Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

education in general, and those of the Middle East and the Arab Gulf States, in particular Page 12.92.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Practitioner - Faculty Collaboration in Teaching Civil Engineering DesignAbstractTeaching civil engineering design through senior projects or capstone design courses, withindustry involvement and support, has increased in recent years. The general trend towardincreasing the design component in engineering curricula is part of an effort to better preparegraduates for engineering practice. While some design projects are still of the “made up

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sibel Uysal, Arizona State University; Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Curriculum and Instruction at Arizona State University. She earned her MA degree in Science Education at Arizona State University. Her BS degree is in Physics Education. Her principle research areas are inquiry-based learning and science and engineering education. She teaches an elementary science methods course for undergraduate students and is a research assistant on an NSF project.Dale Baker, Arizona State University Dale R. Baker is a Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Arizona State University and was the Co-Editor of The Journal of Research in Science Teaching. She teaches courses in science curricula, teaching and learning, and assessment

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold L. Stalford, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #10616Hands-On Method for Teaching Design of Mechanical Components CourseDr. Harold L. Stalford, University of Oklahoma Prof. Harold Stalford received M.S. (1966) and Ph.D.(1970) in Mechanical Engineering from the Uni- versity of California, Berkeley, California and B.S.(1965) from Oklahoma State University. After being on the faculties at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and at the Georgia Institute of technology, he served as the Director of the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 1995-2000 Director and continues on as Professor since 1995. Dr. Stalford has spent two

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl B. Schrader, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; William L. Hughes, Boise State University; Kotaro Sasaki, Boise State University; Teresa Cole, Boise State University, Computer Science Department; John N. Chiasson, Boise State University

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New Engineering Educators

to highlight successes within the department. Chairs are to rethink performance rewards18. c. The College-wide Spring Forum focused on teaching effectiveness. d. The College of Engineering Professor of the Year Award will highlight the integration of teaching and research.The COEN will also continue to work on making positive changes in the personnel and placecategories, which require long-term plans and a considerable amount of funding. Progress hasbeen made since the administration of this survey in acquiring new funding for generalengineering instructor, professional advisor, and GA positions. Renovations are underway toenhance existing research and teaching laboratories, and space requests and plans

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy R McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory; Craig G Rieger, Idaho National Laboratory; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; D. Subbaram Naidu P.E., Idaho State University; Lawrence H Beaty; John F. Gardner, Boise State University; Indrajit Ray, Colorado State University; Katya L Le Blanc, Idaho National Laboratory; Michael Guryan, Idaho Regional Optical Network, Inc.

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #12942Interdisciplinary Education through ”Edu-tainment”: Electric Grid ResilientControl Systems CourseMr. Timothy R McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory Timothy R. McJunkin is research engineer at Idaho National Laboratory in the Energy and Environment Science and Technology Division, since 1999. He is also a adjunct instructor at Idaho State Univer- sity, teaching control systems and resilient controls system. Prior to joining INL, he was a design engi- neer at Compaq Computer Corporation in Houston Texas. Mr McJunkin is the principal architect of the GridGame developed for the multiple university

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack, P.E., Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

William Murray, “A Take Home Laboratory to Support Teaching Electronics: Instructors Perspectives and Technical Revisions,” Journal on Teaching Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 15, 2015.[2] Massimo Ruo Roch, and Maurizio Martina, “VirtLAB: A Low-Cost Platform for Electronics Lab Experiments,” Sensors (Basel). 22(13):4840, Jun 2022.[3] Raul Onet, Marius Neag, Albert Fazakas, Paul Miresan, Gabriel Petrasuc, Iulian Sularea, Alessandro Battigelli, Michael Murray, and Martin Hill, “A Home Electronic Laboratory for Each Student - A Potential Paradigm Shift in Teaching Electronics,” 2022 International Semiconductor Conference (CAS), Poiana Brasov, Romania, 2022, pp. 141-147.[4] Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, Jesu Raj Pandya, Isaac

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghada M. Gad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Monica Palomo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Wen Cheng, P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

. PhD. Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS , May 2008. Dr. Palomo is currently a Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). In this position, Dr. Palomo is responsible for teaching courses such as Introduction to Civil Engineering; Hydraulics; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Groundwater Mechanics; Research Experience of Undergraduate Students; and Engineering Outreach Service Learning courses, among others. She is also a faculty advisor for the California Water Environment Association (CWEA), and Engineers Without Boarders (EWB) student chapters. Additionally, Dr. Palomo is the CE Water Analysis laboratory director and

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Samuel C. Lieber, P.E., New Jersey Institute of Technology; Mohsen Azizi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

