Conference Session

Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Eduardo Abril; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

approach to relating the theoretical knowledge taught in class withthe real-world experience. This way, it becomes easier for students to develop judgement in civilengineering, and therefore be successful in their practice [11]. The purpose of this study is to determine if and how the implementation of project-basedclasses with practical proposals such as the construction of a 3D scale model made with realmaterials could support students learning process. This teaching method is important because helpstudents to know how to develop with real materials in the professional field, besides, the paperargue the importance of practical experience, which leads them to also develop soft skills, materialhandling and constructability, planning of

Collection

2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

extension of a 50 minutelecture, but encompasses you fully. It should also give you a lot more sympathy for K-12teachers. The benefit of assistants and multiple eyes and hands in the classroom becomesapparent, though many teachers do have to fly solo.Lesson 2: You need to be flexible and adaptable with your lesson plan. What you think willengage won’t and what you think won’t will. This presents a real challenge if you feel you havea particular curriculum or content you must cover. The tyranny of content is something that isexperienced by engineering educators at all levels. The question of breadth and depth has beenmentioned before, but bears repeating.1 What of this will students really retain? What is theessential content knowledge? Some

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Gregory Lyman; Jeffrey Wilcox

for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 365377 – Advanced Robotics and Automation), students continued labs and experiments with theRARs, exploring gear ratios, work envelopes, and vector programming in MATLAB. In the thirdquarter (EET 477 – Industrial Robotics and Automation), labs and assignments involving theRARs transitioned to an industrial 6-axis Mitsubishi robotics trainer for students to gainexperience on a system similar to what they will eventually work on in industry. Figure 3visually demonstrates the original plan of the course sequences and robotics

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianna Morganti, Texas A&M University; Angie Dunn, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

1Preparing Engineering Graduate Students to Engage in Scholarly Communications Dianna E. B. Morganti Angie Dunn ASEE Annual Conference 2 Abstract The typical engineering degree plan has several important gaps when reviewed againstthe research lifecycle. These gaps are often filled in by students learning ad hoc, by overworkedfaculty over numerous mentoring sessions, or often by the engineering research librarians inworkshops and consultations. Purposeful incorporation of a curriculum that fills those gaps,though, can

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Pat Ackerman; Kathy Brockway; Raju Dandu; Pedro Leite; Jimmy Splichal

. Students thenlearned how to write a computer program to operate their robots.Weekly activities are noted below. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section Conference • Created a journal to record their projects’ planning, development, programming, and testing. • Created a set of PowerPoint slides containing their groups’ information and details about their project. This activity involved designing the presentation as well as editing text and adding digital pictures. • Introduced to the LEGO Mindstorms set. This introduction was intended to give students exposure to simple machines and the RCX programming language

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carl A. Erikson

several other faculty offer Science,Technology and World (STW) writing courses in “Exploring Electrical Technology” and“Appropriate Technology”. The FYS courses are limited to 18 students while the STW writingcourses are limited to 25. The Engineering major’s writing requirement is covered in twoseminar courses instead of one. Engineering Seminar I discusses various articles and readingsfrom two books culminating in the student’s essay, ”What is Good Engineering?”. Writingprinciples are reviewed and interventions in various phases of their essay are performed. InEngineering Seminar II, practical aspects such as job searching, resume writing, graduateschools, and financial planning are discussed with the course reviewing writing principles

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carol Shields

, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve.The teachers’ manuals include: • Background information for teachers. • Lesson plans with detailed instructions for teachers. • Duplication masters with student handouts and assessments.The two units described below were selected for use in the EOFNJ pilot study because they fitbest with the NJ Science and Technology Standards 5.1-5.4 (Science) 5 and 8.2 (Technology) 6.All pilot teachers completed both units including the pre and post assessments. • Water, Water, Everywhere (Environmental Engineering) The storybook is narrated by Salila, an Indian girl who lives near the Ganges River. This unit addresses the increasingly important issue of water quality through lessons that teach

