Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Marty Martinez

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Military and Veterans

Coordinator• Veterans Affairs representative, Associate Dean of Students• Various information sources including “Combat2College” [2]The discussion and background research resulted in a list of potential course topics. The coursetopics were grouped by area and organized into course goals. The goals of this course wereestablished to provide returning veterans:• A smooth transition to college life (time management skills, financial management, wellness skills);• Basic tools for academic success (basic writing skills, library skills, oral presentation skills, and advising);• Information on resources available to returning veterans (VA benefits, academic services, career services);• A sense of community, camaraderie, and belonging (interaction

Conference Session

ETD Learning Approaches

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, 4 Lab.CommunicationTeaching communication, as a skill, is a persistent challenge in technical education. This ishighlighted in the Engineer of 2020 report which described it as a need to “listen effectively aswell as to communicate through oral, visual, and written mechanisms.” 5​​ Prior to technicalstudies students have been immersed in the fundamentals of persuasive writing and socialinteraction. All technical educators build on that base to add skills for business and technicalinterfacing. At WCU the PBL sequence ensures an orderly development with the context ofengineering project work.Table 1 - Typical Communication Topic Introduction in the PBL Sequence Topic ENGR 199 ENGR 200 ENGR 350

Conference Session

Early ChemE Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill B Elmore, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

learning occurs.Such an approach involves students much more intimately in the process of learning than intraditional lecture methods through active engagement with peers, mentors and the instructor.2Project-based learning may be described as:  Involving more substantial projects (in comparison to problem-based learning) over an extended period of time  Engaging students in a process of discovery with distinct phases of research, design, development and testing activities  Requiring student self-assessment and the acquisition and/or use of a variety of skills over the project lifetime.The flipped classroom has been described as any number of classroom environments wherebythe traditional presentation

Conference Session

Construction 3: Beyond the Academy: Leveraging Partnerships, Internships, and Outreach

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University ; Musibau Adeola Shofoluwe, North Carolina A&T State University; Rico Kelley Jr., North Carolina A&T State University ; Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Robert B. Pyle, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

School of Technology. Prior to joining the School of Technology fac- ulty, she held position at U.S. Department of Energy, N.C. A&T’s Division of Research and College of Engineering. Dr. Sowells earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State Uni- versity’s College of Engineering. She also holds a M.S. and B.S in Computer Science with a concentration in software engineering from the same university. Her primary research interests are in the areas of low- power high performance digital systems design, asynchronous design, self-timed digital system design and STEM education. As a result of her work, she has numerous peer reviewed journal and conference publications. She recently authored a

Conference Session

Outreach, recruiting, and retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia A. Modenbach P.E., University of Kentucky; Sue E. Nokes, University of Kentucky

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Biological & Agricultural

-Tenured Fac- ulty (2000), Henry Lutes College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award (1999), and several other teaching awards. Dr. Nokes has published over 60 peer reviewed articles and four book chapters and has received over $10M in grant money from sources including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and industrial support. Nokes holds one patent. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Transitioning students into BAE from a common first year engineering curriculum – A work in progressAbstractIn Fall 2016, a new First Year Experience (FYE) was implemented for all incoming engineeringstudents at the University of Kentucky

Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, University of Southern Maine; Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

Engineering Education has been specifically defined and labeled as a discipline [e.g. 6, 7], itis reasonable to apply the general conceptual model to this special case. Therefore, in thediscipline of Engineering Education:  Practitioners are classroom instructors, many of whom are also researchers in another engineering discipline. High level practitioners seek to effectively incorporate teaching and learning initiatives supported by the literature of the Engineering Education discipline.  Researchers are scholars conducting rigorous, scientific studies in response to engineering education questions and submitting the questions, methods, and results to peer review [8].  Trainers are the engineering

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Lea Malone, The Ohio State University; Anita M. Schuchardt, University of Minnesota; Courtney R. Irwin, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Karen E. Irving, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

for building educational resiliency and academic success of blacks,Hispanics, and women (Barton & Osborne, 1995; Borman & Overman, 2004; Brotman &Moore, 2008; Castro-Olivo, et al., 2013; Williams & Portman, 2014) all of whom are currentlyunder-represented in STEM fields.Specifically, the work being done in the field is not focused solely on biology (the context for thedesign challenges in this work). Unfortunately, statistics nationwide show that 81% of lifescience teachers do not feel very well prepared to engage classes in problem based learningactivities (i.e., engineering scenarios), while 92% did not feel very well prepared to have studentsmake the subsequent project presentations to peers (Lyons, 2013). These findings

