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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Best Paper Finalists

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

H. Ronald Clements III, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sherry Chen

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Educational Research and Methods

for their intellectualdevelopment as engineers and incurs a lapse in interpersonal networking.Charlie directly referred to engineering and physics faculty as negatively influencing their studentexperience more than the other faculty they interacted with at their institution. These interactionsinfluenced Charlie’s development as an engineer, as they felt unable to create interpersonalrelationships with some of their engineering professors. Marra and colleagues [2] emphasized theimportance of classroom climate, the difficulty level of STEM curriculum, and teaching andadvising for student retention and success. Students’ inability to build connections with theirfaculty resemble classroom environments that are classified as “chilly” based on its

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Sudhir I. Mehta

balances on the first day of the Statics course. First,describe problems associated with the design of buildings and bridges, and artificial limbs…"In our opinion, every lecture should begin with "why" students should study that topic. Real lifeapplications and connecting the topic to other courses in the curriculum increases studentmotivation and attention.3. Focus on student outcomes and critical content. Classroom materials for an individualcourse topic should be based on “critical content” (key points for desired student outcomes andhighlighting difficult material) and not on a philosophy that “more is better” (Danielson &Danielson, 1994; Wankat & Oreovicz, 1998). This approach also aligns with NSF’s initiativesfor systemic change in

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2005 GSW

Authors

Pradeep Bhattacharya; Nikhil Modi; Fred Lacy

introductory courses in semiconductor physics.Studies of introductory semiconductor courses have indicated that geometries, geometry-dependent properties of crystals, and an analysis of electrical, thermal, optical, orchemical energies in the electronics world, are among the common topics taught inintroductory courses in semiconductor physics. A review of available software tools forteaching and learning semiconductor geometries indicates that there is a lack of highlyeffective visualization methodologies for commonly used semiconductor materialstructures. The purpose of this paper is to describe a virtual environment tutorial that hasbeen developed to supplement a typical course in semiconductor physics

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Omar Ahmed Al-Shebeeb, West Virginia University; Thomas Guy Azinger, West Virginia University

submit a projectreport. One of these manufacturing processes is a CNC turning process. The turning project ofthis course has historically had extensive average time for completion. As such, it was deemednecessary that a way to improve the quality of a turning project be generated. Industrial QualityControl (IENG 316) is also taught as part of the industrial engineering curriculum, and it wasdetermined that the quality tools in this course should be used to evaluate the initial performanceof the turning project. An executive activities sheet has been developed for this IENG 303turning project to collect data about the time required to finish this project and to check if thatwas meeting the expectation or not. The turning projects of Spring 2021

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ernest Y. Wong

appreciation for what they are learning, but I am also providing them with practicable skills which will help prepare them for life. Key words: education innovation, experiential learning, spreadsheet modelingIntroduction—the West Point Way Undergraduate cadets at the United States Military Academy are required to demonstrateproficiency in six domains of knowledge: engineering and technology, math and science,information technology, history, culture, and human behavior. To ensure they acquire therequisite skills in these six domains, every cadet takes a number of prescribed courses thatconstitute the core curriculum. While the academic program is very structured, it is intended toprovide cadets with “a broad liberal education

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica McGill, Institute for Advancing Computing Education; Isabella Gransbury, North Carolina State University; Leigh Ann DeLyser; Jennifer Rosato, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Julie M. Smith

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

practices that support learning and educational attainment for all students” (p.277). This principle guides computing education policies, standards, curriculum, and teachingmethods, driving initiatives like ”Computer Science for All” [3].Equity-enabling education research is research that supports the needs for achieving equity ineducation, including providing ...the evidence needed for decision-makers and educators to advocate, support, and deliver computing education in K-12 classrooms that lead to equitable access, participation, and experiences (and therefore outcomes) among all students. Equity-enabling education research, by its very nature and necessity, must meet quality standards to provide meaningful evidence for

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University; David Gute, Tufts University; John Durant, Tufts University

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International

paradigm of engineering curriculum towards a more well-roundededucation. The commonality among these three documents is improving students’ problemsolving techniques. The future will inevitably bring unanticipated crises; engineers will need toidentify the problems and collaboratively formulate innovative, feasible solutions. This researchhypothesizes that service-learning can serve as a mechanism that will allow students to developthe necessary problem solving skills. To investigate this hypothesis, an education assessmentinstrument is employed to examine whether students who have participated in service-learningprojects have stronger analytical, practical, and creative abilities than students who have onlybeen exposed to the conventional

