Conference Session

Innovations in Pedagogy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Guilford, University of Virginia; Michael B. Lawrence, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

often helpful, they are included as a capstone and aretypically limited in scope.We sought to redesign this course, and in doing so we wished to embrace a broader definition of“biomaterial” with a focus on clinical practice and biological response in addition to materialsscience. We sought to include materials of biologic origin as well as exogenous materials. Wealso wanted students to synthesize knowledge ranging from chemical properties to the immuneresponse to understand how clinical problems are solved (or often caused) by a variety ofmaterials. Thus our course objectives included: 1. Knowing and comprehending how biomaterials of natural and synthetic origins interact with and are recognized by cells; 2. Analyzing how the physical

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Havener

a time, in all courses inthe curriculum. Near the end of the program, the capstone design and senior laboratory-courses(AE 481, AE 482, and AE 471) are used to put all pieces of the thread into a single product. Communications Thread - The educational objective of the Communications Thread is:Graduates will use professional writing and speaking skills necessary to communicate effectively.We believe the process of developing effective communicators involves consistent and continuousdevelopment across the curriculum. Thus, instead of teaching technical report writing in a singlecourse, the pieces of a technical report along with efforts to develop good writing skills are taughtin several courses. One course may teach writing an abstract

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University; Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Ali Ghobahi Katamjani, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

Paper ID #9114Efficiency Measure for Colleges of EngineeringDr. Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University Don E. Malzahn is Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Wichita State University. He received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees from Oklahoma State University. In his 40-year teaching career, he has taught a wide range of Industrial Engineering courses and currently directs the department’s capstone design experience. His research interests are in systems engineering, decision analysis, and engineering education.Dr. Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University Lawrence E. Whitman is Associate Dean of

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Susan Magliaro; Michael Alley; Hassan Aref, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alex Aning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hayden Griffin; Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

learning, instruction, andevaluation and how to properly implement those theories in an engineering classroom. TheMEngE program is a non-thesis degree, which will require a minimum of 30 credits, includingthree to six credits for a project report.The proposed minimum entrance requirement for these two programs is a Bachelor of Science(BS) degree in engineering, physics, mathematics or any of the natural sciences and a 3.0 GPA inthe last 60 hours of the undergraduate program. Other applicants will have to meet specifiedrequired mathematics and science courses. Typical courses for these degrees include: Preparingfor the Engineering Professoriate (3 credits), Design in Engineering Education and Practice (3credits), Foundations of Engineering

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

as course content revisions, curriculum modifications, modernization of capstone design project requirements, and updating of laboratories. Always keep in mind that the reviewers are going to be specifically looking at the process of program improvement, and the documentation must show that the programs are improving.4. Find an ABET champion and reward him/her Although the entire faculty in the department should be involved in preparing for ABET accreditation, there should be one individual that is responsible for preparing Page 10.1145.7 the ABET self-study report. This individual should be conversant with the latest

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Winzer

has always believed in a strong role for the industrial advisory committeeand has had one in place since the inception of the program more than 30 year ago. The marksof the advisory committee are exceedingly prevalent throughout our curriculum and program.The advisory committee has been evaluating student work in the form of capstone projects fromthe seniors for more than 2 decades now. We saw the constituent input mandates contained inTC2K as an opportunity to strengthen this already active group’s role within our program. Thepolicy and procedures document referred to earlier addresses this by including a sectionspecifically documenting the role of the advisory committee. That section is included below.“Policy and Procedures for EET

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gearold Johnson; Thomas Siller

during World War II with design anddevelopment of weapons like the atomic bomb and radar defense systems, engineering came tobe more and more like applied physics. The Russian launch of Sputnik in December 1957accelerated the movement of the engineering curriculum toward applied physics. Until the mid1970s, few engineering programs contained any design projects and social courses in writing(composition) were confined to successfully passing, or having waived based on some “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Bill Elmore

many of the things theyreally want to do anyway, which is to have fun developing exciting new courses. In this case,the class is the research project. If the professor is successful, he can then turn this work into apublication. Before a professor jumps into the world of educational research, he needs to makesure his university will accept research of this type. Some universities do not recognizeeducational research as real research. Other universities may accept educational research, butstill want you to do some traditional research. This is the case at our university. The collegeleadership still wants us to do traditional research, but we are allowed to use educationalresearch as part of our overall plan.It is also possible to sometimes

