Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ben Jelen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

withtechnical issues during the process. To support students in following through with recording theirstories, we hosted three drop-in “recording parties” where the involved faculty and staff wereavailable at the recording studio to answer questions and cheer on students in recording theirstories. Students’ recordings were then compiled by the campus learning technology office staffwho provided editing services, added music, and performed voice overs to connect the variousstories and their topics. Importantly, final drafts of the episodes were shared with students beforebeing released to give students a right of refusal for release of their story even after it wasrecorded. We believe this step is crucial for fostering psychological safety within the

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 4: Minoritized Student Experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aadhy Parthasarathy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rupal Nigam, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aanchal Gupta, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Tove Elisabeth Kopperstad, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ani Pirosmanishvili, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Theresa Ann Saxton-Fox, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

genderminorities in science and engineering fields for decades [1]. As of Spring of 2023, women andother gender minorities make up only 13% of Master’s students, 16% of Ph.D. students, and 18%of undergraduate students in the Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign, for example [2]. Recruitment and retention efforts for gender minorities areongoing at every level for K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and faculty positions across academiaand STEM. The efforts of the current initiative focus on the transition from undergraduate tograduate education, which was identified as one of three critical points in a woman’s engineeringcareer, defined as a time when significant numbers of women leave the field [3, 4]. The

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

reading course contenton their own time outside the chat sessions. Consequently, the instructor needs to be careful ofthe student workload when assigning homework. The intention of the synchronous chatsessions, is to perform several worked-out homework problems and address student questionsabout the assigned homework, laboratory experiments or other student-centered activities as wellas any questions arising from the multimedia content.College of Engineering’s online teaching philosophy and implementation will continue to evolveas the engineering faculty gains more experience in delivering courses online. Hopefully, theabove and comprehensive discussion of how to deliver an online flipped classroom providedinsights on the various issues to

Conference Session

Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Esther W. Gomez, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Manish Kumar, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #11183Preliminary Evaluation of a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)Program: A Methodology for Examining Student OutcomesD. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park D. Jake Follmer is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology at The Pennsylvania State University. His interests are in issues related to learning, assessment, and program evaluation.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkDr. Esther W Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Esther Gomez is an assistant professor in the Departments of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the

Conference Session

Thermal Fluid Experiment Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Michael Cotter, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

, discouragement, and low engagement duringthe class sessions [1, 2].Fluid mechanics or any other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) course canbe taught in either traditional or flipped teaching modalities. In the traditional classroommodality, faculty lectures on a particular topic of the day according to the syllabus while studentslisten and take notes. Depending on the content, the faculty assigns homework and/or quizzes toensure students are studying and learning the concepts covered. However, multiple studies [3-5]have shown that this passive learning of STEM courses may be ineffective and may foster lowengagement. The instructor needs to introduce new concepts, motivate the students on the needto cover that concept, perhaps derive the

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Steve Menhart

Direct Versus Indirect Assessment Methodologies Steve Menhart Department of Engineering Technology University of Arkansas at Little RockAbstractThe paper discusses direct and indirect student assessment methods, used by the Department ofEngineering Technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), and their possibleapplications, including the limitations of their use. Faculty members are familiar with the directassessment of their students via exams, quizzes, and reports etc. Indirect assessment methodsinclude surveys and questionnaires. At the conclusion of almost every college-level coursestudents are asked to

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Potpourri

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Carey Michael Snowden, Middle Tennessee State University

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Graduate Studies

Honors Society. In addition to Foroudastan’s teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $2 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Race, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public Service Award

Conference Session

Tools, Identities, and Personality in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Elizabeth Nortz, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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Student Division (STDT)

Paper ID #47387Graduate Students’ Experiences Designing Sociotechnical Modules for Introductionto Circuits CoursesKaren Elizabeth Nortz, University of Michigan Karen Nortz is a first year PhD student in Engineering Education Research at University of Michigan.Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli is the David J. Munson, Jr. Professor of Engineering, a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, a professor of Education, and and Director and Graduate Chair of Engineering Education Research at University of Michigan In her research she focuses on increasing faculty adoption of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 12: Bridging the Gap - Strategies to Support Diverse Learners in Early Engineering Courses

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aishwary Pawar, Southern Methodist University; DeLean Tolbert Smith, University of Michigan - Dearborn

