Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aakash Gautam, San Francisco State University; Shasta Ihorn; Ilmi Yoon; Anagha Kulkarni, San Francisco State University; Michael Savvides, San Francisco State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

sought to understand the student’s level ofconfidence in their ability to write programs and the importance they placed on programming intheir future career.Following the semester-long introductory programming classes, we conducted a week-longworkshop for a small group of students who were part of the ANON project. We report on the twoworkshops that we conducted in January 2022 and January 2023. The data contains reflectionsnoted down by the instructor and near-peer mentors during the workshop. We also report on thedata from the pre-workshop and a post-workshop survey.FindingsFirst, we report on the confidence and interest of students enrolled in introductory programmingcourses. We draw upon their response to list topics in introductory computer

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver; Wesley Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

. Stay connected with your research sponsors – New faculty member should stay connected to research sponsors even during times that no research with that sponsor is occurring. Spend time each day writing research proposals and peer-reviewed publications – This will help to maintain a steady level of writing and accomplish proposal and paper submission goals. Encourage journal writing from M.S. and Ph.D. students – The new faculty member should encourage co-writing papers with current and past M.S. and Ph.D. students. This will assist the faculty member in producing increased levels of peer-reviewed publications. If the student writes the entire article, consider

Conference Session

Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa Mae White, University of Florida; Megan Stowers, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

focused on students getting to know themselves. It is important todevelop self-aware individuals to understand how to be a teammate and a leader [34]. Self-awareness allows students to reflect inward to allow them to identify, process, and storeinformation about oneself [35, 36]. The value of self-awareness is obvious as it means having adeep understanding of one’s emotions, strengths, limitations, values, motives, and perceptions[37]. The first assignment for the class is to write a biography to allow for students and theinstructor to get to know one another. The text of the biography focused on experiences bothprofessional and personal that the students thought would be relevant to their peers. The studentsposted these biographies to the course

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica A. Kuczenski, Santa Clara University; Tricia Serviss, Santa Clara University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

%)and illustrates effective targeting toward their peer audience.The infographic assignment has been implemented winter quarter 2017 in two sections of theIntroduction to Engineering course (total of 90 students placed in 30 teams) and also in onesection of a Critical Thinking and Writing course (~20 students). The Introduction toEngineering course repeated the assignment and both draft and final rubric assessments wererecorded. The full rubric results are available in Appendix E with summarized results availablein Table 3. The infographic platform chosen by student teams again favored Piktochart (57%)with other platforms chosen including Venngage, Google Slides, MS Word, and various Adobesoftware. The top vote earning infographic posters from

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey-Van Kuren

world wide web for peer to peer communication on design teams. However, the need Page 7.1307.1for engineers to communicate effectively through technical writing on the web is growing. Many“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÓ 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”engineering employers use internal and external webs for business communication. Therefore,instructors must develop engineering students’ ability to effectively communicate on the web.In an Advanced Manufacturing course in the Manufacturing Engineering program at MiamiUniversity in Oxford

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

participants indicated an expert skill level was needed in these areasand less than 5% rated these skills as non-essential.Results suggest that marketing products/processes, managing others, identifying customer needsand writing peer reviewed papers are some of the least important skills for entry-levelengineering Ph.D.s in industry. Less than 2% of participants felt that it was essential to have anexpert skill level in marketing. Over 20% of participants responded that marketingproducts/processes was not an essential skill for Ph.D.s in industry. Managing others,identifying customer needs and writing peer reviewed papers had over 10% of participantsindicating it was not an essential skill.Participants were solicited for additional essential skills to

Conference Session

Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa J. Ryan, East Carolina University ; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University; William E. Howard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

response,the effort has evolved to include more thorough education on what constitutes plagiarism duringthe first weeks of the course. As a result, in the subsequent semesters, the culture of a higherstandard is developing and the more rigorous expectation is generally known through the studentpopulation. The second focus of this work grew as natural questions from the effort to bringrigor to technical writing in the department. What is the perception of academic integrity issuesamong undergraduate students and faculty in the department and does it shift during a student’scareer? Where on the spectrum of “unacceptable” do various actions fall? Is it “more OK” tocopy a homework assignment from a peer than it is to scour the internet for a solutions

Conference Session

Reimagining Pathways: Nurturing Diversity and Identity in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robyn Mae Paul, University of Calgary

