Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

G.T. Lineberry; David Silverstein

Session 3413 An Improved Distance Learning Environment for the Material and Energy Balances Course David L. Silverstein G. T. Lineberry University of KentuckyAbstractThe Kentucky Council on Post-Secondary Education has mandated goals of substantiallyincreased enrollments in Engineering for Kentucky state-funded institutions over the nextdecade. As part of the process designed to meet this goal, the University of Kentucky hascollaborated with other state institutions providing (or soon to provide

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2023 PSW

Authors

Noelle Kartvedt; Kaela Martin; Johann Dorfling; Joseph Smith

spring or fall semester. Overall, we are excited about this new curriculumchange and hope it continues to increase student learning in the future to create expert 3Dmodelers.AcknowledgementsWe would like to acknowledge Cameron Beard and Matthew Marandola for course redesign help.References[1] A. Majchrzak, “Effect of CAD on the jobs of drafters and engineers: a quantitative case study,” Int. J. Man-Machine Studies, vol. 32, pp. 245-262, Feb, 1988. Accessed: Jan, 24, 2023.[2] M. Sadat-Hossieny, M. Torres, “Modifying CAD Courses to Improve Proficiency in Interpretation of EngineeringDrawings Using Modified Constructivism Approach” in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio,2017. doi: 10.18260/1-2—28682[3] B.F. Robertson, D.F

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Robert M. O'Connell

2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) Tests Given Throughout a Course as Formative Assessment Can Improve Student Learning Robert M. O’Connell Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211AbstractResearch has shown that formative assessment can have a significant positive impact on studentlearning. Furthermore, tests administered throughout a course can be used effectively forformative assessment. However, such tests

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catalina Cortazar, P. Univ. Católica de Chile

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

be perceived negatively [17]. Team members are the ones who can best assess thedynamics of their teamwork and the degree to which each member contributes to their work.Consequently, peer evaluation can be an effective tool to provide information on theparticipation of each team member and their skills and weaknesses regarding teamwork [18].Peer assessment can be formative, giving feedback to students, helping them improve their work,or a summative assessment, which allows them to adjust individual grades into group work [19].Millis and Cottell [20] propose the following components to be assessed by peers: meetingattendance, task completion, contribution to the work, and/or support among team members.This course measures students’ performance

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Ways to Measure "Things" About Your Course(s)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Justin J. Henriques, James Madison University; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

assessment and continuous improvement tool for a redesigned first year courseAbstractThis paper demonstrates evidence-based practice for evaluating the effectiveness of andcontinuing to improve a first year course on engineering fundamentals and decision-making. InSpring 2015, five instructors in the Department of Engineering at James Madison Universitytaught six sections of an introductory engineering course. The course is a curricular element ofthe department's first-year experience and is intended to introduce new engineering students toengineering fundamentals, analytical and creative problem solving, systems thinking,engineering and society, sustainable development, and professionalism. As part of courseassessment, students

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology; Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

for Engineering Education, 2016 Using Student-Developed Narratives to Improve Learning and Engagement in Computer Problem-Solving CoursesAbstractIn our Computer Systems major, we require all students to take a problem-solving course (PS) toprepare them for subsequent courses in computer programming. As part of the PS course,students use flowchart interpreters to learn basic procedural programming concepts. Studentsoften have difficulty translating word problems into flowcharts because they do not have a goodunderstanding of the problem’s domain. To write an effective computer program to solve aproblem, programmers must first understand the problem. 1,6,14,15 Thus, the student’s inability toconceive of the problem

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Engineering Education, 2024 Improved Student Learning in a Circuits Course With a Novel Web-Based SystemIntroductionA multiyear (unfunded) development effort has led to the creation of a web-based teaching andlearning system for circuit analysis. A key feature of the ''Circuit Analysis Tool for Education''(CATE) system is the ability to automatically generate topologically distinct circuits with step-by-step solutions. These problems are used for examples, practice, and for out-of-classassignments. Circuit problems can be readily refreshed for each new section of a course. Thecourse associated with this study was one for non-majors and covers DC analysis, AC phasorsand AC power, as well as transient analysis

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qian Du, Mississippi State University; Judy Schneider, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Page 11.731.8answered questions in the area of Electricity and Magnetism, the performance of our studentswill be compared against the peer performance to gauge the effectiveness of ECE3183. 7IV. ConclusionTo improve the teaching and learning effectiveness of the service course, ECE 3183 at MSU,initial efforts have been made to coordinate the lectures offered by the ECE department with thelaboratory offered by the ME department. We believe that this collaboration will inject vigorinto what has historically been perceived as a “boring” classroom in the ECE3183 course, whileenhancing the ME curriculum.If the proposed integration is proved to be successful, a similar approach will be applied to

