Conference Session

Improving Communication Skills in ME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa McGarry; Edward Young; Elisabeth Alford

students to improve their communicative skill as well as theirperformance on the writing assignments in the course. In the mechanical engineering curriculum atthis university, technical writing is not a required course; the students receive all their technicalwriting instruction in three laboratory courses.The faculty for the course and the staff of the Professional Communications Center in the Collegeof Engineering and Information Technology have worked together to strengthen the students’communications abilities. In addition to fundamental skills such as the basics of lab reports, thetarget outcomes from the communication emphasis in this course include the following that relateto writing. We aim to increase the students’ ability to:• organize

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

page uponpage of text, tables with raw data, figures for every possible combination of variables andseveral appendices. This is clearly a brain dump by the students in the hope thateventually they will include exactly what the professor is looking for. The same is oftentrue for graphical and oral presentations. It is this type of unfocused communication thatwe, as educators and graders, are concerned with overcoming. This paper outlines a newtactic in teaching writing to engineers that compliments their technical abilities andprepares them for communicating in a professional environment. Three points are listedbelow as motivation.Motivation 1: Teach them what they will use laterWhile the traditional engineering curriculum places great

Conference Session

Innovations in Laboratory Studies

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

application experiment. This type ofexperiments is the type commonly used one in undergraduate engineering laboratories. Otherrubrics could be found on the KAU Academic Accreditation Unit website7.Appendix B contains an assessment rubric to evaluate the write-up of a design experiment. Thewrite-up should contain the main elements of the design and exclude the recipe-type instructions.The write-up should demonstrate that the instructor is able to: ‚ Identify suitable type of experiments ‚ Deal with fundamental objectives as desired outcomes of students lab experience ‚ Write a concise project brief ‚ Write clear guidelines for the students to reach the level of learning associated with each fundamental objectives ‚ Write

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Walter Alejandro Silva Sotillo; James Anderson

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD)

-oriented pedagogy. Current research shows thatintegrating writing assignments into discipline-specific coursework is an effective strategy toaccomplish this objective. Thus, the USF has explored implementing oral and “process writing”assignments into creative thinking engineering undergraduate coursework to fulfill a statecommunication requirement and satisfy the NACE professional proficiency.In an attempt to teach students how to develop and communicate ideas within the engineering fieldto a wide range of audiences, USF integrated pre-writing, co-authoring, revising, and editingstrategies into a first-year engineering design course. In so doing, an aspect of the oral and writtencommunication needs between industry and academia should be mitigated

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Huh? What Did You Say? What Does That Mean?

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karin Becker, United States Air Force Academy; Timothy Frank, United States Air Force Academy; Joel Sloan, United States Air Force Academy

engineering, column-supported embankments, and engineering education.Karin L. Becker Dr. Becker is the Director of the Communication Strategies Center at the U.S. Air Force Academy where she oversees the resources that foster cadets' ability to clearly communicate including the Writing Center, Public Speaking Lab, Reading Strategies program, and Technical Writing. Her PhD is in Health Communication from the University of North Dakota. Her research interests combine patient-provider communication and community health promotion with workforce generational communication patterns.Timothy Frank Lt Col Timothy Frank is the Structures Division Chief and Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the United

Collection

ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Joshua Luckens, Wentworth; Afsaneh Ghanavati, Wentworth Institute of Technology

development asdesign thinkers visible to themselves, empowering them to enunciate their evolving skills ascreative problem solvers. In the process, they develop both essential professional writing skillsand the ability to recognize and eloquently communicate their thought processes. Both steps–theawareness of one's cognitive processes and the ability to eloquently explain one's thinking toothers–are skills that will serve our students well as they start their professional career paths.Another fundamental skill that the engineering notebook reinforces is systems thinking. Throughreflective writing, first-year students draw explicit connections between their lived experiencesand the fundamentals of engineering, reinforcing the training in systems

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sallie Townsend; Natalie Segal

other words, the problem expresses some process of change. Because this first step is the origin of the fundamental equation or equations in the mathematical translation, you must be sure to get this step right. • Write this comparison down Step 2: Morph the verbs. Page 6.1166.7Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference& Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education • Continue by rewriting the sentences. Watch for conjunctions (“and,” “while,” “but,” and so on) and separate the phrases at the point of the conjunction. • Rewrite as required so

