Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Assessing Student Performance

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

track toreach their goals, or to fulfill requirements of their course. If they are in difficulty, theiradvisor may help them think about what might be the most effective ways to improvetheir learning.Self-assessment is often used in medical schools as a way of improving students’ clinicalskills. Nursing education, like teacher education, emphasizes becoming a reflectivepractitioner. Thinking about how current material relates to material learned in othercourses can benefit anyone in a degree program. Capstone courses serve to encourageself-assessment by requiring students to apply previously-learned skills to new contexts.The e-portfolio movement is another practice that encourages self-assessment. Studentsput together work that they have

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Nicholas A. Baine, Grand Valley State University; Samhita Rhodes, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

luncheon was scheduled to alignwith the annual Project Day events in which the graduating seniors set up and present theircapstone projects. These capstone projects are industry sponsored and multi-disciplinary. First-year students were able to interact with the seniors, to ask questions about the program, and tosee the types of projects and real world applications that students in the engineering programwere involved with.During the welcome luncheon the seating for the meal was organized by the sections of theIntroduction to Engineering Design I course, the first of the engineering courses that the studentswill be taking. The faculty member who will be instructing the course is placed at the table withstudents enrolled in their class so that they

Conference Session

Student Division Early Introduction to Engineering Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Evanoski-Cole, Colorado State University; Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University; Bert Vermeulen, Colorado State University; Jamison Taylor Bair, Colorado State University; Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University

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Student

classes to native English speakers, he has also taught special introductory engineering classes for foreign students who do not have English as their primary language.Mr. Jamison Taylor Bair , Colorado State University Jamison Bair is a Graduate Student pursuing a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University in May 2016. Jamison is one of the GTAs for MECH-468, the senior design capstone class at CSU. He is also the Project Manager for the CSU Vehicle Innovation Team competing in the intercollegiate automotive engineering competition EcoCAR3 and the President of the CSU Student Chapter of the Society for the

Conference Session

International Collaborations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Bruce Gehrig P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

thesis project. In addition, senior-level engineering students were required to complete ateam-oriented, design focused capstone project as well as an individual based, research focusedproject in order to graduate. Both of which were evaluated by the departmental staff. The scope,rigor, and quality of such projects appeared to be similar to those found in the U.S., which wasencouraging. However, the lack of staff with academic credentials made this problematic as thenumber of available project supervisors was so limited to adequately mentor approximately 20master level and 30 undergraduate students within the department. As a consequence, the authorspent considerable time during the year assisting students in formulating appropriate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Qi Dunsworth, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Melanie R. Ford, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; E. George Walters III P.E., Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Jessica Resig, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania since 1998. Dr. Walters worked in industry as a process controls and automation engineer for eighteen years prior to joining the faculty at Behrend in 2010. Most of his experience is in the design, development, and commis- sioning of PLC-based control systems for the food & beverage and cement industries. He has developed and teaches a course on PLC-based control systems for engineers. He also teaches a course on advanced digital design using FPGAs, a course on embedded systems using 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers, and the two-semester capstone project sequence for electrical and computer engineers at Behrend.Dr. Jessica Resig, Pennsylvania State University Dr

Conference Session

Assessment & Accreditation in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zia A. Yamayee, University of Portland; Peter M. Osterberg, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

of EngineeringExamination or Major Field Test) or a faculty administeredcomprehensive examination. The indirect assessment tool we usein the assessment of Student Outcomes is a graduating senior exitsurvey. Below are brief descriptions of these assessment methods: • Course-Embedded (course-based) Assessments. These include projects, assignments, reflective essays, or exam questions that directly link to Student Outcomes and are scored using established criteria. • Exams. Locally developed comprehensive exams or nationally standardized exams (FE Exam or Major Field Test). • Capstone or senior-level projects provide evidence of how well students integrate and apply principles, concepts

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, dispositions, and worldviews. His dissertation focuses on conceptualizations, the importance of, and methods to teach empathy to engineering students. He is currently the Education Di- rector for Engineers for a Sustainable World, an assistant editor for Engineering Studies, and a member of the ASEE Committee on Sustainability, Subcommittee on Formal Education.Ms. Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology Sarah Brownell is a Lecturer in Design Development and Manufacturing for the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She works extensively with students in the mul- tidisciplinary engineering capstone design course and other project based elective courses, incorporating