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia H. Carlson PE, PhD, Merrimack College; Anne Pfitzner Gatling, Merrimack College; John G. Adams, Merrimack College; Jocelyn Fraga Muller, Merrimack College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

final project presentation, foreach of the projects were determined. The Google Spreadsheet was revisited several timesthroughout the semester to remind students of their commitments, and to encourage students toconsider if they will be able to make deliverables and ask for extensions early if needed materialfrom others had been delayed.Scope of work, deliverables, and presentations were instructor-graded. The instructor wasprimarily looking for clarity of communication – if the submission was shared with members ofthe public or of the Conservation Commission, would it be understood? Was there enoughbackground on the project and on any results or conclusions?Peer review on presentations, using the rubric found in Table 1, was a part of the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afroditi Vennie Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Umit Ozgur, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

(s)”, as in an industrial setting. In this way, we acknowledge the different nature of the dynamic between ourselves and the students while reminding them that we have the responsibility to evaluate their performance throughout this experience. It also sets the stage for how we establish the reporting structure as well as the self- and peer evaluations. 4. Discuss the syllabus and the expectations rubric in terms of an “employee evaluation”; in an industry environment, these would be the goals of the project as well as expectations of individual employee performance and attitude towards the task at hand as well as towards their colleagues. The rubric is more qualitative than quantitative, emphasizing

Conference Session

Changing the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

an effective study environment (time and location), seeking helpfrom peers and teachers and engagement in planning and monitoring activities, to name a few5.Because SRL is so complex, there is not a single SRL approach or strategy that students can betaught that will be applicable in all situations. In fact, situation, or context, dependence is one ofthe areas in need of further research so we can better understand the contextual factors thatimpact engagement in SRL6. Research in SRL has already suggested that contextual factors suchas degree of instructor scaffolding7, pedagogical approach used in the classroom8, genderbalance9, learner’s interpersonal relationships as well as school policy or structure10, impactengagement in self-regulated

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison K. Polasik, The Ohio State University; Alexandria Julius, The Ohio State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

thinking, encouraged engage in a writing process to support students and teacher students to generate conjectures and arguments with evidence, Work in “Lessons where teachers alternate strategies pairs or small groups, explain their characteristically speak and reasoning or thinking using several students listen are not Student: Engaged in discussions with sentences orally or in writing reformed”. peers, asked questions of peers and/or teacherThe results are shown in

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

children. Through it the accumulated wisdom of a culture is transmitted. Eggleston’s paradigm is similar to the “Scholar Academic ideology” proposed by Schiro. “Scholar academics” writes Schiro, “assume that the academic disciplines, the world of the intellect, and the world of knowledge are loosely equivalent. The central task of education is taken to be the extension of the components of this equivalence, both on the cultural level as reflected in the discovery of new truth, and on the individual level, as reflected in the enculturation of individuals into civilization’s accumulated knowledge and ways of knowing” [12]. Jerome Bruner a distinguished American psychologist wrote: “A body of

Conference Session

Nontraditional Teaching Approaches

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cedrick Kwuimy, University of Cincinnati; Jeff Kastner, University of Cincinnati; Yuan Chen, Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Chongqing University, China

Tagged Divisions

International

, carrier flow and small-signal models; (iii) light emission and detection with semiconductor junctions. Students received videos weeks before the class and the average length of the video was 23 minutes. Some concepts were covered over 2 or 3 videos (to be discussed in a single class). The class was organized as described in the figure below.Before class In class After class  Watch the videos  Quiz Students  Take notes  Discuss about  Check their understanding  Write question questions from video  Extend their learning  Group activity

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Supporting Students at Multiple Levels

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Tiago R Forin, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan P.E., Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Parth Bhavsar, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

connected-automated Vehicle Technologies, Transportation Data Analytics, and Alter- native Fuel Vehicles. Dr. Bhavsar has published in peer reviewed journals such as the Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technology, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and the Environment and Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Dr. Bhavsar was pre- viously a postdoctoral fellow in a connected vehicle research program in the Glenn Department of Civil c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #18938 Engineering at Clemson University, where he worked on

