Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justeen Olinger; Michael Hutton; Christopher Gretsch Covington; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community College; Branden McKagen, Virginia Tech; John Harris, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3442: LAB-IN-A-BOX: TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIESTO MANAGE LARGE AND NOT SO LARGE LABORATORY COURSESMs. Justeen OlingerMichael HuttonMr. Christopher Gretsch CovingtonDr. Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech Kathleen Meehan is an Associate Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at Virginia Tech. She joined Virginia Tech in 2002 after having taught at the University of Denver (1997-1999) and West Virginia University (1999-2002). Her areas of research include optoelectronic materials and devices, optical spectroscopy, packaging for power electronic applications, and electrical engineering pedagogy.Dr. Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community CollegeMr. Branden McKagen

Conference Session

Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirstie A. Plantenberg, University of Detroit Mercy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2012-3081: LOW-COST HANDS-ON DOE EXPERIMENTSDr. Kirstie A. Plantenberg, University of Detroit Mercy Page 25.905.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Low cost hands-on DOE experimentsAbstract At the University of Detroit Mercy, “Design of Experiments (DOE)” is a graduate level classthat teaches students multiple methods of experimental design. Each DOE method allows thestudent to systematically, efficiently and accurately gather data and make objective conclusionsbased on their analysis. This is a very important skill for engineers to have, however, the class isheavily mathematical and

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1098: COURSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR MECHANICALVIBRATION IN THE ABSENCE OF A FORMAL LABORATORYB. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph. D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Dr. Sridhara has published several peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Acoustics, Vibration, finite element methods, and Engineering Education

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Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Douglas Howe, Portland State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-1174: AN INQUIRY-BASED EXERCISE INVOLVING A TANK OFWATER WITH A HOLE IN ITS SIDEGerald Recktenwald, Portland State UniversityRobert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeJenna Faulkner, Portland State UniversityDouglas Howe, Portland State University Page 15.161.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Inquiry-Based Exercise Involving a Tank of Water with a Hole in its SideIntroduction The tank draining exercise is part of a larger study on inquiry-based laboratory exercisesfor undergraduate engineering courses in the fluid and thermal sciences. Our research involvesthe development of the

Conference Session

Novel Methods in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos Bertha, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2010-1395: HOW TO TEACH AN ENGINEERING ETHICS COURSE WITHCASE STUDIESCarlos Bertha, U.S. Air Force Academy Page 15.657.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 How to Teach an Engineering Ethics Course with Case StudiesAbstractI believe it is fairly clear that case studies are useful for teaching engineering ethics. This isbecause case studies have a way to bring abstract concepts (philosophical ethics) into thepractical realm: actual or made-up cases that involve engineers. But there are good ways to usecase studies and then there are bad ways to use them. In this presentation, I hope to make somemodest recommendations regarding what goes into using case

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Brett Borup, Brigham Young University; Jessica Hanson, Brigham Young University; Gabriel Smith, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1454: ADDRESSING AND ASSESSING PROGRAM OUTCOMES IN ACIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR COURSEM. Brett Borup, Brigham Young UniversityJessica Hanson, Brigham Young UniversityGabriel Smith, Brigham Young University Page 15.125.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Addressing and Assessing Program Outcomes in a Civil Engineering Department Seminar CourseAbstractFour of the twelve Program Outcomes established for the Brigham Young University Civil andEnvironmental Engineering Department are: Be able to communicate ideas effectively, work in teams and lead others Be familiar with professional practice, business

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University

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Engineering Management

. Page 24.669.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 History of the Online Master of Engineering Management Program at Rowan UniversityAbstractThis paper describes in detail the planning, development, and growth of a new onlineengineering management program. Planning began for the new Master of EngineeringManagement (MEM) Program at Rowan University in January 2007 with a comprehensiveonline review of 41 engineering management programs nationwide. The goal of this review wasto determine the most-common practices regarding engineering management programs andcourses nationwide and the key courses required for an effective engineering managementprogram. In Spring 2007

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Batchelder; Elaine Linde; Dan Dolan; Daniel Dolan

exercises. The laboratory exercisescan be found at the class website: http://www.hpcnet.org/Mechatronics.Table 1: Laboratory EquipmentPC with monitor and software The PC’s are used to compile and download programs to the microcontrollers. The monitor and keyboard are utilized as output and input devices. The students also utilize them to research sensors and actuators for their project.PEL4 (shown in Figure 1) Each team is required to have at