Conference Session

Measuring Learning in Statics & Dynamics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven David Wood, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Thayne L Sweeten Ph.D., Department of Biology, Utah State University,

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #16487Preliminary Analysis of Spatial Ability Improvement within an EngineeringMechanics Course: StaticsSteven David Wood, Utah State University - Engineering Education Steven Wood is a junior in the Civil Engineering program. After finishing his BS he plans on completing a MS in Civil Engineering. In addition to studies, he is a teacher’s assistant and he teaches a recitation class for the Statics course. His Interests in the field of engineering are public transportation, specifically in rapid and heavy rail systems. His research interests include spatial ability, learning styles, and gender differences in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University

AC 2010-161: DESIGN IMPROVEMENT AND ANALYSIS ON 3DHAPTIC-AUGMENTED LEARNING TOOLS FOR DYNAMICS COURSEWeihang Zhu, Lamar UniversityKendrick Aung, Lamar UniversityJiang Zhou, Lamar University Page 15.354.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Design Improvement and Analysis on 3D Haptic-augmented Learning Tools for Dynamics CourseAbstractThe paper presents the recent improvement and analysis of 3D haptic-augmented learning toolsfor Dynamics course, which is a fundamental course offered in most engineering disciplines.Dynamics is considered to be one of the most difficult and non-intuitive courses that engineeringstudents encounter during their

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

George Karady; Khaled Nigim

1 Session 10 Improve Learning Efficiency by Using Computers For Junior Level Electrical Engineering Courses George G Karady, Fellow member IEEE K. A. Nigim*, Senior member IEEE Arizona State University Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine Tempe AZ 85287 Knigim@imap3.asu.edu Karady@asu.edu *Fullbright Fellowship leave at Arizona State

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Risa Kumazawa, Duquesne University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

educational effort to improve student retention in introductoryelectronics and network analysis course offered at a university in northeastern United States. Ituses a new media-based tutorial and mini project intended to engage students in their studies.The paper, also seeks to study the effects of technology mode of instruction that complementsconventional mode of instruction. This development, as well as lessons learned in the first threeyears of technology mode of instruction in introductory engineering courses (namely Electronicsand Network Analysis) is evaluated numerically. A concluding section is offered that discussesthe benefit of balancing conventional mode of instruction with technology mode of instruction.INTRODUCTIONThis paper examines

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Lori Sowa P.E., University of Alaska, Southeast

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10044Transforming a Freshman Electrical Engineering Lab Course to Improve Ac-cess to Place Bound StudentsDr. Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Denise Thorsen received her B.S. (1985), M.S. (1991) and Ph.D. (1996) degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska FairbanksLori Sowa P.E., University of Alaska, Southeast Page 24.1278.1

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Kenneth David Domingue, Western Michigan University ; Sarah Gray Hagen, Western Michigan University; Rebecca A. Scheffers, Western Michigan University; Lenore Yaeger; Katherine Fox, Western Michigan University

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Mathematics

Paper ID #14436An Engineering Mathematics Course to Improve Success of Students in Al-gebra IIDr. Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University Edmund Tsang received a B.S. with distinction in Mechanical Engineering from University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Iowa State University. Dr. Tsang’s current professional interests include integrating service-learning into engineering, social entrepreneurship, and student success and retention.Kenneth David Domingue, Western Michigan University Kenneth Domingue is currently a graduate student in Aerospace Engineering at Western Michigan Uni- versity. As a graduate

Conference Session

New Learning Models

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan; Madara Ogot

them in a course. Similarly,Felder and Stice [2] state that students are better prepared to improve their learning environmentwhen they understand and can articulate what is effective for them. Further, Anson et al. [3]observe that “[with a] diversity of approaches [to engineering education], the potential formismatches between students’ learning styles, preferences and practices on the one hand, andteaches pedagogies on the other, is considerable”. They go onto state, “… to understand andsolve such mismatches requires seeing education as a … symbiosis involving complexrelationships between students’ and teachers’ beliefs and practices.” While we acknowledge that students are not adequately equipped to address broader

