Conference Session

Research in Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

uniquesupervisors from 22 distinct academic departments, and across theoretical, clinical, design andlaboratory settings, demonstrating a vast breadth of project scope. Outside of the student-supervisor relationship, students are provided with assignment guidelines, workshops, andrubrics to scaffold the documentation and communication of the research, which includes fourdeliverables: a proposal, an interim report, presentation and final research report. The statedlearning objectives, taken from the course syllabus, are as follows: • Write a strong research proposal, identifying and developing a gap in a science/engineering related field, and develop a plan/method for addressing that gap • Conduct and write a literature review, summarizing the state

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eileen Johnson, University of Michigan; Sara Rose Vohra, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jeanne Sanders, University of Michigan; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan; Andrea J Kunze, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #41608Board 278: Faculty and Staff Ideas and Expectations for a Culture of Wellnessin EngineeringMs. Eileen Johnson, University of Michigan Eileen Johnson received her BS and MS in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She previously worked in tissue engineering and genetic engineering throughout her education. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. After teaching an online laboratory class, she became interested in engineering education research. Her current research interests are in engineering student mental health & wellness

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. Ayanna Boyd-Williams, North Carolina A&T State University; Shea Bigsby, North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Gloster Jr, North Carolina A&T State University; Evelyn Sowells-Boone, North Carolina A&T State University; Mark A. Melton, Saint Augustine's University

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Minorities in Engineering

mentoring, fellows are required to include a teaching activity as apart of their PDP. In their second year in the program, PFMF fellows engage in a teachingexperience that will expose them to the excitement and unique challenges of teaching at thecollege level. To this end, we offer workshops on such topics as assessment and working withundergraduates, designing courses, teaching techniques, using new technology for teaching,conflict resolution, grading homework, authoring effective assignments and examinations, andstudent advising.This teaching activity covers two semesters (minimum): an observation semester and ateaching/co-teaching semester. During the observation semester, the fellow observes anundergraduate course taught by the teaching mentor

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Hispanic students. Architecture, engineering, and technology students make upbetween 10% and 30% of the entering first year students. There was an application process forthe program. Students who were accepted, would be a part of a cohort of students who met witha lead instructor weekly, with the program being run as a 1-credit course. Additional instructorsfrom the student life side were also available to help facilitate activities, and connect students toco-curricular and extra-curricular aspects of college life. The present paper will describe some ofthe programming and assignments of this pilot program, and discuss some of the relatedstrengths, weaknesses, challenges, and successes. A primary focus of the programming was tohelp students

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

criterion’sapplicability to the design project) and compared those points with the evidence of studentincorporation of that criterion in their project.Context for Rubric DevelopmentThe research site for this study was an 80 student senior aircraft design course within theaerospace engineering department at a large public, research institution focused largely onengineering. The aircraft design sequence is comprised of two courses, one in the fall and one inthe spring. The purpose of the two senior design courses, as defined in the syllabus, is to givestudents experience with a conceptual design methodology that integrates methods for vehiclesizing, configuration selection and layout determination, propulsion system design, vehicleperformance analysis, and cost

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Kathleen Hennessey, The University of Arizona; Rebecca Primeau, University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

both to applied leadership andacademic foundations, so the intentional composition of an engineering residence hall helps tocultivate the sphere of community responsibility.Recommendations for Future ResearchIn addition to the reflection essays, students built an online e-portfolio where they wrote abouthow current and past experiences help them develop the skills necessary to be an engineer. Werefer to these skills as engineering competencies. An excerpt from the course syllabus describingthe assignment is shown in Appendix A.Future research can focus on analyzing data from students’ e-portfolios. Based on our findingsfrom the analysis of the reflection essays, we anticipate that students’ e-portfolio responses mayreflect their transition

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ann Weitnauer; Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Martin, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

formal learning outcome in the syllabus for ME4723 Interdisciplinary CapstoneDesign. In some cases, the authors have judged there is sufficient overlap between learningoutcomes from multiple courses that they are listed together in one line in the table; for example,Outcome 6 is about working on a team, and the respective learning outcomes for the threecapstone courses and the VIP course are all listed in that cell. Regarding formal learningoutcomes, ME4723 has seven in rows 1-7. ECE 4723 and ECE 4823 have nine in rows 3,5,6,10-13, and VIP has three in rows 6,8,9. An outcome that is customary but not formal in the ECEcapstones is indicated by an “C”. An informal learning outcome implied by the nature of theproject is indicated by “EA” in the

