Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

indicate that while 34% of them did biographical presentations,only 6% of students said this type of presentation was their favorite. The fact that over half ofthe presentations this year (in the aggregate) were related to biographies may have loweredstudent enthusiasm somewhat.Two new questions were specifically added to the 2007 post-activity survey to investigate howstudents feel about learning about engineers. These questions were: • “Knowing about engineers makes me more interested in engineering as a career,” and • “Learning about engineers is more important than learning about devices.”The results of these questions are shown in Table 7. Table 7. Responses to Career/Devices Questions

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Ahmed E. Kamal, Iowa State University; Akhilesh Tyagi, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Journal of Engineering Education. Dr. Rover was Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs in the College of Engineering from 2004-2010. Prior to that, she served as associate chair for undergraduate education in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2003-2004. She began her academic career at Michigan State University. She received the B.S. in computer science in 1984, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in computer engineering in 1986 and 1989, respectively, from Iowa State University. Her teaching and research has focused on embedded computer systems, reconfigurable hardware, integrated program development and performance environments for parallel and distributed systems, visualization, performance

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent C Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William C Farrow, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Hope Leigh Weiss, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-authoring a book on Finite Element Simulation of Case Studies for Undergraduates.Dr. William C Farrow, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. WILLIAM C. FARROW has been teaching at the Milwaukee School of Engineering full time for 10 years in the Mechanical Engineering department. Besides teaching courses related to engineering design and engineering mechanics he works with students pursuing aerospace career goals. Dr. Farrow has worked for McDonnell Aircraft Comp., Eaton Corporation’s Corporate Research Division, and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab as a Faculty Research Fellow.Dr. Hope Leigh Weiss, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie McBride

the further development and improvement of the program. • The outcomes important to the mission of the institution and the objectives of the program are being measured.Examples of evidence that can be used in assessment documentation are student portfolios,including design projects; nationally normed subject content examinations; alumni surveys thatdocument professional accomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys; and Page 8.134.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Hunter, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

develop the ability to take control of their ownlearning, consciously define learning goals, and monitor their progress in achieving them.”A number of studies show a positive relationship between interest in a subject and persistence forscience and engineering majors (4,5). Research shows that lack of commitment to a career inengineering may be key to explaining non-persistence (6). These findings suggest a relationshipbetween interest and commitment. As such, commitment to engineering will be evaluated forstudents participating in the study. In general, retention of students in the STEM fields requires ahigh level of student commitment, particularly for underrepresented students who are faced withunique challenges in addition to the rigors of

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

learning, that is the importance of thecommunity experience for students. This change in view was exemplified by the statementcontrasting the traditional educational experience with what we endeavored to create foriFoundry. For example, at the first meeting we told students that traditionally, professors wouldask freshmen to look to their right and look to their left, and that one or two of the three wouldnot be there next year. We proposed a variation on this tradition by asking students to look totheir left and look to their right, and realize that these were the people that would help thembecome successful in their academic and career efforts. This example illustrated the importanceof community to the learning experience.Design Principles for

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

engineeringmanagement careers, the results from this study have been directly integrated into multipleengineering and engineering technology courses.IntroductionThe tooling industry has been around for hundreds of years in one form or another. In fact, theindustry has been in existence since before the industrial revolution when dies, molds, and otherforms of tools were just beginning to be widely used. In those days, a competitor was also aneighbor or the fellow down the street. The competition was from local people and companies.Due to vast improvements in communication and transportation, competitors are now morelikely to be located anywhere in the world. Most likely, they are located in a far away countrywith little or no environmental regulations, few if

Conference Session

Lean and Six Sigma Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Leduc, Ball State University; Gary Hadley, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis; Mark Ratzlaff, 3M

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2010-57: IMMERSIVE LEARNING USING LEAN SIX SIGMAMETHODOLOGY IN THE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYCAPSTONE COURSEAlan Leduc, Ball State University Alan Leduc is an Associate Professor at Ball State University where he has taught in the TAC/ABET accredited Manufacturing Engineering Technology program since 1990. He also coordinates the Minor in Process Improvement (MIPI) which provides students with Lean Six Sigma Black Belt body of knowledge education and the opportunity to engage in professional level projects. Alan worked closely with Dr. Mikel Harry, Ball State University alumnus and co-creator of Six Sigma in developing the MIPI. Prior to his teaching career, Alan spent 20 years