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Sidler Kellogg; J. Adin Mann; Ann Dieterich

thecompletion of the semester.Rubrics in engineering senior designRubrics were also designed for evaluating senior-level engineering design reports in theAerospace Design Methods, AerE 461, and Aerospace Design, AerE 462, the capstone designcourse. Care was taken in developing these rubrics so that they were consistent with the criteriaand standards used by engineering design professionals.The design report rubric was organized into major skills and performance areas. The students Page 6.355.5were evaluated on the demonstration of the correct process for problem formulation and design Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

. costoptimization. This interest is exhibited in course instruction in heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluiddynamics.Prof. Di Bella is also involved in all aspects of creative product concept genesis, designand product development. Product development extends the gamut from systems toprevent Road Rage to emergency repair of ruptured natural gas pipelines. Universityapplication of this interest includes instruction in the following courses: MachineDesign, Statics and Dynamics, Intro. to Design and Intro. to Product Design as well asstudent Capstone Design Projects. He is also the Faculty Advisor for the Student’s Mini-Baja vehicle competition. Page

Conference Session

Novel Approaches to Teaching Materials

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is Professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, design and selection of materials, general materials engineering, polymer science, and characterization of materials. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering and K- 12 engineering outreach. He has been working on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design. He has also co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian M. Wade, U.S. Military Academy; Robert J. Rabb, U.S. Military Academy; R. Clayton McVay, U.S. Military Academy; Peter Hanlon, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, andfundamental design knowledge to complete capstone design projects requiring dynamicmodeling and control expertise. The course is multidisciplinary and is conducted as a jointoffering with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and theDepartment of Civil and Mechanical Engineering.The Thermal-Fluids course devotes 3.0 credit hours to engineering topics of which 2.5 credits areallotted to engineering science and 0.5 credits are allotted to design. The course is the secondcourse in a three-part course engineering sequence that non-engineer majors must take as aninstitutional requirement. The purpose of the three course sequence is to give the students abasic engineering understanding, but more importantly to help them learn

Conference Session

Mechanics Concepts II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology ; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ali Reza Moazed, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

and discussion will be presented.According to the survey, students favored the application of SolidWorks in these two coursesand would like to see more integration of this tool for a greater understanding of the concepts inStatics and Strength of Materials.2. Program Description Wentworth Institute of Technology remains committed to academic excellence byproviding a hands-on, practical education to the future leaders in the disciplines of engineering,technology, design, and management. The Baccalaureate programs of Mechanical Engineeringand Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering andTechnology at Wentworth Institute of Technology is a cooperative education and projected-based program in which there

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akim Faisal, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-5480: USING ROBOTICS TO PROMOTE LEARNING IN ELE-MENTARY GRADESMr. Akim Faisal, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Akim Faisal is currently pursuing a master’s of science in mechanical engineering.Dr. Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Vikram Kapila is a professor of mechanical engineering at NYU-Poly, where he directs an NSF-funded Web-enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF-funded Research Experi- ence for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio. His research interests are in cooper- ative control, distributed spacecraft

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, U.S. Military Academy; Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

capstone course. His active areas of research include infrastructure protection and resiliency and engineering education. He is active in the Infrastructure Security Partnership and the American Society of Civil Engineers, including services on the Committee on Critical Infrastructure, as well as the American Society of Engineering Education. Hart and his wife Christina reside at West Point, have been married for 22 years, and have eight wonderful children. Page 25.1122.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Requiring a Course in Infrastructure for All

Conference Session

Safety and Sustainability in the ChE Classroom

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam T Melvin, Clemson University; Michael J. Ardoline, Louisiana State University and A&M College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

by chemical engineering educators identified an approach toassess student understanding of moral reasoning through the development of the EngineeringProcess Safety Research Instrument (EPSRI); however, given that many chemical engineeringstudents have not completed a course in ethics or moral reasoning it has not been easy to implementthe tool. The goal of this project was to develop a learning module to teach students about differentapproaches to moral reasoning and ethical concepts associated with these approaches to betterprepare them for careers in which they can (and most likely will) encounter supervisors and co-workers who use different moral frameworks and exhibit varying stages of moral development.Indeed, one objective of the

