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Conference Session
International Research Experiences
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lauren Michelle Hatfield, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Heather Elizabeth Lyne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)
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Diversity
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International
internationalresearch activities that might help them to be successful if presented with future opportunities.From the quantitative data, it also appears that participants may have identified areas ofweakness or research skills on which they needed to continue to work. For instance, participantsdecreased in their self-rating of their ability to create and deliver effective academicpresentations and ability to find and synthesize relevant sources for their research projects; thiscould possibly indicate that students originally overestimated their abilities and corrected theirestimation as they reflected on their actual research experiences.One particular finding deserves further exploration. When asked to rate whether their“Understanding of how cultural
Conference Session
Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alan R. Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University
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Engineering Leadership Development Division
approximately 650 B.S., 100M.S. and 20 Ph.D. degrees annually. These degree totals reflect the direction of the Board ofTrustees that BYU remain predominantly an undergraduate institution. About half of the B.S.graduates go on to graduate school at BYU or other schools around the country.Profile of 2015 Freshman ClassIn order to understand why the college elected to require leadership training for all students, it ishelpful to go into some detail regarding the profile of the freshman class. The average ACT scorefor incoming freshmen in Fall 2015 was 29.0 This represents approximately the 92nd percentilefor the exam. Thus, in terms of this criterion at least, the students have good academicpreparation. But perhaps just as significant, relative to
Conference Session
Learning Environments for Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech and Ateneo de Davao University; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Jennifer Doggett; Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Jaime L. Williams
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Mechanics
Paper ID #19122Student Perceptions of Learning Experiences in Large Mechanics Classes:An Analysis of Student Responses to Course Evaluation SurveysMs. Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech and Ateneo de Davao University Michelle Soledad is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Engineer- ing Education at Virginia Tech. Her research interests include faculty development and data-informed reflective practice. Ms. Soledad has degrees in Electrical Engineering (BS, ME) from the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) in Davao City, Philippines, where she continues to be a faculty member of the Electrical
Conference Session
Pre-college: Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers (1)
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Irvine; Gregory N. Washington, University of California, Irvine
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
15-311. Arlington, VA. Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/. Accessed April 1, 2016.7. Valencia, R. (2015). Students of Color and the Achievement Gap: Systemic Challenges, Systemic Transformations. New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.8. The STEM Connector, 2012-2013, Annual Report: “Where are the STEM Students” Executive Summary, pg.12. This number (8.65 million) does not reflect people in who are “self-employed” in STEM fields. If “self-employed” is included, the number of people employed in STEM fields in 2012 is 14.9 million, and is projected to reach 15.68 million by 2018.9. Jolly, E.J., Campbell, P.B., & Perlman, L. 2004. Engagement, Capacity and Continuity: A Trilogy for Student
Conference Session
Technology and Design in Engaging and Analyzing Ethics
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Mark Stephen LaCour Jr., Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Richard A. Burgess II, Texas Tech University
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Engineering Ethics
the importance of teaching ethics and promoting ethical reflection in a way that is both accessible and substantive. This is a challenge that Burgess is keenly interested in. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Philosophy and is currently a PhD student in Systems and Engineering Management program in the Texas Tech Industrial Engineering Department. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Developing Machine-Assisted Analysis of Engineering Students’ Ethics Course AssignmentsAbstractOur research concerns engineering ethics education. We were drawn to this topic by a recentpaper titled “Do Ethics Classes Teach Ethics?”, but more so by ABET criteria 3f
Conference Session
Action on Diversity - Engineering Workforce & Faculty Training
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kelly J Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity
, RBIS’s provide a useful example for the research team to reflect on how toimplement diversity and inclusion concepts into engineering education. The results of theBorrego et al. study suggest that knowledge of RBIS alone does not ensure effectiveimplementation14. The details and nuances regarding the context were a barrier to facultysuccessfully implementing a new pedagogy and achieving the anticipated student outcomes. Thissuggest that our research should gather data not only about faculty knowledge of diversity andinclusion concepts, but also explicate the details of translation and the role of context. Also,according Maruyuma and Morena15 faculty may feel prepared and comfortable to addressdiversity issue in the classroom but that does not
