Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Junichi Kanai

coloration tool was available, faculty advisers heavily relied on face-to-face meetings inscheduled classes to assess students’ progress and problems. Implementing this on-line system allowedfaculty advisors to monitor the students’ thinking processes and progress made between classes. Thus, inclasses, the students and faculty advisor were able to focus their attention on important design issueswithout spending time on trivial housekeeping issues. On the other hand, the system was also helpful forfaculty advisors in identifying teams that might need guidance because of a lack of forum activity. 100 90

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Gwaltney; Mark Valenzuela

., congestion, pollution,new roadway developments, flooding issues, etc.) are chronic and that the solutions to theseproblems take time to be accepted by a community and to be implemented, the long termobjectives were to have students follow public projects throughout their four years in the civilengineering program.From this starting point, civil engineering faculty took steps to implement the Building Bridges Page 8.1104.1Seminar at the University of Evansville during Academic Year 2002-2003, a special seminar series “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiang (Susie) Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Fayequa Majid, Alabama A&M University; V. Trent Montgomery, Alabama A&M University; Chance M Glenn Sr., Alabama A&M University; Juarine Stewart, Alabama A&M University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

realizedthe first two years are the critical stages to retain and engage students in their discipline areas.Faculty members also raised some concerns such as increased workload, need of administrationsupport and necessary resources, etc. Especially, 62% of faculty members requested therecognition of the coordinators/chairs/deans for their time and efforts in adopting new teachingstrategies; 45% requested that credits should be given toward their tenure, promotion and facultyevaluation; and 64% asked for appropriate course schedule and assignments to accommodate theirneeds when implementing new teaching strategies. It is also noted that about one third of facultyhoped to receive supplementary salary as the compensation for the extra workload. Overall

Conference Session

Choice and Persistence in Engineering Education and Careers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Beth A. Powell, Tennessee Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

-referenced grading to STEM retention, with US NEWS and World Reportclaiming that “Nearly half of all students who begin studying for a STEM degree switch majors Page 24.1410.2[…]. ‘Weed-out’ classes, curve grading and a lack of faculty involvement are to blame” [4].Educational research is likewise critical of norm-referenced grading. Covington describes astudy in which undergraduate psychology students in a “mastery” group, where grades werebased on clearly defined criteria, had substantially higher test scores and confidence levels thanstudents graded on a curve where there was competition for high grades. Covington claims thatthe absolute

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

chemistry, respectively. Additionally, through enrollment growth funding theUniversity will commit to the strategic hiring of additional new CSE faculty to strengthen thisprogram. Considering the current faculty, and the anticipated infusion of new faculty withappropriate expertise in computational science and engineering, NC A&T has the necessaryfaculty expertise and intellectual underpinnings for a respected interdisciplinary CSE master'sprogram.Societal NeedsThe computational science and engineering program is a rapidly growing interdisciplinaryendeavor with connections to the sciences, engineering, technology, mathematics and computerscience. CSE involves the use of computational architecture to develop numerical algorithms ormethods to

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal, John Zink Co. LLC; Geoffrey L. Price, University of Tulsa; John E. Matsson, Oral Roberts University; Wes Bussman, John Zink Co. LLC.; Sarah M. Olson, Northern Oklahoma College

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College Industry Partnerships

) are private institutions in Tulsa that offer engineering programs. Both arelocated no more than 20 minutes from JZ. This paper discusses some of the lessonslearned by industry adjuncts from JZ teaching mechanical and chemical engineeringcourses at ORU and TU. JZ industry adjuncts teach the mechanical engineering coursesApplied Thermodynamics and Experimental Methods in the fall and spring, respectivelyat ORU.3 These required courses are each taught by a pair of JZ instructors. In this casethe courses are being taught by adjuncts because there are not enough full time faculty toteach them. It is up to the department chair to ensure all accreditation issues are met.JZ adjuncts teach Combustion Engineering in the chemical engineering department

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Yi Min Huang; Larry McKenzie; Michael Trevisan

designassessment, development, and use. Phase 2 reports the findings from interviews and surveys of 98faculty members identified from Phase 1. Faculty members were asked a variety of questions aboutclassroom assessment practices in capstone design courses. Findings suggest uncertainty on the partof many faculty members concerning sound assessment practices, including writing objectives, usingappropriate assessment strategies, sampling material appropriately, and controlling for mis-measurement of student achievement. Based on the findings a variety of recommendations arereported in this paper.IntroductionThe quality of teaching and learning in programs preparing undergraduate students for engineeringpractice is a focal point of national interest1. Reasons

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; daniel ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Howard, Illinois Institute of Technology; June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

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Educational Research and Methods

