Paper ID #35271Online Course and Program Assessment Strategies Leading to EffectiveContinuous ImprovementDr. Briana Lowe Wellman, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Briana Lowe Wellman is an associate professor and chair in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at the University of the District of Columbia. She joined UDC in May 2012 after receiving her Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of Alabama in December 2011. Dr. Wellman’s area of specialization is robotics. Her research focus is on cooperative multirobot systems and sensor networks in search, coverage, and surveillance
Education, 2018 Enhancing Engineering Lab Report Writing Using Peer Review Assessment Rocio Alba-Flores Georgia Southern UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the educational experiences gained by incorporating a peer review componentfor evaluating formal lab reports in a Circuit Analysis Laboratory course. In this course studentsperformed ten lab experiments, from which the instructor selected two to have individual formalwritten lab reports. The instructor dedicated about one hour at the beginning of the semester to talkabout peer review and its importance. The instructor together with all students performed a mockpeer review of
Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University. Dr. Badar has published more than 50 articles in refereed journals and proceedings in the areas of coordinate metrology, lean manufacturing, health care, energy system design c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessing conceptual mapping based active learning for advancing engineering diagnostic skillsIntroductionActive learning differs from traditional instructional pedagogy by emphasizing student activitiesand engagement in the learning process. The most frequently discussed types of active
Graphics Technology at Purdue polytechnic Institute, West Lafayette.Sarah Knapp, Purdue University Master of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA PhD Candidate, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessing the Impact of an Interdisciplinary First-Year Experience ProgramAbstractThis research paper builds upon an ongoing exploration of a large-scale, interdisciplinary courseintegration for first-year Technology majors. Our research begins to show that the program ismaking measurable differences to students’ learning, engagement, and sense of community.Administrators and instructors from 2 colleges within the university collaborated to
-teaching between engineers and writers is not new, fewinstances involve bringing the communication curriculum and writing instructor into theengineering classroom, as was done in this study. For example, Harvey et al. describedengineering students’ attitudes toward writing in a communication course in which engineeringfaculty attended two of four sections of the communication course (Harvey 2000). Qualitativeresponses to items assessing attitudes toward writing and anecdotal data showed that the studentsperceived a disconnect between writing assignments in communication classes and their work asengineers.Context for the study:The present study was conducted in a chemical engineering laboratory course. The courseconsists of a weekly lecture session
research interests include: engineering for social justice, engineering with community, innovation, ethics, transformative learning, reflection, professional identity.Mr. Ramon Benitez, Virginia Tech Ramon Benitez is interested in how engineering identity and animal participatory design can be used to recruit Chicano K-12 students to engineering professions. Benitez completed his BS in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and is now a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech (VT). Benitez seeks to understand how to best instruct and assess ethical reasoning of engineering practices and engineering responsibilities, including wildlife and humanity, in
Community Services at the Jackson Housing Authority for twelve years prior to joining Jackson State University in 2008. Her current interest include retention strategies, recruitment and mentoring of incoming freshmen students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of a Summer Bridge Program: Seven Years and CountingAbstractAnalyses of new university engineering degree programs at an HBCU (Jackson State University)revealed that graduation rates (15%) were considerably lower than desired. An aggressiveamelioration strategy centered around a ten week (expenses paid) resident summer bridgeprogram for the student population of first time freshman (ftf) engineering majors with ACTMath
, and the factors that determine the overall long term success of students entering an engineering program. She is the Assistant Dean for Student Development in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She is committed to the betterment of the undergraduate curriculum and is still actively involved in the classroom, teaching students in the First-Year Engineering Program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of an Introduction-to-Electrical-Engineering Laboratory CourseAbstractA new Sophomore-level course, entitled “Introduction to Electrical Engineering Laboratory,”was developed at a medium-sized, Midwestern, private institution. The course was taught
the formation of engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of Flipped Classroom in Upper-Level Engineering CourseAbstractWhile flipped classrooms have been of interest in the last several years and anecdotally seem tooffer a better means of engaging millennial students through active learning, there has been alack of rigorous assessment regarding the impact of the flipped methodology on student learninggains. In particular, there have been few studies that have objectively examined studentperformance throughout the semester with a control group for comparison. This study serves as ameans to fill that gap by comparing both objective
