Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jing Lv; Yukiko Maeda, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Syafiah Mahfuzah Johari, Engineering Education Department, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

. Page 26.1124.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Making Meaning of Data: Exploring Representations of Classroom Activities from a First Year Engineering CourseAbstract Real-time, pedagogical feedback can be useful for instructors and graduate teachingassistants in assessing the effectiveness of their instructional activities. This is especially usefulin first-year engineering classes, where laboratory and team activities may be more common.The G-RATE, Global Real-Time Assessment Tool for Teaching Enhancement, is a tool toprovide research- based feedback for instructors about their classroom interactions across fourareas based on the “How People Learn” framework1

Conference Session

Computing Research I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University

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Computing and Information Technology

project-based learning pedagogy. Someissues implemented in project-based approach are addressed (Khorbotly, 2015). Luo presentedan on-going multiple-project-based pedagogy in electrical and computer engineering program. Inthis course, a sequence of well-prepared projects was assigned to students to cover various topicsto help student learning for enhancement of research skills (Luo, 2015). Behrouzi and Kuchmaaddressed an inquiry-based learning pedagogy used in a freshman civil and structuralengineering curriculum with an equipment-light laboratory course (Behrouzi and Kuchma, 2016).Active-based learning is a learning protocol, in which teaching strives to involve students in thelearning process more directly than in other methods (Luo, 2015). It

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sinéad C Mac Namara, Syracuse University; Anne E Rauh, Syracuse University; Michelle M Blum, Syracuse University; Natalie Russo, Syracuse University; Melissa A Green, Syracuse University; Shikha Nangia, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

August 2016, Syracuse University created faculty member ranks for full-time non-tenure trackfaculty that focus solely on teaching (Assistant Teaching Professor, Associate TeachingProfessor, or Teaching Professor) to facilitate longer term contracts and institute a process forpromotion for non-tenure track faculty[7]. The expectations for teaching professors includeexcellent teaching in the classroom or laboratory and all the attendant tasks and qualifications.Teaching Professors are not expected to conduct research or engage with practitioners, but can soby choice extramurally. Their positions may also carry administrative duties and they areexpected to participate in routine department, colleges, or university service. Two members ofthe Group

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

roles, objectives and outcomes in engineering education. In the context of current DAAactivities, we present an organizational framework that places dissection and reverse engineeringin the context of desired educational objectives and outcomes.1.0 IntroductionDisassemble/Analyze/Assemble activities (DAA), commonly referred to as dissection andreverse engineering, are found through undergraduate engineering curricula in the United States.These activities are used to meet, amongst others, one of the recommendations from theEngineering Coalition of Schools for Excellence in Education and Leadership (ECSEL)workshop: “The traditional educational ideology where knowledge is considered as some kind ofmaterial substance and good teaching as the

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens

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Engineering and Public Policy

2006-1722: HOLD PARAMOUNT: DESIGNING AN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONTO OPEN MINDS AND SERVE THE PUBLIC GOODCarole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens Carole Womeldorf is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University. Her areas of technical expertise and interests include distributed energy generation, combustion, heat transfer and fluid dynamics. She worked in the Fire Sciences Division of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 1993 to 2000. Dr. Womeldorf earned her Sc.B. et A.B. in Mechanical Engineering and English and American Literature from Brown University, her Masters of Science in Oceanographic Engineering from

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Siew Koay, Prairie View A&M University; Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University

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Computers in Education

, Xi’an, China, in 1993, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing, China, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, in 2003. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Engineer with the 41st Electrical Research Institute, Bengbu, China. From 2000 to 2003, he was a research assistant with the Visualization, Analysis, and Imaging Laboratory (VAIL), the GeoResources Institute (GRI), Mississippi State. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Engineering Technology, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX. His research interests include image and signal processing, and

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

groups (2-3 students per session), (2) promote interaction with the graduate studentpopulation, and (3) enthuse the students about research and engineering. Although limited paywas available, the major plus for the instructors was the opportunity to create, lead, and modify(based on experience) a small teaching module. Students rated the lab sessions and could postcomments visible both to the instructors and other students. Students used these ratings to helpdecide which labs in which to enroll.Several aspects of this program differed from standard lab courses. Through an innovativecourse management website, instructors and students both had unprecedented schedulingflexibility both in the selection and attendance of lab sessions. There was

