Conference Session

Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joey Valle, Purdue University; Lazlo Stepback, Purdue University; Polly Parkinson, Utah State University; Fawn Groves, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

engineering workforce. Angie received an NSF CAREER award in 2021 for her work with student veterans and service members in engineering.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University Matthew W. Ohland is the Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professor and Associate Head of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students and forming and managing teams has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received for the best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008, 2011, and 2019 and from the IEEE Transactions on

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 2: Enhancing Learning through Hands-On Design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew S Ballard, Utah Valley University; Taten McConahay, Utah Valley University; Brett Swain, Utah Valley University; Sarah Dayley, Utah Valley University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

impossible to truly learn without the learner being active in someway [2]. Active learning helps students to ascend above the initial cognition levels of rememberand understand from the revised Bloom’s taxonomy [3], requiring learners at the least to applyand analyze. Project-based learning is an important active learning technique, which allowsstudents to build upon what they already know from previous courses [1] and further deepentheir knowledge as they evaluate and create. In addition to deepening their knowledge of specifictechnical competencies from the engineering curriculum, project-based learning allows studentsto acquire skills that will be vital to them throughout their careers, including problem solving,communication, teamwork as well as

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Atheer Almasri, West Virginia University; Akua B. Oppong-Anane, West Virginia University; Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University; Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University; Xinyu Zhang, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University

1 0.5 0 Write technical Communicate Communicate Work in teams Manage your reports effectively in effectively effectively time writing orally 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Manage a Present ideas Apply the Conduct proper Use proper project using using engineering literature career planning appropriate appropriate code of ethics to review using tools to build

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Rawle D. Sookwah, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis; Edward P Gatzke, University of South Carolina

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Diversity

-Institution Study of Women Engineering Student Self-Efficacy. Journal of Engineering Education, 98(1), 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2009.tb01003.x 6. Chemers, M. M., Zurbriggen, E. L., Syed, M., Goza, B. K., and Bearman, S. (2011). The Role of Efficacy and Identity in Science Career Commitment Among Underrepresented Minority Students. Journal of Social Issues, 67(3), 469-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2011.01710.x 7. Jordan, K. L. (2014). Intervention to Improve Engineering Self-Efficacy and Sense of Belonging of First-Year Engineering Students. PhD Thesis, The Ohio State University. https://www.proquest.com/docview/1647431297

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2023 CIEC

Authors

Marilyn Barger; Richard Gilbert

technicians in many of the advanced and emerging technologies.PreludeEngineering technology (ET) drives the successful practical application of engineering principlesin every engineering discipline and application. Engineering technology education is the primaryvehicle that delivers the needed relevant and related knowledge and “hands-on” skills to studentsfocused on technician and engineering careers in the ET workspace. Engineering technologyeducation, by its very nature, must provide reliable and repeatable instruction that constantlycreates and replaces professionals in its target workforce.Periodically events demand alterations and even major adjustments in ET education. TheRussian successful launch of Sputnik is the 20th century example that

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2023 CIEC

Authors

James Kribs

ETD 545 Can Students Assess Their Own Skill Levels? Student Self Confidence Scores in Experimental Methods James Kribs North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractAs students develop throughout their academic careers, they are routinely introduced to newtopic areas and have to expand their knowledge into new disciplines that most have not beenexposed to previously. As a student grows into a new field, they grow more confident. Aseducators, it is the hope that our student’s growth in their knowledge and confidence progress atrelatively the same

Conference Session

Mathematics and Material Science

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Todd Wittman, The Citadel

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

measuring conceptual understanding from pre- to post-survey.For the treatment section, Qs 1-3 and Qs 6-10 showed a statistically significant differencebetween the pre- and post-surveys. For the control sections, Q1, Q3 and Qs 7-10 showed astatistically significant difference between the pre- and post-surveys.Future ResearchThere is necessarily a tradeoff in time spent in the classroom on application versus theory. It isimportant to study the effects of this tradeoff to see if the time spent on applications deepenedstudents' knowledge or motivation or possibly took away from learning of math fundamentals.As the students progress through the academic career, we will track their performance in futurecourses that rely on calculus, including both

