AC 2008-2537: ASSESSING COGNITIVE REASONING AND LEARNING INMECHANICSChris Papadopoulos, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Chris Papadopoulos earned BS degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University, and a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University. He previously served on the faculty of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he is currently a research associate, grant writer, lecturer, and director of educational programs. His research interests include biomechanics, nonlinear structural mechanics, computational mechanics, engineering education, and engineering ethics. He is an active member of American Society for
AC 2008-2808: DESIGN PORTFOLIOS FOR OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT ANDPROGRAM VISIONMichael Plumley, US Coast Guard Academy LT Michael Plumley is on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard and is a faculty member and 1998 graduate of the Mechanical Engineering program at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy where he has served as course coordinator for a variety of courses including Machine Design, Heat Transfer, and Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems. He holds Masters of Science degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut. His previous
AC 2008-2236: OUTCOME ASSESSMENT PROCESS IN A MANUFACTURINGENGINEERING PROGRAMJahangir Ansari, Virginia State University Jahangir Ansari is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Virginia State University. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1979 and Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering in 1983 both from Seoul National University. He joined the faculty at VSU in 2002. He has over 18 years of industrial experience in different areas including shipbuilding and cement plant industries. His research interests include Structural Vibration, FEM, CAD/CAM/CNC, and Computer Integrated
AC 2009-865: ASSESSMENT OF INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTS THATADDRESS INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITYMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of
AC 2009-738: NEW HEIGHTS HIGH ATTITUDE RESEARCH PROGRAMASSESSMENTStephen Snyder, Taylor University I am an Educational Psychologist who has training and experience in assessing instruction and student cognition and motivation. I am currently part of an interdisciplinary team who has been awarded a NSF CCLI three year grant entitled: New Height's in STEM Undergraduate Learning.Elise Romines, Taylor University I am an undergraduate Psychology student who is involved in an interdisciplinary team who is assessing the educational impact of the New Height's High Altitude Balloon Launch Research Program as it is integrated into undergraduate science classes.Rachel Dodge, Taylor University I
Page 14.928.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Online Working Drawing Review and AssessmentAbstractThis paper describes the development and implementation of an online working drawing reviewvideo and online assessment tool. Particular attention was paid to dimensioning and ASMEANSI Y14 standards with the goal of improving the quality of the working drawings required infinal design project reports. All members of freshmen design teams in the fall 2008 semesterwere required to watch this video and pass an online assessment before they could turn in theirfinal design project reports. The School of Engineering maintained scanned copies of designproject reports for the fall 2006 and 2007 semesters. A separate
AC 2009-2087: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO ASSESS TEACHINGINDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICSYouakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University Page 14.183.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Effective Approach to Assess Teaching Industrial ElectronicsAbstractIn this paper, we describe an effective approach to assess teaching of industrial electronics in amodern engineering technology program. Several active learning techniques were used toreinforce student learning of power electronics theory and applications, including motor variablespeed drives, solid-state converters, and the energy conversion in electrodynamics systems. Theeducational merit of this approach is discussed
AC 2009-1490: AN ASSESSMENT OF A HIGH-SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMTaryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Taryn Bayles is a Professor of the Practice of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at UMBC, where she incorporates her industrial experience by bringing practical examples and interactive learning to help students understand fundamental engineering principles. Her current research focuses on engineering education, outreach and curriculum development.Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Tania Monterastelli graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2008 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland
AC 2009-1511: ASSESSMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME STUDENTS STUDYBertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc. Page 14.260.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009ASSESSMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME STUDENTS SPEND STUDYINGAbstractTo meet the objectives of accreditation students must learn the material. Each professorteaches a lesson and then assigns homework. When students do their homework there usuallyis no quantitative way of measuring the amount of time spent on their assignment. Recently, wehave used a quantitative method to assess the amount of time a student studies materialassigned on the web as homework. The technology now enables us to measure the time spenton
AC 2009-1532: ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THEODOREMARCHESEMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a
