Conference Session

Strategies to enhance student learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marybeth Lima P.E., Louisiana State University; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

references, and other materials used by localenvironmental consultants. The results were a series of design reports which were delivered tothe township (Christy et al., 2000).Senior capstone design course: International humanitarian engineering design projects. Atthe Ohio State University (OSU), the Department of Food, Agricultural and BiologicalEngineering expanded the senior capstone design experience to begin at the junior year and toinclude the option of international design projects. For three weeks during the summer betweentheir junior and senior years, teams of students would travel to South Africa to meet withcommunity groups and define design needs. The student teams then returned to the US andworked on year-long capstone design projects

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia; Yan-Fu Kuo, National Taiwan University; Ping-Lang Yen, National Taiwan University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

discussed and showed that collaboration is “doable and critical to success”. Baker-Doyle3 described how teachers (especially new ones) can develop their Intentional ProfessionalNetworks for support. Research by Stump et al.4 indicated that collaborative learning strategieshelped students increase their self-efficacy in learning course materials. In the area of roboticseducation, Ren et al.5 surveyed over twelve syllabi from different universities and suggested aproblem/project based approach to foster creativity and insight about robotics in students. Other Page 23.341.2researchers also concurred in this approach such as Cappelleri6 , Correll

Conference Session

Strategies to enhance student learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Josh Ramey, Colorado School of Mines; Judy Schoonmaker, Colorado School of Mines; Sarah M. Ryan, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

introductory biology course into an active learningexperience that resonates with a wide range of undergraduate students. Backward course designled to an innovative curriculum that (1) is based on biology’s big ideas, (2) has measurablelearning outcomes, and (3) encourages development of higher order thinking skills. Our studioclassroom design maximizes interactions; cantilevered workstations distributed throughout theroom encourage student-instructor and student-student interactions. Group discussions occur atwhiteboards as students solve problems, create concept maps, plan experiments and interpretexperimental data. Workstation computers and dual monitors support whole-class instruction aswell as student-led group explorations. The classroom design

Conference Session

Outreach, recruiting, and retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Raj Raman, Iowa State University; Amy L. Kaleita, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

Paper ID #18536Enhancing Student Success by Combining Pre-enrollment Risk Predictionwith Academic Analytics DataDr. D. Raj Raman, Iowa State University Raj Raman is Professor in the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) Department at Iowa State University, where he is also University Education Program Director and Testbed Champion for the NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC), Director of Graduate Education for the Interdepartmental Graduate Minor in Biorenewable Chemicals, and Education Programs Co-Leader for the USDA-AFRI project CenUSA Sustainable Production and Distribution of

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kim Cluff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jeyamkondan Subbiah P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

quizzes. The rationale was to become more efficientat grading consistency improving time management and reducing the amounts of hardcopymaterials. Student submissions are graded electronically with touch screen technologies.Graded materials are recorded, archived to an ABET Continuous Improvement and ProgramAssessment (CIPA) database, and returned to the students electronically by an email system.Student evidence is important for timely updates to course and curriculum outcomes matrices,one of the assessment methods recently published in the department’s CIPA manual. Timelyfeedback to students on their course performance is very important. Areas addressed include thetraditional engineering problem solving approach, along with computer solutions

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

lourdes gazca, American University, Puebla, Mexico; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, American University, Puebla, Mexico; Enrique Palou, American University, Puebla, Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

Page 22.207.6 two sections (1 and 2). Adapted from Gazca et al.3  In a pattern common to studied sections and sessions, the highest percentage was found inknowledge-centered activities, with a percentage of approximately 30% in the six groupsobserved. The Modeling and Laboratory sessions of both sections displayed their second-highestpercentages in community-centered activities. These results are logical if one considers that inthese two sessions most problems and projects are solved in teams and most of them are relatedto the real world. On the other hand, the Concepts sessions, which comprise the theoreticalportion of the EI-100 course, have their second-highest percentage in learner-centered

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josue Orellana, Washington State University; Fabiola Quiroa, Washington State University; Ala' Ibrahim Abu-Lail; Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

of the growth media.Module 3: Transport in saturated porous media This project aimed at allowing students to: (1) quantify the effects of different factors on thetransport of bacteria in saturated porous media and (2) quantify the strength of attachmentbetween bacteria and glass beads or sand under flow conditions. Prior to running the module,students were exposed to the principles of one-dimensional colloidal transport in class. In thelecture, the article titled “Clarification of Clean-Bed Filtration Models by Logan, B. E. et. al” 22was discussed. To run the module, students were divided into groups of three students each. Eachgroup was given time to get acquainted with the experimental setup. Students used that time tolearn how to