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Darrell Nickolson

, & Cooper2009). Having the means to generate detailed face-to-face team discussions with the technology toshare screens into a larger group has proven to be invaluable, especially for the first year andsophomore level courses. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon® DesignChallenge focuses on two critical goals: 1. to incorporate high-performance building design strategies into curricula 2. to inspire students to pursue sustainable building careers; designed to support educational programs in training the next generation of building design professionals.The project used to launch our endeavor into this net zero energy design research requires a lot ofresearch and data collection. A notable example of this is the prior

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 15

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boni Frances Yraguen, Vanderbilt University; Elisa Koolman, University of Texas at Austin; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Katherine Fu, University of Wisconsin

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

design and innovation. Dr. Fu is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Young Investigator Award, the ASME Atlanta Section 2015 Early Career Engineer of the Year Award, and was an Achievement Rewards For College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholar. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Promoting Equity and Cognitive Growth: The Influence of an Authentic Learning Assignment on Engineering Problem-Solving SkillsABSTRACT This evidence-based practice paper will assess the impact of an authentic learning assignment onstudent learning levels as compared to typical assessments of understanding (quizzes) in a fluid mechanicscourse

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia; Lynn Mandeltort, University of Virginia; Jessica Taggart, University of Virginia; Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

(2015). Engineering innovation in healthcare: technology, ethics, and persons. Hum Reprod & Gen Ethics 17(2) 3. D Leonard and JF Rayport (1997). Spark innovation through empathic design. Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec 1997 4. F.O. Karatas, G.M. Bodner, S. Unal, “First-year engineering students’ views of the nature of engineering: implications for engineering programmes,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 41, no. 1, p. 1, 2016. 5. National Academy of Engineering, “Major Findings & Recommendations. Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers,” 2018. 6. Laverty JT, Tessmer S, Cooper MM, Caballero MD. “Engaging physics faculty in course transformation.” Physics

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Fabricio Braga Soares de Carvalho; Orlando Rocha Baiocchi; Robert Friedman

; andextending its reach and support within the community.The Institute offers students unique R&D opportunities and hands-on preparation for computing-related careers in information-centric industries that are fundamental to the future of the state ofWashington. In addition to its core undergraduate and graduate programs, the Institute hasdeveloped new applied computing partnerships with other academic units on the UW Tacomacampus, such as Healthcare Leadership, Criminal Justice, and Geographic Information Systems.With research strength in Big Data, Information Assurance, CyberSecurity, and Wireless SensorNetworks, the Institute of Technology’s faculty brings their expertise both into the classroom andthe community.Science Without Borders

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Raman Unnikrishnan; Victor H. Delgado; Hye Sun Moon; Edward Sullivan

students, to the extent possible by law, emphasizes participation bystudents from groups with low eligibility rates for four-year colleges. Some of the features of theprogram include: 1. Building a support community among students with similar career goals 2. Constructing the bridges necessary to establish a mentor-protégé relationship between faculty and students 3. Expecting excellent performance by studentsj. Freshmen Advising: Bucking Against the Campus Culture of General Education FirstOne of the quickest ways of discouraging an engineering or computer science student is throughadvising the student to take all general education courses first. Such advice was very commonuntil relatively recently because the campus culture

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Theodore W. Manikas; Gerald R. Kane

communicate their findings. The primary application is the development and defense of athesis; however, these skills will also be useful throughout the student’s graduate and post-graduate career. A common approach for developing research and communication skills is theassignment of research papers as part of graduate coursework. Typically, the assignment willrequire each student to select a topic that is related to the course material, and write a paperbased on specific format requirements. The instructor may offer additional information such as alist of suggested topics. However, it is the responsibility of the student to find the necessarybackground material and compile this information into an acceptable paper.An important part of formal reports

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. Asmatulu

their future careers. Homeworksets and a term project were given students to apply knowledge learned in the course for creativebiomaterials selections and applications. The survey results confirmed that this course improvedthe fundamental and practical knowledge of the students on biomaterials and close relatedsubjects.REFERENCES 1. Asmatulu, R. “Biomaterials – Class Notes,” Wichita State University, 2008. 82. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomaterials, accessed in 6/19/2009.3. Wong, J.Y. and Bronzino, J.D. “Biomaterials,” CRC Press, 2007.4. Sih, D. “Introduction to Biomaterials,” World Scientific, 2006.5. http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/wofmate/Biomaterials.htm, accessed in 6/19/2009.6. Asmatulu, R

