Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Nasser Alaraje; Vincent Druschke; Mark Highum; Joshua Hooker; Mark Kinney; Scott Kuhl; Aleksandr Sergeyev

2003. 33rd Annual , vol.2, no., pp. F3A_6- F3A_10, 5-8, 2003.18. B. Barker and J.Ansorge, "Robotics as Means to Increase Achievement Scores in an Informal Learning Environment, Journal of Research on Technology in Education 39(3), 229-243, 2007.19. Nourbakhsh, I., Crowley, K., Bhave, A., hamner, E., Hsium, T., Perez-Bergquist, A., Richards, S., & Wilkinson, K., "The robotic autonomy mobile robots course: Robot design, curriculum design, and educational assessment", Autonomous Robots, 18(1), 103-127, 2005.20. Beer, R. D., Chiel, h. J., & Drushel, R., "Using robotics to teach science and engineering", Communications of the ACM, 42(6), 85-92, 1999.21. Barnes, D. J., "Teaching introductory Java through Lego Mindstorms

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Diversity 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College; Ruzica Todorovic, Wilbur Wright College

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

placement scores of Group 1 unexpectedly decreased, which pose a new and interesting research question on the value of motivation that will be further studied and discussed separately. Group 1 and 3 are excluded from the analysis of the Engineering Summer Bridge results. ALEKS Math Semester(s) of No. of Students GPA Math SAT Fall 2019 Placement recommended Placement Pre- Pre- Post

Conference Session

Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Roxana Maria Carbonell, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Retrieved from Washington, DC:Brubaker, E. R., Kohn, M., & Sheppard, S. (2019). Comparing outcomes of introductory makerspaces courses: The role of reflection and multi-age communities of practice. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, New Haven, CT.Carbonell, R. M., & Andrews, M. E., & Boklage, A., & Borrego, M. J. (2019, June), Innovation, Design, and Self-Efficacy: The Impact of Makerspaces Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida. https://peer.asee.org/32965Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing grounded theory: A practical guide through qualitative analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.Fasso, W., & Knight, B. A. (2019

Conference Session

A Focus on Sustainability

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Recovery Dismantle & Remanufactur OEM e Reuse Retail/Service Provider Maintain/ Prolong User s Collection End of Life Landfill Incineration (with or without energy recovery)Figure 1

Conference Session

Understanding Student Behavior and Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jack Elliott, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Joel Ellsworth, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

identify motivations for and barriers to changes in resource use, Survey 3 also askedparticipants, “Have you changed the amount of times you used any of the following courseresources during the past three weeks? For the course resources that have changed, state thereason for the change.” Participants were provided a text box to type a written description oftheir reason(s) for changing resource(s) use.Exam Scores. Participant performance was measured using exam scores provided by theinstructor at the end of the course. Two midterm exams and one final exam were administered inclass by the primary instructor during the 15-week semester (Figure 1). Week 2: Week 4: Week 5: Week 7: Week 8: Survey 1

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Junior and Senior Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

apair of dilemmas include Dilemma 2 does the pair have a highly significant relationship; anyother compared pairs were found to be not significant. This result shows that there weresignificantly more Can’t Decide responses to Dilemma 2 as opposed to Option A or B responseswhen compared to other dilemmas in the EPSRI. When seeking to explain why this takes place,we can look at a summary of Dilemma 2’s prompt for insight: The second dilemma in the EPSRI places the students into the position of a plant engineer at a chemical company in the suburbs of a major city. There’s a severe hurricane heading towards the plant, and if the plant floods, there is the possibility of extreme hazardous events such as an explosion. It is

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lisa R. Volpatti, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kara Rodby, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gurleen Kaur Singh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bianca Kaushal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Kelley Marie Adams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Paula T. Hammond, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sarah Rankin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Colleges, 1982.[7] I.H. Settles, L.M. Cortina, J. Malley, A.J. Stewart, “The climate for women in academic science: The good, the bad, and the changeable,” Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30(1), 2006, 47-58.[8] C.L. Maranto, A.E. Griffin, “The antecedents of a ‘chilly climate’ for women faculty in higher education,” Human Relations, 64(2), 2011, 139-159.[9] L. Howe-Walsh, S. Turnbull, “Barriers to women leaders in academia: Tales from science and technology,” Studies in Higher Education, 41(3), 2016, 415-428.[10] K.N. Miner, S.C. January, K.K. Dray, A.R. Carter-Sowell, “Is it always this cold? Chilly interpersonal climates as a barrier to the well-being of early-career women faculty in STEM,” Equality

