Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amir Karimi P.E., University of Texas at San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas at San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

Teaching Award and the 2013 UTSA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence, the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2019 College of Engineering Student Council Professor of the Year Award, 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award for College of Engineering, and 2004- 2005 Mechanical Engineering Instructor of the year award, 1999 ASEE-GSW Outstanding New Faculty Award. Dr. Manteufel is a Fellow of ASME with teaching and research interests in the thermal sciences. In 2015-2016, he chaired the American Society for Engineering Education Gulf Southwest section and in 2018-2019 he chaired the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars at UTSA. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

instructor to develop (i.e., obvious) • Purely deductive teaching leaves the student thinking that he or she could never come up with the derivation by him/herself. • Deductive teaching may be more Figure 1: Deductive learning is begins with principles, and efficient for short-term retention. inductive learning begins with observations (Adapted from Page 8.197.3 5 Felder et al. ).Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

Learning Styles of Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

styles as a guideline for incorporation of thehypermedia into the instructional design of the course.I. IntroductionBackgroundThe study took place in the sixth semester Control Systems course (ELE639) in an undergraduateprogram in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto. The course,redesigned in 1997, stresses the extension of theory to practice, with active learning supported bya lab structured around real-time experiments in servo-motor control. Realistic design, testing andimplementation, advanced computer simulations, demonstrations, and email communications withinstructors are an integral part of the course1, 2 . To enhance active learning and visualization, theauthor embarked on developing instructional

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Anton Pintar

software in allundergraduate courses. The implementation of this policy was left to the individual facultymembers. Each faculty member of our department took a slightly different approach. Myprevious uses of computer projects in undergraduate courses involved the development ofFORTRAN programs for tasks such as the determination of the adiabatic flame temperature foran assigned compound. In 1990 I was assigned the responsibility of teaching the sophomoremass balance course. By that time, it was obvious that chemical engineers working in industry Page 2.436.1did very little computer programming but, instead, used computer software to

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University; Andrew Walters, Mississippi State University; Anthony Vizzini, Western Michigan University

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Mechanics

advanced mechanicscourses including Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Mechanics of Materials. Students who havetrouble with Statics often face great difficulty learning the more advanced concepts insubsequent courses.In an effort to enhance learning, many educators have successfully developed and integratedmultimedia and computer technology in Statics instruction.1-4 Some of these tools are used toenhance the traditional (face-to-face) lecture format whereas others provide a framework forfully Web-based (online) or blended delivery of the course content. Although these tools help todiversify the delivery of instructional materials, the pedagogical paradigm of lecture-basedinstruction (on campus or distance) remains the same.Despite students’ mixed

Conference Session

Digital Methods in Mechanics: Teaching with Digital Tools

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael P. Hennessey, University of St. Thomas; Amir Ahmad Naqwi

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Paper ID #37036Oscillators for System ID and Inertia Measurement in UndergraduateDynamicsDr. Michael P. Hennessey, University of St. Thomas Michael P. Hennessey (Mike) joined the full-time faculty at the University of St. Thomas as an Assistant Professor fall semester 2000 and was promoted in 2014 to Professor of Mechanical Engineering (tenured since 2006). He is an expert in kinematics, dynamics, and control of mechanical systems, along with related areas of applied mathematics, such as in automation and transportation. As of summer 2023, he has 54 publications, in journals (11), conferences (41), magazines (1), and

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 6: First-Year & Sophomore Year Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanner Hilsabeck; Breanne Crockett; Amir Parsaei; Kevin S. Xu, Case Western Reserve University; Matthew W. Liberatore, The University of Toledo

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #37414Clustering of Animation View Times in an Interactive Textbook forMaterial and Energy BalancesTanner HilsabeckBreanne CrockettAmir ParsaeiKevin S. Xu, Case Western Reserve UniversityProf. Matthew W. Liberatore, The University of Toledo Matthew W. Liberatore is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Toledo. He earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in chemical engineering. From 2005 to 2015, he served on the faculty at the Colorado School of Mines. In 2018, he served as

Collection

ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut

Paper ID #35867Redesigning the Flipped Mechanics of Materials Course to Support DiverseLearnersDr. Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut Sarira Motaref is an associate professor in residence in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at the University of Connecticut. She has been teaching large classes such as CE 2110 (Applied Mechanics I) and CE 3110 (Mechanics of Materials) which are major requirement across multiple disci- plines in the School of Engineering since 2013. She has led the efforts within the Department to develop and deliver flipped sections of undergraduate courses. She is a

