Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robb Larson, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

what was designed,4. Time demands on engineering students are great, and often take precedence over optional/recreational “club” activities.Due primarily to these issues, the first-year effort faltered and minimal results were Page 13.104.3achieved.MIE Coursework connectionIt was clear to the faculty advisor and to the SAE club president that, despite the first-year efforts falling short, a possible path to success could be found by incorporating theSAE Formula Car design and fabrication into engineering coursework. Specifically theintroducing the SAE Formula Car topic into the required capstone course sequence inboth the ME and MET programs was

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

groups. The tracking includes retention in major, overall gradepoint average, grades in critical math and science courses, participation in co-op and internshipprograms, time to get to major and time to graduate. Courses are evaluated but separately fromteacher evaluation. The faculty are surveyed about their responses to questions concerning theirteaching at the freshman level. Students are surveyed at the end of the quarter and during thequarter. The students submit anonymous electronic journals with responses to weekly questionsand with open comments on the program in general or program details and include suggestionsfor positive changes.These assessment results are critical selling points for the new programs when talking toindustry, the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

case. 3. Allow students to disagree and struggle with the issues. If you have selected good cases there will undoubtedly be multiple "right" answers and some answers not everyone will embrace.As does Lion Gardiner: 6 4. Have students play the roles of and explain the reasoning used by others to resolve moral dilemmas. 5. Ensure all students have ample out of class contact with faculty members. 6. Directly teach Kohlberg’s model of six stages of reasoning as one would teach other disciplinary concepts.As does the author: 7. Promote rigorous discussion and participation from many students so they all hear and understand each person’s viewpoint (ethic) concerning a specific issue.If the instructor is

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony N. Rogers; David R. Shonnard; Besty M. Aller; Kirk H. Schulz; Anton Pintar

switching from quarters to semesters in the fall of 2000. The assessmentresults are being used to plan the semester curriculum. For example, there very likely will bemore thermodynamics and fluid dynamics in the new curriculum. The current chemical processsafety course will probably be broadened to also include environmental concerns in order tomeet the AIChE Program Criteria.REVIEW OF THE ASSESSMENT PLANAssessment involves two feedback loops. The first feedback loop is associated with the use ofassessment results to make curriculum changes as just described. The second is the review of theassessment plan itself. During the development of the assessment plan, the committee receivedinput from the faculty throughout the process and held annual

Conference Session

Programs that Serve Industry & Academia

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Carol Popovich, Corporate member, Microchip Technology Inc.; John McGrane, Microchip Technology Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

process of defining how the partnership would operate. Page 13.1317.3Planning for SuccessFor the partnership to be a success, both organizations had to understand each other’s objectivesand constraints. For Microchip, these consisted of: ‚ Expertise of the instructor in Microchip products ‚ Consistency of message ‚ Access to attendee information ‚ Self sufficiency of ASU PolyASU Poly’s objectives and concerns included: ‚ Image of partnering with an industry leader ‚ Attract new students ‚ Access to course material for inclusion into degree programs ‚ Training available to instructors ‚ Tool and product

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori S. Cook; Lawrence S. Aft

specified location at a specified time. Beginning in the fall of 1997, SPSU beganoffering its Master of Science with a major in Quality Assurance on the Internet. As a pilotprogram within the University System of Georgia, the process was viewed as an opportunity toevaluate and assess the Internet as a medium for delivering a complete degree program viadistance learning. The following paper discusses a variety of issues including programadministration, curriculum development, and initial student/faculty reaction. INTRODUCTIONThe role of teaching is the transfer of knowledge and to date the most common form of learningwas through apprenticeship. This one-on-one training is too labor intensive for the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Ethics Education Assessment

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rockwell Clancy, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines; Andrea Gammon, Delft University of Technology; Ryan Thorpe

obliged to do or refrain from doing. This distinction is mentionedsince there’s increasing evidence that a concern with demarcating a specifically “ethical” or“moral” domain is a concern somewhat unique to Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, andDemocratic (WEIRD) cultures, which are outliers on other psycho-social measures, includingself-concepts, thought styles, and ethical reasoning [15]–[24].)Method for this project: To address these issues, this project consists in assessing the effects ofeducation and culture on the ethical perspectives of engineering students, tracking the effects ofcurricular and extra-curricular interventions on the ethical reasoning and moral intuitions ofengineering students in the US, Netherlands, and China over a

