Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Edward J. Berger, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

differentquestions or topics of interest to the group, and then monitor the resulting discussion. Severalparticipants also began discussions on their own.Principles Used in the VCPThe leaders of each disciplinary VCP met in a ten-week Leadership VCP (L-VCP) to assist inorganization, content, and planning. The L-VCP applied guidelines for engineering facultydevelopment established by Felder and his colleagues, and encouraged the leaders of eachdisciplinary VCP to do the same. Felder’s group has used these guidelines in their highlysuccessful National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI) workshops2, 4, 5: 1) use facilitators with expertise in both engineering and pedagogy 2) use engineering-related examples and demonstrations 3) target content to

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Siddharth Vyas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Adrian A. Pollock, MISTRAS Group, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

understanding of and a commitment to address professional and ethical responsibilities including a respect for diversity; j. a knowledge of the impact of engineering technology solutions in a societal and global context; k. a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement. 2.2. Topics Covered in the AE CourseThe AE course is a blend of lectures and laboratory projects. All the students work at the sametime on the same lab in pairs with each pair having its own equipment. In the course of adaptingthe technical material to fit this logistical plan, some of the inspector-course labs underwent

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Page 24.1037.7about why they continued to return even though we were only discussing our aspirationstogether, making plans on how we might achieve them, but were not actually making what somemight call “tangible,” physical progress. Some of the participants found this frustrating andchose to stop participating. However, for those that continued their participation, a differentquality of attention and experience began to develop, which enabled different types ofcollaboration. This distinctive quality is illustrated by excerpts from the response to the question,What are you getting out of your participation? This is a very brilliant group of people with a deeper purpose than just teaching content; I truly believe that they are

Conference Session

Data Analytics in Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haylie M. Peterson; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

thing to offer in a class tobetter cater to every learning style.” Researchers plan to create a library of tutorials to bedistributed throughout the course rather than the few that are currently available for topicscovered early in the semester. This will also allow for future implementation in subsequentcourses in the curriculum. In addition, the researchers plan to automatically document studentuse of worksheets instead of having them self-report time spent and then track the performanceof students in the class based on this usage. These will be important parameters to gauge successof the project.Bibliography1. Danielson, S.G., & Danielson, E.B. (1992). Problem Solving: Improving a Critical Component of Engineering Education. In

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Foreman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karina Clarissa Halim, Purdue University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

widespread use, there will be significant benefits tosociety for new technologies that mitigate those negative impacts.Suggestions for educational direction A lesson plan to initiate student interest and provide direction for further study can beinitiated through a set of lectures on the following topics. Lectures can be derived from thematerial following in this paper and the provided sources. Page 24.1219.3 1. Coal resources and world consumption 2. The environmental and safety impacts 3. Coal plant operational and regulatory issues 4. Existing coal power processes and equipment 5. New coal technologies such as

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

improve the self-efficacy of community college students as it relates to research andwhether this has an impact on their long-term career plans to pursue a STEM career.Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates ProgramIn 2011, the University of California, Berkeley developed the Transfer-to-Excellence ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates program (TTE REU), a summer research program forcommunity college students that is catalyzed by early hands-on involvement in research projectsthat apply nanotechnology and biotechnology to address energy problems in a high caliberresearch environment. The program objectives are to: 1) provide challenging science andengineering research projects in leading edge research laboratories; 2

Conference Session

ECE Program Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Timothy Holman, Vanderbilt University; Brian David Sierawski, Vanderbilt University; Robert Reed, Vanderbilt University; Robert A. Weller, Vanderbilt University; Andrew L. Sternberg, Vanderbilt University; Rebekah Austin, Vanderbilt University; Daniel M. Fleetwood, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

opportunity to compare the effectiveness of the changes with a more prepared cohort.Next stagesWith the introduction of CubeSat concepts to first-year students and the increasing depth oftreatment of circuit concepts in our Circuits II laboratory, the next phase of integration is to buildon this framework to further enhance our first-semester junior, required Electronics I laboratory.Students will construct a transistor-based circuit that will be interfaced with a CubeSat circuit Page 24.1245.10board. Plans are being developed to incorporate new laboratory modules in this course that willserve as a bridge

