Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

faculty. Each year, the multimedia and web-based modules are revised to reflect theevaluative input gathered from the various constituents (students and faculty).As part of the General Education program, this course undergoes regular assessment todetermine whether it is meeting the GE Learning Goals. In addition to the GE assessment, SJSUmandates end-of-term assessment for at least two courses for each professor every academicyear. This approach does not give a quick turnaround for implementing improvements in thecurriculum. This paper will discuss the entire assessment model for this course including the GEassessment, the end-of-term course assessment, and the student assessment.IntroductionThe general education program at San José State

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

of the flow of occupants. Architectural form is also concerned with the sense of space a structure creates, its symbolism and its relationship to its setting”3.Certainly architectural form can lean toward sculptural form as in the case where Page 12.693.2architectural “elements are exaggerated or when forms reflect a nonefficient use ofmaterial just for the sake of emotional impact”4. But architectural form is always at leastsomewhat functional, it is always three dimensional and typically it is client driven. Itmust satisfy the needs of the client and the occupants, yet it also must satisfy artistic andcreative goals of the architect

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Douglas Ramers, University of Evansville; Greg Rawski, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

thought that there would be more classes on how to manage from a leadership or communication basis. That being said, I would rather hire someone with strong engineering skills and teach them management aspects to reflect our culture.11. Would someone with this background pass your initial HR screening? In other words, do your current criteria preclude candidates with this type of background from having the opportunity to talk to hiring managers? • Their degree would be sufficient depending upon the job. This would be suitable for a 1st Line Facilitator, but would not meet the capabilities for an engineering position. • If a graduate from a credible “Lean Manufacturing” curriculum were

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

that may not be possible in a laboratory setting. The assigned report can be alengthy well-crafted technical paper, a brief research note, an oral presentation, or a combinationof these. The type of report assigned should be chosen to reflect the credit allotted for theexercise and the emphasis it deserves in the “big-picture” of the course. A specific example ofthe read-and-report exercise is described later in this paper. Page 12.1536.5Another potentially valuable use of PTCs is making them available as guides and/or referencematerials for student-designed experiments. In typical capstone design courses, students areoften given considerable

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

courselectures.Statement 8 indicates success from the project in causing the students to now give additionalthought as to how electricity is generated in the United States, as 81% of the students agreed thattheir thoughts on how electricity should be generated has changed. This is likely a reflection ofboth the students’ increased knowledge of different techniques and what they learned about theenvironmental effects, economics, and public perception of each technique.From the viewpoint of encouraging engineering students to become more involved with policyformation in their careers, the results from Statement 7 are the most apropos. The average scorefor how much the students are likely to try to be involved in public policy decisions in the futurecomes in

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Baibak, Kettering University; Rajeev Agrawal, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

computer game reflects a significant understanding of all portions required,in other words the algorithms and concepts needed. So by teaching students to program a game,it would also teach students several of the core concepts behind devising and programmingalgorithms, with the motivation to use those concepts to create new games. Therefore the level ofsynthesis has been reached, the students will create new games, and within those new games,they will learn and devise new algorithms and programming techniques.Teaching through programming games therefore becomes an advanced technique to achieve alevel of application that many current Computer Science curriculums cannot truly reach.Normally, only core concepts are taught, given no real aspiration

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, Virginia Tech; Clifford A. Shaffer, Virginia Tech; Eric Fouh, Virginia Tech; Mai Hassan ElShehaly, Virginia Tech; Daniel Breakiron, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

lead students to reflecting on their errorsprior to resubmission because they lose points for wrong responses. This makes guessing ineffec-tive. Our proficiency exercises are modeled after the TRAKLA system5, 14 and implemented us-ing the JSAV algorithm visualization library15.3. Research MethodsWe viewed this study as the first step in assessing our overall approach. Our goal was to make asmuch progress as possible on answering a number of key questions.  Can students learn as well or better using interactive tutorials instead of traditional lecture and textbook?  Will students be accepting of a class focused on interactive tutorials rather than tradition- al lecture and textbook?  Will our client/server

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

the answers. Students also appreciated mentors’patience and effort to explain things clearly and comprehensively. To answer students’ researchrelated questions, mentors:1. Asked undergraduates to describe the phenomena and explain what was happening. Graduate mentors then provided ways to think more critically and considerately about the problem. For example, mentors gave students the knowledge to understand the problem and allowed students to think upon and reflect about a problem rather than giving a solution.2. Asked students to investigate answers by searching through primary or secondary data sources. For example, graduate mentors pointed to the people with the expertise or to the literature to guide students to find

