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Conference Session
ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Karyn L. Biasca, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; Steve Hill, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Tagged Divisions
Chemical Engineering
10-15 minutes per student. For a small group ofstudents (like the group in this pilot study) this was not an overwhelming time commitment. Forlarger groups of students, we would evaluate a representative sample of the portfolios to keep thefaculty time commitment at a reasonable level.Here is an example of a student reflection for a report presented in the portfolio to demonstrateachievement of outcome k: This project demonstrates my ability to use statistical analysis and laboratory techniques to solving engineering issues that arise in the mill environment. The Page 22.253.12 report presents a logical method of studying
Conference Session
Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gary Lee Downey, Virginia Tech; Masanori Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
.         10   The  U.S.  occupation  authorities  actually  jump-­‐started  the  whole  process  by  allowing  small  and  medium-­‐sized  enterprises  to  trade  in  their  existing  machinery  for  equipment  that  had  been  seized  in  the  reparations  program.  This  continued  after  independence  in  1952  with  prefectural  governments  and  cooperative  organizations  playing  the  key  role  of  matching  the  needs  of  local  firms  with  available  machinery.  Prefectures  also  supported  small  local  laboratories  for  improving  production  practices  in  industries  of  local  interest  (Morris-­‐Suzuki  1994).     There  was  no  master  plan.  Rather  a  multitude  of  overlapping  ministries  competed  with  one  another  to
Conference Session
Engineering Design in Pedagogy
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Louis S. Nadelson, Boise State University; Patricia Pyke, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Joshua Pfiester, Boise State University; Mark A. Emmet, Boise State University
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
Conference Session
FPD 3: Research on First-year Programs and Students, Part I
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Odis Hayden Griffin Jr. P.E., East Carolina University; Sandie J. Griffin
Tagged Divisions
First-Year Programs
AC 2011-2517: CONSIDERATION OF HAPPENSTANCE THEORY IN MA-JOR SELECTION AND MIGRATION IN A LARGE ENGINEERING PRO-GRAMOdis Hayden Griffin, Jr., East Carolina University O. Hayden Griffin, Jr. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. He has over 35 years experience in industrial and government laboratories and academia.Sandie J. Griffin, Sandie J. Griffin is an academic advisor with over 15 years of university experience. She holds a BA in elementary education from Virginia Tech and an MS in academic advising from Kansas State University. Page 22.376.1
Conference Session
Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Annette Mallory Donawa, Independent Consultant
Tagged Divisions
Cooperative & Experiential Education
cognitive connections needed19 (Stark &Lattuca, 1997).Purpose The researcher was motivated to conduct the research study as a result of her work withhigher order thinking skills (HOTS) 25 years ago at a regional educational laboratory in Chicago,Illinois. The purpose of this research study was to examine whether a critical thinkingintervention would increase students’ critical thinking skills. This study was conducted over athree-year period as a mixed methods, quasi–experimental design examining STEM students’critical thinking skills at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). A standardizedcritical thinking test, the Cornell Critical Thinking Test, was administered to students enteringthe Pre-Freshmen Accelerated Curriculum
Conference Session
Design Communications & Cognition I
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jitesh Panchal, Washington State University; Sammy Haroon, The RBR Group; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education
development for many years and decided to approach thisaugmentation of engineering education from within the technical domain we are most familiarwith. The ‘laboratory’ for this endeavor has been a graduate level engineering design course thatis offered at Georgia Institute of Technology every spring, namely, ME6102 Designing OpenEngineering Systems. We have jointly orchestrated this course for many years. In the followingsections, an overview of this course, its context and content, the way it is structured andorchestrated, and in particular the fashion in which it serves as a vehicle and example for re-designing engineering education are presented
Conference Session
Active and Project-Based Learning
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
-on project activities. Outside of class time, students make extensive useof computer labs for their CAD work, and the college machine shop (Learning Factory) for theirprototyping tasks. A perennial problem that still has not been adequately solved is providingspace where students can store their projects in-process. The course budget for equipment andsupplies is $10,000 per year, and comes from student laboratory fees.IV. Results4.1 Assessment ToolsFormative and summative assessment tools were used to gather student feedback for continuousimprovement of course content and delivery. Four assessment tools were used: a. Best/Worst Design Essays b. Ranking of 23 Design Activities c. Design Survey d. Student Self-assessment of course