Conference Session

Manufacturing Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University

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Manufacturing

NMSU (Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, instrumentation & control, and fluid power. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE, SME and TAP. Page 22.1524.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Three Dimensional Surface Model from Laser Scanning of Proving Ground RoadAbstract: This project goal is to creating a 3D surface model from scanning of an existing roadproving ground for

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina; Erica Pfister-Altschul, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

dissertationwork. These findings provide a useful background for future graduate student developmentprograms, and outline the successful (and also less effective) components of this GK-12program.Bibliography1. Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education. http://www.gk12.org/. Last accessed December 14, 2012.2. Mitchell-Blackwood, J., Figueroa, M., Kokar, C., Fontecchio, A., and Fromm, E. (2010), “Tracking middle school perceptions of engineering during an inquiry based engineering science and design curriculum.” Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.3. S. Thompson, (2006). “Examining Change in Underrepresented Minority Students’ Perceptions of Engineering Sciences as a Result of a GK-12 Collaboration

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Student Teams and Design Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Moore, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-1442: THE QUALITY OF SOLUTIONS TO OPEN-ENDED PROBLEMSOLVING ACTIVITIES AND ITS RELATION TO FIRST-YEAR STUDENT TEAMEFFECTIVENESSTamara Moore, Purdue University Tamara Moore is a doctoral student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received both her B.S. in Mathematics/Mathematics Education and M.S. in Mathematics Education from Purdue University in 1996 and 2001, respectively. Before pursuing her doctorate, Tamara taught high school mathematics for seven years. Her research interests include curriculum development, the learning of complex problem-solving, teamwork, integration of engineering into the K-12 classroom, and operations research.Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth R. Crockett; Matthew Ohland

Session 1430 Creating a Catalog and Meta-Analysis of Freshman Programs for Engineering Students: Part 1: Summer Bridge Programs Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth R. Crockett General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractSpecial programs and the curriculum itself are two primary ways to improve the freshman yearexperience for engineers. Following a SUCCEED-sponsored Freshman Engineering ProgramsBest Practices Conference held in Charlotte, NC, in May 2000, a catalog and meta-analysis offreshman programs for students in US engineering colleges is underway. This paper will

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 20

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terkuma Stanley Asongo, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

. Before embarking on my doctoral journey, I worked as a science teacher and research assistant for several years. I made the decision to leave my teaching position to pursue a doctoral education, and I am currently serving as a research and teaching assistant for a STEM education course in my department. My research interests primarily lie in the fields of STEM education, quantitative methods, psychometrics, and large-scale data analysis. At present, I am actively engaged in a project focused on mentoring relationships between Ph.D. students and their advisors.Dr. Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Hsien-Yuan Hsu is an Assistant Professor in Research and Evaluation in the College of Education at

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

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Chemical Engineering

better problem solvers. This is as important for liberal arts students as it is for engineers. • Students will gain some technological literacy. Literacy is an important goal of the liberal arts education. Students need to understand and appreciate the modern world to be able to make informed decisions about critical issues. • Students who understand the big ideas of engineering (for example, recognizing real-world constraints, trade-offs, and considerations of economics, environment and safety) may later understand their own discipline better.Others agree that engineering should be a component of the liberal arts education. UnionCollege has a curriculum, called Converging Technologies, which integrates the arts

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Community Engagement

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Sophie Stine, University of Colorado Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

very‬ ‭relational. How can we prioritize very meaningful relationships over projects that come and go?‬ ‭And how do we base (projects) on our very local cultures and ways of knowing?‬I‭ n this passage, the student underscores how discussions on decolonization within humanitarian‬ ‭engineering class often remain confined to improving power imbalances and relationships‬ ‭between community members and HE practitioners. However, these initiatives tend to be‬ ‭top-down or centralized changes across the sector, which fall short of addressing the goals of‬ ‭decolonization as articulated in Indigenous studies. Indigenous studies emphasize dismantling‬ ‭central control as an integral piece of decolonization, making this

Conference Session

Community and Industry Collaboration for Sustainable Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

researchprojects and other collaborations. The CER was used to engage with K12 students and also workto broaden participation in STEM, and STEM curriculum was integrated into local schools.Thus, the community engagement encompassed the research, teaching, and service missions ofhigher education. This thriving partnership grew to yield a number of grants for the interviewee,and the collaborations expanded beyond the initial core technical engineering expertise of thefaculty member into other topics, which then led to bringing in other collaborators from theuniversity. The community partnership led to improved quality of life in the community andpolicy changes in the local government. However, after a decade with a thriving partnership, theCER with that