Conference Session

Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Christina Seimetz Wade, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

high school seniors to college freshmen, the first year of engineering iscritical. In an attempt to facilitate this transition and motivate students as they begin theiracademic careers, many colleges provide summer bridge programs [1]. Summer bridge programsaim to provide incoming students with early contact and enriching experiences believed tofacilitate the acquisition of the skills needed to be successful in college. However, students canhave varying experiences even if they participate in the same activities. Since studies focusing onsummer bridge programs are typically quantitative and primarily focus on academic performanceand retention [2, 3], we know little about how these experiences vary and the many different waysstudents may

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the one hand, effective onboardingimproves time to productivity, customer satisfaction, and retention rates[7]. On the other hand,one-third of organizations in the U.S. do not even provide even minimal orientation programs fortheir new employees[8]. Only 30 percent of surveyed global executives reported that they aresatisfied with their employers’ onboarding processes for new hires[9].Faced with less than adequate onboarding support, freshouts often experience anxiety anduncertainty with regard to their roles, tasks, and career prospects in the organization[5]. Whilethe rate of annual freshout engineer turnover in the U.S. is unknown, survey results indicate that,within four years of graduation, 64 percent of graduates remain in engineering

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Robinson; M. Sami Fadali; Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Eric Wang

teachers and given engineering presentations to thestudents that answered the following questions: What is an engineer? Who are some famousengineers? Why are engineers important? What is the difference between an engineer and ascientist? What are the different types of engineering? Why become an engineer? How do youbecome an engineer? In addition they talked to the students in detail about mechanical, electrical,civil, and computer science engineers since those are the main fields offered in most engineeringprograms. As a result of the presentation, the students know a lot more about engineers and havea clearer sense of how to prepare for a career in engineering. As might be expected from middleschool students, some of them liked the idea of

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Joseph Hoffman; Gary Pertmer; Chandra Thamire

year. The final year is devoted to a significant design experience and anumber of technical electives that can be arranged to permit the students to shape their educationso as to provide an entry to a number of different career opportunities.The curriculum consists of the following curricular areas (Fig. 1): Page 9.83.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationA.1. Basic SciencesThis component primarily consists of 15 credit hours of mathematics (three calculus courses andone differential

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George F. List; Stacy Eisenman

experiences give undergraduates a chance toparticipate in discovery-based education. Students can see if a research-based career is of interestand if a graduate school is something to pursue. Students can be integrated into a research projectand given duties and responsibilities that otherwise might be given to a graduate student; andthrough this experience, they can assist in advancing the frontier of knowledge. While thisdescription of a URP experience does not fit all cases, it typifies what this faculty member hasobserved and seems typical of what academics describe [13].Given this sense of a URP, the authors see issues that should be addressed, especially from the

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Alan Rudnitsky; Borjana Mikic

Table 1). Student confidence increaseddramatically. At the beginning of the semester only 11% of the students in the class agreed orstrongly agreed with the statement, “I feel confident in my skills, abilities, and knowledge inengineering.” At the end of the course, 81% agreed or strongly agreed. The number of studentswho agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, “I am committed to a career in engineering”rose from 56% to 69%.Students perceived Objectives 1, 2, 3 and 5 to be the most effectively achieved. These were alsothe objectives in which concept maps played the largest role. But how much of the success inmeeting these objectives was due to the use of conceptual frameworks? In a mid-semestersurvey students were asked to rate the

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rex Ramsier; H Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

deeperunderstanding of the subject material through their attempts to explain the material to the lower-level students. Case studies have shown that this is a legitimate form of learning and it’seffectiveness stems from the circulation of knowledge among the team. If successful, thiscooperative learning environment quickly generates positive interdependence since each teammember needs to learn from the others for both individual and team success.As students progress through the program they will have repeated practice at developing the so-called career skills of teamwork and communication. According to Reynold’s (1965) model ofdeveloping competency, consistent and reliable performance of a skill occurs after a number ofattempts since competency rises just