Conference Session

Assessment Instruments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jonna M. Kulikowich, Pennsylvania State University; Nell Sedransk, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Renata S. Engel, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

courses. Astatke etal.1 investigated how a physical understanding of mathematics can be taught to students in a pre-calculus course. Cardella and Atman2 have studied how engineering students use mathematics inan engineering capstone design course. Students in the study used mathematics as a tool, as aproblem solving method, and also as a way to describe physical problems.Spatial-reasoning measures have also received attention in the literature because of the importancein determining academic success in engineering. Devon, Engel, and collegues3,4 determined thatthe students’ ability to rotate and transform geometric objects in three-dimensional space is relatedto graduation and retention patterns in engineering programs. Sorby5 has developed

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 15.1094.2aimed at reaching a pre-established goal, and not by listening to an instructor in a lecture.Advocates of learning-by-doing stress the role of doing as part of preparing to perform in aprofession. According to Schon 3, the main features of reflection in action are learning by doing,coaching rather than teaching, and creating a dialogue between coach and student. Effectiveforms of learning by doing in real laboratories have been implemented in Engineering Education,especially for capstone courses 4. Alternatively, a methodology of building a simulated scenario,in which the student can learn-by-doing while interacting with fictitious characters (some ofwhom provide coaching), has been proposed by Schank 5 as an effective form of

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Robert Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technical expertise that has been plagued by a significantlack of identity.1 For example, institutions that have engineering and engineering technologyprograms will often provide a description as to the differences between engineering technologyand engineering. Typically, this description is found by a URL link on the engineeringtechnology webpage and not on the engineering webpage. Even the traditional, distinctive claimby engineering technology programs of being hands-on has eroded with the introduction andrecent emphasis of applications and design implementation across engineering curricula,especially the EAC of ABET required capstone project. Much of this has been documented over 2-12the years.The engineering technology community has

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Baker, University of Kentucky; Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky; Keith Rouch, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

software. This effort was targeted atsupplementing material in a number of mechanical design courses. Pferdehirt, et al8, usedCamtasia in developing weekly 15-30 minute recordings provided on-line as part of the coursematerial for a graduate-level Project Management course in a Master of Engineering inProfessional Practice (MEPP) program. Pagliari, et al9, used Camtasia in an on-line TechnicalPresentations class. The authors state that lectures were created in Camtasia to teach students touse another software product, Microsoft Producer. The students then created their own trainingpresentations using Microsoft Producer. Shearman, et al10, describe a large set of modulesconsisting of screencast videos produced in Camtasia for a music synthesis and

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory L. Wiles P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Reid Ball, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

period studentswere asked to decide between traditional (2 special purpose and capstone classes), hybrid (28technical classes and labs), and online classes (30 technical classes and labs) each denoted by adifferent section number. Many of these classes among the three modalities were being taughtby the same instructor, so it soon became apparent after a constant feeling of redundancy someof these classes can be converged. In 2011 we began combining the hybrid and online classes atthe same time and thus the converged classroom was born. Students now review the Schedule ofClasses from the school website and discover, for instance, course IET3424-850 offered nextsemester on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm with a section designation of -850 meaning this is a

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Seema C. Shah-Fairbank; William Kitch; Kenneth Lamb P.E.

enrollment. Advisors assigned to workwith KHC students cover both lower and upper division student advising.Results Starting in the 2009-2010 academic year, students were asked to fill out a survey abouttheir experience as a student at Cal Poly Pomona’s civil engineering program at the end of thesenior capstone course. In this survey students were asked to respond to the followingstatements: 1) The quality of advising I received related to academic planning was: 2) The quality of advising I received related to professional career planning was: 3) The quality of advising I received related to graduate school planning was:Students responded based on the following scale: 1) Very poor; 2) Poor; 3) Satisfactory

