Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University; John Y. Hung, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

assess certainperformance indicators, leading to results that were not as meaningful as they should have been.Consequently, the course instructors made some relatively simple changes to course assignmentsto ensure that students provide evidence of achievement of each of the desired performanceindicators. This serves both to facilitate assessment and to emphasize to the students what theyare expected to know and be able to do. The following sections describe how this has been donein ELEC 3040/3050.IV. Course assignments and assessmentIn the past few years, Auburn University has emphasized writing across the curriculum. Eachprogram in the university has been required to submit a plan for writing within the majorcourses, with students expected to

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Camille Birch, University of Washington; Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

curriculum design and pilot efforts of a short module in theintroductory bioengineering course [4-5].Course OverviewThe introductory bioengineering course aims to provide broad exposure to several areas ofresearch in bioengineering such as cancer diagnostics, medical device development, regenerativemedicine, global health, and synthetic biology. The course emphasizes critical reading ofscientific literature and technical writing, and broadly covers the engineering design process,creative problem-solving techniques, engineering ethics, social constraints, and other designprinciples.The first offering of the honors section was a 2-credit add-on to the introductory bioengineeringcourse. The honors section was comprised of 12 students who were

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

toprovide training and real world, small-scale project experience through the completion ofa full-project lifecycle from conceptualization to prototype. Brief discussion of thoseprojects that resulted in provisional patents, refereed journal publications, and conferencepresentations will be given. Some of the features of the course, such as University andindustry guest speaker series and final project evaluation by the department’s IndustrialAdvisory Board, leading professionals, faculty, technical staff and peers will beexamined. The paper concludes by outlining a set of short term and long term goals forthe future direction of the course.IntroductionEngineering and engineering technology disciplines consider senior project courses animportant and

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

lab report is due every week from design teams; these reports are graded quickly usingan electronic form for feedback so that the instructor distills comments to the most importantareas for improvement, rather than noting every detail that is out of place. This rubric is providedas Appendix C. Students are required to individually reflect on their group’s performance in thelab and in their writing by explaining which parts of the instructor’s feedback they consideredmost important and how they would improve for future reports. (8) A peer and self evaluation isdue through CATME (9) after every other lab.A final exam is conducted at the end of the term. This exam is designed to largely emphasizeconcepts from the professionalism and laboratory

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Brocato, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2009-1565: TWO WAYS OF USING CASE STUDIES TO TEACH ETHICSJohn Brocato, Mississippi State University John Brocato serves as Coordinator and Instructor in the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. He designed and helps teach GE 3513 Technical Writing and works closely with engineering departments on enhancing the technical communication content in their curricula. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from MSU and previously taught in the English Department there. He is a member of ASEE and serves as its Campus Representative for MSU

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg L. Saylor, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

2(16Students) 5 6 Figure 1: Implementation Timeline for the FSSP and S-STEM Programs2.2. Freshman SSTEM Scholars Program (FSSP) StructureGoals of FSSPThe main goals of the program are: enhanced retention of URM students, the development ofstrong URM candidates for admission into the S-STEM program, and to build interest in studentsfor the pursuit of graduate study. Enhanced retention of URM students is critical as 2014 datafrom the National Center for Education statistics 15 describes African American and Hispanicstudents as 23.6% and 12.7% less likely, respectively, to finish college after 5 years as comparedto their white peers. Retention is encouraged

Conference Session

Getting Into Graduate School

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

Paper ID #19000Getting Great Recommendation Letters: A Practical GuideDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engi- neering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education through hands- on

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University; Arun Srivats Mohan, Pennsylvania State University; Frank Christopher Barber

) – collaborated to develop a micro-credential on professional ethics for PennState’s College of Engineering. The micro-credential is targeted towards engineering students asearly as their first year of post-secondary study. The draft micro-credential notably includedseveral historical case studies – notably, the Boeing 737 Max crash, the Space Shuttle Challengerexplosion, Apple intellectual property misappropriation, the Volkswagen diesel emissionsscandal, and the Ford Explorer and Firestone tire tread separation incident – with additionalfurther modern cases inspired by recent engineering industry events. In this work, our qualitativeimpressions on the micro-credential development process originated via memo-writing (Saldana,2012), were further

