Conference Session

INT. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Partnerships, and Implementations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University

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International

theory, while technology results in discoveries which lead to theories.Purpose Vincent, Bogatyreva, Bogatyreva, Bowyer, and Pahl6 suggest that there has not been anygeneral framework or method for searching the biological literature functional analogies forbiomimetics. Most biomimetic solutions have focused on a single product, without applicationcomplex global problems. For example, Qualcomm commercialized a display technology basedon the reflective properties of certain morpho butterflies, using interferometric modulation toreflect light to control the desired color for pixilation display. The Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology has incorporated the biomimetic characteristics of self-diagnosis and self-repair intheir adaptive

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DeLean A Tolbert, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Conference Session

Practical Teaching

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William T. Evans PhD P.E., University of Toledo

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Manufacturing

Steel Co. for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations ofworkplace safety standards at its Augusta production facility. The steel products fabricator facesa total of $132,000 in proposed fines for electrical, crushing, laceration and other hazardsidentified during an inspection by OSHA's Augusta Area Office begun in January."The sizable fines proposed in this case reflect the severity and recurring nature of a number ofthese hazards," said William Coffin, OSHA's area director for Maine. "For the safety of itsworkers, this employer must take effective and expeditious action to eliminate these conditionsand prevent their recurrence."OSHA found that maintenance employees were not supplied with and did not use personalprotective equipment to

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lynn S. McElholm, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sonya M Renfro, University of Connecticut; Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

group ofAmbassadors. In reflecting on the collaboration among the four universities, Al Brockettacknowledges the strategic benefits from establishing what he good-humoredly describes as a“forced marriage;” however, what grew out of this powerful union is a true sense of community,a partnership, and a genuine desire to collaborate. Each school quickly realized the benefit ofhaving three other institutions with programs at various levels of development. The partnershipwas essential to building successful programs because it allowed the four partner universities to: Page 23.496.2  Exchange best practices, from day-to-day operations to long-term

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer, Kansas State University; Karen L Roberts, Upward Consulting; Tom C. Roberts P.E., FASEE, FNSPE, Kansas State University; Gary A. Clark, Kansas State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

experiences to solve real-world problems. Preparing K–12 teachers to provideauthentic engineering activities in their classrooms required integrated mathematics and scienceapplications, along with exposure to engineering design.3 Learning engineering related activities Page 23.505.4and collaborating with other STEM teachers allowed teachers to think more like an engineer —analytically, critically, and reflectively.3 Professional development resulted in secondary teachersgaining knowledge and skills to transfer this new learning into the classroom and school setting.Teachers identified effective professional development as including hands-on activities

Conference Session

FPD 2: Retention

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert P. Schroeder, University of Alaska Anchorage; Linda P. Lazzell, University of Alaska Anchorage

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First-Year Programs

, safety, and a community of belonging. The Tlingit dugout canoedesign of the structure has become a landmark in our state. Students meet in the ANSEPBuilding to study and form the relationships that bring them success. The impact will endure forgenerations.The ANSEP partners provided the funding necessary for construction. The students drove thedesign process and were adamant that the building overtly reflect Native culture and values. Thebuilding opened in October 2006. Having dedicated space provides an excellent venue for eachof the ANSEP programmatic components. Photo 1: The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Building on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus.Students, industrial partners, and university faculty and staff gather

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques, James Madison University; Daniel Devon Imholte

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Design in Engineering Education

teaching the engineering design courses have workedcollaboratively to develop these courses so that the content will be developmental with seamlessintegration and transitions over the seven semester sequence. This was achieved by havingweekly or biweekly meetings to discuss the execution of these courses as well as many meetingsduring summers, before the start and after the completion of each semester to reflect and identifyareas of improvement in content, delivery, and assessment.Our pedagogical vision in teaching these engineering design courses is to enable masterylearning through directed and non-directed, group-based and independent, simple and complex,structured and unstructured, problem-based learning experiences that incrementally expose

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald DeMara; Avelino Gonzalez; Annie Wu; Jose Castro; Ingrid Russell; Mansooreh Mollaghasemi; Marcella Kysilka; Erol Gelenbe; Michael Georgiopoulos

students' critical thinking, intellectual growth and communication skills. • Offer a unique curriculum development, by traditional undergraduate standards, where faculty integrate their current research results into the curriculum. This curriculum will be Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.36.2 Copyright © 2003, American Society For Engineering Education interesting and dynamic, reflecting changes in the faculty’s and the Machine Learning community's research interests over time. • Offer the opportunity to a multi