Conference Session
Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
Conference Session
Student Attitudes and Perceptions
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tuba Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
Conference Session
How to Get Published: Tips from Journal Editors
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
Konseyi(MDK). The journal focuses exclusively on scholarly educational research in engineering Page 15.656.3education. We offer a large international readership and a highly cited archive. Its articles covera wide range of subjects including what knowledge and competencies engineers must possessand how they are learned and assessed, how educational methods, materials, infrastructure, andfaculty affect learning, and how to attract, engage, and retain diverse human talent to engineeringDr. Susan Lord directs the Optoelectronics Laboratory at USD. Her research interests are in theareas of optoelectronics and materials. She has worked as a Research
Conference Session
Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama
Tagged Divisions
Civil Engineering
follow: Core Curriculum: The university has a core curriculum requirement which includes 6 semester credit hours of freshman composition (FC), 6 credit hours of “writing within the curriculum” in 300- and 400-level courses (W), 9 credit hours of humanities, literature, and fine arts (HU/L/FA), 9 credit hours of history and social and behavioral sciences (HI/SB), a 6 credit-hour depth (or sequence) study in a discipline in either HU/L/FA or HI/SB, 12 credit hours of natural science (NS) and mathematics (MA) to include 2 credit hours of laboratory (mathematics must be at the calculus I level or higher), and either 6 credit hours of foreign language (FL) or computer (C) in addition to the HU/L/FA requirement (FL courses can count
Conference Session
ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Christine Grant, North Carolina State University; Jessica Decuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
of twenty-two African American women engineering faculty was held to discuss the challenges andbarriers that affect the tenure and promotion process. The discussion led to the identification ofsix significant factors affecting successful attainment of tenure for Black women faculty inparticular. The most important factor identified by the senior faculty within the group waseffective mentoring. Other factors included support of the home department, community support,and existing laboratory infrastructure. While there were no real surprises from this survey, thelack of resources to follow-up with the group to effect change caused this initiative to go intohibernation. (It should be noted that Dr. Mead was a member of the Leadership Task Force
Conference Session
Collaborative Learning, Project-Based, Service Learning, and Impacts on Engineering Education
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Laura D. Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aaron Daniel Lewicki, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Valeri Werpetinski, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Seung Won Hong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Tagged Divisions
International
learning. Page 22.81.5Table 2. Kolb's Model of Experiential Learning with Suggested Learning Strategies.Kolb's Stage of Example Learning/Teaching StrategyExperiential LearningConcrete Experience Simulation, Case Study, Field trip, Real Experience, DemonstrationsObserve and Reflect Discussion, Small Groups, Buzz Groups, Designated ObserversAbstract Conceptualization Sharing ContentActive Experimentation Laboratory Experiences, On-the-Job Experience, Internships, Practice sessionsKolb went a step
Conference Session
Assessing Students and Programs
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Christa Moll Weisbrook, University of Missouri; William Schonberg, Missouri University of Science & Technology
Tagged Divisions
New Engineering Educators
scientific and professional meetings, including several invited papers. To date Dr. Schonberg has received over 35 contract and grants from a variety of federal, state, local, and private funding agencies, including the U.S. DoT, NASA, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, Sandia National Laboratories, the U.S. Army Missile Command and the Engineering Foundation. In 1995 Dr. Schonberg received the AIAA’s Lawrence Sperry Award for his work on the design of spacecraft protection systems. In 1998, Dr. Schon- berg was promoted to the membership rank of Associate Fellow in the AIAA and in 2000 was selected to receive the Charles Beecher Prize for one of his recent papers on orbital debris
Conference Session
Engaging Students
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
Conference Session
Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Taylor Martin, University of Texas, Austin; Tom Benton, University of Texas, Austin; William McKenna, University of Texas, Austin; Pat Ko, University of Texas at Austin
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
