Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Christopher Michael Sales, Drexel University; Yaghoob Farnam, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

12engineering topic of self-healing infrastructure, explore contextually relevant knowledge,synthesize actual self-healing concrete samples, and synthesize online and offline findings topresent in front of a peer audience. They are also well-suited to project-based courses and“unconference” sessions that inculcate greater interaction and collaboration between participants.For instance, at the time of writing, Elsevier’s Engineering team has partnered with a series ofAiChE Regional Student Conferences to launch similar sessions having as many as 100participants, to provide a professional development experience around real industry corrosionmitigation and asset management challenges. The format is agnostic to the particular challengeor toolsets used and

Conference Session

Faculty Development Technical Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi M Sherick, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Constituent Committee

impacted their leadership development and careeradvancement. Through data collection and analysis, the researcher will identify emergentdevelopmental relationship functions specific to engineering faculty. Researcher field notesreveal anticipated findings such as the power of observation and the significance of rolemodeling experienced by the participants. The anticipated findings support new functionsidentified in previous research specific to the population of higher education leaders. Theimportance of peer relationships and the existence of multiple developers are also consistent withprevious findings. Results from this study will inform a mentoring model being developed bythe author which will help faculty focus on being intentional about

Conference Session

Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

large library of thermodynamics videos, suitable toact as “learning objects” for topic introduction or further study outside of class, enhanced studentengagement, student demonstration of the capacity to engage in lifelong learning. By the draftpaper due date, we will also be able to say whether or not it also resulted in a significant changein students’ thermodynamics concept inventory scores. In previous years of the study, simplywatching videos or generating a single video on a larger team did not improve student scoresover control.BackgroundPeer instruction has been shown to be a powerful tool for learning(1). The goal of this work wasto see if the benefits of peer instruction could be attained asynchronously via the medium ofvideo. In the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Dawn Wiggin, University of Washington; Jeremy Kingma, Washington State University; John B. Schneider, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Scott Winter, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

ElectricalEngineering, and six in Mechanical Engineering. All of these students should certify within theirmajor in the next year and have joined their peers as successful students in engineering.In this paper, we present an in-depth view of the program as well as evaluation results from thefirst two years of the program. We also showcase best practices and lessons learned in supportingat-risk students in engineering.STARS ProgramRecruitment and SelectionSTARS enrolls approximately 32 students from low socio-economic backgrounds each year ateach university. To qualify for the program, a student must be Pell Grant-eligible, graduate froma Washington high school with thirty percent or more of the students receiving free- or reduced-priced lunches, and express

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle E Jordan , Arizona State University; Tonatiuh Munguia-Villanueva, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Standards (NGSS)foregrounds the importance of collaboration in science and engineering practices by integratingcommunication as a fundamental criterion at all levels of K-12 education: “Engineers need to beable to express their ideas, orally and in writing, with the use of tables, graphs, drawings, ormodels and by engaging in extended discussions with peers.” 13 Such communication practicesare necessary for generating design solutions and for planning and carrying out collaborativeinvestigations.Previous studies indicate that young learners encounter communication challenges related totask, relational, and identity issues when collaborating on engineering design projects.14, 15 Otherresearch has identified effective scaffolding to support middle

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Jane Puccinelli, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Murphy, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Page 26.293.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Bringing Technology to the First Year Design Experience through the use of Electronic Design NotebooksIntroductionIncluding a coordinated curriculum that provides an atmosphere of collaboration and supportfrom peers with first-year engineering students has been shown to increase graduation rates andthe overall positive experience for students.1,2 Our freshman Introduction to Engineering designcourse strives to accomplish this in part by providing a collaborative real-world engineeringdesign experience that pushes students to work well together to accomplish a design goal. Manyof these first year engineering students take

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Michael E. Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Christian Kreiter MSc, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

apositive impact on the usage and utilisation of Online Laboratories. After developing the userinterfaces based on the mock-ups they had the chance to discuss with their peers from otherpartner schools and try the online labs developed by their colleagues. The project runs untilNovember 2016. At the time of writing we are in the process of carrying out tests and asurvey where the students will test labs developed by their peers. Results are expected to beavailable during the summer break.In general, we value this self-paced student activity as a kind of inquiry and project-basedlearning. Students showed high engagement with the project objectives and clealy enjoyedparticipating. They had additionally the opportunity to work together with other