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

others wereshort lived (2).As the twentieth century came to an end, another alternative began to appear – the hybrid course(3). One form of hybrid blending came out of Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey.FDU required all of students to take at least one online course every year leading to a blendeddegree program. Rochester Institute of Technology in New York required that every course havesome online components (4). RIT provided the support tools in order for faculty to implement Page 8.1312.1this blended course requirement. Course formats which substituted Internet delivered learning “Proceedings of the 2003 American

Conference Session

Building Bridges in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Dunning

, faculty qualifications, etc. There were similarities in several fundamental areas, though.Both programs offered coursework in digital systems, electronics, control systems, electricmachines and power systems. The greatest concerns were topical areas not covered in EET thatwould hurt a graduate’s performance in a Masters program. A pilot agreement was reached to allow top EET graduates, who maintained a grade pointaverage of 3.0 or better, to enroll in four courses to determine their eligibility for the Mastersprogram. Two of the courses are math courses that cover linear algebra and statistics. The othertwo courses are offered by the ECE department and cover linear circuits and systems andelectromagnetics. These are theoretical courses

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

part of aconventional engineering course reduces the transferring problem, but learning new skillsconcurrently with new content, e.g., teaching design methodology along with electronics canconfuse students, and so they learn neither well. Research on problem-solving skills showed thatstudents did not acquire this skill by watching faculty and other students work problems or byworking many problems (even open-ended problems) themselves 2. This research showed thatproblem-solving skills can be taught and learned in a workshop environment where the process istaught separately and then integrated with the course content using a three-step approach: (1)build the skill using context-independent exercises; (2) bridge the skill using simplified

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard Amadei; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt

2000) that embrace the ESE concept:(http://bechtel.colorado.edu/Abet/ce_objectives.html). For instance, BS graduates in the Civil Page 10.741.2Engineering Program will be able to: Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 3. Understand how non-technical concerns such as cost, public safety and health influence Civil Engineering projects. 4. Uphold ethical relationships with both clients and the public at large. 5. Understand broad social and cultural issues so they can participate fully

Collection

2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; John Misasi PhD, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

meet the expectations of a modern engineering department, where diversity and inclusionare fostered. These cultural issues have come in varied forms (ex. unprofessional studentbehaviors, disregard for lab policies, harassment, hostile work environments, and lack ofaccountability for actions) and have impacted both students and faculty. To address the cultureproblem, a group of peer mentors (called “Student Engagement Liaisons” or SELs) and facultymembers in the ENGD department teamed up to spearhead conversations about the currentcultural climate with the goal of finding solutions that would amplify student voice to curate amore inclusive, equitable environment.Approach:While many of the departmental efforts focused on inclusion and belonging

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael A. Cornachione; Harriet S. Cornachione

“engineer,” a course wasdesigned at OIT to simulate the workings of an engineering consulting firm. The specific coursewas a capstone design course in environmental engineering, but could be applied to almost anyfield in civil engineering. Students are told at the initial class meeting that new material will benot be presented by the faculty. The course scenario is then described to them. Students are new, junior engineers in a consulting firm with the faculty acting as senior engineers for the firm. Faculty members are no longer to be considered teachers, but rather a part of the design team and process. Students are not working to satisfy their professors, but rather are required to perform to the

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Institutional Change & Perspectives on Diversity

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, University of Southern Maine; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ronald R Ulseth, Itasca Community College; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee

contributions of all (potential) members of the engineering ecosystem and the researchers continue to push the cutting edge of knowledge, the structure of credentialing has a particularly valuable contribution in the college or university’s development and implementation of goals and objectives as well as faculty development and implementation of transformative education practices. “Whether or not the word 'credentialing' was invoked, we argue that the types of barriers cited most frequently by those involved in the development and implementation process fall under the larger issue of credentialing, namely the challenge of fitting something new and non-traditional into existing boxes. In addition, our

Conference Session

Mentoring First Year Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; Alaine Allen, University of Pittsburgh; Jeremy Tartt, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

sleep?2. Has high school prepared you well for college?3. Do you feel safe on campus?4 Have you entered into any new romantic relationships since you've been here?5 Do you feel as though partying gets in the way of schoolwork? Page 15.343.106 Do you exercise more or less than you did while in high school?7 Are you homesick?8. Do you like your campus food options?9 Do you feel more susceptible to doing drugs/alcohol now that you're in college?10 How confident are you in your time management skills?The obvious observation is the students do not appear concerned with academic issues, but areconcerned mainly with personal transition issues. Once we

