Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gurlovleen K. Rathore, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

] transmitted in writing from father to son” (p. 195). Thisfurther shrank women’s role in cultivation. Conflicts, which escalated into warfare duringpopulation growth, provided men with another role that solidified and institutionalized their“powerbase within the society” (p. 195). Likewise, herbal medicine, which was originated andfirst practiced by women, became men’s domain when medicine became a subject to be learnedat the university run by male-dominated Church and professionally practiced with a licenseand/or by male priests instead of female healers whose work was associated with an olderreligion. A combination of the professionalization of medicine and religious fervor of the Churchfurther caused the technological takeover and led to the

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Sebern

development organization. First, PSP training courses provide insight into theprocess performance of individual software engineers, before and after learning the PSPmethods. The “before” data reflects the existing processes of these practitioners, while the“after” data suggests the type of improvement that the PSP can produce. Second, TSP teamsgather data on their own performance as part of their normal development process, and some ofthis data has been published in summary form2.As outlined in Humphrey’s original text6, students in a traditional PSP training course write tenrelatively small programs, while using a series of defined software processes that buildincrementally up to the full PSP. Data on size and development time by program, for a

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erin Cejka; Chris Rogers

lasting three hours. Each session wasfocused around a main design challenge. The sessions began with a brief lecture describing thebuilding and programming concepts that would be useful for that day’s challenge. Then thechallenge was be introduced and discussed by the group. When the group felt comfortable withthe objectives, the participants would break off into pairs or individually to begin their design.The participants were given full control over the design and how they wished to make their finalproject. They had access to extra LEGO pieces, computers, the internet, and were encouraged toask questions to their peers or the instructor. At the end of each session there was a design circlewere the participants presented and discussed their

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

? What will be their nature? What percentage of the grade will depend on exams? How will other indicators (homework, participation, attendance, projects, etc.)be counted towards the grade? It is equally important that the instructor provides periodic assessment of students’ performance during the semester. The intent is: (1) to alert those that have fallen behind, and at the same time, (2) motivate “achievers” to stay the course.4) A “Back up” Plan to Assist Slow Learners and/or Potential Switchers: Many students are in engineering for a variety of reasons. Some are in because of peer pressure, or for other known or unknown reasons. They are not sure of their capabilities, having negative perception of the “class environment” and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Keith Clutter; Alberto Arroyo; Amir Karimi

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronna Turner; Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

to all members ofthe cohort (such as management of shared office space). Other working groups may be formed bythe cohort students (or even between cohorts) to focus multiple talents on a particularly difficultresearch problem element. Both of these types of ad-hoc groups emulate situations routinelyfound in industrial technology groups, and give the students experience in peer group leadership insupport of group goals.While this operational model is a simple concept, it provides the framework that allows thestudents to know each other well enough that they accept responsibility for each other’seducational success. It also provides a framework to assign management responsibility for groupneeds to different students to organize and execute

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida, Gainesville; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

response, but then added something quitesurprising: ―Well, first of all, like some Chinese improvement, like [a] little Chineseimprovement. Actually, my English got a little better in Shanghai, [a] little better because I hadsome interactions with American friends, like more than in Purdue.‖ At Purdue, the participant Page 22.749.9explained, international students tend to be isolated from their American peers. The participants in the GEARE program exhibited relatively few attitudinal outcomes.However, some attitudinal outcomes stood out for certain individuals. Two of the participantsspoke at length about developing flexibility, or

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

-engineering own knowledge and to seek advice, reflect on their own capabilities, Engineers Nova Scotia's continuing learning and development, and importance of being part of a knowledge and skills to assist in and/or undertake research, to invite peer review, benchmark Learning professional excellence commitment to undertake

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth W. McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College/Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

 Gives the students a real world experience of solving a problem or addressing a situation and then being able to test and redesign.  The hands on aspect of design. Students can immediately test their designs, re-design and retest.  It is an engaging, interactive class. They liked the freedom to learn and design an open- ended solution, enthusiastically entering into the room and getting busy with their work instead of sitting and listening. Each mini lesson was given when it was needed. After the class was over, the students said the presentation and learning to write technical documentation would help them in college.  Teaching students to take a complex problem and break it down into

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Foster, George Fox University; Justin R. Vander Werff P.E., Dordt College

