]. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationTAMUK is located in Kingsville, Texas. It is the only comprehensive university and the onlypredominantly residential university in South Texas. TAMUK is committed to its role in theSouth Texas area through teaching, research, and service. Its mission of teaching, scholarlyactivity and professional service is considered essential to the advancement of knowledge andregional development. The university is a member of the HBCU-MI (Historically BlackColleges and Universities-Minority Institutions). Sixty five percent of its student body is ofHispanic background.Curriculum
Making a Large Class Small Benson H. Tongue Department of Mechanical Engineering University of California Berkeley, CA 947201 I’m teaching HOW many next semester?As budgets shrink and class sizes grow, educators are hard pressed to maintain qualityin their classrooms. At Berkeley, the class size of our required undergraduate mechanicalengineering courses has ballooned from 40-60 students per professor up to the current level of130-170. Although less than the 500-600 students that routinely fill introductory chemistrycourses, 160-odd students certainly would seem to mandate that what once
and Director of the TransferableIntegrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) project, a Pacific Northwest consortium of institutionsdeveloping improved curriculum and assessments for engineering design education. Dr. Davis teaches and assessesstudent learning in multidisciplinary capstone design courses. He is a Fellow of ASEE.STEVEN BEYERLEINSteven Beyerlein is professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he coordinates thecapstone design program and regularly participates in ongoing program assessment activities. For these efforts hewon the UI Outstanding Teaching Award in 2001. He received a Ph.D. in M.E. from Washington State Universityin 1987. His research interests include catalytic combustion systems
University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY, USA. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Central Florida, Masters and PhD degrees in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and spent two years at the University of Pennsylvania as a Postdoctoral Fellow before beginning her faculty appointment. Beyond Dr. Grady’s primary research in experimental mechanics, she enjoys developing hands-on activities for courses early in the engineering curriculum. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Six Statics Activities in a Shoebox KitAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to widely disseminate the
-opinion.Luka, J., and Tarricone, P. (2001). Does emotional intelligence affect successful teamwork?Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learningin Tertiary Education at ASCILITE, 367-376, Melbourne: University of Melbourne.Ohl, T., and Cates, W. (2006). The nature of groups: Implication for learning design. Journal forInteractive Learning Research, 17(1), 71-89.Pfaff, E., and Huddleston, P. (2003). Does it matter if I hate teamwork? What impacts studentattitudes toward teamwork. Journal of Marketing Education, 25(1), 37-45.Michaelsen, L. K., Knight, A. B., and Fink, L. D. (Eds). (2004). Team-based learning: Atransformative use of small groups in college teaching. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.Scott
wereillustrated in a concept map. Students were then assigned to create a more comprehensiveconcept map of their entire curriculum and write a reflection on the experience. Several studentsexpressed a fresh awareness of the curriculum design and an appreciation of the attention of thefaculty to their education. This exercise was especially beneficial to students within one or twosemesters of graduation. Because graduate students have moved to a different level of theireducation and are focused on research projects with timelines not bound by the semester, nosimilar exercise was used.The first undergraduate project was an individual assignment titled the North Carolina SwineIndustry Summary, and was designed to build on earlier lessons and prior knowledge
, Washington, D.C.6. Oakes, J., Gamoran, A., & Page, R. N. (1992). Curriculum Differentiation: Opportunities, Outcomes, and Meanings, from the Handbook of Research on Curriculum, edited by P. W. Jackson, New York: Macmillan.7. Hawkins, C. (2005) Listening to the Voice of African-American Graduate Students in Chemistry, Unpublished M.S. thesis, Purdue University.8. Tsang, Edmund, (2000). Projects that Matter: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Engineering, American Society for Higher Education, Washington, DC.9. Coyle, Edward J., Jamieson, Leah H., Oakes, William C, “EPICS: Engineering Projects in Community Service”, International Journal of Engineering Education Vol 21, No. 1, Feb. 2005, pp. 139-150
Paper ID #17267Fostering Professional Practice Skills in a Redesigned Materials Science Coursefor Engineering StudentsDr. R. Danner Friend, Norwich University Danner Friend received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is cur- rently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Norwich University. He teaches a variety of different undergraduate engineering courses including Materials Science, Manufacturing, and Mechan- ical Engineering Tools, and he enjoys mentoring undergraduate students in aerospace-related research projects. He has recently been focusing on course and curriculum
2006-1641: GUIDED CAE SOFTWARE LEARNING MODULES FOR THEUNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMFrank Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Frank Fisher has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ since August 2004. Dr. Fisher earned BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh, Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Learning Sciences (School of Education and Social Policy), and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, all from Northwestern University. Prior to his current appointment he spent for two years as a post-doctoral research associate for the
syllabus for its introductory, undergraduateproject management course. Schools were informed that the project involved researching course contentwithin civil engineering project management courses. Syllabi were acquired for all schools solicitedexcept for two that indicated that they did not have the relevant course. The ten resulting syllabi wereanalyzed for leadership content.As mentioned earlier, there exist specific ABET requirements within the civil engineering curricula forstudents to be able to comprehend and explain the basic concepts of leadership. Because of this, syllabiwere analyzed for the explicit word “leadership” to determine the presence of any explicit contentaddressing this required educational outcome. Recognizing that