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Heist; Ann Marie Flynn

Mechanical Engineering. The Mission of the College is to provide acontemporary, person-centered educational experience characterized by high academic standards,reflection on values and principles, and preparation for a life-long career. In this regard it is alsoimportant to note that, consistent with this Mission, there is a strong emphasis on providingeducational opportunities to first generation college students. As mentioned earlier, retention of students has both institutional and global ramifications. Page 8.63.1Considering the stringent economic constraints facing most colleges and universities, the “costs” “Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie McBride

alumnisurveys, capstone design courses, employer surveys, exit interviews, industrial advisory boards,and nationally standardized tests4.Assessment of student learning is at the center of many forces currently working to transformAmerican higher education. Currently, there are several trends taking place in the way highereducation is viewed. First, there is a growing demand for public accountability, as reflected instate legislation. Approximately two-thirds of the states had developed assessment mandates by1990, either through legislation or state agency regulation5. Since 1990, state-level measures ofinstitutional performance have been developed in eighteen to twenty states6. Secondly, there isgrowing internal pressure to become more productive

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Microelectronics course, students areasked to characterize the circuits with a RLC resonator, pn diodes, MOSFETs and BJTs.Furthermore, students are trained on how to layout a Printed-Circuit-Board (PCB) and assemblethe related components.A graduate course on Embedded Systems has been revised to reflect the state of the art inembedded systems design. A new hardware platform has been introduced to allow defining theembedded processor specifications, memory organization, and logic, and build the firmwareneeded to realize the embedded application. The t-pad development kit, by Terasic, which is basedon the DE2-115 development board design around the Altera’s Cyclone IV Field ProgrammableGate Array (FPGA) provides a suitable platform for hands-on education of

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Anna Zilberberg; Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sean Mcvay, James Madison Univeristy

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Educational Research and Methods

reviews, (e)piloting the items to a small sample to ensure clarity, and (f) scrutinizing the self-report nature ofthe instrument. More specifically, pilotingthe survey with a group of LTS experts (N=5) and alsowitha group of LTS non-experts (N=5) enabled us to gain insight into the degree to whichresponses on the instrument reflected the faculty‟s actual knowledge of the construct of interestand to examine how the instrument functions across different population groups.Shortly prior to a two-day EFELTS LTS Experts Summit in September 2011, participantscompleted the LTS Faculty Survey online administered on the Qualtrics platform. Demographicinformation on the participants was collected, as well information regarding their positions attheir

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Hunter, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian M. Argrow, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder; Suzana Brown, University of Colorado, Boulder; Adam J. Blanford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Corrina Ladakis Gibson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Eric Donnelly Kenney

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First-Year Programs

required to select two of the four majorsthat had been presented in the plenary sessions then compare and contrast the two majors, reporton an out-of-class discussion about the majors with another student, and then reflect upon theirassessment of the major relative to their current interests. After the completion of the second setof major discussions in Weeks 7-9, the essay assignment was repeated for those remainingmajors. The plenary assignments concluded with a third and final essay in which the studentswere asked: “Which major or majors most made you consider engineering as a profession, and Page 25.851.6why?”; “Which major or majors appealed

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

International

the participants developed cross culturalunderstanding and weltanschauung (global perspective), and how the principal investigatorsrevised their plan based on the feedback obtained during the project’s activities (Table 3). Page 25.940.11 The process evaluation is reflected in the logic model by the relationships of how theImplementation Plan was executed through formal agreements, protocols, curricula, value-addedexperiences identified in the institution component of the logic model.Product (Outcome) The product evaluation focused on program results, connecting outcomes with the othermeasurements taken in the earlier areas of

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Information Systems

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

building at all times, withchildren off task. Instructions are not good enough to use without help.” These observationnarratives make apparent the range of student engagement in the lessons and the nature of theirengagement, both of which may reflect the learning that was anticipated to be taking place.Through our coding of observation narratives it also became apparent there were a range ofinteractions among students and between students and teacher. For example, during one lessonthe observation was made, “Focus and joy in classroom were obvious. Lots of give and take withstudents, and emphasis on doing and re-doing to make things work,” and in another “Whenstudents were turned loose, they designed their own methods and tested them with

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Rafael Hernandez, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

remain substantial opportunitiesto improve the quality even further in subsequent offerings of this course. The quality of theMentoring and Education sections was found to have the greatest improvement followed bypresentation organization. It can be noted that presentation delivery and answers to questionswere above the ‘better’ rating. The originality of the research idea was uniformly rated lower.This aspect of the proposals has been a highly debated one among the departmental faculty withdiffering views on the benefits to the students if the requirement is an original idea or simplytheir existing Ph.D. research project. This score is likely a reflection of that ongoing debate.In section B, faculty were asked to rate their assessment of the

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Simon, Columbia University

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Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University; Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Micah Lande, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

involve these things. In reflecting on their classroom experiences, the majority of the students found thecoursework helpful because it enhanced their theoretical knowledge in electrical engineering. Afew talked about how, at the time they took a course, they thought the knowledge taught was Page 15.545.5useless, but also how they eventually found it useful. Problem-solving was one way to ascertainthe value of the knowledge learned in the classroom. As David replied when asked whethersolving well-structured problems helped him with ill-structured problems: “You’re not going tosolve a circuit for the customer or get any of your work done

