Conference Session

Integrating Ethics into the Curriculum

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael E. Gorman, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education (LED)

, which can stimulate internal recognition and cost-share3. Organizational structures that bring a multi-disciplinary faculty under the same roof with asingle mission which they can carry out in a variety of ways, reflecting their own backgrounds,teaching styles, and expertises.4. Selecting faculty that have a shared sense of commitment to that mission and rewarding themfor their hard work. Page 3.265.3 ReferencesCarlson, W. B., & Gorman, M. E. (1990). Understanding invention as a cognitive process: Thecase of Thomas Edison and early motion pictures, 1888-1891. Social Studies of Science, 20, 387-430.Feist

Conference Session

Integrated Humanities and Social Sciences Programs (3661)

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael E. Gorman

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education (LED)

, which can stimulate internal recognition and cost-share3. Organizational structures that bring a multi-disciplinary faculty under the same roof with asingle mission which they can carry out in a variety of ways, reflecting their own backgrounds,teaching styles, and expertises.4. Selecting faculty that have a shared sense of commitment to that mission and rewarding themfor their hard work. Page 3.266.3 ReferencesCarlson, W. B., & Gorman, M. E. (1990). Understanding invention as a cognitive process: Thecase of Thomas Edison and early motion pictures, 1888-1891. Social Studies of Science, 20, 387-430.Feist

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James A. Newell

projects, students will have the opportunity to applythe knowledge that they have obtained in their preparatory courses. However, it is not sufficient to simply assign a “pre-packaged” hands-on activity. Tomaximize the educational benefits of the project, students must be involved in all stages includingproject selection and scheduling. Fosnot 3 observes that learning occurs “through engagement inproblem posing as well as problem solving, inference making and investigating, resolving ofcontradictions, and reflecting.” Therefore, a complete educational experience would require studentinvolvement in all phases of the project. At the University of North Dakota, second semester freshmen take an Introduction toChemical Engineering course

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor B. Davey; Ngo Dinh Thinh

has not beena system of uniform entrance requirements through the various universities. Until just recently,the credit system was not used and curriculums were very inflexible. The general education (GE)content defined in the American Universities was not part of the curriculum. Unit requirementsfor each degree were substantially higher than in the United States reflecting the method ofinstruction, lack of textbooks and specialization of the curriculums. The Vietnamese participantswere particularly interested in the organization and objective of ABET (Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology) in the United States as there is no equivalent accreditationstructure in Vietnam. Establishment of a similar organization in Vietnam was seen

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen A. Raper; Susan L. Murray

concern for the environment, quality and ethics. (5)A second definition states Engineering Management is the discipline addressed to making andimplementing decisions for strategic and operational leadership in current and emergingtechnologies and their impacts on interrelated systems. (12)In 1989, IIE prepared the following definition of IE to reflect what the profession would be in2000:Industrial Engineering will be recognized as the leading profession whose practitioners plan,design, implement, and manage integrated production and service delivery systems that assureperformance, reliability, maintainability, schedule adherence and cost control. These systemsmay be sociotechnical in nature, and will integrate people, information, material

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn G. Mack; James C. Wood

content to make it relevant to the demands of the workplace, but it must alsoimplement new pedagogy and current instructional technologies. However, before a reformcurriculum can be developed and taught, there must be a reform-ready faculty to develop andteach the curriculum. These faculty must reflect the interdisciplinary needs of the workplace inthe classroom and model workplace practices. To facilitate an interdisciplinary approach tocurriculum development, the South Carolina Technical College System has begun to developinterdisciplinary teams of mathematics, science, communications, and technology faculty fromeach college.Traditional engineering technology curricula are based on a compartmentalized, discipline-basedcurriculum, delivered in a

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim J. Nasr

traversing familiar ground as theyused the underlined hypertexts because the software’s table of contents reflects the standardmaterial coverage of an undergraduate course in Thermodynamics.Helpful Practices for Implementation: One must not underestimate the importance of faculty-student contact, for it sets the tone for students’ drive to experiment with the software. It alsoprovides the instructor with prompt and “fresh” feedback. Students greatly appreciated an initialhelp session on using the software. This initial help session reduces their time investment inlearning the package (learning curve) and smoothes the way for exploration and development ofcognitive skills. Cooperation among students (working in small teams) can ease the transitionfor

