Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Ware; Charles F. Yokomoto

issues, writing, problem solving, and interpersonal communications.1. Introduction 1At the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, E. Dendy Sloan delivered an elegant address on the 2introduction of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to the engineering and technologyteaching community. He mentioned how Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers begandevelopment of the instrument in the early 1940s, based on the description of psychological 3types described by Swiss psychologist Carl G. Jung in 1921 and how a consortium of seven 4universities

Conference Session

Using technology in engineering ethics education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Shatha Jawad, National University; Phillip Zamora, National University; Elizabeth Niven, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

members are then expected to watch the recorded presentation and write a paragraph summarizing the content. This method promotes collaborative learning among students, encouraging them to grasp their solutions thoroughly to effectively communicate these solutions to their peers. These assignment formats have been successfully implemented in various courses, including Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Python, and other computing-related topics. • Answer questions related to diagrams in exams and quizzes. For example, the activation function is an important part of the design of every layer in the deep learning neural network and there are many of them, as shown in Figure 2. For instance, a sigmoid

Conference Session

Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard T. Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

might be all but one. In this method,students can also choose to work towards the grade they want in order to spend their timeelsewhere (Nilson, 2015). Another instructor might use a mix of traditional grading and pass/failgrading. For example, to earn an A in a course, a student may have to receive an average examscore of 80%. The instructor can also set bars for specific grade levels such as a C resulting fromfailing a peer evaluation. In all of these systems, missing one element on the overall gradechecklist results in a lower grade.As all elements become pass or fail, the specifications for an assignment must be made veryclear. Writing good specifications is a lot like writing good requirements for a project. Just likerequirements in

Conference Session

Student Success and Interactions

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Michael Sekatchev, University of British Columbia; John Graeme Dockrill, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Tagged Topics

Conference Submission, Diversity

pathology as a method of improving student’s knowledge andlearning. After randomly splitting a class of 62 students (32 experimental, 30 control), theexperimental group students were asked to write, answer, and explain 60 multiple choicequestions covering different topics over the length of the term (Shakurnia 2018). Both groupscompleted identical multiple choice pre- and post-tests, and experimental students were surveyedon the question creation activity (Shakurnia 2018). The experimental group achieved on average10% higher grades on the post-test, but the students noted that question writing is unfamiliar andunpopular as a learning strategy (Shakurnia 2018).Students in their second year studying general pathology were assigned to create 4

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Best Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan W. Valvano, University of Texas - Austin; Ramesh Yerraballi, University of Texas - Austin; Chad Fulton, University of Texas - Austin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

question rated the simulated labs as helpful or veryhelpful in the process of learning the material. 96% felt the real-board labs were helpful or veryhelpful. Notice that these students rate physical labs much higher than videos, animations, andreading materials.Figure 8. Measure of learning effectiveness differentiated by course content.In this survey we also asked about grading of software style using peer assessment. Table 2shows that this component has room for improvement. The peer assessment was completelyredone for the Spring 2016 class.Table 2. Post-course survey for the Spring 2015 deployment when asked “Peer assessment inLabs 10, 12, or 14 provided me additional insight on writing effective code”.Strongly disagree 3.7%Disagree

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

90 journal and peer-reviewed conference papers. His work has been presented in several international forums in Austria, USA, Venezuela, Japan, France, Mexico, and Argentina. Dr. Ayala has an average citation per year of all his published work of 33.25.Dr. Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University Dr. Otilia Popescu received the Engineering Diploma and M.S. degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, and the PhD degree from Rutgers University, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research interests are in the general areas of communication systems, control theory, and signal processing. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, Old Dominion

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Lora Mavrouli, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

minds.Project Operational/Business Plan: Appendix #1 shows the students assignment, which was tocreate a complete business plan for a start-up company planning to make the cookies for the icecream company using the template provided. A phased approached was used to create the finalreport with 2 intermediate assignments and 1 peer review before the groups had to turn in theirfinal report at the end of the 2 months. Assignment #1 (Green Report) was an outline of the business objectives and the key performance metrics the students would recommend for this company. This was due approximately 2 weeks after the cookie production lab. This section was completed after these topics were covered in class. About 45 minutes of class time was devoted to

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

contained in the CCSSO report8: active learning, coherence, contentfocus, duration, and collective participation and a capstone session which provided the teachersthe opportunity to use their acquired skills and knowledge in a new application. Teachersattended an initial two week summer workshop and a one week summer workshop the followingsummer. Academic year follow-up included one day workshops and in-class support byuniversity faculty, staff and graduate students to work with and mentor teachers during theimplementation process in the classroom and program assessment. In addition, an electronic,peer-learning community was established, for communications among teachers and universitypersonnel, and for online professional development