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ernzen, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Kendra Rae Beeley; Robert J Culbertson, Physics Department, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude

Conference Session

Engineering Economics New Frontiers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zia A. Yamayee, University of Portland; Mojtaba B. Takallou P.E., University of Portland; Robert J. Albright P.E., University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

. These include projects, assignments, reflective essays, or exam questions that directly link to student outcomes and are scored using established criteria.  Exams. Locally developed comprehensive exams or nationally standardized exams (FE Exam or Major Field Test).  Capstone or senior-level projects provide evidence of how well students integrate and apply principles, concepts, and abilities into a culminating project. They are evaluated by faculty and/or external review teams. This is an effective assessment tool when the student work is evaluated in a standard manner that focuses on student achievement of the outcomes.  Graduating senior exit

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Study Abroad Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

James N Warnock, Mississippi State University; Galyna Melnychuk, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

= Required, E = Elective, *Electrical Engineering requires Technical Writing; however, it is taught in conjunctionwith the senior capstone design course and students must register for the designated section of the course.In addition to ensuring the programs offered could be integrated in the curricula and wererelevant to students, it was important to ensure the offerings were sustainable. The willingnessand availability of faculty to teach courses each summer was a main concern. To alleviate thisconcern we only considered courses that had multiple instructors on campus who would bewilling to teach overseas. Our second consideration was location. We wanted to choosedestinations that would be appealing to students and their parents and where we would

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahsa Ghorbani, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Edwin K. P. Chong Ph.D., Colorado State University; Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

an Electrical and Computer Engineering Undergraduate ProgramIntroductionInstruction in ethical considerations is an important part of every engineering discipline. Inmany programs, a student’s exposure to ethical issues is delayed until the capstone senior designexperience. For example, in the past we have included lectures devoted to ethics in our Electricaland Computer Engineering senior design program that start with an introduction to the NationalSociety of Professional Engineers (NSPE) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) codes of ethics, and then is followed by a discussion of various ethical case studies.While this is common in many programs, surveys of our students have revealed that they do notvalue

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Rahouti, University of South Florida

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering education. Precisely, they have elaborated a variety of lab experiments and capstone projects which allowstudents for integrating a real-world testbed for various research and learning purposes. Furthermore, Mirkovic and Benzel [7] presented DeterLab, a open technology based on Emulab. This technology is anexperimental space/resource sponsored by the US National Science Foundation and Department of Homeland Security andthis facility is dedicated for online cyber security learning. In this facility, while students can reserve entities (available nodesout of 400 computing nodes in total) via an online interface, they are allowed to keep remote access (virtual session login) tovirtual nodes for a very short period of time only in order to

Conference Session

Fostering Business and Professional Skills in the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Goncher, Charles Sturt University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students commenced their placements in July 2017, after 18months of project-based and self-directed online learning.Figure 1. Engineering students on industry placementsSeventeen students enrolled in workplace learning placements and the planning and review-focused class. Students on placement worked with 15 host organizations, where theorganizations exist at the local, national, and international levels. Students were involved invarious projects across the civil engineering discipline. Example projects that studentsworked on included a pedestrian and cyclist river bridge, dam safety upgrade, commercialbuilding upgrade, local effluent disposal investigations, and road and roundabout design.Local government organizations hosted the majority of

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany; Matthew Turner, Purdue University, New Albany

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Webster has received various professional certifications from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SOLIDWORKS, and the Project Management Institute. His research interests include engineering technology outreach and design education with focus areas in CAD and project-based learning.Dr. Matthew Turner, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Matthew Turner is an Associate Professor of ECET at Purdue University New Albany where he teaches courses in power systems and engineering capstone design. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, Professor Turner worked as a researcher at the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research in the area of power and energy systems, with a focus

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb; David Chang, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

topics with2.0 credit hours allotted to engineering science and 1.0 credit hour to engineering design. Thecourse builds upon the foundations from the basic engineering mechanics course in statics anddynamics, and the basic electrical engineering course covering electrical circuits andcomponents. The course provides the background, experience, and fundamental designknowledge to complete capstone design projects requiring dynamic modeling and controlexpertise. The course is multidisciplinary and is conducted as a joint offering with the Page 13.788.3Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Civil andMechanical

