Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

courses (PHY 240-244, ME212- 213, CEG 220, EGR 153, ME 313, EE 301)?• How has the introduction of EGR 101 and the just-in-time structuring of the new mathsequence affected student proficiency in mathematics?• Has the introduction of EGR 101 and the just-in-time structuring of the new math sequenceenhanced student appreciation of mathematics in engineering (i.e., are they more excited aboutmath)? With the above questions in mind, the authors are currently working with WSU's Centerfor Teaching and Learning, Statistical Consulting Center and Institutional Research Office todevelop and implement both quantitative and qualitative assessment strategies which are tailoredto the goals of this program. Fortunately, data will be readily

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

instructionaldecisions to enhance and maximize student learning. Challenges, affordances, and results ofinterpreting engineering speak through an SFL lens will be discussed.IntroductionLanguage is a communication tool that allows students to explain what knowledge exists in theirminds. Mental models are personal representations of target concepts that occur in the mind, andare therefore only fully understood by the person who has constructed them1. However, if themental model of the concept is explained by the student (through verbal, written, or kinestheticcommunication), it becomes an expressed model1. The expressed model can then be compared tothe normative, or scientifically accepted, model to test its validity. However, without language,accessing students

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constance D. Hendrix, U.S. Air Force Academy; Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy; William J. Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force Academy; Randall Deppensmith, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-4786: WHY SHOULD THEY CARE? MEETING THE CHAL-LENGES OF TEACHING NON-ENGINEERS TO ENGINEERMajor Constance Hendrix, U.S. Air Force Academy Constance D. Hendrix, M.S.E.E., M.B.A., is currently assigned to U.S. Air Force Academy as an Assistant Professor and Course Director for the core class Principles of Air Force Electronic Systems. Email: constance.hendrix@usafa.edu.Lt. Col. Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy Marcus L. Roberts, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Email: marcus.roberts@usafa.edu.Dr. William J. Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyCol. Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force AcademyMajor Randall Deppensmith

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 4 - Engineering for One Planet & Sustainability Innovation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Oerther

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

, especially if we bring them to people like Sarah, so it works well. With that in mind, the time with Sarah was a great addition to the class.”From this open-ended comment, a number of conclusion may be inferred. First, the tone andcontent suggest at least a degree of positive reception to the opportunity to engage in qualitativeresearch. Second, the involvement of a recognized expert is highlighted as important. And third,the specific inclusion of an instructor of nursing was viewed positively by this student ofenvironmental engineering. In contrast to the positive aspects of this comment, the student alsoconveyed a suggestion for improvement, namely: clear learning objectives and the use of gradingrubrics so that students could better

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Travis Fuerst, Purdue University; Jorge Dorribo Camba; Angshuman Mazumdar, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD)

modeling habits. To combat these preconceived ideas of what CAD is and how it isused, students are informed in the first lecture that the course will mimic a medium-sizedengineering company where the instructor serves as the engineering design lead, the teachingassistants take on the role of first line supervisors, and the students serve as engineeringcontractors. As a contractor, the students are provided with Assignment Requirement Documentsthat they must complete to standard to receive maximum points which serve as the currency forthe course. This scenario puts the student in the frame of mind that they are not simply taking acourse, but also operating within a professional environment.Beyond the technical content of the course, a number of

Conference Session

FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederick L. Smyth, University of Virginia; William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Brian A. Nosek, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2011-2087: FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE STRIK-INGLY IMPOVERISHED IN THEIR SELF-CONCEPT AS PROFESSIONALENGINEERSFrederick L Smyth, University of Virginia Fred is Co-Principal Investigator and Director of The Full Potential Initiative, an NSF-funded longitudi- nal study of the development and influence of implicit attitudes about intellectual ability and academic belonging. His findings have demonstrated that biased implicit associations in the minds of students, teachers and professionals are not simple functions of the stereotypes in their environment, but vary pre- dictably with their personal experiences and identities. Female and male scientists, for example, differ greatly in the strength of their

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

perspectives ondevelopment, helping, community, and the need to listen. Those interactions catalyzed severalquestions: What kind of curricular journey can help students to change their beliefs and attitudestowards development? How could engineering students learn to position and assess their ownknowledge and question their desires to help, while finding value in building relationships andlearning from local knowledges? With these questions in mind we set out to develop and Page 15.475.11implement a course entitled Engineering and Sustainable Community Development. After oneyear of research and preparation, a team of faculty from the liberal arts