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

or external visits."Ultimately, numerous students advocated for enhancements to the orientation process, with oneremarking, "I feel like it was rushed... Having that initial help for those students, like, okay, areyou on the right track?". Providing initial assistance to students, such as confirming theirprogress, is essential. These findings offer significant insights into the issues encountered byPENG students and propose actionable ideas for enhancing the program's support systems andstudent experience.Phase 2: Faculty and Advisor InterviewsProminent issues encompassed substantial student workload, academic demands, disengagement,difficulties in mathematics, and restricted resource accessibility. One advisor remarked,"Students are overly

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Brader; Jed Lyons

the program.The second focus group was conducted in the summer of 2002 after the Fellows had completedthe GK-12 program year. Each focus group required about one and one-half hour to complete.Prior to the start of a focus group, the purpose was explained and each participant agreed to beaudiotaped. This focus group was facilitated by a trained moderator. The moderator askedslightly different questions to the focus group participants in the fall and in the summer.However, in both cases there were 11 open-ended questions concerning the Fellows’, teachers'and students’ experiences. Each focus group audiotape was transcribed verbatim, then softwarecoded to identify and define issues and themes. All information collected in each focus groupwas

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jheng-Wun Su, Slippery Rock University; Cameron Casey Constantine, Slippery Rock University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #42961Board 138: Promoting Sustainable Innovation: Mechatronics and CollaborativeStudent Projects with Campus Sustainability CentersDr. Jheng-Wun Su, Slippery Rock University Dr. Jheng-Wun Su is currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Slippery Rock University. Prior to joining the faculty at Slippery Rock University, Dr. Su earned his PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Missouri. Dr. Su’s research interests are in the areas of mechatronics, 3D/4D printing, and soft robotics.Cameron Casey Constantine, Slippery Rock University Cameron Constantine is currently

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafael De Leon, The Ohio State University; Ann D. Christy P.E., The Ohio State University; Rosalyn Stoa, Colorado State University; Alexa Jayne, Colorado State University; Bailey Underill, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

“Research guided only by the controlling yardstick of profit undermines the role of the universityas a public sphere dedicated to addressing the most serious social problems a society faces.Moreover, the corporate model of research instrumentalizes knowledge and undermines forms oftheorizing, pedagogy, and meaning that define higher education as a public good rather than as aprivate good” [1]. -Henry GirouxIntroductionWhat has been coined as a crisis in graduate education, is evidenced primarily by 1) highattrition rates and 2) a mental health crisis among graduate students [2], [3]. The issue of attritionis of interest to various stakeholders including faculty

Conference Session

Informal Education and Outreach Programs for Women Engineering Students

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wynn Tranfield, University of California, Santa Cruz; Shelby Hallman, University of California, Los Angeles; Emily Halan Dovan, University of California, Los Angeles

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

the high userates, particularly for solo study. Although students reported using libraries for group study only“sometimes,” using libraries as collaborative spaces is also essential to fostering community.There is prime opportunity to develop and promote tailored resources to students within thespace, and to gather feedback on new initiatives. Being valued as a safe, functional space isparamount to supporting student success. Reflecting student identities in classrooms is a process. Libraries can also partner withdepartment administration and faculty to update and change static curricular content. Theincreasing use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in engineering is an opportunity for facultyto critically examine course materials

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University

” and “promoting public understanding of engineering and technological literacy”(National Academy of Engineering, 2005, p. 57) Few states in America require engineering and technology competencies in their statecurriculum, and even fewer require any such experiences at the elementary school. In the Stateof Utah, we have technology and engineering curriculum mandated by the Utah State Board ofEducation at the 7th – 9th grade levels, but there are no structured efforts to introduce elementarychildren beyond “science”. At Brigham Young University, the faculty in Technology TeacherEducation are dedicated to addressing these issues. Housed in a college of engineering andtechnology, our program introduces prospective technology education

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Fincher, University of Kent at Canterbury; Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington-Tacoma

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Educational Research and Methods

process — for researchers new to thefield, whether graduate students or faculty seeking new directions; their enthusiasm may bedissipated in searches for relevant material, paradigms, and support — they need a ‘way in’.Because of the peculiar nature of the requirements for the subject, it is often the case that thereare at most one or two staff members in any given department with the necessary knowledge andexpertise. This isolation has meant that CSEd research itself has developed in a number ofdiverse ways, making it difficult to consolidate results from different studies in a meaningfulway. Because there is not yet a visible hub, CSEd researchers tend to remain isolated within theirdepartments — they need a community.This paper has two goals

