Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rana AbdelSalam, East Carolina University; Waldemar G de Rijk

Tagged Divisions

Materials

24.177.2This paper presents an undergraduate research project that involves a sophomore biomedicalengineering student and a faculty member in the School of Dental Medicine at the sameuniversity. The engineering department at that university is relatively new and started about 10years ago and has no graduate programs. One of the educational goals of the project is toimprove the students' learning by adopting the concept of “learning by doing”. The studentbecame involved in the research project during freshmen year of college, upon completingrelated engineering courses such as statics, materials and solid mechanics. The student started theproject out by making the dental composite samples with actual dental materials and tools,followed by conducting the

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Yee

assessed. However, as more groups use the Lab for their projects, thedemands for more working stations and space, and the scheduling for Lab use might present achallenge. Therefore, lab development fund will be sought to acquire more computer equipmentand to provide lab assistants support for maintaining the Lab operation throughout the semester.Reference1. Katzenbach, J.R., and D.K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization, Harper Collins, New York, 1999.2. Michaelsen, L.K., C.F. Jones, and W.E. Watson, “Beyond Groups and Cooperation: Building the High- Performance Learning Teams,” To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development, 1993, Edited by Wright, D.L

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Fry

go through for the new, web- based presentations. There is knowledge about file types, naming conventions, and resolution issues that everyone needs to know to make things go smoothly. Additionally, there is a new group of students coming into the process each year that need to gain that knowledge. Is there space in the curriculum for that additional learning? 2. Organization of Web-Page: How do you structure a web site? What happens if your project is group based rather than individualized? The answers to these questions are based on your specific circumstances. It is better to consider the answers to these questions earlier rather than later. The structure of the web site should facilitate easy

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard E. Pfile; Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto

. Box 894 Indianapolis, IN 46206 I. AbstractIn this paper, we describe how the design and analysis of power electronics can be made alive tostudents by focusing all classroom and laboratory experiences on a high-profile, high-tech,production unit such as General Motors’ propulsion system for its EV1 electric vehicles. Usingthis strategy, an interdisciplinary team of faculty at our university successfully designed a seniorelective for electrical engineering and electrical engineering technology students in powerelectronics. Developed under a FIPSE grant, the course covers both the design of state-of-the-artpower electronics and the design of associated computer

Conference Session

Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Watson L. Vargas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Oscar Alvarez P.E., Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Jorge Mario Gomez, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Page 26.2.2    countries around the globe. Many are the reasons for such state of stagnation. According toWankat 5, “The stalled condition of reform results not from slow propagation of new research results but instead from a combination of the faculty’s lack of basic pedagogical knowledge and the split in faculty interest between teaching and research. Other factors include faculty time constraints, university reward systems that favor research, lack of administrative support, and requirements to include more content in the curriculum”On the other hand, Armstrong 6 emphasizes that we simply have not paid enough attention to thecurriculum development in the last four decades.Because, Chemical Engineering Education

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Virginia Charter, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

assessments (i.e., particularexam questions pass rate, written reports, etc.). The report may not consider the learning processstudents had during their course(s) or throughout their undergraduate program. In other words,assessment-centric self-study reports are not concerned with existing pedagogical practices anddata on how and why engineering students achieve the desired competencies of the requiredoutcomes. Given the emphasis of ABET on continuous improvement, it is surprising, andantithetical to commonly accepted quality assurance and continuous improvement processes, thatABET processes do not formally require student perceptions of their achievement of the studentoutcomes. Although employers and faculty are both recognized as

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Schulz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cynthia D. Anderson, Alula Consulting; Cindy Cooper, The Lemelson Foundation; Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Pennsylvania; Jorge E Loyo Rosales, Rice University; Kristin Lewis, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ; Supraja N. Kumar, Smart Surfaces Coalition; Julianne Rolf, Yale University; Nelson A. Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

to achieving a sustainable world. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Toolkit for Expanding Sustainability in Engineering Utilizing Foundations of the Engineering for One Planet InitiativeAbstractRecently, there has been a significant push to prepare all engineers with skills in sustainability,motivated by industry needs, accreditation requirements, and international efforts such as theNational Science Foundation’s 10 Big Ideas and Grand Challenges and the United Nations’Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper discusses a new toolkit to enable broaddissemination of vetted tools to help engineering faculty members teach sustainability usingresources from the