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Martene Stanberry

point because theseindividuals can lead you to other great resources including other people, technology, usefultextbooks, and helpful online resources. Some of the online resources include: Paul’s OnlineNotes, Khan Academy, and Math Insight. All of these supports provide assistance and guidancewhen planning lessons, creating exams and assignments that are reasonable yet challenging forstudents, and deciding how to link classroom knowledge to application problems and studentresearch. Seeking advice from mentors, colleagues, and other experienced teachers helped metremendously during my first year. These individuals provided valuable information about bestteaching practices, useful textbook and online resources, and how to balance the various

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer; Kala Meah; James Moscola; Tristan Ericson

, participated in planning meetings, and attended design reviews of the bike rentalsystem. We and our business partners hope that the bike rental system will increase the numberof students frequenting downtown York and its businesses.In the first stage of this project, in the 2014-15 academic year, two teams of engineering studentsdeveloped their own independent designs. Each team had about ten mechanical, electrical, andcomputer engineering students. Faculty advisors from all three disciplines advised on theprojects. The initial phase of the project was conducted over two semesters. The design workwas completed in the first semester (summer 2014), and the construction and testing of twoprototypes was completed in the second semester (spring 2015

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard C. Simpson

ArtificialIntelligence. Additional modules are planned for this course and for a course on ProgrammingLanguage Concepts.ReferencesArlin, Marshall. "Time, equality, and mastery learning." Review of Educational Research 54.1(1984): 65-86.1 https://www.smartsparrow.com/2 https://www.knewton.com/

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr.; Kate Peterson

Uncovering Elementary Teachers’ Notions of Science and Engineering Design Practices Using Video Captured Instruction Dr. Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr. and Kate Peterson Arcadia University, Glenside, PennsylvaniaThe Next Generation Science Standards and the Framework for K-12 Science Education(National Research Council, 2012) ask elementary, middle, and high school teachers toincorporate science inquiry and engineering design practices into their lessons and instructions.These set of practices included asking questions (for science) and defining problems (forengineering), developing and using models, planning and carrying out investigations, analyzingand interpreting data, constructing

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Julie Wang

companies’ guidance and assistance, the “real-world” projects have providedstudents with many useful tools for future careers in the Engineering profession. These includethe following: • Development of a high quality product definition • The ability to create a highly effective business case • Delivering effective stage-gate presentations • Creating designs for verification and validation • Go through design reviews with customers and other Engineers • Creating effective instruction manuals • Understanding risk management • Effective project management with planning creating solid action plansThe two projects successfully completed in one semester with the preparation during the fall.The projects have enhanced student team

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Rafael D. Alvarez; Raga M. Bakhiet; Theresa M. Garcia; Angeline V. Yang

 Summer Team Internships ● Scholarships  StrengthsQuest assessment and analysis ● Regional STEM Competitions  Faculty Advisors ● San Diego Region Joint Planning ConferenceOne of the most significant activities is the summer team internship in leading science and engineeringfirms across San Diego county providing students with opportunities to increase their knowledge andto develop skills for academic and workplace success, and ultimately to become part of the region’seconomic development. The SPSD activities are designed to address three important educationalfactors:  Raising minority academic achievement in science and engineering  Providing necessary guidance

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Carl A. Erikson

several other faculty offer Science,Technology and World (STW) writing courses in “Exploring Electrical Technology” and“Appropriate Technology”. The FYS courses are limited to 18 students while the STW writingcourses are limited to 25. The Engineering major’s writing requirement is covered in twoseminar courses instead of one. Engineering Seminar I discusses various articles and readingsfrom two books culminating in the student’s essay, ”What is Good Engineering?”. Writingprinciples are reviewed and interventions in various phases of their essay are performed. InEngineering Seminar II, practical aspects such as job searching, resume writing, graduateschools, and financial planning are discussed with the course reviewing writing principles

Conference Session

Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine R. Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Brainstorming 0.625 Define constraints and specifications 0.75 Develop constraints and specifications 1.25 Concept evaluation 0.875 Sustainable design 1.875 Poster presentation -0.25 Career planning -0.125 Bioengineering 0.6875 Bioengineering as a profession -0.375The results of the assessment indicate that the students improved their understanding