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1: Experiential Learning in Fluids, Structures, and Course/Lab Design

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Sizemore, Mesa Community College

be an exhaustive investigation.Until the statics class, labs are “fill in the blank” style. Labs are very explicit in classes before statics, andstudents exercise little creativity in finding results. These statics labs intend to pose a general problem inwhich steps are intentionally not specified. Students develop skills in designing experiments, measuringquantities, analyzing results, and writing freeform lab reports. Students must determine two distinctlydifferent methods to measure the quantity or work out the theory that predicts the outcome andcompare the results, including finding the error. Students must show mathematics using a soundproblem-solving methodology such as SOLVE (see Appendix). Finally, students must write their own

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 2: Thermo-Fluids Projects and Active Learning

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth "Elisha" M.H. Garcia Ph.D., PE, United States Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

, environmental, and societal contexts. 5. an ability to function effectively on a PBL is often conducted in small teams team whose members together provide working collaboratively. leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. 6. an ability to develop and conduct PBL can be extended from conceptual to appropriate experimentation, analyze, and experimental, allowing students to evaluate interpret data, and use engineering their designs. judgment to draw conclusions. 7. an ability to acquire and apply new PBL does not follow textbook examples and knowledge as needed, using appropriate requires students to research

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Academic Progress, Retention, and Mathematics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aysa Galbraith, University of Arkansas; Heath Schluterman, University of Arkansas; Leslie Massey, University of Arkansas; Brandon Crisel; Candace Rainwater, University of Arkansas

Paper ID #37717Exploring the relationship between initial mathematicscourse in college and engineering graduation ratesAysa Galbraith (Teaching Assistant Professor) Dr. Aysa Galbraith is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at University of Arkansas. She received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from Chemical and Biomolecular Department at North Carolina State University in 2006. She is responsible from coordinating the First-Year Honors Research Experience, teaching Introduction to Engineering, developing course material, and advising freshmen engineering students.Heath Aren

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abigail E. Heinz, Rowan University; Matthew Strauss; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering and Expe- riential Engineering Education Departments at Rowan. Kaitlin has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois.Dr. Mary Staehle, Rowan University Dr. Mary Staehle is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Rowan University. Before joining the faculty at Rowan, Dr. Staehle worked at the Daniel Baugh In- stitute for Functional Genomics and Computational Biology at Thomas Jefferson University and received her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. Her research is in the area of biomed- ical control systems, specifically neural

Collection

2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Douglas F. De Boer

identification of struggling students.There may also be benefits in terms of retention of students in the course. It is not clear thatstudents perform differently (better or worse) on tests during the course, but Prince and Felder’sanalysis shows that that, in the long run, students retain more of what they learn.Peer Graded Courses Contrasted with Lecture CoursesNo course is purely one style or another, but for a moment, consider how a predominantlylecture-style course usually works.Prior to the course offering, the instructor reviews available textbooks and chooses one. Thenthe instructor develops a set of notes for the course to coordinate with the chosen textbook. Aninstructor teaching the course for the first time might take notes almost

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Jorge A. Gonzalez-Mendivil, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Israel Zamora-Hernández, Tecnológico de Monterrey; J. Asuncion Zarate-Garcia, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Martha Elena Nunez, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Gibrán Sayeg-Sánchez, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering

in Mexico, twenty years of experience in engineering education, several projects in innovation of engi- neering education such as the use of 3D virtual ambiences as a way of developing competences.Prof. Israel Zamora-Hern´andez, Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey Israel Zamora-Hern´andez has a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico. He has a M.Sc. in Digital Systems from Tecnologico de Monterrey. He has been a lecturer in the School of Engineering for over 18 years. His work especializes in attracting new stu- dents to STEM programs at University level. He has directed several teams in the Admissions Office at Tecnologico de Monterrey.Dr. J. Asuncion Zarate-Garcia, Tecnol´ogico de

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Meagan Flus, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

ofWaterloo provide students with instructor-defined project topics. When this is the case, studentsdo not have the opportunity to get meaningful experience in the needs assessment stage of thedesign thinking model. As a result, need finding tends to be one of the weaknesses identified instudents. It is known that weaknesses in the beginning phases of a design negatively affect theoutcome of the final project [3]. Therefore, there is motivation to address the gap that exists inengineering education in developing student problem finding skills. Engineering students at the University of Waterloo typically engage in design activity intheir first-year engineering concepts course, and sporadically in course projects in the second andthird year

