Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 7: Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Li, University of Calgary; Yves Pauchard, University of Calgary; Ahmad Ghasemloonia, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

be challenged further to improve theircurrent knowledge and skills. Like a good coach in sports, the instructor can find the currentlimits and help students push themselves just a bit further – this is how humans improve.However, critique-driven assessment also presents challenges for instructors. Keeping studentson track requires more effort as there are no deadlines. Since the course is part of a minor andoften the 6th course for students in the term, the workload is already high. To help students getorganized, a suggested schedule with weekly milestones was provided. Also, lectures start with ashort logistics block to address questions about schedule and organization. Finally, weeklyemails are sent out with the plan for the coming week

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Evalyna Bogdan; Heather Jean Murdock; Nadine Ibrahim

’ views and power dynamics through role-play? The FRCgame enhanced students' comprehension of the various viewpoints and values amongstakeholders, as expressed here: “Improved understanding of the thought process of otherstakeholders as everyone has their own agendas.” Furthermore, the game underscored theimportance of player interactions in navigating these differences and discovering mutualinterests, including the “benefit of planning and collaborating”. Students also developed a deeperinsight into power dynamics, including the inclusion and exclusion of stakeholders, and theimportance of empathy. A student expressed one of the insights gained as follows: “People withmore power can make decisions without consulting stakeholders with less power

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher James; B. Terry Beck

were all higher than the test section. This higher density balsa actuallyprovided even more strength than the test section showed, but since the test section met thedesign requirements, this added strength was unnecessary especially considering the resultingweight penalty.Proceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationChristopher James, Kansas State UniversityChristopher James is a senior in the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (MNE) Department atKansas State University. He served as Team Leader for the SAE Aero Design Team for the2011-2012 season and has been a member of the team for three years. Christopher is currentlyco-leading the team and plans to graduate

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rachel A. Brennan

beneficial byproducts from within the treatmentsystem; and 3) educate the local community on the importance of treating wastewater andprotecting their environment.After completing a Site Investigation and evaluating potential technologies, the studentsformalized their strategies through a comprehensive Design Plan. Both Roatán teams convergedon similar engineering solutions for treating the wastewater, including the construction of aseptic tank, horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF) wetland, free water surface (FWS) wetland, and astormwater channel. The two teams differed, however, in their development of value addedprojects for the community. The leading team proposed a variety of features for the site,including a bridge made out of locally recycled

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jessica L. Isaacs; Anthony Bellezza; Vicki Brown

2 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 4+ 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 + 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7+ 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2Teams were asked to effectively communicate their product/service concept in the form of a 90second video. Students were offered assistance from the university’s TV Club and access to theClub Advisor, an adjunct film professor. The TV Club was allowed to help students in bothfilming and planning of

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Doug Kim

can be used while 802.11a or 802.11n should be used for 5.7 GHz band. Figure 1 andFigure 2 illustrate band plans for 2.4 and 5.7 GHz bands. A care must be given to use thechannels that are non-overlapping and experiencing the least amount of external interference.We also need to configure the access point so that it would not use Dynamic Frequency Selection(DFS) that automatically changes the channels based upon interference.B. Receive Power MeasurementsA spectrum analyzer is used to measure receive power. Some PC software may report thereceive power levels. However, since it is virtually impossible to avoid interference in Wi-Fibands in the presence of widely available campus-wide Wi-Fi as well as individual wirelessrouters, before receive

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Russell Woleslagle; Brian Swartz P.E.

PAPER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (DOUBLE-CLICK HERE TO EDIT) < 5Fig. 5. Sample of the construction plan developed as part of the bridge design The construction scheme for the superstructure assumed FUNDING THE SOLUTION that the individual trusses could be constructed horizontally on The IPC/Collaboratory projects are funded by many flat terrain, then carried across the ravine, set on thedifferent models. In some cases, the Collaboratory funds abutments, rotated vertically and braced in place while

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

JERRY-DARYL FLETCHER; LeeRoy Bronner; Yacob Astatke

. [2] National Science and Technology Council, Committee on STEM Education. (2013). Feder a l science, technology, engineer ing, a nd m athem at ics (stem) education 5-year str ategic plan. Retrieved from website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/stem_strat plan_2013.pdf [3] National Science Foundation