. ● Renewable Energy education towards integration in traditional powering grids.These technical areas also allow one to discuss two delivery methods that use software and aphysical setup. Our Renewable Energy courses best emphasize the application of physical systems,while our Mechatronic courses best show the use of simulation software for SustainableEngineering Education.Mechatronic Education. Resources for SAET’s mechatronic laboratory were previouslycharacterized as physical training systems and software enabling process simulation [11].Regarding the sustainable engineering learning objectives, both choices provide excellentresources. However, the fundamental benefit of the software-based method is that it is bothaffordable and accessible to

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Olin College of Engineering; Usama El Shamy, P.E., Southern Methodist University; Binod Tiwari, University of Michigan; Anirban De, P.E., Manhattan College; Xenia Wirth; Kejun Wen, Jackson State University; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Beena Ajmera, Iowa State University; Scott Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles; Alison Rose Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania; Surya Sarat Chandra Congress; Anthony Tessari; Mehdi Omidvar; Ashly Cabas

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

suggested laboratory report assignment(sample prompt for report and model report available to instructors). In this section, we providea detailed “gameflow” description that depicts what happens in the game. 3Figure 1. Students playing GeoExplorer in the geotechnical engineering lab and at home.Gameplay. After registering on the website and starting up the VE, the gameplay involves fourkey stages: Driving (players need to drive to the correct location of where the CPT needs tohappen), Preparation (players need to take a number of steps that are essential before conductinga CPT (e.g., clean the cone, level the truck)), CPT (the actual CPT occurs, which

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

. Thisproject will provide the provide a visual, hands-on education that will provide students withexposure to complex parts and provide a foundation to improve their creativity in future projectdesigns.Mechanical dissection projects have been done several times and the product that has beendissected has ranged from simple children’s toys to more complex items such as engines [2, 3,4]. Commonly, the limiting factors to conducting a product dissection is the cost of the product,the laboratory/institute constrains on space and safety, and the handling of the waste once thedissection of the product has occurred [5,6]. Some of these issues can be addressed by obtainingsmall items that are meant to be assembled and disassembled multiple times. However

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Caratozzolo, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Luis Alberto Mejía-Manzano, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Rebeca Maria Garcia; Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Patricia Vázquez-Villegas, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Edgar Omar Lopez-Caudana; Jorge Membrillo-Hernández, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

application of sustainable platforms for the purification and detection of biomarkers. Has made research internships at the Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia and the Water Center for Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2018 she was Coordinator at the Writing Lab of the Institute for the Future of Education. She is the co-author of 29 ISI indexed scientific publications, 1 book, 2 book chapters, and co-inventor of 4 intellectual properties. She is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers. Her contributions in the field of sustainability have been in biotechnology, cereal sciences, energy efficiency; and active learning in education. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-4954Vianney Lara

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corinna Marie Fleischmann, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Brian Maggi, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Hudson V. Jackson, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Academy (CGA), the civil and environmental engineering faculty recognizedthe need to educate the future of our Service and have developed a Coastal Resiliency Coursethat incorporates climate science into engineering practice. Coastal Resiliency provides studentsan exposure to best practices in civil engineering, climate science, community planning andpolicy. At CGA, no one faculty member has expertise in these collective arenas however, as ateam, the combined knowledge of three faculty members, and several guest lecturers, has beenleveraged to annually teach a course that educates future Coast Guard Officers and civilengineers about the challenges ahead for coastal communities. What began as a team-taughtcourse has morphed into a successful

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L Solnosky, P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Gonzalez O'Halloran

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #37291Classroom Climate Analysis of Flipped Structural Classrooms with ActiveLearning: A Case StudyDr. Ryan L Solnosky, P.E., Pennsylvania State University Ryan Solnosky is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park. Dr. Solnosky has taught courses for Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Pre-Major Freshmen. He is the recipient of several teaching awards both within Penn State and Nationally. Ryan’s research centers on technology for teaching, capstones, and active learning in design classes.Thomas Gonzalez

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

approximationerrors in a multi-step problem. As shown in Figure 9, the correct answer from Excel calculationis listed as the first correct answer, while a few other correct answers with a few digits off arealso listed to be correct, to allow tolerance. Figure 8. Question Group setting on CanvasFigure 9. An example of answer matching on CanvasFor other LMS such as Moodle or Brightspace, they provide similar quiz types, and the ideapresented in this paper could be implemented similarly on other LMSs.Usage of Multi-Part Problems with Parameter Randomization in Course DesignGiven the author’s teaching assignment, the following courses have incorporated such multi-partproblems with parameter randomization from Fall 2019 to Fall 2022. • Circuit Analysis II

