Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Henshilwood, University of Toronto; Cristina Sewerin, University of Toronto; Michelle Spence, University of Toronto; Tracy Zahradnik, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

correlation between active mentoring practices and employeeretention rates.1. IntroductionThe Oxford English Dictionary defines “mentor” as “a person who acts as guide and adviser toanother person, esp. one who is younger and less experienced. Later, more generally: a personwho offers support and guidance to another; an experienced and trusted counsellor or friend; apatron, a sponsor”1. In their survey of members of one chapter of the Medical LibraryAssociation, Kwasik et al (2006) found that 71% of respondents to a survey about mentoringanswered yes to the question “do you consider having a mentor or mentors a critical part of yourprofessional experience?”2. Ross’s (2013) literature review presents a range of reasons for andapproaches to mentorship

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

-generation students (LIFGs) can contribute to US engineering problem definition and solving”.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography 1. Strutz, M. L., Orr, M. K., & Ohland, M. W. 2012. “Low Socioeconomic Status Individuals: An Invisible Minority in Engineering.” In C. Baillie (Ed.), Engineering and Social Justice: In the University and Beyond (pp. 143-156). Purdue University Press. 2. Ohland, M. et al. 2012. Viewing Access and Persistence in Engineering Through a Socioeconomic Lens. In C. Baillie (Ed.), Engineering and Social Justice: In the University and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches for Teaching Environmental Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara Freix, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Western Community College; Akshat Kothyari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

experience for problemsolving for a new first-semester general engineering course in an engineering transfer program ata community college in the eastern United States. We first consider the benefits of using casestudies for learning. We then provide an overview of the watershed monitoring system used tocollect the data and some of the previous educational settings its data has been used in.Subsequently, we summarize the particular event used in this crayfish case study and thedevelopment of some of the data analysis products that will be provided to students. Finally, wediscuss the planned implementation of this case study into the first-year general engineeringcourse and its assessment and future steps to continue this research.1

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yume Menghe Xu, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University; William Church

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

collected through these tools to improve the class experience. Figure 1. Screenshots for “PrimeBot” and “WebDeveloperBot”The instructor made adaptations to his course along the way to better support students’ use ofgenerative AI and also demonstrated that he was tinkering with generative AI along with thestudents. For example, after the second session of the course, the instructor found that thestudents were asking many questions regarding the syllabus in “GeneralBot”. However, because“GeneralBot” was the same as ChatGPT and the syllabus was not included in the training data,“GeneralBot” was unable to provide students with answers. Seeing this phenomenon, theinstructor and the team created “SyllabusBot” and introduced it in the next

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine R. Millam, University of Saint Thomas; Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Page 22.460.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 1 Developing Leadership Capacity in Working Adult Women Technical Graduate Students Research Interview Results with AlumniAbstract While women continue to make progress in their overall representation in the business sector, there are many challenges that keep women from making advances in their careers as science and engineering leaders. Those professions that have long been male dominated are making the slowest gains. Even though female representation in the engineering profession is

Conference Session

Technical Session 2a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Keith E. Holbert P.E., Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

effects on sensors. Dr. Holbert is a registered professional (nuclear) engineer. Keith is Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of the American Nuclear Society as well as the American Society for Engineering Education. He has published more than 200 journal articles and conference papers, two textbooks, and holds one patent. Keith is the Director of the Nuclear Power Generation Program at ASU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Comparison of Traditional Face-to-Face and Online Student Performance in Two Online-Delivered Engineering Technical Electives Keith E. Holbert School of

Conference Session

Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer and the Two-Year College Student Part 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Conner; Olivia Anne DiSilvestre; Marcus Lee Ridlehuber, Clemson University; Louise Averitt, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

understand better the long-term effects the program may have on their students, includinggraduation rates and pathways to future careers.IntroductionTechnical or community colleges provide one pathway through which engineering students mayenter the field. Such pathways are beneficial for colleges and universities to take advantage of, asthey not only provide an additional resource for students but also tend to be the starting point formany underrepresented student populations such as first-generation, underrepresented minoritystudents, women, veterans, and non-traditional students [1][2]. Smith-Doerr et al. [3] explainfour main reasons the engineering workforce can benefit from additional diversity. The first isthat all people should be treated