Conference Session

FPD X: Addressing Retention in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Melanie Roudkovski, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

for improvingretention include several best-practice components, namely: 1) exposure to engineering practice through two new courses employing multidisciplinary projects6, presentations by practicing engineers, presentations by students involved in co- op education, and presentations by senior capstone design project students; 2) the development of the faculty mentoring program for first-year students; 3) the development of a peer advisor mentoring program for first-year students; 4) the development of an industrial mentoring program for first-year students.We are implementing all four initiatives, and this paper focuses on initiative #4, industrialmentoring.1.3 Other Industrial Mentor ProgramsFreshman

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; James J. Sluss Jr., University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

process. Withfewer things to manage, this person can focus more on these aspects of the department.Selecting a recent PhD graduate or a new faculty member is a good idea because they have more“skin in the game.” They will likely equate increasing enrollment with job security, which Page 23.862.13provides additional motivation. Another key factor is finding someone that is passionate aboutpromoting engineering to pupils. Finding someone that has served as a mentor for FIRSTRobotics or other similar organizations would be a good litmus test. Looking for someone thatis a faculty sponsor of a student organization is another good idea because they

Conference Session

Program Support Initiatives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #33789Civil Engineering Master’s Programs: Requirements and OutcomesDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director for the Engineering Plus program. She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

of the Autonomous Patrol and Surveillance System (APSS). APSS is intended to bean Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system. The mission of APSS is to assist the campus policeby patrolling the campus of Southern Polytechnic State University, capturing aerial imagery ofthe campus and relaying that information live to a ground station at the police department. In thispaper, the goals and objectives of the project are discussed. Honors students are involved to helpthe faculty members conduct the research. Students not only learn the methods for conductingresearch, ways to seek funding, and ways to solve the complex multidisciplinary problem, butthey also develop the interpersonal and communication skills, and learn lessons of time andresource

Conference Session

Technology in the ECE Classroom

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frederick C Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Meghan Morris Deyoe, The Evaluation Consortium; Gavin Anaya; William Brubaker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering, general engineering andphysics courses to, for example, better enable instructors to employ the Kolb cycle of learning intheir courses. Inertia from both students and faculty concerning the need for new types oflearning materials can reduce the acceptance and effectiveness of new methodologies, butsignificant progress, demonstrated through an extensive evaluation process, has been made atseveral institutions.1. INTRODUCTION The Mobile Studio Project has developed and is continuing to develop pedagogy and supportinghardware and software which, when connected to a PC (via USB), provides functionality similar Page 22.1646.2to that of

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Devon; Wayne Hager; Dhushy Sathianathan; Dominique Saintive; Michel Nowé; Jacques Lesenne

ValueCongruence, Member Diversity and Conflict on Workgroup Outcomes,” International Association of ConflictManagement Conference Proceedings, Ithaca, New York, 1996. Pelled, L. H., “Demographic Diversity, Conflict,and Work Group Outcomes: An Intervening process Theory,” Organization Science, 1996. Tsui, A.S., Egan, T.D., and Xin, K. R., “Diversity in Organizations: Lessons from Demography Research,” in M. M. Chemers, S.Oskamp, M. A. Costango (Eds) Diversity in Organizations: New Perspectives for a Changing Workplace,Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995.4. Leifer, Larry, A Design Team Performance: Metrics and the Impact of Technology, @ Chapter 14 in Seidner,Connie J., and Stephen M. Brown, (Eds), Evaluating Corporate Training: Models and Issues, Norwell

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session #2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Lyons, Codio; Elise Deitrick, Codio; Joshua Richard Coughlin Stowell Ball, Codio

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division (SWED)

ofAI tools raises concerns about plagiarism rates and the ethical use of technology in academicsettings. Educational institutions are actively crafting policies to navigate the complexities ofGenAI usage while maintaining academic integrity [2], [3].Recent advancements in GenAI have ushered in a new era for educational methodologies,offering innovative tools for learning and teaching. Integrating GenAI tools such as ChatGPTand MidJourney into educational practices is becoming increasingly common, with these toolspredicted to become as ubiquitous as traditional software like Microsoft Excel in the near future[4]. The emergence of GenAI necessitates reevaluating pedagogical strategies, suggesting a shifttowards technology-integrated learning

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Z. Joan Delalic; Richard Cohen; Jim J-S Chen; Dennis Silage

occur without structuralchanges in the undergraduate ECE and ME curriculum. The microelectronics industry is seekingundergraduate ECE students familiar with heat transfer, packaging and materials, andundergraduate ME students who are familiar with the salient issues in microelectronics.To accomplish this, the content of four existing undergraduate senior elective ECE and MEcourses were modified. One quarter of the course content in each thread was modified for theinterdisciplinary cross training, with modules provided and taught by the cooperating faculty inECE and ME. In the Fall, ME students in this elective thread take ME 372 Heat Transfer andECE students take ECE 355 Microelectronics. To enhance the interdisciplinary experience

