Conference Session

Technology-Related Educational Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

opportunity tolearn compared in-class discussions. We present a summary of the survey results, along with thetheoretical underpinnings of the approach and some details of the prototype implementation. Wealso present our design for the next set of experiments with the CONSIDER tool.1 IntroductionThe type of conflicts of opinions and the ensuing argumentation seen in the broader public spherewould make it difficult for one to imagine that any type of conflict could ever be collaborative, letalone a driver of effective learning. But researchers in learning sciences have been studying whatAndriessen 1 calls collaborative argumentation, which “can help students learn to think criticallyand independently about important issues and contested values

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University; Uditha Poddalgoda, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Omar A. Omar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Amy Jarrett, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Aaron Redden, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Daniel Seaton, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Robert Johnson, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

resources to extend results through further research. Although preparing studentsfor further graduate study is a priority for the ACTION Program, instilling research andprofessional demeanor in undergraduate students serves them well in the instance that they seekcareer opportunities in the industrial or research marketplace.The CRC emphasizes inquiry-based activities, development of research interest, formulation ofproposed activities to attract support, sustained periods of investigation, and presentation ofresults. The CRC is consistent with the preparation, presentation, and publication sequenceidentified as essential by Nnadozie, Ishiyama, and Chon as early as 1983. [7] The majorcomponents of the UMES MSEIP CRC are outlined below: a. Grant

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-5232: EXPLORING IF AND HOW KNOWLEDGE OF A HU-MANITARIAN DISASTER AFFECTS STUDENT DESIGN THINKINGRyan C. Campbell, University of Washington Ryan Campbell is pursuing his doctorate through the University of Washington Graduate School’s inter- disciplinary Individual PhD (IPhD) program, in which he combines faculty expertise in the College of Engineering and the College of Education to create a degree program in the emerging field of engineering education. Campbell earned his M.S. in electrical engineering from Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea, and his B.S. in engineering science from Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colo. Camp- bell’s research interests include engineering education, ethics

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Immekus; Susan Maller; P.K. Imbrie

Cronbach’s coefficient alpha, were: .96, .92,.96, and .94 for Interdependency, Learning, Potency, and Goal-Setting, respectively. Cronbach’scoefficient alpha for the entire scale was .98.Backgr ound The NAE National Research Council Board on Engineering Education, NSF EngineeringEducation Coalition Program, and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [1]Engineering Criteria 2000 ushered in a movement to reshape the engineering curricula. To buildon these pioneering initiatives, new educational pedagogies must be used to develop graduates assuccessful professional contributors and lifelong learners in global, multi-disciplinary markets;be flexible to support diverse career aspirations; be agile to rapidly transform in response

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brandon Rogers; Joseph Ekstrom

Performance Testing and Analysis of Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Databases Brandon Rogers, Joseph J. Ekstrom Brigham Young UniversityAbstractThe Internet revolution has focused scaling and redundancy research on systems, such asapplication servers using clusters, redundant Internet connections, and other redundant hardware.Conversely, back-end services, such as databases, have largely remained undistributed, un-clustered, and housed in large, dedicated SMP machines. However, a new turn in databasemanagement recently was introduced with the proposal of a RAIDb (Redundant Array ofInexpensive Databases) standard.Various studies have

Conference Session

Laboratory and Research Skill Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Jennifer R Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

consequential than simply following analysis directions (Domain 3), andchoosing an audience and what and how to communicate to them is more consequential thanfollowing a template on how to write a technical report (Domain 4).MethodsStudy designTo address the study aims, we first conducted a validation study of our survey, then conductedregression modelling. We adapted a survey we previously developed to measure consequentialagency in laboratory experiments to focus on all four domains, as well as engineering identity,relevance, and persistence intentions. We systematically developed the survey across threestudies following research guidance [20, 21]. Importantly, when measuring a construct (e.g.,identity, self-efficacy, agency), multiple questions are

Conference Session

Research Methodologies – Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Bahnson, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. Matthew’s research focuses on postdoctoral mentorship experiences in engineering and computer science and sociocultural inequality in engineering graduate education with the intention of increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in STEM graduate ed- ucation. Matthew has published in the leading engineering education journals: Journal of Engineering Education; Studies in Engineering Education; and International Journal of Engineering Education. His conference participation includes coordinating engineering education sessions at the leading education conference: American Educational Researcher Association (AERA) in 2022 and 2023; paper presenta- tions at