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: K-12 Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University; Anna Marie Vagnozzi, Clemson University; Rachel Lanning, Clemson University ; D. Andrew Brown, Clemson University; Christy Brown, Clemson University; Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michael A. Matthews P.E., University of South Carolina; Joseph Murphy, University of California, Los Angeles; Khushikumari Patel, Clemson University; Aubrie Lynn Pfirman, Lander University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Richard H Roberts Jr, Florence Darlington Technical College; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

conducted Student FocusGroups (Figure 1) to identify factors that students perceived as highly influential in theirmathematics preparation, major selection, and choice of two- or four-year post-secondaryinstitution. The students were chosen from “outlier” clusters, or locations with much higher orlower rates of calculus placement or engineering major selection than the general trend [6]. Sixmajor themes emerged from the focus groups: familial and fictive kin relationships, familyresponsibilities, selective attention from high school guidance counselors, peer influence, relianceon technological aids, and curricular mismatching [3, 8]. These themes, together with resultsfrom the Major Selection Model, the Math Placement Model, and archival literature

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith A Komar, Colorado Technical University; Tonya Troka, Colorado Technical University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Curriculum Development. Notable is her number of years in the Academic and Educational Technology field and the experience it brings to her present position.Tonya Troka, Colorado Technical University Tonya Troka, with more than 10 years of experience working with online students, has been a leader of the adaptive learning implementation project since its initial launch in October 2012. As the University Program Director for General Education/Psychology, she works directly with the general education cur- riculum that was used to integrate the adaptive learning technology into the classroom. Troka has also provided insight into using the technology in the classroom and how success should be measured

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ochs

June 2005 ASEE Conference Session 1410 Implementing Technical Entrepreneurship as a Required Junior Course for all Students at Northwestern Lehigh High SchoolBryan Klass Leah ChristmanFutures II Instructor Instructional Technology FacilitatorNorthwestern Lehigh High School Northwestern Lehigh School DistrictJohn B OchsProfessor and Director of the Integrated Product Development (IPD) ProgramLehigh University AbstractFutures II is a multidisciplinary, standards based, technology enabled graduationrequirement for all eleventh graders at Northwestern Lehigh High

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Higgins

these programs willbe crucial to their long-term success.1 Draves, W.A. How to Teach Adults, The Learner Resources Network, Manhatten Kansas, 1997.2 Sternberg, S.P.K. et al “Delivery and Assessment of Senior Capstone Design via Distance Education,”Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 89, No. 2, 2000, pp.115-117.JEFFREY HIGGINSJeffrey Higgins is a Professor of General Education and Head of the Technology Extension Division atVermont Technical College. He has a B.S. from Plattsburgh State College, M.S. from Iowa StateUniversity, and Ed.D from the University of Vermont. Page 6.351.4 Proceeding of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

Session 1399 Instilling a Sense of Civic Responsibility in Engineering Students Through Technical Communication Julia M. Williams, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of Technical Communication Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIn his address to the 23rd Annual American Association for the Advancement of ScienceColloquium on Science and Technology, Neal Lane, assistant for science and technology to thenPresident Bill Clinton and director of the White House Office of

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University; Jane Moorhead, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

grading consistency,generates constructive feedback for students, allows for quick turnaround by the grader(s), andvalues both technical content and mechanical/stylistic correctness.This paper describes a collaboration between a sophomore/junior-level lab component in anelectrical and computer engineering (ECE) course and a junior-level technical writing coursewithin the Mississippi State University Bagley College of Engineering’s Shackouls TechnicalCommunication Program (TCP). The instructor for Digital Devices and Logic Design (ECE3714) sought help from the TCP to develop a grading system for a weekly lab component thatrequired students to submit lengthy reports. The ECE instructor identified four major priorities.The first two—accommodating

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Brian Downs, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

(s) as possible. Some of the questions addressed in this study included:What role might distance education play in the future of technical/engineering graphicseducation? Will professional development soon be required to ensure instructors obtain trainingrelated to changes in the field of technical/engineering graphics education? The five maincategories researched in this study were: course offerings, student populations, professionaldevelopment, technical/engineering graphics education, and future research plans5. Somecategories looked at the present status of technical/engineering graphics education, to see whatparts of the previous generation of topics were still taught and to what magnitude. Some surveyquestions offered graphic

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Askew; Cari-Sue Wilmot; Colley Hodges; Richard Bannerot

Session 1661 Teaching Technical Communications in an Introductory Design Course through Interventions from the University’s Writing Center Colley Hodges, Cari-Sue Wilmot, Robert Askew, Richard Bannerot University of Houston Writing Center/Dept. of Mechanical EngineeringAbstractThis paper describes the continuing and evolving relationship between the Writing in theDiscipline Program in the University of Houston Writing Center and the Cullen College ofEngineering. This specific project is an intervention into a sophomore design course inmechanical engineering that took place for the first