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Razi Nalim P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Manikanda K Rajagopal, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Robert J Helfenbein, Indiana University-IUPUI, School of Education

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

supportstructures within the IUPUI School of Engineering & Technology and about their perceptions ofhow the implementation process is going overall. Sample interview probes are: “What kinds ofsupport have been provided during the implementation process?”; “How have studentsresponded to PEL?”; and “How has PEL affected student learning?”   Document review. The research team is collecting lesson and unit plans including entry 3)documents and other PEL-related planning materials, assessment rubrics, samples of studentwork, and teacher reflections in order to understand PEL implementation processes and evaluatethe objectives. These data were analyzed using content analysis30. 4) Survey. Implementation surveys were disseminated to all

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Alex Kotlarchyk

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

precipitation values calculated by converting radar images to rainfall amount accurately reflected ground truth. If this could not be accomplished, then the project would be a non-starter. Therefore the students matched actual rain collected by rain gauges to our calculated precipitation values from the radar images. They discovered that there are not only “official” governmental weather stations (often located at airports), but also an ad hoc network of rain gauges reported on by volunteers. The students had an opportunity to travel and see the data collection process of the volunteer network first-hand (Fig. 6). They discovered that some municipal sites apply quality control measures to their data

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dileepan Joseph P.Eng., University of Alberta

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering. For this part,the other instructors edited slides previously made by the senior FSO for the procedural C++course. Because this material did not touch IID or refactoring, the author’s slides (Table 2) linkto corresponding Wikipedia pages, which were deemed sufficient for in-class discussion.4. Evaluation and Reflection Page 23.624.11Over its history, the evolution of ENCMP 100 has involved many stakeholders: administrators,instructors, and students. The impact of the transition from procedural C++ (2008–10), featuringKarel the Robot, to MATLAB (2010–12), featuring IID with Gorillas, is best assessed with amixed approach. This includes

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University; Marie Catherine Pizzorno, Department of Biology, Bucknell University; Alexander P Thompson, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

? How many possible triplets are there? How many amino acids are there? Whyis there a difference in these numbers? What is a start codon? What is a STOP codon? What dowe mean by gene regulation? What governs the rate of activation of genes?g) Databases. Where are the data bases located? What is the National Institute of Health? Whosupports it? What does NCBI refer to?h) Character strings described by Numerical Sequences. How do we change a string to anumerical sequence? How do we represent the DNA sequence of length N? How would werepresent the complementary DNA sequence?i) Assume we used the complex conjugate notation of a, t, g, and c. What would be the sum of aand t? Reflecting on our class work? What would be the sum of a DNA sequence?j) A

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Page 23.643.9the limited number of students interviewed, names/pseudonyms are not used whendiscussing the interviews. Instead, only the direct quotes are published to better protectthe anonymity of the students. Additionally, Senior Capstone Design project names werenot used, in an effort to protect the students interviewed.For the rated questions, a Likert-type scale was used. To determine mean ratings, anumerical value was assigned, where the low end of the scale = 1 and the high end of thescale = 5. The evaluator would read the questions to the interviewee during the phoneinterview and record the response. Table 5 reflects a portion of the rated questions.Students indicated that the FIPSE-SEAEP did meet their expectations (mean = 4.0

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

%20Undergraduate%20Educatio n%20%28Boyer%20Report%20II%29.pdf?sequence=1 Page 23.648.1231. The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University. (1998). Reinventing undergraduate education: A blueprint for America’s research universities. New York: State University of New York. Retrieved from www.umass.edu/research/system/files/boyer_fromRussell.pdf32. Muzaka, V. (2009). The niche of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs): perceptions and reflections. Teaching in Higher Education, 14, 1-12.33. Louis, R. A. & McNair, L. D. (2011). Graduate student identity in engineering and education: The

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic M. Halsmer PE, Oral Roberts University; Peter Wesley Odom, Oral Roberts University; Jessica Fitzgerald, Oral Roberts University; Taylor Gipson Tryon, Oral Roberts University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

into their teaching.3Reverse engineering is simply taking an object apart and analyzing its “inner workings,” in orderto understand the secrets behind its operation. However, some researchers use a broader term,Disassemble/Analyze/Assemble (DAA), for these activities.4A study comparing the results of such activities to the more traditional laboratory approachconcludes that DAA activities have the potential to increase student motivation and promotetransfer.5 Transfer refers to the ability to apply or adapt knowledge when seeking a novelsolution to a problem. New courses are being developed that make use of reverse engineeringprojects to help students observe actual designs during “incremental concrete experiences,”allowing them to reflect on

