Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Dennis A. Silage, Temple University

].Development of an Interdisciplinary ProgramThe integration of courses from another engineering discipline into an undergraduate degreeprogram may be fraught with difficulties. The faculty from each discipline is concerned thatrequisite courses define the degree program and that other courses can only be approvedelectives. Although a typical discipline curriculum could include as many as three engineeringelective courses, the advising suggestion that seemingly predominates for such elective coursesis to take only those from the discipline. This is especially endemic when preparatory andprerequisite courses are considered within a discipline degree program.EE courses such as electromechanical systems and power generation and transmission

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ochs, Lehigh University; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; Todd Watkins, Lehigh University; Graham Mitchell, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

-educational, non-denomination and serves 4,650 undergraduates and 1,980 graduatestudents with ~60% percent male and 40% female. Students are enrolled in 3undergraduate colleges: arts and science (50%), business (20%), engineering (30%) witha graduate college of education. Lehigh is considered to be in the class of “highlyselective” schools with a combined SAT scores ranging from 1210 to 1350 with over50% of the student body receiving scholarships. The student body is from over 20 statesand 65 countries with the majority of students coming from Pennsylvania, Delaware,New Jersey and New York. There are approximately 400 full-time faculty members with Page

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, College of Technology, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. This paper examines the basis for advancement of demolition and reconstruction inconstruction education, the development and administration of course content in the constructioncurriculum to support this growing need, and available resources to support future courseevolution.IntroductionPost-secondary construction education in the United States during the twentieth century wasfundamentally concerned with new construction work. As the built environment within theUnited States ages, it is anticipated that opportunities in demolition and reconstruction willcontinue to expand. In a recent survey of owners responsible for facility construction andmaintenance, FMI, a management consulting and investment banking firm to the building andconstruction

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa S. Goldsipe; Martha J.M. Wells; Harsha N. Mookherjee; Dennis B. George; Arthur C. Goldsipe

time schedule to carry out the work plan. Theproposals and oral presentations were due at midterm. The mentor team gave each team writtenand oral comments concerning the strengths and weaknesses of their proposal. This midtermevaluation showed the student teams where they were in relation to what the faculty expected ofthem. The presentations also allowed the faculty to clarify their expectations to the students.Student teams devoted the second half of the term to implementing their work plan. Each weekthe mentor team met separately with each student team to receive a progress report and discussproblems and approaches to resolving them. In addition, students arranged one-on-oneappointments with individual faculty members to gain specific input

Collection

2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Paul N. Runnion; Barbara J. Wilkins

, Success for Calculus,to give these students a fresh start and the opportunity to reinforce their mathematicalpreparedness while also addressing many of their struggles with non-mathematical issues. Wediscuss how this course has evolved, its structure, and its impact on our students.Unclogging the Calculus PipelineIn 2013, the administration of Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)released a new strategic plan. One goal stated in the strategic plan was, as a campus, to “modifyour conventional methods of teaching to accommodate current, new and advanced technologythat will enhance student learning and increase faculty productivity.” While this soundssufficiently general (as would befit a strategic planning document), the

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Lina H. Kloub, University of Connecticut; Christina Smith, University of Connecticut; Faiyhaa-Sydra Saulat, University of Connecticut

feedback, support decision- where collaboration with AI systems is becoming increasinglymaking, and optimize project management. essential. However, to maximize the benefits of AI integration, institu- IV. C HALLENGES AND C ONSIDERATIONS tions must also navigate challenges such as access disparities, While AI tools offer transformative benefits in enhancing ethical concerns, and potential over-reliance on AI systems.career competencies such as communication, problem-solving, By implementing thoughtful AI policies, faculty training pro-and teamwork, their

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan L. Hart, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

for engineers and STEM outreach in early education. Page 22.180.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Innovative Mechanism to Establish Positive Association within the First Year of Civil Engineering CurriculumAbstractRetention of students after the initial year of class work is a major issue facing engineering programs today.The typical approach has been to create a common freshman or first year experience that faculty oradministrators have predetermined to be positive. This technique has been criticized as lacking depth orbreadth of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Dinardi, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. In addition to teaching courses on entrepreneurship, the faculty would help in resolving issues with the school concerning proprietary information, patent rights, and intellectual property. The faculty would also search for ways of obtaining venture capital, such as through entrepreneurship foundations. • Mentor Relationships: Many institutions have successfully developed mentoring programs with executives and practicing entrepreneurs. Through the use of Career Services and alumni networking, alumni of Lafayette College who have entered the field of entrepreneurship could be found and could act as mentors to students interested in entrepreneurship. Two of Lafayette’s most

