Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn T. Wrate P.E., Northern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

, due to COVID-19 concerns, it was unclear whether in-person laboratories weregoing to be allowed. As the semester drew closer, it was determined that we could have in-person labs, but we could only have one person per lab bench. Due to high voltages and rotatingmachinery on the benches, this would be a safety hazard. A compromise was reached and wewere allowed to have two students per bench, but the students were required to wear face shieldsin addition to the required face mask and gloves. When running the lab in the past, all lab data,calculations, and discussions about the lab assignment were written on engineering data sheets(similar to industry). With the possibility of touch transmission of COVID-19, we switched toelectronic forms. To do

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Emily Alexandra German, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Niki Taylor Taheri, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

SchoolIntroductionIn the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects nearly three million new jobs in STEMby 20201, which requires capable individuals with educational backgrounds in STEM to fill thepositions. However, in 2009, the U.S. Department of Education stated that only 16% of USstudents obtained a STEM-related degree out of 1.6 million bachelor’s degrees2. The lack ofcreativity and perspectives in STEM from the limited labor pool becomes a serious concern forthe society. The reason for students to be less willing to pursue a STEM degree in college can bevarious, for example, lack of quality preparation in mathematics and science or lack of financialsupport. Among the factors, an important reason is the lack of general knowledge

Conference Session

Successful Professional Development Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rogelio Rodriguez, UC Irvine

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

lifecycle:research; product development; pre-clinical-testing; clinical trials; manufacturing; andmarketing. It is now common to have product development involve many distributed companies,including clinical research organizations (CROs), clinical research managers (CRMs),manufacturing, and testing services. With many more distributed companies coming into theproduct development lifecycle, a variety of concerns arise – FDA regulatory practices andcompliance, issues related to intellectual property protection, customer demand for cost-savingor cost-effective technology, and Medicare coverage and reimbursement requirements.4 Increased organizational complexity for companies can have implications on managingthe product development lifecycle. To remain

Conference Session

Motivation, Identity, and Belongingness

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lee Perkins, North Carolina State University; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Marissa A. Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

research that indicates five-item scales induce less misresponse in reverseditems, an issue of particular concern for our survey given the high number of internationalstudents in engineering doctoral programs [16].Identity-Based Motivation Items. Items for the identity-based motivation (IBM) survey weredeveloped based on Oyserman’s theory of Identity-Based Motivation (IBM) and the results fromthe authors’ previous qualitative study [13]. Based upon Oyserman’s theory, three central tenantsof IBM were identified for inclusion in the survey: dynamic construction, action-readiness, andinterpretation of difficulty. Dynamic construction describes the ways that identities areconstructed within context, e.g., priming students to view their gender as more

Conference Session

Graduate Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, Reduced Salary, Less Financial Security,Loan Debt, Difficulty Securing Funding; Items loading on Academic Cost include: Need to Re-learn Material, Difficulty FindingStudy Groups, Feeling Not as Smart as Peers, Feeling at Different Place Academically, Spend Time on Topics Already Knew ,Others had Learned Information Previously, Feeling Unable to Excel on Coursework, Need to Learn New Software Programs,Can't Do Best Academically Due to Time, New Environment/Culture, Open-endedness of Assignments, Less-Structured Chain ofCommand, Difficulty Forming Rels. with Peers, Difficulty Forming Rels. with Faculty; Items loading highly on Balance factorinclude: Lifestyle Sacrifices, Less Time for Community Involvement, Less Time for Family, Less Time for

Conference Session

1st and 2nd Year Instruction in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #15049”Duct Tape is Magic and Should be Worshipped” - Fiction in a First-YearDesign and Communication ClassProf. Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Marjan Eggermont is the current Associate Dean (Student Affairs) and a Senior Instructor and faculty member at the University of Calgary in the Mechanical and Manufacturing department of the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. She teaches graphical, written and oral communication in their first Engineering Design and Communication course taught to all incoming engineering students. She co-founded and designs ZQ, an online journal to provide a

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

microprocessor was achieved. The programallowed the fan to run at various speeds depending on the 5 conditions mentioned earlier.Since most recent fireplaces are made for fans, there should be no concern about carbonmonoxide issues with this smart fan design. The air blows behind the fire box and neveris combined with the burning chamber. The target cost for this project was $20.00 withthe market value of $50.00. Future improvements to this project would be to: • Design a PCB to secure components and fan on one carrier. • Optimize Fan/Blower component for cost and performance. • Design on board power supply at +/- 15 volts. • Investigate operator interface option and various set points.This project provided much experience in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chernik; Josh Lambden; Brent Young; Bill Svrcek