Conference Session

Motivating students to achieve

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

about what has happened and what is possible in order to create a muchricher design experience and understanding; the cost of this is the higher overhead to the team.Providing a range of techniques allowed each student to assess which practices worked best forthat student’s personality and background, as well as for different situations they mightencounter. Different people may learn better through different types of reflective practices.Typical introverts8 may prefer the privacy of a journal to participating in team retrospectives,while extroverts may be more effective the opposite way. Writing and talking use different partsof the brain. Many people think better when they are physically active20.‡ This includes increasing the value all along

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shasta Ihorn, San Francisco State University; Anagha Kulkarni, San Francisco State University; Michael Savvides, San Francisco State University; Ilmi Yoon

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

diversity.4 The program consists of five classes,unique to the minor, that span across two academic years (4 semesters) and relies on the use ofcohort-based program structure, near-peer mentoring, and project-driven learning. The cohortstructure allows for close relationships to form, combatting the social isolation that historicallymarginalized students may feel in CS classes. Peer mentoring benefits students by offeringfurther academic, social, and professional development support within the program. Project-based learning provides strong ties to students’ major area(s) of study (primarily biology andbiochemistry) and supports students’ future success in fields that are becoming increasingly data-driven.1 Finally, the minor program courses focus

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

team andassume they are a professional is to overlook the much needed education in basic professionalism.As with any pedagogical method we have identified perpetual problems with problem studentsand specifically address these through project team design. The general categories that weencounter with students at our institution are listed below in relative frequency/importance. Theyhave been developed using personal interactions during, and peer evaluations after studentprojects from a variety of courses and faculty. Each school will have a different list. For example,our list obviously excludes cultural differences. • Working - Students working outside school 20 or more hours per week often have schedules that do not fit with regular full

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

two phases of the team dynamics cycle.The new set of changes to the course is not as effective as had been hoped. The amount ofbookkeeping is tremendous due to all the reports and presentations. Students are unable to workefficiently on their technical project due to the overload on report writing. Students alsocomplain that one semester is not enough time to produce a professional prototype. The basicfeedback from the Self/Peer-Reviews also indicates that one semester might not be enough togive the students a positive team experience, which would include the last to phases of normingand performing.Intermediate Conclusion:All changes in phase 2 have been introduced in the author’s first semester teaching the seniordesign course. Even though

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

student teams. Interrogating theinteractions African-American males experience within multiracial teams enhances ourunderstanding of how they experience engineering and what peer interactions reduce spotlightingand disconnection. Page 26.1545.2IntroductionTeam projects in undergraduate engineering programs are critical sites for professional skillsdevelopment. Designed to simulate engineering work, team projects allow students to try onprofessional roles as they interact with peers and faculty. Also, engaging in engineering activitiessuch as a team project can help students establish a sense of identity within their field, which inturn influences

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adel Shirmohammadi, University of Maryland-College Park; Arthur Johnson, University of Maryland-College Park

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

which was in the group that submitted the report. There is a form (a copy of whichis attached) that solicits specific comments about technical and communication attributes of thereport. Evaluators are instructed not to write simple “yes” or “no” entries, but to givemeaningful comments. These evaluations are submitted anonymously, except to the instructor,and are graded by the instructor and returned to the group that originally submitted the report.The advantages of this procedure are these: 1. it assists the instructor in reading and evaluating the reports, because he has the peer evaluations when grading the reports 2. it gives the submitting group feedback from more than just the instructor 3

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Miller, University of Maryland; Robert Lent, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Gregory M. Wilkins, Morgan State University; Matthew M. Jezzi, University of Maryland; Kayi Hui, University of Maryland, College Park; Robert H Lim, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole A Bryan, University of Maryland, College Park; Helena Mimi Martin, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, University of Maryland, College Park Paige Smith has served as the Director of the Women in Engineering (WIE) Program in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland since September 2001. WIE provides a com- prehensive set of academic year and summer outreach programs for students in grades 4-12. Retention programs include a living and learning community, peer mentoring and fellowships in research and teach- ing. Paige is also the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative (MAGiC), a regional collaborative of the NSF funded National Girls Collaborative Project. MAGiC connects girl-serving and supporting in- dividuals and organizations in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC that are

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Manjari Wijenaike; Dennis M. Faber, FCC, inc.

