Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Warren D. Seider, University of Pennsylvania; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

research interests lie in the areas of educational scholarship, including teaching and advising effectiveness, academic integrity, process design instruction, and the integration of writing, speaking, and computing within the curriculum.Dr. Warren D. Seider, University of Pennsylvania Dr. Warren D. Seider is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Penn- sylvania. He received a B.S. from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. For many years, he has contributed to the fields of process analysis, simula- tion, design, and control. In process design, he co-authored FLOWTRAN Simulation—An Introduction and Product, and Process Design

Conference Session

K-5 Teacher Transformation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 23.503.2IntroductionInterest in introducing engineering concepts, including engineering design, to elementary schoolaged children has continued to increase in recent years for a variety of factors, some of whichinclude concerns of lacking STEM literacy and global competitiveness1-3. Engineering designpractice has been emphasized as one of the fundamental components of K-12 science andengineering education4.Learning engineering has several benefits for children, including improved technological literacy.In addition, learning engineering also enhances children’s learning. Students develop problemsolving skills when a design-based learning approach is used in the classroom5. Also,engineering design projects enhance students’ science content

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

believe that sustainable development is a subject that should be considered in all types ofdesign these days. Ever since freshman design, when our group had to develop ideas for asustainable house for the nuns at XXMM College, I have become very interested in the subject.Also, just recently, we had to write a paper on sustainable development in Land Developmentclass. The idea of being able to reduce the effects of developing on environment is so intriguingand I can’t believe it’s talked about more in the engineering business. I like the fact that bystudying sustainable development, a designer can design for an environmental friendlyneighborhood while also helping that city or town economically… I’ve actually consideredgetting into some type of

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Brockway; Greg Spaulding

and final component of the future plan for entrepreneurship is curriculumtransformation.In the effort to train entrepreneurs, the most fundamental and least visible of the activitieswill occur in the classroom. The classroom challenge will be to integrate entrepreneurialculture into the existing courses. This integration will not be easy or quick, and it will Page 9.1215.5require support from administration and faculty. The administration will have to showacceptance and outcome assessment based on the new culture, and the faculty supportwill entail a shift in teaching style and content. These changes will gradually “kindle thefire” toward a more

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joao Almeida; Guillermo Salazar

freshmen-sophomore course CE1030 “Civil Engineering and ComputerFundamentals. The students had the opportunity to apply this concept later in the course in asubsequent 1-week module involving basic aspects of Fire Safety. The following objectives wereidentified for this study:‚ To develop an integrated view and a better understanding of the building and its components.‚ To improve communication, coordination and collaboration when students work in groups.‚ To determine how effectively students can get started in the use of the software while developing the two previously stated objectives.This course introduces students to fundamentals of civil engineering, group dynamics, oralpresentation skills, engineering report writing techniques, and uses

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Norris; Duco Jansen; Sean Brophy

’ questions at the end of a class session. Acommon technique called “Muddiest Points” typically asks students to write down what is stilldifficult for them to understand after the class session. With VSAS this activity is much faster andeasier for students, and we believe results in higher response rates. The instructor reviewed theseresponses after each class and made a specific point to refer to them in the follow on classsessions.Results and DiscussionThe instructor had great success experimenting with the short answer feature of VSAS. One ofthe perceived benefits of the short answer response versus the multiple choice is that studentsmust generate a response rather than picking a potential response from a list of options. Webelieve this process

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rob Guardiola; Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

measurable Key Actions, which students maytake to demonstrate their development, have been defined. An appropriate measurementapproach has been identified for the Key Actions. Validation of the development process by thecontributing constituents is in progress.IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has instituted fundamental changesin accreditation procedures. A shift in focus from traditional "inputs" metrics to defining andmeasuring what is expected of graduates is well into implementation1. Criterion 3, Program Outcomes Page 6.383.1and Assessment, states, “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sankar Sengupta; Ronald J. Srodawa; Robert P. Van Til; Michael J. Latcha

Session 1526 A Laboratory for Interactive Design/Manufacturing Projects Involving University and 9-12 Students Robert P. Van Til, Sankar Sengupta, Ronald J. Srodawa and Michael A. Latcha School of Engineering and Computer Science Oakland University Rochester, MI 483091. IntroductionIt is common for products to be designed at one location and manufactured at another location(s). Hence, systems toensure efficient communications between the design and the manufacturing

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zoe Wood, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Miguel Manoah Refugio Greenberg