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

thesis significantly transformed from these reciprocities. Writinggroups such as these have been shown to create a “community of discursive social practice” thatsupports peer learning and peer review (Maher et al., 2008, p. 263). Through this process ofcollective learning via dialogue and relationships, I explored and built on greater complexitiesand theories in my final thesis than I would have been able to achieve as an individual. But itwent beyond the theories, I also gained confidence in being able to do this paradigm shiftingwork with others—in knowing that, regardless of the pushback and the number of uphill battles Ihad to fight, that I wasn’t alone in this work.And an amazing thing happened: I began to learn through writing. I never

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen Donis-Keller, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

by engaging in peer criticalcommentary (AHS Foundation Course Commonalities, 2007). My course fulfills the AHScommonality goals but differs in other respects to the AHS foundation courses at Olin and itdiffers considerably with respect to art courses taught at other colleges and universities. In theSeeing and Hearing course students improve their communication skills and develop a personalvision making use of contemporary digital media tools as vehicles for expression. One of theunusual aspects of the course as compared to art courses in other schools is that photography,video, audio and writing are offered in a single course, whereas other schools normally offer asingle medium per course, and they are not structured with engineering

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cassondra Wallwey, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

. Werner, S. Ishizaki, S. Rohrbach, D. Dzombak, and J. Miller, “An analysis of engineering students’ use of instructor feedback and an online writing tutorial during drafting and revision,” in IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, 2015.[12] S. Taylor, “Comments on Lab Reports by Mechanical Engineering Teaching Assistants,” J. Bus. Tech. Commun., vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 402–424, 2007.[13] D. J. Boud and W. H. Holmes, “Self and peer marking in an undergraduate engineering course,” IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 267–274, 1981.[14] J. McGourty, P. Dominick, and R. R. Reilly, “Incorporating student peer review and feedback into the assessment process,” in FIE’98. 28th Annual Frontiers in

Conference Session

Technical Session IX

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Leila Keyvani Someh, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference Sessions

programming.A series of biweekly group assignments are woven into the project-based curriculum, culminating with afinal project exhibition and written reflection. These assignments, called Milestones, assess thepresentation, graphical communication and writing skills of the teams as well as their individualleadership skills. The written reports are collected during “Town-hall Meetings” associated with eachMilestone. During the Town-hall Meetings the project manager, a role that rotates between the groupmembers during the semester, presents the progress of the project to the class using appropriate visualsand drawings (graphics) prepared in sketching software such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks. At the end ofthe presentation, the project manager is required

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentin Razmov, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

-longprojects in teams of 5-8 (typically), following the incremental delivery approach5 with a shortiteration cycle – we set intermediate project deliveries roughly once every 2.5 weeks. After eachdelivery, instructors facilitate in-class retrospectives. Instructors also meet separately with eachproject team to provide feedback, address questions, and “take the pulse” of the team. 2-3 timesduring the term, usually shortly after some of the project deliveries, students completeanonymous peer evaluations for their teammates, offering constructive feedback. Each studentalso completes 2-3 individual reflective writing assignments during the term, to which instructorsprovide extensive written feedback and follow-up questions, engaging students in

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laurel Whisler, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Westmoreland Academic Success Program. In this capacity, she provides vision and direction for the Tutoring and Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) programs and provides support to the General Engineer- ing Learning Community. She is also co-developer of Entangled Learning, a framework of rigorously- documented, self-directed collaborative learning. She has an M.A. in Music from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.L.S. from Indiana University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Continuing to Promote Metacognitive Awareness in a First-Year Learning Strategies CourseAbstractThis complete, evidence-based practice paper builds upon our previous work [1] in

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bob Rhoads, The Ohio State University; Lynn Hall, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

combination of lecture and student-led project work designed tointroduce/guide students through the engineering design process. The instructional team metseveral times to discuss desired improvements to curriculum and student communicationoutcomes. Based on those initial meetings, the technical communications faculty developedactivities and delivered lectures over a range of topics including: • Writing for audience and purpose • Common professional genres (emails, memos, reports) • Technical communications style • Best practices for developing and delivering presentations • Best practices for poster presentations • Best practices for document design • Providing peer feedback • Data visualization and effective graphics

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos R. Morales, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

compelling manner that can enhance education.It is also evident, the technology to create and deploy eBooks has reached a tipping point.However, there are few guiding principles for how the eBook publishing process can exist withinthe requirements for tenure track faculty to undertake the Promotion & Tenure process with itsrigorous peer review component. There is also a lack of compelling evidence for how to beststructure interactive educational activities to maximize learning across a variety of differentdevices (PC, Tablets, mobile phones).This paper presents the best practices developed by a collaboration of faculty and an eBookpublisher to best maximize learning and address the unique requirements of tenure-track facultypublishing eBooks

