Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

H. Bryan Riley

transformer) which is well established upon MachineLearning (ML). ChatGPT and other Gen-AI tools have the potential to assist educators inpreparing students for novel work, personalized education, reducing time-consuming tasks, andinclusivity [2]. This tool has 100+ million users and was available at no cost to the public untilFebruary 2023. This paper explores the impact of ChatGPT as an interactive aid for solvingsimultaneous equations. As STEM students in a two-year technical degree program,familiarization with solving techniques may not be uniform across this population. The initialapproach was to design a survey, administer it, and compile the responses. A small percentage ofstudents are proficient in solving a set of 3 simultaneous equations

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Albee; Laura Dillon; Jonathon Oleszkiewicz; George Stockman

. Some students spend an unusual amount of time on programming projects orreceive too much help in doing the work. Moreover, inappropriate copying of code developedby others is also common.Written exams often provide the primary means for assessment in large introductoryprogramming courses. Unfortunately, it is difficult to determine how well questions on writtenexams correlate with programming skills. Exams in large introductory programming courses areoften multiple choice or short-answer. Such questions typically test knowledge of specificaspects of programming features, rather than ability to devise a solution and realize the solutionin code. Moreover, feedback from students indicates that they feel their performance on suchexams is not a

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martina Margaret Moyne, University College Dublin; Maxwell Herman, Harvard University; Conor Walsh P.E., Harvard University; Donal Padraic Holland, University College Dublin

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

”, and the “Concept Presentation”. Researching featured largely in weeks two and three, but reduced substantially by week four, which was unexpected by the instructor. In week 4, the students’ focused on documentation with 32.64% of that specific week’s activities. This is an understandable change of focus considering the “Research and Voice of the Customer Report” was due in week four. Testing played a small role in the class’s overall design process, but featured in weeks two until week 10, although only consisted of 2-10% of any week’s activities. The frequency of testing across the weeks of the projects was expected by the

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)

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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

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Jaeger, Susan Freeman and Beverly Jaeger are members of Northeastern University's

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First-Year Programs

Engineering Design course6. These activities related tothe following recognized dimensions of learning styles presented by Felder and Brent4: (1) sensing(concrete, practical, oriented to facts) versus intuitive learners (conceptual, innovative, oriented to theory);(2) visual (pictures, diagrams, etc) versus verbal learners (written and spoken); (3) active (tries things out,works with others) versus reflective learners (learns by thinking through, works alone); and (4) sequential(linear, orderly, learns in steps) versus global learners (holistic, systems thinkers, learns in large leaps).There were over 20 learning modes assessed in both the student and faculty surveys. These modes havebeen described in detail in the previous papers5,6, and are again

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Stan Cronk, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

information about parts and supplies, prices, and other selectedcourse topics (global and societal issues). Students also learned to use presentation software,usually PowerPoint, on their own, because no instruction is provided for this skill. Page 14.619.11The students appear to have responded somewhat charitably to questions on the instruction levelsfor programming and for using a 3D modeling tool. Though we do discuss how to use specificcommands in their programming projects and explain some programming concepts such aslooping or calling subroutines, the students really learn these skills largely through self-study andpractice. Regarding 3D

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Crepeau P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Michael R. Maughan P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Dan Cordon, University of Idaho, Moscow; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Matthew John Swenson P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Daniel J. Robertson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Sean Michael Quallen, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Design in Engineering Education

, International Journal of Plasticity, Materials Research Letters, and the ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, among others.Mr. Dan Cordon, University of Idaho, Moscow Clinical faculty member at the University of Idaho with teaching focus in design courses ranging from freshman introductory engineering design through the capstone experience. Technical research area is in the field of internal combustion engines and alternative fuels.Dr. Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Beyerlein has taught at the University of Idaho for the last 27 years. He is coordinator of the college of engineering inter-disciplinary capstone design course. He is also a co-PI on a DOE sponsored Industrial Assessment Center program in

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

program is started. This is an unfortunatefact for at least a couple of reasons. First, there is a severe need for more electrical engineers inthe workforce, as a large percentage of the baby boomers are set to retire in the next few years.Second, the lack of new programs leads to very little literature being available to universitiestrying to start their own program, and when available, it may not address issues faced by a giveninstitution [2][3][4][5][6]. While the overarching goal of EWU was to address the first reasonmentioned above, the goal of this paper is to continue filling in the vacuum in the literature. Thepaper will describe the path taken by the University in the conception, design andimplementation of the program. Section II talks