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

experiencededucators looking for fresh ways to engage students. As a result of the authors’ experiences andreflection, a collection of tips for success in implementing specific teaching strategies is provided. Page 22.1415.2IntroductionThe requirements on a new engineering educator’s time are many and varied. In addition toproviding a fantastic learning environment for future engineers, the instructor may be asked todefine a scholarship avenue, write grants, and serve various entities within and outside theuniversity all the while with tenure looming. With all these demands on the new instructor, timeoutside of work is extremely limited. Clearly, time

Conference Session

The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Can Saygin, University of Texas, San Antonio; Timothy T. Yuen, University of Texas, San Antonio; Heather J. Shipley, University of Texas, San Antonio; Hung-da Wan, University of Texas, San Antonio; David Akopian, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, writing the programs, and testing the robotsthat students gained a deeper understanding of the concepts.ModelModels were used to illustrate the robotics concepts and design challenges throughout thecurriculum, especially during the building and testing phases. It was important for instructors todemonstrate what the robots were supposed to do because the challenges typically involved therobot interacting with an environment, such as following a line, avoiding obstacles, or picking upan object. It may also involve pushing other robots around. Since these environments are Page 25.404.9dynamic in nature, it makes the challenge more complicated. So

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

survey consisted of five sections. These included some general background informationabout the respondent, why the respondent joined the Lawrence Tech Formula HybridTMcompetition team, their experiences while being part of the hybrid team, other comments, andinformation related to if the respondent had left the team. Many of these questions are related tointernal use by the author and advisor of the team for the college of engineering at LawrenceTech, so not every question or its responses are included in this paper. There are, however, someresponses worth noting. At the time of this writing only about 17% of the voluntary responseshad been received (n = 8). But enough responses had been received to be of some use and thedata do shed light on

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bailey Renee Leppek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kara E. Gray, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

responded to these challenges with enthusiasm, enjoying their collaborations withthose from the other side of the divide, and demonstrating mastery of much of the technical content provided inthe course. In two other respects, outcomes from the course have far exceeded expectations. First, the range ofphysics demonstrated and the quality of images have been worthy of awards and archival publication 2–5. Second,and certainly more importantly, students report that their perception of the world around them has beenbroadened to include fluid physics, in a way that no other course has done. Students write to the instructor yearslater, enthusing about seeing mixing in a liquid soap dispenser, or vortexes in an unusual cloud. This neverhappens with

Conference Session

Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford Univeristy; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

we had originally planned to prohibit quarter-and three-quarter length joints between deltas, allowing only full side or half joints, to make calculationseasier, but this was too limiting in the creation of successful designs. We also consideredincreasing the internal area requirement from 100 quarter-deltas to 150. However, a larger areawould require more deltas and thus make it difficult for the entire class of twenty teams to play atonce, resource-wise.Writing New InstructionsThe last change we made to the game was writing a new set of instructions (see Appendix) thatincorporated all of the changes that we made. We divided these instructions into three parts: theDesign Task, instructions for the Project Manager, and instructions for the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristin L. Wood; John Wood

environment for ME 338 and EM 470 instruction, evolving the purely analytical focusin the past.” Supporting goals for this need include the following: develop activities wherestudents manipulate the components they are studying, especially in everyday devices thestudents are familiar with; add design components in the course, both machine layout andanalysis; add team assignments (without going to level of pure design courses), where studentslearn actively through peer interaction and questioning; and implement a systems approach forstudying machine design, where elements are not studied in isolation. The remainder of thispaper addresses the goals for our curriculum

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Arora; Lorenzo Faraone

consistent with values of society.✔ Generating and evaluating alternatives.✔ Communicating ideas to peers and public-at-large.✔ Using resources effectively (enhancing production capability PC) and efficiently (enhancing production P). PC/P balance is a must to derive optimal benefits.In the next section, we discuss how a human brain can turn into an entrepreneurship savvy oneby following a model proposed by Ned Hermann and extensively discussed by Lumsdaines.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.1.9 Copyright©2001, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Equity and Belonging

