Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

main campus.Also, the department expanded operations with a new concentration in mechatronics. Thisconcentration is offered on the main campus; for other concentrations, concentration-specificcourses are only offered at the satellite campus. With this new concentration, students can takeboth lower level core and concentration courses on the main campus. However, students stillneeded to take at least some upper level major core courses at the satellite campus.With the use of video technology, one faculty member can offer a course to students at both themain and the satellite campus with a single course offering. While students used to daytimeclasses are forced to shift to evening classes operating on eight-week terms, with the videotechnology

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Uhlig, National University; Ali Farahani; Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Mark Sotelo, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-276: ACHIEVING COMPELLING STUDENT COMPREHENSION OFCOMPLEX INFORMATION STRUCTURES FOR BOTH ON-SITE AND ON-LINECOURSESRonald Uhlig, National University Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig is Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Engineering and Technology, National University. He also serves as Lead Faculty for Wireless Communications for the Master of Science in Wireless Communications program. He teaches and carries out research in wireless systems, computer security, and applications of advanced technology in education. He also teaches global business. As Principal Investigator for a Hewlett-Packard Technology for Teaching – Higher Education – Grant

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Experience, Exchange Programs and Student Retention

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ute Heinze, RWTH Aachen University; Ursula Bach; Rene Vossen; Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University

Tagged Divisions

International

Management Cybernetics e.V. (IfU) incooperation with RWTH’s International Office. Its aim was to investigate motivational factorsand obstacles students face in different planning and realization stages of a foreign exchange.The anonymous and wide ranging survey covers topics such as financial issues, therecognition of credits, and career advice services among other personal factors influencing adecision on international exchange.The present paper introduces current studies related to the topic of international mobility ofengineering students, and describes the method as well as the results of the RWTH survey and Page 23.806.2puts them into relation to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

may predispose them to not even consider going tograduate school upon completion of their undergraduate education, and the opportunity to workon an undergraduate research project in their last year or two of school is not sufficient to changetheir views. Further study is needed on this issue.Project Management IssuesWhile providing undergraduate students with the opportunity to conduct research is a noble goal,there are a number of project management issues that a faculty member needs to be concernedwith before planning on primarily using undergraduate students for a long-term research project.Some of the issues that developed over the course of this project are discussed below.1) The use of undergraduate students as the primary

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

also changed annually. 7. A Conference Day with concurrent sessions by COE students, faculty, alumni and industry representatives. Club members, sponsors and parents are able to interact with student organizations, partner educational institutions and a variety of industry representatives from throughout North and South Carolina through informational tables and booths. As mentioned earlier, one of the conference sessions contains the Public Speaking Competition of the career exploration contest.Middle school clubs have been provided with balsa wood bridge and Legos MindStorm robot kits. Projectpersonnel and NCJETS mentors are currently involved in developing a club and competition structure thatwill best serve

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Smith

jeopardize the success ofStarshine III, the primary payload, as much as it would PCSat. At the time of the firstMIWG, the PCSat design team and faculty advisors were tasked to capacity withcommunications, power, structure and thermal issues, and had not even begun to tacklethis problem. This important issue had not been completely ignored, however. The launchinterface for Sapphire had already been designed and constructed. An adaptation of thedesign had been used on Stanford’s Opal satellite which flew on the Air ForceAcademy’s JAWSat. The basic design was considered proven and reliable, so STPdirected the use of the Sapphire/Opal design with minimal modifications to fit PCSat.The PCSat design team considered this an acceptable approach. The

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

transportation engineering concepts), practicing engineersreferenced practical reference manuals, while instructors discussed using equations within textsor using their own course notes11. Considering these results, an overarching phenomenon thatexplains the role of context – and in particular, the ways in which visual representations mediatethat context within settings disjointed from everyday practice settings – became an issue ofinterest.The role of material context to the process of learning is of central concern within the situativeperspective on learning. From a situative perspective, learning inherently requires participationwithin social practices established amongst a community of practitioners in the pursuit ofdeveloping an identity as a

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Patricia Polastri; Mojeed Awonuga

other energy sources that have a direct impact on theenvironment, like burning wood and using diesel generators. In addition, oil exploration a majorindustry in the country, is another contributor to the pollution problem. Gas flaring is oftentimesthe preferred and only way of disposing the by-products of this industry, mainly due to cost. Gasflaring however, introduces toxic chemicals such sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere leading tothe formation of acid rain and greenhouse gases. Two major issues arise from this practice: theburning process of fossil fuels is a direct contributor to respiratory problems and oil spills pollutethe land and ground water. This paper focuses on the environmental pollution experienced inNigeria as evidenced by