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

ofengineering. Along with the connecting links to the university, the college of engineering, and toall the elements of life as an engineer, students should be given a design experience. This shouldinclude design in classes, design in extracurriculars, and design as part of out of classassignments. A unified course of action will be described which involves all of the aboveconnective elements in the education of the engineer. These elements are combined with theactivities and sections of the Residential Option for Science and Engineering Students (ROSES)program. The ROSES program meets once a week during the semester and is a one credit course.This one credit does not reflect the actual activities of the participants in the ROSES program.Students are

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert V. Peltier; Farouk Attia

progress in their careers.Engineering Technology Graduates Must: The following eight suggestions are meant to guide the ET student to develop some understanding ofthe importance of issues of interest to industry beyond merely competencies in applied science. For example;1) Understand quality and it’s impact on the enterprise. Quality is now designed into the product ratherinspected for after manufacturing. Not only does quality reflect on the whole organization but it has also beenshown to ultimately produce the lowest product cost. Also witness the purchasers of goods and services thatnow require an 1S09000 certification to even be on the qualified suppliers list.2) Have excellent verbal and written communication skills. The best academic

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi

and steer it.Electrical Controlling Circuits The controlling circuit was designed from discrete components and was assembledon two breadboards. These breadboards were located on top of the car for mobility. Thefive photoresistors embedded in the rear section of the car were used as the light (optical)switch. The photoresistors were recessed into wood and the inner diameter of the cavitypainted black to reduce the environmental light reflection. A red ruby laser was used inthis project. When laser light shined on a photoresistor, its resistance dropped from fewhundreds of kilo Ohm to 1.3k Ohm. This drop of resistance was used in a comparatorcircuit shown in Figure 1 to generate 5 volts for the controlling circuits. The

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch

seemed to be very popular this year which reflects a trendof more fuzzy theory being used to improve automotive performance. Topical Area Spring 1993 Fall 1994 Fall 1995 Power Systems 2 1 Management and Business 1 1 Application Tools 1 Consumer Products1 3 1 2 Adaptive Control 2 1 Neural Networks 3 1 Genetic Algorithms 1 Robotics

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilya Levin

states coused by specificinput values. Also, the FSM can be represented in the form of a state table (i.e. atabular form of the state diagram). Columns of the table indicate consequently: acurrent state, an input value, a corresponding output, and a corresponding next state. The concept of FSM is very close to the concept of an ASM. We will say that FSMimplements a corresponding ASM. Any ASM can be transformed to the FSM form.To perform this transformation the following steps have to be taken. First of all, theASM has to be marked, by marks reflecting states of FSM. The second step is thesearching for paths between the marks within the ASM. Every such path has toinclude one operator vertex. Each path can be interpreted as a transition within

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary S. Bonhomme; Edward R. Alef; Edward G. Borbely

, Stanford University andVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. These universities complement thecurriculum with courses whose faculty were selected on the basis of their research and teachingin areas of specific importance to the IVE and IME programs.This diverse group of outstanding institutions reflects the broad scope of the programs, but italso represents an increasing recognition among faculty that partnerships of this kind strengthentheir programs and lead to new opportunities.II. Career Pathways and the FutureThe learning programs outlined here are early attempts by General Motors and its universitypartners to accomplish three main objectives:• to develop a common process for education and professional development;• to realize

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Zecher

specified timeintervals. The program Snagit4 was used for this task, although several other similar programsexist on the market5,6.The first attempted process of having the Snagit program run simultaneously with theProEngineer, capturing images at a specified time interval, proved to overwhelm thecapabilities of the 233MHz machine that was being used. This was because the speed at whichProEngineer ran, when the Snagit program was capturing images in the background, was notcomparable to running the program by itself. The resulting .avi files did not reflect a realisticexample of running the ProEngineer program. In addition to the problem with speed, theimage quality of the resulting .avi files was not acceptable. In order to overcome these

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia House

workplace.• Solicit specific input from co-workers and other contacts about how particular majors, courses, or topics could be changed to better reflect the current situation in industry.• Record specific incidents that occur for use as case studies in the classroom along with the company’s solution or decision in that regard.• Ask the faculty intern's supervisor to serve on the institution’s advisory board or to suggest other employees that may be willing to serve in that capacity.Vickie Ballance, executive director of Hospital Hospitality House, believes that theTEFATE intern at her site worked out so well because the faculty intern had knowledgeand skills needed by Hospital Hospitality House and was able to gather information toproduce

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Bearden; Donald D. Harter; Jerry W. Samples

they are not underthe gun. They have tenure and are reflecting on what made them stay for the long-term. Currenttenure stream assistant professors may have a different view of the future. To obtain the view ofthe tenure stream assistant professors another survey was developed with the same caveats aboutstatistical validity and scientific development of the instrument. The questions and the answersare listed below:1. Why did you decide to take your current job? • To Teach!! • Background fit the requirements. • Teaching rather than research institution. • Comfort with department size, members and university size. • Goals of engineering technology fit with what I liked to see on “other side” as a