Conference Session

Online and Remote Teaching

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bhawana Bhatta, Youngstown State University; Ghassan Salim, Youngstown State University; Vamsi Borra, Youngstown State University; Frank X. Li, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

effectively optimized in terms of bench space and cost.II. The Laboratory Workstation The controls laboratory is equipped with 8 workstations. Each one comprises a combination of the following hardware and software tools: - PC with LabVIEW - NI myDAQ data acquisition device - myDevBoard prototype board with a motor powering circuit - DC gearmotor with encoder NI’s Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench (LabVIEW) is one of the most useful platforms that prove to be a suitable environment for system design and development, thereby standing as a reliable teaching tool in the applications of controls theory [6]. The NI myDAQ is a low-cost portable data acquisition

Conference Session

Teaching Methods in Mechancial Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blake M. Ashby P.E., Grand Valley State University; Wendy S. Reffeor, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and build projects in traditionally analytical courses in the Engineering Mechanics sequence. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using Stress Shielding in Hip Implants as a Case Study to Teach Loading of Composite BeamsAbstractA laboratory activity was developed in which the students modeled and analyzed the femoralportion of an artificial hip replacement as a composite beam. A historical challenge with artificialhip replacements has been that the stiffer artificial femoral component shields the surroundingbone from stresses during physiological activities. This phenomenon, known as “stressshielding,” results in bone resorption that can lead to implant failure

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Jephthah Rajarathinam, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Joshua E. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kristin M. Chochola, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

wonderful and talented people at SCD’s Assessment and Research Laboratory to conduct research that informs and evaluates our practice of teaching and learning human-centered design in formal and informal learning environments. My Research focuses on studying students’ collaborative problem solving processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in STEM classrooms.Dr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor and instructional laboratory manager in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Hyun Hannah Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Mattox Alan Beckman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lucas Anderson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Graduate Studies

, Dr. Johnson employs active learning, inquiry-based laboratory instruction, and any initiative that empowers students to do hands-on learning. Additional service interests include teaching and leadership training for grad- uate students, enhancing communication education for undergraduate engineering students, developing evidence-based design project team formation strategies, and improving engineering design curricula.Dr. Mattox Beckman Jr, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Mattox Beckman is a teaching assistant professor in the Computer Science department. He earned his doctorate from UIUC in 2003 under Sam Kamin, specializing in programming languages. He was a senior lecturer at the Illinois Institute of

Conference Session

Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary W. Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology/CINVESTAV

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #10272A Teaching Model for Teaching Deaf/Hard of-hearing and Hearing Studentswith Course Accessibility and Real World Product DesignMr. Gary W Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Gary Behm is an Assistant Professor of the Engineering Studies department and Director of the Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory at RIT/NTID. He is a deaf engineer who retired from IBM after serving for 30 years. He received his BS from RIT and his MS from Lehigh University. His last assignment with IBM was an Advanced Process Control project manager. He managed team members in delivering the next generation

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 14

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Neha Kardam, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

].Expectations for TAs:While research shows that TAs believe that content knowledge is the sole key to being aneffective teacher [14], students have a much different idea of what TAs should bring to the table.In a study of seven laboratory and lecture courses in environmental and water resourcesengineering, students were asked to rank what makes an effective TA from 17 categories ofintellectual excitement and interpersonal rapport developed by the American Society of CivilEngineers Body of Knowledge (ASCE-BOK) to describe effective teaching [22]. 21.3% ofstudents ranked fair grading practices as their first choice for what makes for an effective TAfollowed by explaining difficult concepts well (14.9%), coming to the classroom or laboratoryprepared (13.3

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Richard Weggel, Drexel University; James Mitchell, Drexel University; Charles N. Haas, Drexel University

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Civil Engineering

CAEE210 and the breadth of its content make the assignment ofappropriate teaching assistants difficult. The use of outside speakers also has its perils since lastminute changes in their schedules often overrides their appearance in class. Needless to say,contingency lectures and/or speakers should be available.The commitment of individual faculty in both CAEE201 and CAEE210 generally amounts totwo lectures and the oversight of a two-hour laboratory during one week of the 10-week term.The laboratory in CAEE201 is mostly computational in nature and is usually overseen by thefaculty member. The laboratory in CAEE210 is usually taught by a teaching assistant.One of the challenges is having faculty recognize that the sophomores in these courses lack

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Md. Mamunur Rashid; Mahbub Ahmed; Khalil Dajani; Jobaidur Rahman Khan; Haider Bhuiyan

engineering andProceedings of the 2013 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2mechanical engineering), engineering technology (civil and mechanical), computer sciencecourses as well as courses from other disciplines (i.e., Introduction to Arabic). The engineeringcourses include introductory and advanced undergraduate level, and graduate level – both lectureand laboratory based courses. The student satisfaction and teaching performance were measuredbased on the calculated SSE and SET indices.The necessary data were gathered from student evaluation forms from five different institutions.The name of institution, discipline, and list of courses are provided in Table