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1: Looking at Study Abroad through an enhanced lens

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meredith Blumthal; Luis Rodriguez; James Stubbins, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Brian Woodard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Gretchen Forman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Molly Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Hannah Dougherty, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ernest-John Ignacio, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Dawn Owens, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

. Engineeringstudents have far greater numbers of specific course requirements and longer prerequisitesequences than peers in other majors (Paschal et al, 2017). Often costs, perceived or real, are abarrier and Gordon (2014) cites financial concerns as the number one barrier to studentparticipation in terms of direct program costs, but also the opportunity cost of lost income frompart-time employment during the semester or full-time summer employment. Unseen barriersinclude a lack of family and friend support and an unwillingness to forgo leadership roles inregistered student organizations. In addition, traditional study abroad experiences can limit student participation amongsome demographics due to issues of student mobility. Traditional in-person

Collection

2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Christa James-Byrnes; Mark Holdhusen

asynchronously in the onlineenvironment, including an oral presentation into the online delivery of the course is a majorchallenge..There are several other difficulties that occur with any course being moved to an onlineenvironment. Some of these challenges include the students adequately grasping new concepts,the inability to ask questions in real-time, the assessment of student understanding that comesfrom being able to see their body language, the logistics of the technology working as intended,and many other issues. Above are some of the challenges unique to this course. Thesechallenges were all addressed and met to the satisfaction of the faculty. Details of how thechallenges were met are in the course content section below.Course Development for

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. O10 53% 5% To develop a knowledge of contemporary issues.5. Future ResearchFollowing this pilot study, there are several things that should be considered in future iterationswith the most important factor being the platform. Blogging was new to the Blackboardinterface during the semester of this study therefore many operational issues were experiencedfrom both the student and instructor perspective. More research should be conducted to assist inthe determination of the most effective interface(s) for academic blogging. Other questionswould query the most effective and efficient options for blogging format and an examination ofhow results differ when employing external blogging tools. Additional analysis could

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Member of IEEE and a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Jablokow is the architect of a unique 4-course mod- ule focused on creativity and problem solving leadership and is currently developing a new methodology for cognition-based design. She is one of three instructors for Penn State’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Creativity, Innovation, and Change, and she is the founding director of the Problem Solving Research Group, whose 50+ collaborating members include faculty and students from several universities, as well as industrial representatives, military leaders, and corporate consultants.Dr. Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkProf. Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Rosa Jeanette De Leon; Randall D. Manteufel; Alfred Vitela

Session F2C1 Evaluation of LEED Green Building Rating Potential for the Engineering Building at the University of Texas at San Antonio Rosa Jeanette De Leon, Alfred Vitela, Randall D. Manteufel Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biomechanics University of Texas at San Antonio AbstractThe U.S. Green Building Council in October 2004 issued the Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design for Existing Buildings, a green building rating system for existing buildingswhere previously criteria has been only for new building

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

learn todeal with ambiguity and vagueness. This lack of a single right answer required our students todevelop new methods for dealing with problems because most of their previous experienceinvolved textbook-type problems with a single right answer. Furthermore, engineering studentsin Taiwan tend to be especially anxious about making mistakes. Page 9.508.1Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Project design, however, is concerned with whether students are approachingproblem-solving in a logical way, and whether they can

Conference Session

Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David Adam Banks, University at Albany - SUNY

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. But most of the things that people create are used,which makes it… a vehicle for political uses.”42 Similarly, an engineering senior makes the pointto contrast the difference between engineering being political verses apolitical as a matter ofapplication: “Anytime you are engineering a new technology… I think it is at first a proprietaryenterprise and once it enters out of… a proprietary zone into the public eye… it immediatelybecomes political.”43In both cases, students reproduce the idea that the political, non-neutral aspects of engineeringonly occur once users become involved. This is the exact issue at the heart of the neutralityproblem. It assumes the initial designers can be devoid of responsibility. However, one onlyneeds to look at

Conference Session

Student Division Technical 3: Mixed - Research, Engineering Design, Design Thinking, and Curriculum Design

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Clark, Miami University; Rachel Kajfez, The Ohio State University

Paper ID #36941Conducting Discipline-Based Educational Research Outsideof the ClassroomAbigail Clark Abigail Clark holds a PhD in Engineering Education from The Ohio State University. She also holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State and Ohio Northern University. She was most recently a visiting faculty member at Miami University. Prior to her time at OSU, she worked at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Her research interests include pre-college engineering education, informal engineering education, and identity development.Rachel Louis Kajfez (Assistant Professor) Dr. Rachel Louis