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Kant Vajpayee

,workholding, factory automation, and quality assurance. The article is aimed at manufacturinginstructors who often update course contents to reflect what is happening on the shop floors.The presented overview is divided into three major sections: metalcutting, metalforming, andancillaries. The former two also include advances in the respective machine tools.MetalcuttingPC Rules. To use a personal computer (PC) to communicate with the computer numericalcontrol (CNC) system of the machine is now standard practice in most new machine tools. ThePC-CNC interface is effective even with older CNC machines. The newer machines are moreintelligent and capable of self-diagnosis. They incorporate 64-bit processors to boostprogramming and information transfers to

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Wang; El-Hadi M. Aggoune

committee members. When analyzing student writing skills, for example, the team considers items (a), (b), (c), and (e); for general studies (humanities, social sciences, communications) item (d); and for math and science items (d), (g), and (h). An Excel based Competency Matrix (see Appendix B) is developed by the authors to summarize the evaluation results. Such a matrix is completed for each student and included in the portfolio. Ideally, the matrix should be full to guarantee that all the eleven competencies are covered by the degree program content. The entries of this matrix are programmed to yield measures reflecting the student’s performance. The following 1 to 5 scale is adopted

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven W. Peretti; Richard M. Felder

semester, using a scheme developed by Brown (1995). Team members hand in individual assessments of one another’s level of effort and teamwork on an 11-point verbal scale ranging from “excellent” to “no-show.” They are instructed to consider how consistently and how well their teammates completed assigned tasks, prepared for team meetings, showed up for team meetings, fulfilled their team roles (coordinator, recorder, etc.), and helped other team members. They are also cautioned that the ratings should not reflect intelligence or technical competence. The ratings are converted to numbers (100, 87.5, 75,…,0). The ratio of an individual’s average rating to the overall team rating is multiplied by the average team report

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan L. Murray; Linda M. Manning; Catherine A. Riordan; Elizabeth Cummins; Philip B. Thompson

[CNGGFWJQOGUVCRHCEWNV[JVONJVVRYYYUCWGFWEYKUKPVGTPGVYKNF(CEWNV[(CEWNV[HC[KPFGZJVO Teaching Improvement ResourcesThe Chalk Dust Collection: Thoughts and Reflections on Teaching in Colleges and Universities(1996). Linc Fisch. Stillwater: New Forums Press. ISBN: 0913507695. Collection of 35 essaysoffering, in both serious and lighthearted ways, tips for professors. A few chapter titles revealthe approach, coverage, and relevance to new science and engineering professors: $Coaching Page 3.22.2mathematics and other academic sports,# $Seven principles of teaching seldom taught in graduateschool,# and $The case for leaving things out

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

encountered - at least in their explicit form - in theexternal quality assessment systems for higher education. One possible explanation of this fact isthat in the countries where such systems were developed and are used, the political and economicsystems are quite stable, i.e., the external conditions of functioning of academic institutions donot change so rapidly.We believe however that, for a country whose higher education system is strongly affected by afast transformation of the political and economic system, the criteria that reflect the dynamics ofchanges made at the academic institution in the past and the preparation of the institution forfuture changes, such as those proposed in Section 3, are good indicators of education quality.Although

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Gillmore; Deborah Harkus; Angela Gengler; Suzanne G. Brainard

quality, although the lower average rating for females in labquality nearly reached significance. However, both males and females rated most items in themiddle of a 1-5 scale.I. INTRODUCTION In the US, as in most other countries, the field of engineering has been traditionallyoccupied by men. However, demographic trends indicate that by the year 2000 sixty-eightpercent of the new entrants into the US labor force will be women and minorities.1 Led bygovernment and industry, this reality has manifested itself in a national movement to encourageeducational institutions to increase the numbers of women and minorities pursuing careers inengineering.2 Statistics compiled over the last two decades reflect the status of women in

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student-Centered Approaches in Design Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Hennessey, The University of Arizona; Dean Papajohn; Tyler Jean Le Peau, The University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

signalindicating their likelihood to graduate [3][4]. Full time enrollment, grade point average, and timeto completion are also indicative of successful student support programs. But contemporaryscholars point out that these outcomes are situated within the viewpoint of how the studentsimpact the institution, and less concerned with how students are intrinsically impacted by theireducation. Outcomes such as civic engagement, leadership, critical consciousness, andbelongingness have been dubbed liberatory outcomes, a name reflective of the liberation thateducation is meant to provide [5][6].At the outset of this study, we hypothesized that a comprehensive student support programwould embody academic outcomes and support students’ access to and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Student Growth & Professionalization

