Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Scott T. Huxtable, Virginia Tech; Sathyanarayanan Subramanian, Virginia Tech; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

objects.Dr. Scott T. Huxtable, Virginia TechMr. Sathyanarayanan Subramanian, Virginia Tech I am a Graduate Mechanical Engineer at Virginia Tech, specializing in Thermal-Fluid Sciences.Prof. Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma Zahed Siddique is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of University of Oklahoma. His research interest include product family design, advanced material and engineering education. He is interested in motivation of engineering students, peer-to-peer learning, flat learning environments, technology assisted engineering education and experiential learning. He is the coordinator of the industry sponsored capstone from at his school and is the advisor

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Cheryl Carrico Consulting, LLC; Karen J. Gilbert, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

underrepresented students develop the skills and writing habits to complete doctorate degrees in engineering. Across all of her research avenues, Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 12 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award with her share of funding be ingnearly $2.3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 21 journal publications and more than 70 conference papers. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty, an Outstanding Teacher Award and a Faculty Fellow Award. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in Materials Science from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Tadd, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan; Elaine Wisniewski, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

skills, with light coverage of actual problem solving anddesign strategies or heuristics. As the first truly comprehensive chemical engineering course, thecurrent content is a blend of a review of principles and some concepts of integration of skills. Itis still delivered in a lecture-driven, teacher-centered format, and the communications componentis heavily reliant on rather lengthy written reports. Our student teams do benefit from beingmentored by program alumni working in industry, which provides an element of exposure to thereal world, but overall the course may be summarized as a bit of creative effort followed by agreat deal of computation and technical writing. Therefore, we revitalized the course with thegoal to   ● focus more

Conference Session

Collaboration and Communication in Problem-based Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Barclay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and communication with technical and non-technical peers. Students worked in teamsof three and four to solve ill-defined problems presented by the instructor. Topics coveredConstruction Waste, Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Recycling Education, PublicTransportation, and Campus Transit. Deliverables, including a technical report, an oralpresentation, and an analytical reflection, were used as data for this project. Students weresurveyed to assess their perceptions of problem-based learning. There were seventy-twoparticipants over three semesters. One preliminary result from both the survey and qualitativedata is that students felt confident about working with others from different disciplines. Studentsmostly commented positively about their

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shweta Chopra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chad M. Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

other support services havefemales received to make the decision to study in the STEM discipline? All necessary procedurefor investigation/survey of human subject will be followed throughout the study. Before startingassessment and evaluation studies approval from internal Human Subject Review Boards atXXX University will be obtained. All necessary written consents will be obtained.Confidentiality throughout the study will be maintained.Study will be conducted in three phases- phase I will be pilot survey for further study. Phase IIwill be interviewing participant from the phase I and conducting workshops and field trip. PhaseIII will be post-survey and using the finding from study to recruit more graduate students inSTEM discipline. Also write

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

the average level of studentratings in the IDEA national database. Also, classroom attendance and passing rates were higherin the experimental classes than the rates in the traditional classes.IntroductionEducational research in the late 20th century has seen the evolution of unconventional teachingmethods like co-operative learning, peer instruction, critical thinking exercises, and classroom Page 10.1075.1assessment.1-8 Patricia Cross,9 a leading educator, indicated in her American Association ofHigher Education’s (AAHE’s) 1998 National Conference keynote address that, “We have moreProceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi-Zun Wang; Mohammad Saifi

, and peer evaluations.Logical ReasoningWe teach logical reasoning and thinking methods to solve problems related to engineeringprinciples. The textbook written by Wales and Stager3 gives the examples, step by step, to showhow engineering problems are solved logically. Students are able to complete a series ofequations with correct calculations and engineering units. We also introduce the logical thinkingmethod into students’ report writing and engineering graphics processes.Filed TripsWe arranged several field trips to industrial companies around this area and met with theengineers there. Students found out what daily jobs there are for engineers and what future careerthey could have.Students commented, that "You never stop learning in this

Conference Session

WIED Olio

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder; Susan Jurow, University of Colorado at Boulder; Wendy C. Chi, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

the same time, knowing whatactions and individual characteristics lead to acceptance in a graduate program and an eventualacademic career assists students in navigating their engineering careers towards academia. Inother words, a program participant who begins to be viewed by professors and peers as aresearcher, as ―graduate school bound;‖ who talks about what she will do as a professor; whogoes to academic conferences and studies for the GRE could be seen as accepting the pathwaytowards the professoriate.Individuals‘ learning pathways in a community arise from multiple factors related to thecommunity‘s routine practices and the individual‘s historically-developed dispositions andambitions.18 The local community, or the specific group of