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology; Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

wasn’t given the opportunity.Carroll mentions a “type of expertise” that is required for communicating with the men on herteam to understand where they “click.” The type of expertise she refers to is the understanding ofthe ways in which peers with shared identities operate socially and in a cohesive manner (wherethey “click”). This is the process of examining the hidden epistemologies that drive the socialinteractions she has with her team. Because of the historically white male majority inengineering and Carroll’s positionality as the only African American female on her team, sheacknowledges silently the potential her gender and race play in her exclusion from socialinteractions with others on her team.Carroll learns of the necessity of

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emmabeth Parrish Vaughn, Austin Peay State University; Steven Warth, Austin Peay State University; Bobette Bouton, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

just and safe space for all and uses writing, speaking, and research to address each of these important aspects of her academic career. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploratory Literature Review of Education Theories Guiding Engineering and Physics OutreachAbstractDue to the increasing demand for a diverse, STEM-competent workforce, many universities areparticipating in engineering and physics outreach activities for K-12 students. Despite theproliferation of these outreach programs, the fundamental learning and social theories that guidedevelopment of high-impact outreach experiences can be unclear, hindering their transferability.The purpose of this

Conference Session

Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

summer session, as the instructor was notassigned to teach the spring session. The sources for alumni are reported in Table 1, alsoreporting several alumni (7) who have confirmed their interest in participating in the project butwho have not been assigned any student yet (labeled as “pending”). In total, 99 alumni have beenlisted in the project, with 82 considered active as they have not canceled their participation andhave replied to emails in the last two years. As it can be noted, most of the alumni nominated asa “family relative” do not remain active after helping with their first assignment. In addition,most of the alumni nominated by students as “friend” are generally older peers, graduating one tothree years before. These alumni have

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 10

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicu Ahmadi, Texas A&M University; Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

, demonstrating an impressive grasp ofcontext and the ability to craft responses that are both creative and logically coherent. In thehealthcare sector, AI’s role is increasingly pivotal, aiding in the early diagnosis of diseases andeven preempting potential health crises. The field of autonomous driving has witnessed AIsuccessfully tackle the intricacies of real-world traffic scenarios, a feat once believed to beexclusive to human cognition. In the creative arts, AI’s footprint extends to composing music,generating art, and writing stories, illustrating its burgeoning creative capabilities.Despite these groundbreaking advancements, a critical aspect where AI still lags is inunderstanding and interpreting human emotions and the subtleties of social

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deana Lucas, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Rebecca Martinez, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

mindset that adds to the way we as a team approachideas. From my perspective, the additional perspective of technology and engineering adds adifferent lens for problem-solving and innovation. This lens has been used for writing papers,adding ideas to conversations, and a different way to look at data. All the ideas, being welcomedby the research team, and getting constructive feedback to improve the ideas to reflect the greatergoals of the M3 project."Rebecca"One of my greatest strengths I believe as an anthropologist is my keen ability to observe andhighlight nuances often overlooked in research inquiries or projects. Anthropology, with itsdiverse range of skills, theories, and focuses, equips me, particularly as a cultural anthropologist,to be

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 1 - Fluids, Wind, and Flow

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter B. Johnson, Imperial College London; Christian Klettner, University College London

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

challenge §1: evidence that boundary layers exist Create a physical demonstration to be conducted by the student themselves to see first-hand the existence of boundary layers.When the existence of boundary layers is clear, they can be analysed, which requiresapproximation of the equations of motion. It is convention to write the equations of motion andstate the order of magnitude of each term to highlight which can be neglected. A summary of theanalysis is in Appendix B.The ‘order of magnitude’ analysis lacks meaning to the uninitiated learner. Further, the commonassumption δ /L ≪ 1, where δ is the boundary layer thickness and L is its characteristic length, isnot always true and it is not clear to the student that this assumption is

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 7: Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Kristy Brinker Brouwer, Kettering University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

for KU, which is a small, private, nonprofit, primarilyundergraduate teaching institution with limited ME department funds.1.1.3 Repeated Use of Assignments with Little ModificationPerennially, the simulation laboratory assignments of MECH-431 are reused, sometimesterm-to-term with no changes. Usually, there are numbers that are changed in the assignmentsfrom one school term to the next. However, these changes are largely insignificant. This leads toan academic dishonesty problem with the students. Each term students are caught cheating byre-using laboratory assignments that were submitted by their peers in previous school terms, eventhough they are told explicitly that they are not allowed to do so. Unauthorized use of materialsfrom previous