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenya Z Mejia, University of Washington; Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

simple activity, the IM, to be implemented. Theeducator scaffolded conversation around inclusion in multiple ways. She was also aware of herlimitations, as someone who was interested in promoting inclusion in her course, but did nothave enough previous experience with creating inclusive spaces. From here on, we will refer tothe educator as Dr. YH.Scaffolding a DEI InterventionIn an effort to virtually build a community in Fall of 2020 that addressed issues in diversity,equity and inclusion, the Dr. YH took the following actions in an Engineering Design course: 1. Included a DEI statement in the syllabus. This statement was discussed in the first class session. This action was a part of a new department wide effort to

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 17: Student Cognitive Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adaline M. Buerck, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; Estenia Ortiz Carabantes, University Of South Florida; Daniel Arnulfo Delgado Jr., University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Professors (AEESP) and in 2014 received an AEESP award for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Engineering Science Educa- tion. Dr. Trotz served on the governing council of the Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF), receiving their Distinguished Service Award in 2013. She served as the CSF team leader on the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge for secondary school students designed to promote sustainability, innovation, & Science Tech- nology Engineering and Mathematics across 12 Caribbean countries and currently serves as an advisor of a Green Engineering Syllabus for the Caribbean Examinations Council, offered in 16 Caribbean countries.Estenia Ortiz Carabantes, University Of South Florida Estenia is a first year PhD

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Anna Sadovnikova, Monmouth University

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #34558Transforming Curriculum to Improve STEM Learning and Advance CareerReadinessDr. Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University Dr. Ekaterina Koromyslova is an Assistant Professor in Operations Management. She teaches several courses, including Operations and Supply Chain Management, Engineering Economic Analysis, and De- cision Making in Management. She has several years of industry experience as an analyst-consultant for manufacturing companies and as a leading manager in supply chain and logistics. Her research inter- ests are in engineering education, including learner-centered teaching strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

.................................................................................................................................................................................... 10High Impact Learning Practice through Group Research on Thermoelectric Energy ConversionNanomaterials ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11Improving Student Learning of Basic Electric Circuits Concepts Using Current Technology ................ 17Teaching and Learning of Database Concepts Using Multimode Teaching Methodologies .................... 24Translating Best Practices for Student Engagement to Online STEAM Courses ......................................... 32Teaching Pattern Recognition: A Multidisciplinary Experience ........................................................................ 44Research and

Conference Session

Technology for Faculty Development and Classroom Management

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

boxes g. Electronic course information (e.g. syllabus, handouts) h. Electronic grading/feedback i. Electronic rubrics j. Other k. None of the above 13. What tips or best practices for LMS use would you share with early career faculty members? Open response. 14. What other types of technology do you use in the classroom? Check all that apply. a. Clickers b. PollEverywhere c. Videos d. Presentations via tablet with handwriting input e. Simulations f. Other g. None of the above 15. What tips or best practices for technology in the classroom would you share with early career faculty? Open Response. 16. Do you

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

required to enter the lab, so they have access to the lab off hours.The subject has been offered three times in this format, teaching a total of 36 students. Ourresults and conclusions are derived from informal surveys, observations, and discussions with thestudents, as the small number of students taking the subject does not provide a good statisticalbasis for assessment surveys. The class is included in MIT's standard assessment process, and theresults are summarized at the end of the paper. Page 22.90.3In the next section we present the 3-part structure of the course, and discuss each part in turn. Wethen describe our preliminary findings, and

Conference Session

Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University; Paul Taele, Texas A&M University; Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University; Christine A. Stanley, Texas A&M University; Seth Polsley, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

&M University. He is also the Assistant Lab Director at the Sketch Recognition Lab.Dr. Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University Dr. Thomas is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineer- ing at Texas A&M University. She is a member of the Engineering Education Faculty in the Institute for Engineering Education & Innovation at Texas A&M. She enjoys project-based learning and incorporat- ing active learning techniques in all her courses. She received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2010, focusing on developing robotic motion planning algorithms and applying them to computational biology problems including protein folding. She continued this work as

Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

course materialcoming alive in an episode of South Park, the course was having the intended impact.Team TeachingTeam Teaching can be a powerful way to create a T-shaped course, but it is not for thefaint of heart. Unlike single-instructor courses, decisions require discussion: studentrecruitment, course content and structure, syllabus and website, readings andassignments, grades, office hours, and in-class work. How should the workload bedistributed? How will all of the small decisions (e.g. extensions, in-class surprises) bemade? There are many models, ranging from everyone doing everything to completedivide and conquer. No matter the model, team-taught courses are more work.The weight of these decisions is amplified when two cultures collide

