Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Norman D. Dennis

workshop focuses on some “nut and bolts” type teaching tools that help faculty29 members in preparing for a class, in developing a well choreographed classroom presentation30 and in logically connecting in-class and out-of-class work. The key element that separates this31 workshop from others of similar description is that participants are required to prepare and32 present three lessons to a group of peers and mentors, incorporating teaching tools gained in the33 workshop,. They receive immediate feedback on the effectiveness of their class and suggestions34 for improving the next class. The focus of this paper is divided into two parts. First a brief35 description of the objectives and conduct of the workshop will be presented. Then

Collection

2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shannon G. Davis; Bryan W. Hill; Carol S. Gattis; Bradley M. Dearing; Christa N. Hestekin; Edgar C. Clausen

follow-up activities. This paper highlightsprogram developments and their impacts throughout the three year history of UASPP, andpresents the format for new activities as the program moves into its next three years.IntroductionThe National Science Foundation has recognized the need to introduce engineering and scienceto students at an early age in order to increase the number of students entering engineeringdisciplines. However, most students in the middle level grades (6th, 7th and 8th) are unaware ofopportunities in engineering and do not recognize engineering as a rewarding career option.Furthermore, research tells us that women and minority students are drastically underrepresentedin the engineering fields.1 To more effectively prepare

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abu Asaduzzaman; Farshad Mashhadi; Manira Rani

ideas to solve those problems.In the rest of the paper, we present the proposed approach, a case study, and a conclusion. Keyfeatures of the proposed approach include hands-on experience, team-based project, and learner-centered education. A computer engineering course, offered mainly for senior and graduatestudents is used for the case study.Proposed ApproachA typical curriculum design consists of analysis, design, development, implementation, andevaluation activities, which are operationalized in specific tactics (Asaduzzaman et al., 2013;Dick et al., 1985; Gustafson et al., 2002; Hardre, 2003; Lunenberg, 2002; Richey et al., 2001,Seels et al., 1991; and Whitman et al., 2014). Six types of knowledge and skills, based onactivities in the

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shannon G. Davis; Carol S. Gattis; Edgar C. Clausen

during and after the institute.During Year 1 in the Summer of 2006, the Summer Institute was operated as an all inclusiveworkshop for all of the 6th, 7th and 8th grade science teachers. This concept created problems, asdetailed below, since some of the experiments were more appropriate for 6th grade teachers, forexample, while others were more appropriate for teachers of other grade levels. This lesson, aswell as other lessons learned from evaluations and follow-up activities, was used in formulatingand preparing the workshop for Year 2. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the workshopactivities and lessons learned from the Year 1 workshop, and to present an outline of theproposed Year 2 workshop which seeks to incorporate responses to

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Amy Fleischer; Aaron Wemhoff; James O'Brien; Ani Ural; LeRoy Alaways

Development and Execution of a Successful Mechanical Engineering Outreach Program for Middle School Girls Amy Fleischer, Aaron Wemhoff, James O’Brien, Ani Ural and LeRoy Alaways Department of Mechanical Engineering Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19087This paper focuses on the development and execution of a successful mechanical engineeringoutreach program for girls ages 10-13. The program featured four different hour-long hands-onmechanical engineering activities focused on robotics, biomechanics, aerodynamics and energysystems. The program was developed in partnership with the Girl Scouts of EasternPennsylvania and the target audience was active girl scouts

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Philip Samuel P.E.; Kathryn Jablokow

realized when the “right” design solutions are reached more quickly in the end.• Gain a firm understanding of your own psychological inertia – i.e., your own boundaries in terms of cognitive level, cognitive style, and cognitive affect. - Note: This kind of cognitive awareness is not typically included in an engineering design curriculum (or any engineering curriculum, for that matter), but we propose that it should be introduced early on and revisited throughout one’s studies to enable personal insights to increase in parallel with technical expertise.• Learn to recognize which cognitive boundaries are blocking your path to a design solution in different situations, and learn which specific

Collection

2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Paul Stanton; Duane Fairfax

, there are many project-based courses that do not incorporate exams into their evaluationmethodology, leaving a significant void in the ability to enforce individual learning. Some courses aredesigned to teach concepts that are not testable during an examination period, but rather require asignificantly longer time frame for proper evaluation. Semester-long, project-based courses fall into thiscategory. The dilemma then becomes finding an alternative method for ensuring that individual groupmembers actually learn the material without simply taking credit for their teammates’ efforts. The goal ofthis paper is to demonstrate an applied approach in a cooperative learning environment wherebyindividual learning is enforced through student development