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mazyar Aram, California State University Northridge; Ileana Costea, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

. Applications todesign) (Northridge, 2012)Comments: The outline of the course sounds interesting but one of the issues is the prerequisiterequired for taking this course. Since the prerequisite is an ME course, this will add 3 hiddenunits to the certificate program. Also, the textbook offered for this course is very old - published1991. Green technology is a modern approach and the material should include the latesttechnologies available on the market, thus a new reference source must be used.ME 483. Alternative Energy Engineering (3 units)Prerequisites: ME 370, 375. Solar radiation characteristics. Solar energy collection andconversion devices. Design and analysis of passive and active solar energy systems. Solarelectric power production. Wind energy

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 3.E

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oyku Eren Ozsoy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Luis Felipe Zapata-Rivera, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

benefit from regular feedback. By reviewingweekly structured reflections, the instructor spots common challenges (e.g., syntax or debugging)and successes. The feedback also highlights areas where students realize their strengths andweaknesses.Each week, the instructor creates a summary to share with the class. This summary coverscommon issues, such as difficulty with functions or concerns about exercises being too long orrepetitive. It also includes unique and meaningful comments, such as; “I feel I need to expressmyself better in group work.” These comments are shared anonymously with the class, sparkingclass discussions. This approach helps students see how their input shapes the class and supportstheir learning.The feedback loop allows the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Kumar, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

. Austin, TX. 78751. krishnak@utexas.eduAbstractThis paper discusses murder mysteries-based teaching as a basis for forensic case studies-basedlearning in Geotechnical Engineering. In this method, students are introduced to an engineeringfailure related to the topic and then asked to identify potential reasons for failure, rank potentialcauses, and explore a new concept cooperatively. Through this process, studentscomprehensively understand the fundamental principles they later encounter in abstract concepts.This approach solves a common issue with traditional teaching methods that present abstractconcepts before providing real-world examples, which can hinder student learning. By usingengaging and relevant forensic case studies upfront, this

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

SponsorStudent EngagementAddress participants questions, concerns President RMU-ACM Page 23.282.8Competition post mortem Faculty Sponsor & President RMU- ACM Getting high school teachers engaged: High school teachers accompany their students to the event. When the students are competing high school teachers need to be engaged. Some bring work with them however the majority are available to participate in other activities. Realizing this as a unique opportunity to interact with high school teachers, the faculty sponsor has developed a program for teachers where RMU activities are publicized

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

International

served as centers for the exchange ofrelated knowledge. These types of exchanges foster more focused research on the part ofthe university, and most importantly, create environments suitable for educating scientists,engineers and other graduates that have a competitive edge in the world market.Working with multinational companies will help further the university’sinternationalization tremendously. Working on joint projects abroad would provide theopportunity to educate faculty and staff and stem new connections and ideas in theprocess. A cohesive effort also needs to be made to provide opportunities for faculty and Page 12.349.4staff to work with

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott

, Virginia Tech (BEEVT) is to create a contemporary framework forundergraduate engineering pedagogy. Among the issues being studied by the collaborative is theuse of ePortfolios in the education of engineers. Several BEEVT investigators and selectedengineering students participated in a pilot of the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio (VTeP) infall 2003. This paper presents a review of studies on the use of portfolios and summarizes thefindings of the pilot. The future plans of BEEVT investigators targeted at developing guidelinesfor the use and evaluation of ePortfolios for improving both student learning and engineeringprograms are also briefly discussed.1. IntroductionIn fall 2003, a group of engineering and education faculty at Virginia Tech

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Sofia M Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

, offering personalized tutoring and feedback, and facilitating the process of reflectingideas in writing (Thi Thuy, 2023).There were some barriers to using ChatGPT were identified, and several solutions weresuggested for the improvement of using ChatGPT in learning processes. There were someconcerning issues for students while using ChatGPT and they were listed as 1. The inability toassess the quality and reliability of sources, 2. The inability to cite sources accurately, and 3. Theinability to replace words and use idioms accurately. To address these concerns, some potentialsolutions can be implemented; for example, verifying ChatGPT’s responses with reliablesources; using ChatGPT as a reference source or a consultant tool; providing guidelines