Conference Session

Global Graduate Studies and Programs Abroad - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary K. Nave Jr., Virginia Tech; Amy L. Hermundstad, Virginia Tech; Michael Stewart, Virginia Tech; Michele Ruth Waters, Virginia Tech; Emily Garner, Virginia Tech; Mohammed Seyam, Virginia Tech; Chelsea R. Corkins, Virginia Tech; Karen P. DePauw, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

reasoningskills through problem-based learning activities, and examine complex issues that educators facein the 21st century. The class is taught in an active-learning, technology-enriched classroom.Throughout the semester, students work closely in small groups to discuss a variety of readings,videos, and learning tools, ranging from the writings of Paulo Freire to the PBS documentary“Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century.” As deliverables for the course, each studentcreates a learner-centered syllabus for a course in their discipline, a teaching philosophystatement inspired by their own values and experiences, and a problem-based learning project.After each session, students blog and tweet about the readings, individual assignments

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Hartenstine, Western Washington University; Perry Fizzano, Western Washington University; Joseph Arthur Brobst, Old Dominion University; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Regina Barber DeGraaff, Western Washington University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

contribute tothe development of self-efficacy, CS/M identity, and sense of belonging?" As discussed below,current research efforts are focusing on the effects of the seminars and the mentoring aspect ofthe program.The second main research theme of the project is the effect of early CS exposure (courseworkand career awareness in freshman year) on computer science and math majors. For CS/MScholars, the early exposure to CS consists of the first-quarter CS seminar, a first course inprogramming the following quarter, and program events where career opportunities in CS arediscussed. Because many incoming freshmen have limited knowledge of CS, early CS exposuremay attract such students to CS. Evidence from our previous S-STEM project indicates that

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

the establishment of its Page 14.1382.4Center for Teaching Excellence in 2001.Classes. The current study involves students enrolled in MATH 131 courses for Fall 2008 andSpring 2009 semesters. As of this writing, the Fall Semester has been completed, and its resultsare reported in this document. The June 2009 presentation at the ASEE Annual Conference inAustin, Texas, will also include results from the Spring Semester.The Fall 2008 course consisted of nine female students, none of whom were freshmen.Method. In addition to the course syllabus and assignment schedule, students enteringMATH 131 were given a handout explaining why they would be

Conference Session

1st and 2nd Year Instruction in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh; William W. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Ellen M. Moe

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

programs, and also for students from other departments who receive aminor in Mechanical Engineering. In the fall 2015 semester, there were 286 students, dividedbetween two sections taught by two instructors. Both instructors followed the same syllabus andused the same assignments. Students from both sections worked on the same big machineproject: all 286 students worked on creating one big machine.In previous semesters, students in this course completed a design project that emphasized user-centered design. Using the design process and user discovery, they designed a product thatwould directly meet users’ needs. This user-centered design project is still part of the course, butin the fall 2015 semester, a new project was incorporated, to be

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Sinha; Randolph Thomas; John Kulka

specific engineering ethicscomponent.Why do so few schools have an engineering-ethics requirement? Significant barriers includefaculty indifference, student indifference, and the belief that engineering faculty is not competentto teach ethics [7]. Engineering faculty are most comfortable with quantitative concepts, andoften do not believe they are qualified to lead class discussions on ethics. Many engineeringfaculty do not think that they have the time in an already overcrowded syllabus to introducediscussions on professional ethics, or the time in their own schedules to prepare the necessarymaterial. Koehn’s [11] findings from courses at Lamar University suggest that whileundergraduate students may lack motivation to study ethics, they do have

Conference Session

It’s All About the Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P Zuberbier, East Carolina University; Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Mark McKinley Sanders, East Carolina University; Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #15375An Academic Library’s Role in Improving Accessibility to 3-D PrintingMr. Daniel P Zuberbier, East Carolina University Dan Zuberbier is the Education & Instructional Technology Librarian at East Carolina University (ECU). He planned for, launched, and currently manages the J.Y. Joyner Library 3D printing service which makes 3D printing accessible to all students, faculty and staff at ECU, and is currently developing a course on 3D printing for the North Carolina Summer Ventures in Math & Science Program. He previously worked as a high school Social Studies teacher in Arizona and Michigan, and holds

Conference Session

They need more than technical skills!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foundation; Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe P.E., All India Council for Technical Education

Tagged Divisions

International

general education as courses in non-engineering areasthat are required to develop complete professionals. The courses are taught like any other courses and not targetedto develop lifelong learning skills. We attempted a different approach and defined liberal learning as “self-learningin self-chosen (non-engineering) areas with self-defined scope”. Our program goals were to inculcate lifelonglearning beyond engineering and help students appreciate the interplay between engineering and other disciplines.We included the lifelong learning, due to the criticality of that competency for today’s engineering graduates. Ourprogram did not define syllabus, did not identify text or reference books, and did not conduct classroom lecturesand regular