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; Kirstin Collette Busch, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3906: NEGOTIATING STEM EPISTEMIC COMMITMENTS FORENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGESDr. Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, AustinMs. Kirstin Collette Busch, University of Texas, Austin K.C. Busch is a graduate student in science education at the University of Texas, Austin. She earned a B.S. in ecology from Iowa State University and taught science in secondary schools for 12 years. Busch’s research interests include argumentation about climate change and classroom-embedded professional de- velopment strategies. She is also investigating decision-making processes of students engaged in design- based engineering curricula

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Harris; Mary Sadowski

practice that can be drawn fromthis scholarly work for the faculty and administration. One implication is the possible decreasein undergraduate education focus in Research 1 universities, due to the allocation of resourcesfor research and graduate studies. The academic enterprise affects non-tenure track faculty,such as lecturers and faculty associates, who are not responsible for implementing academiccapitalism. In order for the tenure-track professors to search for and participate in sponsoredprojects and scholarship, non-tenure track faculty will be left with the majority of theundergraduate teaching load. Another implication for faculty and administrators is the redistribution of power in theacademe through the reallocation of

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University; Steven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University; James Nelson, Brigham Young University; A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of the BYU Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. His research efforts are in Finite Element Modeling and Professional Engineering Ethics.E James Nelson, Brigham Young UniversityDr. A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University A. WOODRUFF MILLER earned a bachelors degree in civil engineering from Brigham Young University in 1969, and masters and Ph.D. degrees in 1970 and 1975, both from Stanford University. He has been a professor in the civil & environmental engineering department at Brigham Young University since 1974 where currently he holds the Husein Professorship and directs the civil engineering design (capstone) course for all graduating seniors, and where he was department chair from 2000 to 2006

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard M. Single; William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

. Single, P. B., C. B. Muller, C. Cunningham, and R. M. Single. "Electronic Communities: A Forum forSupporting Women Professionals and Students in Technical and Scientific Fields." Journal of Women andMinorities in Science and Engineering 6 (2000): 115-29. 20. Glaser, B. G. , and A. L. Strauss. The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research.Chicago: Aldine, 1967. 21. Boyle, P., and R. Boice. "Systematic Mentoring for New Faculty Teachers and Graduate TeachingAssistants." Innovative Higher Education 22, no. 3 (1998b): 153-79.Biographical InformationPEG BOYLE SINGLEPeg Boyle Single is the Mentoring Specialist and Senior Research Associate for MentorNet and a ResearchAssociate Professor of Education at the University of

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, and water resources. In a major ($1M+, NSF) curriculum reform and engineering education research project from 2004 to 2009, he led a team of engineering and education faculty to reform engineering curriculum of an engineering department (Biological Systems Engineering) using Jerome Bruner’s spiral curriculum theory. Currently, Dr. Lohani leads an NSF/REU Site on ”interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering” which has already graduated 56 excellent undergraduate researchers since 2007. This Site is renewed for the third cycle which will be implemented during 2014-16. He also leads an NSF/TUES type I project in which a real-time environmental monitoring lab is being

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

buildings.IntroductionIn Boston, there are many thousands of rowhouse residences that are founded on wood piles.The information presented herein provides an overview of the problems of groundwater andwood piles and the struggle to preserve these vital foundations for many thousands of buildingsin the filled land areas of Boston. Several issues related to the preservation of wood pilefoundations are discussed with particular reference to the work of a number of students fromWentworth Institute of Technology over the past decade both on their co-op work semesters, assenior design projects, and as special topics study. Their efforts have included observation wellreadings, research for wood pile top elevations, details on fill soil composition and location,study into

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wegner, University of Michigan College of Engineering; Stefan M Turcic II, University of Michigan; Gail Hohner, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

member of the NASPA Center for Women National Board and co-founded the University of Michigan Women in Student Affairs chapter. Jennifer’s research interests include the culture of busy, the intersection of women’s higher education career ascension and professional development, and women’s leadership development. She is currently a doctoral student at New England College and holds her M.Ed. in Higher Education Student Affairs from the University of Vermont and a B.A from Oakland University.Mr. Stefan M Turcic II, University of Michigan Stefan Turcic is a recent graduate from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, where he received his M.A. in Higher Education from the Center for the Study of Higher and

Conference Session

Technology-Related Educational Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Barry McPherson, The Boeing Company