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 21

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Elliott, Iron Range Engineering, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #41397Lessons Learned from Generating, Consolidating, and Analyzing Large Scale,Longitudinal Social Network DataDr. Jack Elliott, Iron Range Engineering, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jack Elliott is an assistant professor in Integrated Engineering at the Iron Range Engineering Program, a part of Minnesota State University Mankato. His research areas include student social support networks in engineering education, experimental fluid dynamics, and developing low-cost technology-based tools for improving fluid dynamics education.Dr. Angela Minichiello, Utah State University Angela (Angie) Minichiello is a

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary K. Handley

theirgrade expectation on attendance, how hard their schedule was, turning in material on time, orsimply the “effort” they expended. It appears that poorer students have difficulty realisticallyassessing their performance.Getting started with portfoliosA successful portfolio program has clearly defined goals and purposes, well articulatedguidelines for structuring the portfolio, a meaningful reward for the effort of doing a good job,and a manageable assessment plan2. It is best to start small and get comfortable with this type ofassessment.Purpose: What knowledge or skills will the portfolio document? Which of the learningobjectives for the course (or curriculum) can be measured best with a portfolio? Some of theskills which might be considered are

Conference Session

Engineering and Poverty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Legand Burge, Tuskegee University; Heshmat Aglan, Tuskegee University; Pradosh Ray, Tuskegee University; Nader Vahdat, Tuskegee University; Connie Price, Tuskegee University; Prakash Sharma, Tuskegee University; Stephen Sodeke, Tuskegee University; Vascar Harris, Tuskegee University; Gregory Murphy, Tuskegee University

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Engineering Ethics

Associate Professor and Head of Electrical Engineering in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Physical Sciences. Page 12.658.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering, Ethics and Society: Program Outcomes, Assessment and EvaluationAbstractThis paper describes a new course that has been offered to the engineering students at TuskegeeUniversity during the past two years. This course provides the students with an understanding of:1) the nature of engineering ethics, 2) the engineering activities in a societal context, and 3) thecontemporary issues in the engineering

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa Moll Weisbrook, University of Missouri; William Schonberg, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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New Engineering Educators

inappropriate, toss them out.Step 5. Large Group Session: Review and Refine Themes.Reconvene the entire team. Each small group then reports its findings and lists the themes theydetermined in their session. The entire team should discuss the commonalities and differences inthe lists of group themes and combines, modifies, and refines them to determine a final list ofunique themes to reflect the distinct professional skills, competencies, and accomplishmentsexpected of program graduates after three to five years of employment. Most programs will findthat they will have four to eight final themes.Step 6. Small Group Session II: Draft Objectives Statements.Divide the team into three to five groups. Distribute the themes among these smaller groups witheach

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S. Mullin, University of California, Davis; Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

class standing or major. A core objective of thecourse is to provide vital connections between engineering content, oral communication skillsand creative problem-solving through an engaging multidisciplinary team design experiencewithout increasing time to degree.Course structure involves a weekly large format interactive lecture session followed by a studiosession where smaller groups of students participate in hands-on collaborative activities.Homework and presentation assignments are structured around a team-based engineering designproject that emphasizes key stages of the engineering design process along with several forms ofcommunication that engineers typically utilize in design.In Fall 2017, an exploratory student team design project for

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

(b) above, and that appropriate assessment tools are availableto measure the achievement of these objectives. For a discussion of our own program objectivesand assessment tools, see Reference 2.THE PROGRAM ASSESSMENT MODELOur program assessment model is an annual cycle, consisting of a systematic assessment of everycourse in the program, followed by an assessment of the program as a whole. The annual cycle isillustrated in Figure 1. The large yellow arrow represents one annual iteration of the Program.Within the program, a series of courses (represented by the black arrows designated Course A,Course B, and Course C) run concurrently. On an annual basis, each individual course is thesubject of a formal COURSE ASSESSMENT. The principal

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kim Cluff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jeyamkondan Subbiah P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

predictive microbial growth/death mod- els for food safety risk assessment. Every fall, he teaches a large sophomore-level class on engineering properties of biological materials, which consists of both lectures and laboratory sessions with an enroll- ment of more than 70 students. Every spring, he teaches a junior-level course on principles of bioprocess engineering which has an enrollment of about 25 students. Page 25.511.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Electronic Student Homework Management Systems for Continuous Improvement and Program

