Conference Session

Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Crosthwaite; David Radcliffe

explicit values statement says something about the orientation of theCentre. It reflects much of what the Centre is about.A Point of DifferenceThe Catalyst Centre differs from conventional engineering or technology based research centresin several fundamental ways. It is a small, agile learning nucleus within a larger organization andit does not depend upon particular pieces of sophisticated experimental equipment. Its modusoperandi is organic, situated and contingent. It is part of the community of practice not remotefrom it. The Centre takes an integrative approach to work, learning and innovation drawing onthe work of the Institute for Research in Learning and Xerox PARC (Brown and Dugid, 2000).The Centre is focused on people, process and

Conference Session

Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Upchurch; Chi Thai

part of the course).Figure 1 shows the typical layout for the workstation with the PC, spectrometer and associatedfiberoptics, the X-Y stage and a color chart being used for reflectance experiments. Page 7.1119.3 Figure 1. Typical layout for a Machine Vision workstation Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationInitially, the two workstations must be setup by the administrator prior to accepting any remotelogins by students. The administrator first logs on locally at the actual

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Moreau-Jones; Albert Peng; Daniel Jones

and subways, and theyshopped at famous commercial areas in Beijing. Small groups attended a traditional dumplingdinner in the homes of professors who had apartments on campus. Social activities included abasketball game, talent show, dance, and farewell party. At the end of the trip, CMU and NCUTpartners exchanged gifts as tokens of appreciation.After the TripWhile traveling, students were responsible for maintenance of a daily journal. After returning tothe US, students wrote individual final reports, which included journal entries, photographs, andreflections on their experiences. The group of CMU students met to reflect on their experiences.Students who received scholarships for travel were responsible for presentations to CMU andcivic

Conference Session

ET Industrial Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Summers

, experience, and expertise of individualsfrom the private sector. Rapid changes in workplace technology drive the need for increasinglyhigher levels of knowledge and skills. It is essential that the programs and curricula preparestudents for the workplace. An effective IAB can be the bridge from academe to the workplace.“Industry must take a leading role in the structure and administration of future training for thatindustry.” (Introduction to IITAB, 1998, p.2) 4Selection of participants for an IAB is critical. Members should be selected from business,industry, and government and should reflect the variety of business and industry in the localcommunity. The broad functions of an advisory board are reflected in the breadth of itsmembership. “Much of

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Balmer

“Introduction to Engineering” course, integratedmathematics and physics (IMP) courses, and a third year foreign experience requirement. Webegan to embrace the Converging Technologies concept in the spring of 2001 in a continuingeffort to create a unique merger of engineering with the liberal arts. By this time Union was, in many ways, already invested in the Converging Technologiestheme. It was reflected in the theme for the freshman introduction to engineering course, "SmartCars" - a discussion of converging mechanical, electrical, and computer technologies in the Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

. Students’ better comprehension of thesubject matter is reflected in surveys conducted, as well as in students’ performance andsuperior grades. A balanced merging of hand drawing with computer drawing seems togive students the best of both worlds.A recent market survey showed that using Microsoft PowerPoint software capabilities inthis kind of application appears not to have been explored before in that particular way.Discussions with students, publishers, and colleagues in academia provide assertions ofthe potential effectiveness of using this kind of multimedia presentations in deliveringEngineering Graphics courses.Preparing SATALA PowerPoint slides for Engineering Graphics courses is a very timeconsuming process. However, any time and effort

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2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Akila Ravichandran; Kiran Katira; Tariq Khraishi

programming done by the students in this particular community-engagement project. The OutcomesThe UNM SOE and CEC incorporate a qualitative research study that seeks to explore howparticipants’ Service Learning/Community Engagement (SL/CE) experiences influence students’perspectives and understandings toward public welfare and their engagement with engineeringmajors. In addition, the study seeks to investigate students’ reflections on their major: pre- andpost-SL/CE. The research methods include collecting data through surveys, one-on-one interviewswith the scholars, document analysis of scholar and site leader reflections/reports, and regularcheck-in meetings.The initial findings from participants survey