Conference Session

Innovative Adult and Technology Enhanced Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin James Wainwright, BC Institute of Technology; Barbara Ellen Endicott-Popovsky, University of Washington, Information School; Sarah A. Rajala, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Endicott-Popovsky, Ph.D., is the Director for the Center of Information Assurance and Cyber- security at the University of Washington, designated by the NSA as a Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research. She holds a joint faculty appointment with the Infor- mation School and Masters in Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructure, following a 20-year industry career marked by executive and consulting positions in IT architecture and project management. Her research interests include enterprise-wide information systems security and compliance management, forensic-ready networks, the science of digital forensics and secure coding practices. Barbara earned her Ph.D. in Computer

Conference Session

CANCELLED: Industry Lead Interactive Session - Presented by Bentley Systems

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Martin Pflanz, Bentley Systems; Ed Wright, Bentley Systems

Tagged Topics

Bentley Systems - Industry Lead Interactive Session

colleague involvement in youth mentoring and volunteerism (eg. Big Brothers Big Sisters, Future City Competition, MATHCOUNTS)  The Student Learning Server, training on real-world industry application software  International partnerships created for global impact: Example: Bentley partnered with the Ethiopian Institute for Water in conjunction with a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut and several Ethiopian Universities through a USAID/Higher Education for Development (HED) planning grant to support the sustainable development and management of water and overcoming water distribution challenges in their drought-ravaged country. In summation, the key to a viable

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Steven Chingnam Goh, University of Southern Queensland

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

’ essentialelements for developing professional engineers. Other important areas were‘communication’, ‘business acumen’, ‘strategic planning’, and ‘financial management’.Adaptability and agility are also important areas citing recent changing business paradigm.This observation is well supported by the two recent IBM reports16,17 in that an adaptiveworkforce is required to respond to competitive and quickly shifting global markets, aprecursor for future organizational success. Creating an adaptable workforce requires morethan a series of HR programs, it starts with leadership and the ability to “crack the code” fortalent.Engineers will also have to face the complexity of managing four generations of workers,from baby boomers to Gen Z (born after 1995), plus

Conference Session

Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Abdel F. Isakovic, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research; Szu Szu F Ling, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research; Selwa Mokhtar Boularaoui, Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research; Sara Bashir Timraz; Mualla Kara

Tagged Topics

Student and Curriculum Development

. Halim and Abdel F. Isakovic (at KUSTAR). Major focus of her research is game-based learning and setup of novel experiments. She holds MSc degree in Chemistry from University Teknologi Malaysia.Miss Selwa Mokhtar Boularaoui, Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research Selwa Boularaoui, a senior in biomedical engineering at Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research, anticipating to graduate in December 2013. After graduation I am planning to enroll in graduate school in the US. In summer 2011, I was trained at Imperial College in London, UK to use motion tracking system to analyze human motion. In summer 2012 I did my internship at Siemens Healthcare in Erlangen, Germany where I was introduced

Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

.) Application – Motion 15. control of a robot system. Homework project – 16. Exam #43. Project Plan, Progress and Results Table 2 highlights a detailed plan for the undergraduate research experience linked toan introductory course on power electronics. During the second week of classes students Page 10.474.3were given access to a variety of power converters – printers, PC power supplies, PWMdrives, etc., from which to choose. Students were also encouraged to consider other Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Niewoehner

. Page 10.723.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition This material is declared a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the U.S. Professional T&E communities and their respective practices and disciplines have arisen as aconsequence of the costs associated with poorly performed test and evaluation: - Death or injury among test participants or spectators. - The cost of tests can run tens of thousands of dollars per hour. Careful and methodical planning is comparatively cheap and can thereby yield enormous value by optimizing T&E resources. - Schedule costs associated with damage or loss of test articles

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

, and become familiar with the Small MS4 General Permit and the town’sstormwater management plan. Presentations by Bloomfield’s Town Engineer and an engineerfrom the CT Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) helped the students betterunderstand the NPDES Phase II Rule. Page 10.967.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionThe civil engineering curriculum at the University of Hartford includes a required 4-credit WaterQuality Engineering course. Physical, chemical, and

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

Engineeringengineers and scientists how to plan and execute a persuasive argument trumped those concerns.By introducing the assignment late in the semester, we attempted to mitigate the erosion of theirobjective writing skills.Teaching these skills in an engineering course affected our instructional decisions. Proposalwriting in an introductory technical writing course is usually a standard part of the curriculum.The instructor has ample time to lecture on the topic and offer a number of opportunities forstudents to practice the form. In EG, the writing consultant has a limited amount of teachingtime. To address this fact, we decided to refine and simplify the assignment to allow us to get tothe fundamentals of teaching persuasive writing quickly.BackgroundEG

