Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

William W. Durgin

leadership for the effort under this structure. While student participation can beeasily achieved if the activity can be offered for credit, as in a capstone design experience, itseems as if a club-type activity is a good alternative and involves many students from variousbackgrounds and with varying levels of ability. WPI has found that as the number of FIRSTalumni grows, such association forms naturally and forms the basis for student efforts in thecompetition.An important fact for universities to bear in mind is that FIRST includes thousands of highschool students predisposed to science and engineering. In order to reward the enthusiasm ofthese students and further pique their interest, WPI offers a full-tuition, four year scholarship toone FIRST

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert B. Rhoads, Ohio State University; Jacob T Allenstein, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Corporate Member Council

: letters, technical reports, etc. j. Use modern techniques, skills and modern engineering tools k. Use computing technology l. Recognize the need for and engage in life-long learning6. How can we improve OSU’s Capstone Program in preparing students for their professional career?7. How can we improve OSU’s Capstone Program experience for sponsors?8. Any other suggestions or comments? Page 26.958.18 Table A-2: Industry Sponsor Open-ended Survey ResultsHow can we improve OSU's Capstone Program in preparing students for their professionalcareer?Open their mind and provide more opportunities on industry experienceMore

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Michael Nowatkowski, U.S. Military Academy; Brodie K. Hoyer, U.S. Military Academy; Michael J. Benson, U.S. Military Academy; Bruce Floersheim, U.S. Military Academy; Luksa Luznik, United States Naval Academy; Wesley Anderson, U.S. Air Force Academy; Steven J. Condly, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #9282Optimizing Summer ExternshipsMajor Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy Hans Thomas is a Major in the US Army, and is currently an Instructor in the Civil & Mechanical Engi- neering Department at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He has his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy (2002), his Master of Science in Engineering Management from Missouri Science & Technology (2008) and his Master of Sci- ence in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Washington (2012). His teaching focus is thermodynamics, fluid

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

Cognitive Learning in Introductory College Science EducationEileen M. Kowalski, Department of Chemistry and Life Science, and Joe D. Manous, Jr.,Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States MilitaryAcademyAbstract This research seeks to categorize dominant areas of cognitive learning weakness and strength withintraditional college-level, introductory science education. The basis of any undergraduate STEMeducation is an understanding of fundamental concepts and how these concepts describe or predictphysical phenomena. However, the apparent retention and understanding of basic concepts is sometimesminimal as expressed by student work during subsequent courses. Potential causes for this difficulty in

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

Cognitive Learning in Introductory College Science EducationEileen M. Kowalski, Department of Chemistry and Life Science, and Joe D. Manous, Jr.,Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States MilitaryAcademyAbstract This research seeks to categorize dominant areas of cognitive learning weakness and strength withintraditional college-level, introductory science education. The basis of any undergraduate STEMeducation is an understanding of fundamental concepts and how these concepts describe or predictphysical phenomena. However, the apparent retention and understanding of basic concepts is sometimesminimal as expressed by student work during subsequent courses. Potential causes for this difficulty in

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

Cognitive Learning in Introductory College Science EducationEileen M. Kowalski, Department of Chemistry and Life Science, and Joe D. Manous, Jr.,Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States MilitaryAcademyAbstract This research seeks to categorize dominant areas of cognitive learning weakness and strength withintraditional college-level, introductory science education. The basis of any undergraduate STEMeducation is an understanding of fundamental concepts and how these concepts describe or predictphysical phenomena. However, the apparent retention and understanding of basic concepts is sometimesminimal as expressed by student work during subsequent courses. Potential causes for this difficulty in

Collection

2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

John Carrell; Joshua Cruz; Stephanie Kuzmack

Academic Emotions, and Achievement: A Mediational Analysis,"7 Ahern, A., et al., 2019, "A literature review of critical thinking in engineering education," Studies in Higher Education, 44(5), pp. 816-8288 Kellam, N., et al., 2018, "Exploring emotional trajectories of engineering students: A narrative research approach," International Journal of Engineering Education, 34(pp. 1726-17409 Immordino‐Yang, M.H. and A. Damasio, 2007, "We Feel, Therefore We Learn: The Relevance of Affective and Social Neuroscience to Education," Mind, Brain, and Education, 1(1), pp. 3-1010 Stedman, N.L.P. and A.C. Andenoro, 2007, "Identification of Relationships between Emotional Intelligence Skill & Critical Thinking Disposition in