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pacella, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

provided in Table 1. Given the apparent success of this method of introducing freshmen engineers toadvanced topics in engineering theory, I believe it would be beneficial to expect designgroups to carry out more advanced engineering calculations in the future. Although itmay demand extra time and effort to introduce students to topics of greater complexity,the freshmen engineering design project seems to be the perfect method of instillingabstract mathematical and physical concepts in the minds of young engineers by havingthem incorporate more advanced concepts into their mathematical models. I have nodoubt that the chemical engineers from this past fall’s ENES 101 class will have a mucheasier time grasping convective heat transfer

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Jenkins-Stark, Iridescent; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2220: ENGINEERS AS TEACHERS: HELPING ENGINEERS BRINGCUTTING EDGE SCIENCE TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIESLindsey Jenkins-Stark, IridescentTara Chklovski, Iridescent Page 15.501.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 K-12 Pre-Engineering Education Engineers as Teachers: Helping Engineers Bring Cutting Edge Science to Underserved CommunitiesAbstractThere is growing concern among the scientific community that the United States is not preparinga diverse enough group of students, in the areas of science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM). The percentage of bachelor’s degrees in STEM awarded

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dwayne Henclewood, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mshadoni Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Angshuman Guin, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

AC 2010-2292: BUILDING ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT THROUGHTRANSPORTATION (BEAT): A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PROGRAM FORHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Michael Hunter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on transportation design, operations, and signal control. Dr. Hunter conducts research in the areas of transportation simulation, operations, and performance evaluations. Dr. Hunter as has several years experience as a traffic engineer with an engineering consulting firm.Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Marion C

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Kuyath

Session 3148 Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior: Recruiting Underrepresented Minorities to Engineering and Engineering Technology Stephen J. Kuyath UNC Charlotte, Department of Engineering TechnologyAbstractThere is mounting evidence that the United Sates will soon experience a shortage of qualifiedhigh-tech workers that will jeopardize the country’s economic future. It is imperative that werecruit more women and minorities into engineering to prevent the anticipated shortage. Clearly,past recruiting strategies have had only

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger V. Gonzalez P.E., The University of Texas at El Paso; Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Joseph A Ramos, The University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

: Springerlink.com. 25August 2011.]8. Hancock PA (2009) Mind, machine and morality. Toward a Philosophy of Human-Technology Symbiosis.Ashgate Publishing, Surrey.9. Master of Engineering Management Programs Consortium9 See http://www.mempc.org10. ABET. See http://www.abet.org11. ATMAE. See http://atmae.org/12. National Academy of Engineering. (2004). The engineer of 2020: Visions of engineering in the new century.Washington, DC: National Academies Press. p.36.13. Paulson, L. D. (2006). Service science: A new field for today’s economy. Computer, 39(8), 18-21.14. Spohrer, J., & Maglio, P. P. (2008). The emergence of service science: Toward systemic service innovations toaccelerate co-creation of value. Production and Operations Management, 17(3), 1-9.15

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

KENNETH WADE JACKSON

Engineering Education for the 21st Century-Balancing Engineering Science, Information Technology and Multidisciplinary Studies Kenneth W Jackson Ph.D., P.E. Southern Polytechnic State UniversityKENNETH WADE JACKSONDr. Ken Jackson holds a Ph.D. in ME, an MSME, MSIE-OR, BSME and is a RegisteredProfessional Engineer. Prior to academia, he worked 31 years for AT&T, including 15 yearsat the Bell Telephone Laboratories on the design of fiber optic products. He also worked onthe SAFEGUARD ABM System, and in product development and manufacturing. Dr. Jacksonhas authored 17 patents and 24 technical papers, and is a member of the ASME, ASQ, andASA. 373Engineering Education

Conference Session

ERM: ERM Medley Session!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Nur Shahira Samsuri; Maizam Alias; Akbariah Ary Mohd Mahdzir, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

approachimplemented in the course could activate students’ conation, especially among the currentgeneration-Z. Answering this question will also provide engineering academics with anapproach to activate conation among students in a typical classroom.Overview in Conation Besides the affective and cognitive domains, the conative domain, which is a domainof behaviours associated with striving, is one of the essential pieces in the human mind modelon learning. According to American Heritage Dictionary of English Language [15],[16],conation is defined as mental processes that direct behavior and/or action, including impulse,desire, volition, and striving [1], [16]. McDougall stated that conation is how we strive,endeavour, pay attention, focus, work hard