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Evans; Shekar Viswanathan

, engaging in collaborativecommunity service, and empowering its constituents to become responsible citizens in aninterdependent, pluralistic, global community. NU students earn their degrees in a uniqueone-class-per-month format, and attend classes at night so they can continue to move forwardin the workplace. Programs in this format can be completed faster than at a traditionaluniversity, albeit in an intense fashion. Each graduate course has 40.5 hours of class roomcontact. Students are allowed to take only one course at a time. Initially, the introduction of an Engineering Management program was planned for aclass room environment offering. Later, developers were asked to explore ways to expandoptions, particularly for those students who

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo; Margaret Bailey

with their Caucasian male peers atRIT. In response to the relatively low number of women enrolled in the Kate Gleason College ofEngineering, and the desire to improve their retention, an Internal Advisory Board formed inearly 2004 as part of RIT’s Women Engineering (WE@RIT) Center. Active members of thisboard consist of engineering faculty, administrators, and students from three different collegeswithin RIT. In its first year of existence, the WE@RIT Internal Advisory Board created andapproved a mission, supporting objectives, and an in-depth strategic plan. The group hasdeveloped a comprehensive plan aimed at improving retention of current women engineeringstudents. In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the WE@RIT program, with a

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in CET and MET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Kissoff

ofConstruction Graphics (CET-2030) into the program filled the void left by its quarter-systemcounterpart. This course was found not to fit into the curriculum when the University convertedto a semester-based system beginning with the 1997-1998 academic year. The suspension of thisclass offering came at a precipice in the history of civil construction document design andpreparation. During this time, changes in the way site and roadway plans were produced left theprevious offering’s methodology of presenting material in this course in need of a review andoverhaul. Industry standards were demanding computer-aided drafting (CAD) as thepresentation media of choice. Additionally, new software technology which had previously beenused by a handful of

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Fadi Deek; Howard Kimmel

programming activities are closely intertwined in theintroductory course on computing taken by all first year students at NJIT. In this course,each class is goal directed, as it is designed around a problem-solving experience thattakes into consideration the programming material covered in that session. Problem-solving heuristics and program development tasks are integrated and introduced as seriesof activities requiring specific knowledge and skills that must be acquired and masteredby the students. The problem solving and program development process, consisting of formulatingthe problem, planning the solution, designing the solution, translating the solution, testingthe solution, and delivering the solution, begins with the students, and the

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Luiz Gargione

that can contribute to the entrepreneurship education process. 4. Develop theory and practice related to the business planning proposals. 5. The Final Project is the most important activity of the program. All studentsinvolved in the program must develop a final project using the theory and practice acquireduring the program. 6. All the students involved in the program should develop the skills necessary forworking in groups and for the group. Working with different people and teamwork is arequirement of the program. 7. The Final Project is a teamwork activity. The end product o f the final project mustbe the result of different people working together following the same objectives. 8. Simulation will be used

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Descoteaux; Kevin Sutterer

others are elective courses. Classmakeup in these two types of design courses can be quite different, and this should influence thedesign of the course. Elective courses are generally populated by students genuinely interestedin the subject and more likely to pursue engineering practice in that subdiscipline. Since it is rarethat a single civil engineering subdiscipline is preferred by over 50% of the students in adepartment, it is likely the majority of the students in a required design class do not plan tospecialize in that subdiscipline. However, their own specialty will often require a goodunderstanding of how specialist civil engineers in the other subdiscipline do their job so they caneffectively interact with those other professionals. In

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Lachance; Allen Estes

. Depending on the size of the class or event, there is one PM and fourContractors for each A-E. Each group has different responsibilities but share the common goalof owner satisfaction. Architect-Engineer: 1. Responsible for the design and initial estimate of the structure for the owner. 2. Respond to any comments from the Project Managers review of the plans and specifications. Respond to any Request for Information (RFI) or Requests for Contract Modifications from the contractors. 3. Observe construction and respond to any construction claims. Project Manager: 1. Act as the owner’s representative. 2. Review the plans and specifications to ensure they meet owner’s intent