, increased concentration during lectures, and promote socialrelationships. While humor is not an end-all tool in teaching, it can be a valuableinclusion to promote a healthy learning environment.However, when used improperly humor can be detrimental, both to retention of materialand mental health. Understanding and acknowledging that students' life experiences,social background and/or cultural history can vary from those of the instructor can helpensure that attempts of humor are not degrading, offensive or excessive.This poster explores both the positive and negative effects of humor in the collegiateclassroom. This work investigates these concepts by first exploring prior studies inwhich undergraduate students shared their preferences of humor. To
Paper ID #35241CAOA Online Curriculum Project AbstractDr. George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis George D. Ricco is an assistant professor of engineering and first-year engineering coordinator at the University of Indianapolis. He focuses his work between teaching the first two years of introductory en- gineering and engineering design and research in student progression. Previously, he was a special title series assistant professor in electrical engineering at the University of Kentucky, and the KEEN Program Coordinator at Gonzaga University in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He completed his
Paper ID #35237Creating Effective Personalized Learning for STEM Skills: AnIntroduction to LON-CAPA for New UsersProf. Gene L. Harding, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) GENE L. HARDING is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University, where he has taught since 2003. He has three years of industrial experience with Agilent Technologies, 28 years of combined active and reserve service in the United States Air Force, holds an MSEE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and is a licensed professional engineer. American c
2021 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35233 Qualitative Analysis of college students’ perception of multiple representations and modalities in courses K. Vawani Z. Zhang L. Angrave H. Liu J. R. Amos* UIUC UIUC UIUC UIUC UIUC jamos@illinois.eduAmong all college students, students with disabilities are particularly at risk due to ahigh percentage of underreporting. We conducted a survey across several largecourses in engineering and computing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaignto identify course components that engage students
Automation) core unit, studentsdeveloped a robotic testing setup to provide credentialed inputs and capture outputs for twomodels of locks. Mechanically, the system will accommodate 4 locks, two each of the NDE™and LE™ locks, with the potential to scale to other Allegion products as needed. In Phase I ofthe project, students met with Allegion to identify their needs. These needs were translated intoengineering requirements, from which three design alternatives were generated in Phase II. InPhase III students began to prototype the automatic lock testing system, and run preliminary testsfor functionality. In the final phase, Phase IV, final tests were conducted to validate the designbefore sending to the client for use. In addition to the physical