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Youakim Kalaani

, as well as, lessons learned for future improvements are presented and discussed.I. IntroductionThe Technology Department at NIU offers three undergraduate programs: Electrical EngineeringTechnology (EET), Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MET), and Industrial Technology(IT). All technology students are required to take Electricity and Electronics Fundamentals(TECH175) and its companion Laboratory (TECH175A) that can be viewed at the department’sweb page http://www.ceet.niu.edu/depts/tech/academic/classes/class. For some students, this ispossibly their only opportunity to learn basic electricity skills before graduation. Due to theirmultidisciplinary nature, these courses have traditionally been a challenge to teach, andtherefore

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi; Jerry Samples; Andrew Rose

Session 3615 LEADERSHIP 101 DEVELOPING THE LEADER IN ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS Robert Martinazzi, Andrew T. Rose, Jerry Samples University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown“The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is leadership.” General Dwight EisenhowerAbstractConventional wisdom defines leadership as a skill and as such it can be learned. The questionbecomes one of where to begin when teaching leadership skills? Researching the voluminousamount of leadership material

Conference Session

NEE Potpourri

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

private enterprise into the academic world. Thedaily work requirements facing individuals in private enterprise vary greatly from those facingthe educator. The occupational skills necessary for excellence in teaching include theorganization of various types of diverse information, the development of engaging visual aids,development of good oral presentation skills, interaction between and coordination with peereducators, as well as many others. Often these skills must be refined in the first few semesters toensure skillful instruction.The process of organizing all of the necessary information often detracts from the developmentof the other skills necessary for success. The types and volume of information that must betracked and maintained in the

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Edwards

, students began torealise what was happening with the equations they were investigating - and realised thatengineering mathematics could be enjoyable (evidenced, in part, by students talking andenthusing about mathematics, and using the software in their own time).With the bursary accompanying a UK National Teaching Fellowship 2, the author is currentlydeveloping the above-mentioned work into the MathinSite3 web site using interactive Javaapplets with a strong graphical content.This paper will discuss the rationale and philosophy behind the use of MathinSite indeepening engineering students’ mathematical understanding - a rationale and philosophythat could be adopted in other areas of engineering education.BackgroundIt is fairly obvious to anyone

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

common structuralcomponents, teaching students how to analyze the effects of forces and loads on the internalstresses and deformations in the components.While these components are three-dimensional objects, students are generally taught about theseobjects through static, two-dimensional illustrations in textbooks and on the classroom board.As educators, we have an understanding of the components and processes that constitute ourdiscipline…we can visualize these things in our mind’s eye. One of the initial challenges weface is conveying our visual understanding to our students. Once this foundation is laid, we canproceed to establish an understanding of the relevant theory and to develop the problem-solvingskills needed to become proficient in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education for Emerging Technologies and Competitiveness

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-4952: ASSESSMENT OF A WELL-DESIGNED MECHANICALVIBRATIONS COURSEDr. Mysore Narayanan, Miami University Mysore Narayanan obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of electrical and electronic engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several ency- clopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional, national, and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized, and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a Senior Member of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Jaime Israel Juarez, Prairie View A&M University; Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University

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Computers in Education

attractive while still retaining the underlying contents2. Improve the delivery of laboratories and lectures, make abstract and non-intuitive programming concepts “visible”, “touchable”, and thereby, easy to understand3. Increase students’ passing rate in programming courses4. Foster students’ interest and promote active learning inside and outside class meetings.To achieve the goal and objectives, we designed and developed a learning module managementsystem to manage the learning modules and schedule teaching and training activities. The projectconsists of state-of-the-art technologies that simplify the process of complicated conceptsdelivery and facilitate teaching innovation.Flash Animations and Learning ModulesWe adopted Adobe Flash

Conference Session

Special Session: Creating, Using, and Assessing with Concept Maps in Introductory Materials Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University

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Materials

., Sonak, B., & Suen, H.K. (1999). Concept map assessment of classroom learning: Reliability, validity, and logical practicality. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 36, 475-492. 3. Markow, P.G. & Lonning, R.A. (1998). Usefulness of concept maps in college chemistry laboratories: Students’ perceptions and effects on achievement. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 35, 1015-1029. 4. Hoz, R., Bowman, D., & Chacham, T. (1997). Psychometric and edumentric validity of dimensions of geomorphological knowledge which are tapped by concept mapping. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 34(9), 925-947. 5. Lowes, Leslie, & Nolan, Tom. Why Water? Retrieved on January 6, 2011 from http

