Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

John W. Duggan P.E.

the interests of owners, governments and the general public. In manyrespects, the green approach is not an option but a necessity in order to compete in this everevolving industry.Students in construction programs of study must understand these concepts and applications inorder to stand out in a very competitive job marketplace. Despite our current recession, nationaltrends reveal that the future construction market will continue to increase its focus on green,building. Students entering the construction field must be familiar with sustainable design andconstruction principles and practices to be competitive.Soil, Stone, Fill and Related Construction MaterialsFigure 1. A satellite view of Boston, MA. Most of Boston is filled land, making it

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Ciocci

Session 1547 Engineering and Engineering Technology Program Assessments – DACUM Style Richard Ciocci Penn State UniversityA DACUM (Develop-a-Curriculum) analysis is a three-phase process, which can be a key part ofa program assessment effort. DACUM is a tool that provides course-related duties and tasks,which can be converted into outcomes. Phase I features a panel of off-campus personnel withexpertise in the program being assessed. Phase II consists of the interaction between thoseexperts and college’s or university’s faculty. The third

Conference Session

Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-628: CLASSROOM TEACHER - ENRICHMENT TEACHER PAIRS:CO-TEACHING AS A MEANS TO IMPLEMENT ELEMENTARY ENGI-NEERING EDUCATIONPamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University Dr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She began her career as process engineer, taught high school physics and pre-engineering, and has been involved in both Project Lead the Way and Project FIRST robotics. She was a Hub Site Partner for Engineering is Elementary (EiE) through their National Dissemination through Regional Partners program. As a pre-service teacher educator, she has added engineering to her elementary and early

Conference Session

Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Bárbara M. Brizuela, Tufts University, Education Department

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1780: FIRST GRADE STUDENTS PLANNING AND ARTIFACTCONSTRUCTION WHILE WORKING ON AN ENGINEERING DESIGNPROBLEMMerredith D Portsmore, Tufts University Merredith Portsmore is a Research Assistant Professor in Education at Tufts University as well as the Director of Outreach Programs for Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Merredith has the unique honor of being a ”Quadruple Jumbo” having received all her four of her degrees from Tufts (B.A. English, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, M.A. Education, PhD in Engineering Education). Her research interests focus on how children engage in constructing solutions to engineering design problems. Her outreach work focuses on creating resources for K-12 educators

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Elson, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Howard Evans, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

planning,deployment, use, and maintenance. This paper will focus on the first reason and leave thesecond to be discussed elsewhere. Engineering management is a discipline in its own right as can be seen by the number ofengineering schools that offer a degree. The ABET website shows that there are eight accreditedundergraduate programs in the U.S. and one accredited graduate program. Besides these, thereare many more graduate programs not listed by ABET including an MS EngineeringManagement degree offered at National University. Furthermore, the discipline of engineeringmanagement is highly related to systems engineering. Kotnour and Farr2 list four definitions of

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Howard, East Carolina University; Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

programs have freshman-level courses that are designed to introduce studentsto the engineering profession, teach problem-solving and design skills, and motivate the students.Engineering graphics is a subject that is also usually taught at the freshman level, sometimesintegrated with the introduction to engineering course, other times as a stand-alone course. Solidmodeling software has become widely used in education over the past decade, primarily inexisting engineering graphics courses. Because solid modeling is an integral part of the productdesign cycle, it can be used as a gateway to explore engineering design and to relate courseworkto real world applications. The use of solid modeling software at the freshman level also has thepotential for

Conference Session

ERM: Mental Health and Wellness

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Chase, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Catherine Sleezer; Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michelle Soledad, Minnesota State University, Mankato

identities. To answer these research questions, Jensen and Cross collected data using avalidated, quantitative survey that had one open-ended item. Their findings suggested thatperceptions of inclusion and engineering identity are related to student mental health.Specifically, they found that measures of inclusion such as ”Department Caring” and”Department Pride” were negatively correlated with stress, anxiety, and depression.With this research we approach the question of how these effects may be different in engineeringand computer science programs that are structured as entirely cohort-based, project-basedlearning experiences. Benefits of this style of program include improved retention of students,more engaged learning, and improved recruitment

