Conference Session

Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Douglas H. Fehrmann, The Krause Center for Leadership and Ethics, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Department program outcomes is measuredusing embedded indicators with the six levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy 12,13 summarized as: 1.)Knowledge, 2.) Comprehension, 3.) Application, 4.) Analysis, 5.) Synthesis and 6.) Evaluation. Page 23.393.6Table 1 summarizes the 22 CEE Department program outcomes adopted for the CivilEngineering program and identifies the ten outcomes that are being used to assess leadershipdevelopment. Course embedded indicators on tests, assignments, and projects are usedsystematically to evaluate each of the 22 CEE Department program outcomes. Multiple meansof assessing each CEE Department program outcome are deployed and include

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Turton P.E., West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A new motivation and perspective on teaching simulation and design: The development of a dynamic process model in conjunction with an operator training simulator (OTS)IntroductionDuring the past five years, the author was involved, as part of a team of researchers anddevelopers, in building an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for an Integrated GasificationCombined Cycle (IGCC) power plant. In a companion project, a 3-D fully Immersive TrainingSystem (ITS) was developed for the same IGCC power plant OTS. During this process, theeducational potential of both the OTS and ITS became evident and provides the motivation forthis paper.Traditional process/plant

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

for incoming freshmen students to get themengaged and connected to the College of Engineering. The main freshmen components are the E2 - Encounter Engineering Bridge campand the ENGR 1050, Introduction to Engineering freshmen class. Based on student,instructor and industry feedback, activities have continuously been adapted andimplemented to improve the quality of the program. For example, development andgrowth of a strong peer-mentoring component has helped support scaling the project forlarger numbers of students. Additional adjustments to staffing and funding have beennecessary through the years to accommodate the changing enrollment. In addition, theinformation presented as been updated and revised to best meet the needs of the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Enayat Mahajerin, Saginaw Valley State University; Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

assessment is based on thecommonly used course topics and based on identifying the common course learning objectives(CLOs). CLOs are then mapped with ABET’s program outcomes (POs). Assessment tools suchas class work, home work, quizzes, tests, as well as the final exam and/or final project work withpresentations are used to assess the performance of the students. The rationale for writing thispaper is to understand the variation if any in students’ understanding of the material on theiroverall performance in the class. Variation is to be expected since the student population isdifferent (full time versus part time, graduate versus undergraduate) and the course is taught bydifferent instructors. However, usage of common CLOs, course topics, and

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brewer Stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

Session #1615 Making The Strange Familiar: Creativity and the Future of Engineering Education W. B. Stouffer, Jeffrey S. Russell, and Michael G. Oliva Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-MadisonIntroductionWhy does the perception persist that engineers are uncreative, or worse, do not need to tap intocreativity when most engineering projects demand creative or innovative approaches in thedesign of equipment, systems, and facilities? With the complexity surrounding everyengineering project mounting as natural resources dwindle, the world population

Conference Session

Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Lesley Eva Bristol, Maui Economic Development Board; Graham R. DeVey, Maui Economic Development Board

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9463Energy Inquiry: Hands-on, Inquiry Learning Methods to Enhance STEMLearning by Engaging Students in Renewable Energy Solutions (Research toPractice)Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board Leslie Wilkins has served as the Vice President of the Maui Economic Development Board since 1999. She was hired to design, launch and direct the Women in Technology Project with a mission to en- gage girls/women and underrepresented populations into the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) pipeline. In its 13th year, the program serves annually more than 14,000 students, educators and industry members

Conference Session

Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian William Loss JD, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Paper ID #10116Construction Contract Language; a Growing Impediment to Trust and Co-operationProf. Brian William Loss JD, Purdue University, West Lafayette A 40 year construction industry veteran with a Juris Doctorate, Brian transitioned in 2010 to academia where he now focuses on photovoltaic research, project-based learning, and high-performance building techniques. Page 24.316.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Construction Contract Language