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Liesl Klein, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

l changes mechanism/medication began to fail. When I started writing my dissertation, I became coping coping completely paralyzed with anxiety. I started seeing a therapist, who mechanism/behaviora mechanism/behavioral referred me to a psychiatrist. I was diagnosed with ADHD and l changes/to-do-list changes Generalized Anxiety Disorder at age 32. coping coping The anxiety disorder diagnosis didn’t surprise me, but ADHD did. mechanism/behaviora mechanism/therapy

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

from difficulties managing student incivilities or from managing timeimproperly to produce sufficient publications. A full chapter is dedicated to discussingclassroom incivilities, describing specific strategies to turn behaviors and classroomtension around15. This book also contains extensive strategies to improve writing and toincrease publications15.Specific resources for women are also available including the Women in Engineeringdivision of ASEE. Articles and books on everything from peer-mentoring to navigatingthe gender divide are widely available16-19. Additionally, NSF has been actively fundingworkshops such as COACh where women faculty practice skills for negotiating andresolving conflicts20.However, despite the multitude of resources

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Tomas Estrada, Elizabethtown College; Kurt Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Jean Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College

junioryear, students apply the engineering design process to explore a problem of their interest. Overthis semester, each team crafts a problem statement, conducts market research, creates detailedspecifications, performs a feasibility study, evaluates alternative approaches, and pitches theiridea to a panel of peers and faculty advisors. The teams also write a series of project reports, anda panel of faculty advisors evaluates and provides detailed feedback on these reports. Thecapstone sequence is inspired by an entrepreneurial funding model, so student teams areguaranteed a set minimum amount of funds and compete for shares of a finite pool of additionalfunds.Occasionally, teams determine that their proposal is not feasible within the constraints

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meiqin Li, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics Division (MATH)

distribute one week to teach a simpleintroduction. The detailed topics about GVS usually are taught for math majors in a secondor an advanced version of a linear algebra course. Considering our audience are engineeringstudents, it is evident that numerical applications are preferred. The discoveries from thementioned peer institutes also validated such revision. Secondly, we add numerical compo-nents, which are not included in PTC . There are four parts for the newly added numericalcomponent: MATLAB live script for instructors to teach, MATLAB practice problems ingroup worksheet during each class meeting, coding basic concepts in MATLAB Grader, andMATLAB application projects in MATLAB Grader. By writing MATLAB programs, stu-dents have to imagine the

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Julie Trenor, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

undergraduate research, the students as the newcomers workunder the direction of faculty mentors and graduate students as the old-timers. The old-timersprovide expertise and resources to enable the student newcomer to engage in the practice ofresearch. Peer undergraduate researchers being a part of the research laboratory community alsoplay a key role in fostering a successful experience. Figure 1 illustrates the data collected duringthis effort in the context of the CoP theoretical framework. The two main tools utilized were theNational Engineering Students’ Learning Outcomes Survey (NESLOS) and weekly self-reflective journal entries. The figure illustrates that pre-NESLOS was administered at thebeginning of the REU experience (during the first day

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey S. Bryan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

published and presented work on a variety of topics, including assessment instruments and methodologies, using technology in the classroom, faculty development in instructional design, teaching diversity, and peer coaching. Utschig completed his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he worked on safety issues for fusion reactor designs.Dr. Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology Judith Shaul Norback received her B.A. from Cornell magna cum laude and her master’s and Ph.D. from Princeton. She has worked in the area of workplace communication skills for 25 years, starting at Edu- cational Testing Service in 1987, then founding and directing the Center for Skills Enhancement

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Online Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Samuel Garcia, NASA EPDC

Garcia (Education Specialist) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION OR REMOTE LEARNING?: UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS’ LEARNING EXPERIENCES DURING COVID-19Research attests that student success in engineering education is cultivated largely due toclassroom environments, academic inclusion, and engagement in undergraduate research. It isfurther revealed that the social and academic fabric of the institution such as academic advising,peer tutoring, disability services, and outdoor recreational programs is essential towards fosteringwell-being, recruitment, retention, and student success. However, these studies