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fadi Kurdahi, University of California, Irvine; Judy Shoemaker, University of California, Irvine; John LaRue, University of California-Irvine

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Electrical and Computer

holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in educational psychology and research methods. She is currently serving as a consultant to the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, assisting with assessment of student learning outcomes. She has conducted numerous evaluations of educational programs, including programs funded by NSF, FIPSE and the Department of Defense. Before coming to UCI she was a program officer with the U.S. Department of Education and also worked for three years with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).John LaRue, University of California-Irvine Page 12.448.1

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-1053: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OUTCOMES USING DIRECT MEASURESNirmal 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, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kimberly J. Cornett

communication) with performance indicatorsthat can be concretely assessed to ensure student’s mastery of the overall program outcome. Theperformance indicators include students’ ability to consume and critique communication,generate effective communication artifacts, and document design work through an engineeringnotebook. Four developmental, analytic rubrics were adapted to measure the students’achievement of the performance indicators. Portfolio are used as a source of formativeassessment and motivational feedback source for students.KeywordsCommunication, assessment, analytic rubrics, engineering notebooks, portfolioIntroductionResearchers have found that engineers spend 55 to 60% of their workdays involved in variousforms of communication [1]. ABET

Conference Session

Ocean & Marine Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Brahan, US Coast Guard Academy; Thomas W. Denucci, United States Coast Guard Academy; Jaye Falls, United States Naval Academy; Paul H. Miller, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Peter A. Sousa, United States Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

be improved forfabrication. Along the way they become familiar with the use and maintenance of a variety ofhand and power tools. This paper presents the curricula, lessons learned, and assessment usingstudent and faculty feedback of educational impact and motivation, and retention data, whichshowed significant improvement at both schools.Background/IntroductionUniversally, students in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering undergraduate programs aretaught the basics of vessel design, from hydrostatics through propulsion, and from materialsscience through structures. Their program of study usually culminates in a capstone designexperience where they perform a conceptual design of a ship or small craft. Many programsinclude hands-on

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado at Boulder

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-2076: EXPANDING UNDERSTANDING OF FIRST-YEARENGINEERING STUDENT RETENTION AND TEAM EFFECTIVENESSTHROUGH SOCIAL STYLES ASSESSMENTDaniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory. He holds a BS in psychology from Louisiana State University, and an MS degree in industrial/organizational psychology and PhD degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining the University of Colorado at Boulder, he gained extensive experience in assessment and teamwork in an engineering education context through the development and evaluation of a

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Steven Shaffer; Martin Yeh; Thomas Iwinski

from fill-in-the-blankassessment tools (where the student is presented with an entire program and istasked with filling in one or several blanks to make it operate) to large scaleprograms which the student will write and debug in a professional IDE andsubmit to the instructor for testing and grading. Of course, the answer to this Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11,2015 Villanova Universityquestion depends on the nature of the instructional content, the student’s abilitylevel, and the delivery environment. Thus, different courses will need differentsolutions.IV. Assessment securityAssessment security, including student identification, authorization, andplagiarism detection are particularly difficult problems in an online

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Whitefoot, University of Pittsburgh; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University

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Mechanical Engineering

, with a total number of ~180 credits required for graduation. This compared toan average of 128 credits required to graduate from the other universities. So, the course creditsat Stanford were divided by 1.4 before comparison; given the tight clustering of otheruniversities around the mean (1σ = 0.6 credits) this simple multiplicative factor seemedsufficient.Once the courses were divided into large categories, each course was tabulated in a spreadsheetand matched against similar required courses at Pitt and CMU. This process required deeperinvestigation of course descriptions within each program in order to best match the courses atdifferent universities. Some courses are common and match well across universities (e.g.,Thermodynamics 1) while

Conference Session

FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath A Schluterman, University of Arkansas; Kellie Schneider, University of Arkansas; Adrienne L. Gaines, University of Arkansas

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #6800Implementing an Engineering Applications of Mathematics Course at theUniversity of Arkansas and Assessing Retention ImpactDr. Heath A Schluterman, University of Arkansas Dr. Heath Schluterman is an Instructor and the Associate Director of Academics for the Freshman Engi- neering Program at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Schluterman completed his B.S. and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas.Ms. Kellie Schneider, University of Arkansas Kellie Schneider is Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Industrial Engineering and an instructor in the Freshman Engineering Program at the University of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

understand how trustis developed by both the mentor and mentee in an engineering academic environment.ConclusionsPreviously trust has been has been studied in large business organizations, with little emphasison mentoring or in academic settings1. By assessing trust in an academic research engineeringenvironment, and especially in a small National Science Foundation-funded program thatstrongly encourages participation by women and URM students, we can contribute experientialknowledge on how to build effective research relationships in mentored engineering researchrelationships in academia. We find that the YOU’RE@CU mentoring program is ideal forexamining the role of trust in engineering and academic mentor-mentee relationships. Byevaluating trust