Conference Session

Gender Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Tim John Weston, University of Colorado, Boulder; Wendy DuBow, National Center for Women & IT; Alexis Kaminsky, Kaminsky Consulting, LLC

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Gender

STEM curricula and teaching meth- ods, and the design of tests and surveys. He is also part of the research project Talking About Leaving Revisited which examines why undergraduates leave STEM majors.Dr. Wendy DuBow, National Center for Women & IT Dr. Wendy DuBow is director of evaluation at the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and affiliate faculty member in Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado. She conducts mixed methods social science research, creates practical print and multimedia resources, and evaluates the effectiveness of the various programs and materials NCWIT produces. Her research has explored the role of male advocates for gender diversity in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew L Dering, Penn State University; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #19707Early Predicting of Student Struggles Using Body LanguageMr. Matthew L Dering, Penn State University Matthew Dering is a PhD student at Penn State University studying computer vision and deep learning.Dr. Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Tucker holds a joint appointment as Assistant Professor in Engineering Design and Industrial En- gineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also affiliate faculty in Computer Science and Engineering. He teaches Introduction to Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) at the undergraduate level and developed and taught a graduate-level course

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Stone, Western Carolina University; Zachary Kuhn, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

-wavelength, five-axis laser machining centerfrom Oxford Lasers in Oxford, England has provided those Engineering Technology students theopportunity to learn and practice high-tech skills related to laser machining, part marking, datamatrices, and computer-aided design and manufacturing. Additionally, the data from this multi-faceted machine can be used to develop soft skills that are transferable across industrial fields,such as those practiced in the six sigma quality methodology. The results presented in this papershow some of the capabilities of this machine, as well as two DOEs (design of experiments).The DOEs illustrate the relationship between data matrix quality (2-D barcode) and process inputparameters, namely pen style, power, hatch, and

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Squire, Virginia Military Institute; Vonda Walsh, Virginia Military Institute; H. Francis Bush, Virginia Military Institute; Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Anthony English, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Computers in Education

at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and the University of Vermont. Prior to joining the faculty at the Virginia Military Institute in the fall of 2004, Dr. Sullivan was employed by JMAR Inc. where he was involved in research and development of next generation lithography systems for the semiconductor industry.Anthony English, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Dr. Anthony English received a BASc in engineering physics from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby British Columbia, Canada, an MASc in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada, and a PhD in Medical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University

Conference Session

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Chamberlain, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

. Seymour and Hewitt’sthree-year study of STEM students identified reasons for switching away from STEMfields as related to classroom instruction, departmental culture (attitudes and practices ofengineering faculty), and institutional structure (curriculum requirements, advising,counseling and tutoring services)3. Heavy curriculum demands in the number of requiredcourse hours forced a student to commit to an engineering discipline too early in theiracademic life, even before having had a chance to learn much about that particulardiscipline as a career4. If students wait to declare a major, they may fall behind in thecurriculum schedule.The purpose of this study is to present the results of an analysis of over 400 exit surveys,collected over a four

Conference Session

Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Gary L. Gray, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanics

solveproblems derive from three areas: 1. balance laws (e.g., force, moment, momentum, angular momemtum, energy, etc.); 2. constitutive equations (e.g., friction laws, drag laws, etc.); and 3. kinematics or constraints.Since we didn’t see any reason why this approach can’t and shouldn’t be applied to problems inStatics and Dynamics, we developed a structured approach to problems in these courses based onthe classes of equations listed above and this approach was presented at the 2005 ASEE AnnualConference.1 At the time, a similar approach had just appeared for the first time in Statics andDynamics textbooks,2, 3 though we were not aware of it when we developed ours. Since then, wehave taught Dynamics using our structured approach to problem

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

the followingsections.As a requirement for graduation, Civil Engineering majors at The Citadel, a teaching focusedinstitution in the Southern United States, must take an engineering economy course in theirjunior year. The course focuses on basic principles of engineering economy as applied to theeconomic analysis of the costs of construction and operation of various engineering works. Theobjectives of this study were to (1) assess the amount of exposure engineering majors have toengineering economy prior to this course and (2) to assess student learning as a result of variouspedagogical techniques used. A pre-test and post-test were developed based on key concepts inengineering economy. The pre-test was administered to measure student’s prior