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Brett Blackman, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

execution of theirprojects, subject to instructor approval. Students thus have an opportunity to engage inexperimental design at a level that prepares them for the upcoming Capstone projects thefollowing year.Course AssessmentAssessment of the course after each module was conducted using oral and writtencommunication from the students. Course evaluations were collated at the end of each semester,and individual exit interviews and anonymous surveys were conducted for two graduatingclasses. Students complete peer evaluations each semester regarding the performance of theirfellow group members in the lab and in writing the reports. Summative assessment of studentlearning consisted of pre-lab quizzes each week, laboratory reports for each module, one

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

 Encouraging faculty  Engineer-to engineer peer  Senior faculty  Promotion/Career service at funding mentoring;  Non-tenure- development agencies (name of  Funding/publications/ service/ track faculty  Service positions) teaching  Emphasis in  Work/life balance  Proposal writing for  Retention, Promotion, Tenure diversity  Team building government (NSF, NIH,  Cross disciplinary collaborative (incudes  Collaborative & DoD, DOE, AFSOR) research; women and professional and industry funding  Building community

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Using Video, Games, and More in the First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Anastasio, University of Connecticut; Malgorzata Chwatko, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Jeffrey Ryan McCutcheon

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

consistency of grades, each grader is responsible for grading the same section for eachdeliverable for the entire semester. With this system in place, two instructors and two teachingassistants are able to grade deliverables for nineteen student companies in an afternoon. In orderto assure that students gain experience writing a variety of sections and graders, students are notallowed to write the same section for two consecutive deliverables. More importantly, thissystem actively encourages students to communicate the strengths and weaknesses of sectionsthey have already written to their teammates, enabling an atmosphere where students can teachtheir peers and reinforcing what they have learned. This communication is essential as it helpsall

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

students all agreed that being given the opportunity to create and write in this forumgave them a serious leg up on other peer co-workers who had not had this opportunity at theirown schools. One such comment came from a former student, who had made an unannouncedclassroom visit, stated the following to the students in that particular class. “……….I must admit that I was pretty upset over the prospect of writing weekly reports that were 40 to 60 pages long. I now realize that if it were not for that practice, I would really be behind the eight ball in my current job. A good deal of what I do requires communications with others, co-workers, outside

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lighting Talk Session 1: COVID-19 Focus

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg; Kathryn Fernández, George Mason University; Julie Shank, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

member shared that the online environment made it more difficult forstudents to engage socially and that they were less willing to take risks.Communicating written math in an online environment was another major challenge, particularlyin a course in which that kind of communication was central to its design. The majority ofstudents did not have the ability to write math symbols easily. One GTA noted that students werediscouraged by the inability to write freely and that their enthusiasm for group work was lost.Students’ struggles with online communication were perceived to have had a significant impacton group work. As one GTA said, “Group work doesn’t work if they don’t talk to each other.”One faculty observed that group leaders didn’t emerge

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

traditional lecturing with assigned homework andquizzes, with the lab section of the course being the time for modeling projects and the seniordesign project.Learning DesignThe final learning design was developed based on modeling-based learning. The development ofa four-phase process from these frameworks has previously been reported on [citation blindedfor peer review]. The four phases of the modeling process that students used during theirmodeling activities were: (1) planning the model, (2) building the model, (3) evaluating themodel, and (4) reflecting on the model. Table 1 below overviews the tasks that students didduring each phase of the modeling process.Table 1. Overview of learning design for the modeling projects during the course. Phase

Conference Session

CoNECD Session: Day 3 - Slot 3 -- Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Brandi P. Jones, University of Southern California; Helen Choi, University of Southern California; Cheyenne Gaima

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Choi, University of Southern California Helen Choi is a Lecturer at Engineering Writing Program at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. She teaches Advanced Writing and Communication for Engineers and is the Co-Chair of the USC Academic Senate Campus Climate Committee. She is a former corporate attorney, licensed to practice in New York and California.Cheyenne Gaima American c Society for Engineering Education, 202112With the research about the roles of affirmation and storytelling inSTEM success and community-building in mind, we created Re-Engineering Engineering Education (RE3) program in whichundergraduate engineering students are hired and trained to

