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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ramazan Asmatulu; Heath E. Misak; Bailey Cooper; Waseem Khan

Nanotechnology and Relevant Technologies Lab Development at WSU Ramazan (MI) Asmatulu1, Heath E. Misak2, Bailey Cooper3, Waseem Khan4 Wichita State University Wichita, KS1-4Abstract This work reports on the development of a nano-technology lab at Wichita State University.Undergraduates and graduate students learn and experience nano-technology processes withrespect to ferro-fluid nano-particle fabrication, nano-composites, nano-coatings, nano-fibers, nano-porosity films, biodegradable nano-particle polymer for use in drug delivery and solar cells.Introduction: Universities strive to prepare students to be successful in the industry by providing the mostadvanced education possible

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

John Hartke; Robert Kewley; Greg Kilby; Greg Schwarz; Gunnar Tamm

cadets and faculty involoved inthis work were forced to become conversant in fields outside their own. They were all required to learnthe basics of lasers operation and beam propagation, heat management, the systems engineering designprocess, electrical energy generation and storage, and the law of armed conflict as applied to weaponsdevelopment. This exposure supports the education mission and instills confidence in the cadets as totheir ability to select a subject, learn on their own, and apply what they have learned to new andchallenging situations.4. Acknowledgement We would like to thank and acknowledge the financial and educational support of theDirected Energy Professional Society, the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office

Conference Session

Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Lane Kicklighter P.E., University of Southern Indiana

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

has been employed at the University of Southern Indiana as a Clinical Associate Professor of Engineering Technology. He holds three patents, has served as an IEEE section officer since 2004, and has been a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Indiana since 2005. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Work in Progress: Hardware-in-the-Loop Pro-cess Control Simulation LabsAbstractAn automation course typically covers the topic of process control. If available, this involvesthe use of a physical process trainer for each individual student. Our university is limitedto just four trainers for an entire class. This leads to students being teamed up on a processtrainer which can limit the

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Innovations in Experiments and Modeling

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clint Guymon, Brigham Young University; Joseph R Tuft

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #41758Climate Change and Kinetics in an Undergraduate Laboratory: Injectionand Tracking of CO2 in a 7 Gallon TerrariumDr. Clint Guymon, Brigham Young University Clint Guymon is a new Associate Teaching Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Brigham Young University. There he has developed multiple educational modules for undergraduate chemical engineering students. He previously worked for 15 years as an engineering consultant in the defense industry.Joseph R Tuft ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Climate Change and Kinetics in an Undergraduate Laboratory: Injection

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Stephen N. Kuchnicki

will be available after May 2015.References 1. Roediger, H.L., Putnam, A.L. and Smith, M.A. (2011). “Ten benefits of testing and their applications to educational practice.” Psychology of Learning and Motivation 44, 1-36.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University 2. Cotton, K. (1988). “Monitoring Student Learning in the Classroom.” School Improvement Research Series, Close-up #4. 3. Estell, J.K, Yoder, J.-D., Morrison, B. B. and Mak, F. K. (2012). “Improving upon Best Practices: FCAR 2.0.” Proceedings of the ASEE 2012 Annual Conference and Exposition.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gabriel Parmer; Rahul Simha; Chris Toombs; Poorvi Vora; Timothy Wood

component. The course features manyelements including: design and software engineering, writing for broad audiences, oralpresentations, staged development of the student product, use of modern software tools, andcontact with alumni to bridge students towards their future work environments. Two types ofdata have shaped the lessons learned: formal focus groups conducted with each class of seniordesign students, and informal feedback from well-meaning alumni. The interesting conclusion isthat the very features seniors tend to complain about – design, writing and oral presentation – arethe ones alumni report as the most valuable.1.0 IntroductionCapstone courses in American higher education are thought to date back to the 1850’s, whencolleges like

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

necessary to scaledown humans (avatars) too to make it possible for one to get into or walk through the pyramid. Figure 3. The model of the Great Pyramid as constructed in Second Life.Educational experienceActivating information boards (or note cards as they are known in SL) is an interesting feature inthe program that was used to educate the user about various places inside the pyramid. As a userwalks through the pyramid, programmed note cards (Figure 4) would pop-up on the screendetailing all information regarding the component being seen. Note cards could be designed toappear automatically as the user reaches certain point in the walk, or could be programmed toappear only if the user touches certain objects displaying a message indicating