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayne Marks, University of Pittsburgh; Kevin J. Ketchman, University of Pittsburgh; David R. Riley II, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lisa Riley Brown, Penn State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the Senior Resident Scholar and Reinvention Fund Program Manager for the Institute. Dr. Riley also leads multiple DOE funded energy centers, including the Northern Mid-Atlantic Solar Education and Resource Center, and the Grid-Smart Application and Resource Center. In 2009 he initiated the launch of the National Energy Leadership Corps (NELC), a hands-on program that challenges college students to engage residents in their communities in meaningful home energy and sustainability planning and actions. He is now working with collaborators at numerous institutions to advance the and replicate the NELC in sustainable and high-impact applications.Dr. Lisa Riley Brown, Penn State UniversityDr. Melissa M. Bilec, University of

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

II: Code Maintenance1.5. Explain code maintenance practices of your team (give details about version control and associated tools)? How often did you update, commit and/or merge, and build?1.6. Explain the release cycle of your team. How were releases made to customers? How often did customers receive releases?1.7. When did you first learn about version control? After learning to do version control, how did it change your views on maintaining code?Examination:2.3. Share the kinds/levels of tests you wrote as a part of this course. Give specific examples, if any, of how tests found bugs in your code?2.4. What did you learn from writing test cases and test plans?2.5. What are your thoughts on code maintenance and release cycle

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan B. Swithenbank, US Coast Guard Academy; Thomas William DeNucci, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

videos. Since most professional academics are not savvy at improvisation, having a plan is important in terms of both cost and personal comfort. One successful approach involves scripting from a set of well-written notes. 3. Do not be a perfectionist when recording or editing the videos. When we lecture in class, there are always unexpected errors or goofs that occur. These things will undoubtedly happen in the videos, so do not worry. You can fix nearly anything with editing; and most everything else is probably just okay. 4. You need to find the right incentive for getting your students to watch the videos. There

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johné M. Parker, University of Kentucky; Stephen L. Canfield, Tennessee Technological University; Sheikh Khaled Ghafoor

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

and plans for future work. Motivation and Related Work Systems and Control Courses in Mechanical Engineering expose students to core courseconcepts in which the relationships between the mathematical underpinnings, practical designprocedures and subsequent implementation are considered abstract for a considerable percentageof students; thus, there are often considerable disconnects between theoretical course concepts,computational solution techniques and relevance in real-world systems. Related discipline-based education research (DBER)2 has identified three key insightsregarding STEM education challenges that might address these disconnects:  student-centered learning strategies (including team-based learning) can enhance

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Alexander Friess, University of Maine; Muhieddin Amer, RIT-Dubai

Tagged Divisions

International

award process often extends over multiple years, making it very difficult to plan research activity. The few Universities that have a research component in their activities, generally receive funds directly from the sponsors, and allocate them internally (and thus without undergoing a comprehensive competitive selection process). It is thus significantly more difficult for faculty at non-government funded universities to develop a research portfolio within the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polin Yadak, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

students decided to change theirmajor, however after taking some other classes they decided to switch their major back toengineering and planning to take the next Physics course either in Summer or Fall 2013. Summer Physics Jam (with 2012 Physics Jam credit) Results Number of Participants 4 Number Completed 4 Completion Rate 100% Number of Physics Jam Students 1 Enrolled in Physics in Fall Semester Success Rate in physics classes 100% Table 5. Summary of Physics Jam (with credit) results

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University; Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

onIntellectual Property to be completed in weeks ten to eleven. Paper or online pre- and post-assessments were provided for each session to see what was known at the beginning and the endof each session. Students also completed a graded plagiarism tutorial and quiz. The assessmentresults have been much better. This paper will focus on the changes in the information sessionsand delivery methods, provide assessment data for each area, and chronicle the steps taken to setup this successful collaborative effort with the engineering instructors.IntroductionThe opportunity to teach library information literacy skills to all freshman engineering studentsin ENGR 101, Engineering Problem Solving I, began in spring 2011. Planning effectiveteaching modules

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mark Anderson, Rensselaer

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design or lab notebook – needed for effective use of Forum and/or Wiki  Project planning, especially decomposing a large task into a set of smaller tasks and identifying task dependency – needed for effective management of issues (tasks)5.1 Using a Virtual MachineWe recommend taking advantage of Virtual Machine technology to allow for experimentationprior to a production installation. Using the VirtualBox 6 technology provided by Oracle allowsone to create a virtual machine, install the operating system and then take a ‘snapshot’. The usermay then add more software and configuration data and if that iteration is deemed incorrect, thesystem can be reverted back to that snapshot and the process repeated as needed until a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University; Joshua Gisemba Bagaka's, Cleveland State University; Matthew W Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Manoochehr Zoghi P.E., California State University, Fresno; Philip W. Johnson, University of Alabama; Tara L. Cavalline, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

behavior. • CVE 312 Structural Analysis 1. Truss and frame analysis, influence lines and load position criteria, deflection analysis, analysis of indeterminate structures by compatibility methods, moment distribution method, slope deflection method. • CVE 403 Construction Planning and Principles of Estimating. Types and uses of construction equipment and study of construction procedures; study of different types of estimates, direct and indirect costs, insurance, taxes, and bonds; analysis of construction schedule planning by CPM or PERT. • CVE 322 Structural Steel Design. Design of structural steel components subject to tensile, compressive, bending and combined bending and compressive loadings