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Rick Ubic, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

summer experience.Many participants evolved a new understanding of research as a result of participating in thesummer experience. In particular, they better recognized the collaborative nature of research andthe challenges that can arise as part of the process of doing research. Participants acquired bothtechnical and professional skills that they found useful, such as learning new programminglanguages, becoming proficient at using new pieces of equipment, reviewing technical literature,and improving presentation and communication skills. Undergraduates benefited fromdeveloping new relationships with their peers, while the teacher participants benefited fromdeveloping relationships with faculty and staff at the university. While most of the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S Gurski, Drexel University; Penny Louise Hammrich, Drexel Univeristy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

newexperiences and learning opportunities; these abilities can be improved over time and areinfluenced by the connection students make with the learning experience (Kolb & Kolb, 2005).Both environmental and individual factors affect young women’s connection to learning in theclassroom, including differences in learning styles and the ability to connect relevance to thematerial being taught (Kulturel-konak et al., 2014).Several factors contribute to the problem of retention in engineering, including cognitive factorssuch as GPA and SAT math scores; non-cognitive factors like interactions with peers andprofessors; individual characteristics like family educational background, gender, and ethnicity;institutional characteristics like environment, type

Conference Session

Graduate Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

atintersections, including the combination of ideas from multiple contexts9. However, returnersrepresent a relatively small proportion of engineering PhD students and the limited researchabout their experiences suggests they may face particular challenges in their doctoral studiescompared to their direct-pathway peers (students who pursue a PhD shortly after theirundergraduate education). In an effort to learn more about returners’ perspectives, experiences,research, and approaches to engineering problem solving, our team designed and implementedwhat is, to our knowledge, the first large-scale mixed-methods study comparing returning anddirect-pathway engineering PhD students. We draw on Eccles’ expectancy-value theory (EVT),which describes achievement

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Soledad Santisteban, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Jill E. Thomley, Appalachian State University; Rebecca Bullard-Dillard

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

unpreparedness.Even so, faculty believed that scholars would benefit from a math “conditioning” mini-courseand academic support in the form of tutoring, supplemental instruction sessions, peer teaching,and science seminars, both with regard to academic success and self-confidence.Math Boot Camp: “Math Boot Camp” in an intensive mini-course designed to refresh students’mathematics knowledge and increase fluency so students feel equipped and confident in futurecourses. Mathematics preparedness is the single best predictor of college performance in science,and rigorous high school math courses benefits college biology, chemistry, and physics.15, 16Students whose coursework includes advanced mathematics such as Trigonometry or Calculusare the most likely to be

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy L Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Pradip K Bandyopadhyay, Penn State University (Berks Campus); Mark Johnson, Pennsylvania State University ; Mikhail Kagan, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Campus; Ann Marie Schmiedekamp; Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus; Catherine Cohan, The Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Research Based on the need to graduate more underrepresented Engineers, the literature, andresults of the Toys’n MORE project, the Sustainable Bridges project seeks to address threeresearch questions.RQ1: Can the retention gap in Engineering between underrepresented transfer students andnative students (those who stay at the same institution for four years) be reduced/eliminated byadditional support through the junior year for regional campus students who plan transfer toUniversity Park?RQ2: What is the size and quality of the first year academic social network (i.e., campus peers,faculty, and staff) for (a) racially underrepresented University Park students who bridge atUniversity Park, (b) regional campus students who bridge at University

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Leotis L. Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Ava W. Dickens, North Carolina A&T State University; Tamara L Fuller, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

instruc- and graduate students. Of this total, female students make uption support, and a team project. The personal/ profes- 30% (Office of Institutional Research) of the student enroll-sional development occurs through networking opportu- ment at the undergraduate level and graduate level.nities and college-readiness workshops. The cross-cul- The annual research expenditures for the COE exceedstural development occurs through early establishment of 11.8 million dollars. As such, the COE is home to distin-community and accountability with peer mentors. Activ- guished research centers including the National Scienceities are held throughout the academic year to continue Foundation's

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Disability Experiences & Empathy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, Rice University; Renae Danielle Mayes, Ball State University; Carol Villanueva-Perez, Ball State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

pipeline in three areas including gifted education, special education, and urban education.Ms. Carol Villanueva-Perez, Ball State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Barriers to Persistence of Engineering Students with Disabilities: A Review of LiteratureAbstractUndergraduate student retention is dependent not only on academic aptitude, but also on non-academic factors, which include the ability to integrate fully into their academicenvironments. Non-academic factors are likely to more significantly impact the success ofstudents with disabilities compared to their peers who do not have disabilities, especially withinscience, technology, engineering, and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Perova-Mello, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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First-Year Programs

on projects, and project management skills to monitor project progress. Students are then given multiple in-class design challenges and out-of-class projects to provide them with opportunities to act on these skills and reflect on their process to improve for the next design activity. The first year engineering course is worth 3.5 credits each semester and has 3 2-hour sessions. Class sessions use a studio model of instruction and encourage peer instruction in teams for every class session. The "context" for the course is to prepare students for their academic and professional engineering careers. This means developing skills in innovative design, computational modeling/analysis, project management and teaming. Engineering students