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

the whitespace, indentation,and line length criteria, whereas the student created the highest quality code related to theindentation, line length, and code works as expected criteria. Importantly, apart from the qualityof the code, ChatGPT generated code did not work as expected 33% of the time. We note that thisfinding is with respect to the prompts for the assignment ‘as-is’ - likely ChatGPT could beprompted to fix the code in many cases, but this is beyond the scope of this current study. Anotherimportant finding in the comparison between ChatGPT and student answers to assignmentprompts is that ChatGPT almost never included comments about the code even thoughcommenting on code is a fundamental standard practice of high quality code. Again

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

types can be tested with the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI),which categorizes people into sixteen personality types8. Not only has the Myers-Briggs TypeIndicator been utilized for work placement, it has also been used in the college classroom. Thereare, however, two significant drawbacks to the use of the Myers-Briggs inventory. It requires acertified professional to administer the inventory. Even then, researchers argue that it is moreuseful when used to indicate personality type than as a useful predictor of student learningpreference style.Neil Fleming and Charles C. Bonwell, with the hope of improving teaching and learning, createdthe VARK test in 19989-10. The Visual, Aural, Read/Write and Kinesthetic Learning StyleInventory (VARK

Conference Session

Techniques to Enhance Environmental Engineering Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ross Pfluger, U.S. Military Academy; Weimin Wu, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Demonstrating Microbial Growth and Metabolic Kinetics with Methanotrophic Bacteria: A Classroom Laboratory ExperimentAbstractWith the field of biotechnology rapidly expanding, it is increasingly important to providerelevant, hands-on education to environmental engineering students in the area of microbialgrowth and metabolic kinetics. Students enrolled in introductory microbiology courses can havedifficultly visualizing the physical growth of bacteria, the stoichiometric ratios of substrateconsumption, and the results of metabolic processes that produce end products. Methanotrophicbacteria can be used as a model, allowing students in an experimental laboratory class tounderstand microbiological fundamentals. Methanotrophs have been well studied

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farhan Azhar, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kristofer Tite, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Alaina M Schiano; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #16566Hands-On Made 4 ME: Deploying, Using, Developing and Evaluating Desk-top Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) Systems in the Engineering Class-roomMr. Farhan Azhar, University of Massachusetts Lowell Graduate Research Assistant- Mechanical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell.Mr. Kristofer Tite, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Undergraduate mechanical engineering student at University of Massachusetts Lowell.Dr. Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Stephen P. Johnston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plastics Engineering at the UMass Lowell. His research interests

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

reasoningCase Study: Flipping MET 31300 “Applied Fluid Mechanics” into a student-centered courseMET 31300 “Applied Fluid Mechanics” is a required course in the Mechanical EngineeringTechnology (MET) program at Purdue University. The course learning outcomes (CLOs) for thiscourse are as follows which are used to comply with ABET curriculum standards [9]:1. Describe the fundamental concepts and properties of fluids.2. State the basic equations of hydrostatics and apply them to static and dynamic fluid cases.3. State Archimedes’ Principle and use it to solve problems with bodies submerged in fluids.4. Apply the Bernoulli equation to solve problems in fluid flow.5. Recognize the characteristics of fluid flow in closed conduits: laminar and

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis

-disciplinary teams consisting of a half-dozen faculty members working in a Pacific Crestfaculty institute held at Western Michigan University. This typically began by writing shortdefinitions of potential (“candidate”) skills that were then placed within a process area andassigned key attributes.To be considered for the classification, each learning skill was then tested against all of thefollowing criteria:• improvement in this skill leads to enhancement of learning performance,• the skill is accessible and usable at all times,• performance in this learning skill is unbounded (i.e., can be “grown” to progressively higher performance levels

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brice Aaron Hirst, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Yahong Rosa Zheng, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

difficulty and scope of the labs were reduced overall to create an experience that isnot overly demanding yet still educationally significant, the amount of information in the labmanuals pertaining to the remaining material was increased. Also, explanations for thefunctioning of certain Simulink features (such as continuous vs. discrete solvers and normal vs.accelerated simulation modes) were added; it is always a good idea for students to understand the“why” for the use of a software feature rather than to be told to “just do it this way because thelab manual says so.”Overview of the Newly Designed Lab ExercisesThe complete set of exercises presented in this paper consists of six labs designed to buildunderstanding in the fundamental operations of