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ethan Brue

indicated by four of the eleven essential program outcomes that must beadopted and assessed to receive accreditation. These state that “Engineering programs mustdemonstrate that their graduates have:…f) an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility g) an ability to communicate effectively h) the broad education necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context… j) a knowledgeof contemporary issues”1. Clearly, the new criterion does not add definition to this issue of therole of the humanities in the engineering curriculum. Rather, it has increased the ambiguity. Nolonger is there a specified quota of humanities credits required for engineering accreditation.The implications of these changes

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division 4: Teaching and Learning in Engineering Management

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

previously, Lab 2 revealed that the overall impact of using fresh fruit was increasedwaste and variability in the process. Students proposed using dry banana chips instead of freshfruit. This required negotiations with the customer (the faculty) to get permission for a change inthe ingredients used in producing Banchees.Once the customer approved, the next proposal was to purchase an industrial size dehydrator todry the sliced bananas. This introduced new cost to enter into the financials. It also introducedthe topic of batch processing because once operators sliced the bananas, they would have to waitfor the fruit to dry in the machine before they could be used in assembling Banchees. As a result,new time measurements and cycle times had to be

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

reported the need to relearn study skills andsometimes struggled with identity issues with students outside of the RedShirt community. Inaddition, RedShirt juniors were challenged with moving out of their dormitories and into livingarrangements with less supportive roommates and logistical issues with traveling to campus.Finally, the global pandemic beginning in 2020 created its own type of valley of despair forsophomore and junior RedShirt students who struggled mightily with the transition to onlinelearning and the loss of connections to students and faculty within their majors.ImplicationsThese insights can lead to an increased awareness of the ways to support RedShirt and perhapsall engineering students in the middle years that can lead to

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 23

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Bostwick, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alex George, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Trinity Lee, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Zachary Del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

the most significant threat tothe validity of our work: the power disparity between faculty and students. There is a clear powerdisparity between faculty and students, which may influence students to simply report what theybelieve a faculty member expects. Since there was no deception in our research methods, Alex,Leslie, and Trinity were fully aware of Zach’s interests in statistical variability. Our use of thecritical incident technique [22] was intended to partially address this concern, but we felt that amore comprehensive approach was necessary. This concern was strong enough that Zachseriously considered canceling this study. However, through engagement with the CAE literatureand drawing inspiration from other CAE projects [24], the

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2 - Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jennifer DeBoer, SPEED

Tagged Topics

Track 1 - Student Development

(innovation centers/hubs).cadre of high-prestige engineering programs with verycompetitive admissions. However, there is a huge difference in Policymakers and employers are concerned about boththe perception of quality between programs, in particular having enough engineers13 as well as new employees havingbetween highly-regarded public universities and newer private the necessary skills 14 . While policymakers recognize thatprograms, some of which cater to non-traditional students. In engineers need more hands-on training, administrators debateaddition, the last decade has seen Brazil’s higher education whether this industry experience should happen beforesystem trying to grapple with racial and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; Robyn Johnson, University of Texas, Arlington; Jamila Phillips, University of Texas, Arlington

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

their peer recruiter colleagues, and thentake this knowledge with them to future events.The benefits of using engineering peer recruiters is that high school students relate differently tostudents near their age (peers) than they do to older faculty or staff members. Peers can morenearly address the students concerns. Another benefit for prospective students is that they canask about non-classroom issues and get answers from these current students about things like thewhether they will really get a job and what college life is like. UT Arlington Engineering alsobenefits tremendously because the peer recruiters extend our reach beyond what the staffrecruiter can do himself. In order to develop relationships with teachers and schools

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

Making Student Conference Trips an Assessable Learning Opportunity David L. Silverstein University of KentuckyAbstractThere never seems to be enough class time in any course. Student participation inconferences, particularly when combined with faculty absences, causes strain on analready tight course schedule. Since students are already attending a conference forreasons that are ostensibly educational in nature, why not utilize the opportunity toprovide for an assessable contribution towards course and program learning objectives?In addition to course specific objectives, this project contributes towards ABET EC2000expected outcomes in

Conference Session

Track 7: Technical Session 2: Lessons Learned from Development of an Elective Undergraduate Course on DEI in STEM

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Kevin William Kuck, George Mason University; Dhiambi Otete; Violet Veronika Reges