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Dilpreet S. Bajwa; Sreekala G. Bajwa

of 3-4 students. Grading is based on the teamworkaccomplishment, project planning and execution, system design, best solution to a problem,budget preparation, prototype development and demonstration and finally report writing andpresentation of their work to the peers. The CSP problems assigned to the students are smallindustry sponsored projects, new design project, or faculty research projects. At North DakotaState University (NDSU), Department of Mechanical Engineering, ME 461/462 courses offersenior design project experience. In the first semester students focus on project planning, systemdesign and budget planning. System design component is aimed at developing critical thinking,understanding the constraints and identifying the best

Conference Session

Research in Faculty Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Markeya S. Peteranetz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

their participation in the program would supporttheir current or future teaching and overall growth as a teacher. Students must also submit arecommendation letter from their adviser.The program consists of five main activities. First, students complete a 3-credit STEM Teachingcourse that focuses on evidence-based course design and instructional practices (fall semester).Second, students participate in the Peer Observation of Classroom Activities program byconducting 4 engineering classroom observations along with other graduate students and afaculty member (both semesters). Observers receive training on and use the ClassroomObservation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM (COPUS). Third, students write and receivefeedback on a teaching philosophy

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Decker, University at Buffalo; Monica M. McGill, Knox College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

://www.csedresearch.org houses three significant works: 1) a repository ofpeer-reviewed research articles on pre-college computing activities; 2) a repository of evaluationinstruments that can be used for assessing effectiveness of interventions at many levels; and 3)guides tailored to computing education for new researchers to design studies, write researchquestions, and report results. To keep this website current and driven by the needs of thecommunity, we have also provided a review mechanism for researchers and others to submitarticles and evaluation instruments for inclusion into the repository.For the repository of the peer-reviewed articles on pre-college educational activities, the focusgroup really stressed the theme of the quality of educational

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajeswari Sundararajan; Bradley Rogers

way to the advancementof fuel cell technology. To meet this goal, the course includes specific sections on theory, practice, oralpresentations, report writing, and group projects. Consequently, coupled with the relevance of the technology, thiscourse essentially meets all aspects of ABET criterion 1, outcomes a through k.Fuel Cells – A Truly Interdisciplinary SubjectTeaching a fuel cell course is challenging because the field is truly interdisciplinary. For example, the load curveshown in Figure 1 illustrates that operating limitations are influenced by different phenomena depending on theoperating point. Consequently, improvements to the operating envelope requires a team of experts from severaldifferent fields. To address this challenge, at

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ward; Robert Martinazzi

significantly alter the delivery of thematerial presented in each book.8 A seminar approach similar what the students wouldencounter after graduation as they pursued their professional development was selectedas the teaching model for the “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”. 8Contrarily, peer teaching in which the students would actually prepare, rehearse andpresent selected material to their classmates was adopted for “Developing the LeaderWithin You.” 8A unique challenge presented itself when it was decided a term paper highlighting thecharacteristics and traits of effective leaders would also be a course requirement.Following the traditional method of researching a specific subject and producing a termpaper was deemed unacceptable. The

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

time and effort to draw figures and list given information on theblackboard while lecturing or solving problems. Sridhara teaches Dynamics at Middle TennesseeState University (MTSU) and spends a considerable amount of time in the class to solve problemsinteractively. In the last two years, we have been fortunate to get several new master classroomswith a computer and the Internet access at each student station. The versatile overhead projectorElmo at the master workstation has not only replaced the conventional unit but also allowsprojection of opaque and three-dimensional objects on the screen. The need for writing problemstatement and drawing figures and diagrams on the blackboard has been completely eliminatedwith the use of this projector

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael S. Pritchard; Edmund Tsang

result of a reflectivecomponent explicitly designed to foster learning and development. Reflection shouldinclude opportunities for participants to receive feedback from those persons beingserved, as well as from peers and program leaders” [1]. Page 5.544.2Moffat and Decker, in “Service-Learning Reflection for Engineering: A Faculty Guide”[6], state “engineering relies heavily upon linear, black-and-white thinking with littleroom for personal introspection and reflection.” Service learning “demands that studentsconsider the gray areas which inevitably arise when dealing with social issues andincorporate them into problem-solving.” Therefore, “Successful