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tess Bisbee Meier, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yunus Doğan Telliel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Paper ID #42677ConGrad: A Graduate Education Framework for Convergence Research andExperiential LearningMs. Tess Bisbee Meier, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Tess Meier is a PhD Candidate in Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Her research there focuses on wearable assistive and rehabilitation robotics but has a newfound interest in teaching & scholarship, and education research. As a Future of Robots in the Workplace – Research and Development NRT Fellow, Tess is being trained in designing, advising, and executing convergence research projects. She is interested in educating the next

Conference Session

Construction Project Delivery and Control

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wesley Martin, Central Washington University; Philip Warren Plugge, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

favorably upon the use of the games (Prisoner’s Dilemma and $20Negotiation Game) to demonstrate the importance of being collaborative which is of criticalimportance in IPD projects1. In each case the students felt the games enhanced theirunderstanding of project management as a future construction manager. One student commentedin writing that “This game (Prisoner’s Dilemma) has shown me… [that] it will probably have tobe me to put my foot forward to begin developing trust between the companies. I hope to be apart of a company who trusts…”Despite the students’ positive responses to the games, no empirical measure was employed, inthe previous conference paper, to gauge the students’ conflict styles. To alleviate this issue, abaseline mechanism known

Conference Session

Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajeev K Agrawal, North Carolina A&T University (Tech); Myron L. Stevenson, North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Gloster Jr, North Carolina A&T University (Tech)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

national average of 281 while URMs of North Carolinaaverage score was 268, 13 points lower than national and state averages and 24 points lower thanNorth Carolina’s White students. This is indicative of the lack of early preparation of NorthCarolina’s URMs in math, leading to less participating in upper level math courses in highschool.D. Family and Community Effects Family and community have a great deal of influence on decisions, self-confidence, andperspectives on academics. A misconception of URM students is they fear of being labeled a“sellout” or “acting white”. This is based on Dr. John Ogbu oppositional culture theory, whichstates that by conforming to school requirements (attaining good grades, speaking and writing“proper” English, and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Student Growth & Professionalization

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodrigo Cutri, Maua Institute of Techonology; Hector Alexandre Chaves Gil, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Cristiane Maria Barra Da Matta; Octavio Mattasoglio Neto

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

, present, in theOrganization. presented in correct order. calculations, results, correct order, butSpelling, the wrong Most and conclusion are some lackclarity, fluency, order. Some information is well developed. information.and coherence items correct and Contains Unclear and/orof the text. contain clear. Clear appropriate erroneous spelling. incomplete writing. technical language

Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Robert Jeanne, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael J. Litkow, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amber R. Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lillian Tong, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

the effect of the tool on student engagement andlearning through surveys, student focus groups, and field observations of participatingcourse sections. We asked students about their experience with the quizzing,feedback, writing of open-ended responses, and their interaction with the faculty. Ourinitial impressions are that students think that feedback is important to their learningand that although writing is more work than multiple-choice questions, it is a valuablelearning tool. Students even felt that writing on quizzes was helpful in preparing formultiple-choice quizzes. Student comments often included feedback for developingthe tool but also provided evidence to instructors that the time spent providing semi-personalized feedback was

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

synthesize fundamental content knowledge and critical thinking skills, and applythese to unfamiliar situations based on real-world problems. Achievement on an identicalProject One technical examination administered to students in the integrated course block (M =78.8, SD = 7.9)and the non-integrated materials course (M = 77.4, SD = 12.4) showedinsignificant differences in a t-test analysis with an alpha of 0.05. This preliminary analysis oftechnical performance indicates that the coupling of broader context and emphasis on historicalthemes does not deleteriously affect engineering student development of technicalcompetencies and acquisition of disciplinary knowledge.Student self-perceptions of learningStudent perception of learning outcomes is an

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 3: Advising in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zilong Pan, Lehigh University; Anand Jagota, Lehigh University; Volkmar Dierolf, Lehigh University; Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

resources that might be helpful but not listed, faculty membersmentioned a range of resources, including 'fundamental research training,' 'engaging localbusinesses and faculty startups,' 'taking classes beyond the ones directly related to one'sresearch,' and 'training in taking care of students’ physical and mental health, mindfulness,scientific writing, oral communication, and healthy interpersonal interaction communication.'Thus, the faculty members acknowledge that resources both within and outside the academicrealm are needed to support doctoral training.In short, limited access to industry-specific knowledge was perceived as a significant obstacle.Follow-up and answers to open-ended questions revealed additional challenges such as