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Matuga Obed; Guangming Chen

results inprompted many to see the EDs as a safety net more use of the emergency department delaysfor the health care system. The increasing in seeking needed attention and a worse healthproblem of crowding has strained this safety status when patients do seek treatment.net to the “breaking point,” according to a Process Description: This emergencyrecent report by the Institute of Medicine. department is divided into three main zones.Background: It is very important for EDs to High care zone, medium care zone and low carehave a good and clear plan of patient flow zone. The high care zone (Red

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Wenli Guo; Vazgen Shekoyan

Feedback: Overall, students liked the was able to understand what the question was reallyopportunity of recovering homework grades. asking.”Appendix B has some sample feedbacks from 2. “I made errors in many of the areas covered butstudents. They appreciated self-corrections' positive the self-corrections helped me focus on the areas that Iimpact. Students were motivated to continue this needed more work and needed to review.”activity. 3. “With self-corrections I feel that it actually Future Research: We are planning to conduct a helped a whole lot in improving my understanding onfiner-grained analysis of students

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Abdullah Konak

, Nicaragua. The workshops wereorganized in collaboration with the Nicaragua-based nonprofit organization, the FabrettoChildren’s Foundation, with the objective of helping rural area students and teachers elaborate onnew ventures based on a product or service to address their community’s needs6.Research suggests that problem-based instruction and active learning strategies improvestudents’ overall problem solving skills7. The total number of workshop participants consisted of20 students and 5 teachers. Although we had previous workshop experience in the United Stateson the topics of idea generation and business plan development, adaptations to various workshopcontent and examples were made in order to assimilate the Nicaraguan culture and better

Collection

2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert Marlor

been significant.Several obstacles have been overcome in the first few years of NMU SAE club’s existence andthe club has been developing into both a successful student organization and a good setting forproblem-based learning.Description of Baja SAE ProjectThe Baja SAE project is described by SAE [1] as follows. “Baja SAE consists of three regionalcompetitions that simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges.Engineering students are tasked to design and build an off-road vehicle that will survive thesevere punishment of rough terrain and sometimes even water.The object of the competition is to provide SAE student members with a challenging project thatinvolves the planning and manufacturing tasks found when

Collection

2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

thelecture topic that prompts students to fill in key concepts in blank spaces designed into the noteswhile the professor is teaching. This form of note taking prompts the student to be engaged inthe topic during a lecture rather than trying to expedite their transcription of what the instructoris saying, passively holding a completed instructor provided handout,14 or planning to downloadthe full lecture notes prior to the exam. Research has shown repeatedly that students learn morewhen they are actively involved in the teaching-learning process.1516Per Davis, ―Researchersreport that students who receive partial notes perform better on exams and earn higher coursegrades than students who receive a full set of notes.‖17 In addition, students

Conference Session

Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

YiXiang Shawn Sun, National Taiwan University; Sharon Tsai-hsuan Ku, University of Virginia; Jongmin Lee, University of Science and Technology; Sean Michael Ferguson, CSUCI

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Taiwan there are notsufficient instructors who are trained and motivated. These inadequate course designs andsystematic limitations lead to a lack of understanding of the relationship between technologyand society and a lack of systematic thinking among science and engineering students. Thissituation limits students’ ability to think about their professional skills, future employment,ethical responsibilities, and other issues in a global context.1Cultivating “global competency” in a divided worldWe also witnessed an educational reform in engineering education curriculum worldwide. In2018, China began the New Engineering Education and Excellent Engineer Education andTraining Plan as the cornerstone of its national engineering program. In May 2021

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carl A. Erikson

addresses all safety and maintenance concerns, clearly describes systematic procedures, and provides a user-friendly list of input variables with instructions for dealing with them. 4] Create a business plan for implementation of community biodiesel reaction facilities both here in the USA and overseas. 5] Minimize waste by managing glycerin and other biodiesel side streams.IPC students are also involved in developing a quality control lab as part of the 3 year DOEgrant . Five key tests associated with ASTM D6751 quality standard for biodiesel have beenidentified for this lab. These tests include: ASTM D 93 Standard Test Methods for Flash Pointby Penksy-Martens Closed Cup Tester, ASTM D 2709 Standard Test