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

expand their current knowledge base and practices.The Compendium offers direct faculty access to the latest STEM and advanced technologicaleducation connections. With the Compendium, faculty leader colleagues can: 1) Expand theirown knowledge base; 2) Inform and improve their teaching profession practice and scholarship;and 3) Use the research and content from the Compendium to develop and write competitivegrants. Use of the Compendium can help faculty leaders develop themselves professionallythrough hands-on research and practices, and via dissemination to peers and/or peer reviews.Searches within the Compendium can be tailored to specific program and/or course needs for up-to-date and pertinent models, examples, and implementation practices

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie A. Jernigan; Garlie Forehand; Alexander B. Quinn; Judith Norback

collaborative writing. 2. Provide opportunities to practice oral communication prior to Senior Design; provide opportunities for students to present to peers while studying for exams, and utilize study groups and introduce more teamwork experience before Senior Design. 3. Develop a skeleton for reports for different audiences (reflecting what is important to report); and distribute templates for organizing and communicating written and oral information. Page 7.1111.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Mark A. Palmer

Tagged Topics

Diversity

efforts associated with reporting pedagogical effectiveness and the various challenges encountered when trying do so, • A systematic method that can be used to develop an ascending survey to determine the effectiveness of pedagogical techniques. • The quality of student feedback.The Excel workbook and Word document that the author developed to maximize efficiency willbe demonstrated and made available.1. BackgroundThe effectiveness of a pedagogical technique is often reported without considering studentfeedback. One method is to report faculty perception. In order to determine the effectiveness ofactive learning higher level learning and formative assessment, a peer observer uses

Conference Session

They need more than technical skills!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

Paper ID #18296Stepping out of the Comfort Zone - and the Country: Facilitating In-DepthStudent Learning through Nontraditional Communication AssignmentsMr. David Bowles, Louisiana State University David ”Boz” Bowles is a technical communication instructor and Engineering Communication Studio coordinator in the Chevron Center for Engineering Education at Louisiana State University. He earned a baccalaureate degree in English and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Virginia Common- wealth University.Ms. Paige Davis, Louisiana State University Paige Davis has 22 years of experience in the College of Engineering at

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

incidentresulted from an awareness of past offenses and potential future offenses related to diversity. Page 12.558.5When JI102 attempted to write her first draft of the diversity statement she did not know what tosay. She emphasized that she did not think it was very good. When she brought her diversitystatement to the peer review and discussion session it was not a priority for her to have the groupread it and comment. JI102 stated that these feelings of inadequacy about her diversity statementstemmed from her previous experience. She was unaware of how much the incident that occurredduring the previous diversity workshop had negatively impacted her

Conference Session

Inclusive Dialogues and Adaptations in Engineering Education: Navigating Uncertainty and Leveraging AI for Student Success

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sourojit Ghosh, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

prior experience in design and the UCD process. In suchinstances, working with an ideation tool to generate blue sky ideas and build upon some or ruleout others [43] augmented the learning experience and paved the way for them to come up withthe design ideas they would initially use. For students who might not have had much experiencewith the UCD process prior to C1, ChatGPT served as a tool for providing them equitable accesssuch that they could keep up with their more experienced peers and not fall behind the class. Additionally, ChatGPT was used as a writing assistant by students, especially in C2, whopossibly were struggling with the heavy writing load that the course provided. Such a writingload is uncommon within the courses in our

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

feedback provided by the instructor after reviewing their third draft. • Peer evaluations: Students complete three peer evaluations throughout the semester, using the CATME software [7].Individual learning assignments (ILAs)The different ILAs that were submitted throughout the semester are below. ILA1 and ILA2 arebased on assignments since before the author took over this course; the remaining ILAs weredeveloped by the author. With the exception of ILA5, which was expected to be a 300-500 wordsubmission, all ILAs are expected to be 600-1000 words. • ILA1: Students write about a WP of their choice, explain the characteristics of the problem that make it a WP, provide two examples of stakeholders for this problem, and

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Sreedevi Ande P.E.

