Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown; Norman Voigt, Penn State, New Kensington

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Curriculum, Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal.20. Rose, A.T. (2001). Using the Peer Review Process to Implement Writing Assignments in an Engineering Technology Course, Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. Page 13.1257.12

Conference Session

Design Based Energy Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oxana S Pantchenko, University of California at Santa Cruz; Tiffany Wise-West P.E., University of California Santa Cruz; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ali Shakouri Shakouri, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

 for each team member, credit was given for inclusion of a description ofeach student’s work contribution.  Engineering curriculum designers often struggle to include meaningfulwriting assignments in undergraduate programs [8], yet scientific writing is a highly valued skill in theengineering sector [9].  In their teaching experience, the authors have observed that students often arechallenged by writing assignments hence the inclusion of the checklist requirements to prepare a logicallyflowing and well­written final proposal with proper formatting and appropriate citation of crediblesources.  It was highly suggested that groups perform peer editing and utilize the on­campus writingtutor program.Discussion & ResultsConsultations &

Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

andScientists. (pp. 1-8). Hoboken: IEEE Press.21. MIT OpenCourseWare. (2006). “The Scientific Publication Cycle.” Materials Science and EngineeringTutorials. Information Exploration: Becoming a Savvy Scholar. Available at http://video.mit.edu/watch/scientific-publication-cycle-4356/17. Page 25.799.10Additional ReadingClarke, J.B. (2011). Viewpoints. Seeking a Paradigm Shift for Engineering Librarian Instruction. Issues inScience and Technology Librarianship, 66. Retrieved from http://www.istl.org/11-summer/viewpoint.htmlFosmire, M. (2010). Calibrated Peer Review: A New Tool for Integrating Information Literacy Skills in Writing-Intensive

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eli Patten, University of California at Berkeley; Sara Atwood, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

; facilitated by library staffTechnical writing: Presented the basic ideas for strong technical writing; examples and class activitiesOral presentation: Presented the basic ideas for strong technical oral presentationsEditing writing: Groups traded drafts of their papers and peer evaluated themExhibit feedback: Feedback on the students’ ideas for their exhibit from staff of the science museumGroup work: The students worked on the final project in groups throughout the semester Page 15.1305.4At the beginning of the course, the students’ demographic information was

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer E. LeBeau, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Noah L. Schroeder, Washington State University; Brian F. French, Washington State University ; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

describes characterization of the instrumentswithin ASSESS as well as lessons learned throughout the project’s development. In addition, twoexamples are offered to describe ways in which ASSESS may be used by the engineeringeducation community.Instrument CharacterizationOver the life of the project, a variety of instruments were identified for inclusion in the ASSESSdatabase. In the first year, instruments were identified by searching peer-reviewed journalarticles, using branching techniques from reference sections of papers and reports, andidentifying innovative projects that may have developed and employed evaluation instruments.While comprehensive, this three-pronged strategy proved to be somewhat challenging forlocating instruments. Thus, the

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

the pedagogical approaches and classroomstructure in their HSS lectures and tutorials. If they manage to enroll in a course withcomparatively low engineering representation, they often feel isolated from their peers, and ifthey choose to enroll in an HSS elective with high out of department enrollment they are oftenshepherded into a non-arts and science lecture section or tutorial with no change in the way thatmaterial is delivered or discussed. While they may watch different modes of thought at work, it’sunlikely that they are proficient in their use or convinced of their benefit by course’s end. Andwhile another calendar entry strongly encourages students to “plan their complementary studieselectives in accordance with their career

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

. Thestudent is the one who finalizes his or her choice.First class after the mid-term break:The instructor officially asks each student to finalize his or her choice for a topic. Theinstructor makes it an official homework assignment. In this assignment, the instructorasks each student to write a paragraph on his or her topic, and on what he or she intendsto do subsequently. The instructor examines every topic very carefully, and meetsprivately with each student to make sure that the chosen topic meets the project’s criteria.If needed, the instructor asks the students to make appropriate revisions to their chosentopics. The instructor and students finalize the topics. Students are ready then to startworking on their projects. Between this class and

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Harris, Northeastern University; Carrie Boykin, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

engineering which need to be taken intoconsideration. Some scholars and educators have predicted that the barriers that discourageunder-represented minorities from achieving success in science and engineering, pointed to suchfactors as:• inadequate academic preparation• substandard educational resources• mismatched social and academic expectations• lack of encouragement• psychological intimidation• unstable familial and financial circumstances• inadequate peer support• lack of role modeling/mentoring• low expectations by science and engineering faculty• poor/uninspired instruction and advising by science/engineering faculty• racism(Reichert & Absher, 1997)1In recognizing the aforementioned social and cognitive factors which may negatively