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2008 GSW

Authors

Susan M. Bogus; Kerry J. Howe

Session 6-4 Innovative Design-Build Approach to Project-Based Learning Susan M. Bogus Civil Engineering Department University of New Mexico Kerry J. Howe Civil Engineering Department University of New Mexico AbstractAll undergraduates in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico must takea senior capstone course in the last semester before graduation. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park; Noe Vargas Hernandez, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1356: AN INVESTIGATION ON THE IMPACT OF THE DESIGNPROBLEM IN IDEATION EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCHGul E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Gul Kremer is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Industrial Engineering at the Pennsylva- nia State University. She received her Ph.D. from University of Missouri-Rolla in Engineering Manage- ment and Systems Engineering. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision analysis methods applied to improvement of products and systems and enhancing creativity in engineering design settings. Her published work appears in journals such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of Engineering Design, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Davis

. Forexample, faculty members are told to set goals, but they should also be told how to goabout choosing correct goals. This paper describes a process for setting specific careergoals and building a hierarchy of objectives to complete them. This makes long termgoals easier to handle by dividing them into smaller manageable goals (month-to-month). Since faculty members are only human, state of mind effects productivity. Lowmorale often leads to low productivity which in turn leads to time inefficiency. Burn-outand low morale are factors that can be accounted for with good goal setting. Forexample, instead of setting a goal in number of dollars of grant/contract money, set a goalwhich the faculty member has control over like number of proposals

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bransford; Sean P. Brophy

Program of theNational Science Foundation under Award Number EEC-9876363. Page 6.334.9 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography:1. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds.). How people learn: Brain,mind, experience, and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ (1999).2. Schwartz, D. L, Brophy, S., Lin, X. & Bransford, J. D. (1999). Software for managingcomplex learning: Examples from an educational psychology course

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanton Cort; Gary Wnek

particularly opportune time to highlight the topic of innovation is through a courseon product and process design. A specific example is the two-semester course entitledProduct and Process Design, Development and Delivery (P2D3), an integral part of theMaster of Engineering and Management (MEM) curriculum at Case Western ReserveUniversity.3 Briefly, the MEM degree involved a one-year, 42-credit curriculum forB.S.-degreed engineers and computer scientists. It was launched in 2001 in thoughtfulresponse to much input from industry about the need for ‘business-minded innovators.’We currently have students from a broad spectrum of technical disciplines, includingbiomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, mechanical and systems engineering, aswell

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Zachary Clay, University of Texas at Austin; Molly H Goldstein, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Charles Xie; H. Onan Demirel, Oregon State University; Zhenghui Sha, University of Texas at Austin

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Models in Engineering Design: A Review,” Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 144, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053859[4] H. A. Simon, “The structure of ill structured problems,” Artificial Intelligence, 4(3-4), 181- 201, 1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/0004-3702(73)90011-8[5] M. L. Maher, and J. Poon, “Modeling design exploration as co‐evolution,” Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 11(3), 195-209, 1996. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8667.1996.tb00323.x[6] B. Lawson, How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified. Architectural Press, 1997.[7] J. S. Gero and J. Milovanovic, “A framework for studying design thinking through measuring designers’ minds, bodies and brains

Conference Session

Using Applications and Projects in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Gainsburg, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

to apply, manystudents still viewed their mathematics classes favorably for the mental training they provided,which these students perceived as preparation for the logical, structured nature of engineering.As Ben (Year 2) said, “It's not necessarily to learn the math, like the material. It’s more to, like,train your mind to think a certain way.” Despite doubting that all topics seen in theirmathematics courses would be relevant to their future careers, a few students essentially equatedengineering and mathematics. As Connor (Year 3) put it, “You can’t do engineering withoutmath.… Engineering is math. It’s just math with meaning behind the numbers…. It’s a way ofgiving an explanation of how things work in the world.”Students who had no

Conference Session

Pre-K12 Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Handley, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Birr Moje