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Bailey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #19940Measuring Revealed Student Scheduling Preferences using Constrained Dis-crete Choice ModelsJacob Bailey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Jacob Bailey is an graduate student with a focus on computer science education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Prof. Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Matthew West is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining Illinois he was on the faculties of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University and the

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Neal A Lewis, University of New Haven

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Engineering Economy

paper is on engineering economy courses rather than the smallernumber of current texts, we have chosen not to develop a table with details of today’s texts. Wewill note however that White, Case, and Pratt (2012)’s third chapter is on borrowing, lending,and investing. The personal finance material in the 12th edition of Newnan’s text is similar to the1st edition. The only significant content additions were brief sections on student loans andretirement accounts. However, the 13th edition by Newnan, Eschenbach, Lavelle, and Lewis(2017) has been heavily influenced by our work on this topic. Other current texts are similar tomost texts in Table 1—personal finance focuses on the time value of money for saving, loanpayments, and retirement

Conference Session

Motivation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jiawei Zhang, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rebecca Kramer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

in stretchable electronics, responsive material actuators, soft material manufacturing, and soft-bodied control. Dr. Kramer serves as an Associate Editor and Editorial Board member of Frontiers in Robotics and AI: Soft Robotics. She is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the NASA Early Career Faculty Award, the AFOSR Young Investigator Award, the ONR Young Investigator Award, and was named to the 2015 Forbes 30 under 30 list. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Enhancing Student Motivation and Self-Efficacy Through Soft Robot DesignAbstractThis research paper evaluates student perceptual changes in engineering motivation and self

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahaa Ansaf, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Manufacturing

studentengagement in the course topics and in critical thinking. Okojie [5] claims that “in a highly competitive manufacturing industry, the total cost ofdesign and manufacturing can be reduced and hence increase the competitiveness of the productsif computers can integrate the whole working procedures. Computer-aided integration has,therefore, become an inevitable trend. Many industries have achieved a great deal of successbetween non-integrated and integrated systems.” Egelhoff et al. [6] described “a structured problem-solving approach which uses thestudents' understanding of free-body-diagrams, shear and moment equations, and energy methods.With the development of note-taking handouts supplied to the students, the structured analysis

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Larry Himes Jr, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

. Larry Himes, Jr. is currently seeking a full time university faculty position. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020A Low Cost Kiosk for Student Learning of Human Machine Interface (HMI) Dr. Larry Himes, Jr. (KG9KV)AbstractThe use of touch sensing devices is common in this day and age. Capacitive touch sensing is themost widely used, but there are resistive and reflective means as well. Low cost, simple circuitry,easy to implement and simple to program were the four factors considered for classroom use. Ameans of implementing the touch sensing in an application was another factor. The result was akiosk to be assembled and programmed by Electrical Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Herb Connors, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

team project and had a better understanding of engineering statics.2. The design-build-test-redesign wooden structure projectWhat kind of design project is suitable for this sophomore-level engineering statics? We willfirst briefly describe the structure of our engineering statics course and then explain in detail thedesign-test-redesign project in this course.2.1 Developing a design project for the course of engineering staticsThe engineering statics course is a required core four-credits lecture-only technical course duringa fifteen-week semester. Before this course, students have learned several basic courses relatedto mechanical engineering. In the course of computer-aided design and manufacturing(CAD/CAM), they are introduced to several

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University; Jenna A. Harbert

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

course centers on a reinforced concrete structure. The process involved in the course issimilar to the course taken a year before, thus in this course there exists time to introduce BIMfor the purpose of structural design instead of the required RISA instructional lectures. A BIMmodel is developed prior to the start of the course that all students have access to and that will beused to establish a large part of the three-dimensional design model. The process of interfacing aBIM model from Revit with the RISA-3D program is one that will allow one model to be usedfor dual purposes - modelling of a building design, and modelling of the structure for the purposeof analysis and design.Interface ProcessThe Risa-Revit link allows for round trip changes

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Matthew Walker, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

list of objectives, clear and well-developed rubrics and guidelines for assessment, open communication with students onexpectations and assessment methods, and a centering of course content around the establishedstandards and corresponding assessment methodology. [9] A well-stated and more recent reviewby Muñoz [10] concludes that such methods are the clear next step in educational assessment.Applications of standards-based assessment are wide ranging in context and approach. Parker,assessing student writing across the curriculum, used a semester-spanning aggregation methodbased on the number of assignments demonstrating the desired level and number ofcompetencies. Also notable was the implementation of a standards-based approach without