10% and communicationtools approximately 5%. This low usage is a common problem with new web courses and isknown as the “field of dreams” mentality7, i.e. “if we build it, they will come”. “We”, being theinstructors and “they”, the students.Positive comments from the student feedback were as follows: • Good layout, easy to find information • Nice to see questions from past exams • Can start work before the first lectureNegative comments were as follows: • Did not know about the web-course! • Not enough reason to visit frequently • No visuals given in the self-quizzes • No marks returned on the web siteIn an attempt to address these concerns, the following steps were implemented in 2002: • A hand out was given on the web

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

Session 1526 Realistic Reaction Engineering Experiments for the Undergraduate Curriculum Kevin D. Dahm, Stephanie Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh and Mariano J. Savelski Department of Chemical Engineering, Rowan UniversityIntroductionThe pedagogy of teaching chemical reaction engineering is continually advancing through theuse of new computational tools such as POLYMATH and MATLAB; interactive computerapplications; and a new emphasis in textbooks on relating theory to industrially relevantchemical reactions. What is currently lacking in this area are chemical reaction engineeringexperiments that employ

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson

moneywas available for faculty interested in expanding the format of the class to include a web-basedforum. It was intended that the results of this effort be applied to other appropriate courses inthe future.A four credit elective course was chosen (MET483 Ceramics and Composites) forimplementation. The class was comprised of mechanical engineering technology, electronicengineering technology, and industrial technology students. One quarter of the class meetingswas committed to computer-based education. A virtual environment was created to support theobjectives of the course. One area allowed threaded discussions to occur. The discussions weregenerated via questions and case studies. The scenarios included material data collection,material

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald A. Cox; Richard Grieve; Jeffrey Mohr

as a liaison to ISU faculty and laboratories, by offering training workshops at regionalcommunity colleges, or by referring clients to outside resources, including federal labs,consultants, etc. Approximately 400 projects with manufacturers are completed each year. Adistribution of projects by category is displayed below. Page 5.255.1 Project Distribution Quality Systems Product Development Business Systems Category Process Improvement Marketing

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy III

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian Scott Rice, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #28572How Extra Credit Quizzes and Test Corrections Improve Student LearningWhile Reducing StressDr. Brian Scott Rice, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Brian S. Rice is an assistant professor in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2016. He joined the RIT faculty after spending over 25 years in applied research while working at University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Ener- getics, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Eastman Kodak Company. Areas of applied research include system dynamics and controls, solid mechanics, heat transfer, and

Conference Session

Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Duane Reedy, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

opportunities. Participants expressedconcerns about uneven distribution of learningopportunities, access to faculty, and overall support systems that these are barriers to deeperunderstanding crucial for mastering complex engineering concepts. The sense of alienation andisolation experienced by some students in the lecture halls is a significant concern. As onestudent expressed, "“I feel that when it comes to lecture halls, where there are 300 students, I feelmore like a number, a statistic. In a lecture hall, we are a bunch of nameless faces.”This quotation reflects the broader trend of the neoliberalization of higher education [31], [35],where lecture halls are communicating to students a ‘banking model’ mentality [36], [37], [38]towards teaching and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay; Semih Yilmaz, California State University, East Bay; Akarsh Rao, Immersive and Interactive Research Group; Walter Condori Jr., California State University, East Bay; Karan Monga, STEM Educational Gaming Research Group; Hadiseh Gooranorimi, California State University, East Bay

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

understanding and leveraging the internal mechanisms thatfacilitate or inhibit the translation of attitudes into conation is crucial for any educationalintervention aimed at significant behavioral change. There are multiple approaches students cantake on campus to tackle the growing issues of food waste. Recently, the University of NorthernBritish Columbia implemented a sustainable campus campaign where students mapped out allthe designated waste disposal containers around the campus grounds [28]. This method allowedfor the tracking of how waste is distributed around the university and observed students’behavior patterns when disposing of their waste. Another successful waste reduction andmanagement campaign was launched by students and faculty in New

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Shari Kimmel; Fadi Deek; Howard Kimmel

Session 2793 Applying Problem-Solving Heuristics to a Freshman Engineering Course Shari J. Kimmel1, Fadi P. Deek2, Howard S. Kimmel2 1 Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College and Lehigh University 2 New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractMany students enter undergraduate engineering programs lacking basic problem solving skills.We have adapted the problem solving heuristics originally used in a computer scienceenvironment to an introductory engineering class to help freshman engineering students

Conference Session

DB & Information Integration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ed Crowley, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

illustrateimportant conceptual issues. Table 1-2 provides a brief description of some of the Open Sourcetools that we have employed.Tool Brief DescriptionNessus Nessus automates the discovery of known, local and remote, security vulnerabilities. It identifies vulnerabilities by the CVE standard number. Nessus utilizes a client/server architecture with a Linux/Unix compatible server module. Both Windows and Unix clients are available. Nessus versions, prior to V3, are available for distribution under the GPL.4Ethereal Ethereal a GUI based network protocol analyzer enables you capture and interactively browse packet data from a live network. It also enables