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

L. Brent Jenkins, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

terms when writing a mesh or nodal equation to characterize circuit operation. Thispaper describes six circuit analysis errors that students frequently make, it suggests some proactivestrategies that can be used to help students avoid these errors, and it describes the assessmenttechniques that have been used to evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies.IntroductionImplicit in this discussion is the belief that students are better prepared to solve problems (e.g.,to analyze circuits) when warnings about common errors are interwoven into instruction aboutproper techniques. The essence of this approach is to tell students to "do it this way, but becareful not to do it that way." Warnings about common errors serve to bring proper

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Song Xing, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

small and medium-sized wireless networks areassigned to students regularly accompanying to their homework assignments to help studentsestablish the direct experience using wireless technologies and help them to better understandand master the subject matter of the topics. Students can even use their home network facilitiesto fulfill the hands-on projects. In addition, a group project is required of students, which buildsupon and complementing the material covered in class.We have chosen the text books with the writing style for non-major undergraduate students andwhich were tried by non-technical writing language. Such references include Fundamentals ofWireless Networking by Ron Price, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Business Data Networks

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Electrical Engineering.The electrical engineering curriculum was designed to give our students strong background inthe fundamentals of electrical engineering and adequate knowledge in advanced topics in thisever-changing field. A balance between theory and practice is carefully incorporated into thecurriculum by the faculty. In order to graduate with an electrical engineering degree at UVU,students must complete 125 semester hours of course work. The current curriculum consists of36 hours of General Education requirements and 83 credit hours of Discipline Corerequirements, and 6 credit hours of Elective requirements.Electrical Engineering Capstone I and II Writing Enriched (WE) CoursesCapstone courses play a crucial role in Electrical Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno

grading of the writing Page 13.519.10easier and more consistent. Surveys will also be utilized to assess both faculty andstudents’ impressions of using with the modules.ConclusionsProject based modules were developed for use in an Introduction to MaterialsEngineering course. The modules teach the fundamental concepts of materials sciencewithin the context of modern engineering applications. The main goals in integrating thefundamental concepts with advanced technologies is to help students see the connectionbetween what they are learning and real world engineering issues and to motivate them tolearn on their own.Five lecture modules have been developed

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lyn Gassman, University of South Carolina; Michelle A Maher, University of South Carolina; Briana Timmerman, UVA Curry School of Education, Charlottesville VA; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Mapping, and Writing Goal Accountability. Rationale for and demonstration of eachof these techniques is offered in this paper as guidance to faculty who mentor their own students’development as disciplinary writers.IntroductionDisciplinary writing in the form of contributions to grant proposals, peer-reviewed journalpublications, and conference papers is a natural outcome of gradate engineering students’research activities and vital to the research productivity of these students’ faculty advisors.However, while students may possess content knowledge and technical expertise, many entergraduate programs with limited understanding of the disciplinary writing and publicationprocesses. Graduate students typically learn about these processes through

Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Debjani Sarkar, College of Engineering, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Paper ID #32094Engineering the Future – Communicating Across Borders Through ElevatorPitchesMs. Debjani Sarkar, College of Engineering, Michigan State University Ms Debjani Sarkar is an academic teaching specialist in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. She teaches Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists at MSU. She also leads the com- munications and marketing activities of the first-year engineering CoRe Experience. She supervises the College of Engineering Tutoring Center, which offers free tutoring in Calculus, Physics, and Chemistry for undergraduate engineering students. She has taught

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brett Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Tori Claudette Reeder; Josh Chase, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Laura Vidal-Chiesa, Michigan Technological University; Modupe Omolara Yusuf, Michigan Technological University; Abraham Romney, Michigan Technological University; Marika Seigel, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #34213Work-In-Progress: Leveraging Interdisciplinary Topics in First-yearEngineeringDr. Brett Hamlin, Michigan Technological University Brett Hamlin is a student centered educator who focuses his effort in active collaborative discovery based learning designed around student driven interests. Dr. Hamlin spends much of his time engaging and mentoring students to guide them towards answering their own questions. Dr. Hamlin a Senior Lecturer and Interim Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Technological University.Dr. AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University AJ Hamlin is a Principal

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederick Berry; Patricia Carlson

shows the overall grade and RCI remained constant from PDS exercise 1 to PDSexercise 2. Also, this table shows a modest 4% increase in the text rating from PDS exercise 1 toPDS exercise 2. These results are significant, due to the increase in difficulty of the assignmentfrom PDS exercise 1 to PDS exercise 2. This same trend is seen in the Product TechnicalDescription exercises 1 and 2.Satisfying ABET (g): Driskill [2], in examining how ABET (g) is addressed in available ABETaccreditation plans, noted little evidence in the literature that assessment plans incorporatemodern rhetoric pedagogy, contemporary discourse analysis, or the fundamentals ofcommunication theory in their expectations for writing in an engineering education. Thus, the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 1: Projects, Teams, and Portfolios

