning.Main course concepts and

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson; Neil M. Boyd

cost photovoltaicsystems and to professionally interact with real potential customers to review a system proposalfor their residence. Simultaneously, the student participants were learning to develop realbusiness plans for a venture located in a market of their choosing in the US or abroad. Thefaculty was able to bring in an excellent group of outside speakers consisting of individuals whonearly all started, operated (and potentially sold) a photovoltaic business. The majority of thesespeakers were alumni of the university. The companies included Solar City, Renewable EnergyAlliance, SoCore Energy, Lenape Solar, Mesa Solar, SunTechnics, KC Larson, and CommunityEnergy. Student teams carried out a dozen feasibility assessments as well as many

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ossama Elhadary

frequent causes of change were “Changed conditions” (“unbudgeted and unanticipated changes to baseline assumptions as they pertain to site conditions and weather) and “Programming Evolution” (change in/to the underlying basis of design as captured and identified in the baseline). This implies that more needs to done to identify risks that might derail the project and proactively plan responses to mitigate those risks. The fact that “ “Changed Conditions” seem to be a strong driver to change as shown by this research is understandable as in today’s complex IT projects and for a successful implementation many prerequisites and conditions need to be met and when they are not, change to projects become inevitable. In this

Collection

2025 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

ZHENYU LIU; Eugene Leo Draine Mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio Community College

the California Engineering Liaison Council and an Explorer’s Fellow in Purdue University’s Engineering Education doctoral program. eugene is a sensitive, creative educator committed to project-based technical instruction and increasing access, mentorship and persistence in STEM careers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025The Impact of Community College STEM Pathways on the Success of First-Year Transfer StudentsZhenyu Albert Liu, eugene l. d. mahmoudFor STEM students, a reasonable and well-designed transfer path is very important, as it can helpthem to plan their coursework across institutions. Transfer students are often unclear as to whichcourses to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Wyrick, York College of Pennsylvania; Alison Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania; Bridgette Hagerty, York College of Pennsylvania; JESSICA NOLAN, York College of Pennsylvania; Karl Kleiner, York College of Pennsylvania; Most Tahera Naznin, York College of Pennsylvania

Powered by www.slayte.com[WORK IN PROGRESS] Interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to integrating stream studies into campus curriculaAbstractProject based learning (PBL) is a type of experiential learning in which students are presented with acomplex problem(s) that could have multiple feasible solutions and are tasked with developing a plan orproduct that addresses that problem. A lot of emphasis has recently been put into integrating PBLexperiences into the undergraduate curriculum. Students are often presented with projects that aretailored to fit within the time constraints of a given course. However, when that project is a subset of alarger whole, then a comprehensive solution is rarely