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

taking the Intro to Engineering orCAD courses. Students classified in this level may be MET students who have not declared‘MET’ yet.Mechanical Engineering Technology Students – Students who have declared their desire to be inthe MET Program. The leading cohort of MET students (two students) graduated in May 2013.Due to the low numbers of MET students, they have not been delineated into junior, sophomoreor freshmen levels. It is important to note that students do not have to formally declare an ME orMET major until the beginning of their junior year.Data related to student enrollment for the first five years of the engineering programs is shown inFig. 1. Promotional effort within the state and nationally during the first four years of theprogram

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E S Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Marya H Schnedeker, Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, Tufts University; Sarah Marie Coppola, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Leonardo Andres Madariaga, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach / Federico Santa Maria Technical University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

 Problems in a   First­Year Engineering Design Course     Many first­year programs begin with a course that includes one or a few projects to excite and  1​engage students in engineering. These projects vary from real world clients based​  to socially  2​ 3​ 4​relevant discipline based​  to design­build­test­compete​  to robotics based challenges​ . Each of these courses contain various learning goals including the engineering design process

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicky Wolmarans, University of Cape Town, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE); Corrinne Shaw, University of Cape Town, Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE)

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

she is getting into,struggling with the academic requirements of the course, and becoming more and morealienated from it. She has since registered in a journalism program and the following quoteexpresses the strong contrast with her engineering experience: I think if that is your profession from the start - cause I now am telling my friends I'm a journalist, I’m relating to what I am doing. I never thought of myself, I never called myself an engineer last year. So I think from this side if that is your profession if that's what you really want to do. If you know enough of what engineers do, and what you are doing then you can start from the beginning to call yourself an engineer.The second student had anticipated

Conference Session

FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Prendergast, Rutgers, School of Engineering; Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

concepts, thefoundations of the engineering design process, and professional skills like team work, leadership,and communication before they enter the workforce.15,16,17,18,19 ABET’s Criterion 3 addresses thetraditional STEM related skills (a-e) and professional skills (f-k).ABET Criterion 3. Student Outcomes: The program must have documented student outcomesthat prepare graduates to attain the program educational objectives.(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering;(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realisticconstraints such as economic, environmental, social, political

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Roesch Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Professional Development

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

encouraging student participationand perspectives, and William Knight (8) stresses the importance of learning communities thatlink courses together to encourage deeper understanding of the course material. This study wasinformed by these proposals as it attempted to create a transformative classroom experience forfirst-year students enrolled in a composition class for engineering students.The Classroom ContextThe composition course of this study is part of the first-year experience in the College ofEngineering that is offered within the Technical Communication Program. The coursedescription in the catalog includes the following: Page 22.5.3 “Emphasis

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering but do notfeel like they belong there. This can be the result of external pressures from family or others topursue a degree in engineering or students not knowing what else to do besides engineering.These students recognize that an engineering degree has value and can be a pathway to a stablecareer but lack passion or inspiration related to engineering.Frustration includes the many ways that students may struggle when transitioning from pre-college to first-year engineering. This includes being unprepared for the level of mathematicsand science integration and requirements present in undergraduate engineering programs, fewerhands-on activities, and issues with the relevance and authenticity of what is being learned in thefirst-year

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #19692A Learning Trajectory for Developing Computational Thinking and Program-mingDr. Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Sean Brophy is a mechanical engineer, computer scientist and learning scientists. His research in engineering education and learning sciences explores how undergraduate engineering students develop skills in design, troubleshooting and analytical reasoning. He is particularly interested in how these skills develop through students’ interaction with technology.Prof. Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Tony

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Northern, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

per student. The scholarshipwould give students the opportunity to pay back student loans and finance purchases needed forschool, such as books and fees for joining professional organizations. During the meetings westressed the importance of purpose of studying engineering, program requirements, and tools ofsuccess. We also engaged in discussions related to leadership development. The number ofattendees were 16, including mentors. Throughout the semester those 16 students missed either 1or no meetings. A survey will be disseminating at the end of the semester to the freshmen tobetter evaluate what steps should be taken for next semester.In an effort to gain more interest, more attention was given to tutoring in the Spring semester.The tutors

Conference Session

EM Program Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Viola, School of Engineering, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