Conference Session

Trends in Biological & Agricultural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Lacey; Ann Kenimer

agriculturalengineering as potential majors also take the course. Students meet twice per week, one hour forlecture and a second hour for recitation.The primary educational objective for the freshman design course is providing students with aworking knowledge of the engineering design process. Additional outcomes include introducingentering students to topics germane to biological systems and agricultural engineering andintroducing students to the department and its engineering curricula. Finally, the course aims toexcite students about the majors, initiate a sense of camaraderie amongst students, generatestudent interest in professional organizations, and facilitate mentoring by senior leaders.The freshman design course uses semester-long design projects to

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Layton

necessarily commingle with, the technicalcontent of the course. The results are that the percentage of students with an understanding ofethical responsibility increases from 45% to 68% after these assignments. This approach is read-ily implemented by an individual instructor and can be part of a comprehensive effort to teachethics across the curriculum. The approach should be considered an introductory component ofan ethics instruction strategy where the learning objective is awareness rather than mastery.I. IntroductionEngineering educators are obliged to introduce their students to the precepts of professional eth-ics. This obligation has been codified in the ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 which states, underCriterion 3(f), that “engineering

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Widmer; Jan Lugowski

, and the other for fluid powercalculations with the help of Excel software. We find that students benefit from developingproficiency in the software applications to solve technical problems. Employing an intensive,problem-based approach helps develop this proficiency in a limited time. We recommend thatthe students receive clear, consistent, and reasonably complete assignments provided by thelaboratory instructor. It is important that the students continue through all phases of eachassignment, and fully engage in solving problems as they encounter them. This paper discusseshow we focused on the problem-based learning that could also be implemented for industrialprojects.Problem based learning (PBL) 1, 2, 3, 4 is a response to educational

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil Opfer; Jaeho Son; Thomas Korman

separate contract. Under a design-build contract, the owner interacts directly with the design-build contractor for the completeproject delivery process (design through construction). The design-build team may beArchitectural/Engineering led or Construction contractor led. The team is responsible forcoordinating the design and construction processes; this includes forming the design team,which is then contractually linked to the contractor and the client. Page 7.1106.1 1In recent years, prior research has stated many advantages of Design-Build over traditionalcontracting methods. These include [Modern 00

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

pedagogical techniques,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 187-191(1995).8. Schwartz, R.A., Section Editor, “Five types of problem solving,” ASEE Prism, September, p. 11 (1996).ANDREW T. ROSEAndrew T. Rose is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh atJohnstown (UPJ) in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Before joining the faculty at UPJ, he was a Staff Engineer with GAIConsultants in Pittsburgh. His teaching interests include soil mechanics, foundation design, structural steel design,structural analysis, and incorporating practical design experience into the undergraduate civil engineering technologycurriculum. His research interests include soil behavior, behavior of laterally loaded

Conference Session

Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Keller, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa

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Instrumentation

AC 2011-2237: INTRODUCTION TO INSTRUMENTATION AND CON-TROL SYSTEMS USING A PENDULUM MOUNTED AIR ROCKETMichael Keller, University of Tulsa Michael Keller is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the university of tulsa. His research and teaching interests are in solid mechanics, both experimental and theoretical, and materials science.Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa Page 22.967.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Introduction to Instrumentation and Control Systems Using a Pendulum Mounted Air RocketAbstractCourses on engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Vipul Laddha, Kettering University; Sualp Ozel P.E., Autodesk, Inc.; James Herzing

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-3018: DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF A CAR-TRUCK STANDProf. Raghu Echempati, Kettering University Raghu Echempati is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He has several years of teaching, research, and consulting experience. He is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and SAE. He has more than 100 technical paper publications in journals and conference proceedings of repute. He has chaired several sessions at national and international conferences and delivered numerous invited talks and keynote addresses. He has reviewed several textbooks, journal papers, and conference papers. He is an active member of many conference committees.Mr. Vipul Laddha, Kettering UniversityMr. Sualp Ozel P.E