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

A Study Examining Change in Underrepresented Student Views of Engineering as a Result of Working with Engineers in the Elementary Classroom Stephen Thompson and Jed Lyons University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 sthompson@sc.eduAbstractThis paper describes the results of a National Science Foundation sponsored Graduate TeachingFellows in K-12 Education project that was designed to increase elementary students’understanding of engineering, with an ultimate goal of increasing the probability of futureinvolvement in engineering fields. This project

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

role of faculty, practitioners, and students in imparting the BOK by means of B+M/30 programs. Seek input from and support for the preceding from forward-looking academics and practitioners.The Committee defined the BOK as the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become alicensed professional civil engineer. The BOK would be fulfilled by a carefully integratedcombination of pre-licensure formal education and pre-licensure experience. PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the recommendations of the BOK Committee and tointroduce the curricula design project, the current phase of BOK development. For

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bruno; Alistair Greig; Robert Mayer; Jennifer Waters

)All courses must be accredited by a professional engineering institution. There is a requirementfor the training to include a significant component of project work, at least 25% and may be upto 50% of the last two years. This should include an individual project and a group project.Table 2 shows the outline of the B.Eng and M.Eng courses in Naval Architecture at UCL. Theyhave a common first and second year. Students may only continue onto the third year of theM.Eng. if they are demonstrating an upper second performance, (UK degrees are classified asfirst, upper second, lower second, third, pass or fail). Student who do not meet the academicrequirement or who only want a three year degree take the B.Eng. The academic year is basedon a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surya Mallapragada; Maureen Griffin; Mary Huba; Jacqueline Shanks; Kevin Saunders; Charles Glatz

]). According to Huba and Freed, rubricsassist students by offering clear criteria that can guide students in the development, revision, andevaluation of their own work, a process that is particularly useful when solving open-endedproblems in the PBL environment. In this paper, we describe how we developed rubrics as meansof consciously involving students in the learning process. Our overall project includes four laboratory-linked modules. Each has a list of desired Page 8.1256.2technical outcomes that should result from the solution of the problems that are assigned, as well Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1503: WHY INDUSTRY SAYS THAT ENGINEERING GRADU-ATES HAVE POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS: WHAT THE LITERA-TURE SAYSJeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology Jeffrey Donnell coordinates the Frank K. Webb Program in Professional Communication at Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringBetsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is an associate professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, where she teaches and coordinates the capstone design project sequence. She also teaches first-year engineering, manufacturing for sustainability, and graduate-level project management courses.Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice M. Margle, Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Yu-Chang Hsu, Boise State University; Jill L. Lane, Clayton State University; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Engineering (WISE) executive committee.Catherine L Cohan, The Pennsylvania State University Dr. Cohan has 15 years of experience as a research psychologist. She has expertise in the use of longi- tudinal designs, various modes of data collection (e.g., questionnaires, personal interviews, observational data), and survey research methods.YU-CHANG HSU, Boise State University Yu-Chang Hsu is Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Boise State University. He earned his Ph.D in Instructional Systems with a doctoral minor in Educational Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University. Before joining BSU, he served as the assessment and evaluation coordinator (post- doctoral scholar) for the Toys’n MORE project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Foundation grant (NSF 07-543, CCLI Phase1: Exploratory) in order to install some components of the original concept into the building.This paper constitutes the lessons learned from this effort as well as information on how the datawas used to enhance program courses and the impact it had on student learning. Additionally,the information in this paper should serve to assist anyone desiring to attempt such a project inthe future.IntroductionIn the fall of 2005 the School of Computing & Engineering Sciences at our institution movedinto a newly constructed building. During the early design stages provisions were made to allowstudents access to various types of data used in the operation of the building. The desire was tohave the building used by

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Melissa Carole Richards, Clarkson University; Elisabeth A. Chapman, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

on Engineering and Society for First-Year Engineering Students and Non-MajorsAbstractA course designed for first-year engineering students and non-majors was conceived, piloted andtaught over the course of two semesters. The course addresses the engineering design process,including a hands-on project, engineering ethics, and engineering and society content. This paperdescribes the course and the instructors’ experience teaching it, and reports on an initial study ofchanges in student perceptions in the course using a single group, pre-test/post-test design.Background and IntroductionClarkson University is a small, technologically-focused, research university comprised of threeschools – Engineering, Arts and