Collection

1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

William A. Bares; David A. Rogers

THE EVOLUTION OF AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ORIENTATION COURSE William A. Bares and David A. Rogers Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105ABSTRACT During the last three quarters faculty members in Electrical Engi-neering at North Dakota State University have been experimenting withpossible new directions for a traditional orientation course for fresh-man electrical engineers. These new directions are an effort to meetthe challenges of: (1) the increasing enrollments, (2) the continualpressures on the curriculum caused by new technologies, and (3) therealization that our students need a more

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

minds resonate with these kinds of platforms and help to getthem engaged in engineering which forms a good base to introduce other forms ofinstrumentation later on in their careerAnother key reason for educators is the cost involved. The cost of buying traditionalinstrumentation is very high. With the introduction of Virtual Instrumentation[2], this has beenaddressed to a large extent, and embedded devices are the lowest cost devices today. Hence,embedded devices form one of the best platforms to introduce early in engineering because oftheir cost benefits and their ability to resonate with what the students see in their daily life. Thisdoes pose a problem – with the complexity of programming these devices, how do we raise thelevel of

Conference Session

Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Schox, Stanford University; David Chesney, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 12.812.2infringement test to a patentability situation, and some applied the patentability test to an Page 1 of 5infringement situation. Despite the fact that enrollment increased from 40+ students to 80+students over one year, the course – in my mind – had failed.As a Lecturer for Stanford University, I taught ME208: Patent Law and Strategy for Innovatorsand Entrepreneurs to engineering students at the graduate and senior undergraduate level duringthe Fall 2005 and 2006 terms. I developed and introduced the course and, although I kept theSocratic Method, I taught from my own text. The class, which still had lively debates, no longertouched upon the detailed intricacies and nuances of the law, but

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany Jones, James Madison University; Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

Tagged Divisions

International

efforts have an impact on the engineering curriculumand deserve the attention of engineering educators. Even while working for internationalstandards, teaching with English texts and collaborating with western engineeringcolleges, engineering educators in the Arab world should keep in mind that the majorityof their students will practice at home, in the region, in Amman, in Muscat, in Liwa, andnot in Toronto, Los Angeles, or Bonn. The admonition to think globally and act locallyhas never been more appropriate. For an Arab engineering educator acting locally mightinclude the integration of entrepreneurship skills into the engineering curriculum,collaboration with local agencies and private businesses for practical experience,requiring students to

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2008-1513: THE UBIQUITOUS MICROCONTROLLER IN MECHANICALENGINEERING: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMSMichael Holden, California Maritime Academy Michael Holden teaches in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the California State University Maritime Academy. Page 13.1275.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Ubiquitous Microcontroller in Mechanical Engineering: Measurement SystemsIntroductionThis paper will describe a project aimed at integrating microcontrollers in several classesthroughout the mechanical engineering curriculum at the California State University MaritimeAcademy (CMA). The goal is to give our

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

AC 2008-892: A HANDS-ON COURSE ON TEACHING ENGINEERINGSusan Montgomery, University of Michigan Susan Montgomery is a lecturer and program advisor in the Chemical Engineering Dept. at the University of Michigan. She earned a BSEChE from the University of Michigan, and PhD ChE from Princeton University. She is the ASEE Campus representative and faculty advisor to the ASEE graduate student group. She leads a team of students developing educational software for chemical engineering. Page 13.47.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Hands-on Course on Teaching

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik De Graaff, Delft University of Technology; Wim Thijs, TU Delft; Peter Wieringa, TU Delft

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-980: RESEARCH SKILLS IN A MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMErik De Graaff, Delft University of Technology Erik de Graaff, Ph.D. is associate professor in educational innovation at the Faculty of Technology Policy and Management and head of the department of Education of Technology. In 2007 he was appointed as extra ordinary professor at Aalborg University in Denmark. He is associate editor of the European Journal of Engineering Education an active member of engineering education societies, like SEFI, IGIP, ALE and ASEE.Wim Thijs, TU Delft Wim Thijs, Ph.D. graduated as a mechanical engineer in Delft. He runs his own independent consultancy firm and he is charged with running

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

with education. It is even more important that departments realize that theycannot wait until a student completes a battery of pre-requisite courses leading toward those first engineeringcourses before connections are forged to bind the student and department together. This is especially criticalat institutions where students are not formally brought into their majors until they have reached junior status. With this concern in mind, Michigan State University through the Colleges of Engineering,Agriculture, and Natural Science began a process to make the transition from high school into the universitya more valuable experience. The Residential Option for Science and Engineering Students (ROSES) wasinitiated three years ago to allow