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

James Joseph Lynch, University of Detroit Mercy; Alexa Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy

effectively, just as they need to learn math, physicalsciences, engineering analysis, and engineering design. Two methods of preparing students fortechnical communication are: 1. Requiring a stand-alone course such as technical writing, 2. Incorporating the content in the relevant engineering courses.The term in discipline is used to discuss Item 2. Some of the references explore technicalcommunication in physical science classes. These courses also use either Item 1 or 2 to teachtechnical communication.The College previously required engineering students, along with mathematics and computerscience students, to take a technical writing course offered through the English Department.Discussions among engineering faculty include that the technical

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Alice Scales, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

. Examples of statements used on the NCLAGES include: 1. “It is useful for me to do lots and lots of problems when learning graphics.” 2. “Learning graphics changes my ideas about how the world works.” 3. “In graphics, it is important for me to make sense out of engineering and design concepts before I can use them correctly.”Seven randomly selected sections of GC 120, Foundations of Graphics, were used in the study atNC State University. GC 120 is an introductory course designed to teach the fundamentals ofengineering/technical graphics. The course is listed on the university’s general educationrequirements as an elective under the Visual and Performing Arts category; therefore, it attractsboth engineering and non-engineering majors

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Abdul Syed, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Paper ID #36431Incorporation of Matching Networks Fundamentals intoState-of-the-Art Technology for Electrical EngineeringDesigns in General and RF-Microwaves Circuits in Particularusing Smith Charts and MATLABKanti Prasad (Professor) ProfessorAbdul Syed © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Incorporation of Matching Networks Fundamentals into State-of-the-Art Technology for Electrical Engineering Designs in General and RF-Microwaves Circuits in Particular using Smith Charts and MATLAB 1 Kanti Prasad Ph. D.; P. E.; LSMIEEE

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Pinnell; Leon Chuck

unfortunate since engineering is by definition a “service”profession. 1, 4Project Description: During the fall semester of 2002, three sections of the Introduction to MaterialsLaboratory in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University ofDayton participated in a service-learning project with the service organization, Aprovecho. Thethree sections of this course were taught by two different instructors where one instructor taughtone section and the other instructor taught two sections. The service-learning project chosen forthis semester was a continuation of laboratory course work done during the 2001-2002 schoolyear. The overall technical objective of this project was to generate meaningful physical andmechanical test

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Mirabolghasemi, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

.),The UK Centre for Materials Education. [Preprint]. Available at: http://www. materials. ac.uk/guides/1-casestudies. pdf.Doğan, A. and Kaya, O.N. (2009) ‘Poster sessions as an authentic assessment approach in anopen-Ended University general chemistry laboratory’, Procedia - Social and BehavioralSciences, 1(1), pp. 829–833. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.148.Goldsmith, R., Willey, K. and Boud, D. (2019) ‘Investigating invisible writing practices in theengineering curriculum using practice architectures’, European Journal of EngineeringEducation, 44(1–2), pp. 71–84. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2017.1405241.Goldsmith, R.J. (2018) Investigating the invisibility of writing practices in the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam El-Mansouri; Kevin Buck; Herbert Hess

Session: 2220 Technical Aspects of Creating and Assessing a Learning Environment in Digital Electronics for High School Students Adam S. El-Mansouri, Herbert L. Hess, Kevin M. Buck, Timothy Ewers Microelectronics Research and Communications Institute Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Idaho Moscow, IdahoAbstract To develop an interest and an understanding of digital electronics for high schoolstudents, we have created digital electronic projects using a Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA). The approach is module-based

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Ben Miller; Judith Norback

Session 1009 Integrating Discipline-Specific Communication Instruction based on Workforce Data into Technical Communication Courses* Lisa DuPree McNair, Judith Shaul Norback, Ben Miller School of Literature, Communication and Culture/ School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractBecause of Georgia Tech’s collaboration between the School of Literature, Communication, andCulture (LCC), College of Computing (CoC), and Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE)departments, our

Conference Session

M3B: Learning in Context 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Darlene Spracklin-Reid P.Eng., Memorial University; Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