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Allison Antink Meyer, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G. Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

mentoring team and the level of student Page 25.1308.3interest in the project.3 Over the past 6 years we have run a summer undergraduate research 2program that has focused on engineering research in diabetes, including both treatment andunderstanding of the disease and its complications. Student projects and activities are focusedaround the disease. Diabetes has a significant societal, and often personal, impact and has thepotential to increase the students’ long-term interests in science and engineering research.Another primary goal is to

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-5477: PORTFOLIOS TO PROFESSORIATE: HELPING STUDENTSINTEGRATE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIES THROUGH EPORTFOLIOSDr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs and co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communication Center. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, com- munication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include: interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the cur- riculum in statics courses; a a CAREER award to explore the use of e

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cataldo; Gerardo Del Cerro

, a series of demonstrations, and references. Eachmodule is self-contained and takes approximately one to three weeks to cover. One of theways these modules are unique is that the material is presented by the use of designproblems, design homework examples, and design projects. A set of short videotapes(approximately three minutes each) keyed to the professor’s lectures allows for basicconcepts to be presented by moving from the lecture mode to a video mode.I. IntroductionThe concept of the studio-classroom was originated at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstitutePhysics Department about eight years ago. Expanding on the traditional lecture format,the studio-classroom concept was designed to revitalize the learning environment usingeducational

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

undergraduate’scurricular experience. Students of aerospace engineering await this opportunity to exercise theirdreams, eagerly, often to the frustration of the teachers charged with ensuring that they learn theother technical subjects which are less glamorous and more difficult to the undergraduate.Professors who as undergraduates have taken Capstone Design courses, cannot help feeling thatsuch a course is a dubious use of scant senior-year time, since the level of the material is not aschallenging as that of the upper-level courses and independent projects in our disciplines. On theother hand, there is no argument about the need for students to have significant designexperiences in the curriculum.At the other end of the curriculum, there is a strong need to give

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Stephen Jodis, Saint Vincent College; Stacy Birmingham, Saint Vincent College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

eventual goal of ABET accreditation.The biggest limitation of the new program was space. Engineering is a hands-on discipline fullof lab- and project-based courses that require dedicated lab space, appropriate lab equipment, aworkshop with appropriate fabrication tools, computer labs with engineering software, studentproject “dirty floor” space, and faculty and staff office space. When the program launched in2013, the only dedicated space for Engineering was two faculty offices. An introductory designlab was held in a Physical and Chemical Sciences non-majors laboratory space, which offeredlittle in the way of fabrication tools or storage space for design projects. A MATLABprogramming course was held in a general computing lab on which the

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

before the research project with a plan.Involvement in data requires a librarian’s subject expertise to move upstream in the researchproject, just as our involvement in research is moving upstream in the research/publicationcycle.1Familiarity with the needs and common practices of engineering researchThe most useful reading time spent for truly understanding the reality and scope of data issuesfor researchers is reading reports by LIS researchers who interviewed scientists and engineersabout their data management practices and problems. It is invaluable to be introduced to thelifecycle of specific data sets through the eyes of the researcher, as they reflect on how theyproduce the data, how they manage the data, and their own expectation for the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Gerald Knapp, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Roger Seals, Louisiana State University

-2005. He served two years as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation. Page 15.936.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Overview of Louisiana State University’s STEM Talent Expansion Program, Engineering Engagement for Student Success, ENG2Abstract The Louisiana State University (LSU) College of Engineering’s ENG2 Project is designedto increase the number of engineering and construction management graduates through retentionprograms aimed at developing and maintaining a sense of community among the students andfaculty, enhancing academic skills of

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

participant definitelyenhance teaching at home institutions. The individual final report was written and presented tokey personnel of the Boeing administration at the end of the summer program.Another requirement of the program was to accomplish a group research project, from a listproposed by the Boeing leadership, on a specific topic of concern to Boeing. The topic chosenby the authors was to examine the state of the engineering education pipeline and offer advice toBoeing on how to become an integral element in the cultivation and development of emergingengineering talent. The group project was accomplished as a team, even though the teammembers were sited at different locations. This collaborative project was written as a final reportand also