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Patrick D Ulrich, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Chad D Vecitis; Jason Dyett, Harvard University, DRCLAS; Monica F A Porto, USP

Tagged Topics

Student Development

Paper ID #8290The Harvard SEAS/Poli-USP Collaborative Field Course for InternationalEnvironmental Engineering EducationDr. Patrick D Ulrich, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Patrick Ulrich has been the Assistant Director for Undergraduate Studies in Environmental Sciences & Engineering and a Lecturer on Environmental Sciences & Engineering in Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences since 2012. He earned a Ph.D. (2011) and M.S. (2006) in environmental engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S. in Physics (2005) from the Pennsylvania State University.Prof. Chad

Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Roper, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

works Research and Development Program. He has published over 150 technical papers and made numerous presentations at national and international forums. Page 15.634.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 GREEN TOURISM PROJECT AS PART OF SMART URBAN GROWTH CLASSAbstract:The Strategies for Smart Urban Growth and Redevelopment class under took a class project forthe fall 2009 semester to assist the Arlington County Convention and Visitors service indeveloping a green tourism program for Arlington. The project was guided by the instructor andinvolved a collaborative partnership with the county

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Simon William Cavenett, Deakin University; Eloise Gordon, Deakin University; Matthew Joordens, Deakin University

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

Paper ID #11024Enhancing Learning for Distance Students in an Undergraduate EngineeringCourse through Real-time Web-ConferencingDr. John Matthew Long, Deakin University Dr. John M. Long completed his undergraduate degree in physics at the University of Michigan (Flint) in 1987, while working as an analytical chemist at AC Spark Plug, General Motors Corporation. In 1995 he completed a PhD in physics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Since then he has worked in the School of Engineering at Deakin University, where he teaches physics, materials, and electronics.Mr. Simon William Cavenett, Deakin University Simon

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Olsson; Lars Håkansson; Johan Zackrisson; Ingvar Gustavsson; Henrik Åkesson

experiments1. However, physical experiments areimportant elements in science, engineering and technical education2. They allow learners toascertain if the laws posed by scientists like Ohm and Kirchhoff correspond with nature therebymaking it possible to study the limitations of these physical laws and other mathematical models.Physical experiments also enable learners to experience common differences between thephysical world and simulations based on relevant mathematical models. Hands-on experience isabove all of crucial importance for engineers working in the electrical domain in particular.Unfortunately, experiments are an expensive teaching method compared to simulations and othermethods of instruction. For safety and security reasons access to

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Li; Kai Li; Jing Zhao; Xin Tang

Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R.China1. IntroductionThe widespread diffusion of Internet has led to the burgeoning growth of distance education,which has provided enormous opportunities for people who wish to further their education.Distance education is a planned teaching/learning experience that uses a wide spectrum oftechnologies to reach students at a distance. It is designed to encourage students to remotelyinteract with educators and other students. Critical elements of distance education include access,technical design, virtual environment, interactions within the community, etc.Distance education through online courses is becoming a widespread standard offered by mostuniversities at both undergraduate and graduate level. Online courses are

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Renee Rogge; Loren Sumner

material. An infrastructure of learningmodules complements the general analysis thread in engineering education while imposingcontrolled exposure to CAE software. Learning modules expose students to state-of-the-art CAEtools without requiring a specialized CAE course. Encouraging the development of CAE skills,the project aims to facilitate and enhance undergraduate scholarship such as capstone seniordesign projects. This paper discusses the project strategies, concerns, plans for assessment, andsome formative assessment results. The project reveals a practical means for faculty to begindeveloping and implementing active learning techniques.IntroductionThe Mercer University School of Engineering (MUSE) strives to prepare graduates to serve

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Toni Doolen; Rungchat Chompu-inwai

needed to achieve the requirements isanswered. The question of how the design elements or requirements can be achieved isunanswered. Integrated Definition Language 0 (IDEF0) functional modeling is a structuredapproach for system design and analysis and can be used to answer these questions. With theuse of IDEF0, functions, inputs, as well as mechanisms that are required to get the desiredoutputs under specific constraints can be identified. This paper explores the complementary use of two different engineering modelingtools in describing educational processes associated with mobile wireless technology (MWT)classrooms. QFD and IDEF0 are integrated to determine the requirements and to specify theprocesses of the mobile wireless classroom