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dale N. Buechler

staff within our engineering college, and with peerinstitutions having similar admission criteria, who are most likely dealing with similar issuesinvolving student retention and quality.IntroductionEngineering education over the next decade provides numerous challenges. One of the biggestof these is the retention of students. From our experience in the College of Engineering andApplied Science (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), the courses that aremost challenging from a mathematics perspective are the courses in which students have themost difficulty. As part of our continuous assessment process for ABET, we have found,through the use of pretests, that many of the students entering into these courses do not havethe proper

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

John Hartke; Robert Kewley; Greg Kilby; Greg Schwarz; Gunnar Tamm

cadets and faculty involoved inthis work were forced to become conversant in fields outside their own. They were all required to learnthe basics of lasers operation and beam propagation, heat management, the systems engineering designprocess, electrical energy generation and storage, and the law of armed conflict as applied to weaponsdevelopment. This exposure supports the education mission and instills confidence in the cadets as totheir ability to select a subject, learn on their own, and apply what they have learned to new andchallenging situations.4. Acknowledgement We would like to thank and acknowledge the financial and educational support of theDirected Energy Professional Society, the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

William Robinson, Stevens Institute of Technology; Michael Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

. Page 21.9.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Accelerating Experience with Live Simulation of Designing Complex SystemsIntroductionExperience is generally thought to be something engineers acquire on the job, a product of lessonslearned from real-life successes and failures. With the demand for skilled engineers exceedingsupply 1,2, however, there is great interest in whether and how this process might be accelerated.This is of particular concern as the engineering workforce becomes increasingly global, withdistributed teams having to collaborate at a distance, without the benefit of frequent face-to-facemeetings to stimulate creativity and resolve ambiguities 3. Recent experiments have

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Anthony Madonna; Karen Miu

the power distribution system Page 7.606.1 focus of RDAC will complement the generation and transmission oriented laboratories alreadyavailable. RDAC will provide students with hands-on learning experiences in the analysis,operation and planning of electric power distribution systems.A comprehensive curriculum is targeted to expose all electrical and computer engineeringstudents to power distribution systems through RDAC laboratory modules and to provide moreformal education to upper-level electrical engineering students through full courses andlaboratories. RDAC is designed to be reconfigurable both in its physical construction

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

Civil Engineering and Construction Management, and seven years as the Associate Dean of the College of Science and Technology at Geor- gia Southern University. Dr. Navaee’s main research interests are in the areas of solid mechanics and structures. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Redesigning of a Computing Course in the Civil Engineering CurriculumAbstractIn the presented paper, the thought process and special considerations for redesigning of anintroductory level computing course in the Civil Engineering and Construction Department atGeorgia Southern University is included and discussed. This redesign exploits the specialnumerical

Conference Session

New Developments in Teaching Electromagnetics and Related Topics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert H. Caverly, Villanova University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-1289: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN RF ANDMICROWAVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM COMPONENTSRobert H. Caverly, Villanova University Robert Caverly has been a faculty member at Villanova University since 1997. Prior to that he was on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is interested in RF and microwave engineering as it pertains to RFICs and discrete control devices. Page 22.1190.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Project-based Learning Experiences in RF and Microwave Wireless Communications System

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Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendrick T. Aung, Lamar University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1664: SIMULATION TOOLS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTSKendrick T. Aung, Lamar University KENDRICK AUNG is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan in 1996. He is an active member of ASEE, ASME, AIAA. ASHRAE, SAE and Combustion Institute. He has published over 70 technical papers and presented several papers at national and international conferences. Page 22.1297.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Simulation tools for

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher S. Greene, University of Saint Thomas; Paul Ian Nyombi, University of Saint Thomas

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-754: DIGITAL DESIGN MEETS DSPChristopher S Greene, University of Saint Thomas Christopher Greene received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology (MIT) and proceeded to a 25 year career in industry. At Honeywell, he did research on adaptive control and navigation systems before becoming Program Manager for several large aerospace programs. At Horton and Nexen, he was responsible for the development of industrial control products. In 2002, Dr. Greene joined the engineering department at the University of St. Thomas where he currently is the Pro- gram Director for Electrical Engineering and teaches classes in signals and systems, controls and digital design as

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Design I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University, Statewide Technology; Danny H Cole