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon E. Freckleton

, and charging the companyfor the double room. Where should a company draw the line on technical versus personal moralissues versus business issues? As a point of information, the Fabrication Engineer was married.Should this fact be of any concern to the managers?Case 8 - Acting Area Manager's Rules on Accepting Gifts. Immediately upon being promoted toan acting second level manager position within the same organization in which I had been a firstlevel manager, I published a list of Rules of Conduct with suppliers that was much stricter thancompany policy. Among these was a rule that stated: "No gifts of any kind could be acceptedfrom suppliers." I was immediately confronted by a young engineer who asked if this includedtickets to Buffalo Bills

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University; Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

seven years that a new paradigm utilizing student-centered pedagogies in teaching IFEMcourses should be more emphasized to move engineering curriculum towards a more active andstudent-centered state. After evaluating the effects of several variables on students’ academicsuccess, the results may provide important information for both faculty and researchers andpresent a convincing argument to those faculty interested in a reform but hesitant to abandonconventional teaching practices. By promoting this new paradigm, the potential for improvingunderstanding of engineering fundamentals on a larger scale may be realized.INTRODUCTIONIFEM courses, which include statics of engineering, mechanics of materials, dynamics, andmechanics of fluids, are

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Deepak Moparthi, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jennifer Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; David Dalpiaz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Chrysafis Vogiatzis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Sujit Varadhan, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Rebecca Reck, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Yun Huang

practices, and the status of their knowledge and skills inthis area. Our survey did not receive enough responses from faculty members for such analysisalthough we did reach out through new faculty training and professional meetings and massemail. The authors suggest this lack of interest may reflect the ongoing difficulty of raisingawareness about accessibility concerns among faculty at large. In the future, we plan to developmaterials and example modules to help faculty adopt UDL design principles in their coursesusing practices adapted from [18]. For example, there will be in-built accessibility surveys inLMS to onboard students with university provided accommodations as well as assess the needsof students who may need accommodations but do not

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Nicole Barney, Iowa State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Matthew Nelson, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

Thompson describe an “aspirational approach” which centers the value of diversityaround advancing the well-being of people [15]. Creating an environment where all people feelsafe and included is an ethical issue that all humans should be concerned with while workingtoward social justice, fairness, equality, and equity.To make meaningful changes on this front, we argue that universities need to highlight and modelthe value of DEI throughout engineering departments (e.g., in engineering classrooms, having adiverse faculty in engineering departments, numerous opportunities for students to learn about DEIand ethics, etc.).5.3.Discussion on Interventions for Improving the Culture Climate in Engineering at the University LevelIn our literature review

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Arthur D. Kney P.E.; Nancy Ball; Traci Shoemaker; Danuta Bukatko; Angela Moran; Joe Colosi

(NSF) an important issue thatthis project addresses is student attitudes toward STEM learning. Although males are includedin the study, the specific concern will be females and minorities; those who are underrepresentedin STEM disciplines as identified by NSF. In a 2004 study, Zacharia and Barton9 determinedthat urban students and students of color had far more negative attitudes toward science and theirfuture in the scientific field than did white students and nonurban students. Further, variousstudies have found that gender differences, when considering attitudes of student interests inscience, remain an issue of concern, particularly in the domain of technology. Nicholson et al.10concluded that males and females begin school with a similar

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Scheff

to share experiencesand concerns regarding diversity in our programs. Together we will identify important,common, unresolved problems associated with this issue, as well as identify collaborative effortsto resolve these problems and the “deliverables” resulting from our efforts. This alliance,entitled the “Diversity Program Alliance”, in its infant stage right now, is plagued by manysocietal influences unique to the South. The University of Kentucky, a large public land grantuniversity, and a member of this alliance, plans to look into how women in engineeringprogramming is handled at other SEC campuses, and work toward collaborative programswhich will enhance all SEC campuses.Overview/Related Literature:Women are entering colleges and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Richard Glenn Watson

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

growth observed in engineering is desirable to theuniversity, which has set an enrollment goal of 40,000 students by 2020. However, theunconstrained growth, particularly in popular engineering programs (petroleum and mechanicalengineering) results in high student to faculty numbers that negatively impact the availability toconvey a quality education. Other programs, such as computer science, have long-standing Page 24.1327.2retention issues and need to retain students in their degree program.At Texas Tech, the enrollment growth of concern is due to the admittance of first-time studentsand transfer students and is independent of the retention

Conference Session

Engineering in Societal Context

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering Education, 2017 Engineering Empathy: A Multidisciplinary Approach Combining Engineering, Peace Studies, and New TechnologyAbstractAs educators we train our students to view the world using a particular disciplinary lens. Inengineering this means helping our students to “think” like engineers. We teach them tocategorize and solve problems using a technically focused mindset. For instance, they learn theimportance of using hard data to quantify success or failure. Other disciplines, especially in thesocial sciences, focus additional attention on normative and substantive issues. Students aretaught the importance of developing contextual understanding and of recognizing that livedexperiences generate different