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University ; Brainerd Prince, Plaksha University; Vinayak Krishan Joshi, Plaksha University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

that engineers need to develop verbal andwritten communication skills to share their ideas with others. Engaging engineering students inwriting activities is an effective mechanism to help them reflect and develop critical thinking skills.Scholars have argued that engineering students are reluctant and demotivated to engage in coursesfocused on academic or technical writing. Studies have confirmed that training engineeringstudents in writing will help them to share disciplinary knowledge with the community. Sincewriting is an essential communication skill that needs to be mastered early on in the program,therefore, engineering institutions need to create courses that focus on writing. In this paper, weintend to focus on a first-year

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azadeh Bolhari, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Richard W Saxton, University of Colorado Boulder; Anvie Gowrishankar, University of Colorado Boulder; Maya Leizerovich, University of Colorado Boulder; Shane Gavney, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

to create something unique or interesting, and whileexecution was not always perfect, the attempts were rewarded for showing effort beyond theassignment requirements. Evaluating the concept and inspiration behind the design aimed toassess how contemplative students were during the assignment. The engineering team alsosought to recognize participants who invested more time into the assignment than others, as thisoften reflected in the quality of the drawing. The rubric categories were chosen based on theengineering team’s past experiences having their artistic work graded by art professionals andlooking at how their previous teachers assessed overall creativity and perceived effort in theirwork. Each category was rated as a 0, 1, or 2. After

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dayna Lee Martínez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Kimberly D Douglas P.E., Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Andrea D. Beattie, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Esther Gonzalez

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

observation underscores the importance of addressing financial barriers andenhancing accessibility to ensure broader and more inclusive participation in future FDS events.Regarding repeat participants, our impact extends to a remarkable 182 faculty members andsoon-to-be faculty who have participated in the last eight events, as illustrated in Figure 2. Thisbroad reach is reflected in the representation of over 154 universities, underscoring thesymposium's national influence and effectiveness in engaging a diverse academic community.Each year, we actively strive to broaden our reach by extending invitations to a widening arrayof institutions and faculty members. Notably, in 2023, we achieved our highest attendance in asingle event, with 46

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University; Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Scarleth Vanessa Vasconcelos, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

therepresentation of female students (28.3%) when compared to Electrical Engineering(14.4%) [14]. Further, in our experience, extra-curricular opportunities to engage with HEprojects, for example through student clubs, are often rooted in the civil and mechanicalengineering disciplines. For example, many Engineers without Borders student chapter projectsfocus on water access and building construction. While electrical engineering students mayparticipate in these experiences, not seeing their discipline reflected in the projects may limit theappeal. In short, there is at least the perception that electrical engineering students do not engagewith HE themes as often in their coursework or in extra-curricular ways as their peers in otherengineering disciplines

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pattie S. Mathieu, Marian University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

class is being offered for the first time in the Spring 2024 semester, initial data on theeffectiveness of the proposed teaching methods is still being collected. This data will includeperformance on representative exam questions for key biomechanical concepts, lab reports fromin class hands on experiments, discussion questions from journal articles read and discussed inclass, final presentations on journal articles of the students’ choosing and student evaluations givenby the university. This year’s class consists of only two students, so further data will need to becollected on next year’s class, which is expected to increase to 4 to 6 students. However, this year’sdata will be used to inform the initial round of reflection and changes in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Juan M Cruz, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Abagael Anne Riley, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

number PRO-2022-237.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2221511. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] Nielsen, N., & National Research Council (U.S.). Planning Committee on Evidence onSelected Innovations in Undergraduate STEM Education. (2011). Promising practices inundergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education: Summary of twoworkshops. National Academies Press.[2] National Research Council. (2011). Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation:America’s Science and Technology

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Stepanova, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University; Christina Belanger, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

H. Barclay, Jr. ’45 Faculty Fellow Award. Hammond has been featured on the Discovery Channel and other news sources. Hammond is dedicated to diversity and equity, which is reflected in her publications, research, teaching, service, and mentoring. More at http://srl.tamu.edu and http://ieei.tamu.edu. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing an Instructor’s interface for FossilSketch application to provide knowledge-sharing collaborations between science educators Anna Stepanova, Saira Anwar, Christina Belanger, Tracy HammondAbstractWe developed FossilSketch software for teaching the identification of microfossils