Collection

2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Aiman S. Kuzmar

Convenience, TeachingTechniques, and Construction Management.Introduction:Typically, a three credit course at the collegiate level requires a total of 45 hours of direct contactbetween the students and the instructor. Many institutes of higher education use the regular falland spring semesters format to spread these 45 educational hours over a period of four months.Many others teach such courses over the summer session where it is more intense since it is a sixweek period. There are advantages and disadvantages for both formats, and there are severallimitations for the summer format.Few colleges and universities use a shorter time frame to offer courses. Some institutes utilizethe winter break to offer three week courses like Lone Star College [1

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 13: Technological Advancements and Applications

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Amir Karimi, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #43596Student Use of ChatGPT to Write an Engineering ReportDr. Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Randall Manteufel is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He has won several teaching awards, including the 2012 University of Texas System Regents Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2013 UTSA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence, the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2019 College of Engineering Student Council Professor of the Year Award, 2008, 2022, 2024 College Excellence in Teaching, and 2005 Mechanical

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

York - Farmingdale State CollegeAbstract:Oppenheimer said “The best way to learn is to teach."1 Mazur found that “Nothing clarifiesideas better than explaining them to others.”2 Using this philosophy, Jigsaw Learning,3 is a peer-to-peer teaching method developed by Elliot Aronson in which every student teaches somethingthat they have learned from one study group to another group of students. During class, thefaculty breaks a course topic into different assignments and the class into the same number ofstudy groups. The study groups each contain an equal number of students. Each group is givenan assignment to read, discuss and finally decide how they will serve as instructors on their topic.The faculty visits each group to discuss the topic and

Conference Session

Graduate School

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University; Duoduo Liao, George Mason University; Larisa Olesova, University of Florida

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Mihai Boicu, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Information Technology at George Mason University, As- sociate Director of the Learning Agents Center (http://lac.gmu.edu), Directtor of Laboratory for Collec- tive Intelligence, Co-Director of Personalized Learning in Applied Information Technology Laboratory (http://plait.gmu.edu/).Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University Harry is currently Associate Professor at George Mason University’s Department of Information Sciences and Technology. He earned his doctorate in Information Technology in 2003 from George Mason Univer- sity’s Volgenau School of Engineering (Fairfax, VA), and has since taught graduate courses there in big data analytics and ethics, operating systems

Conference Session

Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, 1994.[34] W. H. Leonard, “The laboratory classroom,” in Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications, K. W. Prichard and R. M. McLaran Sawyer, Eds., pp. 155-169. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994.[35] T. D. Sooter, N. Chikaraishi, and K. E. Hedges, “Extreme service-learning: Engaging a university design-build course with a broadcast network television show in the aftermath of the Joplin tornado” in New Developments in Structural Engineering and Construction, S. Yazdani and A. Singh, Eds., vol. 2, pp. 1463-1468. Singapore: Research Publishing Services, 2013.[36] K. E. Hedges, T. D. Sooter, N. Chikaraishi, and M. E. Krasny, “The healing powers of nature in Joplin’s Cunningham Park: Coupling design

Conference Session

Education Programs in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E Reuther, Columbia University; Michael John Cennamo, Columbia University; Tiffany Wen-an Guo, Columbia University

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Diversity

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Biomedical

, concept generation, and commercialization. Dr. Reuther received her BS in Biomedical Engineering from The College of New Jersey and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering, specializing in Orthopaedic Biomechanics, from the University of Pennsylvania.Mr. Michael John Cennamo, Columbia University Michael Cennamo is a Senior Educational Technologist at Columbia’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). He is also an instructor and doctoral student at Teachers College, Columbia. Michael is currently designing both online and blended learning environments for Columbia faculty; his interest and passion lie in helping teachers to effectively use technology in their classrooms, both large and small. Michael lives in NYC.Ms. Tiffany

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Lakiesha N. Williams, Mississippi State University; Linda T Coats; Debora F Rodrigues, University of Houston (CoE); Judit Eva Puskas; Frank "Fritz" J Claydon, University of Houston (CoE)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

minorities inengineering disciplines. However, very little has focused on the issues faced byunderrepresented minorities who pursue a graduate degree or the need for effective mentoring ofpost-docs and faculty in engineering to attract and retain them to pursue academic careers.Women and ethnic minorities usually do not persist in academia because they frequently receivelower salaries, heavier teaching loads, less research support, and serve on more committees thantheir male counterparts. Although these disparities are more pronounced at the faculty level, thisleads to higher attrition rates at every level of career their development, starting at theundergraduate level.This paper will present our approach and preliminary results of a National