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Jacobitz; Kathleen Kramer; Rick Olson

other personal challenges during their collegecareers.This paper will introduce the Passport to Success program and how it is implemented across theUniversity. Details regarding adoption in ENGR 101 will be presented. The effect of thePassport program on engineering student perceptions of their preparation for a successfulcollegiate career will be discussed.Introduction and BackgroundThe preceptorial method of teaching was introduced by Woodrow Wilson when he was thePresident of Princeton University in 19051. As originally developed, preceptorial coursesincluded a high degree of personal interaction between the instructor (or preceptor) and thestudents (precepts). Rather than rely on a traditional lecture, the preceptors guide the

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theo Brower; Meredith Knight; Chris Rogers

Page 10.1369.1of successful multidisciplinary programs including those at Penn State University3,Carnegie Mellon University4, Rowan University5, and Purdue University6. The Robotics Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAcademy is different from the first three of these programs in that it includes non-engineering majors on the multidisciplinary teams who take an active role in the designand fabrication of the technical portions of the project. Robotics Academy participantsare also take a more active role in managing the project than in those programs. TheRobotics Academy differs from the EPICS program

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alain Desrochers

: Page 7.160.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education- The learning process requires minimal efforts from students and is almost independent of their technical backgrounds;- Exercises provided in the training often require hours and sometimes days, even for basic tasks;- This approach requires enormous amounts of documentation and data to cover a complete product and these have to be continuously updated;- Students are typically each assigned a computer and classes generally feature a high instructor to student ratio;- Understanding of the software structure and general

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Kohne

transducer with water acting as the medium.This case study will explore the decision process required for selecting the form of the input datapresented to the neural network, the topology of the network, and the encoding of the desiredoutput of the network, which must be identified prior the training phase of the network. Resultswill be reported for three variations in training and testing using a data set consisting of fifty-sevenreturn echoes from five different diameter samples. Additionally, the role of the number of nodesin the hidden layer on the learning rate will be explored. A windows based implementation of theneural network, detailed in the paper, will be available for conference attendees to take home andapply to their

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Kendra L Wallis, The University of Texas at Arlington

Paper ID #44749Inclusive Assessment and SDGsDr. Kendra L Wallis, The University of Texas at Arlington Dr. Wallis currently serves as Associate Professor of Instruction in the Resource and Energy Engineering program, housed in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is also the Director of REE Undergraduate Program Development. Her interest in increasing excellence in teaching and learning, particularly in engineering education has motivated her to become a staunch supporter of alternative methods of assessment. In using a combination of inclusive techniques such as

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Adam M. Wilson, College of Saint Rose; Adrianna Anderson, College of Saint Rose; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Frederick C. Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Dianna Newman, University at Albany, State University of New York; Judith E. O'Rourke, College of Saint Rose; Thomas D.C. Little, Boston University; Don Lewis Millard, National Science Foundation

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, and Systems Department and directed a number of research centers; including the Center for Integrated Electronics. He is the founder of the Mobile Studio project, which enables students to learn and perform experiments that use an oscilloscope, function generator, digital control, and some form of power supply at anytime, anyplace. He holds a patent for the development of a laser-induced, plasma-based Non-Contact Electrical Pathway and has received such awards as the Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware and the Best Paper Award of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Millard has been voted Professor of the Year on three occasions, selected as RHA Professor of

Conference Session

Technology in the ECE Classroom

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frederick C Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Meghan Morris Deyoe, The Evaluation Consortium; Gavin Anaya; William Brubaker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering, computer engineering, and generalengineering electronics; physics courses; and K-12 technology-oriented courses. It has beenexported from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to partner institutions, Howard Universityand Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where several courses are using it, and has begun tobe implemented at Boston University, Morgan State University, a STEM High School inCleveland, Ohio (MC2STEM) and universities in Africa (e.g., Addis Ababa). Evidence indicatesthe Mobile Studio can change the way students view their classroom experiences and the way wedeliver the complex technical material in an engineering discipline. (Background on studiocircuits and electronics and on Mobile Studio activities to date can be found

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University; Joseph M. Nowakowski, Muskingum University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

and concluded thatexcept for one critical measure that ―[w]e have seen that the production of American scientistsand engineers is low neither in the sense that it has fallen over some years from previous heightsnor in the sense that employers are driving S&E earnings up and unemployment rates down in ascramble to hire more scientists and engineers.‖ The critical measure that stands in contrast isthat U.S. production of STEM graduates is low compared to gains by other countries.5So, after the significant economic downturn in the recent years, where do these economiccomparisons stand and what do they tell us about U.S. production of STEM graduates,particularly engineering graduates? This paper will attempt to bring into focus what the data