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University; Mats Daniels, Uppsala University; Åsa Sofia Cajander

Tagged Topics

Student Development

.,  Löfström,  A.,  McDermott,  R.,  and  Russell,  L.    Intercultural  Competence  in  Global  Collaboration  Courses  in  Computer  Engineering,  Applied  Human  Factors  and  Ergonomics,  San  Francisco,  USA,  2012.[4]  Cajander,  Å.,  Daniels,  M.,  McDermott,  R  and  von  Konsky,  B.  “Assessing  Professional  Skills  in  Engineering  Education”,  Australian  Computer  Science  Communications,  vol  33,  no  2,  pp  145-­154,  2011.[5]    Cajander,  Å.  Daniels,  M.  and  McDermott,  R.  On  valuing  peers:  theories  of  learning  and  intercultural  competence.  Computer  Science  Education,  22(4):319–342,  2012.  [6]  Cajander,  Å.,  Daniels,  M.,  Peters,  A.,  and  McDermott,  R.  Critical  Thinking,  Peer-­Writing,  and  the  Importance

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 19

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucas J. Wiese, Purdue University ; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

ethical decision-making as they are carried out into deliberate discourse in asocial space amongst peers. To investigate the SIMDE framework, students were asked tosolve a professional AI ethics problem in a dilemma-based seven-step learning activity.The qualitative results of this paper examine how constructs in the SIMDE conceptualframework were present in student responses, and what students learned from peerdiscourse that led them to either justify their gut-reaction decision or change their mind.We found that students are impacted by perspective-taking, they use reasoning to defendtheir position rather than seek and appraise truth, and moral self-reflection helps themlearn more about themselves. Moreover, even when students learn new

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afeefa Rahman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Casey J Rodgers, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

requires student teams to communicate their progressand findings in two written reports and an oral presentation. The first written report is focused ontheir mixture testing and their standard test development. This report is in the form of amemorandum where conciseness and precision are emphasized in the writing. The second reportis the culmination of the project with all of their testing, iterative design documentation, andcomparison of performance of the final products. In addition to the final report, students presentto the instructors and peers which allows them to ask questions and compare methodologiesbetween the groups as they prepare the final written report. The three report styles(memorandum, presentation, and comprehensive report

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 7 Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso; Helena Mucino, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

- ular emphasis on engineering identities and literacies among English Learners and bilingual students. Her research has been published in journals such as Theory into Practice, Action in Teacher Education, and Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Reading/Writing/Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania and has been a faculty member at UTEP since 2008.Helena Mucino, University of Texas at El Paso Helena Muci˜no is a Ph.D. student in the Teaching, Learning, and Culture program at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She holds a master’s degree in Musical Education Research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is currently working as a Research Assistant for an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Loren Limberis; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University

approaches: Peer Instruction andJust-in-Time Teaching. These approaches are designed to provide students “with greateropportunity for synthesizing concepts while instructors get timely feedback that can help focus Page 14.408.3instruction on the points that are most difficult to learn.”13 The strategies also maximize theefficacy of the classroom session, where human instructors are present, structure the out-of-class time for maximum learning benefit, and create and sustain team spirit.14 In their study of ten years of peer instruction, Crouch and Mazur11 report: “PeerInstruction engages students during class through activities that require each

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny Davis, Ohio State University; Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

smiles upon receiving credibleinformation about this potential employee’s preparation for engineering professional work. Theinterviewer then focuses discussion on performances behind the graduate’s scores and on jobresponsibilities that either fit the individual or that may be particularly challenging for this prospectiveemployee. The interview concludes with both parties confident of the interview’s effectiveness and finaloutcome.What is different about this picture? What gives the employer and prospective employee confidence in thevalue of information on the score sheet? In this case, scores were based on evidence from multiplesources: instructor, peers, and outside evaluators. Scores were earned in a capstone design project thatsimulated

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay C. Dee

candidate’s progresstoward tenure, allowing the candidate subsequent time to act on any recommended correctivestrategies and/or to improve their record of accomplishments. For engineering faculty, third-yearreview materials will generally need to demonstrate a record of achievement and plannedimprovement in research, teaching, and service-related issues.Preparing for an intensive third-year review can be difficult for junior faculty, for many reasons.This review may be the first time young faculty go through the scrutiny of a peer review processwhere the “peers” are people they work with on a daily basis. This review may be the first timejunior faculty seriously try to interpret and apply an institution’s promotion and tenure criteria totheir own

