Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

comprehensive review inherent in capstone design projects, the paper describes theproject portfolio approach that expands the traditional project report into a broader spectrum ofcommunication activities to more fully capture the design cycle. It provides strategies formeaningfully implementing such assignments and summarizes the results of portfolio use overtwo years of capstone design sequences in a materials science and engineering curriculum. Thisapproach leverages and expands the kinds of assignments common to many design courses(proposals, progress reports, final reports) to provide assessment information directedspecifically to ABET. By carefully designing and evaluating capstone assignments with the fullrange of Criterion 3 outcomes in mind

Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

together to build, acquire tool safety, understand how to use tools, electronics, anddevelop a fictitious company that uses ROV’s for some particular challenge. Many of thestudents also join the engineering club to enter challenges using their underwater robots.These tasks require all students to communicate, strategize, plan, and decide upon solutions tocomplete the challenges15.ConclusionsSTEM programs should be started at the elementary school level because it is easier to align theyounger fresh minds on the path of STEM education by displaying it in different playful ways.After the Elementary School STEM education, the students need to be introduced to their careerpath to choose the field of study in STEM areas that they want to explore for

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

Session 1313 Expanding Our Students’ Brainpower: Idea Generation and Critical Thinking Skills Julie L. P. Jessop University of IowaAbstractHow do we teach our students to think? This is not a skill that they can pick up by doing “X”number of homework problems; it is the product of good habits that must be practiced and honedon a daily basis. It is a state of mind that continually questions “Who? What? Where? When?How? Why?” In light of this reality, we developed this segment for the “Introduction toLiterature Review and

Conference Session

New MET Course Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhongming Liang

Session 3448 Cutting Speed Sensitivity of Tool Life Zhongming (Wilson) Liang Purdue University Fort WayneIntroduction Taylor equation is one of the important topics in mechanical engineering technologycourses of manufacturing processes, machining and tool design. It is important because it dealswith cutter life in machining. Cutter life affects manufacturing in two ways. First, a longer cutterlife means lower cutter cost per workpiece. Secondly, a longer cutter life means less frequentchange of the tool and hence a smaller amount of tool change

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Carroll

Session 1520 Computer Circuit Lab Experiments Using Limited Lab Resources Christopher R. Carroll University of Minnesota DuluthAbstractLab experiments in which students design and test functional parts of digital computersare useful endeavors that demonstrate how computer functions can be implemented andthat reduce the mystery that surrounds computer circuits in students’ minds. However,generating lab assignments that both involve significant processing functions and requiremanageable amounts of hardware is a daunting task for course instructors

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Lynn Peterson; James Epperson; Ramon Lopez; Kevin Schug; Carter Tiernan

Chemistry & Biochemistry that the AURAS seminar was making a meaningful difference inthe success rates of its majors. The department took the step of requiring that its chemistrymajors and biochemistry majors enroll in the AURAS section on General Chemistry I. At theurging of the Internal Advisory Committee for AURAS, the sustainability of the AURAS effortshave been under consideration even during the 2nd year of implementation of the ESP courses.Efforts toward sustainability are focused on making less labor-intensive the instructionalinterventions. With this in mind, the AURAS seminar for Chemistry for Engineering wasreduced to a 2-hour seminar in Fall ’12.   The results of this modification are not yet available, but student satisfaction

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

often first discuss careers in general. As would beexpected, few in the lower level mathematics courses were interested in engineering, whilealmost all of the students in Calculus III intended to be engineers, while a few of these studentswere pursuing physics or mathematics. An effective message for many of the students in the lowlevel mathematics classes is to discuss careers. The students are asked about their career choiceand why they chose it. To open their minds to other possibilities, suggestions are made thatperhaps instead of a physical therapist, they might want to be an engineer involved in biomedicalengineering or environmental issues. Instead of being a pharmacist, perhaps the student shouldconsider Chemical Engineering and be able

Collection

2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Alejandra Zapata, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Krishan Kaushal Ram, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Paper ID #44672The Green Seaport Power System Project as an Academia-IndustryInternational PartnershipDr. Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Taufik received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering with minor in Computer Science from Northern Arizona University in 1993, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago in 1995, and Doctor of Engineering in Electrical Engineerin ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Green Seaport Power System Project as an Academia- Industry International Partnership