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 9

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catalina Cortazar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Gabriel Astudillo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #43126Encouraging Teamwork after the PandemicProf. Catalina Cortazar, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Catalina Cort´azar is a Faculty member in the engineering design area DILAB at the School of Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (PUC). Catalina holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Science with a focus on Engineering Education from PUC, an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons The New School for Design, an MA in Media Studies from The New School, and a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, with a concentration in Structural Design.Gabriel Astudillo, Pontificia Universidad Cat

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Song Xing, California State University, Los Angeles; Wang Wei, Southeast University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

method of study and data collection. The coursetitles and objectives, major topics, textbooks and projects are discussed in Section 4, 5, 6, and 7,respectively, followed by some concluding remarks in Section 8.2. A Brief Review of the LiteratureWe review in this section the literature concerning the teaching and learning of informationretrieval. With increased interest in and importance of information retrieval and web search,more and more research projects have been on the subject of teaching and learning ofinformation retrieval. Fenandez-Luna et al.12 presented a comprehensive review of the state ofteaching and learning of information retrieval. In their paper, the authors presented taxonomy,educational goals, teaching and learning methods

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

McKenzie Landrum, University of Florida; Austin Hayes, University of Florida; Josefina Giamichelle; Sima Sabahi, University of Florida; Sanaz Motamedi, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

would otherwise be time prohibitive.However, there is a concerning trend of students depending too heavily on this technology.Technology provides an avenue through which students can feign comprehension and continueadvancing in the curriculum. The purpose of this study is to look at different pedagogicalapproaches and their effects on student’s self-efficacy and topic comprehension. To address this,we worked with a required course (ESI4221C: Industrial Quality Control) in the Industrial andSystems Engineering (ISE) curriculum at the University of Florida (UF). This course focuses onquality control and builds on statistical fundamentals while also introducing new theoreticalconcepts such as tests statistics, confidence intervals, p values, and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

models.Thus, the whole REU Site provided an insight to the participants on the issues and concerns withdesign, manufacture, testing and data synthesis of a wide range of different scale models used inseismic research. The work accomplished by the participants in each of these projects is describednext in this paper.II. Description of the Research Projects Executed in the REU SiteIn Project No. 1 the students studied the designing, mixing and testing of various highperformance microconcrete mixes with compressive strengths ranging from 4 to 8 ksi and withtensile strength limited to 6% to 10% of compressive strength. Using the strength related testresults, they defined relationships between mix proportions and strength, and used these to suggesta

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5: COVID-19 Pandemic Lessons and Best Practices

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arianna Cooper, Florida International University; Trina Fletcher, Florida International University

decline in emotional engagement, declines in attitudes towards science,specifically, and the overall negative impact that the pandemic had on students' ability to engagewithin these courses.What can the United States do to support international students?Research shows that international students declare several challenges that they encounter in theUnited States, such as (1) lack of diversity in coursework and research interest; (2) the quality ofcourses; (3) faculty turnover rate; (4) lack of funding and economics; (5) exams; (6) new cultureadjustments; (7) new educational system; (8) separation from family, friends, and country; and(9) English proficiency requirements [16]. Programs for International Students shouldcompensate for international

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University; Daqing Hou, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Monica Small, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

thesesystems with further classroom testing in the Fall 2014 semester.The expected outcomes from this project include:1. The development and successful piloting of CLICS, which enables easy integration of data from a variety of campus sites and access to the data by faculty and students.2. Preliminary evidence that the approach engages students and helps them excel in the skills required as a successful STEM professional. Use of the cyber-learning interface in classroom demonstrates benefits related to: • Students’ improved 21st century skills • Increased awareness of contemporary issues provided by the experiential learning site Page

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David K. Ware; David J. Ahlgren, Trinity College; Harvey F. Silverman, Brown University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

. http://www.bryant.edu/academics/undergraduate/first-year-experience.htm. Last visited December 20, 2012.8. Bentley University Center for Business Ethics. http://cbe.bentley.edu/. Last visited December 20, 2012.9. Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) Standards and Criteria for DemonstratingExcellence in Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Schools and Programs, Criteria 1.2 and 6.1.3.g)http://www.acbsp.org/p/cm/ld/fid=81. Last visited December 20, 2012.10. I. M. Verner and D. J. Ahlgren, “Robot Contest as a Laboratory for Experiential Engineering Education.” J.Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC) special issue on robotics in undergraduate education, ACM Press,New York, 4, 2, July, 2005.11. D. J. Ahlgren. “Mentoring In