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci

studentperformance and instruction.Future StudiesThe author’s plan to extend this study to look at individual faculty and their performance overtime, the overall performance of faculty teaching a given course, and difference in faculty 4performance, as reflected by the method presented in this paper, for various areas of instruction(sciences, humanities etc.). 1. Annual Conference, ASEE, Austin, TX, 2009, C 2009-1377: CIVIL E GI EERI G COURSES TAUGHT WITH I DIVIDUALIZED STUDE T ASSIG ME TS Ahmet Zeytinci, University of the District of Columbia Philip Brach, University of the District of Columbia © American 2. ABET Accreditation Policy & Procedure Manual, 2009-2010, section II.D.1.c

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Anthony Manno; Kamal Shahrabi

are available. Podcasts can be on virtually any topicimaginable and traditional media companies are now in the game by distributing their shows viapodcasts. This is a boon to consumers since now they don’t have to plan their day aroundprograms they like. They can now listen to or watch their programs when the person is available.Universities are also encouraging their professors to post their lectures as podcasts or webcasts.Webcasts are also being used as webinars to give a presentation on the latest technology that acompany will be using. This helps educate their potential customers on the newest technologiesand it allows them to pitch their products at the same time. It gives companies a much widerdistribution than they would have been

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

generate memory files compatible with theDE2 board SRAM memory interface. We also plan to utilize the LCD screen to provideadditional I/O feedback to the students. The internal processor data shown on the 7-segmentdisplays could instead be displayed on the LCD which would create a better interface for thestudents. There are also many architectural improvements that students could make to their ownprocessors in follow-on courses.8. ConclusionsImplementing the MARC2 on the Altera DE2 board in our Computer Architecture courseprovides a common hardware platform across the digital thread in our program. The initialresults are encouraging where students find making a processor work is exciting and improvestheir motivation to do proper simulation. The

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Emmanuel Ugo Enemuoh

research experience. His teaching interests lie in manufacturing processes, materialscience, statistical quality control and non-destructive evaluation methods. His research interestincludes machining of composite materials, non-destructive evaluation, and structural healthmonitoring techniques. Lecture • Processing Techniques • Modeling of Processing Techniques • Design of Experiments Lab/Project • Plan and Execution of Experiments • Data Acquisition/Signal Processing • Analysis of Data

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kris G. Mattila; Dennis Johnson

rehabilitation were to identify unhealthy areas,develop rehabilitation work plans, implement a series of educational programs for MCCCparticipants, and manage the project work The MCCC was responsibility to provide anadequate workforce to the project. In addition to funding the project the MDNR through theFisheries Division provided technical data about the watershed. The general public providedadditional input and support. The organization of the project is shown in Figure 1. The projectwas begun in the summer of 1999 and continued through the summer of 2000, at which time theproject was extended for two additional years. Without this partnership the project would nothave been implemented because of lack of funding and staff

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ester B. Johnson

fit intoany of these categories.Many students that graduate from MPS go to college and are successful. They receivescholarships within the community and from foundations. They have good GPA’s andhave high rankings from high school and many of their parents support their endeavor incollege and pay their tuition. But those students generally do not attend UWM. Thereare also those students that work and receive financial support from within thecommunity, family members and financial aid, but the majority of them do not attendUWM.The mission of the Office of Diversity in the College of Engineering and Applied Science(CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is encompassing and addresses manyconcerns. A strategic plan has been developed that

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Micah Lande; Larry Leifer

for the “remaking of asolution” with the results being “facsimiles of stuff” or plans by which to make copies. FutureThinking12 allows one to “reset the problem” with the outcome being a “question.” Human Product Manufacturing Tool Figure 1 Ways of Thinking Framework for Engineering Design ProjectsThis maps very closely to the Manufacturing – Test – Product – Human-centered design productcoding schema. Figure 1 highlights where these descriptions fall on the “Ways of Thinking”framework.Results in Classifying ProjectsA survey of 30 years of ME310

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

. Statistical tests were conducted and results were documented on the power of simulation.Development of Finite Element AnalysisA computer program was developed by idealizing the flexible pavement into a finite element continuum.In this investigation a layered pavement system was idealized as an axisymmetric solid with finiteboundaries in both radial and axial directions, as shown in Fig 1. The axisymmetric body was thendivided into a set of ring elements, rectangular in section and connected along their nodal circles. Thefinite elements are actually complete rings in the circumferential direction, and the nodal points at whichthey are connected are circular lines in plan view. Because of axisymmetry, the three-dimensionalproblem reduces to a two

