Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics in the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

diagnosis: 4) treatment (again with possible ethical issues) and 5) cost-of-care andquality-of-life analyses. A superbly wow story was given 4.7 to 5 grade points; a great story, 4 to4.6 points; a good story, 3 to 4. A story lacking got <3 pts. A story not turned in got 0 pts.It was graded on the elements described above, including the Wow! Factor. Of particular impor-tance was their cost (dollars and quality of life) analysis of the assistive technology needed forlong term use. The best paper received a bookstore gift card. Judges were BmE faculty and staffand an English professor. Over the last decade, 1200 such papers were written for this course.Less than 4% were poorly written and it was quite difficult to pick winners from the top 10

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

intersection of disciplines oftendispersed in different corners of engineering education. A less charitable interpretation is thatTELPhE is concerned with issues that are seen as peripheral to technical engineering education.From this perspective the mission of TELPhE could be seen as pushing such issues more to thecenter [1].Addressing these issues requires us to step back and examine the broader question of whyengineering education exists, what it should be doing for society, and how organizations such asASEE can better structure themselves to achieve impact. This paper draws from recentdiscussions within TELPhE and ASEE at large, as well as historical data on the evolution ofengineering societies [2], [3], [4] to observe that volunteer-led

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey

Broadband Communications and Embedded Computer Systems, are available tostudents who want to gain more depth in specific hardware systems disciplines.Considerable effort has been taken to review each topic taught, and judge its utility to ITpractitioners, as well as how the knowledge might be applied. Since the IT department is new,several of the faculty have recent experience as digital systems engineers that has been put to usein this review. Note also that this is an evolving curriculum in its third year, which is justreaching a point that might be called stable.A description of the curriculum in the core hardware courses is now presented. The first coursein the curriculum, Digital Electronic Foundations, is divided in two completely separable

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Jacobson; Barbara L. Licklider

Session 1453 Project SUCCESS: Sustaining Undergraduate Careers: a Computer Engineering Support System Doug Jacobson, Barb Licklider Iowa State UniversityAbstractLearning Communities, a growing initiative at Iowa State University, aid freshmen in thetransition to college life as students live in the same residence hall and attend a common block ofclasses. By combining learning communities with the concept of student-centered active learning,students will gain control of and adjust more quickly to their new environment, experienceincreased achievement, and persist

Conference Session

Newly Developed Engineering Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Dobrowski, Purdue University-North Central

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

team taught. Engineering Technologyprograms typically have multiple disciplines, and representatives from each area should beinvolved in the course. Such an approach would provide many benefits. First, the students areexposed to different viewpoints, but all within the Engineering Technology family. Also, it willexpose them to some faculty members who they might not otherwise see for some time (thosefaculty members who teach primarily upper level courses).Areas of ConcentrationWhile the students background in mathematics seems adequate (and has been the least of theproblem areas), there are still areas of concern with problem solving. The first problem seems tocome in when the problem itself is presented differently that the student is used to

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

-start on their engineering courses. Data on persistence and graduation rates of WISE Bridge participants since 2000 will bepresented. Possible explanations for former Bridge participants’ persistence or consequentchanges in major and their graduation/persistence rates after leaving engineering will bediscussed.I. Introduction The interest in engineering as a choice for a major in colleges and universities is at a 30-yearlow. For all students regardless of gender and ethnicity, major issues that impact first-yearretention include difficulty in the transition from high school to college, financial problems, andgeneral misinformation about the engineering curriculum [1]. In addition, first-year engineeringstudents generally have little

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Ethics Education Assessment

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Hingle, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University

. Role 3 represents faculty on this task force and serves on many other committees as well. As a historian, they often take a long-term perspective on issues and is often circumspect of technology- based solutions especially when they think there are other, simpler ways of solving a problem. When the app for COVID was being rolled out, they pushed for self-reported data entry by the user rather than some form of automatic collection of information. They are often preoccupied with issues of surveillance and new limits on privacy due to technology. Role 4: Associate vice-president in the Provost office at AHU Role 4 serves on the team that looks at student admissions and retention. They are worried that a perception that the university is not

Conference Session

Design for Special Services

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kara Chomistek, University of Calgary; Graham Armitage, University of Calgary; Phillip du Plessix, University of Calgary; Clifton Johnston, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Mohamed Nazir, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Diane Douglas, University of Calgary; Brigit Knecht, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

community when involved inaids for assisted living research, specific self design projects were developed for the first yearengineering curriculum (2006/2007) at the [Removed for blind review] School of Engineering,University of [Removed for blind review]. The central goal of these projects was to removesocially constructed barriers at several levels: student, faculty, practical and social. Aids forassisted living devices help to eliminate some of the socially constructed barriers experienced byindividuals with disabilities by centering the design process around the disabled individual’sparticular needs and concerns. The design oriented projects focus on decreasing the amount ofdependence that disabled individuals have on others and increasing