Conference Session

Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

curriculumFIGURE 1. The WPI Robotics Engineering program is consists of Introduction to Robotics at thestructured around a core consisting of Introduction to Robotics, 1000 level (1st year) and a four-courseUnified Robotics I-IV, and the Capstone Project [11]. Unified Robotics sequence at the 2000 and3000 levels (sophomore and junior years, respectively). Figure 1 provides a visualization of theRBE curriculum. All courses are offered in 7-week terms with 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours oflaboratory session per week. Further, in keeping with the long history of the WPI Plan, thesecourses emphasize project-based

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

tracked. This program has proven to be successful in the ECE department forimproving female and minority enrollment and it would serve as a great model for the institute tomeet its diversity goals. Therefore, the primary purpose of this action plan is to grow the highlysuccessful ROSE-BUD program into an institution-wide ROSE-BUD MAPS program. As part of the professional development program, students will be taught professionalskills, including communication, teamwork, understanding ethics and professionalism. Theseactivities will provide an additional benefit for female and URM students because they can beginto develop social networks as soon as they arrive on campus. Some of the key activities willinvolve one of the three annual career

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

-L, such asinstitutional support, faculty attitudes, and the intrinsic level of applicability of course material tocommunity issues.In the 2011-2012 academic year, 162 students in 9 courses in a College of Sciences participatedin S-L projects and were surveyed about their experience. These responses are compared tothose of 811 students in 33 courses from the College of Engineering, who completed the samesurvey; 93% of engineering students surveyed had done S-L that semester and/or previously.Compared to science majors, engineering students reported a significantly (5% level) strongerpositive effect of S-L on their persistence in their major, their interest in the subject matter of thecourse, their ability to plan and carry out a project for

Conference Session

Simulation and Programming

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, computing materials costs, anddrawing up a manufacturing plan, including tooling and labor costs. While doing these learningexercises, the students are developing a systems view of the problem. By incorporating systemsthinking exercises in several courses, students will be better prepared to meet the needs of futureemployers.Active Learning and Problem-Based LearningHattie, writing in “Visible Learning, A Synthesis of over 800 Meta-Analyses Related toAchievement”, states “what teachers do matters”.4 The way that professionals approach theircraft of teaching has a large effect on whether students learn, or not. Good teachers provide“multiple opportunities and alternatives for developing learning strategies”.4Hattie also states that “it is what

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Laguette, University of California, Santa Barbara

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

previousmilitary experience.From the team leader survey the primary role of the team leader is described as: • Project planning documents • Review and submittal of course deliverable documents • Motivate • Facilitate • Assign responsibilities • Maintain communication • Organization and CoordinationTeam leaders have indicated that they enjoy: • The responsibility of leading the team • Sense of accomplishment • Project management • Guide the team • Communication • Ability to interact with everyone on the teamTeam leaders have indicated that they dislike: • Poor work habits by some team members • Burden of paperwork • Not enough time for project management • Pressure of team performance and achievements • Not being able to

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Mark Scaife, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Andrew F Heckler, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

difficulties in learning materials science. Page 23.1169.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The case for individualized-instruction: Preconception-Instruction-InteractionIntroductionThere has been much debate about the need for and the effectiveness of planning instruction arounddiffering learning styles (e.g., visual, auditory, kinesthetic). For example, when studied in controlledenvironments, it has been shown repeatedly that instruction aligned with learning styles does appreciablycorrelate with increased understanding 1

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University; Adam Scott Carter, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

conduct their material/energy balance class on different schedules with differentapproaches. Should significant differences in the results appear between programs theresults can be analyzed on a program by program basis rather than being pooled.Current StatusRepresentatives from the eight schools involved in this study have now attended twoworkshops, each held just prior to the annual ASEE meetings. The first of these, held onJune 25 – 26, 2011 served to introduce the participants to ChemProV, the IRBrequirements for the study, and the intended plans for the study. The second workshop,held on June 9 – 10, 2012, was used to introduce the participants to the SBL approach,work on assessement activities, and receive feedback about the prior year