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan J. Ely, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

retainingwomen engineering students? Do the virtual measures foster the same levels of self-efficacy inwomen engineering students as the previously offered face-to-face interactions? Do womenengineering students feel additional isolation from their peer group and perhaps question theircareer path when faced with an increased amount of online presence and the removal of criticalprograms aimed at increasing retention?While it is impossible to know the long-term impact on women engineering students due to thepandemic, it is possible to measure the immediate change in self-efficacy, sense of belonging andconfidence in program of study. This study measured changes in self-efficacy, belonging andconfidence of undergraduate women engineering students at a

Conference Session

Electromagnetics & Power Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Brianna Healey Derr, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

“green screen”; developing a threestep iterative process for videos based on story boards; and changing how concepts wereidentified. In the first year students selected from a list of relevant concepts, in the second yearconcepts were represented mathematically. During both years the videos were scored usingrubrics on both accuracy of conceptual understanding and production values, and were also peer-evaluated. Comparisons of video scores to performance on standard exams and the results ofconcept inventories are presented. We also reflect on the value of videos for self-explanationand for engaging with conceptually difficult material. Example student videos will be used toillustrate both correct and incorrect conceptual explanations.Introduction

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky; Qing Duan, University of Cincinnati; Jacinda K. Dariotis, University of Cincinnati; Mark Crocker, University Kentucky

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of this NRT, the main goalof which is to generate an innovative model for STEM graduate student training by identifyingand implementing the most effective tools for the training of STEM professionals. In futurecontributions, we intend to showcase data from the NRT, focusing on the evaluation of itsconstituent parts.Briefly, this multi-year academy includes two required courses (one focused on research-relatedcontent and another on transferrable skills) and two elective courses, which together constitutethe basis of a graduate certification. Other features include two summer internships (one inter-departmental and one at an external institution), peer mentoring of subsequent trainee cohorts,and initiatives including collaborative research

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning Models

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Morrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

participating in their learning process—not simply observing what their Page 24.574.3neighbors are doing and copying answers. This means that the exercises cannot be identical foreach student, but should be similar enough to encourage collaboration and peer teaching.Both of the above issues were addressed by the integration of technology. The Moodle coursemanagement system was used to deliver active learning exercises, provide automated assessmentof student responses and immediate feedback, and allow easy faculty access to class performancedata. Rather than simply being a delivery mechanism, Moodle became the focal point of courseactivities. The course

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Schreiner

particular section, fitting their own teaching style and allowing greater buy-in and usage byboth instructor and students.The course evaluation included an opinion survey of the students’ reaction to the onlinecomponents and an investigation of server statistics. These data show that Manhattan: aidedstudent learning; increased professor to student communication, facilitated grading and returningof computer-based student work, aided freshmen academic advising, and improved coordinationof the course between professors. Somewhat surprisingly, the students did not utilize the peer-to-peer communication tools (available to individuals and teams) to the level expected. Overall, wehave successfully balanced the integration of on-line communication into a

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa Green, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

). Research has shown that implementing DLI inother subjects, such as history, has led to students showing greater mastery of historical thinking,increased ability to transfer historical knowledge to other contexts, and improved readingcomprehension compared to peers that did not receive DLI [5], cf. [6], [7]. Similar studies havebeen conducted in science [8].Research on disciplinary literacy suggests that use of DLI in engineering may increase students’abilities to engage in engineering thinking as well as lessen literacy-based barriers that preventwomen and underrepresented students from pursuing STEM pathways. To accomplish this goal,a robust model of DLI in engineering must be developed and disseminated into K-16 classroompractice.BackgroundThis

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Matthew Alexander

challenges in these areas because of (a) languagerequires significant written communication exercises, barrier (English is not their primary language) for someparticularly in the second course which is a writing students; (b) unfamiliarity with professional workingintensive course. The overall performance of those environment and culture; and (c) student maturity andstudents with English as a second language is reasonably experience. The assessment of student performance in eachstrong once the instructor’s grading expectations are of these skill areas described herein are related back torealized and the students avail themselves of outside these challenges.assistance, such as provided by

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Alfrey, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

themselves enoughtime to write up all of their observations and conclusions. In addition, slightly loweraverage scores on “Proposing Methods of Solution” (average 2.2) and “Applying Methodto Generate Results” (average 2.2) reinforced observations from instructors of ourprogram’s Senior students that our students do not understand the process of writingrequirements and using them to guide the design and testing process. Both of theseweaknesses are being addressed in the Spring 2009 session of this course: students willgo through a separate exercise in requirements-writing before confronting thisassignment, and the assignment itself will be due earlier in the semester, with anopportunity for re-writing and re-submitting after peer feedback. The