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John T. Tester

.1 However, the required tolerances for such assemblies were not possible for theoriginal NAU equipment. The new product must be robustly designed with generous dimensionaltolerances.The generous dimensional tolerance parameter also was supported for another reason: Laboratorystudents were assumed to have little to no knowledge of how to operate any manufacturingequipment. Consequently, the products they produced from the labs would inevitably haveproduction errors. Designing a product with generous tolerances would increase the student’schance of producing a functional product with little experience on his or her part.Constrained DimensionsThis constraint is tied closely to the issue of existing equipment but also due to limited floor

Conference Session

Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles C.Y. Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, CSUB STEM Affinity Group

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Mathematics

Paper ID #9418A Comprehensive Approach on Delivering Calculus to Engineering StudentsDr. Charles C.Y. Lam, California State University, Bakersfield Dr. Charles C.Y. Lam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics. Dr. Lam received his Ph.D. in Combinatorics and Optimization from the University of Waterloo. His research areas are in cryptography, digital watermarking, and combinatorics. He has mentored various undergraduate student researchers as a faculty mentor for the LSAMP and McNair Scholars Program. He has extensive experi- ence in undergraduate curriculum, research, and mentoring. Dr. Lam is

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Tougaw

Page 10.798.7 assignments to the students’ schedule every week, it did not increase their total homework load for the course.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” One caveat is in order, though. When comparing results between 2003 and 2004, it is important to note that those two courses were taught by different faculty. There was no control group in which the new instructor taught the material in the old-fashioned way, so we cannot be completely certain what caused the turn-around in student performance and perception. However, focusing just on the results from 2004, it is apparent that the new strategy was

Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

SESSION 3153 Pr oject Planning & Development for Engineer ing Fr eshman Bouzid Aliane, Michael A. Collur a, Samuel Daniels, J ean Nocito-Gobel School of Engineer ing & Applied Science, Univer sity of New HavenAbstr actThe nature and background of students seeking an engineering education has changeddrastically in the last decade, as has the expectations of industrial employers. Manystudents lack the organizational skills needed for academic success. Similarorganizational skills, although more advanced, are required for managing engineeringprojects. A new course was developed by the faculty at the School of Engineering andApplied Science

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Fichana; Ann Marie Flynn; Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Jim Henry

teaching interests areas of interestare automatic control systems, distillation columns, teaching laboratories development, energy and environmentalconservation. He is the recipient of the Outstanding UTC engineering Faculty award in 2001 and received theFulbright scholar award in 1987-1988.Ann Marie Flynn is Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Manhattan College. She received her B.S.from Manhattan College and Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of technology. Her research and teaching areas ofinterest are the combustion of heavy metals. Page 10.605.17 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor Hassall; Jose Arquero; John Joyce; Ian Robinson; Michael Bramhall

, has led to engineering graduates meetingthe expectations of employers. However, this is not the case: students6 and employers7, 8 haveindicated that concerns still exist. The lack of progress over the past two decades lends weight tothe argument that perhaps it is not a fundamental lack of skills development that is the issue, butit is the barriers to communicating that need to be addressed.Communication apprehensionStanga & Ladd 9 state that despite the importance of communication skills, relatively little is Page 9.320.2known about the obstacles that students face when attempting to develop their communication Proceedings of the 2004

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

for All Seasons, ALab for All Reasons.” The present paper, “A Lab for All Reasons, A Lab for AllSeasons: Enlarging the Participant Base,” extends utilization of our engineeringlaboratory to non-engineering faculty and to non-engineering students. The first of thesenewer forays involves utilization of the lab as an enrichment adjunct to courses taught inother non-engineering departments, here with examples from Foreign Languages andLiteratures, and Industrial Design. The second involves a new Technology Literacycourse created for non-engineering students, and taught with the assistance of an Englishdepartment faculty member (also serving in the College of Engineering’s WritingAssistance program). Collectively, these three instructional efforts

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xueni Fan, Texas Tech University; Joshua M. Cruz, Texas Tech University; John Carrell, Texas Tech University; Michael Scott Laver, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Technology). Thesecourses are unique because they are co-taught by an engineering professor and a historyprofessor who regularly collaborate to develop the syllabus and lessons within the classroom.Both iterations of the course are titled “War, Machine, Culture, and Society: History andEngineering in the Second World War,” and focus on teaching students the social and politicalfoundations of World War II while discussing technical issues, design thinking, and problem-solving skills associated with the war. As we describe in the review below, there are variousreasons to develop an interdisciplinary model in STEM courses, integrating the humanities intoengineering coursework. However, it is often difficult for STEM faculty to integrate their

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gianluca Guadagni, University of Virginia; Deepyaman Maiti, University of Virginia; Farzad Shafiei Dizaji