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Robert Pastel, Michigan Technological University; Ryan George, Michigan Technological University; Chad M. Meyers, Michigan Technological University; Matthew L. Freitag, Michigan Technological University; Jacob M. Lund, Michigan Technological University; Michael Paul Stefaniak

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

,backgrounds, and interests. This paper focuses on the policies and techniques that we havesuccessfully used to attract, organize, motivate, and evaluate the students in the course. We alsoprovide analysis of enrollment in Husky Game Development from Fall 2011 through Spring 2014and describe how the faculty advisor and student management share and delegate responsibilities.We hope that HGD can serve as one possible model for instructors at other institutions who desireto implement a similar course.IntroductionTraditional computer science undergraduate courses often fail to give students hands-onexperience which will help them learn how to work with a team of peers to propose, design, anddevelop large applications. Traditional courses typically consist

Conference Session

Computers in Education 2 - Programming 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University

instill this concept into our students?Especially introductory programming students who are often resistant to trying new things ordebugging independently. Most introductory programming instructors watch students write linesand lines of code without compiling the code or arrive at the instructor’s office needing helpbecause “it is almost working except this one compile error,” which once fixed unearths manylogical errors.Enter the rubber duck prize! To add fun to the introduction of the debugging concept, thestudents are sent on a scavenger hunt around the building where the class is held. Locationsincluded on the path: the computer lab, the department office, the help desk location, and thedean’s office – thus familiarizing first-year students

Conference Session

Computers in Education 10 - Technology 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Irini Spyridakis, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

final grade and is holistically graded withguidance from a 26-item grading checklist divided into four categories: content, organization,design, and style/grammar/punctuation (see Appendix A for this checklist). This checklist guidesstudents while writing their reports, students during peer reviews, and instructors during grading.For grading, the checklist is used with about 25% of the grading weight given to each of the fourcategories. Students, teaching assistants, and instructors have appreciated the detailed guidanceprovided by the checklist—assignments that meet all items receive a 100% grade. Across andwithin the categories, individual instructors may weight what they deem most important givenwhat they have emphasized in class. For

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Adam Kramschuster; Gregory Slupe

-Stout. Because peer evaluations are conducted each semester for MFGE-325, data isreadily available to assess this ABET outcome. Results from Student Outcome D for fall 2012can be found in Table 4.Table 4: Results from ABET Student Outcome D in fall 2012.Performance Indicator ScoreEngages others with a cooperative attitude 3.81/4Contributes to the mission, goals, and outcomes of the team 3.73/4In addition to peer evaluations, MFGE-325 student groups are tasked with writing a reflectionpaper upon completion of the project. The learning objective of the reflection paper is forstudents to re-examine their project experience, describe any change(s) in

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and making presentations at conferences and meetings. Evidence indicative ofresearch contributions may include but is not limited to the following: • Inventions and innovations that lead to patents, • Publication of research results in recognized professional journals, • Participation in writing textbooks or professional manuals and design guides, • Presentation of research results at professional meetings, particularly invited presentations at national or international meetings; • Receipt of research grants, • Receipt of research awards, and • Directing student research.Of the above mentioned evidences, some are considered more important than others. Forexample

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christiaan Gribble, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

primitives such as barriers, locks, and higher-level constructs can beconstructed using pthreads mutexes. Primitive mechanisms for inter-thread communication viashared data structures are available as well.In general, the pthreads execution model treats threads as peers. Only the main thread, which iscreated by the operating system when it instantiates the multithreaded process, has slightlydifferent properties, but these differences can typically be ignored: all of the threads in well-designed pthreads program will thus cooperate to execute the task at hand in a manner thateffectively utilizes the underlying resources of the processor. Page

Conference Session

First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McDowell, University of California, Santa Cruz; Adrienne Harrell, University of California, Santa Cruz

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

primary program staff for ETTP included two student Peer Mentors who are now currentseniors who had transferred into the School of Engineering from a community college. BothPeer Mentors also had participated in our 2006 “Summer Bridge” program, our last effort tocombine transfer and first-year students in the same program. The School of EngineeringOutreach Coordinator/Transfer Advisor served as the program director, building upon the rapporthe had already established with some of the students during the outreach season and transferadvising sessions.The community building components of ETTP were especially important to address because ofthe structure and nature of our campus. Comprised of several residential colleges, most studentsentering as

