Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Rosa Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

, entrepreneurship, and modeling. She has served as an associate editor for the JEE and is currently associate editor for the AEE Journal.Rosa Goldstein , University of Pittsburgh Rosa Goldstein is an Undergraduate Industrial Engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Goldstein has been an active member of the University of Pittsburgh’s SHPE (Society of Hispanic Pro- fessional Engineers) chapter and currently holds the position as President. She recently studied abroad for a semester in Spain at Saint Louis University in Madrid. She will be starting her career this summer at Accenture and is hoping that her research experience this past year will reinforce her plans to attend graduate school in a few years

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis S. Nadelson, Boise State University; Patricia Pyke, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Joshua Pfiester, Boise State University; Mark A. Emmet, Boise State University

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Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

The Evergreen State University, a Secondary Teaching Certifi- cate from University of Puget Sound, an M. Ed. in Instructional Technology Leadership from Western Washington University and a Ph.D. (research-based, not theoretical) in Educational Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Patricia Pyke, Boise State University Patricia A. Pyke is the Director of the STEM Station at Boise State University. The STEM Station in a university-level initiative to build a STEM community where students and faculty are connected to the resources and support they need to achieve their individual goals in education, career, teaching and research. Her role as director for the STEM Station builds on previous work

Conference Session

Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa, Independent Consultant

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

importance of the human elementcombined with the quantitative element. My role as the interventionist seemed to be verified. The findings from the study support a similar study assessing students’ critical thinkingskill levels. Drouin (1992) discovered significant differences in overall critical thinking abilitybetween sophomores and seniors in engineering disciplines at Memphis State University.Students in their senior year scored higher in deductive reasoning and inference skills than thesophomores. Based on these findings, it can be assumed that students’ induction and inferenceskills will increase over time as they continue their academic careers in a higher educationinstitution. I discovered from my research study that students

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Walter F. Deal III, Old Dominion University; Lacides Agustin Osorio, Norfolk Ship Support Activity; Mathew Henderson, Tidewater Community College

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Engineering Technology

Graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1983, enlisted in the United States Navy, and in 1984 reported to basic training in San Diego, California. I had plans of completing my four-year enlistment and separating from the navy, but things did not work out that way, and I retired from the United States Navy in 2009 after more than twenty-five years of active service, and achieving the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer. Throughout my naval career I continued taking college courses with hopes of, one day, graduating with a bachelor’s degree. On my last tour of active duty, I was assigned to Mid Atlantic Regional Center, which was a shore duty for me, and I was able to complete my educational requirements for my

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Burks Fasse, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Benkeser, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

can only be reported in limited form herebecause of the short time since the first cohort’s participation (ending December 2010). Threeyears of CURE data collection and analysis cycles should provide meaningful evidence and arich understanding of the effects of the CURE program for promoting graduate school studies,increasing awareness of international aspects to a research career, and undergraduate researchersas a link between international labs. This will be reported in future publications.DiscussionCURE is designed around three goals. We wanted to provide undergraduate students with aninternational research experience that had the potential to: (1) offer a global perspective on research challenges and opportunities in the field of

Conference Session

Modeling and Problem-Solving

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Esteban Molina, Florida International University; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Educational Research and Methods

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald V. Richardson

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Anton Pintar

careers. I try to explainthis to them and to make their experience as smooth as possible. The fourth through sixthobjectives are intended to give the students their initial exposure to various aspects of the designprocess and to make the computer projects more interesting. Naturally, the process and theeconomics have to be somewhat simplified, especially for the sophomores. The last objective isintended to show the validity of the concepts presented in class and to develop the students’confidence in the theory and in the results from the software such that one reinforces the other.THE MASS BALANCE COURSEThe computer project in the sophomore mass balance course involves a chemical reactor withrecycle. The chemical reaction is usually one that has

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

corporations that were hiring poorlyprepared employees. The report raised the issue of whether employer-delivered workforcereadiness training was the most effective way to address the gap in skills of poorly preparedentrants in the workforce. The survey results analyzed were directed at three levels, highschool, two-year college, and four-year college. The survey results were obtained from 217participants (employer respondents), who commented on three types of training: workforcereadiness (remedial), job-specific, and career development training. The survey was intended toexplore the need for workforce readiness training among the three groups, any gaps in training inresponding employers, and whether such employer-delivered training was effective