AC 2009-2320: ALIGNING ASSESSMENT TOOLS WITH COURSE SUBJECT ANDGOALSPaul Golter, Washington State UniversityBernard Van Wie, Washington State UniversityGary Brown, Washington State UniversityDave Thiessen, Washington State UniversityNurdan Yurt, Washington State UniversityBaba Abdul, Washington State University Page 14.167.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009This presentation outlines our experiences aligning assessment tools developed outside ofyour academic department with the goals and structure of your course. We haverestructured two very different assessment tools for use in a junior level ChemicalEngineering Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer course. The
AC 2009-2327: EXPERIENCES WITH ASSESSMENT TESTS FOR SYSTEMSCOURSESTokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University TOKUNBO OGUNFUNMI, Ph.D., P.E. is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California. He earned his BSEE (First Class Honors) from Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife), Nigeria, his MSEE and PhDEE from Stanford University, Stanford, California. His teaching and research interests span the areas of Digital Signal Processing (theory, applications and implementations), Adaptive Systems, VLSI/ASIC Design and Multimedia Signal Processing. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Member of Sigma Xi, AAAS and
1 _-— . .- . . S e s s i o n 2230 ‘ .— ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION Meg Karakekes, Susan Anderson, Jim Moharam, Ray Chen The University of Texas at Austin/SPIE/University of Central Florida/The University of Texas at Austin I. INTRODUCTION Continuing education is critical for engineers and the organizations that employ them (Gomes, Houche-Mong, Houche-Mong and Wakelin, 199 1; Wolff, 1993). However, findings
I .—. Session 1615 EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT: FRAMING& RESOLVING ILL-DEFINED PROBLEMS Col John Russell, Vice Commander Air Force Institute of Technology Lt Col Rosario Nici, Department of Astronautics Lt Col Charles Hudlin , Department of Philosophy and Fine Arts Lt Col Donna Peterson, Department of Electric Engineering Lt Col Steve Slate
Session 3520 New Software to Assess Equations of Motion J. R. Yujnovich, N.W. Scott & B.J. Stone The University of Western Australia student can immediately view very specific explanatory Abstract material related to the misconception.By far the most common form of computer-basedassessment software is multiple-choice. Although this is
AC 2009-629: ASSESSING WRITING IN A COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNEXPERIENCE COURSERhonda Young, University of Wyoming Rhonda Young is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Young received her doctorate in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington in 2002. Prior to a career in academics she worked for 11 years as a consultant in the transportation field. Her research interests are in transportation planning and intelligent transportation systems. Dr. Young teaches a wide variety of courses in the transportation field including the Comprehensive Design Experience course.April Heaney, University of Wyoming April Heaney
AC 2009-197: ASSESSMENT OF PROGRAM OUTCOMES FOR ABETACCREDITATIONHakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver Hakan Gurocak is Director of School of Engineering and Computer Science and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University Vancouver. His research interests are robotics, automation, fuzzy logic, technology assisted distance delivery of laboratory courses and haptic interfaces for virtual reality. Dr. Gurocak is an ABET Program Evaluator for mechanical engineering.Linda Chen, Washington State University Vancouver Dr. Xiaolin Chen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. She
2006-1101: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT RESULTS OF THE NC-LSAMPPROJECTMarcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University Marcia Williams is the Coordinator of Sponsored Programs for the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University and Statewide Coordinator for the NC Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NC-LSAMP). She received a B.S. in Industrial Technology (Manufacturing) from North Carolina A&T State University, and a MBA from Wake Forest University. She has sixteen years of experience in sponsored program administration.Gerald Watson, North Carolina A&T State University Jerry Watson is a Ph.D. candidate in Industrial Engineering at North Carolina A&
2006-1109: ASSESSING CURRENT PROGRAMS AGAINST THE NEW BOKRonald Welch, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Ronald W. Welch is an Associate Professor at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. COL Welch received a BS degree in Engineering Mechanics from USMA in 1982 and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990 and 1999, respectively.Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Allen C. Estes is a Professor and Civil Engineering Program Director at the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, NY. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. COL Estes received a
2006-1165: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSNirmal Das, Georgia Southern University Nirmal K. Das is an associate professor of Civil Engineering Technology at Georgia Southern University. He received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Jadavpur University, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering (structures) from Texas Tech University. His areas of interest include structural analysis, structural reliability and wind engineering. Dr. Das is a registered professional engineer in Ohio and Georgia. Page 11.248.1© American Society for Engineering