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Wheatly, Wright State University; Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Bor Jang, Wright State University; George Sehi, Sinclair Community College; Richard Jones, Sinclair Community College

who entered WSU intending to major in STEM disciplines(“persisters” P, reported by subgroups and “switchers” S, students who subsequently switchedout of STEM). While the overall first-to-second year retention rate has remained constant overseveral years, the retention of students who “persist” in the STEM disciplines has dropped.More alarmingly, the drop has been precipitous for female and African American students.Moreover, students who persist in STEM majors have lower retention rates than students overall(P + S). Cohort P+S P Caucas. P Afr. Am. Male P Female P P 1997 78.2 64.2 64.8

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Talia Sidne Finkelstein, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. For [this] class, um, I kind of felt like I didn’t want to do that, I didn’t want…them to just be sitting back and listening to me talk”S/he went on to describe the benefit of attending the ASEE Summer School, and specificallyher/his familiarity with and motivation to use the Concept Warehouse, “I was aware of it beforeand kind of played around with it, but uh really tried to use it a little more this semester.” Someparticipants simply described the Concept Warehouse as something that “seemed like a greatidea.” In other cases, participants cited previous experience with pedagogy as a contributingfactor to their implantation of the Concept Warehouse, such as the following statement from oneparticipant, “I was already familiar with the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

SURF,for giving access to the data for this study.Bibliography1. Bauer, K. W., & Bennett, J. S. (2003). Alumni perceptions used to assess undergraduate research experience. The Journal of Higher Education, 74(2), 210-230.2. Hunter, A. B., Laursen, S. L., & Seymour, E. (2006). Becoming a scientist: The role of undergraduate research in students' cognitive, personal, and professional development. Science Education, 91(1), 36-74.3. Lopatto, D. (2004). Survey of undergraduate research experiences (SURE): First findings. Cell Biology Education, 3(4), 270-277.4. Lopatto, D. (2007). Undergraduate research experiences support science career decisions and active learning. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 6(4), 297

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Sylvester A. Kalevela, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

effectivein higher level engineering classes having open ended problems (i.e. design courses) References[1] F. E. Contreras, L. E. Malcom, &, and E. M. Bensimon, Hispanic Serving Institutions: Closeted identity and the production of equitable outcomes for Latino/a students. NY: SUNY Press., 2008.[2] NSF, Freshman intentions to major in S&E fields [Online]. Available: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/tables.cfm[3] N. Warter-Perez, J. Dong, Eun-Young Kang, H. Guo, M. Castillo, A. Abramyan , et al., "Strengthening the K-20 Engineering Pipeline for Underrepresented Minorities," presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, 2010.[4] L

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W Eric Wong, University of Texas, Dallas

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

students must beequipped to deal with these uncertaintiesGorka, Miller, and Howe4 presented the lessons learned from an industry sponsored capstone projectsuch as maintaining industry confidentiality, encouraging active participation from sponsors, and usingcompany‟s back-stories to motivate students. They also suggested that students might think of thingsoverlooked by faculty mentors and industry sponsors. In addition, they emphasized that faculty andstudents must be prepared to deal with unexpected incidents and make appropriate adjustments to ensure Page 23.742.3the success of the projects.Deviating from the common practice of reporting

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Gong, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University ; Brian P. Butz, Temple University; Li Bai, Temple University; Saroj Biswas, Temple University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

inSection 3. The paper is concluded in Section 4 with discussions on plans for extending thedeveloped prototype to a complete intelligent tutoring system for electrical machines.2. Virtual Education Environment Computer-aided instruction (CAI) systems [5] were introduced as early as 1960's as a meansof assisting students outside the classroom. The first CAI programs were either computerizedversions of textbooks, or drill and practice monitors [6] that presented a student with problems andcompared the student’s responses to the pre-scored answers, and if necessary, provided the student withcanned remedial responses. Improvements were continuously made until computer-aidedinstruction systems evolved into intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) [7, 8

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony J McGoron, Florida International University; Hamid Shahrestani, Florida International University, BME; Michael Edward Brown, Florida International University; James Dennis Byrne, Florida International University

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Biomedical

attainment of the program’s learning outcomes and thesenior design projects.Bibliography1. Altuger-Genc, G. and Chassapis, C. Fostering Lifelong Learning in a Capstone Design Environment: An Implementation assessment. 41st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. 20112. Beyerlein, S., Davis, D., Trevisan, M., Thomson, Ph, Harrison, K. Assessment Framework for Capstone Design Courses. Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 20063. Bloom, B.S. and Krathwohl, D.R. “Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.” Handbook 1. Cognitive Domain. New York., Addison-Wesley, 19844. Cooley, W.L. Individual Students Assessment in Team-Based Capstone Design Projects. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in