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip J. Cornwell

I Session 2266 Concept Maps in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Phillip J. Cornwell Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIn this paper concept maps, a pedagogical tool which improves the effectiveness of lectures and helps studentsachieve a higher level of understanding, will be discussed. Concept maps are a visual representation of ideasdesigned to illustrate the relationships between the ideas. There are a variety of

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Mario G. Beruvides

theprofessors I would classify as the best teachers, had very good to outstanding research records (publications,funded research, numbers of masters and Ph.D. graduates, etc.).3 This is not necessarily so since all professions are in continual growth. The avant-garde may be presented firstat the graduate level, but it eventually trickles down to the undergraduate ranks.4 The simplest, and in my mind probably the most beautiful, definition of engineering, is “The application of-science to the betterment of humanity.” Is this what drives our research efforts? Page 1.394.2 {~x~~ 1996 ASEE Annual

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

David F. Ollis; Ann Brown

Session 1 2 6 1 Team Teaching: A Freshman Engineering Rhetoric and Laboratory Ann B r o w n ( C o l l e g e o f E n g i n e e r i n g W r i t i n g A s s i s t a n c e P r o g r a m ) and David F. Ollis (Chemical Engineering) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 Abstract Team teaching usually involves the back-and-forth trading of lecturing between two instructors. The present example illustrates a looser side- by-side collaboration consisting of a first year rhetoric, based upon readings, poetry, and videos in technology, literature and history, and a “hands-on” laboratory centered around consumer

Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

AC 2009-137: HUMAN BEHAVIOR SKILLS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEIN ENGINEERINGRaymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignRose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Page 14.677.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Human Behavior Skills and Emotional Intelligence in EngineeringAbstractThis past decade has been characterized by a series of changes in engineering education, including theincorporation of human behavior skills into the list of learning outcomes required for engineering programaccreditation. This paper describes the efforts of a college of engineering at a large university in the mid-west to improve

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Barbara L. Christe, State University of New York

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

promote a free and open forum forfocused discussion and thoughtful debate regarding editorial decisions.The Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET establishes generalcriteria for student outcomes associated with program accreditation [3]. The curriculum ofETAC programs must include “topics related to professional responsibilities, ethicalresponsibilities, respect for diversity, and quality and continuous improvement.” These curricularcomponents are further clarified with the ABET Policy on Diversity [4]. This statementencourages a commitment to “diversity and inclusion through developing and using the talents ofall persons.” With these guidelines in mind, engineering technology educators are encouraged topromote student

Conference Session

Design in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael A. Phelan, Temple University; Aratrik Guha; Brandon K. Harrison, Temple University; George Moukarzel, Temple University; Abigail A. Tetteh; Yah-el Har-El, Temple University; Ruth Ochia P.E., Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

, requires programs to evaluate students’ “ability to applyengineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs…” (ABET EAC 2019-2020SO 2). This major design experience, typically a senior capstone project, should include theculmination of the foundational materials students learn during their course of study. ABET hasalso defined “engineering design” which includes many concepts of Design Thinking (DT). DTis a multistep process that begins with the formalization of the problem statement and movesthrough implementation of possible solutions with the needs of the end-user in mind. There areseveral ‘flavors’ of design thinking available and we have been following the 5-step designthinking process described by Plattner 2010 where the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Hansberry, Northeastern University; Jennifer Love, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

prepares the student for the fluid and global market of today. Students are alsoprepared for multidisciplinary communication. The EC2000 mandate that students be able towork effectively on multidisciplinary teams has generated active curricular research, and ledpreeminent universities such as Purdue University to create courses to build interdisciplinaryconnections in the students’ minds.2By nature, graphics is a pictorial language that should be universally understood, transcendingwritten language and the engineering disciplines. The introductory design graphics course is theideal course to introduce the multidisciplinary concept of engineering. As evidenced in thispaper, there is a significant trend in graphics courses to teach only a portion of

Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng); Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-704: AN ADVANCED QUALITY ENGINEERING COURSE FORTECHNOLOGYBimal Nepal, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng)jihad albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University Page 13.170.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Advanced Quality Engineering Course for Technology Graduate CurriculumIntroductionDue to fierce competition and globalized marketplace, companies are forced to operate on theirlowest possible profit margin. In this context, it is argued that quality and variety are the criticalorder winning factors for any product types. However, introducing a new variety also introduceslarge variability