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Snow; George Williams; Karen Williams

the travel to Brasil begins in late Novemberwhile Union is on break so students do not miss any required classes. The program hasthree parts: (1) a pre-seminar in the Fall term for introducing the Portuguese language andproviding background material on the culture and history of Brasil, (2) a three and one-half week visit to three Brasilian cities: Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, and Rio; and (3) a followup seminar in the Winter term for writing and orally presenting a research paper. Eachteam is expected to present their paper to the college community at the Union CollegeSteinmetz Symposium in the following Spring term.E. Brasil Mini-Term CalendarThe activities for the students include unscheduled time so that they can explore parts ofBrasil on their

Conference Session

K-12 Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Mansour Tahernezhadi, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

alternative energy. Participants become community leaders promotingalternative energy technology. Each participant will write an inquiry-based lesson plan in solar Page 25.1066.5and wind power technology after attending the ETI institute. Inquiry-based learning incorporatesinterdisciplinary study, critical thinking skills, and structured research considering the students asindividual learning styles to produce a student-centered instructional method. The lesson plansfocus students’ inquiry on questions that are challenging, debatable and difficult to solve, andstructure lessons so that students have opportunities to work with peers and apply

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 7

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

and Use Committee (IACUC), and grant writing and proposalpreparation. Additionally, a session on technology transfer is provided.A mid-term report is due after 4 weeks, and at the end of the program a presentation poster is tobe presented to the public, faculty, and fellow students, with a demonstration of the projectdesigned.The program has been successfully conducted in the summers of 2022 and 2023, with intentionsto proceed into summer 2024. The current year's participation data is encouraging, featuring 31undergraduate students, which constitutes 10% of the school's undergraduate body. Thedistribution across academic years includes 3 seniors, 8 juniors, 14 sophomores, and 6 freshmen.Fairfield University's summer research initiative

Conference Session

New Developments in Teaching Electromagnetics and Related Topics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeleine Andrawis, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. They must talkabout what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences and apply it to theirdaily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.” 1Active Learning (AL) is the process of engaging students in activities that require them to reflecton ideas and how they are using those ideas. Research in a variety of disciplines has identifiedthe effectiveness of active learning approaches in learner retention of content, improvedstudents’ attitudes and increased student achievement. Active Learning use in teaching and itsresearch-based outcomes are presented in this paper.The Electromagnetics course at South Dakota State University is a four-credit junior-level corecourse. It includes the toughest and most abstract

Conference Session

Survival Tips from the Trenches

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lantz, Trine University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

nation not down the hall. Don't look at what other people in your department (particularly ones that have been there for a while) had when they got tenure. Talk to peers at other similar institutions and see what their expectations for tenure and promotion are.4. Build collaborations within your department, your school and your discipline. It's easier to get people in your department and institution to support you when they know your work. You need others outside your institution to be familiar with your work to provide letters of support for tenure and promotion.5. Take on only meaningful service roles. Meaningful service roles for young faculty are things that will advance your career. Serve on the

Conference Session

Track 5: Technical Session 8: Interactive Session: Exploring Scripts of Whiteness in Engineering

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

R. Jamaal Downey; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

? 12● Ask for people’s definition of Whiteness. Write answers on whiteboard. Then provide some/all of the definition below: ○ Whiteness: A false ideal, historical mechanism of power, and privileged social position that benefits white people (DuBois, 1999); a social concept that has “historically stratified and partitioned the world according to skin color” (Leonardo, 2002, p. 32); a (dominating) worldview and discourse; a racial category and socially constructed identity supported by hegemonic and flexible material practices and institutions (Leonardo, 2004); an epistemology (DuBois, 1999; hooks, 1992; Mills,1997; Leonardo, 2009) characterized by

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Department of Mechanical Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824There are many things that a university must focus on when deciding on what to teach ourincoming and ongoing students. For engineering we hope that during their first years on campusstudents become acquainted with ethics, writing, speaking, and all the “soft skills” associatedwith the more liberal side of the institution. Many people do not realize that our students willsink or swim with their ability to function in a society that does not contain 100% engineers. Butthat is of little concern to many who simply say that controls, fluids, thermal sciences, and themany other engineering topics are the

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sara E. Wilson

focus fromoutcome to process was accomplished using in person grading where students were expected todescribe their code and any challenges they faced writing the code. Students were then askedquestions to help them reflect on their code and on their understanding of new concepts.Examination of midterm exam grades found a slight improve in scores with the implementation ofin person grading.KeywordsArtificial Intelligence, Assessment, ProgrammingIntroductionGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) has been the talk of the universities since the advent ofChatGPT in November 2022. The development of generative adversarial networks, transformers,and large language models in the last decade has allowed the creation of generative AI capable ofwriting