Conference Session

Pre-College: Teacher Impact on Student Mastery

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Dixon, Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University; Jenny Vi Le, Ohio State University; Carlos E. Castro, Ohio State University; Madith Barton, Ohio State University; Olivia R. Richardson, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

and expertise of the collaborating engineering faculty. Review of Literature The idea that learning takes place first on the social plane and then on theindividual plane (Vygotsky, 1934/1986) provides an important foundation for consideringhow teachers develop new understandings about both subject matter and pedagogicalmethods. As research has repeatedly demonstrated, traditional transmission models ofteacher professional learning often fail to gain traction or result in any significant changeto teachers’ professional practice (e.g., Borko, 2004; Timperley & Alton-Lee, 2008;Clarke & Hollingsworth, 2002). Transition models align with what Freire (1970)criticized as a “banking concept” of

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 Engineering Panel

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Marlene Aviles, Dr. Ercel Webb School # 22, Jersey City School District; Jennifer Case, East Middle School; Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; John Brockway, East Middle School; Christie O'Hara, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Asheim, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Brian Lien, Princeton High School; Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

their major concern. Specifically, they had problems implementing some of thePISA activities because students have different academic abilities, behavioral/discipline problems, notused to science inquiry and engineering design process, and lack of collaborative working skills. Toaddress these concerns, the program instructors helped teachers individually, through the regularmonthly classroom visits, to modify or differentiate their instruction and the different PISA activitiesfor their students. In terms of time and test preparation issues, teachers mentioned that school time hasbeen always devoted to subjects that are tested, which are math and language arts. They alsomentioned that daily instructional time for science is limited to 30-40

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Bork, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Nicholas Young, University of Michigan

-reported mental health, with the generaltrend of increasing mental health problems. In terms of program climate, our regressions foundthat students’ beliefs about the climate had a statistically significant influence over their reportedmental health measures, and that these experiences varied for different demographic groups.The results from our work highlight areas of focus for future research. Furthermore, this workcan help enable SEM graduate students, faculty, and staff to reflect on the changes in the pastyears and to use these results to promote change at individual, program, and systematic levels toimprove SEM graduate students’ mental health.IntroductionThere has been a growing crisis concerning students’ mental health in the United States

Collection

2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Sara E. Wilson

are centered on developing an independent scholarwho is capable of performing research at a faculty level. Faculty advisors and dissertationcommittee members look to see that the student is capable of being a colleague in the researchenterprise and will often express such performance as “I know it when I see it”. As Mullins andKiley state2:“Experienced examiners make judgements about the quality and quantity of students’ workbased on their own extensive experience or mastery of the area. These examiners ‘know’ whatconstitutes a passable or outstanding thesis.”This expertise can be field specific and standardized measures are not well documented.Learning objectives include students having a deep knowledge of their research area and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Keiser University; Robin Y Cash, Ford Motor Company

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Curriculum: Bridging Student Potential and Industry DemandsAbstractThis session will present the proposed curriculum revision of the Applied Engineering (AE)program at Keiser University (KU), including the development of a new certification program.The objective is to improve enrollment and long-term sustainability of the program while aligningthe program with industry needs and academic standards. Offering an innovative curriculum inengineering is critical in private and midsize universities such as Keiser University, whose studentrecruitment and retention strategies often rely not only on the program's quality but also on itsuniqueness. Furthermore, private universities have greater flexibility in working alongside theindustry

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

framework forexplaining technological products and systems. Functional analysis is a method used in systemsengineering and product design. The overall function of a technical system is accomplishedthrough a series of interacting subfunctions attributed to specific components. The systemfunction is to transform specified inputs into expected outputs. Inputs and outputs are treated asflows of either: material, energy, or information. Each of the engineering disciplines uses theprinciples of functional analysis in development of their specific technological domains. Forexample, in broad terms, chemical engineering treats transformation of materials, mechanicalengineering treats transformations of energy, while electronics is concerned with flow

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Ryan McGhee, Baylor University; Brian Thomas, Baylor University; Elizabeth Lemus, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Over the last four years students have gone on additional service learning trips toArmenia (2 trips), Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Projects like these cantremendously change the people who go as well as help the people to whom the project is aimed.We have begun to realize that a key problem with many of our projects is that making themsustainable is difficult. Our desire to have sustainable projects has let us to explore issues relatedto entrepreneurship. We have begun to incorporate entrepreneurship topics into a number of ourcourses3,4.The location and scope of these projects have all been chosen based on prior contacts with a poorcommunity that needs some engineering help. We have gone only to places where the people