Conference Session

Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Lorena Villarreal, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christian Hassard, Digipen Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

cases, students receive the tools and not only knowtheory but discover it and understand it while practicing. They learn how to discover newknowledge and to be always up to date which is very important in engineering programs becauseby the time they finish their degree, what they know will be soon out of date [5]. For this reason,some engineering programs have changed their model of education to include engineeringcourses in the first and second year with a design component [15-23].In the computer engineering (CE) program at DigiPen Institute of Technology, students musttake two fundamental embedded systems courses, (1) a 2nd year project-based course which wedescribe in this paper and (2) a theoretical class with labs. We find that when

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

above] must beharmonized with respect to the two fundamental elements of production, namely, materials andmen [emphasis added]” [p. 109]. The use of the word “men” reflects Mann’s awareness that thehuman dimension is central to engineering practice and, by extension, that cultivating the abilityto manage the human element is an essential part of engineering education. His emphasis onharmonizing elements rather than creating a hierarchy sets him apart from other authors ofreports on engineering education and suggests that he provides the basis of an approach that canmove engineering education beyond the persistent social-technical duality that has characterizedit so far.Mann’s thinking is particularly relevant because he discerns a feature of

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 15: Engineering Education Research and Reviews

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Nihad Awartani, University of Cincinnati; Iman Shayegani, University of Cincinnati; David Allen Evenhouse, University of Cincinnati; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #42050Exploring Intervention Research in Statics Courses: A Systematic Review ofASEE Publications from 2013 to 2023Mr. Ibrahim Nihad Awartani, University of Cincinnati Ibrahim Awartani is a fresh first-year international doctoral student pursuing Engineering Education in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at University of Cincinnati. His bachelors background is a Mechanical Engineering degree from Philadelphia University in Jordan. His masters background is a Master’s of Sciences in Engineering Management from Eastern Michigan University. He

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hanyak, Bucknell University; Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-1936: TEACHING MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES TOFIRST-YEAR STUDENTS USING COOPERATIVE TEAM-BASED PROJECTSAND LABSMichael Hanyak, Bucknell University Michael E. Hanyak, Jr. is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University since 1974. He received his B.S. from The Pennsylvania State University, M.S. from Carnegie Mellon, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976. His teaching and research interests include computer-aided engineering and design, courseware development and the electronic classroom. He was one of the principal investigators with Brian Hoyt, William J. Snyder, Edward Mastascusa, and Maurice Aburdene on a five-year National

Conference Session

Research Methods and Studies on Engineering Education Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Matthew Norris, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Abdulrahman M. Alsharif, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michelle D. Klopfer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #32993Using Natural Language Processing to Facilitate Student Feedback AnalysisDr. Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Andrew Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He leads the Improving Decisions in Engineering Education Agents and Systems (IDEEAS) Lab, a group that uses multi-modal data to characterize, understand, and improve decisions made throughout engineering education ecosystems.Matthew Norris, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Matthew Norris is a PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant in the

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Johnson, Washington State University; Reid Miller, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

course (ChE211? Chemical Process Simulation), and regularly teaches the junior-level thermodynamics course. He is participating in development of a new freshman-level course (ChE110 ? Introduction to Chemical Engineering), which he is now teaching. He has been selected by students as the outstanding teacher in chemical engineering six of the past ten years since stepping down as dean. He has been active in ASEE and attended numerous workshops on improvement of instruction. He has implemented collaborative learning activities and writing assignments in his classes. Page 11.918.1© American

Conference Session

The Modern ChE Laboratory

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Brazel

experimental parameters needed to meet a specific objective, and (5) collecting and analyzing data to compare to theory.Methods Incorporating team-based laboratory experiments into an existing course required a focuson the fundamental concepts being covered and developing projects that emphasized both theoryand applications. Since some class time is used for the projects, each of the topics was selectedso that its place in the curriculum could be presented directly by the students. After selectingappropriate projects, funding was secured to provide equipment and supplies, and generalexperimental procedures were developed (and tested by undergraduate laboratory assistants priorto the course offering). The projects were

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

objective of writing effective and efficient/concise, yet detailed instructions. They justdid not think about the fact that most real-world packages are used by others besides thedesigner. Finally, the students did not consider that the egg must be firmly seated to avoidbreaks from vibration or being tipped the wrong direction. As stated, they were focused only onthe egg dropping along a single direction.Because of the failure of meeting all the objectives, the project was re-designed with the PBLprocess. Instead of a project description hand-out, the students were given a real-world scenario.Omitting some of the details, the scenario is as follows: Faberge’s jeweled eggs (some worth $12 million) are going on a U.S. museum tour for