Conference Session

Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

based on the “definitions and classifications of [their] culture.”Turner’s statement may explain the invisibility experienced by the postdocs in this study: theclassifications that are usually expected in higher education tend to be faculty, staff, and graduatestudent, whereas postdocs “do not easily fit into simple categories at most institutions”4.While the liminal period is considered to be a “grinding down process,” it is also a “rebuildingprocess”14: the liminal personae receive verbal and nonverbal instruction and are being“refashioned into specific shapes compatible with their new postliminal duties and rights asincumbents of a new status and state”14. This was true for the postdocs in this study. Thebenefits they associated with their

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Silliman, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

International

research, the additionalchallenges introduced by working in a developing country and in a second language, and thechallenge involved in using technical research to address specific, societal environmental and/oreducational issues in a developing country.Second, the students were relatively consistent in identifying the more difficult challenges whichdeveloped during the first year of the LTR. These included health concerns, differences inculture (in particular, challenges involving gender roles and the strict hierarchical governingstructure in rural Benin), and barriers related to language (including both inability to speak the Page 12.1116.8local

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

International

faculty since 1985. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton in 1986. His work in engineering education involves teaching and learning innovations, curricular change, faculty development, and assessment. He also teaches and conducts research in combustion and thermal sciences. He is Fellow of ASEE and ASME, and he serves as an Associate Editor of Advances in Engineering Education. He can be contacted at tal2@psu.edu.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afroditi Vennie Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Umit Ozgur, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

advisor, while in the industry or faculty-inspired projects, they choosefrom advertised projects either in teams or individually.Regardless of the method of team formation, we find that tensions may arise due to: 1. Academically weaker students placed or self-selecting into a team with stronger students, 2. Team being composed of students who have different degrees of buy-in or sense of responsibility for project outcomes, 3. Incomplete teams – all of the necessary skills and/or expertise may not be present in the team, which is of greater concern particularly for the interdisciplinary projects. 4. Poor time-management skills. The team projects students have completed prior to the capstone had much smaller scopes, the

Conference Session

Engineering Economy -- Outside the Introductory Course

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

and the lack of transparency and simplicity were real concerns. 2. Real options is a new economy tool. It did not help the cause that Enron was considered an innovative user of real options. 3. Real options only work for tradable assets. A common objection to options analysis was that it does not work when the underlying asset is not a tradable commodity. 4. Real options discount management realities. Critics said that because real options do not expire like financial options do, managers can not be counted on to abandon a project when they should.Block27 surveyed 1,000 companies to see if they had adopted real options. Of the 279respondents, only 14% were currently using real options. Of the 40 users of real

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Brown

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. Page 12.1471.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The ST@R Project: An Initiative to Increase the Retention Rates of 1st and 2nd Year Underrepresented Students Enrolled in Electrical EngineeringAbstractAccording to a 2002 NSF report, only 20.5% of engineering bachelor degrees in the U.S. wasawarded to women and 11.6% to African American, Latin American, and Native American(AALANA) students1. To address the growing concerns of the underrepresented populationswithin the field of electrical engineering as well as other STEM (science, technology,engineering, and math) related disciplines at the Rochester Institute of Technology, the ST@RProject was created. The ST@R Project (which

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, E. W., Journal. of Engineering Education, 1992. 4. Ollis, D., and Krupczak J. “Teaching Technology Literacy: An Opportunity for Design Faculty?” American Society for Engineering Education, 2006. 5. Krupczak, J.J., “Reaching Out Across Campus: Engineers as Champions of Technological Literacy” Liberal Education in Twenty-First Century Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute series on Studies in Science, Technology, and Culture, Vol. 17, D. Ollis, K. Neeley, and H. Luegenbiehl ,editors, Peter Lang Publishers, New York, 2004. 6. Fountain, H., editor, The New York Times Circuits: how electronic things work, New York : St. Martin's Press, New York, 2001. 7. Brain, Marshall, editor, How Stuff