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Samuel A Servati, State University of New York, Canton; PS Dhanasekaran, State University of New York, Canton

environment that feels isolating andfilled with challenges. After considering these factors, would you feel confident in your ability tothrive in this brand-new environment, handling problems you've never encountered before? Formany, this proves to be an impossible challenge, leading to the derailment of their intendedfutures.But what if these struggling students weren't inherently unsuited for a career in engineering?What if they simply lacked the necessary tools and support to succeed in their first academicyear? First-year students often grapple with developing the academic and intellectual.competence, essential for success in an engineering major. This includes skills such as critical.thinking, problem-solving, and reflective judgment, which need

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Naser Haghbin, Fairfield University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Advanced Product De- sign and Manufacturing at Fairfield University. His curriculum development and lab modernization pre- pare students for Industrial challenges. Additionally, he excels in teaching four lab courses, each having two sections, providing hands-on education to future engineers. His scholarly contributions, featured in several peer-reviewed journals specializing in manufacturing processes, reflect his dedication to research and knowledge dissemination. Dr. Haghbin possesses hands-on experience in controlled micro-milling and 3D printing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Transformative Mechanical Engineering One-Credit Laboratory Courses: A Project

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

PS Dhanasekaran, State University of New York, Canton

empower students to make a meaningful impact on theglobal community [5, 6,7]. A significant obstacle to learning is when students struggle to applytheir knowledge in problem-solving situations. By reflecting on their own learning, students canpinpoint areas where they need improvement and enhance their understanding to a higher level.This enables them to effectively utilize their knowledge when tackling complex problems [8].Active Learning nurtures specific and crucial skills like collaboration, autonomy, logicalreasoning, creative thinking, and problem-solving. These competencies are indispensable forexcelling in a wide array of roles within today's fiercely competitive global job market [7, 9, 10].In the flipped classroom model, the

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Christina Cao, .; Danushka Bandara, Fairfield University

errors, or factual distortions thatresult in favoring certain groups or ideas, perpetuating stereotypes, or makingincorrect assumptions based on learned patterns [25].1.2 Origins of BiasLanguage models can inherit biases from their training data, leading them toperpetuate stereotypes and social issues. This can happen in several ways. Thedata itself might be biased due to certain societal biases reflected in online con-tent. They can thus contain discrimination or stereotypes. Data sources chosencan also be biased, with companies focusing on certain sources and neglectingothers. The algorithms used to process data can also amplify biases. Even humaninvolvement in training can introduce biases, as annotators’ own perspectives caninfluence the

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Isaac Macwan, Fairfield University; Naser Haghbin, Fairfield University; John F Drazan, Fairfield University

. Additionally, he excels in teaching four lab courses, each having two sections, providing hands-on education to future engineers. His scholarly contributions, featured in several peer-reviewed journals specializing in manufacturing processes, reflect his dedication to research and knowledge dissemination. Dr. Haghbin possesses hands-on experience in controlled micro-milling and 3D printing.John F Drazan, Fairfield University John Drazan, PhD is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Fairfield University. Dr. Drazan completed his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a NIH IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in the McKay Orthopedic Research

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Robin Chataut, Quinnipiac University; YUSUF USMAN, Quinnipiac University; Frederick Scholl, Quinnipiac University