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Clara Novoa, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

increasingstudent retention as a part of an NSF IUSE grant, Texas State STEM Rising Stars. One of thesestrategies is to introduce a new first-year course, “Introduction to Engineering & EngineeringTechnology,” that was designed to support student retention through exploration of relevantacademic and career issues, early contact with faculty as mentors, and development of a learningcommunity with peers in the major. A special challenge for developing this new Introduction toEngineering course is that the state legislature implemented a law2 that limits the number ofhours that can be required for a college degree. As a result, a new course cannot simply beadded to the existing curriculum of the university’s engineering and engineering technologydegrees

Conference Session

Active Learning Methods in Action

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Abney, East Carolina University; Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

demand for graduates who have hands-on experience with ERP software has increasedsignificantly [14]. More so, graduates who have completed ERP coursework have seen a nearly a$4,000 higher average salary than their peers who have no ERP experience [10]. This iscomparable to previous research that has shown career success regarding salaries and promotionsfor students related to performance on simulations [8].An effective set of simulations to develop student knowledge of business process and ERPsystems has been developed by the ERPsim Lab at HEC Montreal https://erpsim.hec.ca/en. TheERPsim Lab has a suite of business simulations using a live SAP ERP software environmentaccessed through the SAP University Alliance (UA). The SAP UA has over 3,200

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Melissa Zaczek, Rochester Institute of Technology; Cory Hoffman, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

failure mechanisms based on fracture surfaceanalysis, microstructural analysis, and a basic stress analysis of the incident that caused failure.Students are responsible for sectioning, hardness testing, metallographic sample prep, andbackground research on the component and/or material. All project deliverables, including thefinal summary report, consist of presentations made to their peers in lab.Feedback from students indicates that they find the project to be a valuable part of the course.The students make noticeable improvements in their presentation skills over the course of thequarter. In some cases, the in-lab presentations lead to discussions of different failure modes orloading scenarios among the students. Interviews with graduating

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

again demonstrate problemdefinition and resolution through case studies as well as their own project activities.To improve ethics instruction, two phases of assessment are implemented. Overall courseassessment is performed for all courses using a collective Peer Evaluation of CourseEffectiveness at the end of the semester. In addition, ethics-specific assessment is incorporatedinto the Program Outcome: ME graduates can judge appropriate professional and ethicalconduct. Program Outcomes are measured using several methods and are reviewed on an annualbasis.The integrated Professional Component structure provides a framework for building uponprevious coursework, assessing student progress, and adjusting course coverage based on priorassessments to

Conference Session

INT. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Partnerships, and Implementations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Courtney Thompson, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

International

. Page 23.574.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Experimental Vehicles Program Creates Lasting Partnerships with National and International IndustriesAbstractThe Experimental Vehicles Program (EVP) was created in 2004 as an umbrella program for fivedifferent undergraduate experimental vehicle design teams. These projects consist of the SolarVehicle, Moonbuggy, Baja SAE, Formula SAE, and Solar Boat. The goal of the EVP is to fosterundergraduate student development through the construction of experimental vehicles with theguidance of faculty mentors as well as partnerships with both national and international industryleaders.Students work in peer-led teams to annually

Conference Session

Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles C.Y. Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, CSUB STEM Affinity Group

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

responsibilities in Undergraduate Biology, Graduate Level Science Curriculum, Philosophy, and Issues; Elementary and Secondary Science Methods; Student Teacher Supervision, and Educational Tech- nology. Additional duties included grant writing, management, and evaluation; and university committees. RESEARCH INTERESTS: Include teaching and learning cognition skills, informal learning environ- ments and strategies, and curriculum design. Page 24.35.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Comprehensive Approach on Delivering Calculus to Engineering

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James V Green, University of Maryland, College Park; Alyssa E. Cohen Sherman, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

module. Thedeliverables included a (1) product pitch, (2) marketing plan, (3) visual prototype, test plan,customer feedback analysis, and functional prototype, (4) final presentation, (5) fundingproposal, and (6) peer evaluation. See Tables 1 and 2. Page 23.386.3Table 1. Schedule (Part 1 of 2)Topic Deliverable Description Grade %Module 1: Product PitchCourse overview Product Pitch Individually, or as a group of 2, develop a 2- 8%Strategic market page paper

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Wheeler

development.At the time of this writing, SPIRIT II is ready to launch. We are hopeful that a launchopportunity will be offered in early April. We present preliminary conclusions about the outcomeof that project and lessons learned from the manifold differences between these two efforts. Weresist the temptation to ascribe value judgments such as “success/failure”. Work on a programevaluation is ongoing. Rather, our purpose is to compare the two very different outcomes ofSPIRIT I and SPIRIT II. In addition, we present the current evolution of the characteristics andgoals of this unique program.Characteristics of a “SPIRIT Project”The SPIRIT projects are designed to provide a supportive environment1,2 for students todemonstrate newly acquired skills and to