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; N.M. Awlad HOSSAIN, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

spring of 2012. As a result of this new program, the Capstonecourse in the already existing MET program faced some drastic changes in both content andobjectives.Prior to establishing the new BS ME program, a typical Capstone class included MET andApplied Technology students and focused mainly on production. Twenty-five specimens wereoriginally required, and then we dropped the number to fifteen a few years afterwards. The typeof projects performed reflected the nature of the Applied Technology and MET programs, bothof which are primarily hands-on programs. Much emphasis was on production, quality control,and timely delivery. When possible, we considered industry projects and gave them higherpriority over school-sponsored ones. Traditionally, the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W Eric Wong, University of Texas, Dallas

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

used in industry.One of the challenges to teach a capstone project course is to provide students with sufficient motivationand get them invested in the outcome. To achieve this, Horgan, Smith and Thomas in their 2005 ACEpaper5 suggested a problem domain that accurately reflects the concerns and priorities of a real industryclient. They also proposed a Real World Software Process with four different phases: (1) Phase Zero –developing a project proposal which addresses the client‟s needs and clearly identifies goals and successcriteria, (2) Phase One – requirements gathering, release planning, and the initial development, (3) PhaseN – the generic, repeatable cycle in which the functionality of the system is incrementally extended andthe

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

ofthe study director and management immediately.(4) Periodically submit to management and the study director written status reports on each study, noting anyproblems and the corrective actions taken.(5) Determine that no deviations from approved protocols or standard operating procedures were made withoutproper authorization and documentation.(6) Review the final study report to assure that such report accurately describes the methods and standard operatingprocedures, and that the reported results accurately reflect the raw data of the nonclinical laboratory study.(7) Prepare and sign a statement to be included with the final study report which shall specify the dates inspectionswere made and findings reported to management and to the study

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Students thenengage in a set of reflective questions that ask them to explain their initial predictions andobservations. The goal is to have students explain the conceptual foundation for their predictionand when necessary use observations to modify or improve the foundational framework toimprove understanding and future predictions for similar situations. Inquiry-based activities areeffective at improving conceptual learning when activities have (i) unambiguous predictionswritten by the student, (ii) an action consisting of an experiment or simulation, and (iii) writtensummary or reconciliation (if needed) conducted by the student. Brief and repeatableexperiments are preferred since there is a perception that computer simulations can be “tricked

Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey S. Bryan; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

using two stages to refine our scoring system. In eachstage, individuals first provide comments on the individual skills in the scoring system. Then wesummarize the feedback from all the individuals and ask the individuals to reflect upon thesummary to see if their opinions have changed. At the end of the feedback for each of the twostages, we synthesize the overall responses and use the results to modify the scoring system. Wehave completed the first stage and are now in the second stage shown below.Delphi Method Stage 1 (this study) 1. Part one: conduct small focus groups and surveys to collect information and comments from our stakeholders 2. Part two: distribute summary to each of the stakeholders for reactions 3. Use part one

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

academic achievement and persistence,3,4,5 as hasintroducing the concept of engineering as a “servant of society.”6Within engineering education, the typical method of implementing service to society is throughservice-learning, which is defined as “a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningfulcommunity service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civicresponsibility, and strengthen communities.”7 Service-learning in an international context,especially within developing communities, can be used to engage students who may not be asinterested in design projects that do not have a socially-useful purpose. Fulfilling community-based design needs contextualizes engineering education to make it relevant to

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leticia Anaya, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David H Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

articles. Part of this could be that theyhave more experience now with reading a journal article, but additional factors include the use ofa more introductory-type article and the students were given instructions on what areas to focuson in their readings this time. This is reflected in one student’s written comments in the survey,“I like the more focused nature when looking at this journal article this week. 4-6 pages isoptimum for general reading.” The students generally agree with the third statement on thesurvey, indicating the value they are seeing in learning nanotechnology concepts.During week nine, an extensive in-class exercise involved studying the tradeoffs found in variouslow-power architectures. The students were asked to read a