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy: Wind and Solar

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Indoor Security Lighting with Solar Powered LED TechnologyAbstractPeople are becoming increasingly concerned about protecting their properties from theft andvandalism. Insurance companies and police are very aware that satisfactory lighting is a plausibledeterrent to crime. Although nearly any type of lighting helps reduce the risk of becoming avictim; correct lighting, when properly used, improves security. Most buildings are illuminatedby a night light and the building is unoccupied. A security or night light allows the securitypersonnel to check the building without turning other lights on. A drawback to leaving lights onis that it results in an increased electric bill and

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John S. Cundiff; Foster A. Agblevor

name to Biological SystemsEngineering better communicates the range of activities in the Department and in the discipline.A new curriculum was designed, primarily by refocusing on-going activity in the Department.This curriculum allows the student opportunity to choose electives which develop a “limitedspecialization.” The two specializations available are: 1. Land and Water Resource Engineering 2. Biological EngineeringBackgroundLand and Water Resource Engineering builds on a traditional strength in AgriculturalEngineering. This limited specialization focuses on the stewardship of our land and waterresource. Issues are soil conservation, water quality, non-point source pollution, precisionfarming, decision support

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Technical Session 2: Instruction

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Bossart, University of Florida; Sara Gonzalez

college.The libraries average about 70 print orders per month and the average printing time isabout 4 hours and 17 minutes per print job. Figure 2 shows that undergraduates are thelargest users of the 3D services, followed by graduate students, and staff.Approximately 3% of users are from the local community. Visitor Faculty 3% 5% Graduate 17% Postdoc 1% Undergrad Staff 62% 12%Figure 2. 3D service users.Despite the diversity of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luis G. Daza, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; Humberto Eduardo Cavallin, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

vulnerability analysis; design of reinforced concrete structures; design of steel structures, among other topics. Licensed Professional Engineer in Puerto Rico since 1996.Prof. Humberto Eduardo Cavallin, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Faculty at the School of Architecture at the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras. He received his Architecture Diploma from UNET in Venezuela (1990), MSc in Social Psychology from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (1997), and PhD (2006) from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the University of Puerto Rico in 2004, and since then he has been head of both the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. His research interests include thinking and problem solving, connected to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in engineering shaped by concerns about financialsecurity. For Research Question # 2: “To what extent did the military influence the decision tomajor in engineering?” two themes emerged from our analysis. Theme 1: Military experiencesinfluenced the decision to major in engineering. Theme 2: Military experiences did not have adirect influence on the decision to major in engineering.Advisory Board meeting: A conference call was held in January 2016 and an in-personmeeting was held in San Diego, CA on the USD campus on June 17, 2016. We have workedextensively with our distinguished External Advisory Board (EAB) which includes a recentstudent veteran engineering graduate, an engineering faculty member who has done research onsupporting student

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Ogot, An investigation on industry-sponsored design projects' effectiveness at the first-year level: potential issues and preliminary results. European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006. 31(6): p. 693-704.16. Larochelle, P., J. Engblom, and H. Gutierrez, A Cornerstone Freshman Design Experience. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Engineering Education Reaches New Heights, 2004.17. Qammar, H.K., et al., Impact of Vertically Integrated Team Design Projects on First Year Engineering Students. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Engineering Education Reaches New Heights, 2004.18. Dutson, A.J., et al., A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Rachel Margaret Best, University of Memphis; Charles V. Camp, University of Memphis; Paul J. Palazolo, University of Memphis

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

thesefactors and as such are becoming a critical tool for the Civil Engineering design professional.In recognition of this trend, University of Memphis Civil Engineering faculty are undertaking acollaborative three-year curriculum transformation project to integrate a GIS-enabled designapproach across a sequence of required Civil Engineering courses at the 1000, 2000, and 3000course levels. The curriculum will be both sequenced and scaffolded (designed to providesupport structure to facilitate learning of new skills) across six courses to ensure a clear path forstudent skills progression in terms of technical competency, data synthesis and analysis, andproblem solving. Our goal is to develop a series of integrated, progressively challenging

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 4 - Engineering for One Planet & Sustainability Innovation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brainerd Prince, Plaksha University; SIDDHARTH SIDDHARTH, Plaksha University; Rukmani Keshav, Plaksha University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

“Entangled Worlds:Technology and the Anthropocene — Ushering the Planetocene: New Humanity and Post-Anthropocene Technologies.” The term Anthropocene is proposed and increasingly employed todenote the current epoch in which human activity has a dominant effect on the planet [4]. Theterm Planetocene is a concept that envisions an era where the primary focus is on prioritizing theneeds and well-being of our planet as a whole. Ushering in the Planetocene is a call to action fora collective, global commitment to safeguard our planet's natural systems and ensure aharmonious coexistence between human species in societies and the broader biosphere.This course, co-designed by faculty from both humanities and technology backgrounds,leverages the expertise