Conference Session
DEED Postcard Session 1
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephen T. Frezza, Gannon University
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Design in Engineering Education
another’s perspective and reflection 29. Thisdevelops solutions in an improvised fashion that, in retrospect, might appear inevitable tooutsiders. As learning scientist Keith Sawyer puts it, “when it’s over, it appears more predictablethan it actually was” 10 This is a common response to seeing a creative thought in action, whichSawyer calls script-think – presuming there was a script to follow when in fact, there was none.It is creative engineering work in möjligheter-finding that distinguishes for the developmentteam the difference between acceptable and unacceptable solutions, leaving the ‘script,’ if therewas one, to be the process of developing an acceptable solution.Teaching möjligheter findingDeveloping product möjligheter includes
Conference Session
Student Division Early Introduction to Engineering Technical Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Matthew Hoyin Jahnes, RPI Engineering Ambassadors; David Joseph Glowny, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Timothy Andrew Spafford, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Justin Lee Clough, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Wencen Wu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Anak Agung Julius, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Student
assumed to reflect statistics of thewhole population.Table 1Mean ±1 standard deviation for each statement calculated from both pre- and post-surveyresults for Berlin Junior/Senior High School. Statement Pre. All Pre. Male Pre. Female Post. All Post. Male Post. Female 1 3.4±1.3 3.7±1.4 3.2±1.3 4.1±1.2 4.2±1.2 4.1±1.2 2 3.4±1.3 3.9±1.2 3.1±1.3 4.1±1.1 4.3±1.0 4.0±1.1 3 3.0±1.4 2.9±1.6 3.1±1.4 3.4±1.4 3.3±1.6 3.6±1.3 4 3.6±1.3 3.8±1.2 3.6±1.3 3.9±1.3 4.0±1.3 3.9±1.3
Conference Session
International Educational Experiences (2)
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tom Lacksonen, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Scott Springer P.E., University of Wisconsin, Stout; Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout
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Diversity
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International
pro bono work, changing designs with input from communities, etc. Finally,some questions from the ethnocentrism scale developed by Neuliep and McCroskey26 wereincluded. This survey measures attitudes towards cultural differences and will be useful in seeingif students grow in their knowledge of and attitude towards the differences they encounter whendesigning engineering solutions in a different culture. Finally, basic demographic information(race/ethnicity, gender, etc.) was collected.Through the administration of the survey, students submitted responses to a set of promptsasking them to reflect on the curriculum and their perceptions of humanitarian engineering andhow those perceptions changed as a result of the curriculum. A total of 69
Conference Session
Learning from Industry
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Grace Panther, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Zachary Pirtle, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
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Educational Research and Methods
humor, it still marks an unusually directivestatement in the collegial atmosphere of the review. That said, one of the authors can attest from experience thatstrong statements and pointed conversation is not an infrequent event inside an engineering context.insulation levels, heat rejection mechanisms, thermally reflective surface coatings, and a thermalmodel that required hours of computation time per run. It can be easier to focus on specificquestions rather than to look holistically at the entire system. The question, “do you knowenough about the thermal conditions?” seems relatively simple in comparison. The amount oftime spent on this question suggests that even simplistic processes for addressing epistemologicalconcerns could
Conference Session
Diversity and Inclusion
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University ; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; Christina Paguyo, Colorado State University; Jeremy Clinton Schwartz, West Virginia University
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Diversity
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Educational Research and Methods
better when space andbandwidth exist for team members to reflect on how well they work together. A prerequisite forcollaborating productively is to purposefully design and facilitate a robust learning environmentwhere people recognize and work to decrease their own biases. While overt forms ofdiscrimination and bias exist, there are implicit forms of discrimination and bias as well. Tomediate implicit bias, for example, Project Implicit (2011) is a multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary initiative that uses research and practical tips to help people recognize where theyare subconsciously treating people differently and enacting discrimination. When educatorsorganize curricular and co-curricular experiences for students to reflect on their
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rajeev Darolia, University of Missouri; Cory Koedel, University of Missouri; Junpeng Yan, University of Missouri; Jean Felix Ndashimye, Univesity of Missouri-Columbia
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