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

organizational development in the collegiate and professional sphere, and diverse representation in STEM fields. With a background in public policy, he takes his ethical stances into conversations around tough issues to make sure all voices are included. In his professional life, Carr has convened numerous diversity leadership forums in STEM education – bringing together over 100 deans and diversity administrators to talk about underrepresented students persistence, diverse faculty recruitment, and creating inclusive campus climates. Carr has also been a champion for access to opportunities for those from historically oppressed groups. He worked to see outreach efforts exponentially expand to Historically Black Colleges and

Conference Session

Working Against Unjust Social Forces

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Jennifer Mott, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

asocialperspective. It could involve confronting an authority figure who represents power [4].The curriculum intervention described here is in response to some students and faculty within ourdepartment who have recently called for a broader engineering curriculum, within (not separatefrom) their mechanical engineering courses. For example, in thermal/fluids courses we discussfundamentals and design of systems, but rarely do we consider the full effects of designs ortechnology on the environment or society. We evaluate designs based on “will it work” and acompany’s bottom line but often do not consider other costs such as environmental, anddetermining who benefits and who is perhaps hurt by a new technology. In mechanical systemsdesign courses, one of the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

products they design and thepeople that will ultimately use them. Many of these choices are of a technical nature and theengineer's academic training has primed them for their resolution. However, others are of a moralor ethical sort without an apparent answer and academic training may not have adequatelyprepared new engineers for their solution. Little of the undergraduate engineering experience isdevoted to the potential moral, social, political, and economic issues they may encounter.Instead, they focus on the mathematics, physics, and engineering aspects of problem solving.Thus leaving a void in their preparation that should be addressed.The organization responsible for accrediting American undergraduate Engineering andEngineering Technology

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower PE, The Citadel; Kaitlin Marley, The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

number of engineering students in respective program. The concept ofincreasing the number of engineering students thereby increasing the number of graduates wasanalyzed as part of strategic planning for the School of Engineering. Key indicators found duringthis study were increased marketing, preparedness of the incoming students, retention of thosewho arrive, and the addition of new programs. This paper will only focus on the retention ofthose students who arrive each year as freshman. The School of Engineering used a simplesuggestion by one of its faculty concerning a well-known concept such as SI, supplementalinstruction, to improve retention of engineering freshman by nearly 20%. This paper willestablish the conditions prior to the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihwa Park, Texas Tech University; Changwon Son, Texas Tech University; Wesley Wehde, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

. IRB2024-16).Engineering students were recruited via a campuswide bulk emailing system. Faculty membersand public safety professionals were recruited with convenience sampling [12] and snowballsampling [13]. Informed consent was obtained prior to the interviews and group discussions.Participants were compensated $25 for their participation.Participants were asked questions related to three dimensions of educational needs: (i)importance, (ii) assets, and (iii) needs [14], [15], [16]. Table 1 presents questions asked duringthe interviews and group discussions. Questions regarding importance were concerned withperceived importance of skills and knowledge about EDCM standards and guidelines. Questionsrelated to assets were intended to identify

Conference Session

Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

%. Every ten seconds the CPU usage will spike but that is nothing to be concern about because it is the result of the timer settings of the high, medium, and low at 1, 5, and 10 seconds. Figure '3' shows the CPU usage when the entire system ran with the new modifications. Page 10.775.8Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 3: CPU Usage with Final Modifications The NASA Engineering Development Unit (EDU) was designed to simulate and study life supporting environment

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning Models

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Stephanie Cutler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

classroom for learning32. Furthermore, student engagement data indicatesa reconnection with the classroom via new learning communities created by the openness offeredfrom using their own personal devices.There are however setbacks to accepting the BYOD movement within a classroom setting. Thesediscussions begin with the topic of security and end with the concern of how to protect studentdata. Malware, hackers, and the price of internet access are also high on the list of concerns32, 36.Within industry, the issue of data protection of corporate data when employees leave an agencyhas also surfaced36. Nevertheless, these are all concerns when using any shared data condition ornetwork implementation.Research outcomes highly recommend that institutions

Conference Session

Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington-Seattle; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Burpee

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

may neglect the social nature of engineering practice4,6,7 andthe global impact that engineers can generate as global citizens.Addressing the ethical aspects of global citizenship in a crowded, content-heavy engineeringcurriculum is a challenging task. However, the renewed emphasis on ethics invoked by theABET Engineering Criteria 20008 points to a broader focus for engineering ethics that goesbeyond micro-ethical concerns and provides a near ideal platform for prompting students tothink about these global issues. Yet, ethics education has its challenges as many globalethical dilemmas are complex and require well-honed critical thinking skills. Barriers inethics education in engineering have been explored and a wide variety of ethics