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Paul J. Componation, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

publications and presentations, including 15 books. With his coauthors he has won best paper awards at ASEE, ASEM, ASCE, & IIE conferences, and the 2009 Grant award for the best article in The Engineering Economist. He earned his B.S. from Purdue in 1971, his doctorate in industrial engineering from Stanford University in 1975, and his masters in civil engineering from UAA in 1999. Page 22.1527.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Time to Transition: Financial Calculators and Clickers in the ClassroomAbstractThe compound

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston; Lauren Chapman, Boston College; Mac Cannady, Boston College; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

where the majority of E and ET graduates flow to themiddle of CDIO and engage in “design-implement” tasks within 3-5 years after graduation.Several implications of a continuum-based framework for engineering education were debatedwithin the context of two alternative curricular approaches. The first approach envisions a two-year curriculum in which E and ET students enroll in a set of common technical core courses. Atthe end of the second year, students would make a well-educated decision to become eitherengineering or engineering technology majors, subsequently completing a BS degree. Thesecond approach mimics the educational models in medicine, nursing, or law. A professionalengineering degree would require a pre-requisite 4-year

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Jack McGourty

for educational reform and innovation within the engineering education community.However, as a final evaluation of the coalitions also may conclude, institutional culture tends tochange through evolution, not revolution. Just as educational reform takes time, developing realknowledge and competency, as denoted by the 11 outcomes, also takes time since individualintellectual growth is an evolutionary process .The purpose of this paper is to begin the dialogue within the engineering educational communityregarding how institutions can capitalize on EC-2000 to reform our educational process bysupporting the development of these (and other) critical learning outcomes. As an initial impetusof this dialogue, we will focus this paper’s discussion on

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin McGarvey, Rowan University; Michael Panko, Rowan University; Michael Kerbaugh, Rowan University; Gabriel Posluszny, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Anthony Cavalier, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2010-882: ESTABLISHING ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES FORTHE DEVELOPING WORLD USING ENGINEERING DESIGNKevin McGarvey, Rowan UniversityMichael Panko, Rowan UniversityBeena Sukumaran, Rowan UniversityMichael Kerbaugh, Rowan UniversityGabriel Posluszny, Rowan UniversityAnthony Cavalier, Rowan University Page 15.524.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Establishing Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Developing Countries using Engineering DesignAbstractThis paper describes a program titled “Engineering Innovators without Borders” (EIWB), whichworks in close collaboration with Engineers without Borders (EWB). The main mission ofEIWB is

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

contemporary business, global, economic, environmental and societal contexts.In this paper we will discuss the structure of our program, our hopes for studentdemographics, how it relates to our student’s life goals, the logic behind the developmentof the perspective outcome, the methods by which we pursue its development in thestudent and an assessment of our relative success in our first generation of graduates.Differentiating ValuesAs mentioned above, the main constraint that we faced in our program design was how todifferentiate our new engineering program from those already in existence at ASU.While accreditation would supply an official distinction, we felt that this would probablynot be of great concern to many entering freshmen. We looked

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

culture.AcknowledgementsThe author would like to thank John and Ben Barrie of the Appropriate Page 15.140.16Technology Design Collaborative for her contributions to this endeavor. Most ofthe technical aspects of this paper were drawn from the final reports of the twostudent teams. Finally, the financial assistance of the Somerton Family Trust wasessential to the success of the trip to Guatemala. Appendix A. Application Form Guatemalan Vaccine Refrigerator ApplicationStudent Name: PID:Email: Phone:Why do you want to participate on this

Conference Session

Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Babatunde A Ogunnaike, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #9546Simulation-Based Guided Explorations in Process Dynamics and ControlDr. Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University Dr. Mary Staehle is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Before joining the faculty at Rowan in 2010, Dr. Staehle worked at the Daniel Baugh Institute for Functional Genomics and Computational Biology at Thomas Jefferson University and received her Ph.D. in chemical engineer- ing from the University of Delaware. Her research is in the area of biological control systems, specifically neural regeneration. Dr. Staehle is also particularly interested in chemical, bio-, and

Conference Session

FPD 5: Course Delivery Methods and Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Brooke Morin, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #9381Student Perceptions of Inverted Classroom Benefits in a First-Year Engineer-ing CourseDr. Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is a lecturer in the Engineering Education Innovation Center at The Ohio State Univer- sity. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In 2012, Krista completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Her engineering education research interests include investigating first-year engineering student experiences, faculty experiences, and the connection between