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Frances S. Johnson; Carlos C. Sun; Anthony J. Marchese; Heidi L. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Roberta Harvey; Ravi Ramachandran; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm

issues are apparent from apreliminary review of student comments. In response to a question asking in what waysthe course is or is not meeting their expectations, most students gave non-specificcomments to the effect that it was meeting their expectations. Some, however, werecritical: I expected both parts of the clinic to be related more. It seems we have two completely separate classes at times. I expected better coordination between this (writing section class) and the lab part. Thought it would be more connected to lab portion--more of an engineering thing than a writing thing.Similar opinions were expressed, even more forcefully, in response to the question, Whatwould you do to improve the course (50 words or less)? In this case

Conference Session

Remediation and Curricular Changes to Improve Student Learning and Outcomes

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gianluca Guadagni, University of Virginia; Hui Ma, University of Virginia

Paper ID #36968A sustainable model to structurally improve outcomes inMath courses for Engineering students.Gianluca Guadagni (Assistant Professor Applied Mathematics) Assistant Professor - Applied Mathematics - School of Engineering - University of VirginiaHui Ma (Assistant Professor) Dr. Hui Ma is an assistant professor of applied math at the University of Virginia. She holds a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her current research interest focuses on mathematics education and STEM education, in particular student-focused instruction, and learning-based grading

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Calvin Sophistus King, MCET; Venugopalan Kovaichelvan, TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. The paper reports the application of stage gate for a course, aimed at courserefinement and attempts to present evidence to assess the effectiveness and achievement ofthe desired outcomes. Improvements in the course contents, delivery methods, assessments,and student performance are reported for the selected freshmen course titled “Introduction toEngineering”. The paper explains activities, working team and deliverables that are part ofthe stages, with samples. The decision-making methodology in gate reviews using criteriaand rubrics are also explained with samples. Samples of course design outputs, coursematerial, checklists with rubrics that were used during the gate reviews also are included inthe paper.1. IntroductionThe Fourth United

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Murray, State University of New York, Binghamton; Roy McGrann, State University of New York, Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-902: IMPROVING AN ABET COURSE ASSESSMENT PROCESS THATINVOLVES MARKER PROBLEMS AND PROJECTSBruce Murray, State University of New York, Binghamton Bruce T. Murray is a professor of mechanical engineering at the State University of New York at Binghamton and is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the ME Department. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in ME from Rutgers University in 1978 and 1980, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in ME from the University of Arizona in 1986. Earlier in his career he was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories where he was involved in system thermal management and reliability. He also was a research engineer at the National Institute of

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Veenstra, Engineering education consultant; Gary D. Herrin, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Not (%) (p≤ 0.05) Enrolled Enrolled Yes/No <2.5 27 72 15.3 Yes 2.5 to 3.0 62 120 2.6 No 3.0 to 3.5 81 149 10.1 Yes 3.5 to 4.0 58 166 - 5.6 NoThe consistency of a level of retention at or close to 100% for the three lower grade intervals isindicative of an effective course in improving retention. This data supports that the Engineering110 course is a positive force in retaining students in engineering, especially for students withlow college GPAs.Interestingly, the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Remote World

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hope Leigh Weiss, California State University, Fullerton; John W. Sanders, California State University, Fullerton

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #29479A Curriculum-Spanning Review Video Library to Improve Retention ofPrerequisite Course MaterialDr. Hope Leigh Weiss, California State University, Fullerton Dr. Hope L. Weiss is currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Fullerton. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell Uni- versity, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Weiss’ research focuses in the areas of nonlinear dynamics and chaos and engineering education. Her current research includes biomedical acoustics

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gibrán Sayeg-Sánchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Nicolás Amado-Moranchel, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Andres Esteban Acero, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

Reality can contributesignificantly to a better understanding of improvement project implementation.Two limitations of this study should be acknowledged. On one hand, the generalizability of thefindings may be constrained due to the single-case design focused on Tecnologico de Monterrey.While the results showcase the efficacy of Virtual Reality (VR) in Lean Manufacturingeducation within this specific context, variations in institutional settings, student demographics,and course structures could impact the applicability of the proposed methodology elsewhere. Onthe other hand, the relatively short duration of the study, spanning only a week, may not capturethe long-term effects of VR integration on students' retention and practical application of

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Christos Valiotis

expert level in problem solving is of paramount importance for engineering students. Thetraditional Skinnerian guided-practice through drill homework and “cookbook” laboratoryactivities, usually leads to superficial gains of algorithmic knowledge in problem solving.Interactive Engagement methods in learning help students develop higher cognitive functions,and arguably, will lead to transferable knowledge from physics to engineering. In thispresentation I will explore the effect of employing the Socratic Dialogue method -in conjunctionwith Interactive Engagement physics curricula- in improving student’s problem solving skills.Introduction Many students in introductory calculus-based physics college courses perform poorly inproblem solving

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos Pineida, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Universidad Andres Bello, Chile.