Conference Session

Teaching Styles and Peer Review

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

Session 1122 Engineering Faculty Teaching Styles and Attitudes toward Student-Centered and Technology-Enabled Teaching Strategies Malgorzata S. Zywno Ryerson UniversityAbstractThis paper presents results of a survey assessing learning preferences and teaching strategies ofengineering faculty. Of particular interest were questions pertaining to technologyimplementations and to professional development. The survey pointed to lack of interest ineducational activities and low use of innovative instructional methods and instructionaltechnologies

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Budny Dan; Teresa Larkin

. Thus, each chatparticipant was recognized by name. During the chats, students often referred to each other byfirst name. This recognition created a very professional working environment for the onlinechats. Page 8.815.9 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” The format of the chats consisted of a student(s) posting a specific question to the group.Other members of the class were then free to jump in and offer the student help and advice. If astudent(s) fell off course in the discussion, the

Conference Session

Middle School Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin; Chandra L. Muller, University of Texas, Austin; Anthony J. Petrosino Jr., University of Texas, Austin ; Austin B. Talley P.E., University of Texas, Austin ; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Sciences, 1(2), pp. 201-238.10. Vattam, S., and Kolodner, J. L. (2006). Design-Based Science Learning: Important Challenges and How Technology Can Make a Difference. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN.11. Wittrock, M. C. (1991). Generative Teaching of Comprehension. The Elementary School Journal, 92(2), 169- 184.12. Hotaling, L., McGrath, B., McKay, M., Shields, C., Lowes, S., and Cunningham, C. M., (2007). Engineering Our Future New Jersey. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Chicago, IL.13. McKay, M., and McGrath, B. (2007). Real-World Problem-Solving Using Real-Time Data

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diana Muldrow; Rosa Cano; Deran Hanesian; Henry McCloud; Angelo Perna; Howard Kimmel

first generation college bound students from the families of European immigrants. In 1919,the school became Newark College of Engineering. For the next almost 50 years it served as aschool for first generation college bound students of European immigrants.. By the 1950’s, theeconomic and social development in Newark had gained momentum as the city prospered.However, things began to change during the 1950’s with the active movement by the blackcommunity for equality in deed rather than words. Then in July, 1967 racial violence swept thecity. The black neighborhoods were inflamed and the National Guard entered Newark. The oncebeautiful, prosperous city of Newark became the classic example of the urban blight thatovercame many of America’s cities

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

Smith (2013). The mean andstandard deviation of the ratings were reported and observations were made. In general,students gave higher ratings on encouraging the future use of Piazza than Praze and Panopto.Students also thought Piazza was easier to use than Praze and Praze was easier to use thanPanopto. When asked to compare SYS 2001 to other courses, students agreed the most withthe statement that ―Compared to other courses, this course used technology to allow moreface-to-face interaction with the instructor(s) and other students.‖ 97% students agreed orstrongly agreed that they received more feedback in SYS 2001 than other courses and 67%agreed or strongly agreed that the structure of the course and the technologies used helpedstudents

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University; Siddika Selcen Guzey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Corey A Mathis, Purdue University; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

education. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 3(3), 185–189.7. Roehrig, G. H., Wang, H., Moore, T. J., & Park, M. S. (2012). Is adding the “E” enough? Investigating the impact of K-12 engineering standards on the implementation of STEM integration. School Science and Mathematics, 112(1), 31–44.8. Stohlmann, M., Moore, T., & Roehrig, G. (2012). Considerations for teaching integrated STEM education. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2(1), 28–34.9. Morrison, J. S. (2006). Attributes of STEM education: The student, the academy, the classroom. TIES STEM Education Monograph Series, (August).10. Brophy, S., Klein, S. S., Portsmore, M., & Rogers, C. (2008

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Excel Table (One Student’s HW) STUDENT # X DISCOVERY APPROACH RUBRIC COURTESY OF W. S. U. WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PULLMAN, WA. 99164. LIKERT SCALE WEIGHT : 5 4 3 2 1 STRONGLY AGREE AGREE UNDECIDED DISAGREE STRONGLY DISAGREE 1 Course Content and Subject Matter √ 2 Concepts

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University; Dawn G. Williams, Howard University; Leonard B. Bliss, Florida International University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

…half and half. Half of [theprofessors] will [not teach well], [the] other half are pure geniuses who actually genuinely careabout you.” While, Georgia from HBCU2 had a slightly more positive experience: …I came over [to this university before I enrolled], and I…was just browsing…I spoke with an advisor in the industrial engineering program, Ms. V. … [S]he was just so nice. She was caring. As soon as I came in, she [said], ‘Oh, we need you here. We need people here.’ And I [said], “Okay, okay.” I was at [another university] at the time, and I just felt like a number there. But as soon as I came here…they just automatically showed me that they cared.Georgia’s experience was similar to that of Carlos from HSI1