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Barke

communications skills, and to make them better teamplayers. Such proposals for reform continue: “the key parameters of the new context ofengineering are globalization, ‘sustainable development’ replacing ‘development,’ continuouschange in both practice and education, rise in the social value accorded to nature, theenvironmental focus on an increasing number of new technologies, greater technologicalchoice, and the need to monitor the relationship between technology and society” (WorldFederation of Engineering Organizations, 1993).Not only is the social role of the engineer changing, but lifetime career patterns indicate a needto reassess some aspects of engineering education. At age 30 about seventy percent of thosewith at least one engineering degree

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven de Haas; S.K. Ramesh; Preetham Kumar; Michael Fujita; Elizabeth Raley; Andrew Lindsay

Valley’s Engineering and Technology industries. TheSacramento Engineering and Technology Regional Consortium is an Education and Industrypartnership formed to promote engineering and technology career paths to meet industry’s needfor qualified employees in sufficient numbers. SETRC works with primary schools, middleschools, high schools, and two-year and four-year institutions. There are currently over 60educational institutions and ten high tech industries actively participating. SETRC, CSUS andthe Capitol Center MESA program have collaborated to develop and offer two annual workshopsfor high school teachers interested in developing and teaching pre-engineering curricula. In thispaper we describe the workshops in detail and present feedback from

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

industrial training [9. p 340]. Theyreported little difference between dip.tech examinations and those set in the universities. Second,both in terms of student expectations and work actually done as graduates the distinction madeby the Percy Committee that universities should be the primary trainers of R & D personnel thatdip.tech students expected to go into R & D or Management. Among the diplomates from whom Page 22.777.11data was obtained 38% were in research suggesting that their courses had not prevented themfrom getting a research post. As for their future careers the diplomats in this sample lookedtoward having increased responsibility

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University; Christopher A. Mattson, Brigham Young University; Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

andproductively as possible, recognizing that most students will experience some form of growingpains.1,13,14 In an attempt to facilitate the transition, the Capstone program decided to ask formerstudents, many that are in industry careers, to identify the challenges they had faced as Capstonestudents and to provide feedback to incoming students about how best to prepare for andsurmount such challenges.The remainder of this paper will explain how alumni feedback was gathered, document the majorfeedback trends and categories, and describe the implications of such feedback on the design ofengineering courses. The hope is that the voices and experiences of alumni will provideperspective, guidance, and confidence to students entering the Capstone program. It

Conference Session

Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

indicated that they developed leadership skillsas a result of their involvement, and that PFP contributed positively to their overall collegeexperience. Participants also improved their communication and time management skills.Participants perceived less of a positive impact on their choice of career and major, and onlyslightly more that half of the participants believed that participation in PFP had a positive effecton their academic performance.The participants generally did not find their duties as mentors to be difficult, as shown in Figure5. The most difficult aspect of working with PFP was time management, followed by thetechnical challenges of working on the robots. A large majority of participants did not findteaching, managing the budget

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Christopher Dawson, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-2319: SURVEY OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT MI-NORITY ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE STUDENTS ENCOUNTERAdrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Tech having moved from Mississippi State University in Jan 2010, where she was a tenured Associate Professor. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and B.S. from Michigan Technological University in 1998. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics and the development of biomedi- cal microdevices. She earned a 2007 NSF CAREER award; her group has published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Lab on a Chip, and had an

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Pendley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph Homer Saleh, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

professional careers] as designers or managers”15This multidisciplinary awareness builds system safety literacy which can help engineeringstudents later in their careers contribute to accident prevention by seeking or facilitatingcoordination between themselves (the technical specialists), management, and workers/operatorsover system safety issues. In other words, it will help them seek and engage in productiveconversations pertaining to accident prevention and system safety with different stakeholdersfrom different backgrounds.It was noted in the Introduction of this work that system accidents, also termed “organizationalaccidents”, have an intrinsic organizational contribution to their occurrence beyond the technicaland human error

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Katie L. Piacentini, University of Missouri - Columbia; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

want to be involved. “ One of these programs, Women’s Technology Program (WTP), was started in electricalengineering and has been cloned in mechanical engineering. Women student engineers whowanted to find a way to encourage more women originally started it. WTP is an in-residentsummer program for rising high school seniors. It is specifically targeted at young women whohave strong aptitude in math and serious doubts about engineering: . . . so we occasionally annoy some parents when we turn down their daughter who has already done AP up the wahzoo and is clearly going to be an engineer. This is really aimed at young women where we want to get them here to understand that this is a career you could do – ‘there are other young women

