Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

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presented. In addition, a discussion of the results is presented coupled withthe post survey results from the students. Lastly, lessons learning from the projects along withrecommended future improvements are presented.IntroductionWith advances in technology and a heavier use of computers in industrial settings, it has beenobserved that programming is a necessary skill for all engineering majors to develop. Inaddition, to knowing the basic programming skills it is imperative that students graduate with theability to utilize programming tools to solve complex engineering problems.In the mechanical engineering curriculum, dynamics is a critical course that all students musttake and it focuses on the analysis of objects in motion when acted upon by

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Teresa L. Keeler, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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computer and electrical engineer has as much to contribute to car production as amechanical engineer. Any major engineering project requires engineers from differentdisciplines to work together and to understand the role and importance of each and everycontribution to make the project a success. Engineering education is following these professionalchanges and more and more interdisciplinary courses are being added to the engineering andengineering technology curriculum. However, a majority of these courses focus on one to twoengineering disciplines, and few courses are able to offer something to students from severaldifferent majors.Engineering Boundaries BlurringThe intellectual components of engineering must be connected holistically to avoid

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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Education. His research focuses on increasing diversity in STEM education and the STEM workforce. He has received multiple grants to run workforce development training programs as well as undergraduate research experience programs to train underrepresented minority and first-generation students. He is the Founding Director of NJIT’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as to prepare students for the rigors of mathematics. He is also involved in various engineering education initiatives focusing on the integration of novel technologies into the engineering classroom, and

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session 1 - Educator's Tools

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Toluwalase Opanuga, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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]. Likewise, through the use of course modulescovering topics on self-directed learning [9]-[10]; problem-based curricula [11]-[12];engineering projects [13]; journaling [14]; and reflective writing [15], instructors have monitoredand assessed changes in students’ SDL skills. These approaches were described in studies suchas Fellows et al. [3] that entailed a range of classroom and project activities designed accordingto the Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Model [16]. During the activities, students’SDL ability was assessed in Four stages - Dependent (stage 1), Involved, Interested, and Self-Directed (stage 4). Ulseth [17] explored the experiences of students taught using Problem-BasedLearning (PBL) to gain in-depth understanding of the

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session 2 - Educator's experience and perspective

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jessica R TerBush, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Holly M Golecki, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Katie Ansell, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; David Mussulman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan; Ilalee Harrison James, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Paper ID #42897Getting Started Teaching an Undergraduate Engineering LaboratoryDr. Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Rebecca M. Reck is a Teaching Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research includes alternative grading, entrepreneurial mindset, instructional laboratories, and equity-focused teaching. She teaches biomedical instrumentation, signal processing, and control systems. She earned a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, and a B.S

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Charles Riley, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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conductappropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to drawconclusions” [1]. These analyses, interpretations, and conclusions are usually communicated in alaboratory report.Unfortunately, most faculty have little training or instruction in how to develop effective labreport assignments nor how to instruct students on how to write laboratory reports. This isespecially problematic for new faculty who additionally have little or no experience designing,assigning, and grading laboratory reports. Some engineering programs, such as the Writing-Enriched Curriculum program at the University of Minnesota and Engineering CommunicationProgram at Cornell, offer resources to support engineering faculty in writing pedagogies [4, 5

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Singh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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overall resultshowed that providing self-assessment activities with feedback from mentors createdawareness for learning in students.Zarestky et al. [22] designed a qualitative study to uncover students' critical thinking andproblem-solving skills from their reflection and survey responses in a graduate-levelcomputing course. Thematic analysis of students' reflection writings indicated that reflectionassisted in the development of students' metacognitive awareness, self-regulated learningbehavior, and problem-solving and critical thinking skills.Jaiswal et al. [23] designed a sequential explanatory mixed-method study to investigatestudents' reflective process in undergraduate engineering courses. Three open-endedreflection prompts, each