cyber incidents,particularly data breaches. These incidents are not merely isolated events; they reflect a broadertrend of escalating cyber threats that target the very core of personal and organizational privacyand integrity. The state's diverse economic landscape, encompassing healthcare, finance,insurance, and manufacturing sectors, presents a varied and rich target for cyber adversaries.This variety amplifies the potential impact of data breaches and underscores the necessity for acomprehensive understanding of these incidents. Analyzing data breaches in Connecticut is notjust about quantifying incidents; it is about dissecting the anatomy of these breaches to unveilpatterns, identify vulnerabilities, and understand the evolving tactics of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noemi V Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Russ Meier, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Deborah Anne Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Janie M Moore, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Harry A. Hogan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and computing. We began our work by designing a computational thinkingdiagnostic that can be administered to students as they enter the engineering program in order todetermine student's ability to use the principles and practices that are learned by studyingcomputing. We can report that 3584 students were participants during the development of theEngineering Computational Thinking Diagnostic (ECTD) and the last 469 were involved inexploratory and confirmatory analysis.Engineers use computing to design, analyze, and improve systems or processes. ABET citescomputing as a foundational skill for engineering proficiency [1], [2]. The Taxonomy for theField of Engineering Education Research also reflects the importance of computational thinkingas a

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

M. Ginger Scarbrough

3The design contest is modeled after the engineering Request for Proposals (RFP), with each event inthe contest reflecting the process followed by an engineering firm as they answer an engineeringRFP. To develop real-world challenges, WERC partners with industry and government agencies todevelop tasks that address some of the major environmental concerns that the world faces today.Each year, WERC offers a diverse set of design challenges. From these, student teams select onetask to focus on. Each task is designed and sponsored by industry and/or government agencies tosolve a real problem of concern. Sponsorship of a task is an investment in the future workforce, butalso provides the sponsors with fresh and innovative perspectives that often

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Shadi Balawi; Abdelrahman Youssef; Youssef Elmasry

methodologies. Theyclearly demonstrate that not all of these methodologies are equal. This will potentially help in selectingand fine tuning the better methodology based on the course outcomes.Data from more recent runs of the course were collected. Some changes were introduced to the courseto minimize the effort requested from students. The weekly surveys were dropped and were exchangedfor one peer evaluation exercise that reflected the conflicted teams. A conflict that is managed wellmay not need to be addressed and was phased out by the teams towards the end of the semester. Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas at El Paso; Nidia Banuelos, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Dessaray Gorbett; Ariana (Ari) Arciero, University of Texas at El Paso; Ross J. Benbow, University of Wisconsin - Madison

. FindingsIn the following, we provide an evidence-based answer to each of the three research questionsbased on student responses. The tables with relevant data are included as appendices 1 through 3.What are the features of Hispanic Engineering students’ social networks?The number of listed people as key supporters varied between 0 and 20 with an average of fivesupporters. The average network density, reflecting the number of interrelationships amongsupports, was three connections within a social network of five people. This indicated a closerelationship between supporters and the students. The large majority of alters had Hispanicidentities. More than a third of alters had a high school diploma or GED and about a quarter hada bachelor’s degree. The

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Ryan McGuire, University of New Mexico; Tariq Khraishi, University of New Mexico

specimens were printed, any plastic burs were removed via an X-acto knife. Then thespecimens were labeled with the following system template: 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 − 𝑆𝑆In this template 3 pieces of information were recorded. N was the number of holes and rangedfrom 0 to 3. O was the size and orientation of the holes: B for base, iL for in line and small, and Lfor large. Lastly, S reflected the sample number. After each sample in a set was labeled, they weretested using a single column Tensile Testing Machine from My Lab Equipment. Each sample wasphotographed before and after the tensile test was conducted, as well as videotaped during the test.Using the Tensile Testing Machine’s built in data collection tools the

Conference Session

Track 3: Technical Session 7: Promotion of Student Well-being via Successful Navigation through Conflict Resolution Pathways

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Boni Frances Yraguen, Vanderbilt University; Bettina K Arkhurst; Stuart Montgomery, Georgia Institute of Technology; Derek Ashton Nichols, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jennifer Molnar, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Paper ID #40712Promotion of Student Well-being via Successful Navigation throughConflict Resolution PathwaysDr. Boni Frances Yraguen, Vanderbilt University Boni Yraguen is a recent PhD graduate from Georgia Tech. Her dissertation work is in the field of combustion/thermo./fluids. She studies a novel diesel injection strategy: Ducted Fuel Injection (DFI), which is used to drastically decrease soot emissions during diesel combustion. In addition to her thesis work, Boni is passionate about engineering education. She has led and participated in various educational studies on the impact of student reflections, authentic