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnold F. Johnson

will also be presented. Thiscourse represents an application of engineering assessment that is of direct benefit to students.IntroductionA one credit course, primarily focusing on assessment, was developed at the University of NorthDakota to evaluate students coming from industry into UND’s Corporate Engineering DegreeProgram (CEDP). The CEDP is a videotape program coupled with required on-campus labsleading to an undergraduate degree in engineering. Many of these students are graduates oftechnical colleges and have ten to fifteen years of industrial experience. With an investment ofresources in mind (students’ time, company funds for tuition reimbursement, etc.), UND facultybegan asking “why should these students (with so much industrial

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Jonathan Weaver-Rosen, Texas A&M University; Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin; Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Carlos R. Corleto, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #43651Teaching Effective Communication for TeamworkDr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design program and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education with an emphasis on capstone design and teamwork.Jonathan Weaver-Rosen, Texas A&M University

Conference Session

Approaches to Assessment and Student Reflection

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenya Mejia, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Wendy Roldan, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #30869Four Complications in Designing a Validated Survey to Gather Informationon Student Reactions to Reflection ActivitiesKenya Mejia, University of Washington Kenya Z. Mejia is a second year PhD student at the University of Washington in the Human Centered Design and Engineering program. Her work focuses on diversity and inclusion in engineering education focusing on engineering design education.Dr. Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the Univer- sity of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

. Easy to say, buthow to make students’ minds follow that path of thinking when the vast majority of theirengineering learning effort is spent on learning mathematical principles with a goal of using themfor optimization and numerical assessment. Consequently, the students are examined and gradedalmost exclusively on performance that is based on the mathematical knowledge, memorization ofprocedures and data. Despite its abstract nature, mathematics based engineering knowledge iseasily quantifiable, and there is a lot of historical experience available in teaching it. On the otherhand little learning time and grading effort is accorded to development of creativity, inventivenessand learning logical methods of designing. It is somewhat

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Michael McInerney, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Azad Siahmakoun, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wonjong Joo P.E., Seoul National University of Science and Technology

Tagged Topics

Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

- Hulman Institute of Technology in 1987 where he is now a professor of Physics, Optical Engineering, and Associate Dean of Faculty. Siahmakoun is a SPIE Fellow (The International Society for Optical Engineering), OSA Senior Member, and Founding Director of Micro-Nanoscale Devices and Systems (MiNDS) Facility since 2003.Prof. Wonjong Joo P.E., Seoul National University of Science and Technology Wonjong Joo is a professor of Seoul National University of Science and Technology (Seoul Tech) and was a vice president of ABEEK (Accreditation Board of Engineering Education in Korea) for 2012- 2014. He has been a director of Seoul Tech’s Innovation Center for Engineering Education (ICEE) & Hub Center for 8 years and was a

Conference Session

Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Houshangi, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

performancegoals.ConclusionsEach experiment designed with a single goal in mind. The experiments addressed dataacquisition, sensors and actuators, plant modeling and system identification, disturbancerejection, command following, and tracking for electro-mechanical plants. The developedlaboratory was successful to improve the students understanding and provide them with essentialskills needed to be a successful engineer in industry. Students prefer learning by hands-on Page 12.688.8experience and the feedback from them has been very positive. More funding is available for thelaboratory development and maintenance due to the fact that the course is used by

Conference Session

Global Cooperative Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Akins, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie D. Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jack Lohmann, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

recruit future leaders Access to engineering faculty and universities from around the world Ability to set quality benchmarks for global engineering education Help shape the future of engineering education through the participation in the international research project of the program Access to a like-minded global network Gaining of global visibility among students Increased global marketing exposure Achieved preferred partnership status at universitiesGovernance StructureThe day to day business of the GEIP will be conducted by a part-time Secretariat, fundedby Continental, and housed at one of the member institutions (currently at Georgia Techin Atlanta, Georgia, USA). The money will be made available to

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Joseph Hoey; Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

Session 3530 Uncovering Obstacles to the Assessment Momentum E. W. Nault, Ph. D., M. S . Leonard, Ph. D., P.E., J. Joseph Hoey, Ed.D. Clemson University/Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractWhy is the practice of assessment inconsistently applied across engineering programs withinthe same university and among engineering disciplines across the country? EngineeringCriteria 2000 1 which mandates programmatic assessment was initially adopted for applicationin 1996. Yet, six years after the adoption of the new criteria, why do we still experience highlevels of faculty resistance to program assessment? This