Conference Session

Empowering Pre-College Students through AI and Computer Science: Standards, Self-Efficacy, and Social Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shana Lee McAlexander, Duke University; George Delagrammatikas, Duke University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

engineers do. Related out-of-school-time experience thatinformed the creation of our program have elements of physical prototyping, but no HCDapproach explicitly stated, include programs at New York University [11], North Carolina StateUniversity [10], and Columbia University [12]. Numerous sources that have also shown thepositive effects on self-efficacy, career awareness, and STEM-identity [13] illustrate theimportance of such programs to a generation of students for which STEM careers are on the rise.Following, in this paper, we will share our program curriculum with a step-by-step guide forstudent-led project ideation and team selection to develop “Tech for Good” along withevaluation findings.3. Curriculum and Student activitiesStudents were

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heimdahl Peter; Brenda Puck; Danny Bee

the science, math and technology confidence the“STEPS for Girls” campers gain during their summer week long camp. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition ©2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe paper will conclude with a summary of UW-Stout’s plans for a new tenth grade “STEPS forGirls” program, and will provide information regarding how other campuses may develop a“STEPS for Girls” camp. Beginning in 2004, an Advanced “STEPS for Girls” camp will beconducted at UW-Stout. Campers will manufacture radio-controlled model cars, from designingthe body on the computer, to machining a body form on a computer controlled mill, to

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Campbell; Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gustavo Roig; Gordon Hopkins

ofmentors who shared their on-the-job experiences with the mentees, as well as with a number oflower division undergraduate engineering students and university faculty. The forum was plannedso that each mentor was given five minutes to speak on a variety of topics. These topics includedsuch issues as: (a) engineering diversification in the face of companies "re-engineering" anddownsizing; (b) management of technology and its key areas: knowledge of subject matter,disciplined approach to process, leadership, and team work; (c) the future for engineers intelecommunications: deregulation, technology development, and globalization; (d) engineers ascomputer scientists; (e) environmental engineering in Florida; (f) engineers as entrepreneurs andsmall

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Gordon Romney; Pradip Dey; Mohammad Amin; Bhaskar Sinha

asin the instance of Scubamob by using Google Maps and GPS technology to identify a divelocation is absolute fun. When learning is fun knowledge retention only increases.Recommendations for Future ResearchEach new class of DAT 605 WCC offers new opportunities as the options are truly limitless.Project 5 suggests learning to remotely control a VM from a smartphone. Controlling a devicesuch as a Raspberry Pi processor running Kali Linux with its penetration testing tools from asmartphone through the cloud is a challenging, yet doable prospect.AcknowledgmentsThe authors are grateful to the National University administration, staff and faculty for providingsupport for the VEL virtual laboratory. As a group of SOEC faculty, the authors experience

Conference Session

Virtual Instruction of Chemical Engineering Courses

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Maxson, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

semesters.The Unit Operations course at Ohio State is one of the largest in the country, with an averageenrollment of 190 students every semester, making the logistics associated with lab density andphysical distancing especially challenging. Several new strategies were implemented to makein-person lab possible, such as reducing lab density, scheduling lab experiments based on theirphysical proximity, strictly enforcing 6-foot distancing, working around student and TA absencesdue to illness or quarantine, and developing best practices related to requirements for personalprotective equipment.Overall, in-person Unit Operations lab at Ohio State was successful, with students conducting atotal of 1,820 person-hours of experiments in the lab under COVID-19

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Livingston; James Squire

the electrical engineering concepts. Unfortunately, the electrical hardwareproblems have also been pre-solved, which makes it more difficult to integrate design experiencesand by extension does not foster intimacy with debugging instruments. Several universities usethe Graymark Model 603A Programmable Robot which is relatively inexpensive ($50 each, andusually built by teams of 2-3 students) and can be used with an excellent text 6 developed byCarnegie Mellon or with an online course developed by the City University of New York 7.Unfortunately, long-term availability of kits are not guaranteed.A fundamentally different “roll-your-own” approach is used by the remaining third of universities,and requires students to design every component of

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry L. Ballinger; Craig W. Somerton

engineers in practice were discussed.Hands-on Project: To further enhance the students’ knowledge concerning engineering, articlesfrom American Heritage of Invention and Technology were distributed for the students toread. After reviewing several back issues of this magazine the instructors chose the followingarticles on the basis on their interest and readability:“Inside the Panama Canal” (Fall 1996)“Thomas Edison, Failure” (Winter 1991)“Amazing Light” (Spring 1992)“Kettering” (Fall 1996)“The History of the Zipper?” (Summer 1994)Students were given about an hour to read an article and complete a worksheet that asked thestudent to provide some basic information about the article and the engineering involved in thearticle.Homework Assignment: The