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Auburn University; Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University

classcancellations), hybrid, and even face-to-face class instruction. Therefore, the purpose of thispaper is to provide insight into the authors' approach to creating interactive online courseware byusing Articulate Storyline 360® for the enhancement of online course engagement. Storyline360® is aimed at providing tools that have a primary goal of making interactive activities ratherthan one-way presentations. It has a plethora of design tools and activities such as embeddedquizzes, surveys, and other interactive features. The authors found a variety of benefits ofStoryline 360® such as a user interface reflective of other slideshow products, the ability to setup quizzes, activities, and certificates of completion within the course, the text-to

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

David Calamas, Georgia Southern University

FeedbackStudent feedback on the open-ended questions was centered around four coherent themes:consistency and standardization, anonymity and bias reduction, clarity and transparency, andefficiency and turnaround time. The responses reflected a consensus among students on theperceived fairness of grading using Gradescope compared to traditional manual methods.Students appreciated the uniformity in grading standards, emphasizing that everyone was subjectto the same criteria, eliminating potential biases. The anonymity of the grading process washighlighted as a key factor contributing to fairness, ensuring equal treatment for all without theinfluence of personal factors.The efficiency of Gradescope was acknowledged, with students expressing satisfaction

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Salman Siddiqui, Georgia Southern University; Rami Jubrail Haddad, Georgia Southern University

through the semester. Thisadjustment allowed hardware applications to be woven into each weekly lab session, movingaway from a previous sole focus on hardware. Such a change provided students with moretime to engage with the sensors and electronic components of the kit, gradually building theirskills to handle increasingly complex projects.Furthermore, the course was enhanced to include both an oral presentation and a writtenreport on the projects, adding depth to the learning experience. Reflecting these changes, thegrading structure was revised to better align with this enriched, hands-on educationalapproach, as highlighted in Table II. Table II- Course Assessment Components and Grade Allocation Assessment

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Mazen I. Hussein, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

experience.The survey questions were divided into three categories: characteristics, satisfaction, andpreferences. In the characteristics section, students identified their preferred learning style andMBTI personality type after completing an online ILS Inventory and a simplified online MBTIassessment. The ILS Inventory, designed by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman,evaluates preferences across four dimensions: active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal,and sequential/global, offering insights into learning styles. Additionally, learning styles arecommonly discussed using the VARK model (Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, Kinesthetic).Students also indicated their predominant learning mode: visual, auditory, or tactile.The MBTI created

Conference Session

Track 4: Technical Session 3: Considerations for assessment, evaluation, and continuous improvement of a pre-college STEM summer program for promising Black high school students

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jesika Monet McDaniel, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Cynthia Hampton Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kim Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

ProgramInsight from 2022 Cohort, Needs for 2023 Cohort, and Change for 2023 CohortThe insight, needs, and change addressed from 2022 to 2023 was a process that started withtranscribing reflections from the co-author of this paper who is the co-director of DISTINCTION.Open responses from the 2022 cohort were also cross-checked to ensure that participants’communication of their experiences were integrated into this exercise. The insight for 2022 fromthe co-author and crosschecked, the needs derived from the insight to address in 2023, and thechange enacted in 2023 is organized in this section.Evaluation Topic: Infrastructure Insight from 2022: Lenient on time and structure of free time. Need identified for 2023: adjustments to routine to set

Conference Session

Track 6: Technical Session 6: Stewardship of the Stories: Learning from Black Engineering Students' Lived Experiences

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Donna Auguste Ph.D., Auguste Research Group, LLC; Cynthia Hampton Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