AC 2011-552: A LEADERSHIP-FOCUSED ENGINEERING MANAGEMENTMASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMMary Adams Viola, Ph.D. and Robert J. Hannemann,Ph.D., School of Engineering, Tufts University Robert J. Hannemann Director, Tufts Gordon Institute Professor of Practice Rob Hannemann is the Director of the Tufts Gordon Institute. In this role, he is responsible for the En- gineering Management and Entrepreneurial Leadership programs, which serve more than 100 graduate students and 500 undergraduates annually. He is also Professor of the Practice in the Mechanical En- gineering department. Dr. Hannemann earned advanced degrees in Mechanical Engineering from New York University (MS ’72) and MIT (Sc.D.’75) after receiving his BS degree

Conference Session

Novel Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Ewert, Iron Range Engineering; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College; Jeff Wandler, Iron Range Engineering; Andrew Lillesve, Iron Range Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2011-974: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE IRON RANGE ENGINEER-ING (IRE) MODELDan Ewert, Iron Range Engineering Dan Ewert is the Director and Professor of Iron Range Engineering, Virginia, MN – a program of Min- nesota State University – Mankato.Ronald R Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering Ulseth is an instructor of engineering at Iron Range Engineering and Itasca Community College both in northern Minnesota. He is the co-developer of both programs. For the past 20 years he has taught physics, statics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics. He has successfully implemented engineering learning communities in first year programs. Recently, Ulseth began a new 100% project-based, industry- sponsored, engineering

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Lawrence J. Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-1376: INTEGRATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTO AN ALREADYAMBITIOUS CURRICULA THROUGH A COLLABORATION OF BUSINESS ANDENGINEERING PROGRAMSJeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering JEFFREY BLESSING, Ph.D. Jeffrey Blessing is an Associate Professor and Director of the Management Information Systems program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, where he has taught for 21 years. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1999, a Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 1984, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from the

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pete Hanlon; John Hill; Bryan Goda; Lisa Shay

achieve by the time of graduation. At the program level, the primary assessmentmechanism is outcome assessment. The Electrical Engineering program at USMA has sixoutcomes, which relate to ABET EAC Criterion 3a-k for Engineering programs, but are tailoredto the needs of our constituents. Each outcome has a faculty member tasked to monitor ourgraduates’ achievement of that outcome. The faculty member analyzes the courses in thecurriculum and with the assistance of course proposals and summaries produced by each coursedirector, determines which courses in the program (or service courses from other programs)support the program outcome. The faculty member then gathers, collates, and analyzes datafrom the relevant courses. The faculty member keeps

Conference Session

Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-930: MODELING IN ELEMENTARY STEM CURRICULUMJohn C Bedward, North Carolina State University John Bedward is in the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Edu- cation at NC State University. A Science Education doctoral student and graduate research assistant at the NC State Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. He received his BS/MS in Technology Education from NC State, taught middle school technology education, and led informal science investigations at the Science House in the area of photonics, a learning outreach initiative at NC State. His research inter- ests include STEM research education, scientific and technical visualization, multimodal literacy, virtual

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

representcourse material that strongly represents the course objectives and using these assignments todefine ‘minimum passing criteria’. The grading policy insures that no student passes the coursewithout demonstrating competence in all course objectives. Also, these key assignments becomethe objective evidence for the course meeting its program/EC2000 criteria. The result is amethodology that defines specific assignments to assess student learning outcomes and objectiveevidence of each student having meet course and program outcomes.IntroductionThe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Gannon University was challengedby their industrial constituents to correlate passing criteria with course objectives. To meet thischallenge, the ECE

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Bickart; Pam Newberry; Douglas Gorham

2000’sCriterion 3 Program Outcomes and Assessment focus on producing secondary school andengineering graduates with an enhanced level of technological literacy and competency.These documents provide a perspective on pre-college through undergraduate education,with the intention being to promote improvement in the quality and quantity ofengineering students and to enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-collegeteachers and their students.BackgroundThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is widely recognizedas the sole agency in the United States responsible for accrediting educational programsleading to degrees in engineering, engineering technology, computing, and appliedscience (formerly, related engineering