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Student Self-Assessment Peer Assessment Instructor Assessment Figure 9. Comparison of Assessment Processes in Frequency Response Tester ProjectIn observing student performance over the project history, several interesting points and areas forcontinued instructional design refinements have been discovered. One area of concern is thatgroup members have difficulty writing and applying information from circuit designdescriptions. This is evident in the comprehensive technical reports that require group membersto use peer materials. To help eliminate this deficiency, model circuit descriptions will be takenfrom technical publications and given to students for review. The instructor

Conference Session

Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Leidy Klotz, Clemson University; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

practices and experiences in researchmethods. Unique to this distance-learning course is the incorporation of team-based activelearning activities in every lecture. In this active learning course, students learn quantitativeresearch methods by practicing the set of procedures in class. Students are expected toincorporate their research topics as examples throughout the class. Topics in research methodsinclude: defining research problems, conducting a literature review, qualitative and quantitativedata analysis, developing experimental designs, survey design, visual presentation of results,research ethics, and the process of writing a peer-reviewed journal article. The course culminatesin students’ research proposal.This paper discusses the lessons

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Velasquez, Purdue University; Matthew Verleger, Purdue University

‚ Develop your course homepage‚ Lesson on Objectives ‚ Final approved topic & goal ‚ First Draft of‚ Write your objectives for 1-hour online lesson Objectives (Incl. peer‚ Receive & implement peer feedback ‚ Reading on Objectives feedback) for objectives ‚ First Draft Course‚ Develop your course homepage homepage‚ Revise objectives as needed ‚ Review examples of 1-hour ‚ Revised objectives‚ Receive peer feedback on course online lessons ‚ Course homepage homepage

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Raluca I. Rosca

Preparing a Diversity Statement- An Introduction to Diversity Issues for Future Faculty Raluca I. Rosca Engineering Sciences and Mechanics Department, Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractWhile the diversity in engineering classrooms strives to mirror the diversity of the society atlarge, our future engineering faculty are not explicitly prepared to deal with it. Using a mixeddata approach, this paper describes how a writing exercise (preparing a diversity statement) andthe associated peer-review discussion expanded the definition of diversity and the plans toaddress it in academia for two groups of participants in the Engineering Teaching PortfolioProgram at

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Harms; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

writing papers relating to agriculture and engineering in composition and using newlylearned technical writing skills for report writing in engineering graphics and design andengineering problem solving. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to assessthe ABE Learning Community. Results are reported, including survey data which reveals that onaverage, students agreed or strongly agreed that they developed or enhanced their team skillsthrough collaborative assignments in their learning community classes, and on average, studentsagreed or strongly agreed that they are excited to be a part of the field of engineering andtechnology. Focus group data are also reported.IntroductionUniversity campuses across the nation are adding

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dazhi Yang, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

produced a real challenge for the course design. However, thecourse was designed to mitigate these issues, focusing on offering multiple learning opportunities andencouraging peer learning and tutoring.The course provided different learning activities, such as students’ reviewing recorded videos,recitation videos, online discussions, peer learning and peer tutoring, and LA sessions, which helpedstudent not only learn but also build a great learning community. LA sessions had been proven tosupport student success. The learning assistants had an important role in the traditional class. The LAsession in the online class was to mirror the experiences of the traditional class. “Happy Hour”- avirtual office hour hosted by the instructor was a key

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session #3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce R Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Bency Thomas, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Belen A Garcia, University of Michigan, Dearborn

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division (SWED)

summarizethe lessons learned from each hands-on assignment. If students are assigned to read a textbookbefore coming to class, it may be helpful to have them summarize their reactions to the readingin writing. Writing critiques of student presentations in-class also encourages the development ofcritical thinking, which is a valuable life-long learning skill. It can be time consuming forinstructors to grade large numbers of reflection documents, so this effort can be reduced bymaking use of peer evaluation strategies or allowing the submission of group reflectiondocuments.GamificationGamified learning or the gamification of learning has been defined as the use of game designelements in non-game settings to increase motivation and attention on tasks [40

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

F.C. Lai, University of Oklahoma; Dong Liang, Laboratory Engineer; Al R Evans, Sichuan University - Pittsburgh Institute