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

(Environmental Design)Table 4 shows the assessment matrix from 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. It is shaded inseveral ways to show key features related to the two points noted above. The overallpoints allocated to a particular outcome is coded to show outcomes below 50 and 100points (note that the exact number of points for this threshold is somewhat arbitrary andcan vary from year to year depending on the overall points for the senior design project)to clearly show areas with minimal points assigned that need more emphasis in futureyears.Since the senior design experience has been used to assess all program outcomes, thisallows points to be shifted to better reflect a distribution of points and desired effortacross the outcomes. Additionally, the percentages

Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Stepler, Pennsylvania State University; Steve Garguilo, Johnson & Johnson Inc.; Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

each of the stakeholders. • Instant Gratification: Determining and embedding incentives along each step in the Mashavu process for each of the stakeholders. • Social Harmony: Examined how designs and programs within Mashavu would fit into East African society. How would things work with the social norms and power systems? • Clinical Encounter: Ensure that a patient’s visit would resemble a face-to-face visit with the doctor. Designed medical records that would reflect the information a doctor needs to do a proper evaluation. Page 15.188.6 • Legal: Developing the Mashavu code of ethics to be followed

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Srinivas Chakravarthy

’ writings reflect more of “casual” (like informal talking) thinking rather than real report writing skills. Reading habits have gone down significantly. Some students tend not to read the book or the notes (neither before the lecture nor after the lecture). When I started my teaching career I noticed students spending significant amount of time going through worked out examples from the book. I always make it a point to solve problems that are not worked out in the book. This way the students have opportunities to see variety of problem solving skills. The number of opportunities available makes it convenient in one aspect; however, this also inhibits a lack of drive on the part of

Conference Session

Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alec Steven Bowen, Oregon State University; Daniel Robert Reid, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

the National Science Foundation under thegrant TUES 1245482. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Ma, J., and J. Nickerson. 2006. Hands-on, simulated, and remote laboratories: A comparative literature review. ACM Computing Surveys, 38(3), 1-24.2. Wieman C. and K. Perkins. 2005. Transforming physics education. Physics Today,58(11), 36-41.3. Perkins, K., Adams, W., Dubson, M., Finkelstein, N., Reid, S., Wieman, C., & LeMaster, R. 2006. PhET: Interactive simulations for teaching and learning physics. The Physics Teacher, 44, 18.4. Finkelstein, N.D., W.K. Adams, C.J

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Melanie M. Cooper, Michigan State University; Kevin C. Haudek, Michigan State University; Jennifer Julia Kaplan, University of Georgia, Department of Statistics; Jennifer K. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Paula P. Lemons, University of Georgia; Carl T. Lira, Michigan State University; John E. Merrill, Michigan State University, Biological Sciences Program; Ross Nehm, Stony Brook University; Luanna B. Prevost, University of South Florida; Michelle Kathleen Smith; Maryanne Sydlik, Western Michigan University

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Computers in Education

to be provided for them. Although these instructors were previously aware of some ofthe concepts students found challenging, they pointed out that the written assessments providedinsight as to why students struggled with these ideas. For example, in a question about genetics,one instructor noted that the reports revealed that many students thought that transcription andtranslation are the same process. We learned valuable lessons from this pilot study about 1) how to improve the presentationand user-friendliness of reports; 2) how to improve the scheduling of the AACR assessments andto incentivize homework assignments; and 3) the need for professional development to supportfaculty use of these assessments. These lessons are reflected in

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University; Cary David Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

free-thinking and reflection.9Types of incidental writing include, but are not limited to, activities such as personal journal orportfolio writing, “think pieces”, blog entries, and lab books or notebooks. An example ofincidental writing includes assigning students to write daily journals discussing their experiencesand challenges with homework assignments. The instructor can then choose to review the entriesin order to answer questions or clarify confusing information, or the journals can remain strictlyfor the personal use of the student.9 Most examples of journaling found in research appear to besuccessful utilizations with minimum additional work needed from instructors.5The term “think pieces” is a general term encompassing any short

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Chastine, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Charles Richard Cole, Southern Polytechnic State University; Christopher Welty, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

provide a central location for game assets. Also, the web presence helped to maintaina constant visual “brand” as the collaborative passed from one semester to the next with new de-signers entering the collaborative as others graduated.This ongoing collaboration is intended to examine the design and production process of each dis-cipline, observe and reflect on the efficacy of that process and seek that interstitial area betweenthe two disciplines - the "overlap" - and make meaningful reform to the next collaboration. Aftertwo semesters, from fall 2012 to spring 2013, the faculty and student collaborators found sub-stance in the overlap, frustrations in the process and sufficient value in the effort and product tojustify continuing the