. Degree reflects degree acquisition in sixyears. Graduation rate is overall graduation rate, regardless of major, for students in each subgroup.A greater proportion of male students (21%) major in engineering compared to female students(3%). Column 2 suggests that even though men enter engineering at higher rates than women, theymay also have relatively lower graduation rates in engineering. Only 12% of men and 2% ofwomen who graduate with bachelor’s degrees do so in engineering. The graduation rate for allmajors in column 3 lends some support to this. Men’s graduation rate of 56% is lower thanwomen’s graduation rate of 62%. These reported graduation rates, however, are for all studentsregardless of major. We examine more closely these trends in
Conference Session
Faculty Views of Ethics
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University; Madeline Polmear; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christopher Swan, Tufts University; Elizabeth Simon, Seattle University
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Engineering Ethics
almost uniformly taught asseparate from technical knowledge. These ideas were also accompanied by the theme pertainingto students generally receiving little exposure to ethical topics in their formal education. Twoexample quotes expressing these ideas were: “Our traditional engineering program tends to focus on technical design to the exclusion of sociocultural context. Awareness of the need to understand and reflect the needs and requirements of the client is growing, but still is infrequently taught in the classroom.” “I think many students graduate without placing a great deal of thought on these issues. Some are under the impression that material that does not require calculations is less
Conference Session
Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University
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Electrical and Computer
developed between the studentand their faculty advisor.Teaching is at the center of all activities at Seattle University. All faculty members care abouttheir students and make sure that students in their classes receive personal attention and are givenall what is needed to be successful. We pride ourselves in creating a challenging but supportivelearning environment. Long office hours or even an “open-door policy” are the standard in ourdepartment. All faculty members take students’ end-of-quarter feedback about their classes veryseriously. Everybody reflects on what they can do better when they teach the course again. Wediscuss course outcomes in our faculty meetings and adjust them if they do not reflect the needsof our constituents.Most of our
Conference Session
Pre-College: Engineering Undergraduates as Teachers
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ulan Dakeev, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Shah Alam P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
all thirty-eight students at the beginning and at the endof the workshop activity to collect pre-and post-data. The survey was prepared to reflect therelevant previous studies and to understand the workshop impact with respect to its goal andincluded a number of questions to indicate whether the activity improved student technical andskill learning (high school students), mentorship confidence (undergraduates), and ability toteach 3D modeling class independently (graduates). A total of 38 students participated in thestudy (22 males and 16 females). The participants indicated that none of the high school norundergraduate students were exposed to 3D printing previously, and only 1 high school studentwas familiar with 3D modeling concepts. At
Conference Session
New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Lawrence Technological University; Heidi Lynn Morano, Lawrence Technological University
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Diversity
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
designprocess, from opportunity identification to ideation to prototype testing, will reflect insights thatare both innovative and responsive to actual user needs and desires.​9 To initiate this user-centered, empathetic design approach, students engage in anaccessibility simulation exercise on the first day of class designed to foster greater understandingof the everyday experiences of people with disabilities. In this exercise, students break intogroups and engage in multiple simulation activities including: 1. Mobility impairment in which students ambulate using either a wheelchair or a walker, 2. Dexterity impairment in which students place braces on both hands that limit range of motion, 3. Vision impairment in which students
Conference Session
Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nisha Kondrath, Villanova University; Mark A. Jupina, Villanova University
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Electrical and Computer
simulations on theirown, whenever and wherever they wanted to do these. The students did like the portability ofthe myDAQ unit and were initially surprised by the number of features available in such a smallunit. A few students used the myDAQs to perform measurements in other courses. However,students’ comments for question 11 reflected the many issues that arose during the semester withthe myDAQs. Students felt that the NI myDAQ package was expensive (~$200), the softwarewas hard to install, the myDAQ was “buggy” and the measurement software crashed at times,and the myDAQ measurements were not always as reliable as the measurements performed withthe lab equipment. In the responses to question 12, a few students commented that they were ableto learn
Conference Session
Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Trevor Parrish, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University
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Diversity
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Energy Conversion and Conservation
