Conference Session

Computer Science-related Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Korey L. Sewell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Jeff Ringenberg, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

25.123.3We designed our pilot Computer Science curriculum around the following concepts: (1) Algorithms (2) Input and Output (3) Variables (4) Boolean Conditions and Selection (5) Functions (6) Iteration (7) Lists (8) Software Development (Brainstorming, Specification, Planning, and Development) (9) User Interface Design (e.g. Screen Layouts, Buttons, Textboxes, etc.) (10) Multimedia (Sound, Video, and features specific to Android Mobile Applications)The particular topics covered depended on factors such as the length of each program as well asthe age group for the students in the program. After the topics list was selected for a particularprogram, a curriculum was designed consisting of lectures, tutorial-based lab assignments

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches for Software Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin A. Gary, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Yegeneswari Nagappan, Unicon, Inc.; Supreet Verma, Delasoft, Inc.; Russell J. Branaghan, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, why are SCRUM and Agile methods not connected? RiskManagement is more than just a Process Component based on contingency planning. SoftwareMaintenance does not “ensure correct functionality” for Testing, and so on. One could look atthe sub-graphs here and like the structure, but would need to evaluate semantically to see if thosestructures made sense.4 Assessment Protocol and ResultsOur assessment protocol was as follows: Page 25.213.7Figure 3. Software Process and Project Management concept map1. Expert evaluators were recruited from the software engineering faculty.2. The evaluators were given a short pre-briefing that included reviewing the

Conference Session

Assessment and Impact

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Susan L. Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

/major and who guides you in the fulfillment of requirements of your major. This person helps you to interpret the University's requirements, select appropriate courses, and develop a suitable educational plan to help you meet your career goals.Your Enterprise Course Module(s): These are the professional skills development course modules taken to supplement your enterprise project course experience and to fulfill enterprise concentration or minor requirements. Example course modules include Teaming, Leadership, Marketing, Design for

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

syllabus.Students considered all outcomes to be at least “Moderately Important”, with the items“Interpreting 2D drawings”, “Creating 3D solid models”, and “Building assemblies ofcomponent parts” deemed “Essential” by 56-59% of respondents as shown in Figure 6. Page 25.222.9 Figure 6: Perceptions of course learning outcomes to career goalsIn survey question 2.2, we were interested in the activities that have very low or very high valuein solid modeling. Results are presented in Figure 7.The three most strongly identified “most important” activities in solid modeling were IdentifyingConstraints (29 respondents or 74%), Planning (23 respondents

Conference Session

Student Development and Assessment in IE Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University; Masud Salimian, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

. Page 25.231.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Assessment of Student Performances in Operations Research Class Delivered by an Innovative ApproachIntroductionOperations Research (OR) provides the core foundation skills and knowledge set for IndustrialEngineers (IE). It is one of the first courses to introduce crucial skills in its algorithmic approachto problem solving and abstract mathematical modeling of real systems. It provides themathematical science of optimization that underpins functionality of the optimization tools andalgorithms used by IE’s. It is a gateway course for IE specializations such as Simulation,Production Planning and Control, Logistics, and similar

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Samuel Frost, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

) Identifying emerging DfXs could allow engineering design researchers to bettertarget their work; and, (3) Engineering educators who focus on engineering design could use thisunderstanding of how a DfX develops to develop class assignments and lecture plans. Ahistorical example of a corporation that recognized, and then adopted, DfE in its early stageshighlights the advantages conferred by being aware of DfX formation. We propose that byunderstanding the developmental stage of a DfX, a design researcher could target their worktowards emerging elements within the field. Finally, engineering design educators can leveragethis understanding to frame their discussions of design practices and to prompt students toincorporate DfXs at varying stages of

Conference Session

Innovative Course Developments in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kelting, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eric A. Holt, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

including a quantity take- off of all labor, material, and equipment necessary to complete the project. Each student prepared a complete estimate for one home. 3. Students found creative ways to reduce costs by value engineering, purchasing strategies and changing standard amenities of the current plans and specifications. 4. Students prepared a computer generated CPM schedule for one home. The students then determined an overall project schedule based on current absorption rates. Page 25.1287.5 5. The students determined their proposed project management and organization for staffing the project. The students

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

gap between astandard engineering curriculum and the engineering workforce, however recent researchindicates that there are still significant gaps in the skills required to be a successful professionalengineer and what skills are gained through the undergraduate curriculum and co-ops12. Severalof the skills not addressed by co-ops are –  applying interpersonal skills in managing people  gaining leadership skills  managing the planning and organization of project tasks  conveying ideas o verbally o in formal presentations.Thoughtful integration of the Collegiate Design Series can provide an opportunity for women todevelop these skills critical to success in engineering academically and