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

behaviors as manifested in the environmental factors that digital environments cannow capture. While there are numerous studies that shed light into the nature of engineeringpractice in the workplace8, 27, there are very few studies, if any, that can provide a full andthorough analysis of engineering practice as manifested within the digital design environmentswhere the work actually occurs.1.1. Focus of this paperThe present study, pioneered by a large US aerospace company working closely with educatorsat 5 major engineering schools in the US, engineering education researchers, and practicingengineers, is a first step towards characterizing engineering problem solving behaviors in theaerospace industry. In this paper, we characterize how

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Macy Reynolds

strengths they see are the ability to relate to employees, perceive problems, andwork on solutions without even being asked. In fact, they offered the student a full-time job withthe engineering staff at a handsome salary after graduation. It wasn’t until the college recordswent to personnel that management became aware of his GPA. The company’s policy was tohire engineers who had over a 3.0 accum – student A’s grades were a 2.5. Although the bosswas shocked at his lackadaisical grades, he had no problem with the student’s performance on Page 10.145.1the job. Clearly Student A could apply classroom learning outside the academic environment

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and Industry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Mike Stine Jr.; Douglas Brian Forbes, Lockheed Martin; Benjamin Cohen; Ryan Buckley

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Toyota Motor Corporation as a quality assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical en- gineering from MST in 1999 while he worked as a quality engineer for Lumbee Enterprises in St. Louis, Missouri. His first teaching position was at the architectural and manufacturing sciences department of Western Kentucky University. He was a faculty at Trine University teaching mainly graduate courses as well as undergraduate courses in engineering technology and mechanical engineering departments. He is currently teaching in Engineering Technology Program at Drexel University. His area of expertise is in CAD/CAM, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining, rapid prototyping

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; Jeannie Brown Leonard; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

and content raised by the student team from the correspondingcourse.The focus groups and interviews were organized and conducted in the 2003-04 academic year bythe Principal Investigators and graduate research assistant using the focus group and interviewprotocols. Examples of specific questions related to roles students take in engineering projectteams include:• What functions do you prefer to do when working on a team?• Are there roles or functions of working on a team that you like to do, but for some reason, seldom get a chance to do? If so, what gets in the way?• Do you use the team experience as an opportunity to learn new skills? If not, why? If yes, please describe how or give examples.• In different team settings do you find

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shehu Farinwata

2002-2317 Engineering First: An Undergraduate Dilemma Shehu S. Farinwata, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Member, IEEE Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd, Tyler, TX 75799, USA1AbstractThe trends brought about as a result of computer software revolution and evolution aremany and varied in just about any of the traditional engineering disciplines. A lot of suchtrends might be seen as a response to an interesting reversal of opportunity, which isapplication-driven research. Not too long ago it had been research

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert; Lisa Milkowski

you do,will the “study for the test” phenomena occur and will they not understand the concept? Toaddress these questions, straw-man rubrics should be created and shared with those who aredoing the assessment. Efforts must be made to ensure that everyone shares the sameunderstanding of the levels of performance.The MSOE faculty are working to develop such rubrics. The purpose is to assessperformance at four different points in the four-year MSOE design program. The four rubricswill be applied to the junior design presentations, to the two design reviews, and to the finaldesign presentation in the senior year. The rubric for the junior design presentations isexpected to measure a students’ ability to communicate, whether or not there are

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ryan; Nhut Ho; Shelley Bartenstein

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

rubrics.IntroductionIntegration of design into the lower division of the mechanical engineering curriculum atCalifornia State University, Northridge (CSUN) has been an effort that dates back to the self-study document written for the 2001 ABET review. Curriculum changes which evolved fromthat review included a two course sophomore design sequence (ME 286A and ME 286B). Thefirst course focused on design methodology, manufacturing processes, and the use of SolidWorkssoftware, and introduced students to the Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO)framework as a template for the practice of engineering. The second course covered computertools used for analysis to support the design process, especially programming with Visual Basicfor Applications (VBA) within the Microsoft

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #13481Engineering Bait-and-Switch: K-12 Recruitment Strategies Meet UniversityCurricula and CultureMr. Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Michael Lachney is a PhD candidate in the Science and Technology Studies department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He studies the design and implementation of educational technologies for STEM teaching and learning.Dr. Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma is Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies and Director of the Programs in Design and Innovation at Rensselaer