-making, “how others dealt with the problem” aspects of case studiesas in [10,11]; however, they do inform students about what to expect in an engineering career,introduce the disciplines, build analytical skills, and offer contextual information.Case Studies: Development Methodology, Description, and Student PerceptionsFirst-generation case studies were developed by full-time faculty, sessional instructors, and co-op interns. With the arrival of a First-Year Engagement Coordinator, a formal structuregoverned the hiring and deployment of co-op students for case study development [12]. Basedon our experiences, we recommend that case study development proceed as follows: 1. Set top-level goals for case studies at the Core (or equivalent

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Lozano, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

issues commonly addressed during those training sessions. Once again,there was no difference between both groups of students.Compensation packages.The survey also reveled that students need some additional help in placing an economic value totheir technical skills. The results of the surveys given to the students show not only a great disparitybetween their perceptions in this area, but also a level of unawareness on salary compensation for agiven position and geographical area. Although some of the students who had had interviews werestill confused on this item, this confusion was most evident with the students who had not had aninterview. These students also felt, in general, uncomfortable with placing that economic value totheir technical

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott DeLoach; Eric Matson

Session #1601 Using Robots to Increase Interest of Technical Disciplines in Rural and Underserved Schools Eric Matson, Scott DeLoach Multi-agent and Cooperative Robotics Lab Department of Computing and Information Sciences Kansas State University 234 Nichols Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506 USA {matson, sdeloach}@cis.ksu.eduAbstractIn Kansas, there are many schools, due to a rural or underserved nature, that fall short inproviding access to technical resources to further interest in science education. We

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Duncan, Valparaiso University; Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Peter E. Johnson, Valparaiso University; Shahin S. Nudehi, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

the Valparaiso University Capstone Senior Design course to address all four of thesechallenges.1. IntroductionNumerous publications have emphasized the importance of technical communications skills inthe field of engineering. Results of a 1999 survey from engineering graduates who have been inthe workforce from three to five years showed that "64 percent of these engineers' overall worktime is spent on some form of communication"1. In a 2005 study based on a focus group of 50individuals representing both academic and non-academic engineers, communicationcompetency ranked as the second most important engineering attribute, behind only technicalcompetency2. ABET also recognizes the need for engineers to develop communication skills

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lee; Charles Sampson; Ingrid St. Omer

achieve great heights in this male domineering field. One day, I have a dream to make an impact on this society as well as to my race in the area of science and engineering. At Opening Session, I met the seventh Secretary of Energy, Hazel R. O’Leary. The keynote speaker was Dr. Mae Jemison. Both of these women gave me inspiration to continue on in a tough field such as engineering.Impact of Technical Sessions & Graduate School ExposureAnother common theme expressed in the student responses was a change in attitude towards Page 4.384.8their academic life in general and the possibility of a graduate degree. Students seemed

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas E. Hulbert; Robert B. Angus

Session 2320 Development and Delivery of Data Acquisition and HP-VEE Courses for Technical Personnel Robert B. Angus, Thomas E. Hulbert Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115AbstractData acquisition requirements for manufacturing, development, and research indicate acontinued demand for the collection and analysis of relevant and meaningful data.Criteria for maintaining data and specifying processing systems must be established.A team of engineers experienced in curriculum development (who are also theindividuals who created Just in Time (J.I.T

Conference Session

Energy & Technology in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Wendy Wakefield, Arizona State University; Mia Delarosa, Arizona State University; Clark Miller, Arizona State University; Carlo Altamirano-Allende

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

students gainsocio-technical knowledge of engineering through their interaction with the SVPM model andtheir implementation of that model in their own community energy engineering project.Table 1. Key Program Activities Related to Socio-Technical Knowledge General ● Social Value of Energy Model (SVEM) introduction by one of the model’s creators (May 31-June 1) ● Students taught the model to other high school students in the program (June 1) Social Value of Energy ● Discussion with one of the model’s creators (May 31-June 1; July 23a) ● Discussion with a graduate student designing solar water heaters in Brazil (June

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha A. Andrade, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

value mapping exercises can influenceengineering student’s appreciation of stakeholder diversity and socio-technical systemcomplexity. While our focus here is on a civil and environmental engineering course, our studyhas implications for engineering curriculum in general. More specifically, though, we discusshere an attempt to use stakeholder value mapping exercises to equally represent all threedimensions of sustainable development in a technical engineering course. The study reported here aims to answer the following two research questions related tousing stakeholder value mapping exercises as short-term instruments for integrating macro-ethical issues into technical course. Does stakeholder value mapping: 1) improve student