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Brian P DeJong, Central Michigan University; Qin Hu, Central Michigan University; Shaopeng Cheng, Central Michigan University ; Steve Kettler, Alma High School; Daniel Chen, Central Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

) research laboratories at CMU for high school STEM teachers;  providing an opportunity for high school STEM teachers to design research-based curriculum projects that are aligned with topics they teach at their respective local schools;  developing skills, abilities, and attitudes of teachers related to their roles as teacher leaders, curriculum developers, and assessment designers as they plan High School Content Expectations (HSCEs)-aligned experiences for their students;  coaching by CEIE staff for participating teachers throughout the academic year as they implement the curricula they have planned;  disseminating the results from both research and curriculum development activities to

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Laura Wesson; Bill Elmore; Norm Pumphrey; Kelly Crittenden

education faculty. At Louisiana Tech University we created a team thatwould teach engineering concepts to future teachers. Our course, Engineering Problem Solvingfor Future Teachers is a three semester hour course that is taught every year in the spring. It isconsidered a physical science course by the students. Most of the students who take the courseare sophomore elementary education majors. We have previously reported on different aspectsof this course 1,2,3,4,5 . The most complete description of the course is in reference [1].We teach this course in two class meetings per week that each last 110 minutes. This allows usto utilize active learning concepts in each class. There was a significant laboratory component toeach of the topics.This past

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

. from the University of Poona, India. He was a design engineer in microelectronics at Hindustan Aeronautics, India for three years. He was awarded a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship by the Science and Engineering Research Council at the University of Liverpool, UK. Dr. Albin conducted research on Si and GaAs electronic devices and semiconductor lasers at the research laboratories of GEC and ITT and published numerous articles in this field. He was a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Dominion University. He has advised 14 PhD and 20 MS students. He received numerous awards: Doctoral Mentor Award 2010; Excellence in Teaching Award 2009; Most Inspiring Faculty Award 2008; Excellence in Research

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #28247Assessment of Gregorc Style DelineatorsDr. Mysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Ghosh, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Diversity

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Mathematics

students fromfreshman through junior levels using a carefully redesigned curriculum of engineering sciencecore courses (ESCC) and a blended set of applied laboratories. ESCC consists of six core coursestaught by teams of ME faculty with clearly set educational objectives and managed by acoordinator and trained teaching assistants. Though essay type examination questions candemonstrate positive learning outcomes, multiple choice questions are better to pinpoint areas ofconceptual difficulties. After designing and adopting ESCC in 2006, faculty agreed that carefullydesigned multiple choice questions should form an integral part for all examinations in coreclasses. We frequently discuss performance data on conceptual questions and archive them

Conference Session

Computing Research II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Computing and Information Technology

Paper ID #26163Runge-Kutta Algorithm and AssessmentDr. Mysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Shuvra Das

this problem. A fairly well-known approach, first proposed by faculty from Wright StateUniversity, involves teaching an Engineering Mathematics class to freshmen engineeringstudents. This class, typically taught by engineers (and not mathematicians), covers only thosetopics from the entire Calculus curriculum that are actually used in early engineering courses suchas Physics, Statics, Dynamics, Circuit Theory, etc. Passing this course allows students to continueinto freshmen and sophomore level engineering classes while they are still continuing to finishthe traditional sequence of Calculus courses. This class was recently added to the engineeringcurriculum at University of Detroit Mercy. In this paper the author will present the course

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ronald Caffey, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Bruce Chrisman, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Chris Pearson, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ernest Lewis, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

engineering residential college, and peer mentoring, faculty mentoring,and mentoring by practicing engineers.The introduction to engineering course will include all freshman students in SIUC College ofEngineering. This lecture-laboratory course will provide an interesting description of eachengineering major and allows students to work with hands-on projects that will teach theusefulness of mathematics and basic engineering concepts. The SIUC College of Engineeringhas worked with other departments on campus to offer engineering designated sections of corecurriculum courses, such as math, sciences, English, and speech communication. The summermath course lasts four-weeks and accepts students who test below the pre-calculus level andprepares them for