education, capstone design, and introductory materials science and engineering. His research interests include strategies for web-based teaching and learning, misconceptions and their repair, and role of formative feedback on conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge of stu- dents in introductory materials engineering classes. He is currently conducting research on web-based tools for teaching and learning, misconceptions and strategies and tools to promote conceptual change in materials courses. Page 24.614.1 c American
AC 2011-457: A COMPARISON OF HANDS-ON VERSUS REMOTE LAB-ORATORY EXPERIENCE FOR INTRODUCTORY MICROPROCESSORSCOURSESBrock J. LaMeres, Montana State University Brock J. LaMeres is an Assistant Professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Mon- tana State University (MSU). LaMeres teaches and conducts research in the area of digital systems and engineering education. LaMeres is currently studying the effectiveness of online delivery of engineer- ing education including the impact of remote laboratory experiences. LaMeres’ research group is also studying the effective hardware/software partitioning using reprogrammable fabrics. This work involves exploiting the flexibility of modern FPGAs to optimize
AC 2011-1366: COMBINING HANDS-ON DESIGN, ENGINEERING ANAL-YSIS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN A FRESHMAN CIVIL ANDENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COURSEJames D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringPeter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Peter Tkacik is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Motorsports focus area. His largest area of research is in the engagement of High School Students and early career Engineering College Students through Hands-On learning activities and exciting visual and experiential research programs. Other research activities are related to the details of the visual and experiential
Paper ID #6447Web-based audience response system for quality feedback in first year engi-neeringDr. Brian M Frank, Queen’s University Brian Frank is an associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he has taught courses in electronics and wireless systems. He is the DuPont Canada Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development, and the Director of Program Development in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science where he works on engineering curriculum development, program assessment, and developing educational technology. He is a co-founder of the Canadian Engineering Education Association
graduate research program. At Trine University, a small private school in An- gola, Indiana, he focused on undergraduate education while teaching ten different courses ranging from introductory freshman courses to senior capstone. Scott also served as an advisor to many different un- dergraduate research projects. He then moved on to Michigan State University and took a position as a teaching specialist concentrating on undergraduate classroom instruction. Scott finally settled at York College of Pennsylvania. He has been at York College for over ten years and feels as if he has found a place where the focus on teaching and students aligns well with his background and interests.Dr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson, P.E., York
in Media: “If She Can See It, SheCan Be It” [2]. Indeed, this is often the first conclusion of studies on STEM’s continued gendergap: we need “more female role models” [3].The Davis Institute, which focuses on representations of women and girls throughout massmedia, has recently focused on representations of STEM professions in particular, beginningwith a study performed in partnership with the market research firm J. Walter ThompsonIntelligence. “The ‘Scully Effect’: I Want to Believe in STEM” presents the 1990s paranormalmystery TV series The X-Files as a landmark in representation of female science and technologyprofessionals. As engineering educators who work in the cultural interpretation of film and TV,we’re both interested in the core
)[13] A. Mooney, A. Chicas, A. Moore, M. Keene, M. Cortinas, G. Beck (2021, fall) Capstone Project Plan - Final Proposal: IoT-based Sensing and Vibration Delivery through a Knee Sleeve, Project Management course [Capstone Design 1], Department of Engineering, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (not published).[14] David N. Perkins, TRANSFER OF LEARNING, Gavriel (1992), Transfer of Learning. In: International Encyclopedia of Education, Second Edition, Oxford, England: Pergamon Press.[15] Hwang, J., & Ham, Y. (2019), Relationships between self-efficacy and achievement moderated by teacher interaction: An international comparison study, Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1-28. doi:http://dx.doi.org
Professor at Weber State University in the School of Computing. He earned his Ph.D from Washington State University under the guidance of Dr. Diane Cook in 2014. He also received his B.S and M.S in Computer Science from Utah State University in 2011.Yong Zhang Dr. Yong Zhang is an associate professor in Computer Science at Weber State University. He received the B.E. degree and M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, and the Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA. His research interests include digital image and video processing, bioinformatics, and computer vision. © American Society for Engineering Education
-Year Engineering Students?Dr. Chao Wang, Arizona State University Chao Wang received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is currently a senior lecturer in Ira. A Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Do Open-Ended Design Projects Motivate First-Year Engineering Students?AbstractThis complete research paper examines students’ situational motivation responses to open-endeddesign projects with varying degrees of autonomy control in a freshman Introduction toEngineering course. Four sections of the course were given different project themes withdifferent
of teaching and learning. Outside of course development, his primary re- search interests are in biomechanics, rehabilitation, prosthetics, and robotics. His current research projects include robotic methods modeling and predicting human motion, the functional evaluation of a variety of prosthetic devices, and the creating of low-cost virtual reality systems for stroke rehabilitation. His goals are to offer the best possible education to his students and to increase the mobility and manipulability of persons with disabilities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Homework Methods in Engineering Mechanics, Part TwoAbstractIn a previous paper, “Homework Methods in