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Ramachandran; Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2012-4810: AN AUTOMATED APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE QUAL-ITY OF CODE REVIEWSLakshmi RamachandranDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer is an Associate Professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Com- puter Engineering at North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and has also taught at Carnegie Mellon University and Monash University in Australia. His research interests lie mainly in computer-supported cooperative learning. Page 25.154.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 An

Conference Session

Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-4265: PROMOTING AWARENESS IN MANUFACTURING STU-DENTS OFDr. Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University Merwan Mehta, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., in the Tech- nology Systems Department. Prior to joining academics, he has more than 20 years of experience working as a machine tool Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Manager, Vice President, and Consultant. His present research interests are improving manufacturing productivity through lean manufacturing prin- ciples and theory of constraints, and the pursuit of quality and variation control through Six Sigma and GD&T. He has conducted sessions in value stream mapping, lean manufacturing, fixture design

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges I: Novel Approaches to Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2012-4579: REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TRAINING IN BIO/CHEMICALENGINEERING COURSESDr. Arthur Felse, Northwestern University P. Arthur Felse is a lecturer in the master’s of biotechnology program and the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. His responsibilities include teaching, student advis- ing, coordinating master’s research training, and managing the biotechnology teaching laboratory. Before joining Northwestern University, Felse completed his postdoctoral training at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he was awarded a NSF fellowship. He and his colleagues at Polytechnic Institute received the EPA’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in 2003

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul I-Hai Lin; Hal Broberg

is used for the course, is alsodescribed.I. IntroductionWith today’s sophisticated education system, we must have the ability to add distancedelivery courses to accommodate many different students. Full time, part time, studentswith mobile job assignments, and continuing professional development students are allcritical to the success of an educational institution such as Indiana University-PurdueUniversity Fort Wayne (IPFW). The Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology(ECET) department is a leader in delivering courses live on the IPFW TV channel.In a world of rapid change, business and industries are relying more and more ondistributed computing and networked computing through the Internet (also known as theWorld Wide Web), e-mail

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis W. Derby; Willie Ofosu

been compiled forGIS applications are specific to geographic regions. With the Internet, geographic boundariesare only imaginary. By linking data servers that store data about individual geographiclocations, the entire world could be made into a single GIS boundary. This means that datacould be obtained from servers all over the world to process a single query. International andFederal agencies, as well as, governments of foreign countries and educational institutionswould benefit mostly from such applications. Again, this calls for a more sophisticated dataorganization, standardization with regards to resolution, accuracy, currency and structure. Thisapplication also calls for a different kind of GIS analyst. For example, the server and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew G. Sutton; Ing-Chang Jong

primary interest lies in desktopsoftware development solutions for mechanical engineering analysis and educational enrichment.ING-CHANG JONGIng-Chang Jong is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He received aBSCE in 1961 from the National Taiwan University, an MSCE in 1963 from South Dakota School of Mines andTechnology, and a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 1965 from Northwestern University. He servedas Chair of the Mechanics Division, ASEE, in 1996-97. His research interests are in mechanics and engineeringeducation. Page 5.67.15 15

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald R. Hosey; R. Gregg Bruce; Lester K. Eigenbrod; Hansjoerg Stern

would be of maximum educational value to the graduating METstudents taking this course. The project emphasizes the systems aspects of design, how components are selected and howthey function together. Converting the design to hydraulics requires the students to becomefamiliar with the advantages of the high force capability of hydraulic actuators and the extensivevariability of hydraulic propulsion. They also need to be aware of potential disadvantages inhydraulics, i.e., higher cost and decreased power efficiency which must be offset by added or newcapabilities. The complexity of the new system required structuring the teams so that each majorfunction of the tractor would be separately engineered and integrated into a total working system

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne E. Wells

studies are used to teachthe language and concepts of costs and the relationships between engineering decisions andthe economic performance of the firm.WHO REALLY DETERMINES COSTS? A fundamental issue we must address as engineering educators is the vital role playedby engineers in the economic performance of the firm for which they are employed. For, afterall, it is the engineers who determine, through the nature and quality of their decisions,whether the firm will make money and stay in business or lose money and eventually go outof business. I address this with the following parable, that I call the Parable of the X-Ray Vision. Imagine that you and a friend are standing in the lobby of a manufacturing firm. Puton your