Conference Session

Collaborative Learning, Project-Based, Service Learning, and Impacts on Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Forrest Alden Copeland, Western Washington University; Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

International

Page 22.316.4small team meetings. The general meeting is called to order by the president who covers itemsof general interest. This is followed by either small team meeting time or a lecture or discussionlead by one of these teams. Teams are given alternating weeks to cover information that wouldbe helpful for the entire membership to understand. This included topics such as basic Spanishskills, water treatment fundamentals, rural health practices, fundraising methods, or indigenousconstruction techniques. The chapter has also hosted fun events focusing on relevant issues onthe project in order to welcome new students to the organization as well as to reward currentmembers for their hard work. There have been documentary movie nights as well

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Susie Huggins, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Manar Yamany, West Virginia University; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Akua B. Oppong-Anane, West Virginia University; Atheer Almasri, West Virginia University; Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University; Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University and an ASEE Fellow Member. As a mathematician and computer systems analyst, she collaborated in engineering teams to support energy research before entering higher education where she taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering courses, secured over $5.5M to support STEM education research, led program development efforts, and served in several administrative roles. She has been recognized for her teaching, advising, service, and research and as an Exemplary Faculty Member for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.Manar Yamany, West Virginia University Manar

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Potpourri

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gregory Lyman, Central Washington University; Rowdy A. Sanford, University of Idaho; Jeff R. Wilcox, Central Washington University; Timothy L. Sorey, Central Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and Automation As program faculty began researching existing robotics platforms and software toimplement in these courses, it became immediately apparent that a wide gap exists between whatwe define as “robotics toys” and “industrial robotics.” The realization of this educational chasmsparked an entire new set of pedagogical challenges and research. This paper chronicles ourjourney from concept to initial implementation.Pedagogical ApproachCurriculum development for the RAM course sequence began with an overall plan of increasingpedagogical complexity throughout the course sequence. The idea started with a progressionfrom simple robotics fundamentals in the introduction course (ETSC 277), to more complextopics in the advanced course

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Cynthia Mann

to its fullest extent. Students turn away from engineering because theyfeel it is too abstract and not practical. They feel as though it requires a lot of hard work for littlebenefit. Students do not think engineering will be fun. The truth is that engineering draws on allof one’s abilities and experiences. Engineering requires more than the math and logical thinkingskills that we spend our class time learning. Good engineering requires creativity.One might say that even though creativity is important, it is not a skill that can be ‘taught’ andtherefore requires no further concern. We disagree. Whether or not we can ‘teach’ engineeringstudents to be creative, we can provide an environment that supports creative thinking. We canallow students

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Charles James Larkin, Trinity College Dublin; Shaen Corbet, Dublin City University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

quickly success in a new job. Similarly industry wants a personto learn different high order skills because of new technologies impacting on the business.Given that knowledge delivery by lectures has a rapidly shifting cost:benefit ratio universitiesare faced with not only having to evaluate their curriculum but their purpose. Also, given theneeds which will face graduates in the near and distant future, it is clear that universitiesshould be preparing students to learn to be able to easily step into new roles, and if necessarydesign their roles to create value for themselves and their employers. Devising such modelsof education will likely require significant structural changes. Since the key issue faced bystudents once they leave college is

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jorge R. Lara, Texas A&M University; Mark Weichold, Texas A&M University; Patrick Linke, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

carry on a new perspective of engineering practice with afully integrated sustainable development thinking in his/her college training?-Is the First Year Engineering Program faculty trained to teach the complex holistic approach ofsustainable development fundamentals?-Is a course in fundamentals of sustainable development with simple language enough to train firstyear engineering students the principles required to engage students into a more comprehensivestudy related to sustainable development?For future assessments, sustainability assessment and sustainability indicators can be powerfuldecision-supporting tools that foster sustainable development knowledge in first year engineeringprograms by addressing three sustainability decision-making

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Liesl Klein, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

that professors can use to gain moreconfidence, learn enhanced teaching practices and improve their mentoring skills. The resourcesoffered by these centers are not mandatory, so faculty who may benefit the most from theseteaching and learning centers may not use them. If programs were tied into the value structuresfor tenure and promotion, specifically through the scholarship of teaching and learning, theteaching and learning centers would not only be more utilized but would also support improvingacademic mentorship at the university. This could then help advisors not only gain moreclassroom confidence but could also help them teach graduate students’ new techniques in theirresearch. Secondly, establishing more structured mentoring programs