, is particularly urgent in Texas becauseof a 2006 legislative decision requiring all high school students, beginning with those 15.1277.9who entered ninth grade in 2007, to complete four years of science to graduate under thestate’s default degree plan. This fourth year of science, which must be laboratory-based,may be selected from existing courses in anatomy/physiology, astronomy, advancedbiology, chemistry and physics, environmental systems and research/design, or may be anew course in space science or a new course in engineering. In schools offering anengineering option, this new initiative will put enormous pressure on secondary
Conference Session
Learning By Doing in Chemical Engineering Education
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Paul Golter, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Baba Abdul, Washington State University
Tagged Divisions
Chemical Engineering
-Hill, Inc., New York, NY.Hagen, K. D., “Heat Transfer with Applications” Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999.Rolle, K. C., “Heat and Mass Transfer” Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2000.Leinhard and Leinhard, “A Heat Transfer Textbook, 3rd ed.” free on-line athttp://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.htmlInstructional Laboratory Supervisor Paul B. Golter: 5-9634; email: pgolter@wsu.eduLecturer Baba Abdul: e-mail: davab@wsu.edu, 5-9625Course Details Page 15.1062.17Grading: Project 60% (Group); Case study 10% (Group), Homework 20% (Individual), Final DesignAnalysis (10%). The part of your grade arising from group work will be
Conference Session
Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Reginald Vachon P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University; Robert D. Kersten, University of Central Florida
Tagged Topics
Invited - Faculty Development
the creative entrepreneur. However, many Page 21.40.11companies typically do not have the resources ( e.g. talent, facilities, money, etc.) to carry oncritical research and development independently. On the other hand many universities are in aposition to produce sophisticated research, thereby adding to the knowledge base and enablingdevelopment of commercial products, leading to investments and job creation. Development ofuniversity-based Research Parks would ease the transfer of technology from laboratory to themarketplace. Such parks could be a key factor in the promotion of economic development andcompetitiveness. In the evolving
Conference Session
Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Chris Groscurth, University of Michigan
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
(Entrepreneur, etc.) 5 (50%) 44 (33%) Government (Politician, Science Policy Advocate, etc.) 3 (30%) 16 (12%) Industry (Engineer/Research Scientist) 10 (100%) 114 (84%) Research Laboratory (Engineer/Research Scientist) 7 (70%) 67 (50%) Other (please specify) 0 (0%) 3 (2%) *Responses obtained from a survey sent to the 272 GSIs in the College of Engineering in Fall 2009 (~50% response rate)Since EGSMs are advanced doctoral students (many of whom have reached candidacy), whoalso have in-depth training and experience related to effective college teaching, consulting
Conference Session
Engaging Upper Level Classes
Collection
2005 Annual Conference
Authors
Ronald Welch
Educationlearning. If a professor desires to conduct in-class small group exercises, an auditorium probablyis not the best choice. Either individual student desks or large tables with multiple chairs may bemore suitable. The equipment in the room to include the amount of black board space,projection systems, etc. may limit how course material is presented. Is the classroom close to alaboratory or is there classroom space in the laboratory if experiments are part of the lessonobjectives? Is there space in the classroom for large models or demonstrations? Is the coursecovering design or is it a seminar?33 All of these (and many more) issues affect the learningenvironment for the course. Do not forget things like climate control, external noise or built
Conference Session
Ethics & HSS in Engineering
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Lee Harper
acceptance to normalization.26, 46 We suggested that the origins of the World Trade Center towers were in the engineer’slab; the architect of such structures as the WTC must be, and in this instance was, primarily anengineer.8 A modern engineering research laboratory or commercial firm is also a system,composed of individuals (employees and customers) and the technology on which they dependand with which they interact. Complex systems are typically formed from interacting elements, which themselves are increasingly “intelligent” and partially autonomous. A complex system cannot be managed in the head of a single person, but it is always essential to see such systems as a single entity, and at different levels of detail.39
Conference Session
Experiential Learning
Collection
2005 Annual Conference
Authors
Michael Thompson; George Bodner; William Oakes
. Journal of Adolescence, 17, 341-355.13. Giles, D.E., & Eyler, J. (1994). The impact of a college community service laboratory on students’ personal,social, and cognitive outcomes. Journal of Adolescence, 17, 327-339.14. Astin, A.W., & L.J. Sax. (1998). How undergraduates are affected by serviceparticipation. Journal of CollegeStudent Development, 39, 251-263.15. Kesner, L., & Eyring, E.M. (1999). General chemistry: lead paint analyses. Journal of Chemical Education, 76,920-923.16. Skeers, M.H., & Aragon, E. (2002). Combining active learning with service-learning: a student-drivendemonstration project. Journal of Chemical Education, 79, 462-46417. Tsang, E., editor (2000). Projects That Matter: Concepts and Models for Service