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #42311WiP: Comparing Course Topic Perceptions between Different Hands-On ProjectsDr. Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville Nick Hawkins is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at the University of Louisville. He received his B.S. (2016), M.Eng. (2017), and Ph.D. (2020) in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville. His resDr. Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville Brian Robinson is an Associate Professor with the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. His primary research focus is in Engineering Education, with

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Li, Florida A&M University; G. Thomas Bellarmine, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Leon Prosper, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

(EET) today, is howto deliver more effective lectures to students in the classroom. In our program, most of thecourses are being taught in a traditional way. The instructors stand in front of the students andexplain the material while writing on the dry erase board. The students sit at the desk, listeningand taking notes. There is no doubt that the traditional way of teaching is still very effective andefficient. On the other hand, the shortcoming of this teaching method is that it is mainly a oneway communication. Our faculties have always been trying hard to make class more interactive,because interactive instruction provides knowledge check and assessment1. This assessmentobtained can lead to some modification of the instruction to cater to

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuping Wang, University of North Texas; Vijay Vaidyanathan, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2006-313: A MASKLESS FABRICATION APPROACH OF INTEGRATEDOPTICAL WAVEGUIDES FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSShuping Wang, University of North TexasVijay Vaidyanathan, University of North Texas Page 11.64.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Maskless Fabrication Approach of Integrated Optical Waveguides for Engineering Technology StudentsIntroduction The optical waveguide is one of the fundamental components for optical integrated circuits1.The current technique used to fabricate polymer waveguide devices is mainly based on spincoating and photolithography patterning2. The technique requires fixed photomasks, which areinherently

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3: Best of ELOS

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; John Lynch, Washington State University; Pavel Pisarchuk, Washington State University; Allegra Bryant; Danielle Gedlick, Washington State University; Terry Sjolander, Washington State University

also act as the lab report assignment specifying thesubmission deadline, necessary processes, or the expected contents of the lab report. Twoelectrical engineering lab courses used published lab manuals. Many instructors provide labreport grading materials such as rubrics applying to all labs. Three lab courses provided samplelab reports. It is noted that ECE 260 provided a special handout, entitled “How to Write a LabReport,” to introduce the fundamentals and genre expectations of engineering lab report writing.Table 9. Types of instructional materials related to labs and lab report writing for each course. Individual lab Lab report Lab report Others handout/manual assignment

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Pradeep K. Agrawal

. using and analyzing concepts in problem-solving applications. requiring regular writing for classes and involving students in critiquing one another’s writing.This pedagogical shift is fundamental, not cosmetic; it affects not only how we interact withstudents but also the material itself. Yet, however effective this approach can be shown to be, itis also true that engineering faculty are already charged with conveying a substantial amount oftechnical information. They might reasonably argue that there is not time to cover the volume ofthe material that they must address using these methods. This is where an in-house WritingProgram Specialist plays a pivotal role. He or she will present critical thinking to students as thefoundation

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr. , John A. Hamilton; Jeanne L. Murtagh

fundamentally flawed approach. Evaluating the students’detailed designs before they proceed to coding provides a similar, although slightly less critical,benefit. Although both of these design reviews do take instructor time early in the project cycle,the reviews may actually save time overall. Instructors will see fewer panic-stricken studentsasking for help as they frantically try to get running code from a fundamentally flawed designduring the last week (or perhaps even the last few days) of the project cycle.The design submission requirement has the additional benefit of supporting "writing across thecurriculum" initiatives. Students gain practice in technical writing, which is essential to theirability to function effectively in industrial

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

J.B. Conrad; J.M. Ryan; C.J. Egelhoff; E.M. Odom

step to theapproach presented by Professor Ju in his course notes and in an article [1]. ProfessorJu’s approach is based on Castigliano’s Theorem and the use of Heaviside stepfunctions to write the moment equation. If performed by hand, this approach isalgebraically intense. However, the boundary conditions are embedded in theformulation, and once created, the formulation is ready for 178179180181182183184185186187