Agree Disagree I plan to expand my GEMS experience, by telling my 20% 80% 0% 0% high school peers about my camp experience. Because of my teammates and GEMS experience, my 30% 70% 0% 0% skills in writing, documentation, oral presentations have improved. My GEMS experiences did not provide more 10% 10% 50% 30% information that will help me in my career choice. Table 3 – A sample of Students’ responses to the open ended questions on GEMS 1. What did you like the best about GEMS? • The projects • Engineering camp day • I liked that it was hands on • That GEMS

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann M. Gansemer-Topf; Shan Jiang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Dong Chen, The University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

projects; completing Clifton Strengths testand individual career assessment before attending the class. For weekly classes, studentsparticipate in small and large group discussions to gain an understanding of course topics.Following the 50 min lecture, students participated in the post-lecture activities such as smallgroup peer reviews for reflective writing, discussion of the application of PM skills, and Q&Awith guest lecturers (see Table 1).Table 1. Course Content Week Course Topic Learning Activity 1 Introduction Icebreaker game 2 Project Charter Building project charter for thesis/ research

Conference Session

Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Dulaski PE, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

plans SPRING BREAK Final report and plans Present final plans to community Final Presentations Figure 2 Transportation Capstone Requirements, by Week, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Transportation Concentration) – Northeastern UniversitySemester Outline – Task-BasedDuring the second week of the semester, the firms are given project descriptions. The projectdescriptions are “broad”. The “broad” descriptions are deliberate – they afford the students theopportunity to be creative in their approach. The projects are reviewed by the consulting teams.After the review, the students write two

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Stevie Clark, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Ryan Smith, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Cooperation on Science Fair Projects on Elementary School StudentsAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to show that outside the classroom, active learning throughscience fair projects with assistance from RAMP-UP Fellows can positively impactfourth graders. A comparison of the students’ third grade End-of-Grade (EOG) mathscores to their fourth grade EOG math scores, after they have worked with RAMP-UPFellows on science fair projects, is presented to assess the impact. RAMP-UP assistedfourth graders in 2007 had a 2.96% and an 11.43% improvement in their developmentscale score and achievement level respectively as compared to 1.99% and 3.59%improvement by their peers. The 2008 and 2009 assisted science fair students did notperform as well as

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Alan Gow, Alan Gow and Associates; EunSook Kwon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

January 15, 2011).[2] Proposal Writing Workshop Presentation (F101), http://step.eng.lsu.edu/nsf/facilitators/, (last accessed onJanuary 15, 2011).[3] http://www.uh.edu/discovery/QEP_Full_Report.pdf, (last accessed on January 18, 2011)[4] BiPOM, http://www.bipom.com/student_projects.php, (last accessed on January 15, 2011). Page 22.938.9 Appendix A Table A: Peer-in Class Evaluation, CETE Teams PresentingEvaluation Categories Team Team Team Team 1 7 8 9Project

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Lord

nontraditional. All of these aspects fitin with the strategies for developing lifelong learning described by Parkinson6 and McCombs9.Course Activities Related to Lifelong Learning and Contemporary IssuesLiterature Research Project: Paper and PresentationStudents explored an area more deeply by writing and presenting a paper on a topic of theirchoice. Multiple opportunities for peer review and criticism are provided to help studentsdevelop their communication skills as well as requiring them to think at the highest level ofBloom’s taxonomy “Evaluation”10. As Mourtos7 describes, operating at these higher levels isi Page 10.1484.2 Due to the

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brandon W. Olson

develop the relationships and trust that are required for effective cooperative learning. 5) Solutions to the team assignments are discussed in the same class period they are given, thus providing students with nearly simultaneous reinforcement or correction. 6) Exams and quizzes are composed of an individual portion as well as a team portion that they complete together. 7) Peer evaluations are used to distribute the credit of team activities. Evaluations are typically based on attendance, contribution and preparedness. Team activities represent a significant portion of each individual’s overall grade (30% - 50%)Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Hailey, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, including external guest speakers,introductions to the female faculty members, and presentations by Career Services.In addition to borrowing many of the ideas from a number of existing seminars, the USUseminar was shaped by data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Page 11.994.2freshman survey.6 The 2004 CIRP survey was completed by 79% of the main campus freshmanclass. USU freshman students differ from those of their peers at comparable institutions in anumber of areas. ‚ 86% of the USU freshman class viewed raising a family as essential or very important compared with 78% of the freshman at peer schools. ‚ 35% of