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre K-12 Education

inthe design of the afterschool engineering program, emerging in how Adina viewed problemsolving in this environment. In the robotics example, the problem seemed more straight forwardthan when her cousins were fighting. Adina’s acknowledgement that there are “always two sidesof the stories” brings to mind the different stakeholders in engineering design problems [4], [23].Connecting to the work that we were doing in the community engineering program, Adina wasthen asked about how she would describe the data-driven community engineering program: “Cooperative…instead of us just saying, ‘one person choose where they want to work at or work with,’ we all came together and was like, ‘you know what, instead of doing… instead of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

. Page 8.1243.13• 11 tunnel boring machines (TBM): 6 undersea, 5 underland. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”• Rate of advance of TBM (England side): best day - 75.5 m.• Rate of advance of TBM (France side): best day – 56 m.The main factors addressed in this project include:• Political factors related to the easy access the tunnel creates between two countries with different cultures, languages, laws, and policies.• Economical factors related to the enormous cost of the project and the rate of return on the investment.• Social factors related to the mind set created by the physical presence

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Daniel Galvan, California State University, Los Angeles; Jose Mijares, California State University, Los Angeles; Corin Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Lizabeth Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Paper ID #37874Work In Progress: Developing a Faculty Community ofPractice to Support a Healthy Educational EcosystemNancy Warter-Perez Nancy Warter-Perez is the chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department and a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles. For more than twenty-five years, Nancy has been dedicated to improving STEM education and outreach, particularly for minoritized students.Corin L. Bowen (Postdoctoral Researcher) Corin (Corey) Bowen (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral researcher in the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology at

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Mullenax

preferences.With the proper approach and information, the academic job hunt can be a manageable process witha favorable outcome. A logical set of steps to follow when seeking an entry-level academic position,with resources for each step as needed, form the framework of this paper.OverviewJob hunting information will be presented as a 16-step process. Figure 1 gives an overview of thewhole process, showing decision blocks. The rest of the paper elaborates on this breakdown. Page 8.882.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Documenting Success

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Bern; Brian Steward; Amy Kaleita-Forbes; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

top of anyone’s priority list. Also, weunderstand that not every faculty member is involved with the day-to-day mechanisms ofassessment. We needed to expose them to smaller pieces of the entire process, in a logicalmanner (we are engineers, after all), over a long period of time (years), in order to bringeveryone “up to speed.”With these two principles in mind (caution about additional workloads, and frequent but smallchunks of information), we’ve used a number of different methods to involve faculty in a mannerthat we believe are not threatening. These are: (1) Investing outcomes assessment in thecurriculum committee; (2) involving individual faculty as part of the courses they teach; (2) theABE Learning Circle; (3) faculty workshops; and (4

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

to use MDS asan assessment tool in their courses. Thus the MDS method may evolve into a kind ofclassroom assessment technique [6], a way of quickly gathering information aboutstudent progress which then can be used as a feedback mechanism to alter instruction andimprove student understanding. We plan to use the MDS tool in future offerings of thedesign course to monitor the impact of the course changes mentioned above on studentunderstanding of chemical engineering design strategies and techniques.References1. Wankat, P.C., “An Analysis of Articles in the Journal of Engineering Education,” Journal ofEngineering Education, vol. 88, 1999, pp. 37-42.2. Bransford, J.D., A.L. Brown, and R.R. Cocking, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Teri Reed, University of Cincinnati; P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

located on the South Campus. And, recognizing that healthy minds need healthy food choices, the college has a food and resource bank for any student in need. Finally, to generate confidence in program completion and matriculation, the college offers an open laboratory every Friday where students utilize equipment, make up work, and formulate study groups. During the Introduction to Engineering course, faculty introduce students to the Project Graduation program where counselors and students work together to map their educational experience—from the first engineering course at San Jacinto College to the final class in completing a four-year engineering degree. 3. South Texas College, McAllen, TX for

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Callahan; Paul Givens

1501 GLOBALIZATION EDUCATION DELIVERY SYSTEMS Dr. Paul E. Givens, Dr. Anita L. Callahan College of Engineering/Honors College University of South FloridaAbstractReal time capabilities for delivery of long-distance educational courses have never looked betterthan what is available today. The growth of the Internet I (and now the Internet II) capabilities isenhancing the delivering of courses (and yes even degrees) long-distance around the globe.Costs of delivery are certainly reasonable and with the advent of high-speed modems