Organizational Psychology. Page 13.544.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 ENHANCING ETHICAL AWARENESS WITHIN UNDERGRADUATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS BY PREPARING CODES OF ETHICSThe Problem AddressedThis research paper addresses a new strategy for helping undergraduate students working on realproblems within multidisciplinary teams to develop an awareness of ethical issues. High profilebusiness scandals the last few years strongly support efforts to provide our students with agreater awareness of ethical issues and guidelines to address them. Another impetus for ourfocus, of course, comes from the ABET1 criteria that have

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joni M. Lakin, Auburn University; Mary Lou Ewald, Auburn University; Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University; Paul A. Cobine, Auburn University; Allen L. Landers, Auburn University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Professorship in the Department of Physics at Auburn University. Dr. Landers joined the faculty in 2003, and is an active scientist studying atomic molecular and optical physics. His research has been featured in Physical Re- view, Science, and Nature, and has been funded through the US Dept. of Energy and the National Science Foundation. In addition, Dr. Landers has won multiple awards for his work in science outreach, including leading teams of faculty to develop new opportunities for K-12 students to experience the scientific pro- cess. Some of these efforts are currently funded through NSF-EPSCoR and the US Dept. of Education through the Alabama State Dept. of Education. c American Society

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Tricamo; Dennis Depew

content. Rather it willchange the process of engineering education to one that teaches how to deal with even the mostcomplex of issues, a context-based approach where both student and faculty are one in theirpursuit of learning, innovation, and creation of new economic opportunities. Engineering professionals must be proficient in diagnosing problems associated with specificapplications, abstracting their controlling constituents, and using known technical principles toarrive at sound, practical solutions.6.0 Problems Associated with Establishing Professional Engineering Graduate ProgramsThe need to develop a graduate engineering curricula meeting the needs of professionalengineers has been well documented. Current research-oriented graduate

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

thus focused on the issue of justice or fairness to the neglect or under-valuing of thevalues of compassion and caring for others [22] [23]. While Gilligan's initial contention of genderdifferences in moral reasoning has not been resolved by empirical research [23 , pp 560], her workhas been seminal, founding a new ethical framework known as care ethics or the ethics of care[24] [25] [26] . Nair [27] describes the ethics of care as emphasizing "the importance of responsibility,concern, and relationship over consequences (utilitarianism) or rules (deontology)".To date, only a small handful of authors advocating for the applicability of care ethics toengineering can be found in the literature. Pantazidou & Nair [22] and Nair

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College; John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

on cross-cutting functional and temporal models.This work is a result of a collaborative project by ten PUI faculty and staff from seveninstitutions that was initially funded by NCIIA. While the collaborators represent a range ofdisciplines, the group includes a concentration of faculty in or affiliated with engineeringprograms. As such, the group is invested in pursuing entrepreneurship education withinengineering at PUIs as well as across disciplines. The project seeks to help institutionalizeentrepreneurship at PUIs by identifying common issues and concerns, strengthening the sense ofcommunity, and initiating future collaborations.This paper first describes the background and motivation behind the project, with particularemphasis on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebekah Hammack, Montana State University - Bozeman; Nick Lux; Brock Lameres, Montana State University - Bozeman; Blake Wiehe, Montana State University - Bozeman; Paul Gannon, Montana State University - Bozeman; Miracle Moonga, Montana State University - Bozeman

the impacts of the dense smoke that waspolluting the air. The students’ efforts were also highlighted on the local news, which resulted ina visit from the state’s representative to the US House, who issued a citation to the class for theirwork.Flooding Prevention. Ice jams are a frequent occurrence along the state’s rivers, particularlyfrom January through March. In fact, when ice jams warnings were issued on two rivers locatednear one of the participating schools just weeks apart from each other, the teacher decided toframe an engineering opportunity around the issue of flooding caused by ice jams. She created afive day instructional sequence that started with a day focused on building backgroundknowledge specific to ice jams through

Collection

ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Jeong Eun Ahn; Ying Tang, Rowan University

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Diversity

are developingactivities to expose careers via hands on modules, videos, and presentations that are shared on aninteractive project website. Activities are also mapped in sync with the New Jersey ScienceStandards to aid educators with their lesson plans and development of course content.This presentation will focus on work conducted to date.IntroductionWater and wastewater utilities are facing workforce shortages due to retirements and inability toattract the next generation. The lack of a diverse workforce in these utilities is also of concern[1] - [3]. Therefore, the overall goal of the WaterWorks project is to aid in supplementing theneed for a diverse workforce for wastewater/drinking water utilities as the current workforce isreaching

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stewart J. Thomas, Valparaiso University; Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University