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

teaching career. His Arkansas teachingcertifications include math, physical science, and physics. This is his seventh year as anIndustrial Engineering RET teacher.Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kellie Schneider; Heath A. Schluterman; C. Richard Cassady

facilities.  Engineering Fundamentals II In the spring semester, students are exposed to the concepts associated with the Time Value of Money as well as retirement planning and loan repayment. They are also provided with additional spreadsheet modeling and analysis tools including descriptive statistics, pivot tables, and Excel solver.  Academic Planning Once students have selected their engineering major, advising focus changes from looking forward only one semester to planning their academic career. Students are again reminded of their requirements for graduating from the CoE including the math sequence, science course requirements, and university core electives. Students also have group

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lee Gatton; Saeed Khan

Engineering Educationneed for additional training. In fact a student could use this type of development experience inrobotic healthcare as a foundation for their career. The Robotics Virtual Organization (RoboticsVO) which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, states in its 2013 edition of ARoadmap for U.S. Robotics From Internet to Robotics1 that areas that present the keytechnological and research challenges in robotics are; physical human-robot interaction andinterfaces; social human-robot interaction and interfaces; robot-mediated health communication;automated understanding of human state and behavior during robot interactionThis research project involves applying Social Assistive Robotic (SAR) technology to reducingin-home healthcare

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher C. Arnold; Kevin T. Tran

3.0 C EVP. The aim of this outreach effort is to encourage young studentsThe yellow zone in this Figure 3 indicates the vehicle can be 3.5 to pursue STEM careers by letting them experience firsthand what it isaccelerated using third or fourth gear of the transmission while like to

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yaser Abdulaziz Hadi

course has to be dividedinto components, topics, or competencies that easily map into different programoutcomes. These program outcomes, which can be measured at the time ofgraduation, are the means by which the program prepares our graduates to achievethe professional and career accomplishments stated in the program objectives.Direct assessment of outcomes of program courses may therefore be the bestmeasure of the degree of achievement of program outcomes. Surveys and similarindirect measures can only provide secondary evidence and should be used inconjunction with direct measures (graded students' performance). The gradesobtained by students in course quizzes, exams, assignments, etc have to beconverted to levels of achievement assigned by

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jerry McCoy; Scott Holmstrom; Parameswar Hari

students did not matriculate in physics, the probabilityof their enrolling in another of our college’s science and engineering departments was enhanced.On several occasions, our admissions office has made use of our mailing list to augment its ownrecruiting efforts. Though we have not kept records over the years of attendees whosubsequently enrolled at TU, our admissions office has frequently commented on the significantcontribution to recruiting the Journal Club makes. Figure 1. An Early Journal Club MeetingWe also saw value in inviting our department alumni to the meetings. Even if our graduateswent on to careers in other fields, they often retained a keen interest in physics that was whettedby the monthly meetings

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

J. Moore; M.A. Thornton; R.W. Skeith

. The Digital Systems Design course has been offered in dual conventionaland distance modes for several years and methods for dealing with laboratory assignments anddesign projects have been developed and are described here.IntroductionDistance education is becoming more common and is very popular for students with fulltimeprofessional careers seeking to obtain an advanced degree. Most universities that offer distanceeducation courses usually restrict their offerings to classes that are largely theoretical and havethe traditional homework, report, and examination assignments. In engineering fields, thisrestriction imposes severe limitations to overall degree programs since class work that involves a“hands-on” component is not included

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kimberly H. Henthorn

career leads to more successful learning overall. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2Ultimately, the job of an educator is to prepare students for life outside the university. Sincemost engineers in the workforce are expected to work effectively in groups comprised of peopleoutside their immediate discipline, the transition from student to employee is much easier ifgraduates already have the skill set to work with others. In fact, many surveys from industrieshiring students have specifically commented that besides technical

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ramazan Asmatulu; Waseem Khan; Humphrey Wamocha; Adebayo Adeniji

careers innanoscale science and engineering [6-10]. Our team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wichita State Universityalready started developing a nanotechnology laboratory. The objective of this laboratory is todesign, fabricate, analyze, and test structures and systems at nanoscales. In this laboratory, ourstudents will learn nanotechnology to improve their skills, which will also improve their job 2finding opportunities and leadership in the near future. We strongly believe that laboratoryexperiments in nanoscale research and development are essential for engineering students toenhance their practical knowledge after fundamental concepts. For this reason, following testsare