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuba Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Ahmad Sleiti, University of Central Florida; Eileen Cashman, Humboldt State University; Peter Lehman, Humboldt State University; Richard Engel, Schatz Energy Research Center; Michael Mann, University of North Dakota; Hossein Salehfar, University of North Dakota

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

research and supervisory capacities within the Energy & Environmental Research Center between 1981 and 1999 when he joined the faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Mann was recognized as a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in 2009, the highest honor bestowed by UND. He is a NSF Career Award winner. Dr. Mann's principal areas of interest and expertise include performance issues in advanced energy systems firing coal and biomass; renewable and sustainable energy systems with a focus on integration of fuel cells with renewable resources through electrolysis; production of fuel and specialty chemicals from crop oils; and development of energy strategies coupling

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University; Marisa Orr, Clemson University

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Mechanics

Statics and Dynamics for Mechanical Engineers. Her research involves analysis of the effects of student-centered active learning in sophomore engineering courses, and investigation of the career motivations of women and men as they relate to engineering.Lisa Benson, Clemson University Page 15.757.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrated Dynamics and Statics for First Semester Sophomores in Mechanical EngineeringAbstractA modified SCALE-UP approach that emphasizes active learning, guided inquiry, and studentresponsibility has been described as applied to an

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

allthe team peer ratings is certainly more time-consuming for the instructor. Even the students whodislike working in teams understand the necessity of learning how to do so effectively for theirfuture careers. Some students, as predicted from their learning styles, also dislike active,cooperative work even if it does improve outcomes. Any instructor will certainly understand thechallenge of finding the appropriate mix of activities for all the students who take their courses ifthey consider the data from the ILS carefully. It is certainly challenging to find the bestcombination of activities for a large number of individual learners, each having their own uniqueneeds. The research literature tells us to use an approach that is most effective

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Xiaoyan Mu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #8935Practicing and Assessing Formal Systems Competencies in ECE Senior De-signDr. Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Simoni is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.Mr. William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences William D. Schindel is president of ICTT System Sciences, a systems engineering company, and devel- oper of the Systematica Methodology for model and pattern-based systems engineering. His 40-year engineering career began in mil/aero systems with IBM Federal Systems, Owego, NY, included ser- vice as a faculty member of

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K. Lape, Harvey Mudd College; Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College; Darryl H. Yong, Harvey Mudd College; Karl A. Haushalter, Harvey Mudd College; Rebecca Eddy, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.; Nancy Hankel, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.

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Educational Research and Methods

, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc. Dr. Eddy received her doctorate in Applied Cognitive Psychology and has spent her career focused on applying the principles of learning and cognition to evaluation of educational programs. Her work in- cludes published articles and client technical reports as President of Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc. and a faculty member at Claremont Graduate University (CGU). Work at Cobblestone focuses on advancing the numbers of underrepresented minority students in Science, Technology, Engi- neering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Dr. Eddy has conducted evaluation or applied research studies on numerous university projects including clients programs funded by the

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerard P. Lennon, Lehigh University; John B. Ochs, Lehigh University; Derick G. Brown P.E., Lehigh University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Joy Arbor, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

, the problem-solving techniques that are learned in one context can be generalized and applied to other contexts. Instructors can draw parallels between different types of problems and show how the problem-solving techniques can be applicable beyond a single class. This can be useful for those students who have less work experience as well as those who see their engineering degree as part of a career Page 24.1118.14 pathway into management, law, or other fields.VI. ConclusionThe students in this study were able to successfully connect the class with their co-op workassignments and other authentic experiences

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanmay Bhowmik, Mississippi State University; Nan Niu, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, the phrase‘current scenario’ in F6 could either mean a sudden change in the traffic condition aroundthe vehicle not yet detected by the FM traffic alert service, or a mechanical problem with thevehicle itself. Students need to be trained to identify and resolve such conflicts in an indepen-dent manner to be successful not only during their initial Software Engineering careers butalso throughout their professional lives. To that end, we designed this learning activity as anincremental, semester-long practice assignment.After clarifying different aspects of the application domain through a few initial meetingswith the clients, the students were given a lab assignment to create domain dictionaries12for the system. The students were divided into

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Conference Session

Student Beliefs, Motivation and Self Efficacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Stickel, University of Toronto; Siddarth Hari, University of Toronto; Qin Liu, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

-frequency wireless systems. He has a great interest in engineering education and the use of technology to advance the student learning experience. He has been honoured with three departmental teaching awards and was selected as a New Faculty Fellow at the 2008 Frontiers in Education Conference. In 2012, he was awarded the Early Career Teaching Award by the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering.Mr. Siddarth Hari, University of TorontoMs. Qin Liu, University of Toronto Ms. Qin Liu is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the program of Higher Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. Her research interests are learning outcomes assessment and outcomes-based education