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten Davis, Boise State University; R. Casey Cline, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

participating in two courses with matching lecturecurricula, but with only one of the courses containing a laboratory requirement. Calculationswere performed on the resulting data, summing the responses and performing cross tabulations tocompare the comprehension levels of the two populations. Issues concerning the pre-coursecomprehension levels and pre-course “hands-on” experience may present some validity issues,however, these issues were considered negligible by the researchers because of the relativehomogenous student population between the two courses.Quantitative Research ResultsAggregate comprehension levels of the two student populations indicate that students enrolled inthe course with a laboratory requirement had a higher mean score or

Conference Session

Perceptions of Women's Success in STEM

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Susan served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator of several national projects including: Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE), a current study involving 25 universities; FacultyfortheFuture.org, a website designed to support women and underrepresented minorities interested in pursuing faculty positions in the STEM fields; Achieving Success in Academia, a program to assist junior women faculty to navigate the tenure system; Making the Connection, an initiative designed to increase awareness of engineering among students in grades 3-12; and Increasing Access for Women in Engineering, a curriculum and technical assistance project to establish or

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Deisenroth

first step in reachinga judgment is a need to fully understand the goals of the traditional engineering laboratory. Oncethese goals are determined, ABET can determine whether a simulated or remote course is anadequate substitution for traditional hands-on experience. In January 2002, ABET held acolloquy to solicit input from a select group of experts to determine a taxonomy of engineeringlaboratory learning objectives. A list of 13 learning objectives was created that participants feltadequately describes the goals of the engineering laboratory. However, the participants of thecolloquy requested that the list be validated and any new issues or challenges related toachieving the objectives be documented. This paper takes an initial step in that

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Suzanne Lessack, University of Michigan; Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Rebecca Wind, University of Michigan; William Woelk, University of Michigan; Theresa Biehle, University of Michigan; Laura Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Nathaniel Gallaher, University of Michigan; Katie Thorne, Michigan Technological University; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

principal industry sponsor of S3FL. In thesereviews with Lockheed Martin engineers, the system was critiqued according to industrystandards. The team was given insight into the issues that concern engineers in industry, and theteam also benefited from suggestions on how to improve the system and make the design morerobust.3.3 Flight resultsBased on the data analysis that has been completed so far, the team has been able to draw anumber of important conclusions. The separation mechanism was successfully demonstrated 32times under a number of different tip-off conditions in microgravity, and video data (~100 GB oftotal test data) of the flight permitted observations of the motions of the end masses. Listed in

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

’ intendededucation.II. New Laboratory SequenceThe following is a description of actions taken to develop, improve, and upgrade theexperimental laboratories in the program.ME 3241-Materials Engineering Laboratory: This is the first laboratory course in thecurriculum, offered by the mechanical engineering faculty. The course contains experimentsstudying the microstructural behavior of materials and examination of the mechanical propertiesof materials. The major equipment used in this laboratory are the universal testing machine,hardness tester, micro-hardness tester, furnaces, polishing wheels, specimen molding devices,impact tester, fatigue machine, and microscopes. Additionally, computerized data collectiondevices have now been incorporated as a

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Carnegie Mellon University; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

engineers who are environmentallysensitive, the “caring” aspect of environmental learning is increasing in importance [25]. Tochange engineering students’ mindsets from technologically-oriented to contextually approaches,Kastenberg et al. suggest that engineering students need to possess the goals of embodying thevalues of a new integrated culture of engineering, as well as enhancing self-awareness ofcontemporary issues [20]. Manion also suggested that engineering faculty members need notonly to increase students’ contextual awareness but also to complement this awareness byassisting them to transform their attitudes, values, and philosophies to match the engineer of the21st century [26]. Developing the students’ attitude of having an open mind to

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Jones, University of Texas, Pan American; Rajiv Nambiar, University of Texas, Pan American; Deborah Crown, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

of the HPL learning environments and the STARLegacy cycle.IntroductionStudent motivation and engagement are essential ingredients to academic success. One of thechallenges facing faculty is how to relate to students who are often very different from theirteachers and who may best learn and process information differently than previous generations.One of the driving factors in this change is new technology that is having a significant impact onsociety and the average college student. One of the recent changes popular among students is theprevalence of online chat and text messaging. Students are comfortable with communicationbased short text-based exchanges of information. Leveraging the popularity of this mode of