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Diversity

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Mathematics Division (MATH)

as highly effective [5]. This highlights the need to redesign ourApplied Mathematics (APMA) courses while retaining the tools and techniques that proved effectiveduring online-only instruction.The pandemic has had a disproportionately negative impact on minorities, first-generation students, andstudents with disabilities or health concerns, according to researchers [6]. These groups of studentsexpressed concern about their access to educational resources and their ability to perform well in onlineeducation formats, and they faced more COVID-related challenges. The pandemic and online learninghave created new obstacles to entering and continuing/completing their studies [7].The impact of the pandemic and online instruction on our Applied

Conference Session

Broadening Perspectives in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muritala Hassan Ayinla Mr., University of Central Missouri; MariEtta Joleen Watson, University of Central Missouri

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

garment factory disaster. Nearly 1300 people died from various buildingcollapses in India throughout 2022 [9].Nigeria is clearly not alone in the plague of building collapse. Rather, building collapse is aglobal issue and concern for global society. Investigation into the Nigerian situation provides aperspective to view the problem at large, serving as a valuable case study to practitionersworldwide.The Nigerian Construction IndustryIn a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Report published by the National Bureau of Statistics for thefirst quarter of 2021, Nigeria's real estate sector grew by 1.77%, contributing a total of 5.28% tothe real GDP of the country for the period under review (around USD 5.3 billion). In 2023, theBureau also stated that the

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath J. LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University; Bryan O'Neil Boulanger, Ohio Northern University

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Engineering Economy

Computer Engineering (ECE) students and Civil Engineering and EngineeringTechnology (CE) students during the Fall 2013 semester. To facilitate the cross-disciplineproject, a phantom company, Orange Inc., has been fabricated as the employer of the ECEstudents. Orange Inc. has been described to the students as a consumer electronics company withproduct lines that compete with those of Apple and Samsung. Additionally, Orange Inc. has anonline marketplace where applications and other digital media may be purchased. Due to rapidgrowth in demand, the availability of the online marketplace has become a concern. Therefore,Orange Inc. has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for the development of a new data center.The CE students were tasked with forming

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Trenor, University of Houston; Jennifer Ruchhoeft, University of Houston; Frank Claydon, Unviersity of Houston; Stuart Long, University of Houston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

closely with an engineering faculty member to develop a project that fits hisor her interests, abilities, and the time frame of the program. While most teachers take on uniqueprojects that contribute to the faculty member’s ongoing research, some teachers opt to spendtheir time researching an engineering topic that is new to them and will enhance their teachingcapabilities. Abstracts from two projects completed by teacher participants in the 2005 programappear below as examples.Water Filtration Project: Example of RET Participant Contribution to Ongoing Research“A water filter was manufactured by an ion beam lithography process resulting in uniformlyshaped and equally spaced pores throughout the filter. Images of the filter were captured using

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilan Gravé, Elizabethtown College

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

first and foremost concern of the various faculty involved in setting up requirements andformats for the different labs has been integrating the experimental work with the topics learnedand enhancing the experimental skills of the engineering students. Yet written communicationskills play an important part in the ability to convey the description and results of an experimentto an external agent, such as a scientific audience or a future client. In a more general view,deficiencies in writing skills can influence the ability to proceed in an ordered, well-thoughttrack during an experiment or in writing a report.While writing communication skills are so important, it is usually difficult to track theprogression of the students along the different

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Harms; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

each other 2. Programs in the residence hall focus on issues related to academic success 3. An ABE mentor for the LLC helps to create a supportive environment on our floor 4. Students in the LLC share with each other what they are learning in class 5. Students from the LLC ask each other about their classes 6. Students in the LLC encourage each other to attend class 7. Students are satisfied with the amount of concern their LLC mentors show toward their academic success Page 6.251.2a Living learning centers were defined as specific interventions designed to tie living in

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Helen Qammr; H. Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Rex Ramsier; Francis Broadway

concepts, it is not effective for teaching teamwork. In fact,over-dependence on group work may undermine the learning of effective teaming skills incapstone design courses, in that the cost of learning new skills (Atherton, 1999) (i.e.changing their ways), may supplant the learning of essential teaming skills.II.D. The engineering design processThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has definedengineering design as the process of developing a component, system, and/or completeprocess for solving a particular problem or meeting a need. The engineering designprocess involves seeking a practical recommendation/solution that is constrained by andmay need to be optimized relative to issues such as cost, safety, environmental