Conference Session

"Modular" Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qinghua He, Tuskegee University; Rong Zhang, Auburn University; Jin Wang, Auburn University; Frank Leonard Armstead III, Tuskegee University; Rong Zhu Walburn; Donald Ray Johnson Jr; Julius Lenard Taylor II, Tuskegee University Research Assistant

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Certificate in BiofuelCertificate Program Continuing Education Production OperationsAlternative Energy Programs Crowder College / Environmental Sciences Associate of Arts DegreeBiodiesel Fuel Education University of Idaho / Biological & Online short course for generalProgram Agricultural Engineering publicNew York Center for Liquid Morrisville State College / School of Create jobs in the agriculture sectorBiofuel Agriculture and Natural ResourcesAs illustrated in Table 1, although many biofuel education programs have emerged recently,most of them target general non-engineering audience (such as agricultural or

Conference Session

Involving Undergraduates in Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University; Anthony Tessari; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John E Lawler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

project for the semester and were part of an early preliminary version of themodule. The main advantage to this approach was that potential problems, both information andlogistics based, were addressed before the remote undergraduate class students were involved.Approximately two weeks prior to an actual task, the host students would be given theopportunity to run through an initial trial. There were six students involved in this operation,which ensured that several opinions and experiences would be documented. The group containedthree students that had already taken a class with a similar syllabus and three students that werecurrently enrolled in a comparable course. This created an environment where some of thestudents knew what to expect and

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Sudarshan Sivaramakrishnan, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

previous semesters). During the same semester, we designed and offered to thestudents many detailed online surveys that include multiple-choice and open-ended questions.Our teaching goals include: ü Focus  on  the  key  concepts  and  strategies  transferable  to  many  fields  of  engineering   ü Provide  extensive  lab  experience  in  building/testing/studying  a  variety  of  circuits,   which  have  been  discussed  in  lectures       ü Engage  students’  interest  via  hands-­‐on  work  with  circuits  for  practical  applications   from  the  very  beginning  of  the  course.    Similar goals have been formulated and achieved by other instructors. For example, Sterian et al.(2008) included projects in their introductory circuits

Conference Session

Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Olfat, University of Virginia; Kari Wold, University of Virginia; Roy Lee Hayes Jr, University of Virginia; Mark Endel Paddrik, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

writing for 7 years online at a university serving students from around the world, and she has published in and has presented on international education, engineering education, blended learning, and online learning. Wold’s primary interests focus on global education, methods of online education, and curriculum design. She has degrees in journalism and economics from the University of Minnesota as well as a master’s degree in international education from George Washington University.Mr. Roy Lee Hayes Jr, University of Virginia Roy Hayes is a PhD Candidate at the University of Virginia. He completed a Bachelors of Science in Aerospace and Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia in 2009. His research focuses on

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara M. Samuel, University of Michigan; Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan; David S. Carter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

ebrary have conducted their own studies to learn more about howstudents use e-books. These studies cannot be considered an analysis of their respectiveplatforms, but both provided information about students’ thoughts regarding e-books. Springerfound that users “value the ability to access eBooks anytime and anywhere and appreciate thataccess is fast and easy.” They also found that “Full-text searching was also named as a topeBook advantage.”16 ebrary’s survey asked students how important certain features are to e-books and they found that searching was the most important, followed by “anytime access” andoff-campus access.5Rojeski conducted a study to gather student perceptions and preference relating to e-books usedas textbooks in library course

Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

course materialcoming alive in an episode of South Park, the course was having the intended impact.Team TeachingTeam Teaching can be a powerful way to create a T-shaped course, but it is not for thefaint of heart. Unlike single-instructor courses, decisions require discussion: studentrecruitment, course content and structure, syllabus and website, readings andassignments, grades, office hours, and in-class work. How should the workload bedistributed? How will all of the small decisions (e.g. extensions, in-class surprises) bemade? There are many models, ranging from everyone doing everything to completedivide and conquer. No matter the model, team-taught courses are more work.The weight of these decisions is amplified when two cultures collide

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

this case course redesign techniques, are the critical elements in the proposedredesign of Principles. Where they are available from the predecessor course to Principles, artifacts that explainthe content selections, give substance to actual and proposed assessment practices, or describe orillustrate actual or potential student learning activities are provided in appendices. The attachedappendices include: 1. The prior course syllabus revised for the new course design. Page 23.857.5 2. An example of a guest speaker biography ( used in the prior course for the Tuesday night 9:00 pm free pizza talk). 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles E. Baukal; Lynna J. Ausburn; John E. Matsson; Geoffrey L. Price

Engagers.25 Navigators plantheir learning and focus on completing the necessary activities to achieve their goals. Order andstructure are important to these learners, who tend to be logical, objective, and perfectionists.They want clear objectives and expectations at the beginning of a course and in advance ofactivities, such as in an explicit and detailed syllabus. Problem Solvers are critical thinkers wholike to explore multiple alternatives. For them, the process is important so they need flexibility incompleting learning activities. They may have difficulty making decisions because they have tomake a choice among multiple alternatives and because the exploration process which they enjoymust come to an end. This may cause them to appear to

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Wright, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provided by thespeakers. A variety of other online resources are also provided. NCWIT and CSTA also provided awealth of printed materials that attendees could take with them to support their recruiting andteaching efforts.4 EvaluationAll of the attendees expressed an interest in learning new strategies and techniques for attractingand retaining a more diverse student population in the computer science courses. The second-mostcommon expectation (expressed by 15 of 27 participants) was to collaborate with other teachersand CS education professionals to develop ways of strengthening their CS curricula and informingschool administrators and parents about the importance of computing education for all students. At the end of the workshop

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech; Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a National Science Foun- dation CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios for graduate students to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering.Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech Wende Garrison got her bachelor’s and master’s from Portland State University in Film & Television and Rhetoric &

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

design, from a user’s pointof view. In this course, students learn principles and methodologies in design interaction, andexplore and practice relevant innovative processes (see syllabus in Appendix C). The course isvery interactive: students are engaged in many hands-on activities, discussions, lecturing andsharing information. They teach others about specific design books that they have read, and workin teams on assistive technology projects. The course targets several skills, in particular, thosethat are related to innovative problem solving and entrepreneurial thinking, understanding the“big picture,” as well as personal and social skills. The paper focuses mainly on engaging activities. It describes hands-on interactive