Conference Session

Computing in the classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan R. Goyings, Civil & Mechanical Engineering Department at The United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy, West Point; Bobby G Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. 4. Based on the focus group results, student‟s actual use of and preference for the electronic textbooks was considerably greater than their perceived preference. No students really wanted or used a hard copy book when the electronic book was available. Student‟s stated dislike of electronic texts may be a reflection of long-observed student resistance to reading engineering textbooks and thus be totally unrelated to the platform or format of the reading assignments. Further study would be required to answer this complex question. 5. Recommending certain tools to the students, especially an application similar to iAnnotate, may help to jump-start the student‟s note-taking and e-text adoption process if

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University ; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Richard John Schuhmann, Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership Program

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

and facilitator vs. “the sage onthe stage”), and the class is accompanied by a laboratory where students actively apply andpractice the material they learn in class. Anecdotally, student-written assessment comments tothe instructor at the end of the semester often reflected that students felt they had worked harderper credit in the leadership principles class than in their other classes, but that this extra effortwas worth it. Electively taking and working harder in a non-required class requires intrinsicmotivation. Given the rich literature on the power of intrinsic motivation17, 18 and its effect on Page 23.851.14passion, interest, and

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, University of Arkansas; John DUPE Lee, University of Arkansas; Douglas E. Spearot, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

was useful for self-reflection and to gauge progressive improvement during thesemester. In addition to lecturing over the four week section of the class Mr. Lee was alsoresponsible for designing the exam to test the students’ knowledge of key concepts.Lastly, Prof. Spearot set a terrific example of how to interact with students. For students, it isessential that their professor be available for consultation during the semester. In addition to thestandard office hours, Prof. Spearot was available via email, with prompt response. Additionally,a number of drill and tutor times were provided to the students. Mr. Lee interacted with thestudents during the weekly drill session and was involved in discussions about make-up tests andlate homework

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

traditional lectures and students were"forced" to spend even more time studying. The reflection of this is the best students'performance - 83% average and 10% standard deviation in the final exam. The gradedistribution demonstrates that the number of A and AB students is increased, and the number ofC, CD, and F grades is reduced by 50% compared to 2012 class offering. The main conclusionbased on these observations is very obvious: the more students study the better their performanceand therefore their grades. The most difficult issue to address though is to how to continueimplementing a "hard study" policy and at the same time keep students "happy".ConclusionAcademic programs in the School of Technology at Michigan Technological University are

Conference Session

New ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constance D. Hendrix, USAF Academy; Danial J. Neebel PE, US Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

graduates of our institution will be expected to understand basic principles ofthese systems widely used within the defense industry. An example of a basic principle of onesystem: A RADAR user must understand that a pulse is transmitted, a reflection is received andthe distance to the shiny object is derived from the time it took for the echo to return. Alldepartment faculty vetted the topics and principles.The graded work consists of 15 labs, four projects, four exams and 21 homework assignments toprovide practice solving problems. The relatively high amount of graded material paired with alimited amount of classroom time necessitated a unique lesson structure as compared with atypical ECE course. This need is predicated on the assumption that it

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Broderick W. Carlin, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta,GA, Paper 7539.12. Sheppard, S., Gilmartin, S., Chen, H.L., Donaldson, K., Lichtenstein, G., Eris, O, Lande, M., and Toye, G.,(2010). Exploring the Engineering Experience: Findings from the Academic Pathways of People LearningEngineering Survey (APPLES), TR-10-01, Center for the Advancement for Engineering Education, Seattle, WA.13. Davis, C., Yeary, M., and Sluss, J., (2012). Reversing the trend of engineering enrollment declines withinnovative outreach, recruiting and retention programs, IEEE Transactions on Education, 55(2), pp.157-163.14. Kolmos, A., (1996). Reflections on project work and problem-based learning, European Journal of EngineeringEducation, 21, pp. 141-148.15. Malicky, D., Huang

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University ; Jennifer Louise Mines, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

not just industrialengineering students but all STEM students are predominantly active, visual, and sensing learnertypes1-4. However, it is evident that most engineering undergraduate courses are generally taughttoward reflective, verbal, and intuitive learner types. This is in fact the exact opposite of thesuggestions made from multiple learning style studies1-4. Engineering teaching is more focusedon theory and mathematical proofs over practical, “real world” applications and experimentationfavored by sensing learners. Engineering instruction tends to be very verbal rather than visual,focusing on written explanations and mathematical formulas. In addition, the engineeringclassroom tends to rely heavily on lectures and reading assignments