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Olubiyi Obada, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria; Simeon Akindele Abolade, Atlantic Technological University, Ireland; Shittu Babatunde Akinpelu, Atlantic Technological University, Ireland; Ayodeji Nathaniel Oyedeji, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria; Emmanuel Okafor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia; Cynthia Ujuh Odili, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria; Vanessa Faustina Ogenyi; Sokoga Victor Ategbe, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria; Adrian Oshioname Eberemu, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria; Fatai Olukayode Anafi, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria; Abdulkarim Salawu Ahmed, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria; Akinlolu Akande, Atlantic Technological University. Ireland; Raymond Bacsmond Bako

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

University of Technology Minna, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Olusegun Agagu University of Science Technology Okitipupa and Universiti Technologi Malaysia. His primary area of expertise are in geo-material site characterization, deep foundation, the beneficial reuse of waste materials in soil improvement, solutions to geo-environmental problems, waste containment barriers and covers, Biogeochemical Processes in Geotechnical Engineering (Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation) and unsaturated soils (collapsible soils) and lately engineering education. He has many published works in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and chapters as well as technical reports to his credit in the various

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Simone Nicholson, Florida International University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Tina Fletcher; Brittany Boyd

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

enhance their research administration, grant writing, andmanagement capabilities and foster a culture that values research excellence, thus making themmore competitive and poised to achieve Research 1 status (Gasman & Commodore, 2014).These recommendations underscore the necessity of a comprehensive approach to bolsterHBCUs in their quest for research preeminence. By addressing funding inequities, encouragingstrategic partnerships, and enhancing internal research capabilities, policymakers can cultivate anecosystem wherein HBCUs can compete and be positioned to excel as premier researchinstitutions.Implications for HBCUsOur study evaluates the necessity of increasing opportunities for HBCUs to speak to broaderphilanthropic, industry, research

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University; Erik Fisher, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

education system.This paper looks across three qualitative studies during the work-based experiences (WBEs) ofeleven undergraduate computer engineering and information technology systems students fromgroups traditionally underrepresented in STEM. In this paper, WBEs are defined as paidengagements for students as they work on solving real-world problems, while performing tasksand projects in partnership with an employer or community partner. Three types of WBEs arerepresented: internships (Study 1), apprenticeships (Study 2), and company employees (Study 3).All three studies used the Socio-Technical Integration Research (STIR) methodology which hasbeen established in 80 studies worldwide and over a dozen peer-reviewed publications. As amethodology

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Akcali, University of Florida; Braxton Rae, University of Florida; Tobias Lodemann, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

this experience of writing poems, “wasa lot of fun.”Bob recalled that “the kind of assignments given” in programming courses he took during hisundergraduate and graduate program required him to be creative. Such assignments asked you toutilize “some different thought processes or different ways to get you a solution.” Like Bob,Victor also noted that several programming courses throughout his graduate education, where hewas asked to demonstrate and practice his creative thinking skills. However, he recalled anothercourse from his undergraduate education in a different country, where the first year of theengineering curriculum is the same for all majors. In this curriculum, there was an electrical andelectronics course during the lab in which

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Vatsal Maru; Adam Lynch

study was determined to be exempt through the non-convened review mechanism as this wasprimarily a “Records review study” of former students results from an external professionalassociations record. Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 365During each specific cohort semester, students individually authorized SME, in writing, to sharetheir certification results with the course instructor. Since demographic data was never capturedand all the results have been de-identified, we are confident that no FERPA or HIPPA

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard Devon; Richard Schuhmann

above. Here we will identify severalworldviews of the PLC from social and cultural perspectives.a) Technological innovation as the prime economic driver: This is the theory that innovation(creative destruction), and the creation of ever new PLCs, is central to economic growth(Schumpeter 16). Progress in technology does account for a large part of economic growth, but itis not a new idea, not even when Schumpeter was writing about it. Innovation to create newPLCs to satisfy venture capitalists was a driver for the first European settlers in North America inthe early 1600s.17 It is embedded in the Constitution of the United States.18 It is still a verywidely and very strongly held belief and a perennial rationale for the benefits, and the costs

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson