Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, University of Florida; David J Therriault, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

innovators in a widevariety of technical fields including, but not limited to, materials, energy, electronics, medicine,communications, transportation and recreation.” Page 25.786.7Leadership was also a word that appeared frequently on university websites. One college ofengineering mission was, “To educate men and women for careers of leadership and innovation in engineering and related fields.” And similarly, another college’s goal was “to educate creativeand productive scientists and engineers in the fundamental principles of the science andengineering of materials, who will provide future leadership in industry, academia andgovernment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl P.E., California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Soonmee Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel A Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

systems.Prof. Adel A Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles After finishing his BS in Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles, Adel A. Sharif continued with graduate studies in Materials Science and Engineering at University of California, Irvine. He earned his MS and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 1995 and 1998, respectively. Page 26.983.1 Upon graduation, he accepted a postdoctoral position at Los Alamos National Lab, where he worked on development of ultra-high temperature structural material among other things. In 2000, he accepted a tenure track faculty

Collection

2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Randy Hurd; Dustin Grote

electives. This paper presents two labassignments that were created for a senior-level vibration course that requires students to collectaccelerometer and microphone data. Pros and cons of the assignments are discussed as well asstudent perceptions of the assignments.INTRODUCTIONBoth theoretical and hands-on lab instruction are critical elements in effective engineeringeducation. Among the most important learning objectives of lab-based instruction isfamiliarizing engineering students with instrumentation, data collection and data processingtechniques [1]. In many engineering programs this is achieved through periodic lab instructionthat often takes place in dedicated lab spaces with appropriate equipment. Due to the high costsof measurement

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Staver; Naiqian Zhang; Masaaki Mizuno; Gurdip Singh; Mitchell Neilsen; Donald Lenhert

* Abstract Rapid advances in embedded systems present significant opportunities for fundamental change in education, at all levels, with a greater focus on active, collaborative learning. These advances can be exploited by integrating them into the elementary and middle school curriculums and by having students work in teams to develop innovative new solutions to embedded design problems in science and engineering. Such hands-on activities provide concrete experiences for abstract lessons in math and science and motivate students to learn more complex abstract concepts. A collaborative research experience

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

Session 2670 Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Experimentation as an Introduction to Engineering for K-12 Students Deran Hanesian, Angelo J. Perna New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe New Jersey Institute of Technology sponsors a wide range of outreach programs gearedtoward K-12 students in order to expose and interest them in science and engineering as acareer. These programs have a chemical engineering and chemistry component which is alecture/laboratory format that is directed to experiential learning and communication skills.Depending on the educational level of the

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Kaitlyn Conroy; Melissa Pickering; Emily Ryan; Brian Gravel

Engineering Education 2) Development - activities, curricula, and tools for learning engineering 3) Education and support – professional development for educators, classroom support and web based supportThe CEEO’s major successes range from the development of ROBOLAB software (which hassold 25,000 copies world wide) to helping implement Massachusetts Engineering/Technologystandards. The CEEO has worked for several years developing activities and tools that give K-12students the opportunity to engage in hands-on engineering in the classroom. Activities employ arange of materials and tools – from simple paper clips and coffee filters to programmable LEGObricks and sensors to power tools, wood, and metal. All activities aim to give

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Gopalkrishna H. Joshi, KLE Technological University; Ashok S. Shettar, KLE Technological University

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Diversity

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International

. in civil engineering from VT. His research interests are in the areas of computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrol- ogy, engineering education, and international collaboration. He has led several interdisciplinary research and curriculum reform projects, funded by the National Science Foundation, and has participated in re- search and curriculum development projects with $4.5 million funding from external sources. He has been directing/co-directing an NSF/Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site on interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering at VT since 2007. This site has 66 alumni to date. Dr. Lohani collab- orated with his colleagues to implement a study abroad project (2007-12

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Tiago R. Forin, Rowan University; Roisin Breen, Rowan University; Patricia Lynn Hurley, Rowan University; Erin Elizabeth Pepe, Rowan University; Jiayun Shen, Rowan University; Iman Noshadi, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. The objective of this curriculum is to givestudents the knowledge to solve sustainable development issues in the future, while also teachingcrucial engineering skills and awareness of global issues. The curriculum has been successfullyimplemented in first-year engineering classes and a middle school classroom and ultimatelyhopes to teach a generation of future thinkers the impact that engineering can have on solvinghumanitarian issues around the world.1.0 Introduction1.1 Algae Grows the FutureAlgae Grows the Future is the name of a team comprised of junior and senior college studentsthat is focused on creating an algae-based curriculum for K-12 and college students. The projectis funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and was created

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Jackson

processor is converted to HTML, editedto add dynamic elements, stored on the server, accessed, displayed and disseminated through thebrowser. This provides the student and others continual access to all of the course material as itis posted and modified. Remote access and email allow the team members to work at a distanceand to communicate with the instructors. The NJIT library catalog is also available through theworkstation so that references to books and articles can be located immediately by the student.13We have found that it is imperative that faculty take a hands on approach to imparting computerskills. Comments from the students indicate they are more confident in the instructors who arehands on and display their skills directly rather than

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Ramachandran; David Silverstein; Kevin Dahm

a semester-long project,that simulates practical economic decision-making. Students started the semester with $10,000and “ran their company” throughout the semester, applying the principles learned in class to aseries of possible investments presented by the instructor. The game thus filled the role of thetraditional homework problems, but had some additional goals and benefits: It created a framework for active learning of the material. Students had to not only learn various economic analysis techniques but also determine which ones were most applicable to the case at hand. It created a classroom environment that was fun, relaxed and informal while still being instructive.The game was first developed and used at Rowan

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

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Aerospace

equipped to teach systems engineering, and that students should enter the workforce assoon as possible in order to learn to become good systems engineers. [3,4] One of the citedbenefits of the Air Force-sponsored University Nanosat spacecraft competition is that it givesstudents the chance to “fail” on their own, student-built satellites, and thus spare their futureemployers from having them learn the lesson on the job. [1] We applaud the University NanosatProgram’s approach; we want to formally integrate it into the curriculum at our university.We believe that hands-on, student-led projects provide a unique opportunity to provide relevanttraining in systems engineering, project management and related disciplines. The use ofengineering failures as

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rowland, U.S. Military Academy; James E. Bluman, U.S. Military Academy

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Aerospace

motivation, enhance astudent’s learning experience, and aid in the retention of course material. This paper describesthe technique itself, reviews the pertinent literature that helped form and guide its development,and discusses the students’ response to the technique.The Mystery Aircraft Technique In an aerospace engineering course the very nature of the subject matter and the fact astudent chose to enroll in this type of course suggests there is at least some passion andmotivation for the aviation industry and the aircraft that it produces. The mystery aircrafttechnique capitalizes on that inherent motivation in its application. In its most simple form theMystery Aircraft technique consists of a few high quality images of specific aircraft

Conference Session

ChE: Bioengineering, nanotechnology, and systems engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Marlin, McMaster University; Andrew Hrymak, McMaster University; John MacGregor, McMaster University; Vladimir Mahalec, McMaster University; Prashant Mhaskar, McMaster University; Christopher Swartz, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

4on a stream that offers new learning opportunities while applying skills from their major. Inaddition, the students benefit from the opportunity to build a viewpoint that can be applied tonearly all issues in the engineering profession. Now, why a stream in PSE? The PSE stream builds on the core topics and enablesstudents to concentrate their technical electives on an integrated set of systems topics. Studentsgain two advantages. First, they build expertise in an important field of engineering. PSE is anatural choice for many students who have no strong preference for a specific industry sector orengineering science specialty, e.g., petroleum, life sciences, pulp and paper, or minerals, becausePSE knowledge is applicable to all

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Murphy; Cecilia Chan, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

project proposals have been submitted by the Dublin Institute ofTechnology, one through Science Foundation Ireland and the other at European level,through the Sixth European Framework, this was submitted in conjunction with otherEuropean Partners.In this paper, we will discuss a number of primary obstacles that our research has foundmost of our female encountered in our survey and interviews – how to balance the choiceyou choose. Some initiatives on the proposal based on the statistics survey to supportwomen in engineering will also present and share among the academic community; it ishoped that the measures proposed will be of practical use for other academiccommunities who are affected by the under-representation of women. The overarchingaim is

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jaime D. Alava; Keith M. Gardiner

available, the introduction to engineering concepts, and informs them ofthe attractive opportunities available at Lehigh University. The goals are accomplished throughpresentations from each engineering department, two projects in specific departments, andlectures from various experts. The course is lead by Professor Keith Gardiner who organizes thelecture sessions, while the projects are overseen by key faculty members from each of the sevendepartments in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science: ChemicalEngineering (CE), Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Computer Science andEngineering (CSE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Industrial and SystemsEngineering (ISE), Materials Science and Engineering (MSE

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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International

raw materials and finishedproducts across diverse German lands. Contributing to this economic unification through hiswork for the Hanover and Oldenburg state railways, Otto Mohr developed the ‘Mohr Circle’ toanalyze plane stresses on many railroad and bridge elements. Using Mohr’s circle, calculate thestresses on the bridge beam shown in fig…”Modifications to elective courses Non-engineering science courses in the engineering curriculum can incorporate the CGC byusing case studies of conflicts in engineering perspectives. Consider, for example, two pilot casestudies now under development, following Yin.[11] Horkey describes French engineeringstudents encountering U.S. engineering curricula at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) andhighlights

Conference Session

Engineering and Sustainability

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

a different view of justice: “Justice is not simply a matter ofseeking fairer distribution, but of demanding changes in the very character of production anddevelopment.”5 Justice “obviates the risks of everyone....”5 Such a definition broadens theconcept as well as underscores the need for activism, both professional and personal.The same is true of responsibility; it involves much more than holding a manufacturerresponsible for its products, a view which tends to emphasize end-of-life issues, rather thanconceptual ones. To initiate solutions, the international engineering community must firstexamine design: why do electronic products include such potentially damaging materials?Building in the currently popular gambit, “extended producer

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 1: Partnerships Making It Real!

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Lynn Biesecker; Justin McFadden; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

-basedpersonnel. Over the course of a 6-week research experience, each cohort of teachers (20 teachersin the first two years, with 10 more forthcoming in year three) was paired with an engineeringfaculty member on one of five “energy-focused” research project (2 teachers per project). Inaddition to participating in a research project first-hand, teachers also received support developinga curricular unit for the upcoming school year that incorporated their learning from the summerresearch experience.1. IntroductionIn 2009, a Carnegie Foundation commission of notable national leaders, educators, and researcherscommenced the establishment of the NGSS. The primary factor driving this endeavor wasextensive data suggesting the U.S. system of science (and

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

David F. Ollis; Ann Brown

Proceedings ‘.JRYR’: . engineering, a n d r e f o r m a t t e d t o p r e s c r i b e l e a r n i n g i n t e a m s . T h e- - -curricular space availability is certain in this new six-unit course which neatly covers each semester the materials in the previous pair of three- - unit courses (either physics or chemistry, plus mathematics). We describe here a second NCSU freshman engineering course, cast in a less familiar format, achieved through integrating a “hands-on” laboratory with a composition and discussion class based on readings about technology. A one semester freshman composition requirement is the replacement equivalent sought

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Mauricio Torres; Ying Shang

on applications of contemporary machining processes,including hands-on activities. Also, implications on mechanical design aspects will be addressedto broaden students’ perspectives on processes and optimization.1. IntroductionMany manufacturing companies are hosted by the Northeast Indiana region, and they produce avariety of high value-added products; they are companies such as General Motors, ZimmerBiomet, Steel Dynamics BAE Systems, BF Goodrich, and others dedicated to mechanicalmanufacturing and auto-parts.The region’s industry requirements for engineering graduates were assessed by surveysconducted by Indiana Tech and distributed to manufacturers and other businesses in the region,as well as to graduating students with a record of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan; Timothy Faley, University f Michigan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Business Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers” is to helpthe students understand a business framework of science and technology with emphasis on (i)positioning technology-based ventures in the appropriate value chains, and (ii) assessment ofvalue capture (business) models relevant to product positioning.Technological entrepreneurs (and research managers) have two challenges: Finding theappropriate market application for currently discovered technologies and finding appropriatetechnologies that can create and capture value for a emerging market opportunity. This coursefocuses on the latter. The business fundamentals are taught in the context of identifying anemerging market opportunity. Industries, derived from the student team’s research area

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernd S. W. Schroeder; Jenna Carpenter

, partial derivatives without first differentiating functions of a single variable can beoverload for many students. On the other hand, engineering and science courses that onlytackle problems for which all mathematical prerequisites are present are potentially very Page 4.377.2uninteresting, especially in the first two years of college for students that start withprecalculus.Traditionally there are two ways of tackling this problem.1) One can build what mathematical tools are necessary in the engineering and science classes themselves, or2) One can delay certain engineering and science classes until after the necessary mathematical prerequisites

Conference Session

Looking at the ChE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Jacobson, Carnegie Mellon University; Rosemary Frollini, Carnegie Mellon University; Susana Steppan, Carnegie Mellon University

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Chemical Engineering

engineeringdepartment to introduce colloid and surface science as a focus for graduate study. The result wasa new interdisciplinary graduate program titled “Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces”, beginningwith lecture courses in 1972 and hands-on laboratory training added in 1974. On the academicside it was a cooperative effort under the direction of Professor D. Fennell Evans, employingpersonnel and physical resources of both the chemistry and chemical engineering departments.Input of R&D supervisors from eight local industries came from the Advisory Board, who Page 13.1303.2participated in major policy decisions and periodic reviews, and encouraged qualified

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1 - STEM Outreach

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Aruch, University of Maryland College Park; Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland College Park; Rebecca Kenemuth

foster an engineering culture of practice around STEM education thatbrings together multiple on and off campus communities in collaboration (Eyler et al., 2001;Jacoby, 2003). In this paper, we discuss the ongoing Get Out and Learn (GOAL) program, aninnovative project developed in response to COVID-19 school shutdowns. The GOAL programsought to provide K-12 students with a basic STEM learning activity kit to illustrate theengineering design process. The activity was supplemented by a curriculum that complimented in-class learning and demonstrated simple engineering concepts. Once K-12 students and teachershad used the materials, participants attended (virtually) a culminating event that introduced middleand high school students to the University

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Gianmarco Radice, University of Glasgow

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International

at the University of Denver, West Virginia University, and Virginia Tech. She is currently the director of the University of Glasgow-University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Electronics and Electrical Engineering programme. While at Virginia Tech, she collaborated with Dr. Robert W. Hen- dricks, with assistance of a number of undergraduate students, to develop an instructional platform known as Lab-in-a-Box, which is used in a number of courses within the Virginia Tech B.S.E.E. program. She continues to be actively involved in the development of mobile hands-on pedagogy as well as research on other topics in STEM education, the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale optical materials, and

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tabas, IUPUI; William Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

was spawned from engineering after WWII, it has become aself-sustaining educational system that thrives on technological innovation. This evolution inETeducation is also the biggest challenge in the ET education arena. Unlike engineering, whoseroots are based in timeless sciences,including mathematics and physics, technology is a vasttopic that seeks to fill the void between development and application. This defining characteristicresults in amalleable educational system that covers many topics and adapts quickly to changingjob markets.Often,this can minimize students’ exposure to mathematics andclassical sciences.This results in what is regarded in some educational communities as a “light” or a “lesser”educational experience. While this is

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Lisa G. Huettel, Duke University; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathleen E. Wage, George Mason University; John R. Buck, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

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Electrical and Computer

, specifically detection and estimation for applications in target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies.Dr. Lisa G. Huettel, Duke University Lisa G. Huettel is an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, where she also serves as Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. She received a BS degree in Engineering Science from Harvard University

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Joshua Halpern, Prince George's Community College and LibreTexts; Nadene Houser-Archield, Prince George's Community College; Neeharika Thakur; Scott D. Johnson, Prince George's Community College; Scott A Sinex, Prince George's Community College

science and engineering faculty often arein a single department or unit.Case Study - Curriculum Redesign at Prince George’s Community CollegeRedesign started at Prince George’s Community College with a one semester chemistry coursefor engineers that stripped out content taught in General Physics, and de-emphasized biologytopics relevant to pre-med students while infusing materials science concepts. The assumptionwas that engineering students have better mathematical preparation than most who take generalchemistry, including at least the first semester of calculus, and that their high school work andthe Introduction to Engineering Course that they take in the first semester will have coveredmany of the preliminary subjects that are found in a

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 9

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phuong Truong, University of California, San Diego; Truong Nguyen, University of California, San Diego; James Friend, University of California, San Diego; Alex M. Phan, University of California, San Diego

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

popular textbook, Wavelets & Filter Banks, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 1997, and the author of several matlab-based toolboxes on image compression, electrocardiogram compression and filter bank design. He also holds a patent on an efficient design method for wavelets and filter banks and several patents on wavelet applications including compression and signal analysis. He received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transaction in Signal Processing Paper Award (Image and Multidimensional Processing area) for the paper he co-wrote with Prof. P. P. Vaidyanathan on linear-phase perfect-reconstruction filter banks (1992). He received the National Science Foundation Career Award in 1995 and

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

CourseThe instructor of a first-year English course in the honors college approached the library with aneed to use technical information. The writing course has the theme of “Science Fact, ScienceFiction” in which the students explore a singular invention and how it has changed over time.Some of the items students have researched include saddles, toilets, drinking straws, andmicroscopes, to list a few. During this assignment, students look at a variety of informationsources including books, articles, marketing materials, and informal sources such as websites andinterviews.Based on curriculum mapping within the library system, it was known a priori that studentinformation literacy instruction primarily focuses on monographs and periodicals. In