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1196: EET PROJECT SESSION IN A PROJECT LEAD THE WAYCONFERENCE FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGene L. Harding, Purdue University, Statewide Technology GENE L. HARDING is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University, where he has taught for eight years. He has three years of industrial experience with Agilent Technologies and over 25 years of combined active and reserve service in the United States Air Force.Danny H Cole Page 22.530.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 EET Project Session in a

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Oceans & Marine Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Novick, Sandia National Labs

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Ocean and Marine

AC 2011-1755: DESIGNING AN AUV COMPETITION TO DRAW ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS TOWARDS OCEAN ENGINEERINGJames W Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Bales was the inaugural Technical Director of ONR and AUVSI’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition. He is the Assistant Director at MIT’s Edgerton Center, a center dedicated to hands-on, project-based learning.Dr. David Novick, Sandia National Labs Page 22.440.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Designing an AUV Competition to Draw Engineering Students Towards Ocean EngineeringThe First

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Zafrul Hasan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at TAMU. His research interests include the design, implementation, and testing of dynamically reconfigurable computing systems, performance evaluation of computer architectures, and behavioral synthesis and testing of digital systems, energy efficient embedded systems. Page 22.456.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Developing and Implementing Digital Systems Testing Course for Engineering and Technology CurriculumAbstractDigital systems have penetrated in all

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bingen Yang, University of Southern California; Cheng-Yuan Jerry Chen, University of Southern California

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-714: DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR TEACH-ING MODEL-BASED DESIGN TECHNIQUES IN DYNAMICS AND CON-TROL PROGRAMBingen Yang, University of Southern California Dr. Bingen Yang is Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, who has taught courses (includ- ing AME 301, 420 and 451) and conducted research in the area of dynamics and control at USC for 21 years. He has expertise in modeling, analysis, and simulation of dynamic systems and structures. He has developed more than 300,000 lines of MATLAB codes for simulation of dynamic and control systems, which have been used in some courses taught by him. Dr. Yang is the author of the book ”Stress, Strain, and Structural Dynamics: An Interactive Handbook

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy A. Paull; J. Michael Jacob; Robert J. Herrick

semesterElectrical Engineering Technology circuits course with problems generated,administered, checked, and immediately graded over the World Wide Web. The resultswere displayed on the student’s screen allowing drill and mastery learning in a non-judgmental mode.There is an increasing amount of research directed at the affects of interactive web-basedlearning. The ALN teaching method provides the students with access to the assignmentsat any time. This allows students to work at their own pace, on their own time, and toreceive instant feedback about their understanding of the subject matter. This studyassesses the effects of students' overall performance, when using an interactivehomework web site as compared with traditional manually performed and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Andrade; Ana Cabrales; Veronica Martinez; Sheng-Jen Hsieh

lights flash on andoff. Change the sequence by dragging the blocks to form a different order and a new operationwill result. Figure 2 illustrates this example.2.3 Reconfigurable Construction ModulesTabletop construction kits are often used to demonstrate the operating principles of automatedsystems. The tabletop technology system allows a person to mimic a whole range of technologicalcontexts. For example, at the larger end of the simulated scale one can construct a model of apick-and-place arm with several degrees of freedom. Within the context of the arm alone, theconstruction and control of its segments may be studied and reconfigured. Fischertechnikcomponents provide the flexibility and functionality needed for educational purposes

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jawa Mariappan; Anthony J. Marchese; James A. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Beena Sukumaran; Ravi Ramachandran

, design projects and research. The solution of these real-world problems require notonly a proficiency in the technical principles, but, as importantly, require a mastery of writtenand oral communication skills and the ability to work as part of an multidisciplinary team1,2Table 1 contains an overview of course content in the 8-semester engineering clinic sequence.As shown in the table, while each clinic course has a specific theme, the underlying concept ofengineering design permeates throughout 3. Table 1. Overview of course content in the 8-semester Engineering Clinic sequence. Year Clinic Theme Clinic Theme (Fall ) (Spring) Freshman

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Lovgren; M. Racer

from some prior observations) The students recognized the applicability of statistics in this setting, which made later applications easier to acceptThe educational value of this project was that it showed the students first-hand the role of datacollection in creating statistical models. The students also learned how common activities couldbe modeled using some fundamental probability distributions (most notably binomial,hypergeometric, and exponential).Project #2 - Work ExperienceTask:Consider the current jobs of at least 2 individuals in your group, and describe three problems.One must be an application utilizing the binomial, hypergeometric, negative binomial, orgeometric distribution. One must be an application of some distribution that