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Boyer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

International

University at Harrisburg. Page 13.16.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Color Image Merging Algorithm Using MATLAB Eric Boyer and Aldo Morales Electrical Engineering Program Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA 17057Abstract:Students in the Electrical Engineering program at Penn State Harrisburg have manyopportunities to apply their acquired knowledge through hands-on course projects andlaboratory experiences in electronics, digital and image processing, VLSI, power andother courses, in addition to their capstone

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Sneck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donald Bunk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas Baxter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

both solid modeling, technical reports and memorandums, problem solving, andpresentation.IntroductionIt is safe to say that few entering Engineering students have an idea of what practicing Engineersreally do. They arrive at college with a variety of expectations which are often not realized untilthey reach their Junior or Senior years. Their backgrounds in mathematics and science areprobably strong, and they may have participated in science fairs or class projects that are relatedto technology. However, they most likely have little or no sense of the complexity and attentionto detail that Engineering requires, or just how Engineers work and think as they solveengineering and design problems.Some engineering schools have required first

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng.); Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

isaided by using colored or fluorescent dyes. A thermal camera can also be used to maptemperature profiles where heating and cooling effects are important.In the following, we describe some of the experiments we are developing that use microfluidicchips as projects and case studies for undergraduate engineering technology. These areincorporated into current traditional courses on fluid mechanics, engineering measurements, heattransfer, prototyping, robotics, and microcontrollers, as well as capstone Senior Design projects.The advantages of microfluidics-based experiments for instructional purposes include modestequipment costs, small space requirements (all of the experiments can be done on a table top),miniscule generation of waste products, and

Conference Session

Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida; Sarina J. Ergas, University of South Florida; Ramesh K. Goel, University of Utah; Dilek Ozalp, University of South Florida; Teri Kristine Reed, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #6675Development of a Concept Inventory for Introductory Environmental Engi-neering CoursesDr. Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, DartmouthProf. Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida Dr Jeffrey Cunningham is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at the University of South Florida (USF). Dr Cunningham’s research and teaching interests are related to the fate, transport, and remediation of contaminants in the environment. His current students are working on projects related to the clean-up of soil contaminated by hazardous chemicals, the fate of

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Meyers; Robert Weissbach

Society for Engineering Education” Session 2433Project conclusion and student evaluationDuring the fall semester of his senior year, the student decided to terminate work on hisundergraduate thesis project. A number of factors contributed to this decision. They include: • Time constraint – The student felt that there wasn’t sufficient time to simultaneously work on the thesis while also maintaining excellence in his schoolwork and being involved in extracurricular activities, such as student government and his fraternity. He was also concerned about making satisfactory progress on his capstone senior design project. This team

Conference Session

The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Farahzad Behi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4304: INSPIRING INTEREST IN STEM THROUGH SUMMERROBOTICS CAMPProf. Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Richard S. Stansbury is an Associate Professor computer engineering and computer science in the Depart- ment of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univer- sity, Daytona Beach, Fla. He teaches courses in artificial intelligence, data structures and algorithms, and the capstone senior design course. His research interests include unmanned aircraft, mobile robotics, and applied artificial intelligence.Prof. Farahzad Behi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

fundamentals of analog and digital wireless communications. Includes baseband and bandpass, analog and digital signaling techniques along with appropriate mathematical background in Fourier transforms, probability and random variables. Introduces both software and hardware designs.19. ECE 4800 Computer Engineering Senior Design Project Prerequisite: ECE 3740 Description: Serves as a project-oriented capstone course for computer engineering majors. Emphasizes major hardware and software design. Includes identification and completion of a suitable design project to be mutually selected by the faculty supervisor and student. Requires weekly written and oral presentations as well as a final written project report and an oral

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University; Graham Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern University; Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern UniversityElizabeth Marie Spingola Elizabeth is a junior at Ohio Northern University. She is the Project Manager of an organization at school that is designing and fabricating a model Mars Rover for a local museum. She is, also, has leadership roles in Phi Sigma Rho, the engineering sorority at ONU. Other organizations she belongs to include SWE, ASME, Flute Choir, JEC, and more. Page 23.238.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Bachelor of Science in Engineering Education: Differentiating from Traditional