academia for more than 15 years.Dr. Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University Nicholas B. Conklin received a B.S. in applied physics from Grove City College in 2001, and a Ph.D. in physics from Penn State University in 2009. He is currently an associate professor and chair of the Physics Department at Gannon University, Erie, PA. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of Student Learning Experience in Two Exemplary Engineering ProjectsAbstractIn this paper, we examine and quantify similarities of two engineering projects each of which iseither 1) an undergraduate research project primarily integrating off-the-shelf devices and referredto as the
Paper ID #18359Assessment of Student Learning in an Entrepreneurship Practicum CourseDr. Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan Prateek Shekhar is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan. His research is fo- cused on examining translation of engineering education research in practice, assessment and evaluation of dissemination initiatives and educational programs in engineering disciplines. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin,M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Uni- versity of Southern California and B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from
, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Uni- versity of Notre Dame in 1992 and 1995 respectively. Her teaching interests are in the area of circuits and devices, computing, and logic design. Dr. Telang works closely with success programs for freshman engineering students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of Supplemental Instruction Programming and Continued Academic SuccessAbstractA main aspect of the Supplemental Instruction program’s mission is to help students developtransferable study skills that will improve their academic performance in all of their
, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Uni- versity of Notre Dame in 1992 and 1995 respectively. Her teaching interests are in the area of circuits and devices, computing, and logic design. Dr. Telang works closely with success programs for freshman engineering students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of Supplemental Instruction Programming on First Year Academic SuccessAbstractDuring the 2015-2016 academic year, the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)Department and the Sanger Learning Center at the University of Texas at Austin collaborated tobring
Paper ID #19289Work in Progress: Assessing Motivation in Capstone Design CoursesDr. Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University Dr. Peter Rogers is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education The Ohio State University. He joined the university in October 2008 bringing with him 35 years of industrial experience. His career includes senior leadership roles in engineering, sales, and manufacturing developing products using multidisciplinary teams to convert customer needs to commercially viable products and services. Rogers co-led the development of an ABET-approved year-long Capstone design experience
Paper ID #18050Work In Progress: Assessing Students’ Changing Conceptions of DesignMs. Molly H. Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Molly Goldstein is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette with a research focus on characterizing behaviors in student designers. She previously worked as an environmental engineer specializing in air quality influencing her focus in engineering de- sign with environmental concerns. She earned her B.S. in General Engineering (Systems Engineering & Design) and M.S. in Systems and Entrepreneurial
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20700Life Cycle Assessment of Paper Versus Electronic Assignment SubmissionProf. Jean L. Lee, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Life Cycle Assessment of Paper Versus Electronic Assignment Submission in Cal Poly’s Materials Engineering Department Patrick McDonnal and Jean Lee Materials Engineering Department California Polytechnic State
Paper ID #14807Google Sheets for Realtime Assessment and Analysis of Less-Structured Prob-lemsDr. James D. Palmer, Louisiana Tech University Virgil Orr Professor of Chemical Engineering Director of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Google Sheets for Realtime Assessment and Analysis of Less Structured ProblemsAbstractUniversities are under increasing pressures for efficiencies in education with declining budgets,increasing enrollments, and increasing expectations/accountability by students. A traditionalapproach with engineering or science computations is to
courses is a time-demanding approach to web-based teaching andlearning that is designed to engage students in investigations of authentic concepts/problemswithout coming to the pre-set class rooms two or three times a week. This paper presentsperceptions and attitudes of students that have participated in a hybrid course in environmentalengineering as well as an assessment of the hybrid approach on the quality of teaching andlearning compared to face-to-face approach of the same course. The course, `Introduction toEnvironmental Engineering', was developed as an on-line course for Civil Engineering programstudents, but taught as a face-to-face course and as a hybrid course for several semesters. In thehybrid course set up, all of the quizzes and
Paper ID #25423Work in Progress: A Web-Based Tool to Assess Computational ThinkingProf. Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University Alka Harriger joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) in 1982 and is currently a Professor of CIT. For the majority of that time, she taught software development courses. From 2008-2014, she led the NSF-ITEST funded SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Real- ized through Information Technology) project. From 2013-2018, she co-led with Prof. Brad Harriger the NSF-ITEST funded TECHFIT (Teaching Engineering Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and