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Monday June 26, 3:15 - 4:45

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shreya Kumar, University of Notre Dame; Megan Levis, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

when faculty across the College of Engineering were interviewed. This is discussed more inthe Student Engagement Section.When asked if there existed an activity where a topic relevant to their course was analyzed forethical merit, would faculty prefer to send students to tackle that outside of the classroom, manyexpressed an interest in that. This could help take the onus of new ethics based content creationoff the faculty member’s shoulders and still be used related to their course without giving upprecious lecture time.We also received feedback from students that in previous iterations of the required, senior-levelethics and professional issues in computing course, there were some lectures where the free andopen discussion became difficult

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Raymond Vetter, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

. Sometimes the issue stems from a lack ofconfidence employing new technologies, other times the issue is that faculty are skeptical aboutthe efficacy of online learning [1, p. 155]. Some faculty members go so far as to say that “onlinelearning will corrupt the quality of higher education” [2, p. 79]. There is no supporting evidencefor this, and once resistant educators experience and teach an online course, they often becomevocal supporters of online education [2, p. 79]. Faculty often romanticize the traditionalclassroom setting [2, p. 49], claiming that online learning leads to decreased personalrelationships with students. While this may be true for small seminar courses, many traditionalundergraduate and graduate courses have hundreds of

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Borrelli

. More research should be directed to the linkage between the family unit andthe student’s decision-making as it impacts engineering degree persistence. In many ways, thismay be a thorny issue. However, a systems theory approach will lead us to an understanding ofhow people, resources, and processes come together during a student’s college experience. 1 Introduction: Theoretical grounding of systems Peter Senge introduced the concept of systems thinking in his seminal work, The FifthDiscipline 6. Systems thinking is the first of five theoretical constructs that form the foundationof his advancement of a new, integrated theory of organizational learning. Organizationallearning offers a way to harness individual cognition

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

significant projects in civil,electrical/computer, and mechanical engineering. The remaining lectures covered many of theprevious general topics such as problem solving, ethics, and careers.The revised course dealt with one of the weaknesses of the original course, but still included thelarge lectures. Faculty did not like to give these lectures since it was very hard to connect withthe students in a large lecture hall. Students did not like to attend the classes, and it was veryeasy to go to sleep in them. Furthermore, the perception of the students was that the course waseasy and that engineering was not going to challenge them as much as their math or physicscourses. Based upon these concerns, a major course evaluation was planned for the 2004

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Droms; John Jantzi; Daniel Hyde; Brian Hoyt; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

laboratory facility has theflexibility to allow students to experiment with and explore the issues and challenges associatedwith networked computing systems and computing and communication structures. The hands-onexperience with software and hardware will improve their understanding of the underlyingprinciples and concepts in computer networks while better preparing them for employment orgraduate studies.For example, in systems-oriented courses such as Operating Systems (CSCI 315), studentsshould have the opportunity to modify the system software and/or the hardware. In particular, inan operating systems course, the faculty member may ask the students to design an I/O driverand compile the new driver with the kernel. In order not to interfere with

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

education.No more old yellowed paper notes but - the same old material. The same material developed forone medium and presented via a new medium.The new medium can be any level of technology; however, distance education may require themost study because of the lack of contact between students and teachers, learners and facilitators.In “Implementing the Seven Principles, Technology as Lever”, it is clear from the beginning thattechnology is a tool. “Faculty members who already work with students in ways consistent withthe Principles need to be tough-minded about the software- and technology- assisted interactionsthey create and buy into. They need to eschew materials that are simply didactic, and searchinstead for those that are interactive, problem

Conference Session

Online Programs and Program Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University; Rene Alexander Soto Perez, Purdue University; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University; Michael C. Loui, Purdue University; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

in 1980.Dr. Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Douglas is an Assistant Professor in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. Her research is focused on improving methods of assessment in large learning environments to foster high-quality learning opportunities. Additionally, she studies techniques to validate findings from machine-generated educational data. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Putting Discussion-Based Engineering Education Courses OnlineIntroductionThe School of Engineering Education (ENE) at Purdue University began offering graduatedegrees in 2004. As word of the new program spread, ENE faculty