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Martin Parker

areas in whichstudents are having difficulty. Students having particular difficulty are identified early andmatched with a supplementary instructor. It was determined that course material offered in thismanner significantly increased the success rate of the students without compromising the level ofeducation.IntroductionThe University of South Alabama College of Engineering has five ABET-accreditedundergraduate programs.1 At the freshman and sophomore level, there are a number of serviceclasses that are taught to students in more than one program. Electrical Circuits (EG 220) is aservice class taken by students in Mechanical, Computer, and Electrical Engineering. The onlyprerequisite is one semester of calculus. The class is offered every

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luciana Debs, Purdue University Programs; Bhavya Rathna Kota, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

, several studies have identified the lack of awareness about careers inconstruction to young women as an important factor that influences women’s participation inconstruction [8], [13], [16]. Moore & Gloeckner [16] suggest that to recruit more females inconstruction-related degree programs, it is important to educate and partner with careercounselors and college advisors and hold information sessions about the construction industryand careers in construction the high-school level. This could diminish the construction industry’sstereotype image and help attract and retain more female students to construction programs.This lack of awareness can be offset by having a family member (especially fathers) who worksin the construction industry [26

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Md. Jubair Hossain, Purdue University Calumet; Mafruha Jahan, Purdue University Calumet (Engineering)

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Paper ID #10727PROGRAMMING A SCARA ROBOT FOR AProf. Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Akram Hossain is a professor in the department of Engineering Technology and Director of the Center for Packaging Machinery Industry at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN. He worked eight years in industry at various capacities. He is working with Purdue University Calumet for the past 24 years. He consults for industry on process control, packaging machinery system control and related disciplines. He is a senior member of IEEE. He served in IEEE/Industry Application Society for 15 years at var

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

the statementsabout the learning objectives, justification, teaming activities, and homework were 4.1, 4.2, 3.9,and 3.9, respectively. The two modules with the highest overall average scores dealt with ethics(4.4) and oral communications (4.4); the two with the lowest overall average scores dealt withlifelong learning (3.6) and contemporary issues (3.7).IntroductionThe EC2000 guidelines require that engineering programs to demonstrate that their graduateshave acquired a set of specified skills, including design, experimental, problem solving, teaming,communication, lifelong learning, ethical interpretation, and global and societal impact skills 1.To date most of the creative work has focused on the assessment aspects -- establishing goals

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luciana Debs, Purdue University Programs; Bryan John Hubbard P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

construction professionals deal with adiverse group of professionals in architecture, engineering and construction. In addition, there isan expectation within the construction industry of 18% growth in the use of Design-Builddelivery method over the years of 2018 to 2021 [2]. Design-Build can be considered a morecollaborative delivery method than Design-Bid-Build due to the engagement of contractor anddesigner during the initial development of a project. The rise in use of more collaborativedelivery methods, such as Design-Build, Construction Management at Risk, Integrated ProjectDelivery, as well as previous research [3], [4] indicates the need for improving collaborationfrom an industry perspective. Additionally, construction programs are aware of

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

A R Zaghloul

Session 2532 Instructional Laboratory Integration with Course Contents: A Learning Hierarchy Approach A. R. M. Zaghloul Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Orlean Building, 6001 Chatham Center Dr., Savannah, GA 31405AbstractThe positive educational effects of integrating the lab work with the theoretical coursecontents are incredible. Historically, there was, and still is in some cases, a kind ofeducational ‘separation’ between lab work and the course

Conference Session

Computer ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yu Cai, Michigan Technological University; Guy Hembroff, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

biometrics. He has six years of industrial experience as a systems engineer and advanced network engineer. Mr. Hembroff is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Computer Information Science. Page 11.758.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Information Technology Course Development: Script ProgrammingAbstractTraditional script programming courses usually concentrate on Unix Shell and Perl.However, with the fast development of Information Technology, there are some newfactors that we need to take into consideration. In Computer Network & SystemAdministration (CNSA) program at

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

A case study of eradicating weakness in accreditation owing to vital role played by industrial and government leaders in academia Kanti Prasad, Ph.D.; P.E. Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell MA 01854 Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduIntroduction In the fall of 2000, we were visited by ABET for regular accreditation forour Electrical Engineering Program. We were cited ‘weakness’ in our course16.499 Capstone Project. Although the design content was of great quality, but itlacked in elucidating the design impact on society, its environmental implication,ethical content, and economic