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Ann Kos, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence, she leads the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center, overseeing efforts to attract and prepare students for the rigors of engineering study and careers, and to improve student performance and graduation rates. Appointed in January 2014, Miller comes to CU-Boulder from the National Science Foundation, where she worked in STEM education as a American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow. Sarah believes that every child deserves an excellent education. She has worked in inner-city public schools, both as a teacher and as an administrator, and in the admissions office of Amherst College, where she earned a B.A. in Chemistry. She holds a PhD

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones

Session 2793 Self-reported Instrument for Measuring Student Learning Outcomes Theresa L. Jones The University of Texas at AustinAbstractProject PROCEED is dedicated towards providing more hands-on and project-centeredclassroom learning opportunities in the mechanical engineering department at TheUniversity of Texas at Austin. One of the challenges of PROCEED is assessing its impacton student learning. We have been developing and piloting an instrument for assessinghow well these PROCEED courses are satisfying the departmental student learningoutcomes. Based upon an assessment instrument used by

Conference Session

Supporting Students with Disabilities and Understanding Spatial Ability and Accessibility

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Figard, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

collection, analysis, and drafting of this document, is pursuing a doctoral degree in Engineering Education. The author also shares many of the same or similar disabilities with those who were interviewed. Although this alignment was unintentional, it ended up being an integral aspect of the interview process that allowed for greater comfortability and vulnerability in interviews. We believe that this aspect of shared identity amongst the researcher and students helped foster richness in the data and a deepened understanding of student experiences during analysis. The second author holds identities as a disabled white cisgender woman, tenure-track engineering professor, and engineering education researcher

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2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Saman Aria, West Texas A&M University; Sanjoy Bhattacharia, West Texas A&M University; Swastika S. Bithi, West Texas A&M University

witharduous challenges.[2] Furthermore, the inclusion of capstone projects has shown improvement inteamwork dynamics, the ability to develop leadership skills within an independently-leadproject.[3] Thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics are critical courses that are coveredin engineering degree programs. The theory and knowledge gained by students in each of thesecourses culminates in the thermo-fluid design capstone. This curriculum expects students to bringtheir combined aforementioned knowledge and technical skills to develop and produce a workingsystem as part of a team collaboration that meets the needs of their respective customers. Theimportance of such courses and projects is to introduce students to the environment that they

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Predecki; Albert Rosa; George Edwards

, and possibly a lecture or two on possible scenarios if the issue is not solved. At the end of the course the group papers are graded and returned to the group. A copy is kept on file to share with interested individuals.VI. ConclusionWe have shown that a popular, credible, yearlong course can be developed that helps to educatenon-technologists to make smart decisions regarding technology in their lives and careers. Theoverall course has been extremely successful in meeting its overarching goals. It has beenoffered continually for thirteen years and is scheduled for a fourteenth. It has survived two majortop to bottom revisions of the university’s Core curriculum and it is still viewed as instillingessential integrative

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

integrating ethics throughout our curriculum.] SulzerOrthopedics (later Centerpulse Orthopedics, later acquired by Zimmer Holdings) recalled 25,000of its Inter-Op® acetabular caps in December 2000 with approximately 17,500 having beenimplanted47. Later reports showed the scope of the problem to be more than 30,000 devices withmore than 20,000 implanted50. More than 2700 revision surgeries were needed as a result49-51 ofa manufacturing process error that occurred after Sulzer brought the process to manufacture thecups in-house. A mineral oil based lubricant had accidentally contaminated the machine coolantand the acetabular cups during CNC machining (subsequent cleaning operations did not detectthe contamination). The mineral oil on the cup prevented

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Osterberg, University of Portland; Aziz Inan, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-2517: CALCULATION OF THE GENERAL IMPEDANCE BETWEENADJACENT NODES OF INFINITE UNIFORM N-DIMENSIONAL RESISTIVE,INDUCTIVE, OR CAPACITIVE LATTICESPeter Osterberg, University of Portland Dr. Osterberg is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering at the University of Portland (Portland, OR). He has been on the faculty since 1996. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1995. Between 1978 and 1991, Dr. Osterberg worked for Texas Instruments, GTE and Digital Equipment Corporation. His research interests include MEMS, Nanoelectronics, Signals and Systems, and Analog and Digital VLSI Integrated Circuits.Aziz Inan, University

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oziel Rios, University of Texas, Dallas

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Mechanical Engineering

, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 2018.[4] Lin, C., Verma, A., "Clarifications of Rule 2 in Teaching Geometric Dimensioning andTolerancing," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii,2007.[5] Waldorf, D. J., Georgeou, T. M., "Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)Integration Throughout a Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum," Proceedings of the ASEEAnnual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016.[6] Paige, M. A., Fu, K., "Spatial Demonstration Tools for Teaching Geometric Dimensioningand Tolerancing (GD&T) to First-Year Undergraduate Engineering Students," Proceedings ofthe ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017.[7] Sriraman, V., De Leon, J., "Teaching