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renata A. Revelo Alonso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Outside EngineeringIntroductionAssessing the state of engineering education within the larger community of educators, theNational Science Foundation has highlighted the need for an understanding of engineering infields outside of engineering and “attention to STEM literacy for the public at large”1. In the1995 NSF report Restructuring Engineering Education: A Focus Change2, one of thesuggestions to address such a need was to offer engineering courses to non-engineering students.Consequently, in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, engineering departments slowly began to offercourses for students who did not plan to major in engineering. Because few such generaleducation courses were offered in the past, little is known about the long-term student

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharad Vimal Oberoi, Carnegie Mellon University; Susan Finger, National Science Foundation

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

presentations, classdocuments, weekly plans, work-logs, meeting minutes, intermediate update reports, references(including URLs) and project files that students would have otherwise shared through e-mail orchat, within their teams or with other teams. Such detailed information allows this study toexplore various aspects of design in depth. In addition, because the course is multi-disciplinary,students need to be explicit in their arguments and decisions.Examining the data shows that the student posts on the online discussion forums ranged in sizefrom 10-500 words and the number of noun phrases contained in them was negligible comparedto the formal documents posted by the students. For example, the Phase 1 report had about16,000 words and the final

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

-resonancefrequencies randomly distributed between -50 Hz and 50 Hz. Student can observe the animationof all these spin vectors and the aggregated FID signals. In particular, this simulation is veryhelpful in explaining the divergence and refocus of magnetization on x-y plan in SE. Thisexercise is also very long, and it usually takes students two weeks to complete. Page 25.1396.12 Figure 6. Lab 6 survey and assessment results. Table 6(a). Statistical analysis of Lab 6 assessment metric LII. Learning Improvement Index (LII) On campus (Fall) On line (Spring) t-score

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Petronella A. James, Morgan State University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

6 LAB (CORE) COURSES - 18 credit hours Spring/Fall 2010 EEGR202 Electric Circuits 4 Certified EEGR203 Introduction to Electrical Laboratory 1 Certified EEGR211 Introduction to Digital Logic 3 Certified EEGR215 Electronic Materials and Devices 4 Certified EEGR317 Electronic Circuits 4 Certified EEGR390 Principles of Design 2 CertifiedThe course rubrics being used were found to be commensurate with the planned online offeringsbecause they are directed at

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, andanyone, even a first-year student may have an important contribution. The first time this wasintroduced to a first-year class, one student came up at the end of the lecture to say “Wow! I'venever seen anything like this before! I just texted my friend who's not in this class, and he wantsto get involved too!” The challenges become a central component of teaching students how todevelop technical ideas, how to evaluate alternatives, how to share technical information, andhow to present ideas in a professional setting.“Design Something” versus “Design Challenge”The “design process” as depicted by Dym and Little 4, a popular text in first-year engineering,begins with identifying a problem to be solved. It is difficult, when planning an

Conference Session

FPD V: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-year Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Robinson, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

they have utilized their skills.In the fall 2011 semester, FSE 294 students were assigned to read: Trowbridge, L. W., Bybee, R. W., & Carlson-Powell, J. (2000). Questioning and discussion. Teaching Secondary School Science: Strategies for Developing Scientific Literacy. Prentice Hall, pp. 183-193. Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. T., & Smith, K. A. (1998). Cooperative learning returns to college: What evidence is there that it works? Change, 30(4), pp. 26-35.For both readings, students were asked to post to a Blackboard discussion forum and provide anexample of the reading’s applicability to their UGTA role, discuss the merits or weaknesses ofthe article, and outline a plan for implementing what they learned

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constance D. Hendrix, U.S. Air Force Academy; Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy; William J. Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force Academy; Randall Deppensmith, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

significantly. At the course level, this issue is only mildly manageable. It is the instructor'sresponsibility to assess and react based on that section's unique personality. For example, insome sections, going to the board during class to work out problems as a team is enjoyed, whileothers abhor it and would prefer to carry their work away with them after class. The instructorhas to read the class, then modify the lesson plan to better fit the learning style of the section.To address this issue at the course level, the instructor had many tools at his/her diposal to makethe class more interesting and to actively engage the student. These include demonstrations thatare visual and/or auditory, items to pass around class, analogies, stories demonstrating