Conference Session

Retention

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Colin J. Reagle P.E., George Mason University; Oscar Barton Jr, Morgan State University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

time and money into their academic careers.Faculty can offer advice and our suggestions, but it’s ultimately the student’s decision.In addition, faculty were concerned that students have too few credits already, 121 total. Someadvocated for additional required coursework which would reduce the number of electives or toincrease the total credits. Compared with degree requirements of schools sampled in our survey,we are 5 credits below the 126 credit average; more than 10% of ME programs required inexcess of 130 credits. The debate over college affordability has started in State Housesnationwide and many are pushing to cap BS degrees at 120 credit hours. As the issue of collegeaffordability is at the forefront of engineering education

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Rashidi, SUNY University, Buffalo

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

with parallel concentration sessions at the end of spring. In both cases,several people, including industry representatives, industrial advisors, IAB members, andacademic advisors, were invited to review the projects and submit their grades and feedbackonline. The feedback was then shared with the teams.Capstone project requirementsIn addition to the existing major requirements of Capstone projects, a few more requirementswere added to the new model of the Capstone experience to address the concerns listed above.First, two project types were proposed instead of using student ideas in the projects, includingindustry-sponsored and faculty-sponsored projects. The program also considered if studentssolicited an industry-sponsored project through

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

goal of 15% by 2011. 8The purpose of this paper is to examine engineering study abroad programs in an effort tounderstand answers to several questions, including 1) what kinds of programs are currently inexistence, 2) what are the challenges associated with these programs, and 3) what constitutes aset of best practices regarding these programs? These questions are examined from anadministrator’s viewpoint—from the viewpoint of someone who would like to implement suchprograms in his own college. Thus the issues examined extend beyond the student experience toinclude things such as cost, required infrastructure, need for faculty, etc.In order to answer these questions, a survey of existing programs was conducted. The survey wasintended to be

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

thatone user does not break or corrupt a computer for another user. Further, IT asks departments toprovide them software five months before the semester begins.Due to the nature of Division courses, faculty members have issues with these restrictions,notably the space for student work, the ability to configure software, and the advance notice forsoftware installation. This paper discusses the Division’s motivation and steps to create a 1:1laptop policy. The next section briefly details the Division’s motivation for the policy. Section 3 Page 11.883.2discusses the study performed by the Division to understand options for the policy. Section

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Taylor; B.K. Hodge

morebe taught about more in less time (see Factor 9)? Small companies generally do not have long-term training programs, unlike large corporations. Thus, ME’s accepting employment with smallcompanies must have sufficient depth and breath to be effective when hired. In the future moreengineers who initially accept employment with larger companies may be hired away by smallercompanies that require special engineering expertise.Factor 4: ASEEThe ASEE needs to be more effective in attracting, holding, and using young faculty members.In too many institutions, new faculty are warned not to concentrate on the education function andtend to avoid ASEE activities. The ASEE does offer considerable opportunities for publicationsand interactions with other

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen McNally, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

implementing research collaborations and educational programs are reviewed. Feedback onthis question solicited from other faculty and deans is provided. Through this paper, the author hopes tobegin a dialogue concerning the benefits and pitfalls of international activities for new faculty.Introduction: Globalization is a process in which regional societies, their economies and cultures arebecoming integrated through worldwide communications. Most universities, cities, states and countriesare spending a great deal of resources to insure their organization is involved in this process. Phrasessuch as “Meeting Global Challenges” and “enhancing student success with careers in a dynamic globalsociety” are used in two of the three major goals in our

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; David Rinard, Steelcase, Inc.; Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

andengineering educations. In a New York Times article [2] Friedman quotes a joint report of theNational Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute ofMedicine that says: “Having reviewed the trends in the United States and abroad, the committeeis deeply concerned that the scientific and technical building blocks of our economic leadership Page 11.1327.2are eroding at a time when many other nations are gathering strength. We are worried about thefuture prosperity of the United States. We fear the abruptness with which a lead in science andtechnology can be lost and the difficulty of recovering a lead once lost -- if indeed it

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Ohlone College

Tagged Topics

International Forum

offeredcommunity college faculty a nine-week experience that integrated individual hands-on researchwith team-based curriculum development to enable new research concepts to be introduced incommunity college classrooms in the context-based approach. Closely aligned with project-based learning and inquiry-based science education, the context-based approach was selected toprovide the participants a pedagogical method that brings their research experience alive in thecommunity college classroom by tying the teaching with applications that students can relate toin their lives.12 The context-based approach has been shown through assessments to enhance thestudents’ interest in STEM and has been applied successfully in college teaching, particularly tothe