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Patricia Conry, Arkansas Tech University; Amber Harrington, Arkansas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

assignment, reading the Academic Integrity Policy for ouruniversity and the corresponding quiz, will be integrated with the week 1 lab quiz that iscurrently only over the lab syllabus. Finally, we will create rubrics to assess the performanceindicators for the “Reinforce” and “Master” learning levels.References[1] ABET, "Accreditation Criteria & Supporting Documents," 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/. [Accessed 28 January 2019].[2] National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, "Mapping learning: A toolkit," University of Illinois and Indiana University, Urbana, IL, 2018.[3] B. S. Bloom, D. R. Krathwohl and B. B. Masia, Taxonomy of educational objectives : the classification of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole DeJong Okamoto; Tai-Ran Hsu

different lab groups willsupplement different sets of information. If the lab experiments are increasing studentunderstanding of heat transfer on the topics they cover, a statistical difference should be clear. AT-test will be performed to analyze both the pre- and post-test results and the exam scores todetermine statistical significance.Also in the third year, similar pre- and post-tests will be developed for the new elective todetermine the effect that the class has on likeliness to pursue a career in thermal management ofelectronics and knowledge of basic electronics cooling subjects. The syllabus for the course willbe sent to members of industry for their review and suggestions. All results for both ME 114 andthe elective will be used to

Conference Session

Instrument Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

experiments and assignments. This sample and the teamingenvironment reflected several similarities to the first-year engineering programs for which thisinstrument was intended. An email introducing and containing a link to the online survey wassent to all students during the final days of the course. Response rates were extremely low (≈7%) due to the timing of the survey and lack of in-class announcements. However, the fewresults that were obtained demonstrated that students would identify others outside of their teamsand even their sections, through use of the free-response questions.The final version of the survey consisted of a cover letter describing the purpose of the researchand data collection, a prompt asking the students to indicate all

Conference Session

Professional Aspects of Graduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Kavitha D. Ramane, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

a student member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).Mrs. Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeremi London is a graduate student at Purdue University. She is pursuing a M.S. in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering education.Mr. Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Benjamin Ahn is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests relate to higher education reform, graduate teaching assistants’ roles in engineering classes, undergraduate engineering syllabus and curriculum development, and professional engineering practices in universities and industries. Ahn’s research has been strongly motivated by

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Anderson R.A., State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

of Architects and the American Society of Engineering Education. He has served on NCARB committees supporting the development and testing of the Architectural Registra- tion Exam. Teaching experiences includes graduate design studios at the UNLV School of Architecture from 1997-2000, and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture at Farmingdale State College from 2006-2017, teaching Architectural Design III and Architectural Design IV. He currently serves as Department Chair and as an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Construction Management, teaching Architectural Design III, Architectural Design IV, and several courses in Construction Management (CM) including Materials and Methods, Quantity

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Kassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Yuan Lai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Justin A. Lavallee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alice Nasto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; M. Mehdi Salek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rebecca Shepardson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

at home or virtually, and without being in the same location as other students. o Examples: conducting a literature review, design a product/machine using CAD or other software, programming of remote/virtual machines, conducting simulations in virtual environments, and carrying out hands-on activities at home with mailed- in kits. • When viable, allow students more flexibility with their trajectory through the course or program they are enrolled in, including postponement to a later semester. • A comprehensive syllabus is helpful in helping students with understanding class requirements and instructor expectations, and is even more helpful in a situation where

Conference Session

Innovations in Aero Curriculum and Program Level Administration

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sidaard Gunasekaran, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

as problem solving, communication skills,interpersonal skills, and leadership.” It is pretty straightforward to see that academia has a longway to go in truly preparing the students for their career and any type of workforce.II. Elements of the EFF Standard Incorporated into the New Teaching Model All of the elements shown in Figure 1 are equally important. However, in a graduate class,it might not be plausible to incorporate all of these elements mentioned in Figure 1 withoutcompromising the technical rigor that is usually associated with the graduate course. Theexpectations behind the technical rigor of a graduate class might be the reason why students-centered learning has not, for the most part, reached graduate schools yet. And

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. They also write their recommended scores on a grid on a whiteboard,so grading consistency can be verified.Assessment in DesignProject work is graded collaboratively by the Design course instructors, the facilitators, and thedesign panel members. Most project work is graded as a team, and individual contributions areassessed by instructors and facilitators to increase or decrease an individual learner’s grade, asshown in Figure 1.Figure 1: Assessment summary from Design course syllabus, Spring, 2019, shows point allocationfor various deliverables and contributions to project completion.A new question was recently developed by a faculty member: “On the IRE Scale, how would yourate the team’s performance, relative to it’s potential?” (IRE Score