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Ward; Elizabeth Alford

writing assignment related to the NSPE Code. Aftercompleting the search, students write reflective papers analyzing the cases by provisions of theCode. Students then receive an introduction to Toulmin logic, a system of practical reasoning toaid their analysis. Following group discussion of the cases, students then write a team report inwhich they examine their understanding of the Fundamental Canons of Ethics.This joint paper outlines the entire module: the website searches, materials used in the course,points to covered in the discussion of the Code and the reflective paper assignment. Rationalesfor the activities are described.I. IntroductionAs even a brief literature and Internet search will reveal, integration of ethics instruction

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

enjoyment that they might get from participating. There are manyindividuals who will never gain a desire to write poetry; but for those who do, providing thisvenue makes the effort worthwhile. As other directions of writing are investigated, hopefullymore students will be drawn into other activities that expand their ideas on communication.ABET’s requirements for accreditation since 2000 give a clear indication that writtencommunication is of tantamount importance in the education of undergraduate engineers. It isinteresting to note that previous to EC 2000, communication in all its forms did not merit morethan a few lines hidden away in the ABET document. With its newly gained prominence,educators are scrambling to make sure that their programs

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

everything from the Big Bang to our present-dayunderstanding of the cosmos, teaching these topics without much mathematics presents manyunique challenges. A brief overview of the curriculum developed for the Changing Viewscourse will be provided. Particular attention will be placed on some of the unique ways awriting-based approach has been implemented with the ultimate goal of enhancing of studentlearning. Emphasis here will be placed on a short paper activity designed to elicit studentunderstanding of key topics addressed in class. In addition, strategies such as rubricdevelopment and time-saving grading techniques related to the use of these writing-basedapproaches will be shared.IntroductionWhile it is not unusual for physics departments to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jasper L Steyn; Tobia Steyn

. However, they are academically still at risk because of deficiencies in their educational background. Thesupport course is designed to redress and enhance students' concept of the fundament als underpinning a study incalculus, to aid the development of personal, academic and communication skills and to give the students basicskills in information technology. The main pedagogical approach is aimed at developing the full academicpotential of the students. The study focused on determining students' learning preferences, their study orientationin mathematics and the development of writing skills relevant for engineering. The Herrmann Brain DominanceInstrument was used to determine the student s' thinking style preferences. This information was used

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian J. Skromme, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Turning Mesh Analysis Inside OutAbstractElementary linear circuit analysis is a core competency for electrical and many other engineers.Two of the standard approaches to systematic analysis of linear circuits are nodal and meshanalysis, the latter being limited to planar circuits. Nodal and mesh analysis are related byduality and should therefore be fully symmetrical with each other. Here, the usual textbookapproach to mesh analysis is argued to be deficient in that it obscures this fundamental dualityand symmetry, and may thereby impede the development of intuition and the understanding ofthe nature of “mesh currents.” In particular, the usual distinction between

Conference Session

Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington-Seattle; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Burpee

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Dilemmas of Macroethics: Links between Critical Thinking and Ethical LiteracyAbstractGlobal citizenship requires an understanding of global problems including the many ethicaldilemmas that muddy the waters in search of solutions to these problems. One way of lookingat and assessing a student’s ability to consider and evaluate global ethical issues is byexamining the student’s writing on challenging topics, especially in macroethics where ethicaldilemmas tend to be complex, unstructured, and downright knotty. Some challenges studentsface in analyzing ethical situations may be a result of deficits in underlying skills that preventthe student from comprehensive understanding of the problem at hand. This study explores thepossibility that

Conference Session

Information Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

least 30 semester-hours of study in general education to broaden the background of the student.Detailed description of each general requirements are summarized below:Information Systems: • All students must take a broad-based core of fundamental information systems material consisting of at least 12 semester hours. • The core materials must provide basic coverage of the hardware and software, a modern programming language, data management, networking and telecommunications, analysis and design, and the role of IS in organizations. • Theoretical foundations, analysis, and design must be stressed throughout the program. • Students must be exposed to a variety of information and computing systems and must

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan B. Gürocak

industryto implement controllers. In a typical undergraduate engineering curriculum a control systemscourse introducing the fundamental notions of analog control theory is offered. To learn digitalcontrol theory, students would have to take an extra course on digital control systems, usually atthe graduate level. This paper explains the development of a hybrid classical/digital controlsystems course*. Also, laboratory experiments designed to support the new format are presented.IntroductionManufacturing engineering is a very broad discipline. Consequently, manufacturing engineerstypically engage in a diverse range of activities such as plant engineering, manufacturingprocesses, machine design, and product design. In just about any of these roles a