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

an informal, supportive setting for discussing those issues. Students are encouraged toexpress their concerns about their courses, about life at Purdue, about their career plans, orwhatever else is important to them that week.Presentations by guest speakers. Women who have achieved success in a technology-relatedprofession, many from major corporations, are invited to campus as guest speakers for the class,sharing their knowledge and experience about the many areas and career options available intechnology. The variety of disciplines represented by the speakers serve to acquaint the studentswith the options available to them not only in their own majors but in others as well. Thespeakers also discuss the ways in which women balance their

Collection

2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Tabitha L. Sprau Coulter

intention of the study is togauge the effectiveness of various motivational strategies and teaching approaches and toidentify specific areas where faculty should focus their classroom efforts. Upon completion of atraditional 3-credit, 15 weeks, face-to-face engineering technology course; students completed a19 question survey where they evaluated the success of various learning opportunities that wereincorporated into that particular course. All survey participants had the same professor whoprovided each of the six courses included in the study with the same types of learningopportunities. The data was compiled to identify if students consistently identify specificmotivational strategies or teaching methods as effective techniques for learning new

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Duco Jansen; Sean P. Brophy; Stacy Klein; Patrick Norris; Ming Wang, Vanderbilt University

Page 8.98.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”expressed the concern that we are not providing enough exposure to the field of Engineering as awhole, or to specific Engineering disciplines, to allow our freshman to make an informed choice.In addition, freshman are not exposed to the excitement and rewarding experiences of theengineering profession but instead get submersed in basic science courses. For the most part theyare unable to relate material learned in these courses to their career choice, which could have anegative effect on retention rate. Certainly for a relatively new discipline

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Hussein Anis

. Using university testing facilitiesFacilities available at the faculties of engineering which are normally used for research as well aseducational purposes are encouraged to contribute to solving real industrial problems. TheEEDP -where a nearly complete inventory of educational facilities is accessible- is acting asliaison between the two bodies.Development of Coursewear on Measuring & Control Instrumentation From An IndustrialPerspective - A Case studyThe Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University applied to the EEDP for "Seed Fund" to finance afeasibility study which aims at exploring the possibilities of developing of a new course materialin the area of "Measurements & Control". In the current curriculum of that school, this

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

, disasters, and scandals in which engineers have been major players (Harris et al.1996). Something should be done to avoid all these disasters. Ethics teaching can’t be done onlyto discuss all the exciting big news/bad news which usually comes in the media. Although theseincidents should be a matter of concern for all of us as human beings and as engineers. Wealways need to consider that these are exceptional rather than ordinary occurrences inengineering. Most engineers will usually not be involved in such circumstances.Media coverage is important but not everything about ethics. Whenever a question is asked aboutethical failure (or disaster) issues in engineering and construction, most students think of afamiliar list of disasters: the collapse of

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Krizek, Northwestern University; Ahmad Hadavi, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

credential or to satisfy PDHs for professional registration.IntroductionAfter World War II, the increased complexity of construction projects in the mid-1950s providedthe impetus for an emerging new field of Construction Engineering and Management (CE&M)within civil engineering. The first journal of the ASCE Construction Division was published inAugust of 1957, and all five papers in the first issue were case studies related to different aspectsof the Navy’s Variable-Angle Launcher. In the introduction M. D. Morris, Chairman of theCommittee on Publications wrote1: “This is the belated first issue of the JOURNAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION DIVISION. Until now we’ve been without a JOURNAL in the belief that most construction articles of

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilla M. Saviz, University of the Pacific; Abel A. Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Elizabeth A. Basha, University of the Pacific; Andria Patricia Ellis, University of the Pacific, School of Engineering and Computer Science ; Kristina Hammarstrom; Feliciano Leon; Jerry Bruce Hildebrand; Spencer Ton

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

15-17. In addition, although not often formally linked to academic programs,globally-focused engineering student organizations, such as Engineers Without Borders andEngineers for a Sustainable World, reflect students’ growing interest in internationaldevelopment, eradication of poverty, environmental action, and application of technology forsocial benefit 18-19.However, the issue of sustainability of such efforts in terms of faculty time and universityresources is not yet resolved 20. Perpetuating these socially focused initiatives is an importantissue in smaller schools where limited resources constrain new initiatives, but, in an era ofshrinking resources, also affects larger institutions. The issue of sustainability of such effortsmay be