Conference Session

Retention and Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University; Karen A. De Urquidi, East Carolina University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; Karl Louis Wuensch, East Carolina University; William W. Swart, East Carolina University; Odis Hayden Griffin Jr. P.E., East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

theBig Five personality indicator. Psychologists define the "Big Five" personality traits as broadfactors or dimensions of personality, discovered through empirical studies. 16 These factors are Page 23.875.4often defined as follows:17  Extraversion (sometimes called Surgency). This broad dimension encompasses specific traits such as being talkative, energetic, and assertive.  Agreeableness. This dimension includes traits like sympathetic, kind, and affectionate.  Conscientiousness. People high in this trait tend to be organized, thorough, and planning oriented.  Neuroticism (sometimes reversed and called Emotional

Conference Session

Distance Learning and Online Teaching Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

results in learning engineering concepts [22].Assessment ProcessIn general, the purpose of assessment at National University is to ensure that we are offeringhigh quality programs, students are learning, and that we are producing high quality graduates. Inaddition, the assessment also helps to improve the program and provide necessary input forbudget and other resources allocation within the school. Since assessment is handled at variouslevels, it is very critical to have a solid assessment plan that would effectively evaluate successand allow for the assessment to be completed within time. It should also provide input on howmuch learning students have accomplished in the program. As part of the program design, thePLOs, once they are finalized

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley; Joonhong Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley; William E. Kastenberg, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

-tech)that have been specifically designed to facilitate active learning. During the fall 2014 offering weare planning modifications to accommodate the larger number of students, but we are committedto maintaining an active learning environment with minimal lecturing. The active learningclassroom is being used to test a variety of new PBL activities that we are planning to scale-up.Learning ProposalsTo empower students to become self-directed learners, especially in the field of ethics, they arerequired to write a “learning proposal” at the beginning of the semester, which includes anexplanation of why they are taking the course, an outline of what they hope to gain from theexperience, a list of objectives, and a list of ethical questions or

Conference Session

Future Directions of Continuing Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Based InstructionTo promote student engagement and success in STEM areas, a comprehensive plan for facultydevelopment was implemented at two Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) and South Texas College (STC). The faculty development program wasdesigned to support the adoption of Challenge Based Instruction. This program was initiated as partof a large Department of Education College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) grant.Detailed information about the different activities and sample results can be found in previousproceedings of ASEE National Conferences1,2,3. A series of training workshops and mentoringworkdays are part of this faculty development program that presents the latest research

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

wherestudents return once a month to the UTPA campus to work on more in-depth engineeringprojects that culminates with a competition in the summer. During the last summer program, thegroup built Lego Mindstorm NXT Huminoid robots and Parallax robots powered by a BasicStamp microcontroller for a summer robotics dance competition and several maze navigationcompetitions. The competition is a community event where students can involve their familiesand demonstrate what they have learned.Elements of Success: Proven Plan, Pedagogy, and PlatformUnderstanding the causes behind the effectiveness of the PREP program can be difficult. Theprogram effectively operates at many sites across the nation in different demographic regions.The Edinburg PREP site has been

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

electronic files and kept track of the submittals on a spreadsheet. Students had to submit hard copies of their three summaries to the instructors prior to the lecture session that was devoted to summarizing the MP. The instructors picked a sampling of particularly interesting responses and asked the respective students to share their mentors‟ comments with the class The last quiz of the semester included the following 10-point bonus question: Regarding this semester’s Mentors Program, briefly state what you’ve learned in the following categories. a. Professional Career Planning b. Effective Team Dynamics

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Basha, University of the Pacific; Luke S. Lee, University of the Pacific

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

graduate studentpopulation, characteristic of a liberal arts private university, yet still provide broad experiencesfor our graduate and blended MS students, we planned to offer an interdisciplinary engineeringcourse in Spring 2011 entitled “Sensor Networks for Infrastructure Systems,” which combinesrecent developments in structural health monitoring (SHM) and the application of wirelesssensor networks to assess the condition of civil infrastructure systems. Recent research trendshave tied these two topics together with an increase in the use of sensor networks for SHM andan increase in monitoring structures in sensor networks. Combining these two topics offered aunique opportunity for senior undergraduate students and graduate students to engage

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Benson, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

learning as an acquisition and integration process, thisis further reinforced when the concept of a spiral curriculum is also considered. Kolb (2000) in his Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) highlights the necessity ofcyclical instruction. ELT divides the learning cycle in to four phases: experiencing, reflecting,thinking, and acting. As a model for education, this process is both planned (formatted) andresponsive to the situation and content/skills being learned: activities are structured and plannedbut flexible to include individual. The cyclical nature of ELT supports this project in thenecessity of revisiting concepts at various points, over time to solidify and deepen a learner’sknowledge or concept acquisition and mastery