Tagged Topics

Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

Education, 2017 SCUPI Derby – A New Approach to “Introduction to Mechanical Design” D. Liang and A. Evans Sichuan University – Pittsburgh Institute Chengdu, Sichuan, People Republic of China F. C. Lai Anadarko Presidential Professor School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USAAbstractThe sophomore class of “Introduction to Mechanical Design” in SCUPI is rather unique in thesense that it pairs a traditional mechanical design class with an English writing class that iscentered on technical writing. To the

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Wilk

and clearly evaluated part of the coursework.The typical course approved for WAC credit has three to five writing assignments that receivewritten faculty response. The kinds of assignments vary greatly depending on the discipline.They could take the form of expository essays, creative writings, journals, logs, lab reports legalbriefs, summaries or problem sets. Depending on the lengt h and number of assignments, facultymight also consider the value of peer critiques, and group or individual conferences to improvestudent writing. Faculty submit proposals to a Writing Board to have their courses certified asWAC courses. They must have their courses recertified periodically. Certification is for boththe course and for the faculty. Each faculty

Collection

2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Isaac Macwan, Fairfield University; Naser Haghbin, Fairfield University; John F Drazan, Fairfield University

. Students were required to use several library resources. They referenced journal articles, technical books, and internet sources, and were required to demonstrate proper technical citation using the IEEE citation style. For most students, this was their first experience with technical writing. They quickly realized that it was different from the writing they had done before in high school English, history, and other non-technical courses. Furthermore, they went through a writing revision process in which their paper went through three iterations of review: self, peer, and instructor review. All reviews were done prior to the final grading of the paper. Individual Oral Presentation: The second project, early

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

researchers and technicians. If theybecome faculty members, they mentor graduate students, teach classes and write proposalsdespite no formal training in any of these roles. Their success in these roles is measured by theirproductivity and ability to bring financial resources. For example, a faculty member is measuredfor tenure on the number of publications in peer-reviewed journals, student evaluation fromdifferent courses they teach and success in obtaining extramural funds. These outcomes dependon the ability of a faculty member i) in coaching graduate students to be productive, ii) in Page 14.79.2teaching courses effectively, and iii) writing

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; Pedro Romero, University of Utah; Steven Bartlett, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

rapid departmental growth. ‚ Enhance students’ data analysis abilities and reinforce technical concepts by reducing time spent learning course-specific laboratory formatting and procedural requirements. ‚ Improve the quality of technical writing and report organization by using team leader oversight, team participation and accountability, peer review, and direct instructor-to- student feedback. ‚ Develop interpersonal and leadership skills through team laboratory experience, resolving conflicts and barriers and exercising leadership.The approach developed for implementation in the 2005-06 academic year included (1) the useof a department-consistent laboratory report format, (2) the introduction of additional

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Michael Bailey

that all toooften we not only do not count the cost, we are not even aware of it. In this particular instancethe costs, and risks, are significant.The primary change is that production and distribution costs have decreased radically and so themotivation for, and enforcement of peer review of freely available materials has diminished,therefore the reliability and validity of the information obtained by a simple search engine is nowsuspect. Anyone can write a technical article and post it onto the Internet quite easily. Efficientsearch engines, such as Google, and active self-promotion can ensure that the article will befound by potential users. The only form of “peer-review” left is how high on the list the searchengine puts a particular item

Collection

2004 GSW

Authors

Jenna Terry; Paul Ruchhoeft

“underprepared” upon universityadmission achieved final grades at or above the mean final grade of their “prepared”peers. This model has been adapted for English as a Second Language (ESL) compositioncourses, with similar results.Effective Writing is Discipline-SpecificEffective communication is the expressed goal of writing instruction. However, asintellectual demands change by discipline, rules, practices, and values of writing alsochange. In response to the need for discipline specific assistance in writing and with thesupport of the Provost’s Office, the WID program was established in Fall 2002 within theWriting Center. Whereas the Writing Consultant model addresses the diversity ofacademic preparedness among students with individualized programs of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

AC 2007-1132: USING AWARENESS OF LEARNING PROCESSES TO HELPSTUDENTS DEVELOP EFFECTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIESKevin Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He has received the 2002 ASEE PIC-III Award, 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award, 2004 Raymond W. Fahien Award and 2005 Corcoran Award for his contributions to engineering education.Roberta Harvey, Rowan University Roberta Harvey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing Arts at Rowan University. She has been part of the faculty team that teaches Sophomore Clinic I since 1998 and played a key role in the development of the integrated design and communication pedagogy of the