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

individualdiscussions. However, there is also a concerning decrease in perceived effectiveness andfrequency of interactions during synchronous sessions and forum use. It emphasizes the need toimprove synchronous session quality and to investigate possible issues limiting forum utilizationas tools for addressing student questions and uncertainties.The open-ended question responses highlight student diversity in expectations for learningdynamics and course content focus. Although this emphasizes the importance of adaptableteaching methodologies, providing varying formats for interactions and assessments [16], itreveals students' unawareness that this course consisted of a self-instructional format. Flexibilityto offer individual learning styles improves student

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Nuri Zeytinoglu P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Masoud Mojtahed, Purdue University Northwest; Matthew William Wooden, Purdue University Northwest; Ikechukwu I Nnachi, Purdue University Northwest

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Design in Engineering Education

competentgeotechnical engineers and who will practice in the real world after their graduation should takeat least one engineering geology course. For instance, the father of soil mechanics, ProfessorTerzaghi, when he was teaching at Harvard University, MIT, and University of Illinois, legendsaid that he taught one and only one course that was not soil mechanics engineering, but it wasactually the engineering geology course[16]. This effectively shows why all civil engineeringprograms should offer an engineering geology course or a required prerequisite geology course.During the ice age, nature sometimes geologically engineered a phenomenon similar to “quicksand” condition by creating a large kettle lake that works like a “quick sand” barrel, at the righttime

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nhut Ho, California State University, Northridge; Robert Ryan, California State University, Northridge

AC 2009-2334: DESIGNING A SEQUENCE OF DESIGN COURSES TO IMPROVESTUDENT PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION AT A MINORITY INSTITUTIONNhut Ho, California State University, NorthridgeRobert Ryan, California State University, Northridge Page 14.426.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Designing a Sequence of Design Courses to Improve Student Performance and Retention at a Minority InstitutionAbstractThis paper describes the process of creating a sequence of design courses in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Northridge. Theoverarching goals of the course sequence are to address and

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert Edwards

Improving A Fluid and Thermal Sciences Course for Electrical Engineering Technology Students Robert Edwards Pennsylvania State University at ErieAbstract:At Penn State Erie, Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) seniors are required to take acourse in fluid and thermal sciences. The course consists of two hours of lecture and two hoursof lab per week. This course has traditionally been taught by a Mechanical EngineeringTechnology (MET) faculty member who would teach it from a mechanical standpoint, withelectronic examples brought in where possible. The labs were designed around existingequipment in the mechanical fluid and thermal sciences lab and held little significance for

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University; Nova Alexandria Glinski Schauss, Oregon State University

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First-Year Programs

developed linking student development focused first-year coursesand a project called “Design Your Process of Becoming a World-Class Engineering Student”.The project is set within first-year engineering orientation courses that pair academic successstrategies with engineering college knowledge. Through the project students are challenged todesign their individually tailored learning process to have a significant impact on their academicsuccess by improving the students’ skills, confidence, and motivation to succeed in engineering.The approach is currently implemented in over 30 institutions nationwideError! Reference source notfound. . The results from two four year institutions— Oregon State University and University ofAlaska Anchorage—one

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University; John Clements, California Polytechnic State University; David Janzen, California Polytechnic State University

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First-Year Programs

in thisquarter. In particular, we hope to answer several important questions with surveys and gradesfrom the following two quarters: 1. Are these students more likely to continue as CS majors, and 2. How does their performance compare to others who did not take the class?ConclusionWe suggest that collaboration and life-long learning are key ingredients to a successful freshmanexperience and can help improve retention rates, performance, and make the major moreappealing to a wider, diverse set of students. Without a doubt, teaching cornerstone coursesrequires a substantial time investment. We believe that the constructivist course design model wepresent here can substantially reduce the effort required to effectively conduct such

Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shantha Daniel, Iowa State University; Devna Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Leslie Potter, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

2006-1882: ABET OUTCOME ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT THROUGHTHE CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMShantha Daniel, Iowa State University SHANTHA DANIEL is pursuing her doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering at Iowa State University. She has served as a graduate assistant in teaching as well as research including objective evaluation and outcome assessment.Devna Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University DEVNA POPEJOY-SHERIFF is pursuing her master degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with an emphasis in Student Affairs. She currently serves as the Academic Advisor for IE undergraduate students in IMSE Department.K. Jo Min, Iowa State University K. JO