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Enos Charles Inniss

the exercise was good from the experiential learningstandpoint, it was not properly exploited for all the information it could provide to both theindividual student and the class in general. Students should get more practice with the variousaspects of technical communication (both oral and written)1 and more feedback from theinstructor and from their peers on the success of those efforts. To this end, students were assignedthe task of producing fact sheets during various sections of the revised course. The firstassignment called for students to work in groups, to prepare both the fact sheet and the moreformal presentation of their findings on air pollution detection and/or control. A secondassignment called for them to individually produce a

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Pinkham; Cathryne Jordan; Lisa Peterson

capabilities,creativity, writing ability, and student interest in exploring engineering fields. Page 10.146.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Notification. All applicants are notified of their decision with either an acceptance orrejection letter. Those students who are accepted then go through another round of selectionwith the corporate partners and are placed as closely as possible to their stated interests. Program launch. The program begins with an initial orientation at each

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

training go hand inhand because students are required to manage “projects” that they must complete during thequarter. They are introduced to the concept of team roles, agendas, minutes, listening, decisionmaking, peer evaluation, and scheduling. In their sophomore year, students are given training inpeer evaluation that is reinforced in the junior year. In the junior year student laboratory groupsare required to complete open ended laboratory projects. These groups are responsible forscheduling their work and performing peer evaluations. During the senior Systems Designcourse, students are given more in depth training on team motivation and interaction. They areintroduced to scheduling concepts and are required to use Microsoft Project to complete

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Sudhir I. Mehta

Session 2268 Statics Concept Questions for Enhancing Learning Scott Danielson, Sudhir Mehta Arizona State University East / North Dakota State UniversityAbstractStudents in science, math, or engineering classes often focus on plugging numbers into equationsrather than understanding basic concepts. The book Peer Instruction by Eric Mazur (1997) helpsphysics teachers move students from juggling equations to actually thinking and learning theconcepts of physics by use of concept questions. However, Mazur’s methodology has not seenwidespread use in teaching statics. This paper reports the

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

” Appendix B Fall Semester 2001 CE 489: Senior Design, CME 413: Construction Capstone, & CME 489: Construction Design PEER EVALUATION OF GROUP MEMBERS Your Name: ______________________________ Group No. ______ Please write the name of all of your other group members (do not include yourself) and rate the degree to which each member fulfilled his/her responsibilities in completing the assigned tasks. The possible ratings are as follows: Excellent Consistently went above and beyond -- tutored teammates

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

thecollege’s server. The course instructors offered a tutorial on posting material on the Internet,in addition to unlimited help outside of class. The project in this course, however, wasInternet-based. Called Humanstruction, the project required each student to pick a subjectof interest within the framework of the course and write a research paper on that subject.Students had to post their projects on their respective web sites for peer and instructorevaluation. While the project could also include pictures, graphs, charts, or tables, it had tocontain at least 10 pages of text. In addition to the instructors’ evaluation, all assignmentsand the project were peer reviewed. Reports were required to emphasize the engineeringand historical aspects of the

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg; Sohail Anwar

developed for this project werederived from actual industry situations and reflected real-world concerns. Providing studentswith case experiences can be viewed as equipping future engineers/engineering technologistswith the tools they will need to effectively perform in industry.An engineering case is defined as an account of an engineering activity, event, or problemcontaining some of the background and complexities usually encountered by anengineer/engineering technologist. In his paper titled On Writing Engineering Cases published inthe Proceedings of ASEE National Conference on Engineering Case Studies, March 1979, GezaKardos explained the objectives and the content of engineering case studies as: The major objective of an Engineering

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Construction Eduction

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. Page 22.1450.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Does Watching Video Clips Affect Student Performance in a Construction Science Course at an Undergraduate Level?AbstractThe method of instruction in regular classrooms has traditionally been lectures, sometimes usinga chalk board for writing important concepts. This procedure essentially requires only short-termmemory acquisition and an organization that allows for efficient retrieval of the information.With the increase in class sizes, most teachers find it difficult to disseminate information andengage students in effective learning. The use of information and communication technologies isgradually becoming popular as vehicles of