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Michael Mauk, Drexel University; Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University; Dhruv Sakalley, Drexel University; James Hagarman, Drexel University; Holly Burnside, Drexel University

of a Laboratory-Based Course in Lean Six Sigma NanomanufacturingAbstractWe are developing a laboratory- and project-based Lean Six Sigma Nanomanufacturing courseunder an NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Grant, Type 1. The laboratory-and project-based course will teach Applied Engineering Technology (AET) studentsnanomanufacturing by combining hands-on nanotechnology laboratory experiments and SixSigma analysis with lectures on Lean manufacturing principles and implementation. AETstudents will be introduced to nanotechnology principles, projects, and laboratory procedures byworking with leading faculty members through classroom instruction, guest lectures, and fieldtrips. During an 11-week term, the

Conference Session

Engineering Mathematical Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

teaching strategies that address visual,auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic preferences as needed for the specific class. Both projects andwriting also are incorporated into the course. Students complete journal assignments under theguidance of a writing center instructor, who uses a system of check marks to evaluate students‟thinking and to assign extra credit points. Method. The professor and the writing center instructor collaborated to develop courseobjectives that required higher-level thinking and learning. Among these higher-level objectiveswere:  Analyze and synthesize Fibonacci Sequences by creating original artistic designs incorporating them.  Demonstrate understanding of symmetrical

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ben Groenewald; Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

MAE senior design teams have been able to work with NASA engineers on projects that are relevant to NASA’s mission. In April 2011, Dr. Carmen was selected as a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient.Mr. Ben Groenewald Page 19.40.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE International Forum Utilization of STEM Tools and Workshops to Promote STEM Education in the United States and South Africa Christina L. Carmen, Ph.D

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhilasha Tibrewal; Tarek Sobh

tools such as test and quizzes as well as assignment and project reportsprove to be major indicators. This study is an attempt to perform the assessment processusing the Internet and its capabilities. Presented in the paper is a new technique forpresentation of relevant materials for accreditation under ABET and CSAB Criteria forEngineering and Computer Science programs. The course materials from all coursesoffered in Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 is gathered and organized into separate coursewebsites. Our electronic assessment (e-assessment) system(http://assesseng.bridgeport.edu/) is designed and implemented such that it allows theassessment evaluator to browse in a logical and convenient manner starting from

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alicia Townsend; Renate Fruchter

Session: 2793 Impact of Multi-Cultural Dimensions on Multi-Modal Communication in Global Teamwork Renate Fruchter* and Alicia Townsend** *Director of Project Based Learning Laboratory (PBL Lab) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4020 fruchter@ce.stanford.edu **Graduate Student, Learning Design and Technology Program, School of Education Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 lishat@stanford.eduIntroductionThis

Conference Session

Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Raymond Berg

) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global and societal context; 4) a recognition of the need for and an ability toengage in life-long learning; 5) a knowledge of contemporary issues; 6) an ability to manageengineering projects including the analysis of economic factors; and 7) an ability to understandthe dynamics of people both in singular and group settings.This paper presents the revisions made to the pilot capstone course, both to demonstrate pre-existing student achievement of these seven outcomes, and to augment that achievement in thecapstone course. This paper also presents the EC 2000 assessment strategies developed for thecapstone course, and the results of course coordinator, peer and

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Hensley; Marjorie Donovan; Christopher Ibeh; James Otter

of50 points, and to “write a superlative undergraduate research project requires the studentto achieve between 540 – 600 points or the equivalent of 90 – 100%. A perfectundergraduate research project is rated as 600. The subdivisions are valued differentiallyfrom 1-15 points. The rater is to determine first, does the subdivision exist and is itappropriately done for this study. Then second, the rater must determine the value ofeach major division for its quality by considering the elements in the following manner:0.0 – does not appear; 0.2 – only 20% of necessary elements; 0.4 – has approximately40% of necessary elements; 0.6 has approximately 60% of necessary elements, etc; and1.0 has 100% of necessary elements.” It is customary for the PSU