2006-453: THE IDEALABORATORY NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF TODAY'SINDUSTRY PROFESSIONALSLa Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University La Verne Abe Harris, PhD, CSIT came to Arizona State University with many years of industry experience in graphic design, information design, illustration, and computer graphics. Prior to coming to ASU, she was the art director of The Phoenix Gazette, the computer graphics production manager at Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., an editorial illustrator for The Arizona Republic, the creative director of a Phoenix advertising company, and the owner and consultant of Harris Studio, a computer graphics consultation and creative business. As the computer graphics production
2006-485: RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT: NEW JERSEYWINDSBilly Hill, Rowan University Billy Hill is a junior electrical and computer engineering student at Rowan UniversityPeter Jansson, Rowan University PETER MARK JANSSON is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University teaching AC and DC electric circuits, power systems, sustainable design and renewable energy technologies. He leads numerous Sophomore, Junior and Senior Engineering Clinic Teams in solving real world engineering problems each semester. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, MSE from Rowan University and BSCE from MITRyan McDevitt, Rowan University Ryan McDevitt
2006-701: ASSESSING TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY IN THE UNITED STATESJohn Krupczak, Hope College John Krupczak, Associate Professor of Engineering, Hope College. Prof. Krupczak’s course in technogical literacy began in 1995 and has educated over 1,000 students in multiple disciplines including pre-service teaching since 1995. Prof..Krupczak is the inaugural chair of the new Technological Literacy Constituent Committee of the ASEE.Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering Greg Pearson is a program officer at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), where he directs the academy’s efforts related to technological literacy and public understanding of engineering. Mr. Pearson most recently served
Paper ID #19411Self-Assessment to Improve Learning and EvaluationDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Dr. Gehringer is an associate professor in the Departments of Computer Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research interests include computerized assessment systems, and the use of natural-language processing to improve the quality of reviewing. He teaches courses in the area of programming, computer architecture, object-oriented design, and ethics in computing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Self-Assessment to Improve Learning and
Paper ID #20142STEM Outreach: Assessing Computational Thinking and Problem SolvingJoshua Levi Weese, Kansas State UniversityRussell Feldhausen, Kansas State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 STEM Outreach: Assessing Computational Thinking and Problem Solving Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University, weeser@ksu.edu Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University, rusfeld@ksu.edu Abstract: The ever-growing popularity of computer science has fostered the need for computational thinking (CT), especially in K-12 education. Pedagogy that
Paper ID #20191Developing and Assessing Elevator Pitches in Capstone DesignDr. Karen C. Davis, University of Cincinnati Karen C. Davis is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing Systems at the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include database design, query processing and optimiza- tion, data warehousing, and engineering/computing education. She has been awarded the ASEE Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education, the College of Engineering and Applied Science’s Faculty Excellence Award and the Master of Engineering Education Award.Dr. Fred Richard Beyette Jr
Paper ID #20332Engineering Notebooks for Formative Assessment (Resource Exchange)Dr. Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Douglas is an Assistant Professor in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. Her research is focused on methods of assessment and evaluation.Prof. Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and Director of STEM Integration in the INSPIRE Institute at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in
year. Regardless ofmajor, all students taking the introductory sequence are enrolled in the same inquiry-basedsecond-semester general physics laboratory. Consequently, assessing the impact of the sharedlaboratory curriculum takes on added importance to determine if students are learning what weare teaching.8Gender & Pedagogical Issues in Physics Assessment TestsThe impact of gender on undergraduate enrollments and pedagogy have bedeviled the physicseducational community for many decades.9,10 Among all fields of science and engineering,physics continues to have among the lowest representation of females at the undergraduate level.The situation deteriorates at higher levels on the educational and professional ladder.11 Thegender gap in the
Paper ID #27552Students’ Self-Assessment of Modern Making SkillsDr. Diana R. Haidar, Carnegie Mellon University Diana R. Haidar, Ph.D. is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Her background spans industry work in manufacturing, research efforts towards developing nanocomposites for advanced tribological performance in extreme environments, and prototyping experience designing-fabricating-building-testing-implementing various custom experimen- tal equipment. These experiences led to a passion for using makerspace resources to bring more hands-on
Paper ID #26285Pedagogical Assessment of Secure Coding in Student ProgramsDr. Saeed Al-Haj, Ohio Northern University Dr. Saeed Al-Haj, PhD., is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. He completed his Ph.D. in Computing and Informatics from the University of North Car- olina Charlotte. His expertise and general interests include: Computer and Network Security; Security Analytics; Firewalls and Access Control Configuration Analytics; Computer Science Education and Cy- bersecurity Education. His teaching experiences include teaching Computer Science courses and labs, utilizing