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Conference Session
Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University
Tagged Divisions
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
) and analysis and reflection (analysis is part of the engineeringdesign process and reflection was a required component of the class). Unfortunately, the projectdesign was not as successful for the entrepreneurial aspects of the design. The primarycomponent missing was passion. Barringer and Ireland state “The number-one characteristicshared by successful entrepreneurs is passion for the business”. The predefined aspects of the Page 14.1054.3project severely limited the chance of any one particular student being passionate about theproject, much less a team of students.A third critical factor in the course design was the timing of the classes
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Tarek Abdel-Salam, East Carolina University
of synthesis for traditionalcognitive theory based approaches to engineering education. These capstone courses areexpected to help students broaden their perspectives on how to integrate theoretical andpractical knowledge and how to reflect on practice. Within the last decade, employersand leading educators have been complaining that this synthesis, as it pertains to life-longlearning and expertise, may not be enough for new graduates to compete in a fastchanging global marketplace for engineering services. These leaders suggest that newgraduates need: (a) better communications skills; (b) an ability to work in Page 11.430.2multidisciplinary teams
Conference Session
Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Physics & Physics
, David K. Probst Department of Physics and Engineering Physics Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 AbstractMany concepts in physics and engineering courses cannot be understood easily. Althoughpowerful computers with advanced software can generate fancy animations, students still cannotgrasp these concepts without spending time reflecting on them. In the past, homework was thetool used by instructors to challenge students and enforce their learning. Unfortunately, nowmany students can bypass this challenge and directly go to the solution manual for answers,which is widely available from the
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Kayleigh Millerick, Texas Tech University; Kay J. Tindle, Texas Tech University; Lesley Cremeans, Texas Tech University; Stephanie J. Jones, Texas Tech University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
Demanding Organized Engaging Approachable Patient Exciting Interested Motivating Prepared Respectful Energetic Understanding Fun PersonableImpact of Gender in ClassroomGenerally, gender is perceived as a negative for women in the classroom as it pertains tostudents’ perceptions of instructor effectiveness, as reflected in student evaluations. Forinstance, MacNell et al. (2014) found that students rated an instructor with a male identity higherthan female instructor possessing a female identity for online courses regardless of theinstructor’s actual gender. When female
Conference Session
Faculty Development
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hye Sun You, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
situated learning perspective has been deemed to offera theoretical rationale for ‘inquiry-based’ and ‘problem solving’ approaches to science teachingand learning, where scaffolding and other forms of social support serve a prominent role in students’learning process.26 A model of instruction employing situated learning theory has been proposedand proven to yield a practical framework for classroom practice.25,27 Ref. 25 suggested that thekey components of this model include: (1) cognitive apprenticeship and coaching; (2)opportunities for multiple practices; (3) collaboration; (4) reflection; and (5) technology. Cognitiveapprenticeship methods allow students to enculturate into authentic practices through socialinteraction. Cognitive
Conference Session
Understanding Student Development in Design
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University; Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education
appears to involve thecognitive, affective, social, and psychomotor domains of learning, which has been proposed asproviding an effective way to improve ethical reasoning. For assessment of ESI learning, anaverage of two methods were used per course with a maximum of 8 methods reported; 10% didnot assess ESI knowledge. The most commonly used assessment methods were: group-basedwritten assignments (47%), individual reflections (33%), and individual homework assignmentsgraded with a rubric (31%). Instructor satisfaction with the ability to assess the outcomes ofsocietal context and ethics instruction was weakly correlated with the number of assessmentmethods used (correl. coeff. 0.25). Among all survey respondents 62% believed thatundergraduate
Conference Session
Issues in Mechanical Engineering Technology I
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jose M. Garcia, Purdue University; Brittany Newell, Purdue University; Erika Dawn Bonnett, Virginia Tech; Jorge Andres Leon-Quiroga, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
(Computational fluid dynamics), fluid power, and vehicle dynamics. In August 2017, he started with his doctoral studies at Purdue University. Currently, his research interests are hydraulic hybrid vehicles, and vehicle dynamics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Work in Progress: Making Connections Between Applications and TheoryThrough Energy in Fluid PowerAbstractThis work presents the introduction of an of activity designed to help students enrolled in a basicfluid power course for the second year of the Mechanical Engineering Technology at ourUniversity. The students reflect on their own learning experience of energy in the context of afluid power class (hydraulics and pneumatics). This
Conference Session
Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Darrell D. Nickolson, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Katie Pruitt
Tagged Divisions
Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering