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Burcu Ozden, Pennsylvania State University; Andrei Blinkouski, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew A. Fury, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Kagan, Pennsylvania State University; John Majewicz, Pennsylvania State University; Laura McGhee, The Pennsylvania State University; Zafer Hatahet, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

course in their third semester.The EE 210 course, integrating both laboratory and lecture components, focuses on the essentialprinciples of electrical circuit analysis, electronic devices, amplifiers, and transient analysis inthe time domain. It introduces key circuit theories and analytical techniques. . Practical skills aredeveloped through hands-on circuit building and measurements, as well as the utilization ofcircuit simulation software. Moreover, the course teaches students to adeptly use variouselectrical testing instruments such as voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, and both digital andanalog oscilloscopes. EE 210 students are scheduled for 6 contact hours each week. Theprerequisite for this course is PHYS 212. Students have the option to

Conference Session

Research in Faculty Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development Constituency Committee

was participating in a group noted that he wanted to be aware of the various approachesinstructors were using even if he would not be likely to adopt them himself. Three instructorswere motivated by sharing their experiences and expertise to motivate others to adopt research-based practices. Two of the groups included graduate students who served as the primaryinstructors for either a lecture course or a laboratory. Nearly unanimously, graduate-studentparticipants described plans to pursue an academic career and cited participation in the teachingdevelopment group as a way to prepare for the teaching aspects of that career. Some graduate-student participants planned to pursue teaching-focused academic positions; others wereinterested in

Conference Session

Cybersecurity Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud K Quweider, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Liyu Zhang; Alexis Aaron De La Cruz

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #41414QCTaaS (Quality Cloud Teaching as a Service): An Immersive Frameworkfor Teaching Cloud Computing for Cybersecurity MajorsDr. Mahmoud K Quweider, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley M K Quweider is a Professor of Computer and Cybersecurity Sciences at the U. of Texas at UTRGV. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science (Multimedia and Imaging Specialty) and B.S. In Electrical Engineering, M.S. in Applied Mathematics, M.S. in Engineering Science, and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering all from the University of Toledo, Ohio. He also holds a Bachelor/Master of English and a Master of Business Administration

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Anderson; Mani Mina

Session 3632 A New Approach in Teaching Electromagnetism: How to Teach EM to All Levels from Freshman to Graduate and Advanced-Level Students Norman Anderson and Mani Mina Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State University1. Introduction1.1. Historical perspectiveJames Clerk Maxwell provided a unified field formulation of electromagnetism in 1873 with hisfamous “Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.”1 From the beginning he explained the field wasmade of a set of observed phenomena, fundamental concepts governing electromagnetism (EM),and

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rich Shiavi; Christopher Rowe

requires at least fundamentalknowledge of mathematical concepts in the usage of its functions. The use of MATLAB allowsconcepts to be reinforced from classroom learning directly to computer application. When theinstructional modality changed to an exclusively laboratory format, it further ensured theeffectiveness of teaching computing as a vehicle for developing engineering problem solvingskills. For example, the addition of the MATLAB Notebook feature enabled the integration ofthe powerful MATLAB environment with the widely popular word processing environment MS Page 9.719.3Word. The advantage of this integration was the ability for students to

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter W Malak, Marquette University; Mark L. Nagurka, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. Student testing was extremely valuable in identifyingactivities that needed improvement and items in the manual that needed revision . Based on theirfeedback, several changes were implemented to further promote discovery learning. Testing withformer students is highly encouraged for anyone developing new laboratory experiments. The revised experiments are being implemented with students in the “Design of MachineElements” course in the Spring 2014. Feedback from students and teaching assistants has con-firmed the value of the experiments in engaging students in the analysis and design of mechani-cal springs. Students became familiar with different types of springs, experimentally determinedparameters of springs, analyzed and designed springs

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

to reach steady-state. Page 10.170.13 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1 Farrell, Stephanie; Hesketh, Robert P.; “An Inductive Approach to Teaching Heat and Mass Transfer”,Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,2000.2 Felder, R.M.; Silverman, L.K.; “Learning and teaching Styles in Engineering Education,” EngineeringEducation 78(7) 674, 1988.3 Lennox, Barry; Brisk, Michael, “Network Process Control Laboratory”, Chem. Eng

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Andrew Richards, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

”Creating Your Online Presence: Developing Your E-Portfolio” and ”Teaching in the Laboratory” workshops for the College Teaching Workshop Series, and has presented College Teaching Workshop Series: Basics of Teaching and ”Presenting at Scientific Conferences” to Purdue University’s Women in Science. Page 25.1315.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Influence of a College Teaching Workshop Series on Teaching Assistant Perceptions of Preparedness and Self-EfficacyAbstractAt large, research-intensive institutions graduate students are often funded as teaching