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Electrical and Computer

year faculty. We now examine the benefits to the facultymember in teaching with a flipped format class.Preparation time for the new faculty member was greatly reduced for the flipped format class.Instead of carefully reviewing and practicing lecture material, the professor only needed to investtime in reviewing concepts and preparing to answer questions.Second, the preparation time for the flipped class was itself less stressful. The flipped format andbundle of prepared handouts provided a “safety net” for the first year faculty member. Duringextremely busy times in the semester, simply giving students a handout and helping them workthrough it provided many impactful teaching opportunities. The TT faculty member reported that“even just knowing

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

George A. Bohlen; Donna C.S. Summers

requires an understanding of all facets of the organization. Havingdecided upon the course, the decision was made to team teach the course to ensure that the students wereexposed to quality management concepts from both a business and an engineering perspective. This paperprovides insights into the creation of such a course and the lessons learned from team teaching aninterdisciplinary course. The lessons learned concerned logistics and administrative issues, course preparationand course conduct.Introduction The development of this interdisciplinary team taught course had its roots in a discussion held byseveral faculty members during graduation exercises. The discussion centered on the problems associatedwith exposing students to all of

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

to create learning communities whereideas, information and knowledge are shared. Faculty can join these communities to integratemultiple learning perspectives as well as provide guidance and learning structures wherereflection and critical thinking are encouraged. This new learning environment has resulted in aless inhibited student body where technology is used extensively to interact with other students,faculty members as well as the outside community to seek and create knowledge and ultimatelybecome independent lifelong learners.1. IntroductionUniversities in the USA and worldwide are taking a critical look at their educational systems. Arecent US national panel report calls for a dramatic reorganization of undergraduate education

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Jason Thrun

paper, the authors will describe the general methodology used in theproject, including the assessment plan, and will identify some major preliminary findings of theproject. Because of the nature of the global goals already outlined, they will not be addressed.MethodologyIn the spring of 2004, faculty members from the Engineering Department, School of Education,and Mathematics Department teamed to design the general project and an experimental sectionof GE 1030. To meet the goals as outlined in the introduction, the faculty envisioned a projectthat would provide pre-service teachers an opportunity to take an introductory engineeringcourse. More details concerning the selection of students, the summer discussion and planningsessions, the modified

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Judy Collins; Beverlee Kissick; Jung Oh; Alysia Starkey

, there is a growing concern that we are going toward aliteracy. This term isnot associated with the inability to read, but the unwillingness to read. A recent study in Spainreported that over 90% of the students surveyed said they only read when it was necessary.Aliteracy could lead to the problem of "fluency divide," the division between the people whopassively consume information and those who possess the motivation and skills to locate, select,organize, and apply information9. Without providing training in Information Literacy (IL) wewill have a fluency divide as incapacitating for underprivileged groups as the digital divide.Worse, students can default into the passive side of the divide if librarians and faculty do notrenovate curriculum to

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cheng Hsu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Alben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 22.205.11 teamwork, but could be conducted independently as well on the project, if warranted. For the multidisciplinary teamwork environment, a personal     component may also help address concerns about individual fitness for the project assignment. 3. Devise a feedback mechanism to diagnose students’ performance on the broader issues and channel the results to faculty, departments, and the school for engineering curriculum design: Although the traditional models should have this mechanism in place already, in whatever forms, the new concerns here would naturally call for an extension of the mechanism to

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

, appear to have subsided; and more genuine concerns reflecting the current mood arebeing openly debated. A wide range of issues have surfaced; included are: (i) the need torestructure present programs and curricula; (ii) the need to introduce organizational changes; (iii)the need to develop long-term connections with neighboring industries; and (iv) the desire tofoster proper engineering culture in the classroom and at the workplace.Contributors to this constructive debate have come from industry, faculty, administration, andstudents. As a consequence, ideas, directions and preliminary plans have emerged but not yetproperly jelled. The debate goes on, and forces of change are in the air. But there are counterarguments and counter measures that

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Jane Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mary E. Fitzpatrick, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gene Paul Masters, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

introductoryengineering course from the past three years will hopefully partially answer this question.In the next few months, we will finalize details of the curriculum and structure of the two newfreshman engineering courses: Introduction to Engineering (1 credit lecture), and DesignPracticum (2 credit lecture and hands-on lab). We will meet with faculty from every engineeringdepartment to ensure all areas of engineering are represented, both in the seminar series, and alsoin the hands-on design course curriculum. We also recently offered an internship project for afew graduate students to aid us in the development and implementation of active learning tools,and to analyze the new survey data later this summer.Many questions still remain as we develop these

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Jeanine Casler; Bugrahan Yalvac; H. David Smith; Gulnur Birol; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