• New typical wall sections • New building cross section. • Building code analysisLater on this paper we will see some examples of student reflection as they talk about how theassignments may have helped them be effective in their deliverables, or in some cases where they would like to see improvements in this course to better assist them in future assignments.Community partners can play a vital role in high impact practice courses that utilize servicelearning, and during the pre-course development I conducted several meetings to clarify, wants& needs of the partner. These meetings also help to set the groundwork for expectations
Conference Session
Mathematics Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gianluca Guadagni, University of Virginia; Hui Ma, University of Virginia; Lindsay Wheeler, University of Virginia
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
participant in the course.Below we describe the course and modifications we have made through our second iteration.Pilot ULA course The class provides tools and support for UTAs to reflect on the several aspectsof their activity, from the most effective teaching practices, such as student-centered and inquirybased, to relevant educational methods, grading techniques, and including tips to improveinterpersonal skills. Topics covered include: Constructivism, Motivation, Problem solving,Engaging with Groups, Grading and Feedback, and Metacognition (see Appendix A for fullcourse syllabus)These topics are organized around three main modules during the semester. The first one is basedon understanding the learning process as an elaborated process where
Conference Session
Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John M. Mativo, University of Georgia
Tagged Divisions
Manufacturing
, he investigates best ways to expand cutting edge technologies to the workforce. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Critical Thinking in Manufacturing Engineering Education AbstractAccording to A.B. Steyn, engineering education cannot be solely based on memorization andtechnical calculation. It is imperative that the engineering students develop critical thinking skillsfor better understanding and reasoning of problems they may face professionally in the future.Critical thinking is the process of conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/orevaluating information obtained by observation, experience, reflection, reasoning
Conference Session
Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Eliza A Banu, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
by performance goals focus more on the optics of lookingnot-smart or performing poorer than their peers. Research has shown that students’ goal orientationhas implications towards their academic performance [3]. Besides goal orientation, some researchershave proposed that the how students approach study reflects on their cognitive engagement withacademic material, and may affect their performance in school [3].The Students Approach to Learning (SAL) theory proposes two major levels of cognitive processesthat characterizes students approach to studying: surface-level strategy approach and deep-levelstrategies approach [4]. Surface approach to studying is associated with rote memorization and thereproduction of facts, without making any deep
Conference Session
Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kacey Beddoes; Rachel Miriam Vriend Croninger, Pennsylvania State University
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
discussion of the advancement of EER. More broadly, identifying such boundaryknowledge can facilitate new understanding of how the social construction of knowledge occursin interdisciplinary fields beyond engineering education. As a first step toward these largerobjectives, we review relevant literature and outline our participants as well as our analytic plan.BackgroundDisciplinary-specific norms reflect a field’s priorities and values, as well as assumptions aboutwhat qualifies as rigorous, trustworthy, or quality scholarship [1]. The ramifications ofdisciplinary normativities include which methodologies are widely endorsed, which questionsare investigated, and what is considered knowledge. As such, these normativities set theboundaries of a
Conference Session
Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jason Tedstone, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
of criticalthinking (Chinn et al. 2014). Both the broad term of critical thinking and the more niche term ofsystems thinking share similar meanings of thoughtful analysis or analytical reasoning, and callto mind King & Kitchener’s Reflective Judgement Model (King & Kitchener, 1994, 2001, 2004),a stepping stone between the cognitive development research started in the 1970s and morerecent epistemological research. This researcher argues that discovering the epistemic beliefs offaculty and the ideas being disseminated to students in their chemical engineering classroomswill prove useful in the field of chemical engineering education as well as related academicfields concerned with systems and critical thinking.TheoryResearch preceding
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Yue Liu, Arizona State University
Tagged Topics
NSF Grantees Poster Session
conceptual understanding of design).Making Thinking Explicit through Concept MapsModels of design are prevalent in textbooks and literature [4]. Once in action though, designpractitioners often synthesize and adapt their own experiences and learning into a mental modelof their design process. Engineering students demonstrate their design prowess and designlearning through either the creation of an artifact, or the documenting and reflection on theirengineering design process, or some combination of these. As design educators search for ameans to understand and evaluate what design learning may more faithfully look like, the notionof a spectrum of varying types and representations of individual students’ design processunderstandings has arisen
Conference Session
Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jamie Bracey, Temple University College of Engineering; Gregory D Jones Jr, Temple University; Nadif Bracey, Morgan State University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Minorities in Engineering
to identify and adopt the individual, college anduniversity level practices most likely to support minority engineering persistence.Context & BackgroundNational leadership and STEM outreach to produce talent for the knowledge economy areat the highest levels, with the President of the United States championing STEMeducation in eight consecutive “State of the Union” addresses (2008-2016). The resulthas been an important resurgence in awareness of STEM careers, particularly inengineering, as reflected in the quadrupling of size of a large public university’s Collegeof Engineering the past 10 years.However in spite of the growth, the college’s struggle to graduate more engineers mirrorslongstanding challenges to reduce attrition, retain and