Conference Session

Governance, Diplomacy, and International Comparisons in Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Thomas De Pree, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University at West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

requirement, under learningoutcome (d), that students be able to “function on multidisciplinary teams” [25]. Insofar as mostprograms utilized their capstone design experience to bring their students together, most collegesmix, at best, students from different engineering disciplines rather than drawing on studentsmajoring in business, economics, and other relevant fields such as history, psychology, andanthropology. Some programs also simply choose projects that require multiple disciplinaryperspectives to be applied without requiring the students themselves to come from differentdisciplinary backgrounds. The current guideline says multidisciplinary capstone design. [In] the new guideline, which will probably go live December 1

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sigrid Berka, University of Rhode Island; Bing Mu, University of Rhode Island; Lars Olav Erickson, University of Rhode Island; Iñaki Perez-Ibanez, University of Rhode Island

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

gives students the verbal communicationskills which heighten their integration and interaction with their work teams. In this example, thestudent wrote a detailed explanation in which she described the different elements that affectsuch performance and the measurements used in her project. Her essay shows that the technicalvocabulary was necessary for her verbal communication skills.  SPA2_A7 wrote, I did not know many of the words that I used in the previous paragraph [in this paragraph she explained the internship project she conducted at CEIT, a study of the efficiency of electric boat motors] before starting my internship. It is important to learn and understand the terminology used in an office in case your

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Briana B. Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State University; Fong K. Mak, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Developing Graduate Students' Competencies and Identities

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret E.B. Webb, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

students themselves, that impact their interdisciplinary journey anddemotivate their interdisciplinary scholarship. For example, one of the main priorities graduatestudents discussed as in conflict to their interdisciplinary scholar identity development is theexpectation to have publications in certain disciplinary-acclaimed journals and to specifically bethe first author on those publications. In 2020, Student A said, So I was thinking about the IR program, and I think it is a little bit hard to be motivated, because PhD students need to be the first author of their dissertation. And everyone is PhD student so … their priority cannot be that interdisciplinary project. And I get also faculty have similar feeling, because

Conference Session

EMD Technical Session 2: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laramie Potts, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Huiran Jin

bycolonial-era unequal land distribution [8], poor land conversion projects and land use policiesthat enabled unhealthy ecosystems and unsafe urban environments (e.g. [9]). For example,blurring of rural-urban spatial and social boundaries, mobilized by urban sprawl, have inducednew and unexpected changes in rural America at the expense of local solidarity and socialcohesion [10]. Inner city neighborhoods are disproportionately inhabited by socially vulnerablepopulations where a multiplicity of environmental stressors compromise quality of life (e.g. [9,11]). Transformation from agrarian to urban-industrial society urged by fiscal incentives frommultinational corporation further galvanized social discords through cross-migration andintercultural

Conference Session

Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #32454Work in Progress: Combining At-home and On-campus Students in aMeasurements and Analysis Lab CourseDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor and the Lab Director of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Her research interests include lab design, lab pedagogy and capstone design. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: Combining at-home and on-campus students in a Measurements and Analysis Lab CourseThe global pandemic has forced many universities to adopt an online or

Conference Session

Working Against Unjust Social Forces

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Desen Sevi Ozkan, Tufts University; Avneet Hira, Boston College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

courses that explored technical and societal integration,and more design courses and projects that included themes of human-centered design andsystems thinking (Wisnioski, 2012). Paul B. Daitch at Rochester Polytechnic Instituteemphasized design as "the major vehicle which relates technique and society" (Daitch, 1970, p.21).PurposeFirst-Year Engineering (FYE) courses have received attention from practitioners and scholarsalike in the past couple of decades (Pendergrass et al., 2001; Kilgore et al., 2007). The First-Year Programs division of ASEE had 28 papers associated with it in the 2020 Annualconference alone. There is some agreement on the content that is taught in these courses,which comprises concepts such as design, mathematical modeling

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Joseph Murphy, University of California, Los Angeles; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

Paper ID #29167The Engineering Education Experiences of Students Serving in theReserves or National GuardDr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on