Conference Session
Computing Tools for Engineering Education
Collection
2005 Annual Conference
Authors
Theodor Richardson; Jed Lyons
Conference Session
Product and Venture Creation Curriculum
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Ken Vickers; Otto Loewer; John Ahlen; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo
theIncubator. However, typically an M.S. graduate student will concentrate on coursework duringthe first year, and on a thesis project during the second year. Also, knowledge gained from thefirst-year coursework and familiarity with facilities, equipment and laboratory procedures may beimportant to the success in research areas. Contrary to this normal flow, a first-year graduatestudent that commits to work with an Innovation Incubator client may be required to begin worksoon after arriving at the University. Since the standard commitment between the Incubator and aClient is for 12 months, then effectively the research work is front-loaded for the student. This is acultural change that carries with it both positive and negative consequences. An
Conference Session
ASEE Multimedia Session
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Jeffrey Franzone
tutorial takes a visual, step-by-step approach indemonstrating how to create a Win32, console-mode application as well as covering introductoryprogramming concepts such as the “edit, compile, link, and run” process and useful proceduressuch as printing source-code and program output. The tutorial is thorough and complete enoughto be given as a lab or homework exercise or as a class exercise done in a laboratory setting. Page 7.861.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationI. Introduction The
Conference Session
Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
D. Joseph Mook
Conference Session
Learning Styles of Engineers
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Malgorzata Zywno
population. Equally importantly, the dimensions of the model can be directly related tothe instructional design of hypermedia materials. Synchronous and asynchronous hypermedia canthus be better used to lessen the reliance on lecturing 30, to increase student participation, tosupport visualization and laboratory experimentation31, and to encourage reflection32, allnecessary ingredients of the learning process.Learning Styles in Engineering and their ImplicationsPersonality traits and learning styles are distributed differently among practising professionals andstudents in different fields. A possible explanation for the differences is that learners who exhibitcertain preferences are drawn to a particular field. Engineering students tend to have a
Conference Session
ASEE Multimedia Session
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Julie Mills
81.7 Concrete design project 15.2 / 20 76.0 Practicals (laboratories) 5.9 / 10 59.3 Steel exam component 9.6 / 20 48.1 Concrete exam component 14.9 / 30 49.7 Overall 61.9 / 100 61.9These marks indicate that students generally achieved much better marks in the design projectsthan in the examinations. This raises the long-standing debate about the value of examinationsversus continuous assessment in evaluating learning outcomes, with supporters of examinationsbelieving that if students can’t produce correct solutions under pressure then they can’t havelearnt the material, while supporters of continuous assessment methods such as projects arguethat
Conference Session
Assessment Issues
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Malgorzata Zywno
, American Society for Engineering EducationV. Conclusions and Future WorkThe course in which the study was located, used a student-centered approach with emphasis onactive, experiential, problem-based learning, and had a significant design project where teamworkand communication skills were important. The project required a tight coordination of the course.All students functioned in the same computer-assisted learning environment (access to computernetwork, simulation software, computer-controlled laboratory setup). Progressive approach,project orientation and coordination ensured that the instructional design of the course remainedthe same regardless of the instructional media used in the lectures. As discussed, treatment groupswere
Collection
2023 ASEE GSW
Authors
Piyush Tandon; Larry Powell; Seth Polsley; Tracy Hammond
astandardization filter to our datasets after selecting an optimal feature subset improves results,likely due to implicit weighting of features with large ranges.Study LimitationsData was collected in a semi-naturalistic setting, as participants were asked to perform swimmingstrokes but were not obligated to do them in any order. But this study is still a laboratory study, asresearchers were required to be present to perform labelling and facilitate data collection.Another limitation is in the usage of smartwatches. Data was collected at a sampling rate of 25Hz, but due to smartwatch sensor limitations, any window with a sampling rate not between ±10% of the sampling rate (22.5 - 27.5 Hz) was excluded from data analysis.Being limited to data collection