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Brainard; Sheila Edwards Lange; Elizabeth Litzler

to degree progress and career commitment.Integration experiences and concerns about work/life balance are explored in more depth in aforthcoming article by the authors. Given the emphasis on departmental climate, the researchquestions addressed in this paper include: Are there gender differences in graduate studentperceptions about climate in STEM departments? How are perceptions about climate related todegree progress? and Does departmental climate influence graduate student commitment toSTEM professional careers?II. Climate, Degree Progress and Career CommitmentFirst coined by Hall & Sandler in the early 1980’s to describe the classroom experiences ofundergraduate women, the construct of a chilly climate has been extended to include

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anand Srinivasan; Steve Shooter; Soundar Kumara; Robert Stone; Timothy Simpson; Janis Terpenny

orrecommendations presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflectthe views of the National Science Foundation.References 1. Meyer, M. H. and Lehnerd, A. P., The Power of Product Platforms: Building Value and Cost Leadership, Free Press, New York, 1997. 2. Robertson, D. and Ulrich, K., “Planning Product Platforms”, Sloan Management Review, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 19-31, 1998. 3. Otto, K. N. and Wood, K. L., Product Design, 2001, Prentice Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. 4. Wheelwright, S. C. and Clark, K. B., 1992, “Creating Project Plans to Focus Product Development”, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 70, pp. 70-82. 5. Feitzinger, E. and Lee, H.L., “Mass Customization at Hewlett-Packard: The Power of

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Ahmed Khan

Students’ Perceptions of the Importance of the Faculty Technical Currency in Their Learning/Success in a Technology-Based Baccalaureate Program Ahmed S. Khan Department of EET DeVry University, Addison, IL 60101 Gene Gloeckner George Morgan School of Education, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523AbstractDuring the last two decades, the pace of technological change has transformed the globaleconomy into a knowledge-based or innovation-based economy, in which organizations are

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Muci; Jonathan Weaver

Sometimes the task of defining the scope of a senior design project is completely left upto the faculty member(s) that will be supervising a given project. Also, when a company issponsoring a project, sometimes it is allowed to basically define on its own the scope of theproject that will be assigned to the students. Although there needs to be some room for flexibilitywhen defining the scope of a particular project, in general both approaches stated above are farfrom adequate. It is important to keep in mind that a capstone senior design project must be morethan a project that requires some technical expertise in a particular engineering discipline; it mustbe a meaningful and carefully defined learning experience for the students. As with any

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wook-sung Yoo; Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

generation for the courses taught. At student level, he or she isto answer the necessary course-exit surveys or to view any course-exit survey information.Following subsections describe the flow of actions pertain to this web-based survey starting fromthe beginning of the semester.Faculty Site:In the beginning of each semester, the Chair sends out a general email to remind faculty to setuptheir course information for the survey. The system enforces a limited time-period for enteringcourse information, typically three-weeks. The email includes the URL of the site and generalinstructions the faculty might need to setup their course(s). Faculty members can access the siteusing their university ID and password. There is no difference from the way of

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Marionneaux; Michael Edmondson; Matthew McDaniel; Jay Daly; Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

, and industrial innovation, engineers make adisproportionately large contribution to U.S. economic health and national security. Thesecontributions notwithstanding, the U.S. faces a potentially serious shortage of engineers in thenear future. According to the National Science Board, the U.S. is unable to keep pace with othercountries in the rate at which college-age youth earn science and engineering (S&E) degrees.Six percent of American 24-year olds hold S&E degrees, versus 10% in the United Kingdom and9% in South Korea. Even as U.S. degree production lags, the number of S&E jobs is expected toincrease three times faster than all other occupations in the next decade.1To compensate for this shortfall, the U.S. has increasingly

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch; Stephen Ressler

is based on our strong belief that students must understand the basicassumptions inherent in the Direct Stiffness Method before they can confidently and competentlyperform computer-based structural analyses. We find that students understand these assumptionsbest when they have an opportunity to work through each major step in the Direct StiffnessMethod by hand—aided by appropriate software to perform computations and matrixmanipulations.I. IntroductionIn our Advanced Structural Analysis course at the U. S. Military Academy, students learn andapply the Direct Stiffness Method in three different blocks of instruction—Trusses, Beams, andFrames. In each block, we develop the direct stiffness formulation for the appropriate structuralelement