. page to any appendices are included. adequate. is minimal. Summary or Conclusions Conclusions are well thought out, Generally, conclusions are Conclusions are inconsistent with Conclusions are inconsistent with data in report stated very well, and understandable consistent with data in report. data in report and reflect limited and reflect limited knowledge of report content. based on data presented. knowledge of report content.g.2. CPI #1: The student shall be able to present technical information in a logical manner and
Conference Session
Assessment and Liberal Education
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Mary Roth, Lafayette College
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Bloom’s Taxonomy Krupczak Proposed Remembering Survey Familiarity (knowing Understanding Focus content and context, understanding methods used) Applying Create/Apply Facility (applying, becoming comfortable) Analyzing Critique/Assess Fluency (critiquing, Evaluating Reflect appreciating
Conference Session
Encouraging Students to Think Critically
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Royce Woodrow Floyd P.E., The University of Oklahoma; Seamus F Freyne P.E., Mississippi State University
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New Engineering Educators
beam behavior. The survey givento the students after the late semester iteration asked the same basic questions with minorchanges in the wording to reflect the title of the assignment and the point in the semester it wasassigned. Results from the two key questions are shown in Figure 4 in comparison with resultsfrom the similar survey given at MSU. The two key questions for the second survey were:  Did you find building a beam using the knowledge gained in the class valuable to your learning experience?  Did HW 8 challenge you to think about wood beam behavior?All but two students either responded either “Agree” or “Strongly Agree” that the project addedvalue to the course or challenged them to think.The students at MSU were
Conference Session
ME Demonstrations and Laboratories
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cody McKenzie, Clemson University; Todd Schweisinger, Clemson University; John R. Wagner P.E., Clemson University
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Mechanical Engineering
(t) is the input force (N), (i.e., the swinging of the bell’s hammer), m is the mass (kg) ofthe device, and k (N/m) is the stiffness of the material. The variable x denotes the displacement.The natural frequency, in Hz, may be defined as (3)In Abaqus, a range of frequencies were selected as bounds which started at 300 Hz and ended at500Hz. The result equates to 371.21Hz, so the natural frequency happens at 371.21Hz. Incomparison, the FFT value of 360 Hz reflects 3% difference. Likely this difference is due tomodel simplifications for the bell which does not fully reflect complete geometry, noise in datacollection, etc. Figure 8: Solidworks
Conference Session
EET Papers 1
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Samy El-Tawab, James Madison University
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Engineering Technology
scenarios with low mobility. For stationary scenarios the positions of the transmitter andthe receiver are fixed and students can experiment with power attenuation measurements in orderto validate the appropriate wireless channel model. The experiment involves the following mainsteps, which allow the students to learn about the multipath propagation associated with wirelesschannels.  With transmitter and receiver at close distance, the line of sight (LOS) path between transmitter and receiver corresponds to the dominant and the range equation is applicable for propagation modeling.  Placing the transmitter and receiver further apart in an average size lab room, propagation modeling should include also reflections
Conference Session
COED: EE Topics
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicholas F Polys, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Tech
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Computers in Education
observed were most certainlysignificant themselves as shown by the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test. As stated before, thequizzes were structured similarly to one another, but did not necessarily cover exactly the sameproblem topics or types in each of the three iterations. It is therefore possible that concepts moreeffectively learned in the classroom were more salient in Quiz 2 than either of the other twoquizzes.Additionally, the Wilcoxon test decisively shows that the quiz performance differences forstudents that received the intervention did not approach a point that was significant for Quizzes 1and 3, and there were several more cases where students did worse overall than better on theQuiz 3. This is also reflected in the general means for quiz
Conference Session
First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Benjamin B. Wheatley, Colarado State University; Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue, Colorado State University; Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University
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First-Year Programs
lecture. These laboratories of nomore than fifteen students were delivered by Learning Assistants, which were upper-levelundergraduate peer educators. To evaluate proficiency, a MATLAB post-test was delivered tostudents who were instructed through lecture only (“Lecture”) and those who were instructedwith the above changes (“Active”). A survey was also provided upon completion of the course tothe Active group for student reflection on their perceived software capability and the usefulnessof approaches. Post-test results suggest that the Active group was more proficient in MATLABthan the Lecture group. Survey results suggest that the Active group recognize they had notachieved expert use of the software but that they were likely to use it
Conference Session
Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Best of DELOS
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Malia L. Kawamura, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Andrew G. Alleyne, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Erick Sutanto
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
system response to step inputs Reflect problems and situations students may N – realistic to apply PI control to a encounter in real life chemical process24,25, but entire lab does not revolve around a real life situation Be enjoyable, interactive, and promote active Y – hands on visual lab exercises and learning control design in simulation both provide interactive experiences Appeal to different types of learning styles Y – visual, kinesthetic, and read/write
Conference Session
MET Papers 1
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Cynthia Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Nan Yao, Beihang University
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Diversity
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Engineering Technology
approach mimics industry/job environment where students will have limitedtime to solve problems but still more than just one hour typically allowed in academia. Inaddition, additional stress induced by the presence of instructor is eliminated and reflects workenvironment in industry, as one would expect in most cases that supervisors would not bemonitoring employees as they solve problems. Although there may be occasions where studentswould have to solve problems quickly, one would not expect that to be applicable to cases whichwould require lengthy calculations which would be common for design problems involvingsystems dynamics.The students are asked to sign University Honors Code at the beginning of the semester. If thestudents do not sign the
Conference Session
Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University
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Diversity
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Multidisciplinary Engineering
defining sustainability or answering objective questions (e.g., multiple choice).Assessments of design skills capture higher-order cognitive processes which may require bothconceptual and procedural knowledge; for example, students applying sustainable design to theircapstone projects. Assessments of beliefs, attitudes, or interests reflect self-knowledge and aremore indicative of motivation to perform sustainable design or act sustainably, rather than ademonstrated ability to do so.Accordingly, the research questions guiding this review were:1. What tools are available for assessing students’ (a) conceptual knowledge, (b) design skills or application of knowledge, and/or (c) beliefs/attitudes/interests related to sustainability?2. Which fields
Conference Session
Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ming Li, Tsinghua University
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Multidisciplinary Engineering
withABET accreditation and evaluation mechanism of teaching and learning to facilitate dailymanagement.Keywords: quality assurance, engineering education, ABET, accreditation, EC2000,continuous quality improvement1. IntroductionIn the United States, ABET, Inc. has been recognized as the unique authorized accreditor ofpostsecondary degree-granting programs in engineering. For more than 80 years,accreditation has provided quality control for engineering education in the United States,seeking to assure that graduates of accredited programs are prepared for professional practice.By the 1980s, the accreditation criteria had become increasingly prescriptive, inhibitingdevelopment of innovative programs to reflect changing needs of practice. In 1996
Conference Session
Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park; Felicia James Onuma; Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park
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Diversity
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Minorities in Engineering
ExperiencesResults The study revealed distinct pathways between, and in some cases, even among native andnon-native students. While the majority of respondents were exposed to some level of rigor intheir respective curricula, the participants had diverse reflections about the rigor of the classesthat they took. Some participants also had more detailed remarks about a particular instructor orexperience that inspired an interest in STEM. This experience seemed to be more salient forsome respondents than the rigor of their science and mathematics courses. In this section, wepresent interviewees’ perceptions of and about their STEM-related classes. Participants’reflections are presented individually, beginning with the three native students: Ben, Carter
Conference Session
International Educational Experiences (2)
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Amy L. Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Fernando Del Carpio, Universidad ESAN; Nancy Matos P.E., Esan University
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Diversity
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International
definition wasextensive and was reflected in the summer bridge, FISE House, faculty mentoring over fouryears, the week spent with Habitat for Humanity, and the month-long Peru trip. The details ofthis initiative is explained below.International Educational Experience: PeruThe research to determine if the study abroad parameter is a significant factor in achieving high-percentage rates (> 90%) in graduation is limited [12, 25]. Surprisingly, this parameter is rarelyapplied to underrepresented students who are less likely to travel abroad [11, 12]. Most of thePathways Fellows who participated in this project had not traveled abroad before, and 8 out of 10indicated that funding was a critical determinant of whether they would have traveled or not