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Allen Cress P.E., University of Dayton; Scott Schneider, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

faculty began using the newly developed data management tool in Fall 2020; a revisedversion of the tool was adopted in Fall 2022 and used by the department faculty at large. Beyondsimply offering a more robust course outline data and assessment metric storage method, thepresented paper demonstrates how the current method can allow for a more efficient andresponsive CQI process. One of the stated goals in the development of the new tool was toprovide instructor generated feedback directly to the programs CQI reports (without the need fortranscription or copy/paste). This tool will allow reports to be generated directly from the sourcematerial in a timely manner, enabling more efficient and timelier CQI program meetings.Furthermore, because of the

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica R. Deters, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Christopher Zobel, Virginia Tech; Margaret Cowell, Virginia Tech; Jennifer L. Irish, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Engineering Education, 2019 Assessing Interdisciplinary Competency in the Disaster Resilience and Risk Management Graduate Program using Concept Maps: A Pilot StudyIntroductionIn recent years, an increasing number of natural and human-made disasters, like Hurricane Mariaand the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, have impacted vulnerable populations across theglobe. The Disaster Resilience and Risk Management (DRRM) graduate program, housed atVirginia Tech, aims to educate interdisciplinary scholars who can help address these disastersboth before and after they happen in order to increase community resilience. Our overall projectgoal is to improve understanding and support proactive decision-making relative to DRRM byestablishing a sustainable and

Conference Session

Makerspaces

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Foad Hamidi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Stephanie Grimes, Digital Harbor Foundation; Shawn Grimes, Digital Harbor Foundation; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

activities including tinkering,customizing, designing, and fabricating small-batch artifacts that usually require technical skillsin self-directed projects [1]. After-school programs focused on making introduce youth toengineering concepts and skills before college and provide opportunities to engage in hands-onprojects that require creative problem solving, teamwork, and persistence [2], [3]. Additionally,these programs have been shown to strengthen job-readiness and can lead to careers in technicalfields [2], [4], [5]. Given the diversity of the contexts in which these programs are being offeredand the range of projects, technologies, and approaches that they utilize, there is a need tounderstand the potential of existing and new assessment tools

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano-Nieto; Willie Ofosu

Session 3547 Assessing the need to introduce Electromagnetic Compliance and Interference (EMC/EMI) in Engineering Technology programs. Albert Lozano-Nieto and Willie Ofosu Penn State University Wilkes-Barre Campus P.O. Box PSU. Lehman, PA 18627 Phone: (717) 675-9245. FAX: (717) 675-7713 email: AXL17@psu.eduABSTRACTA common goal of Engineering Technology programs is to produce highly qualified graduatesserving industry and the society. They need to provide students with

Conference Session

Laboratory Courses and Programming in the Aerospace Curriculum

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathryn Anne Wingate, University of Colorado at Boulder; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder; Lyndsay Rose Ruane; Dennis Akos

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

students who hadcompleted one semester of programming were able to complete an assignment that asked them to write aloop to compute an average of a given data set [14]. Similar results were found by McCracken et al., whogave a language-agnostic CS assessment to 216 students at 8 international institutions at the end of theirintroductory programming course [15]. In general, students did much more poorly than the authorsexpected. As they state, “We did answer the question we asked in the Introduction section: Do students inintroductory computing courses know how to program at the expected skill level? The results from thistrial assessment provide the answer ‘No!’ and suggest that the problem is fairly universal” [15, p. 132].Of our four research

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Frank Peters, Iowa State University

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Industrial Engineering

is a member of ASEE, AFS, IIE, AWS and SME. Page 12.578.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Effecting Improvement in an Industrial Engineering Program by Applying Outcome Assessment ResultsAbstractSoft skills and abilities such as ABET-specified outcome item (h) [the broad education necessaryto understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, andsocietal context], which is mandated for all engineering programs, are difficult to assess, anddifficult to improve. In this paper, in the context of Industrial Engineering, we show how suchoutcome items can