Conference Session
Curriculum Development in Engineering Leadership
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University; Robert R. Klein, Western New England University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Leadership Development Division
academic levels, reflecting the different‘constituencies’ the engineering students may see in the workplace.The Western New England University football team consists of 125 players, including a largenumber of first-year students who need to be acclimated to the team and its culture. The team isstructured around eight position groups, representing skill-area specialists-- quarterbacks,receivers, running backs, offensive line, defensive line, linebackers, cornerbacks, and safeties.For each of the sub-groups, there is a designated captain, an experienced, upper-class player whohelps guide the development and performance of that segment of the squad. Last fall, three of thecaptains were upper-class engineers: captains of the offensive line, defensive
Conference Session
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Andrew Zimbroff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Harlan E. Spotts Jr., Western New England University; Cameron Houser, 3 Day Startup; Alexis Taylor, 3 Day Startup; Mary G. Schoonmaker, Western New England University
Tagged Divisions
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
is contrasted with traditionalclassroom techniques. The assessment methodology and results are presented alongwith student reflection evidence.Program Goals The primary goals of the 3DS program are to teach students skills in the area ofentrepreneurship and to foster an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset on theuniversity campus. A number of outcomes are possible through the program both from astudent and a faculty/staff perspective (Figure 1). Figure 1: Potential outcomes from a 3DS event for both students and faculty/staff.Program Structure The program centered on a three day experiential learning activity starting on a Fridayat 4PM and continuing until Sunday night at around 8PM (Figure 2). The bulk of
Conference Session
Statics and Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; John M. Mativo, University of Georgia
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
MapsConcept maps have been widely applied as a heuristic tool in engineering education to promotemeaningful knowledge structures for students. A concept map allows a student to organize acollection of concepts and to identify/present the relationships between each other using a graph3- 4 . Studies suggest that concept mapping be a valid tool to categorize and to reflect changes instudents’ structures of knowledge in STEM disciplines 3, 5. However, concept maps emphasizethe macro relationships among concepts and may not reflect students’ understandings of anindividual concept.Concept inventories referred to here comprise of a series of instruments for the assessment ofstudents’ conceptual understanding of STEM disciplines. The questions were
Conference Session
Qualitative Methodologies
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicki Wendy Sochacka, University of Georgia
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
Paper ID #12492Exploring Ethical Validation as a Key Consideration in Interpretive ResearchQualityDr. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Dr. Walther is an assistant professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is a director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, educational psychology and social work. His research interests range from the role of empathy in engineering students’ professional formation, the role of reflection in
Conference Session
Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 1)
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
only one idea; and enact design as a sequence of steps in their searchfor a solution. Our review of the literature indicates a wide range in students’ abilities toengage in engineering: in some instances, students demonstrate an “uncannycompetence” to resolve ambiguities and “exploit the open-ended situations in aproductive way,” (Roth, 1995, p. 378), while at others, they “can be unaware or unwaryof the potential for cascading complexity” (Crismond & Adams, 2012, p. 747).Our research on the Novel Engineering project reflects similar contrasts in studentengagement11, 23. For example, we have found that some students may consider multipledimensions of the design situation and develop optimal solutions for their clients17, whileothers
Conference Session
Curriculum Exchange
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joi-lynn Mondisa, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
, and Shake Table Survival. Engineering Design Process This process is used to guide students through the STEM EDA curriculum Build a prototype for the design chosen in Step 4 while encouraging teamwork, critical thinking, and creativity. and utilize the iterative nature of design. Test the prototype on the shake table and evaluate its performance. Reflect on the performance of the prototype and suggest improvements and redesigns of the
Conference Session
Curriculum Exchange
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Elissa C Milto, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
other 21 Century Skills. • It meets common core and next generation science standards.More information and resources for implementation can be found at novelengineering.org. Page 26.1097.2 This project is funded by the National Science Foundation DRK-12 program, grant # DRL-1020243. Any opinion, findings,conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Conference Session
The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
applied within themodern engineering education framework. While this may be a novel treatment, it does not gofar enough in addressing Heidegger’s critics and contemporaries – something we will attemptthrough using a lens borrowed from Jaspers’ work – that of his interpretation of existence andmeaning. In order to further ground this philosophical treatment, we will bring into play keyarguments of Husserl’s metaphysics, which contain constructs still relevant to a modernengineering philosophy. Finally, we hope to integrate the three in a manner relevant colleagueswithin engineering education and beyond. Whereas recently I reflected upon the developments in engineering philosophy broughtabout by a few colleagues with reference to core