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

Proposal Writing” graduate course this past summer. Our goals duringthis three-day class period were: - To define the creative process - To identify techniques that enhance creativity - To practice idea generation and critical thinking skills in controlled settingsThis segment helps smooth the transition between the undergraduate mentality of “teach me” tothe desired graduate student mentality of “enable me”. It attempts to demystify the creativeprocess, which most people associate with inspired moments and geniuses, so that students candeliberately foster an atmosphere that will help them generate new research ideas.Course History“Introduction to Literature Review and Proposal Writing” was first developed two years ago as

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Pete Tschumi

70 General writing skills 63 Leadership (interactions with peers, servant leadership) 58 Technical writing 51 Presentation skills 34 Diversification (different cultures) 34In the category of business concepts, the upper half of the competencies are listed. Business Concepts Be the customer mentality 78 Investigative skills (probing questions

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Waters; Jim Greer; James P. Solti

attempts to motivate faculty to examine their efforts for achieving the prescribedgoals outlined for their course. The paper itself is written as a diagnostic model in which readerscan discover for themselves, through active exercises within a small discussion group, thenecessity for developing, writing, and implementing a sound teaching philosophy rooted inactive learning. Faculty members are encouraged to develop a schematic model (flowchart)illustrating how their philosophy manifests itself in the classroom. The model is beingdeveloped primarily for new faculty members in the Engineering Mechanics Department at theUnited States Air Force Academy in hopes that it will accelerate their professional developmentand classroom improvement efforts.I

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Carlson-Dakes, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gregory W Harrington, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

earlier in their college career – ideally their first year.In response to this feedback, with the support of the Pieper Foundation(srpieperfamilyfoundation.com), and under the leadership of an endowed professorship forServant Leadership, we created and launched a pilot course in Fall 2011 for 25 incomingfirst year students. One course enrollment slot was open during each summer orientationsession until the course filled. Quickly we had a waiting list of additional students wantingto enroll, so in Spring and Fall 2012, the enrollment cap expanded to 35. Each time thecourse filled to capacity. As we write this paper, we are considering feasible models to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 13: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion

. Teams are formed depending on the class sizes. Assessments: There are weekly graphics assignments, quizzes, and four midterm exams. For the project, students are required to develop conceptual and technical design reviews. Weekly activities include discussion posts on technical and communication topics related to the design project. Peer evaluations are conducted via Purdue’s CATME Peer-Evaluation tool three times during a semester and serve as a measure of teamwork. Technical writing is considered a critical piece in the project documentation. Project deliverables such as oral presentations, design reviews, peer evaluations, and prototype testing are used to assess student learning objectives.Challenges due to COVID-19Higher Education

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Student Growth

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andre Montes; Sofia Arevalo; Grace O'Connell, University of California, Berkeley

guidance in navigating academicspaces, a particular challenge for first generation students [2]. These factors, and more, maycontribute to low participation rates of undergraduate students participating in research. Forexample, from Spring 2019 to 2020 only 3.3% of mechanical engineering (ME) undergraduateswere enrolled in independent research at UC Berkeley, an R1 institution.Figure 1 illustrates one common pathway to becoming an undergraduate research scientist, wherean essential first step is being aware of research areas. Students may discover research areasthrough peer and family networks [3] or technical electives. Once students have identified theirresearch interest, they can begin seeking research positions through informal methods such as

Conference Session

Inclusivity at Two Year Colleges

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Pickering, Arizona State University; Mara Lopez, Arizona State University; Gloria Gonzalez; Marcus Garcia, Phoenix College; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn; Katy Pinto

mode to providereal-world IT experience for undergraduate students: 1) externships situated on-campus, underthe supervision of faculty and assisted by peer-mentors and industry mentors and 2) internshipssituated with local companies under the supervision of industry employees. When careerpreparedness elements were interwoven while learning and practicing new IT skills withinhands-on project deliverables, externs reported benefits such as increased confidence in seekingout employment opportunities, preparing for interviews, professional networking, leadershipdevelopment, and conveying their industry experience in their resumes and on LinkedIn.Lessons learned to date related to engaging and retaining targeted students include the need