Paper ID #21821Providing Student Feedback from Motivation Assessments in Capstone CoursesDr. Peter Rogers, Ohio State University Dr. Peter Rogers is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. He joined the university in October 2008 bringing with him 35 years of industrial experience. His career includes senior leadership roles in engineering, sales, and manufacturing developing products using multidisciplinary teams to convert customer needs to commercially viable products and services. Rogers co-led the development of an ABET-approved year-long Capstone design
Paper ID #22684Enhancing Learning by Assessing More than Content KnowledgeProf. Renee Cole, University of Iowa Dr. Ren´ee Cole is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Iowa. Dr. Cole earned a B.A. in chemistry from Hendrix College, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physical chemistry from the University of Okla- homa. Her research focuses on issues related to how students learn chemistry and how that guides the design of instructional materials and teaching strategies as well on efforts related to faculty development and the connection between chemistry education research and the practice of teaching. She is a PI
Paper ID #23879Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Peer AssessmentDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Dr. Gehringer is an associate professor in the Departments of Computer Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research interests include computerized assessment systems, and the use of natural-language processing to improve the quality of reviewing. He teaches courses in the area of programming, computer architecture, object-oriented design, and ethics in computing.Dr. Ferry Pramudianto, North Carolina State University Dr. Ferry Pramudianto is a Senior Research Engineer at Computer
Paper ID #24443Design Practica as Authentic Assessments in First-year Engineering DesignCoursesDr. Christopher McComb, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Christopher McComb is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs with courtesy appointments in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engi- neering and the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. He earned dual B.S. degrees in Civil and Mechanical Engineering from California State University Fresno as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University
Paper ID #24440Life Cycle Assessment and Economics in First Year EngineeringDr. Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland Suzanne Keilson is a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland. Her background and degrees are in Applied Physics and her research interests include signal processing, biomedical and materials en- gineering, design and STEM education. She has taught for the past twenty years, including in special cross-disciplinary first year programs. She is a frequent presenter at a variety of conferences and venues, is an active member of ASEE and the Mid-Atlantic section as well as both ASME and IEEE.Prof
Effective Student Outcomes Assessment Plan Reform Strong Undergraduate Curriculum Plan Talal D. Gamadi, Bethany Disque, Marshal Watson, and Lloyd Heinze Texas Tech University/ Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering 807 Boston Avenue, Box 43111, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA E-mail: talal.gamadi@ttu.edu Abstract $1 million in undergraduate core and rheology The undergraduate curriculum committee from the Bob laboratories, replacing all undergraduate labL. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas equipment.Tech University has made
AC 2007-2343: ASSESSMENTS FOR THREE PERFORMANCE AREAS INCAPSTONE ENGINEERING DESIGNDenny Davis, Washington State University Denny Davis is Professor of Bioengineering and Co-director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State UniversitySteven Beyerlein, University of Idaho Steven Beyerlein is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of IdahoOlakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University Olakunle Harrison is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee UniversityPhillip Thompson, Seattle University Phillip Thompson is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seattle UniversityMichael Trevisan, Washington State University
AC 2007-2468: LEADING AND ASSESSING A FIRST-SEMESTER TEAM DESIGNPROJECTKyle Mankin, Kansas State University Page 12.1005.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Leading and Assessing a First-Semester Team Design Project AbstractStudents are known to be motivated by course activities that are relevant to their careers. Designprojects offer this type of real-life experience. This paper describes implementation andassessment of a design project that was adapted to a first-semester course that included bothbiological and agricultural engineering (BAE) and agricultural technology management (ATM)students. The
AC 2007-2741: PROGRAM OUTCOME ASSESSMENT IN AN INDUSTRIALLYSPONSORED SENIOR CAPSTONE COURSENirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University Nirmala Gnanapragasam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seattle University. She is a geotechnical engineer and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Washington. She is the design coordinator of the senior capstone design program in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department, is active in consulting, in engineering education research, and in professional organizations. Page 12.1190.1© American
AC 2007-2837: ASSESSING PARTICIPANT ENGAGEMENT IN A MIDDLESCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMJessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University Jessica Matson is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. She received her BS from Mississippi State University and her MS and PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology, all in industrial engineering. She has previously served on the faculty of Mississippi State University and the University of Alabama and as industrial engineering department chair at Tennessee Tech. She is a registered PE.Kristine Craven, Tennessee Technological University Kris Craven received her BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from West