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

A. Eberlein; M. R. Smith

tounderstand their role within the project. In addition, initial planning requires communication andnegotiation skills in which the students, and faculty advisors, are not sufficiently skilled.A major complaint concerns the perception by students and faculty advisors of a poor balancebetween effort spent on project management and the technical aspects of the project. Somestudents state that they spend 95% of their time writing.There are two aspects associated with these perceptions. First, many students do not recognizethat much of the initial planning is simply associated with the development concepts that theywould have to tackle later on under any circumstances. Better education and experience cansolve this attitude. The second is associated with

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

James J. Alpigini

Transactions on Education, V 39, No.3, August 1995, pp. 230-235.JAMES J. ALPIGINIJames J. Alpigini is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering at the Penn State GreatValley School of Graduate Professional Studies. In addition to research, he teaches in the areasof computer architecture, computer security, numerical analysis and mechatronics. He receiveda B.E.E. degree from Villanova University in 1982, a M.Eng.E.S. degree from the PennsylvaniaState University in 1993 and a Ph.D. from the Engineering Faculty at the University of Wales,Swansea in 1999. Page 5.158.8

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadarajah Ravichandran, Clemson University; Brian Machmer, Clemson University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-592: DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKEENGINEERING TEACHING MODULE USING AN INSTRUCTIONAL SHAKETABLENadarajah Ravichandran, Clemson UniversityBrian Machmer, Clemson University Undergraduate Student Page 15.402.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Teaching Module Using an Instructional Shake TableAbstractLiquefaction, which is the loss of strength of supporting soil, is one of the major causes ofdestruction to permanent infrastructure (roads, buildings, and bridges). After being introduced tothe concepts of compaction, permeability and effective stress in an introductory

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University; Ricardo Monterrosa, DeVry University; Rammy Badran, DeVry University

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Information Systems

AC 2010-679: AUTOMATED LUGGAGE TRACKING SYSTEMAlireza Kavianpour, DeVry University Dr. Alireza Kavianpour received his PH.D. Degree from University of Southern California (USC). He is currently Senior Professor at DeVry University, Pomona, CA. Dr. Kavianpour is the author and co-author of over forty technical papers all published in IEEE Journals or referred conferences. Before joining DeVry University he was a researcher at the University of California, Irvine and consultant at Qualcom Inc. His main interests are in the areas of embedded systems and computer architecture.Ricardo Monterrosa, DeVry University Ricardo Monterrosa is a Computer Engineering Technology graduate from DeVry

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University; Marc Williams, Purdue University; Joseph Kmec, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2010-798: MASS UNBALANCE IN AN MET COURSENancy Denton, Purdue University Nancy L. Denton, PE, CVA III, is a professor and the associate department head for the Purdue University MET Department. Her educational endeavors focus on awareness and inclusion in STEM and experimental mechanics, while her research interests include applications of machinery monitoring and data acquisition. She is active in ASEE and serves as the Academic Director for the Vibration Institute.Marc Williams, Purdue University Marc E. Williams does contract work in the field of vibration analysis. He has extensive experience with rotating and reciprocating equipment in the Power, Paper, Steel and Food

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 10

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Clippinger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend ; Ruth Camille Pflueger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Steven Nozaki, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend ; Johanna Fouts Bodenhamer

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

instructor of English. She has been involved in a number of federal grants, including two NSF STEM grants, an EU-AtlantDr. Steven Nozaki, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend Ph.D. Engineering Education - The Ohio State UniversityJohanna Bodenhamer Graduate Research Assistant ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Introduction:The impact of tutors on STEM student writing has been the subject of multiple recent studies, forexample, [1-4]. In a series of earlier papers, the authors describe (a) the measurement of different writingregisters or ‘diatypes’ in various STEM disciplines [5], (b) the results when these measurementtechniques are applied to student writing samples from a Mechanical

Conference Session

ECE-Student Learning and Academic Performance

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Aggarwal, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

in 2002. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Impact of Active Learning on Student Grades and Instructor RatingAbstract. The objective of this work was to use active learning techniques, especially in-class group work using the gradual release model to improve student learning, grades andquality of teaching. This intervention was applied in an advanced logic design course.During the intervention, for every new concept taught in class, three problems related to itwere covered. The first problem was solved by the instructor, the second problem wassolved by the instructor jointly with the students and the third problem was assigned togroups of 2-3