. These participants used a narrative form of storytelling to share theirexperiences at the university and other settings, including experiences of physical conflicts,emotional conflicts, bias, microaggressions, mental stress, and physical illness.Their experiences spoke their truth, sometimes for the first time. The participants’ experienceswere consequential for each of them, even while being inconvenient and uncomfortable for otherpeople who did not share their experiences and may not believe their truth. However, webelieved them. In 2023, we sought to revisit a reflective question related to conducting theoriginal research study: What methodological nuances arose from participants sharing theirlived experiences in a study of 24 Black

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Marino Nader, University of Central Florida; Qiushi Fu, University of Central Florida

involved in this study, was given in class once a week in blendedM-mode by a different instructor than the one who originally designed it, with minor changes.Three attempts, with randomized questions were given for each of the three tests performedremotely using LockDown Browser, Proctor Hub and Respondus monitor to maintain testingintegrity. All attempts were performed digitally within a week using CANVAS LearningManagement System (LMS), each attempt was instantly graded, and the results were immediatelyreleased for the students to seek help, where needed.An increase in students’ success improved with a minimum of 56% between the first and the thirdattempts. However, the overall success average students’ success is 143%. This reflects

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Larisa Olesova, University of Florida; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University; Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University

them with the skillsessential for success in the rapidly changing landscape of STEM jobs.Inquiry-based learning has recently received additional attention when the metacognitiveapproach has been implemented into the design of online, hybrid, and face-to-face learning tosupport the dynamics of reflective thinking and a shared inquiry process [8]. Metacognition is arequired cognitive ability to achieve deep and meaningful learning that can be viewed both fromindividual and shared perspectives. Moreover, when metacognition is facilitated within theCommunity of Inquiry (CoI) and, specifically, through the principles of the Practical InquiryModel (PIM), it can help regulate cognitive presence of self and others [9]. Understanding howmetacognition

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

ISAAC DAMILARE DUNMOYE, University of Georgia; VINCENT OLUWASETO FAKIYESI, University of Georgia; Wayne Johnson, University of Georgia; Dominik May, University of Georgia

. The course also provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate anunderstanding of the role of public policy and intellectual property in the development and implementation ofengineered systems. During the course lectures, emphasis is placed on developing students’ critical reflection andsocial engagement as contemporary engineers. The students’ grade in the course was calculated based on classparticipation (attendance, reflections, and scribe reports), written assessments (mid-term and final examinations) andprojects. The course instructor (third author) taught two sections of the course in the Spring 2023 semester. However,due to time constraints, only the study sheets of one section were analyzed for this study. We analyzed the

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Aja Rachel Bettencourt-Mccarthy, University of Cincinnati; Matthew Sleep, University of Cincinnati

templates developed by Hylton and France [18]. Students are placedinto teams that reflect a range of Civil Engineering disciplinary course experience and togetheruse the stakeholder identification assignment to begin describing stakeholders and their wants,needs and pains. Student teams then focus on one or two of their identified stakeholders in CVE5002. They augment their original stakeholder profiles with additional research to create moredetailed personas. Teams then propose a design for a Value and Impact Change (VIC). In thisVIC, students create preliminary design changes for a project that was the focus of their 4technical design courses. Whatever design change is proposed in the VIC must add value andimpact to the identified stakeholder

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Shivaun D Archer, Cornell University

: 1) the written report which reflected the understanding of the concepts ofpressure, volumetric flow and resistance; 2) Successful running of the MATLAB® code; 3)calculation of resistance; and 4) Answers to HW questions related to these concepts.Specifically, in the Discussion section where students were asked to compare experiments totheory and to reflect on their initial prediction of flow in the channels after a blockage, 90% ofthe students did a good job explaining the difference between the experimental and theoreticalresults and why bead velocity changed as it did. Homework questions that asked students topredict velocity and pressure changes with model networks that varied parameters of inputpressure, volumetric flow and blockages