Conference Session
Mathematics Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Aaron Brakoniecki, Boston University; Michael Ward, Boston University; Gretchen Fougere, Boston University
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
of the reflection when theengineering students and the beginning teachers reflected on the engineering design process theyimplemented during the activity. They compared this to the mathematical practice standards theyare expected to implement throughout their classrooms. What occurred during this discussionwere many connections among the different aspects of these two descriptions. They sawconnections between the mathematical expectations to make sense of the problem and theengineering process of identifying the needs and constraints. They linked the mathematicalstandards of reasoning abstractly and constructing viable arguments to the engineering processesof developing possible solutions and selecting promising solutions. With the
Conference Session
Exploring Student Affairs, Identities, and the Professional Persona
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Sandra Ingram, University of Manitoba; Marcia R. Friesen, University of Manitoba
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
held up as an exemplar demonstrating the difficulties inherent in assessingthe graduate attributes, particularly the ones that reflect the professional or workplace skills ofengineers. Some consider lifelong learning an outcome best measured a priori: in other words, itis cogitated as an aptitude that students will best epitomize once they are graduated and workingas professional engineers. However, the knowledge, skills, behaviours, attitudes and values thatengender lifelong learning are indeed present in our students, and one of the most effective waysto activate and observe this attribute is to engage students in discussions regarding theirexperiences and perceptions of their learning. This paper presents the findings from a
Conference Session
Wednesday Luncheon Keynote Presentation
Collection
2016 EDI
Authors
Xavier Fouger, Dassault Systemes
Tagged Topics
engineer's skills, manufacturing initiatives
Things (IoT) Central Enabler Smart Factory HiFi representation of Entrepreneurship products & production systems Additive Manufacturing Simulates Physical and Internet of Things Programmed behaviors Drives Physical Things New Manufacturing Methods Digests Parameters from Physical World to Demand Based production reflect actual stage
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University
Tagged Topics
NSF Grantees Poster Session
reflect thecurrent state of the profession’s identity. BOKs are dynamic, and must be systematically distilledand monitored as collection of activities and outcomes representing a profession’s most currentvalues, constructs, models, principles and instantiations. This monitoring entails continuousdiscovery and validation work by members of the profession with a goal of self-reflection andreproduction of the profession [6]. BOKs, then, are competency taxonomies that are specific butinclusive; updated and refined, i.e., “curated,” as profession changes; and guide, but not dictate,professional education, professional learning, and assessment. Professionals are not meant tomaster the breadth of the competencies in a BOK, but focus on the depth of
Conference Session
Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session 5
Collection
2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Authors
Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Topics
Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Storytelling And Utopia AsResistance To Marginalization Of African American Engineers At A PWI Chanel Beebe April 2019 WATCH AND REFLECT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD2o6soOe1I How did that make you feel? What stuck with you? What did you see? Key pointsEducation should prioritize active learning and embodied knowledgeEducational opportunities are different for different groups of people Marginalization exists AGENDA• My Story• Background of Project• Phase 1 and Phase 2• Phase 3• Summary of Findings• Recommendations• TakeawaysPROJECT BACKGROUND: MY
Conference Session
Track : Special Topics - Identity Technical Session 8
Collection
2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Authors
Stephen Secules, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Cassandra J. Groen-McCall, Virginia Tech
Tagged Topics
Diversity, Special Topic: Identity
understanding was further underscored in an ASEE Distinguished Lecturesession that I organized with Matt King, Facebook’s lead accessibility engineer. As he told meabout his transition into his blindness, he rhetorically asked me, “What do you do with thesighted blind kid?” His simple question validated my own feelings and experiences of trying tomake sense of my new identity. I often feel compelled to tell my story when asked about my research because of theirintertwined and reciprocal nature. As part of a community that is simultaneously sighted andblind (as reflected in the group’s emerging use of the hashtag: #itscomplicated), I recognize thatthe seemingly simple labels of blind or disabled are highly nuanced and context-dependent
Conference Session
Reimagining Engineering Ethics
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Grant A. Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Ethics
other words, the experience of relationality and ethical concern are ontologically priorto defining engineering’s role in a given moment. Returning to one of our recent publications [1],I would argue that we first feel and experience what is going on before we can reflectively thinkabout such experience. We feel and experience relationships with all that we encounter in a givenevent, and we are affected by those encounters. Responsibilities, obligations, and valuations arisetherefrom. In being affected by the multiplicity within an encounter, there is significant potentialfor conflict and difficulties associated with assigning/identifying value(s). Once the experienceoccurs, we objectify it, mine it for information, and seek to address it