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

contents from electromagnetics, solid-state physics, electronics, and circuit analysis intothe design and analysis of three- and four-terminal semiconductor devices starting with the basic pnjunction. The course was also designed with ABET EC2000 in mind. The new approach wasoffered in Fall 2000 semester with 22 students, and an assessment of student satisfaction with thecourse and with their learning is reported.1. IntroductionThis report describes the redesign of a required, senior course in semiconductor devices wherestudents are asked to assimilate a diversity of knowledge types. That is, instead of teaching thecourse as a traditional engineering science course with fundamental engineering principles withproblem solving, the new course asks

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Balasubramanian Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

, however,curricular-level educational reform is hard for an individual instructor to implement. It is far Page 7.1131.1easier to influence pedagogical outcomes in one’s own classroom – at the course level, than atthe departmental level. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMethodologyWith this in mind, the authors focused on a 3-credit-hour (2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours)course in Manufacturing Processes taught to junior mechanical engineering students. Course-level competency gaps were

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Amir Karimi; Randall D. Manteufel

Fall 2006 or thereafter (§ 54.014 of the Texas Education Code2). The totalattempted hours contains all those taken by students at any public institution including all thoserepeated, duplicated, withdrawn after the Census date in which the student received a grade of“W.” Starting in Fall 2006, UTSA has been charging an additional fee of $121 per SCH forstudents who have exceeded the 30 or 45 hour credit limits.Depending on the type of calculation methods used, graduation rates can be strongly influencedby students who initially seek an engineering degree but later change their mind and pursueanother degree.  The factors that influence a student’s decision to leave engineering are linked toboth academic and non-academic factors3. Academic

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Furey; Eugene Brown

theappropriate background. In some cases it has been possible to establish a direct connection. Forexample, in mining and minerals engineering where in one course a “heat engine” model of mineventilation is used and in aerospace and ocean engineering where an application to propulsiondevices exits, it is possible to provide a direct and natural connection. But in many cases, theconnection is either not immediate or is more related to heat transfer than to thermodynamics. Page 8.1318.1Examples which come to mind include connections with electronic-equipment coolingrequirements or machine-tool design. Suffice it to say that in general this faculty

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu; S. Gary Teng

their work, allocating of humanand non-human resources, budgeting financial resources, and managing time. The experience inmanaging these projects related issues could improve students’ engineering, management, andproject management skills that are crucial for success in their professional careers.The benefits for industry in providing industrial projects for engineering programs include gettingfresh engineering minds and out-of-box perspective to solve design, operation, andimplementation problems, obtaining expertise in technical and systematic problem solving andproject handling, acquiring help to do projects while there is a manpower shortage, and providingemployee education through project collaborations.For faculty members involved in

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Duco Jansen; Sean P. Brophy; Stacy Klein; Patrick Norris; Ming Wang, Vanderbilt University

students and the instructor and enhanced the learningenvironment.VII. Acknowledgements:This work was supported in part by the Engineering Research Centers Program of the NationalScience Foundation under Award Number EEC-987636. The authors like to acknowledge thestudents in ES101 section 11 for their help and support in this course and for their willingness tocomplete yet another evaluation form.VIII. Bibliography:Bransford JD, Brown AL, Cocking RR (eds) How People Learn : Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (ExpandedEdition), National Academic Press, (2000).Brophy SP, Norris P, Nichols M, Jansen ED - Development and Initial Experience with a Laptop-based StudentAssessment System to Enhance Classroom Instruction – Proceeding ASEE (in press) (2003

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Craft; David Click; P. Paxton Marshall

education is in serious need ofreinvigoration. In both electrical and mechanical engineering, energy is increasingly regarded asa "mature discipline", which fails to attract and inspire the brightest young minds entering theengineering profession. It hardly matters that deregulation of the electricity industry and ournation's increasing reliance on imported petroleum have created ever more pressing challengesfor energy engineers, or that breakthroughs in computers, semiconductors, and chemicalseparation technologies have created heretofore unattainable options for the creation, deliveryand utilization of power. As is so often the case, perception trumps reality, and energyengineering remains in the backwater of most schools engineering curricula

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Soderstrom; Chris Lorenz; Michael Keinath

understanding of graduate education; and to support the increased involvement of underrepresented minorities in higher education.With this mission in mind, the student chapter has sponsored numerous events to accomplishthese three major goals which contribute to the continuous improvement of the educationalenvironment in engineering. Through these events, the student chapter has consistentlyinfluenced the College of Engineering’s pedagogical climate.In the following parts of this paper, the events, that have been organized by ASEE in order tofulfill each part of the mission statement, will be discussed and their effect within the Collegewill be highlighted. The events described in the following sections have been funded by a grantfrom the