Establishing School-Wide Standards for Engineering Writing: A Data Driven Approach P. Hirsch1, H.D. Smith2, G. Birol3, B. Yalvac4, J. Casler1, J. Anderson1, & J. Troy3 1 WCAS Writing Program/ 2 WCAS Psychology/ 3 Biomedical Engineering Department/ 4 School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, ILBackgroundAs a result of concerns about communication at our engineering school, this study explores thewritten communication standards that engineering faculty and undergraduate students considermost important. Concerns about communication surfaced in several ways. For example,according to several professors in engineering, students sometimes

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Ekoniak, Virginia Tech; Molly Scanlon, Virginia Tech; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Education from Virginia Tech, and both her M.S. (2004) and B.S. (2002) in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State. In 2013, Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh was honored as a promising new engineering education researcher when she was selected as an ASEE Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty. Page 26.1482.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Teaching Peer Review of Writing in a Large First-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering Class: A Comparison of Two MethodsAbstractDespite recognition of the importance of communication skills in electrical and

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

William Hornfeck; Ismail Jouny; John Nestor

. Engineering students need to beexposed to these concerns in their courses.IV. Curriculum InfusionsHaving discussed challenges to the incorporation of global considerations in electrical andcomputer engineering programs, the four subsections that follow point out the ways in which theECE degree program at Lafayette College has begun to embed global concepts in its curriculum.The overarching goal of this initiative is to bolster our students’ preparedness for thinking,collaborating, working, and even living beyond national boundaries.A. Nontraditional CourseworkElectrical and Computer Engineering majors are required to take a seminar type course in theirfirst year that focuses on a specific contemporary issue, involves classroom discussions andmultiple

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

William Hornfeck; Ismail Jouny; John Nestor

. Engineering students need to beexposed to these concerns in their courses.IV. Curriculum InfusionsHaving discussed challenges to the incorporation of global considerations in electrical andcomputer engineering programs, the four subsections that follow point out the ways in which theECE degree program at Lafayette College has begun to embed global concepts in its curriculum.The overarching goal of this initiative is to bolster our students’ preparedness for thinking,collaborating, working, and even living beyond national boundaries.A. Nontraditional CourseworkElectrical and Computer Engineering majors are required to take a seminar type course in theirfirst year that focuses on a specific contemporary issue, involves classroom discussions andmultiple

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Mantey, University of California-Santa Cruz; RAM AKELLA, University of California-Santa Cruz; John Musacchio, University of California-Santa Cruz; Yi Zhang, University of California-Santa Cruz; Kevin Ross, University of California-Santa Cruz; Subhas Desa, University of California-Santa Cruz

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Engineering Management

the Center for Information Technology in theInterest of Society (CITRIS). In addition, the University of California Office of the President(UCOP) has provided seed funding for the TIM program to be launched in the new SiliconValley Center.The expertise of the TIM faculty expands the dimensions of engineering in the SOE,complementing existing strengths, and covering new dimensions concerning the management oftechnology. There is also considerable potential for joint research with the Social SciencesDivision (SSD), particularly Economics, on outsourcing models, for example. TIM will buildupon the University’s long commitment to interdisciplinary research and teaching

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Osborn, IUPUI; Patricia Fox, IUPUI

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International

before they departfrom the United States. Other pre-departure concerns are obtaining passports, planning foremergency contacts, planning for medications to take with them, etc. The home faculty canassist students with some of these issues. For the GO GREEN students in Germany, there is afaculty member at the Berufsakademie Mannheim who serves as a backup emergency contact forIUPUI students in Germany when IUPUI faculty have departed. The IUPUI students have anetwork of contacts in Germany for emergencies.The ExperienceStudents that have never traveled overseas usually have more questions and concerns abouttravel and living arrangements. They may need more information about the differences betweenEurope and the United States. This clearly needs

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Yue Gu, Purdue University; Lorraine E. Holtaway, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

operational concerns in their sustainability planning.In the United States of America (US), the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), aprogram of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), sponsors an airport design competition for university-level students each year funded by the Federal Aviation Administration. Students at U.S.colleges and universities compete by submitting design proposals to solve challenges facingairports, either as part of a course or as an independent project with faculty sponsors. In thispaper, the first place design packages from 2007 to 2017 are examined for the inclusion ofsustainability, and the departments of the faculty advisors. The data show

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

participate in an eight-weekseries of EAC seminars aimed at increasing awareness of ethical issues in their fields of expertiseand exploring techniques for integrating ethics in technical courses. The seminar facilitator is aninstructor who has had EAC training through an intensive course at Illinois Institute ofTechnology and who has become active in an interdisciplinary professional organization whichincludes both theorists and practitioners. Faculty are chosen for the seminar based on their interest in the field, their willingness toactively participate, and their openness about sharing seminar materials with their departmentalfaculty. All participating faculty receive a resources notebook which includes the following: Copies of