categories used for this analysis were:• Industry = projects with external sponsors with commercial interests• Biomed = biomedical and assistive devices• Education = projects to develop educational tools• Dev nation = technology for use in developing nations• Research = projects to develop research tools, primarily for faculty• Robots = robotics projects• Aero/Vehicle = projects related to air, water, or land vehicle development. This project includes students from competition teams (FSAE, Baja, etc.) Table 2: Distribution of teams across project categories, and average number of risks identified Before Instructional Change After Instructional Change
AC 2007-1704: ENGINEERING DESIGN VIA TEAM-BASEDSERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS: CASE SURVEY OF FIVE UNIQUE PROJECTGENRESPromiti Dutta, Columbia UniversityAlexander Haubold, Columbia University Page 12.623.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering Design via Team-based Service-Learning Projects: Case Survey of Five Unique Project GenresAbstract:We examine the introduction of engineering design to first-year college students via realcommunity service-learning projects (CSLP) of five genres: (1) assistive devices, (2)civil/architectural designs, (3) educational tools, (4) information technology, and (5) urbandevelopment. Projects in each
abilities that are required in over 800 occupations. The presentation of this workforce research data is afar cry from the LMIS’s predecessor, the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Workforce information is now deliveredover the internet; the data is repurposed to provide an online career management system for job seekers and jobchangers, and career planning information is provided directly to students and their parents. The same data isavailable to institutions of higher education, but few programs have taken advantage of it to inform their outreachand recruitment efforts nor their statements of program objectives and outcomes. IntroductionOutcomes-based assessment is designed to ensure program
AC 2008-2255: DECISION-MAKING IN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING:EXPLORING HOW STUDENTS DECIDE ABOUT FUTURE STUDIES ANDCAREER PATHWAYSIda Ngambeki, Purdue UniversityOdesma Dalrymple, Purdue UniversityDemetra Evangelou, Purdue University Page 13.351.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Decision-Making in First-Year Engineering: Exploring How Students Decide about Future Studies and Career PathwaysAbstractThe number of students enrolling in engineering has declined steadily over the last fifteen years,and the number of engineers joining certain fields in engineering has decreased even moredrastically. A number of studies have demonstrated a strong relationship
4.46 for the 17 modules.Focus Group FormatA colleague in the College of Education, whom the participants had met during the trainingworkshop over the summer, conducted focus groups for the TAs at the end of the Fall 2016semester. Table 1 provides a list of questions the Mentor TAs were asked during the focus groupsessions conducted both in the Fall of 2016 as well as in the 2015 – 2016 academic year withTAs that did not go through the summer workshop. Future research will code responses to drawcomparisons regarding the effectiveness of this training program, strengths and challenges ofserving in a Mentor TA position, as well as potential changes to the program. Preliminary resultssuggest that outcomes fall into three distinct categories
the need to serve entrepreneurial students who remain interested in theirchosen majors. A major challenge to Engineering students interested in entrepreneurship is thatthe requirements of their Engineering curriculum leave little flexibility to complete the additionalsix course minor as it is difficult for many to fit even the 3-credit EIL course in as a free elective.Therefore, the Entrepreneurship Minor will allow engineering students to count their 3-creditsenior engineering project, and perhaps one additional 3-credit engineering course, toward theminor.Pitt-Johnstown continues to develop an Entrepreneurship Program to meet the demands of all itsstudents. In the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) survey23 that is
Paper ID #23322Occupational Therapy Boards – Identifying the Value of a High-Impact Service-Learning ProjectDr. Todd France, Ohio Northern University Todd France is the director of Ohio Northern University’s Engineering Education program, which strives to prepare engineering educators for the 7-12 grade levels. Dr. France is also heavily involved in de- veloping and facilitating the Introduction to Engineering course sequence at ONU. He earned his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder where his research focused on pre-engineering education and project-based learning. c American Society for
Paper ID #6703Implementing First-Year Design Projects with the Power of ChoiceDr. Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas Thomas Shepard is a Clinical Professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He teaches courses in the thermal/fluid sciences, introduction to engineering for electrical and mechanical engineers, energy and the environment, and engineering for K-12 teachers. Dr. Shepard has research interests in experimental fluid mechanics, engineering education, energy conversion and engineering outreach
Connor, MLS, DM/AHIP is Professor of Library Science and STEM Liaison at the Daniel Library of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina in Charleston. Research interests relate to how scientists develop habits of mind and how case studies can be used to engage and sustain learning. Page 24.530.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Enhancing Undergraduate Civil Engineering Opportunities for Minority, Female, and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged StudentsAbstractA student scholarship and enrichment program was established to help address pervasiveproblems of
SLU, she teaches courses such as Engineering Fundamentals, Statics, Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer. She has also taught other subjects, including Fluid Dynamics, University Physics, Introduction to Chemistry, and Process Design, at different institutions of higher education in the past. Originally from Guanajuato, Mexico, Dr. Marmolejo obtained her Undergraduate Degree from the University of Guanajuato before pursuing her Graduate Degree at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. Currently, her research interests revolve around enhancing engineering education and fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in learning environments.Dr. Chris Carroll P.E., Saint Louis