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Surendra Singh

involvement with OCAST helped me transition from being an intern to a full-timeemployee. My experience at Tucker Technology gave me a glimpse of what it was like in thework field. It also gave me an idea of what I was looking for in my career path. I gained someuseful skills working as an intern for Tucker Technology, but the job was more technical thanwhat I was interested in. I realized that my interests lay more in human relations and less in thetechnical area. After Tucker, I did an internship with PSO and found my niche. I do enjoy thetechnical side of my work, but more importantly I get to work with lots of different peopleincluding customers, contractors, and engineers. After three months as an intern, I was offered afull-time position and

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Leroy R. Cox; Katie Grantham Lough

so long to acquire. Despitenumerous papers written and many presentations made throughout their college career, many ofthese people will not be able to communicate their engineering skill via written communication.This article seeks to highlight the importance of writing skill in engineering education. Makinguse of recent literature with regard to the subject, and examples of less-than-adequate writing, thecase will be made that some premium should be placed on writing skill as a means of betterpreparing students to function in today’s working world.IntroductionIndustry today wants engineers who are not only technically proficient, but who also can writewell. The most common complaint about graduating engineers is their poor writing skills

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jung Oh, Kansas State University at Salina; Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University at Salina

searchsummary integrated with a context-sensitive information fluency lecture, prior to inquirylab on “Chromatography” with required librarian in-service lecture/conference andwriting center consultation visit and (2) search on “Chemicals in Consumer Products” toevaluate benefits and precautions. The two assignments are designed for maximumflexibility; allowing students to research a Chemistry concept within the realm of theirrespective disciplines. This not only leads students to further recognize how Chemistryplays a role in their future career, but it affords them an opportunity to familiarizethemselves with the professional literature and information repositories of their field.Another goal of the assignments is for the student to reflect on

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank M. Croft

Dr. Frank M. Croft, Jr.Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science The Ohio State UniversityFRANK M. CROFT, JR. is an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering andGeodetic Science at The Ohio State University. Prior to assuming this position at OSU, he servedon the faculty of the Speed Scientific School, University of Louisville (1976-1984) and WestVirginia Institute of Technology(1973-1976). Before beginning his academic career, Croft was anassociate engineer/scientist with the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach California (1969-1973). Croft holds abachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering, earned at Indiana

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Howard Eisner

them in their overall careers within the enterprise.Finally, if students have special ideas that might contribute to improvements in the variouscourses, they are able to move forward with them in two distinct directions: (1) bring them updirectly in the classes themselves, and (2) send them off to the appropriate personnel within thefirm or agency (i.e., their employers).Selected Experience This author has been directly associated with cohort-based programs for more than ten years. Ithas therefore been possible to both establish such programs as well as observe how they operateover this entire period of time. All of this experience is at one University so the author has nofirst- hand knowledge of how such programs have been operating at other

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Vladimir de Delva; Keith McIver; Katherine Whitaker; Stephanie Farrell; Mariano Javier Savelski; C. Stewart Slater

beingtaught. They are also informed of the existence of the specialization of pharmaceutical chemicalengineering as a possible career path after graduation. Published literature, such as patents,textbooks, handbooks and reference works, on the subjects of pharmaceutical design,manufacturing and engineering were studied to ensure the values and processes described in theproblems were realistic representations of the pharmaceutical industry. Felder and Rousseau wasused as a guide for the selection of engineering principles and subjects to be covered in newproblem development.Once complete the problems will be publicly distributed on the PharmaHUB website2 forprofessors at Rowan University and others to use in their courses. Feedback from

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Pritpal Singh

by civil engineering and mechanicalengineering students and are motivating and often transformational, in the student’s interest anddesire to pursue an engineering career after graduation.Having seen these examples of excellent engineering projects that were available to students ofother engineering disciplines, I was inspired to develop project opportunities for electrical andcomputer engineering students. There are several areas where electrical and computerengineering (ECE) students may participate with regard to humanitarian projects including theareas of power generation and distribution, communications systems, and computer-basedsystems of various types. We have developed a number of projects, primarily in developingcountries, that