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Christopher J. Lowrance

working onproblem in the classroom as part of the weekly lecture time? Besides just receiving feedbackfrom our students about their understanding and gauging our effectiveness in teaching, problemsolving in the classroom is an active form of learning which is generally agreed upon to be thebest form of learning.Description of the Teaching MethodI am absolutely convinced there are several benefits gained by dedicating time during theclassroom lecture period for the students to practice on problems related to that particular day’slesson. Before I discuss these benefits, allow me to explain the flow of a typical lesson in myclassroom. During my lesson planning before class, I organize my lesson’s learning objectivesin a logic and linear fashion and

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo

correlation between what is being said and seen throughout the video.17 8. Gross recommend, ―Avoid complicated charts and graphs. They often require individuals to take time to process the information, causing them to miss whatever comes next on the videotape.‖18 9. Pair a video with a reading assignment.19 10. Break up or rearrange parts of the viewing, as required by the individual lesson plan.20 11. Conduct a follow-up activity to assess comprehension of the video. 21 12. With regard to videos of experiments: Per Lyons et al in a study of student response to videoed experiments, ―The videos where the student was able to see the experimenter received the most favorable reviews. Students really liked

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Rajesh G. Bachu; S. Kopparthi; B. Adapa; Buket D. Barkana

related frame size into two frames. Thisphenomenon can be seen for Frame 2, 7, and 8 in the Table 1. 54. ConclusionWe have presented an approach for separating the voiced /unvoiced part of speech in a simple andefficient way. The algorithm shows good results in classifying the speech as we segmented speech intomany frames. In our future study, we plan to improve our results for voiced/unvoiced discrimination innoise.References:[1] Jong Kwan Lee, Chang D. Yoo, “Wavelet speech enhancement based on voiced/unvoiced decision”,Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology The 32nd International Congress and Exposition onNoise Control

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Robert M. Brooks; Soumitra Basu; Shriram Pillapakkam; Kurosh Darvish; Keerthi V. Takkalapelli

the overall course grades.RecommendationsThe following are the recommendations on how these findings would be used in the future for thefuture offerings of the course. The grade allotted to the empowerment projects will be increased 5from twenty to thirty percent. The projects will be expanded to accommodate other tools oflearning such as group discussions, presentation and communication skills. There are plans tocontinue the work presented at least for the next five years.References(1) Woods, D. and Crowe, C.M., (1985) Characteristics of engineering students in their first two years, Engineering Education, 74, pp. 289-295.(2) Boyer, E.L. (1995) Assessing scholarship, ASEE prism, 4, pp 22-26

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Abdelrahman M. Rabie; Rahman Haleem

. These preparations attempt to change the students’speaking habits so that presentations and discussions are conducted in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).The ratio of colloquial and foreign words in normal and academic conversations is one of the basic issuestackled in the sequence. So is planning for writing, researching and critical thinking. The latter issues arenew to students and are significantly important in developing their abilities to communicate their ideas inan effective manner.In the colleges, a different scheme has been devised; Arabic Labs were attached to at least two coursestaught in each college. The content was driven by the English courses under the control of the college.The Arabic Lab simply shadowed the main course and used

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carroll Suzanne Seron, University of California, Irvine; Erin A. Cech, University of California, San Diego; Susan S. Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brian Rubineau, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

about essentialism, meritocracy, individualism,and exceptionalism trump the opportunity to take a feminist critique to its logical conclusion.We end by exploring the irony of their simultaneous adherence to and rejection of feministcritiques of engineering.IntroductionAt each career stage, engineering is persistently white and male.1 Whether in the classroom2,3 orthe workplace,4,5 research continues to show that women confront a “chilly climate”6,7 wherethey experience token status.8 At the stage of credential acquisition, where engineers encounterprofessional socialization for the first time and earn their degree, research has also shown thatthis climate has consequences for women‟s career plans, whether measured by the likelihood oftheir

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Benjamin Mertz, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

)”  type of engineering) Prepare for  Studying engineering in preparation for  “Engineering will prepare me to be a patent  Page 22.52.6Other Career  another field upon graduation  lawyer” or “I plan to go into the air force” Family  Immediate or extended family member is  “My father is an electrical engineer”  an engineer or in a closely related field Broad  Wide range of career paths available   “I can do all kinds of things with an engineering  degree” Groups  Desire to