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Andrew Janeski, Virginia Tech; Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Chris Venters, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

& Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Science Foundation. Borrego’s engineering education research awards include PECASE, CAREER, and two outstanding publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. Her research interests include engineering fac- ulty development, specifically how faculty members decide to apply the results of educational research, and interdisciplinary graduate education in STEM. She is an editorial board member for Journal of Engi- neering Education and Chair of the American Society for Engineering Education’s Educational Research and Methods Division. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engineering educa- tion

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mark H. Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kerri Ann Green, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

experimental IM discussion sections. These TAs changed their teachingactivities and grading activities to focus on supporting students’ autonomy rather than any oneparticular learning outcome. Since these TAs also want to become faculty, this increasedresponsibility for the TAs created a secondary benefit of training these TAs to become agents ofchange in their future careers. To create an IM supportive environment for the TAs, the faculty gave the TAs greaterautonomy to choose the structure of their discussion sections and to choose grading procedures.This autonomy was supported by a weekly one-hour coaching and peer-support TA meeting.This meeting consisted of training in grading schemes, listening skills, team building skills, anddiscussions

Conference Session

The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

his academic career, he worked at the University of Toledo (1997-1999) and the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri, Rolla) (1999-2006) before joining UTSA in Aug.2006. For more, please visit http://engineering.utsa.edu/˜saygin/ .Dr. Timothy T. Yuen, University of Texas, San Antonio Timothy T. Yuen is an Assistant Professor of instructional technology in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas, San Antonio. His research studies tools that mediate conceptual understanding in computer science and engineering. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, AERA, and ISTE and an affiliated faculty member of the Interactive Technology and Experience Center (iTEC

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Quarter-Century of Manufacturing Education”, ASEE AnnualMeeting, Louisville, KY, June 2010.6. Waldorf, D., Alptekin, S., Bjurman, R., “Plotting a Bright Future for Manufacturing Education: Results of aBrainstorming Session”, ASEE Annual Meeting, 2006. Page 25.1276.11Appendix A - Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum CommentsNote: Underlined text indicated items not addressed in the survey. • Project management and collaboration is important in today's environment. Soft skills will help one's career as much as technical education. • Focus on design and how it facilitates lean manufacturing. • I believe the portion of

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

the stated goal of the REU program to help attract and retain students in STEM,including careers in teaching and education research, these programs can help students achieve awide variety of learning outcomes. Some of these learning outcomes clearly map to the ABETcriterion C “A-K” outcomes; such as b “the ability to design and conduct experiments, andanalyze and interpret data”.10 Other outcomes may also be achieved to varying degreesdepending on the structure and activities associated with a particular REU site. For example, theClarkson REU likely improved students’ knowledge of sustainability9, which is a desiredoutcome in both the Environmental Engineering Body of Knowledge11 and the Civil EngineeringBody of Knowledge12.Kardash13 found

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew S. Crawford

community are participating incitizenship enhancing activities. Some of the concepts that we think need to be examined andexplored in a model of citizenship education include: • developing an awareness and knowledge of public and societal issues • actively participating in the community (or multiple communities) in a way that contributes to its operation and functioning • taking responsibility for one’s personal actions and their impact on other people and groups • expanding the connections between one’s classroom learning and one’s experiences in the wider university and community • infusing civic-mindedness into paid and unpaid work and professional careers • understanding the

Conference Session

Breaking barriers, building futures: Narratives of equity and inclusion in STEM education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Jocelyn Garcia; Maria Oralia Tinoco Alegre, Florida International University; Malak Elaouinate, Florida International University; Andrew Green, Florida International University; Andres TREMANTE

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

), Garcia, Elaouinate, and Tinoco. There were three other projectsled by JEDIs who did not participate in this study, and a handful of projects that Garcia,Elaouinate, and Tinoco explored but never saw through due to their limited capacity or shifts intheir interests.6.4.1. STEM Field Day Outreach InitiativeAll JEDIs, including the two who did not take part in this study, demonstrated excitement aboutK-12 outreach during the training process. So, when Garcia proposed hosting STEM field dayevents at local K-12 schools and community centers to engage students in fun STEM activitystations and expose them to STEM career pathways, everyone decided to take part. Garciaoriginally had this idea when they were outreach chair for SHPE at FIU, but they were