Conference Session

Teamwork: Priming, Empathy, and Metacognition

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathalie Al Kakoun, Swansea University; Frederic Boy, Swansea University; Catherine Groves; Patricia Xavier, Swansea University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

changes to requirements of accreditation [19] andprofessional formation development [20].Giacomin [16] citing Von Hippel [21], discusses the economic benefits of human-centreddesigning, however, Niles et al. [22], [23], have found that engineering students seem tostruggle with and resist social context and engagement with public welfare concerns andsocial consciousness in engineering– which are factors relevant to their engagement withhuman-centred designing.This paper stands with these ongoing calls for the engagement and integration of such notionsin a civil engineering curriculum, and so we propose a psychology-informed approach. Thisis to facilitate these integrations, but with the intention of bypassing the possible resistance –by

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; Ardie Walser; Barbara Bogue

campuses with a more diverse student population. Using the promotion of the ITOW workshop as a model we will examine whatone can do when trying to introduce a new idea (i.e. workshop, program, etc.) to anacademic body such as an engineering faculty. In this paper we describe the process ofimplementation of ITOW by facilitators on three different college campuses, the impacton those campuses, and document implementation problems and solutions. Two of thecampuses are majority institutions and the third is a minority institution. We will comparethe experiences of each of the facilitators and discuss the problems each campus faced inrunning a workshop of this nature and how these issues were resolved. The initialresponse to a workshop of this

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Specht; Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

consumption rate ( VDO2 , L O2/min) to the totalair flow rate ( VD , L/min), and molar oxygen compositions of the inspired and expired air ( yOin2and yOout2 ): VDO2 = VD in yOin2 − VD out yOout2 (1)An analogous component balance can be written for carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water.Nitrogen is known to be inert, so that the net rate of transfer with the body is zero. The gasexchange data ( V out , yOout2 , yCO out 2 ) are reported at BTPS (Body Temperature and Pressure,Saturated) conditions. Since the ambient temperature and humidity conditions are different, thematerial

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine L. Corum

growth 5. MET graduates in the SOT Graduate Program 6. Efficiency of MET Department operations 7. MET’s use of classroom technology 8. Statewide Technology issues 9. Alumni and industry relations 10. Integrate continuous improvement process into all areas of MET Department.Establishing a time line for continuous improvement initiatives. From Fall 1995 through Fall Page 5.288.21998, the continuous improvement committee maintained a planning calendar of the MechanicalEngineering Technology department’s continuous improvement projects. While it wasmaintained the calendar helped to focus attention on projects and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen Yoonhee Jung P.E., California Baptist University; Ziliang Zhou, California Baptist University; Liya Ni, California Baptist University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

to do STEMoutreach by giving presentations and demonstrations using an interactive humanoid robotthrough community events and school visits.A simple drag-and-drop graphical programming interface called Choregraphe that came with theNao robot made it possible for students without much programming experience to put togethersimple demonstrations. Over the years, different components like music, dance moves,impersonation, simple dialogues, storytelling, interactive games, etc. have been added to acollection of demonstrations which engaged the audients especially the school-aged-children.In the fall semesters of recent years, the Nao outreaches were integrated with the freshmen teamdesign projects conducted in another course: EGR101 Introduction

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2005 GSW

Authors

Jorge E. Navarro; Apolinar Zapata

, “Research as Guide for Curriculum Development: an Example from Introductory Electricity. Part 1: Investigation of Student Understanding,” Am. J. Phys., 60 (11), pp. 994-1013.5. Linder, C. J., Hillhouse, G., 1996, “Teaching by Conceptual Exploration,” Phys. Teach., 34, pp. 332-338.6. Laws, P. W., 1997, “Millikan Lecture 1996: Promoting Active Learning Based on Physics Education Research in Introductory Physics Courses,” Am. J. Phys. 65 (1), pp. 14-21. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education7. Thacker, B., Kim, E., Trefz, K., Lea, S. M., 1994, “Comparing

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Blair Rowley

from the students. The seniors’ response varied from dislike toenjoyment. The freshmen reported in increased interest in engineering due to the interaction withthe seniors.MethodologyThe overall goals for this teaming effort were: 1. Provide the seniors an opportunity to practice team leadership skills 2. Have seniors apply design tools learned in class to an actual problem 3. Meet the senior writing across the curriculum requirement through the project report 4. Provide the freshmen with upper classmen contact on a project 5. Expose freshmen to the design processAt week six the freshmen were introduced to their final project and divided into teams so thateach senior could be assigned as the team leader. The freshmen were