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Johnson; Andrew Jackson

-Commerce, the IE Faculty are taking the advice of Kevin Saunders 5by adding a sixth “S” to the existing 5S Philosophy – that is “Getting Started Now.” By creatingthe baseline study during the Fall 2004 semester, it is anticipated that the resulting cross-courseflow of engineering tools within the TAMUC program will enhance the student’s ability tounderstand and apply important IE tools in other courses offered later in the student’s programs.We believe this approach will ultimately lead to better-prepared students as they enroll in upperdivision courses in the IE curriculum and will further enhance the entry-level skills of graduateswho enter the workplace soon after graduation. Once students understand the benefits of 5S andother process

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ciletti; Gregory Plett

in thecurriculum. Other majors give students an early “feel” for their chosen area of study. We be-lieve that this lack of “feel” in our curriculum was leading to a misunderstanding of what engi-neering is all about, resulting in attrition.We decided to look at this problem as an opportunity. We moved the one-semester-hour fresh-man Matlab course to the junior year,1 which left an opening with which to do something con-structive. We saw this as an opening to excite students with engineering, give them an early fla-vor of problem solving and design, get them involved with other students, use technology tolearn technology and prepare them to design technology. Furthermore, we saw this as an oppor-tunity to pilot a course with balanced pedagogy

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Georgiopoulos

exposed to the PIs’ research in theCTML-I class they have the opportunity to work on an appropriately assigned machine-learningproject in CTML-II. Through the combined work in CTML-I and CTML-II classes we areanticipating that the students will not only learn about current machine learning research topicsbut they will also be exposed to “hands-on” research in this field. The belief is that through theCRCD’s cumulative experiences undergraduate students will be offered the opportunity toappreciate machine learning research, produce results of their own in an appropriately assignedresearch project, and hopefully be motivated to pursue graduate studies in this research area, orother research areas of interest to them.This paper focuses on the work

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simeon Komisar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

2006-2388: INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN THROUGHENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROJECTSLupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute LUPITA D. MONTOYA is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer. Her research interests include method development, indoor air quality, bioaerosols and health effects of aerosols. Her teaching interests include Engineering Design, Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Aerosols. She may be reached via e-mail at lmontoya@rpi.edu.Simeon Komisar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SIMEON KOMISAR is a Clinical Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Environmental

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Clair Nixon

Page 10.284.1organization. Historically, most of the participants in the program have been facultyassociated with engineering or computer science departments. There have been, however,several business school faculty members that have been successful in having theirproposals accepted and thereby allowed participation in the program. As such, theproposal from the author focused on examining what the key business competenciesshould be for recently minted engineering school graduates entering the aerospaceworkforce. Prior to accepting the invitation to participate in the Welliver Program, the authorco-taught a capstone aerospace design course in which business principles andapplications were stressed. Several lectures and exercises utilized

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Seals

and disseminate assessment practices, materials (tools), and measures to guide efforts that improve the effectiveness of courses, curricula, programs of study, and academic institutions in promoting student achievement, particularly in STEM. This program track also promotes the full integration of assessment with these educational efforts. Projects may be integrated with research on learning, particularly research focused in the STEM disciplines. Three types of ASA projects are supported: (i) Development: developing and validating new assessment materials (tools) and practices for use in single or multiple undergraduate disciplines; (ii) Adaptation: adapting assessment materials and practices that

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Leake

, American Society for Engineering”OverviewThe class meets four hours a week, with students receiving three semester credits (or 0.75 unitsin the case of graduate students) for their efforts. The only prerequisite is an engineering graphicscourse that includes parametric solid modeling, although students are also expected to be familiarwith solid mechanics concepts. Class time is divided between a classroom equipped with acomputer and projection system, and a computer laboratory.In the classroom either the instructor gives lectures, or the students themselves makepresentations on topics that they have previously researched. Lectures cover such subjects astransformation matrices, geometric modeling (solids, splines, and surfaces), finite

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Rabiee

Session 1532 Student Projects in PLC Networking Max Rabiee, Ph.D., P.E. University of CincinnatiAbstract:A case study of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) networking in the classroom and itsimplementation during the laboratory session will enable students to better understand thesubject. In this paper, we will present a PLC network project that was part of an honors contractprogram in a flexible automation course. Students who participate in the university honorsprogram can complete the project as partial fulfillment of their honors program’s