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Cristina Estrada, University of Virginia; Lindsey Taylor Brinton, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Student

. Thisdevelop as well-rounded academics. The doesn’t seem surprising at first, but it isn’t aprogram requirements include a series of foregone conclusion. After all, those whoclassroom observations, where the participant choose to participate in TPT are alreadymust observe a faculty member teach, a peer thinking about education as a major componentteach, and be observed by a peer while of their career. Many have already engaged inteaching, then write reflective statements about teaching assistantships, and have a firm handleeach experience. Furthermore, the participant on what they believe constitutes good and poormust teach at least a minimum number of hours instruction. TPT imbues its participants with aof their own class, workshop, or discussion

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Hoffman, Quinnipiac University; Stefan C. Christov, Quinnipiac University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

scenarios, described in more detail in section 5.Students need to develop communication skills. Communication skills include the ability to read,understand, and express concepts from the technical and professional literature, the ability toclearly and accurately present technical information to a variety of audiences in written and oralform, and the ability to effectively and efficiently work in a team. Communications skills areconsidered a component of students’ learning that will benefit them in the workplace, and oneplace to learn such skills is through software development projects [7,14,18]. Traditionally,software development courses have focused on writing skills (e.g., [20]), but typically littleattention has been paid to how other

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University

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Environmental Engineering

and Management at Arizona State University, Cornell University’s Science of Earth Systems major, the University of New Hampshire’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, and the Center for Integrated Earth System Science at the University of Texas at Austin.5,6,14,17 Resources for modeling the Chesapeake Bay were developed from various peer-reviewed literature sources and information reported

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

12 African-American 2 9th Grade 6 Asian 2 For 2016, the ninth graders shown in Table 2 were miniGEMS Peer Mentors. All thepeer mentors participated in the 2015 miniGEMS camp and had the opportunity to share theirexperiences and, acting as group leaders, provided further assistance to the 2016 campers for theduration of the camp.miniGEMS Program Content Each day of the camp was different and fun-filled with interesting and engaging studentactivities that emphasize active learning with minimal lectures and extensive collaborativelearning. The purpose was to encourage the students to actively participate in the camp andthereby to

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

management, program assessment, university-industry partnerships, grant writing, and student development in the co-curricular learning environment with a special focus on recruiting, supporting, and graduating students from groups historically underrepresented in engineering.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David Knight is an Assistant Professor and Director of International Engagement in the Department of Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program, Center for Human- Computer Interaction, and Human-Centered Design Program. His research tend to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Janusz Kusyk PhD, New York City College of Technology, CUNY.; Hong Li, New York City College of Technology

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

, with particular emphasis on Data Mining and Big data analytics. He is an author or co-author of over 20 peer reviewed journal and conference publications and co-authored a textbook – ”Essential Aspects of Physical Design and Implementation of Relational Databases.” He has four patents in the area of Search Engine research. He is also a recipient of the Math Olympiad Award, and is currently serving as Vice Chair of the ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) Mid-Atlantic Conference. He also serves as an NSF (National Science Foundation) panelist.Janusz Kusyk PhD, New York City College of Technology, CUNY. Dr. Janusz Kusyk received BS and MA degrees from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison K. Polasik, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

individuallyout of class, followed by a reading quiz and pen-and-pencil activity during lecture. In labs,students are given short warm-up activities introducing them to the use of a new programfunction or computational method. The rest of the lab period was devoted to in-class exercisesthat covered a computational application or concept similar to the homework assigned for theweek. In this way, most of the deep learning occurred in the presence of peers and with thesupport of frequent help the instructors. In completing assignments that required writing scriptsfrom scratch, students are encouraged to write out pseudo-code or “map” their programmingplan.As with any new course, minor modifications to pedagogy, structure, and assignments weremade in each

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Briber, University of Maryland, College Park; Romel D Gomez P.E., University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, microelectronics, electromagnetics, quantum theory and magnetic technology. As the associate chair for undergraduate education, he helped strengthen the ECE curriculum in communications, embedded systems, cyber security, and power. He is the architect of a novel freshman course that introduces fundamental principles of ECE using hands-on pedagogy and a science course for non-STEM majors. Dr. Gomez is also a researcher in the broad areas of micromagnetism and biosensing. He has co-authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters and has three U.S. Patents. He earned his PhD from the University of Maryland, MS from Wayne State in University and BS from the University of the Philippines all in Physics. Among his