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Raj Raman

class time. Thissecond revision was very rewarding, achieving a >95% attendance rate over the semester, andstrongly positive student evaluations. By making engineering design central to the class, studentmaturity and student interest were increased, and their educational needs better served, than inthe traditional lecture format. At the time of this writing, the third revision of the course isunderway. I am now distributing printed class notes to transmit technical information, and relyingon problem sets, quizzes, a semester long design project, and student initiated discussions toreinforce the material. Again, the non-lecturing, design focus of the course appears to beachieving high student attendance and interest. These experiences have

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schulz; DeRome Dunn; Abhijit Duraphe; Samuel Owusu-Ofori; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai; Richard Layton

some authors to mean the driving of upstreamcourse content by downstream course objectives. For example, Mahajan and Mcdonald (1997)report on their experience with a multipurpose laboratory environment where students use thesame experimental set-ups in multiple courses, and build upon the work done in previouslaboratories of the same course as well as those of previous courses. Borges et al. (1997) used aknowledge-based system to help reconfigure their school's electrical engineering curriculum suchthat there was vertical integration of the content throughout the learning modules.In the educational experiment described herein, the authors have broadened the definition ofvertical integration to include not only the use of a consistent computing

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bo Yu, Utah Valley University; Anne-marie A Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Mike Zampaloni, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Zampaloni, University of Wisconsin, Platteville ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Entrepreneurial Minded Learning in a Core Junior-Level Mechanical Vibrations CourseAbstractThis paper describes the implementation of a project that incorporated prototyping and theentrepreneurial mindset into a core, junior-level Mechanical Vibrations course in the mechanicalengineering curriculum. The course underwent an update that included the modification of ahands-on prototyping project integrating aspects of the entrepreneurial mindset into the projectrequirements starting Summer 2021. The project required that all aspects were verified usingtraditional theoretical relationships, were

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Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan R. Brown, The Ohio State University; Elvin Beach, The Ohio State University

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Materials Division (MATS)

materials science courses.Dr. Elvin Beach, The Ohio State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Integrating Computational and Physical Lab Modules in MaterialsScience and EngineeringAbstractComputational tools play an ever-expanding role in the careers of practicing engineers. As such,in addition to physical labs, our program requires all undergraduate students to take a two-semester sequence in computational materials science called “modeling and simulation” (orModSim) focusing on practical programming skills and use of commercial CALPHAD and FEAsoftware. These courses are taught in the spring semesters of the sophomore and junior years andformatted as hands-on computational laboratory courses

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DSA Technical Session 6

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

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Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA), Diversity

Paper ID #42654Let’s Get Physical: From Data Visualization to Data PhysicalizationDr. Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Marjan Eggermont is a Professor (Teaching), Associate Dean (Sustainability) and faculty member at the University of Calgary in the Mechanical and Manufacturing department of the Schulich School of Engineering. She co-founded and designs Zygote Quarterly, an online bio-inspired design journal (zqjournal.org). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in progress Let’s get physical: from data visualization to

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Paul N. Runnion; Barbara J. Wilkins

primary freshman advisor for the department. Outside of the world of mathematics, Paulis a bass/baritone in the St. Louis Symphony Chorus and is also active in the music program athis church.Barbara J. Wilkins is an instructional designer in Educational Technology at Missouri S&T. Shehas a BA in History and a MS for Teachers in Mathematics. Involved in education since 1999,Barb has taught both history and mathematics in secondary schools, both in the classroom andonline. She has also taught for a number of local colleges and universities, including theMissouri S&T Department of Mathematics and Statistics. In her role as instructional designer,Barb works with faculty across the S&T campus to develop curriculum, authentic assessment,and

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Molly McVey

implementation.Description of a typical class, fully flipped classroom:At the beginning of the semester, the students were given a schedule of the modules that wouldbe covered each class period. Prior to each class period, the students were accountable forstudying the module and completing the quiz over the module. They could study the module bywatching pre-recorded lectures, reading the sections in the book identified in the module slides,reviewing the slides, researching the learning objective on the internet, or all of these.In-class activities: During class, the students worked on in-class problems that were turned in atthe end of the class. The 50-minute section did two in-class problems while the 75-minutesection did three. The students were encouraged to