Conference Session

Practical Teaching

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

operating table. United ArabEmirates is developing fast and is planning to invest heavily in healthcare by building morenew hospitals. The motivation for this project came from the desire to build supportingtechnical capability. Following the identification by Frank [4] the first task carried out by thestudents was to visit a local hospital, learn the operating table in use and conduct a designinterpretation. This provided the level of knowledge required to embark on the design task.Though identifying clinical, health care staff, legal and the company requirements arefundamental in the planning stage this work was restricted to obtaining the requirements ofthe healthcare staff due to time constraints. The students followed a design process

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Adam C. Lynch; Gary Brooking

knowledge of the topics of Statics to the sustainable re-design andanalysis of the drill case. This promoted active participation among each class team as well ascollaboration with the pair teams of their Squads as they worked through the challenges of eachweek’s team assignments (deliverables).2.5. Data Collection Plan Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected to help the researchers evaluate theimpact of our Integrated Project teams using PBL. Conceptual understanding of Statics wasobtained through pre- and post- assessments beyond course assignments. Assessment questionsrequired the knowledge and application of engineering principles to solve problems.2.6 Data Analysis The limited quantitative data obtained from

Collection

2021 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Wei Wei

I. I NTRODUCTION drawbacks of TPAs: (i) TPA are not due immediately, and Computer programming is a critical component of the Com- hence students are more likely to procrastinate [8], [9]. As anputer Science discipline. It is considered a problem solving example, if a programming assignment is due in two weeks,process, including formulating, planning and designing the many students will not start working on it until one weeksolution, translating, testing, and delivery [1]. For students to before the due date. (ii) When completing a TPA, studentsbe proficient in computer programming, they need to learn the

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 1 - Experiential Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Danushka Bandara, Fairfield University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

. Promote Ethical Research Practices: Educate students on the importance of ethics in human subject experiments. Ensure compliance with Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols and address ethical considerations in AI and human-subject research. 7. Develop Research and Presentation Skills: Conduct experiments, interpret preliminary results, and present findings through a poster session at the URSR symposium.Structure • Duration: June 1 to July 27, 2024 • Weekly Schedule: o Meetings every Tuesday to review data format, and plan statistical analyses. o Hands-on activities focused on fNIRS data preprocessing, Python script development, and statistical testing.Highlights

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.D

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milad Rezvani Rad, University of Southern Indiana; Ronald Diersing, University of Southern Indiana; Ryan Integlia, University of Southern Indiana; Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

important to note that this research is still in progress, with plans for additional surveys tofurther explore students' preferences. Given ChatGPT 4.0's strong proofreading abilities, it wasemployed to correct grammatical and spelling errors and enhance the clarity of the text [10].ConclusionsThe findings from this study demonstrate that ChatGPT 4.0 has considerable promise as asupportive educational tool for enhancing MATLAB programming skills. A significant majorityof students (77.2%) indicated that ChatGPT effectively improved their coding comprehension andproblem-solving abilities through real-time feedback and the clarification of complex concepts.The use of ChatGPT also substantially reduced debugging time for most students (81.8%),although

Conference Session

DSAI Technical Session 7: Natural Language Processing and LLM Applications

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaiwen Guo, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Malani Snowden, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Rui Li, New York University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Constituent Committee

Kubernetes cluster. We never transmit student data to external APIs or third-partyservices, thus minimizing any risk of leakage. The script evaluate_llama.py encapsulatesthis offline inference process by loading the final JSON (produced by csv_to_json.py),using a local Llama installation for text generation, and then saving the results into a CSV.This approach gives us full control over data handling: ● Immediate Anonymization – Before or during the CSV-to-JSON conversion, identifiable student fields (e.g., names, emails) are replaced or hashed (planned for the next iteration) to ensure no personally identifiable information is exposed to the language model. ● GPU Acceleration – We execute the model on an NVIDIA A100 GPU, making it

Conference Session

Evaluating Pre-College STEM Programs: Longitudinal Impact, Integration, and Engagement

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin (Brenda) Zhou, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #47156Impacts of a Pre-college STEM Outreach Program over Time (Evaluation)Dr. Bin (Brenda) Zhou, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Bin (Brenda) Zhou is a Professor in the Engineering Department at Central Connecticut State University. Her research enthusiasm lies in quantitative analyses and modeling techniques, and her field of expertise is transportation planning and engineering. She recently dedicated herself to STEM outreach activities to promote STEM in youth, especially historically underrepresented groups. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Impacts of