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi; Zbigniew Pasek

line. Important CIM and production concepts in areas such asComputer-Aided Process Planning (CAPP), production planning, customization, reliability andreconfigurability can be demonstrated with this system.FEASIBILITY STUDY PROJECTSThe Lego factory development effort was initially set up as a senior level capstone design(ME450) project that consisted of two teams. One team worked on a design for sorting anddelivery of the Legos and the other team worked with the robotic end effector and cell design forassembly of a finished product. Each team was able to generate several design concepts andeventually a final detailed design that was fabricated and integrated with a commercialeducational 5 axis robot for a competent working design (Figure 4

Conference Session

Wider Contexts of Ethics for Engineers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Carroll; Nael Barakat

, capstone course (EG491 Engineering Design Project I) of which the teaching ofethics and, more generally, engineering professionalism is a major component.The first major issue that the students were surveyed on is one of “Consensus,” asembedded in the questions: “What ethical standards are “universal” (i.e. across all nationsand cultures) in engineering? What standards should be relative to a national and/orcultural setting?”The advent of a global marketplace makes inevitable the sale and use of productsinvolving engineering design in one nation that were produced in a completely differentnational and cultural setting. To buy a product from a faraway location involves trust thatsomehow the prevailing ethos at that location precludes the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kline

building andsimulating the production system being studied in Promodel. The student version of Promodel isintroduced early in the class and is used as a complement to class and homework problems toverify the textbook solutions. Building the Promodel solution forces students to think about andidentify the process structure, connections, and parameters as they would in a real productionsetting. Students both build their own simulation solutions to problems as well as experimentwith models provided by the instructor.As the textbook does not integrate the simulation approach, several new homework assignments,case studies, and a student project covering generic production and logistics processes have beenintegrated into the course to illustrate course

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Robinson; Kevin Sutterer

Engineering Education”much modification to satisfy the complete formal education component of the BOK and that itwould be to our students’ disadvantage to seek a BOK B.S. Our current B.S. curriculumemphasizes project-based design and a broad civil engineering education, with an outside-client-based senior capstone design project. Therefore, we can not achieve the Specialization Areaoutcome (outcome 12) with the existing curriculum. Further, it was clear that even withsignificant modification to the scope of course work, additional credit hours would have to beadded to the curriculum. The Civil Engineering Department has a high success rate in graduatingstudents in four years. The additional credit hours may reduce that success and lead to anincrease

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Craft

projects. Teams generally meet weekly to discuss the progress of students andto plan the sequence of instruction for the coming week. Instructors are routinely in theclassroom at the same time only when students are making team presentations that are jointlygraded by the teaching team. Students enroll in all four ATE classes simultaneously unlessexempt from a course within the ET Core because of previously earned credit. It is not essentialthat courses in the ET Core be scheduled in an uninterrupted block of time, but this type ofscheduling helps keep students focused.Senior projects and capstone courses often "pull it all together" for four-year college engineeringor engineering technology students who persist to become seniors. For two-year

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Monica Schmidt

funding to providing information to a medical department for budget decisions. The audience for each presentation is specified to develop the student skills. The written and oral presentations affect both the team scores and the individual scores. This process results in team participation in both processes. The roles of the team • Team Captain – Planner • Spokesperson – Presenter • Recorder - Documentation • Reflector – Assessment of team function Are rotated so that each member will perform each role. The teams then have a capstone research project at the end of the course, which is evaluated by biomedical faculty to determine

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Minear

a senior level laboratory course was designed to bridge the existinggap between class room theory and practical measurement techniques. The experimentsare structured to let the students participate in common field and laboratorymeasurements that are used in environmental engineering to design monitoring programsand treatment systems in air, water, wastewater, hazardous waste and ecology. Thestudents are directly involved in evaluating data reliability and assessing QA/QC issuesas a part of performing the experiments. They make decisions on the use of their data inclassroom projects simulating assessment or the development of design parameters fortreatment systems.A series of experimental modules have been constructed that represent the