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Shelly Tan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

and industry professionals to interact in an informalsetting1,30.With this interaction in mind, there are a few more issues to consider, first and foremost beingthe likelihood of academics to be a member of a professional society in the first place. Based onprior research currently in review, academics in engineering technology tend to have a largeamount of industry experience and potential for professional society membership and continuedinteraction with their peers. Further work in this area focuses on students and their affiliationswith professional societies31, and the subsequent effect of that affiliation on their identity withinthe engineering community.Ansmann et. al.32 mentions that membership in a professional society is a powerful

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonya Overstreet, EASi

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

respect to addressing the increased headcount by 30%-40% and considering the futureattrition rates of EASi employees transitioning to the electric utility company, EASi’s talentacquisition team estimates that they will need to hire between 130 and 150 technical employees.In 2016 alone, they hired 100 technical employees to support the partnership.Finding and hiring 130 to 150 electric utility-minded employees is not going to be a simple task.EASi’s talent acquisition team acknowledges that interest level to pursue a career at an electricutility company is low among U.S. engineering students. A career in electric utilities is simplynot an obvious career option for many students. There is also a misconception that the industry isnot innovative or

Conference Session

Environmental Justice and Sustainability

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Weber; Deborah Ross; Angela Lueking

studies before, during, and after each class.The content of the course was designed with engineering students in mind. Higher-level thinkingskills, such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation are required of engineers. Presentationsincorporate general engineering fundamentals such as process flow diagrams, process control,mass balances, etc. All presentations incorporate the unifying theme of the triple bottom line; thuseconomic, environmental, and societal considerations are used in each presentation. Most guestspeakers are practicing engineers who have faced challenges in sustainability in the course of theirday-to-day activities. This also provides several networking opportunities for both the studentsand the industrial

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session: 2147 Academic Quality Management C. R. Sekhar, O. Farook and Jai. P. Agrawal, E.Bouktache Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University CalumetAbstractThis Paper describes the implementation and outcome results of an Academic QualityManagement (AQM) program and one of the tools used in three of the courses taught in theElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) program at Purdue UniversityCalumet, Hammond, IN. A number of papers have been presented at the ASEE and otherprofessional society meetings on the subject of

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

positives.I suggest that ABET needs to review engineering programs with the following principles inplace:1. Examine programs in a minimally invasive manner.2. Determine whether the curriculum, as delivered, meets minimal standards for the degree awarded.3. Determine whether the faculty and facilities are sufficient to deliver the degree program.4. Investigate whether there is an active, periodic mechanism for program improvement that involves review by and input from external constituencies (alumni, employers, colleagues).Some might claim that this is exactly what ABET 2000 accomplishes, but many faculty woulddiffer. In their minds, how should ABET change? Here are several suggestions

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

typical industry engineers, technologists, and managers in mind. Tomaximize the number of returns, two key features considered in the design were accessibility ofthe survey and time required to complete the survey. Since most industry practitioners use e-mailas a standard form of communication, the survey was designed as a web page that could be sentto participants as a link within an e-mail announcement. The length of the survey was minimizedsuch that it would take most respondents less than five minutes to complete: eleven multiple-choice questions, a section for comments, and a place to provide contact information if desired.In addition, it was necessary to provide some means of ensuring only people with an appropriatebackground would complete

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Long; Donald Leone

Session 2793 Using Professional Mentors for Capstone Design Projects at a Distance Donald Leone, James Long University of Hartford / Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Inc.AbstractFor over ten years, the University of Hartford’s Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering has used professional engineers from the local region as mentors for capstone designprojects. The mentor is asked to propose a candidate project, and if the project is selected by astudent group, to oversee its technical direction. The mentors become role models for thestudents, and by allowing students to visit their offices

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Sukhmander Singh

359 An Assessment of ABET’s Assessment Process Sukhmander Singh Santa Clara UniversityAbstractIn the U.S.A., accreditation of engineering schools by ABET has for years been centered on theassessment of the program of the studies and the educational objectives. Much has been writtenon the methodology for assessment. The emphasis has been on what can be measured. However,some of the most important aspects of education for example, creativity and innovative thinking,which cannot be measured, have been ignored. Enormous amounts of effort in the