Conference Session

ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Chang Yan, College of New Jersey; Lisa Grega, College of New Jersey; Suriza VanderSandt, College of New Jersey; Diane C. Bates, College of New Jersey; Elizabeth Borland, College of New Jersey; Karen Elizabeth Clark, College of New Jersey; Amanda Norvell, College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

conclusion of each brown bag lunch attendees were requested to complete anevaluation survey that was used to inform the nature/composition and topics of future brown baglunches. In response to suggestions in the evaluations we have rotated the day of the week thatthe lunches are held, so that more faculty are able to coordinate with their teaching schedules.Professional Development Workshops Two workshops are held every semester. The format for the workshops and many of thetopics were adapted from the format and topics of Hunter College’s faculty workshops whichwere developed under their Gender Equity Project (GEP). Dr. Annemarie Nicols-Grinenko,GEP director, was consulted during the planning of the workshop and participated in it bypresenting

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

-technology fields are also introduced to Page 25.1254.6indicate the inter-disciplinary nature of this field. Additionally, chemical sensors and sensorarrays are introduced and applications discussed. The students have the opportunity in lab toperform signal conditioning using op-amps and to control measurement instruments and do dataacquisition using computer control software (LabView or Agilent VEE). One of the difficultiesof running the course in this manner is the lack of one appropriate textbook for student reference.In the future, data acquisition of real world sensor data is planned as an extension of the use ofLabView. Furthermore, future

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Teodora Shuman; Greg Mason

action is planned for improving the students learningexperience during the next third of the term. In addition, questions for the next survey areformulated. Successive surveys should include: 1) questions from previous surveys, to identifytrends; 2) new questions, to address learning objectives specific to the next segment of the term;and, 3) clarification questions, when the results of the previous surveys were inconclusive orunclear.Step three in the assessment process is the peer review. The peer review follows the secondsurvey and is used to further clarify items from the previous two surveys and to solicit help fromstudents for improving the class where the surveys showed a decreasing trend.The final step in the process is to re-evaluate

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Johnston; Ed Dammel; S.K. Ramesh; Eric Matsumoto

schools performed“hands-on” laboratory experiments and received a workshop manual containing handouts andideas for lesson plans, as well as other literature. The highly-interactive workshop formatallowed teachers to explore ideas which can be easily implemented at the high school level tomotivate students to study engineering.This paper describes one experiment that can be used to introduce fundamental structuralengineering concepts to students through a simple beam test. In addition to explainingexperimental procedures, the following sections review basic structural engineering conceptsnecessary for high school teachers to successfully implement the experiment. The approach

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

the schedule of labs for Fall Semester, 2000. Both the particular capabilities Page 6.895.3and the pattern of interweaving the material are evident from the table. In addition to the Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society of Engineering Educationweekly lessons and homework, we assign two major projects: a personal web page, and aCAD (SilverScreen) modeling project. These projects require creativity, planning, andtimely implementation. They make our students go beyond what we teach them, masteradvanced capabilities of the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Andrew Lau; John Wise; Robert Pangborn

– A College-wide First Year Seminar Program [1].II. Assessment PlanIn concert with the Director of Engineering Instructional Services, an assessment plan wasdeveloped to achieve the following goals: • Determine to what extent the learning objectives of the program are being met and identify areas for improvement. • Determine to what extent the FYS’s are meeting students’ needs and identify areas for improvement. • Determine to what extent the FYS’s are meeting faculty’s needs and identify areas for improvement.In order to achieve these objectives, the following assessment approaches will be used: • An end-of-semester, written, student survey specifically designed for the engineering

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Dennis; Jeff Ball; Martin Bowe; Daniel Jensen

proves on paper how all of the SOW requirements will be met. Thecustomer, SRO, and instructor must approve the design. Upon approval, permission to acquirematerials, begin construction of subassemblies, and formulate test plans is granted. Efforts arenow focused on specific tasks leading to a finished product that meets all SOW and customerrequirements.Engineering 410--The Automatic Transmission Project During the Spring 2000 semester, cadets in one particular section of Engr 410 weretasked to develop a teaching aid for the AT, to be used in a popular senior-level engineeringcourse, MechEngr 490—Automotive Systems Analysis. The faculty provided the section ofEngr 410 two fully assembled 42LE transmissions that were donated by Chrysler1