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Brian Krug, Grand Valley State University

alone.Point 2: Master’s topicA nice feature in many engineering curriculums is a general engineering course where studentscan experience different engineering fields in their first year of study. Many students think theylike the idea of engineering, but don’t really know what an engineer does or what the differentdisciplines are. Many can identify Computer and Mechanical engineering don’t know aboutchemical, aerospace, industrial or Product Design and Manufacturing engineering. After thesecond year of study, students must commit to an area of engineering they prefer. Even afterthis, students change their mind as they learn more about each program.In the 3rd or 4th year, as graduation gets closer, is a student ready to select an area to master?What is

Conference Session

Postcard Session: Experiential Learning as a High-Impact Student Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Blake Prout, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Mohsin Mehmood; Kalah A. Cross, Morgan State University; Matt Collinge, Johns Hopkins University; Hafeez Temitope Shittu; Habilou Ouro-Koura, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

different things I want to do in life and without the help of mymentors and Dr. N that would not be possible, and I am very appreciative. I have shared my storywith other engineers at my school and encourage them to apply. One thing I learned about researchis that you can call what you created your own. Research id for the creative mind and actuallyexperiencing it myself was life changing….”The deputy director of MDSGC who is also a co-author of this paper coordinated logistics,online application processing, selection and project assignments for the interns for the 2017Summer Exchange. All ten internship offers extended to students in 2017 summer wereaccepted, reflecting the desirability of the experience in the minds of the students. All

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Pistrui, University of Detroit Mercy; Darrell K. Kleinke P.E., University of Detroit Mercy; Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Ronald Bonnstetter, Target Training International; Eric T. Gehrig, Target Training International

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

attributesand professional competencies found in entrepreneurially minded engineers [20]. The doctoraldissertation research of Dietrich (2012) was able to quantitatively distinguish between engineersand entrepreneurially minded engineers in both behavior and mastery of professional skills in theworkplace [21]. Research by Pistrui et al. used the TTI TriMetrix® DNA assessment suite todefine and establish a measurement model of undergraduate engineering education learningoutcomes associated with professional competencies (soft skills) development [22].TTI TriMetrix® DNA assessments are used by organizations for professional development andsocial science research. The TTI TriMetrix® DNA assessment suite is designed to increase theunderstanding of an

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Cheryl Bodnar; Matthew Markovetz; Renee Clark; Zachari Swiecki; Golnaz Irgens; Naomi Chesler; David Shaffer

-focused design is necessary for developing entrepreneurial tendencies withinthe minds of engineering students. The challenge, then, is understanding how to effectively instill a customer focus in engineeringstudents, a task that requires knowledge of how engineers learn. As it stands, engineering studentsin our colleges today do not relate well to traditional engineering pedagogy, such as the directtransmission model, which has remained the norm for the past few centuries (Freeman et al., 2014).The current generation of students is looking for a curriculum and educational approach that usesadvanced classroom technology and active learning to engage them in the learning process (­Freemanet al., 2014, Mina and Gerdes, 2006). A novel approach that

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

workremains to stabilize and grow this nascent effort into a mature and robust program. Areas ofimmediate focus include program accreditation, faculty hires, research efforts, partnerships, andstudent awareness.Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Gaining ABET accreditation for theprogram is, of course, a key emphasis item for UAF. As is the case for any new program, we mustgraduate at least 1 student from the program prior to applying for accreditation. UAF is workingdiligently to ensure this process is as quick and efficient as possible. The new aerospace program hasbeen built from existing UAF programs (all accredited) with the specific ABET aerospace engineeringaccreditation standards in mind from the beginning, and UAF’s

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Pierce, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Robin D. Terwilliger, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jorge Martinez, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

asked the industry respondents what they thought were theprimary benefits of their engagement for the community partner. They noted that their oversightensures the project quality, and that the participation of industry members should provide thecommunity partners with a degree of peace of mind with respect to implementing the studentsdesigns. “The EPICS projects get some additional oversight from various engineers that are in industry. This helps ensure products are well thought through and safe for use by the community partners' intended users.” “The community partners would hopefully receive more polished, durable, and "professional" looking/functioning products that will last longer. Also the community