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey G. Sczechowski

, uncooperativecollaborators, mangers, overly enthusiastic peer reviewers, etc.).One lab period is spent in the library showing students where to find “things”, ranging fromvendors to scientific publications. During this session, the students scour the Thomas Registerand scientific supply catalogs to find vendors of quirky accessories that may assist me in acurrent research project. For example, “Find a large, long-wave UV transparent liquid crystalshutter for me.” This type of instruction for first-time researchers is vital. Most experiencedacademics take this information management skill for granted. We do it without thinking, or havea Ph.D. student do it for us (to guarantee we won’t have to think).Guest speakers address other aspects of conducting applied

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Jordan, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

. Develop a set of experiments that can be used to answer the research question. Write up a formal report and make a group presentation about their project. Since this was a Mechanical Engineering class they were required to write a report in the format required by ASME for journal publications.Approach to classWith this limit to how many materials courses the program can offer each year, the authorsearched out ways to increase this number. One approach is to offer additional materials contentthrough small group research courses. This would help accomplish several different goals asdescribed in the previous section.It is important to see how this approach fits in with how other universities use undergraduatestudent research. One university

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sayyad Zahid Qamar P.E., Sultan Qaboos University; Majid Al-Maharbi, Sultan Qaboos University; Josiah Cherian Chekotu, Dublin City University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

aspect of human dimension (both self and others) in a science/engineering course like MS can be a daunting task. Learning outcomes could be “activelyparticipate in class discussions; avoid plagiarism in report writing and properly cite publishedsources; work in teams on mini-project, swapping roles as team member and leader; andconduct peer assessment of project team members.” Learning activities could be lecture andclass discussion on team work, and professional and ethical responsibility (includingplagiarism, citation and referencing); and project presentations and discussions. Assessmentmethods could be keeping records of active class participation (individual and group); recordsof meetings with project teams for individual and team work

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

this form of instruction is becoming commonplace in K-12education. A site with similar resources, but oriented toward higher education is “OLT:Flipped Classroom Project” from the University of Queensland. It has case studies inseveral disciplines, including Engineering Design. It has synopses of various ways to useclass time, including case studies, peer learning, problem-based learning and project-basedlearning. It gives some advice on how to measure learning gains. Flip It! Consulting hasa blog with posts on various aspects of flipping that will be useful to educators in manydisciplines. A notable collection of links and references to other resources is provided byRobert Talbert at Grand Valley State University. His intention is to turn it

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University; Biswajit Biswal, South Carolina State University; Eugene Kennedy, Louisiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

involvedin traditional lecture were found to be 1.5 times more likely to fail as compared to those in classes withsignificant active learning. Some of the active learning techniques are peer review, flipped classrooms,hands-on technology, and cooperative group problem solving. Here is a brief description of thesemethods [10].In “peer review”, students are asked to complete an individual homework assignment or short paper. Onthe day the assignment is due, students submit one copy to the instructor to be graded and one copy totheir partner. Each student then takes their partner's work and, depending on the nature of theassignment, gives critical feedback, and corrects mistakes in content and/or grammar.In the “flipped classroom”, class time is devoted

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh V Shende, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

collaborative learning activities gives students more opportunities in developingconceptual learning through social interactions among peers. This we can refer to as conceptgroup learning activity.In a group environment, conflicts and controversies are resolved through proper explanation,justification; reflection and search for new knowledge.8 Student groups often come up withmutual support or solution via elaborative help that stimulates reorganization of thoughts andidentification of knowledge gaps thereby generating solution seeking ability among the studentgroup members. These circumstances also help students developing elaborate conceptualunderstanding by making use of new analogies, revisiting and reformulating their knowledge,which becomes more

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Motahareh Tina Alaei, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michael Ryan Lynch

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

(Outcome E). A bigportion of the project deliverables was four to five presentations made both to the client and otherpeers at the program, and the writing of several technical reports. After each presentation, the teamreceived feedback from the faculty and peers on the content and delivery of the presentation andtheir technical writing skills. Each section of the final technical report was reviewed and gradedby the team mentor (Outcome G). One of the deliverables was the contextualization documentthat reports what significance the final design might have on the environment, health and safetyconcerns, economics, ethics, etc. (Outcome H). Based on the technical evidence and submitteddocuments, these outcomes were evaluated, and the faculty mentor

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

:• Identification of the lesson topic. Typically, one major topic is identified for each lesson.• Identification of lesson objectives. The objectives should be identified first, so that the lesson content focuses on what the students are expected to accomplish. Additionally, writing of objectives at different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy8 allows higher order thinking (or “independent thinking”, see next section) to be utilized.• Preparation of a lesson outline. The outline lays out the general order and hierarchy of the presentation.• Preparation of board notes. Board notes are a specific technique utilized in the T4E and ExCEEd workshops, and have been described previously.1,2 Briefly, board notes lay out on a piece of paper exactly