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Anahita Pakzad, Michigan Technological University; Renee Oats, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

class, while others justneed a book in hand) and that online learning makes it easier for students to cheat and gethigher grades compared to students in a traditional classroom setting. Comparing onlygrades is not conclusive. Students and faculty tend to believe that even if both groupsearn the same grades, long term retention is going to be higher in the students who sit in aclassroom and interact with others. Page 22.642.6Q8. Does internet based learning help foster strong peer-to-peer relationships andcollaboration?In general, students and faculty were neutral on this subject. They all agreed thatrelationships depend the individual, and that it is

Conference Session

Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Thetimely feedback also allowed instructors to adjust and find a more effective teaching method.Lantz 15 highlighted the benefit of Clickers when students have to generate an answer withoutbeing judged by peers, therefore, promoting memory though "generation effect." Keller et al 4survey more than 10,000 students in 94 lecture sessions. They suggested the maximum Clickerbenefit could be achieved if 3-4 questions were given per quiz in practically every lecture (90-100%). Both students and instructors agreed that it would be best to let students discuss during aquiz to foster interaction and improve learning. Kay and LeSage 3 summarized benefits andchallenges of using Clickers in Table 1 in which numerous advantages of how Clickers change apassive

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Shamamy

with teammates who have a different work ethic than they do.3. Students learn that they must complete the assignment on time.4. Students learn that they must understand the work in the competency assignment in order for it to be helpful during the exam.5. Students prepare the Competency Assignment neatly because it will be judged by one of their peers.6. Students who are the managers learn to discuss problems analytically while they take the exam (the managers are usually the last ones to finish the exam).7. Students are more enthusiastic about the course.I. IntroductionThe traditional methods of engineering instruction at the university level typically involvelecturing, homework, quizzes and exams. Although commonly viewed as “not the

Conference Session

Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ratchaneekorn Thamvichai, Saint Cloud State University; Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, Virginia Tech; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Tamal Bose, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

(SDR) and cognitive radio (CR),human factors in CR, prepare students with basic technical knowledge and skills to conductthe CR-related research project. The research project is carried out in small teams withmentoring and support of tenured faculty, research faculty, and/or research staff. After the intensive two-week technical tutorial, each student team chose a CR-relatedtopic of their interest, conducted a literature search and review, and wrote a prospectus fortheir proposed research project. Each team worked directly with their research mentor andpresented work in progress to their peers and faculty team each week. Mentors in theprogram provided a breadth of experiences and scaffolding both for development of subjectknowledge and

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Shaw, University of Southern California; Minh Tuan La, University of Southern California; Richard Phillips; Erin B. Reilly, University of Southern California Annenberg Innovation Lab

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

developing PLAY!, an educational collaboration platform helping learners tap into broad interest based peer communities as well as exploring new forms of reading and writing through dynamic book prototypes. She most recently published her first digital book, Flows of Reading, to inspire educators to reflect on what can be considered as reading and what kinds of reading they perform in their everyday lives. She was Research Director for Project New Media Literacies at MIT and also has conducted classes as a Visiting Lecturer at MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Department and Harvard University’s Project Zero Summer Institute. Reilly is a graduate of Emerson College and has her Master of Fine Arts degree from Maine Media

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy L Miller, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

problem with regard to scholarship was the fear of failure. Many of the faculty feltthat they had nothing to offer or that they were not capable of writing and presenting atconferences. This was resolved by asking for assistance reviewing a few ASEE papers. Theperson asked to help was a peer leader and if this person bought in, then the mentor model couldbe utilized. After reviewing the papers, the response was, "I could do this." And, that is exactlywhat happened. Papers were written, accepted and published: individually and in small groups.After confidence was gained, more efforts were made and others were included. When newfaculty were hired one or two of the tenured faculty were assigned to assist new faculty withtheir start and before long

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

April Anne Kay, Dalton State College; Bradley Harris, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Stephanie Philipp, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Engineering Education, 2024 A Model Research Experience for Undergraduate Biology Labs Using MicroalgaeAbstractProblem Based Learning (PBL) or Course-embedded Undergraduate Research Experience(CURE) projects challenge students to problem solve using scientific literature and teamworkwhile investigating solutions to a real problem. Through scaffolding, students learn how toconduct peer-reviewed literature research, formulate research questions, co-design experiments,collaborate in groups, conduct experimental protocols, troubleshoot lab protocols, and reporttheir findings. This paper discusses a PBL/CURE project introduced to Microbiology students atDalton State College in Spring 2023. The project begins by