Conference Session

The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

College and a Bronze Tablet graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering.Mr. William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences William D. Schindel is president of ICTT System Sciences, a systems engineering company, and devel- oper of the Systematica Methodology for model and pattern-based systems engineering. His 40-year engineering career began in mil/aero systems with IBM Federal Systems, Owego, NY, included ser- vice as a faculty member of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and founding of three commercial systems-based enterprises. He has consulted on improvement of engineering processes within automotive, medical/health care, manufacturing

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Pow, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RIT; María Helguera, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Pieri, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sadie Wolters; Michael Glynn Augspurger, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Briana A. Neuberger, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Victoria Scholl, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Bondi, Rochester Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

haspreviously used, it is important to evaluate its effectiveness. To do this, the department initiallyplanned to enlist the aid of external evaluators to conduct a formal assessment. Howeveranticipated funding to support this effort did not materialize, so a rigorous evaluation has not yetbeen performed. Additionally, the desire to draw any clear conclusions regarding itseffectiveness is also hampered by the small sample size. To date, only four cohorts – a total of84 students including those who are currently enrolled – have taken this class. And since thestudents from the first cohort have yet to graduate, the full impact of this pedagogy on theiracademic careers is just now being assessed. More data must be collected and a morecomprehensive

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Alexander C. Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Amy L. Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State University; Janice M. Margle P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Jill L. Lane, Clayton State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Senior Planning and Research Associate in the Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment at The Pennsylvania State University.Dr. Amy L Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Amy L. Freeman is Assistant Dean of Engineering Diversity at The Pennsylvania State University where she received the M.S. in Architectural Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Workforce Education. She is Co-PI on the NSF-sponsored Toys’n MORE grant and currently manages several retention programs targeting over 2500 women and underrepresented technical students at all levels of the academic and career development pipeline. She is also an executive member of the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Exit Surveys: The goal of the survey is to determine the impact of hands-on learning asstudents reflect on their academic experiences. Student input also reveals the expected value ofthese experiences in their professional careers as they have, typically, completed their job searchand have an understanding of the knowledge and skill sets that will employ in the near future.4.0 ComparisonThe three models of implementation of the hands-on activities can be compared against severalcriteria as shown in the table below. The model described in Section 2.1, Small In-ClassActivities in Lecture-Based Courses, is abbreviated as “Small In-Class Labs.” The modeldescribed in Section 2.2, Student-Owned Equipment in Lab Courses, is abbreviated as“Ubiquitous

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ann Marie Blasick, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

for Analysts of Undergraduate Careers, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Washington, D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998.8. Seymour, E., and Hewitt, N.M., Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1997.9. Espinosa, L. L., “Pipelines and Pathways: Women of Color in Undergraduate STEM Majors and the College Experiences that Contribute to Persistence,” Harvard Educational Review

Conference Session

First Year Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xingyu Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

. citizen or eligible non-citizen to 127 credit * No minimum amount of reinstated Pupils 3) Georgia residency hours hours per term required before 90 Educationally 4) GPA 3.0 (or an 80 average in * Grade of summer school hours (HOPE) college prep courses for students who may be used to meet began college career before 2007) renewal requirementsFlorida Bright Futures 1997 1) First-time bachelor’s degree 1) FAS: 110% 1) Enroll in at least 12 For Scholarships 2) U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen tuition up to

Conference Session

Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State NK; Janice M. Margle P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Jill L Lane, Clayton State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

at Pennsylvania State University where she received her Ph.D. in Workforce Education and her M.S. in Architectural Engineering. She is co-PI on the NSF-sponsored Toys’n MORE grant and currently manages several retention programs targeting over 2000 women and underrepresented technical students at all levels of the academic and career development pipeline. She is also an executive member of the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA) organization.Dr. Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State NK Dr. Javier Gomez-Calderon is a professor of mathematics and mathematics coordinator at Penn State-New Kensington. He is the author or co-author of 31 articles, four textbooks, four in-house

Conference Session

FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #7604Unlocking the Gate to Calculus Success: Pre-Calculus for Engineers - An As-sertive Approach to Readying Underprepared StudentsProf. Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder Tanya D. Ennis is the current Engineering GoldShirt Program Director at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She received her M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her career in the telecommunications industry included positions in software and systems