Conference Session

Flipped Electrical and Computer Engineering Classrooms 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

strategies that educators use to promote and improve academic engagement.These strategies include problem-based learning, active learning, exploration and research,instructional methods, multimedia technology, and assessment [1] [3] [4]. Page 26.1534.2The flipped classroom combines many of these strategies and has gained a great deal of interestin the last few years [5] [6] [7] [8]. The experiences cited in the references range from considerablestudent enthusiasm to a concern that the process of flipping has its own issues to be addressed.The process of flipping or inverting course content delivery has rapidly evolved with now readilyavailable key

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonardo Rivera

the course time becomes more and more a concern and sacrifices have to be made in order to cover the whole syllabus.• Need to redesign: As a consequence of the previous point, it has become a necessity to redesign this course, either to select certain portions in which active learning will be applied more thoroughly, or to spread the contents (adding some more subjects) in two semesters to be able to apply this active learning principles completely. This discussion is being given at the departmental and faculty levels right now.6. Conclusions and Closing RemarksIt is important to emphasize that the introduction of strategies like Active Learning (especiallywhen it is an explicit institution-wide commitment) forces us to think

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Arun K. Datta; Jacqueline Caesar; Daphne Rainey; Stephen Cammer; Julie Schuman; Oswald Crasta

thenew workforce are needed: educators with an understanding of the demands of CI and materialsfor training the students. In answer to some of these needs, OCI has now established a rich sourceof educational and research materials through TeraGrid to meet the 21st Century's demand forscientific talent (Materials are freely available through CI/TeraGrid – www.teragrid.org).Additionally, OCI put forth the CI-TEAM (Cyberinfrastructure, Training, Education,Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce) program to aid educationinitiatives directed toward this new workforce. Training of a 21st Century workforce demandsstudents have a firm grounding in interdisciplinarity, especially in the sciences. Today’s young generation born in

Conference Session

Pre-college: Blending Computers, Computational Thinking, and Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

- stration school in Florida.Dr. Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming Dr. Mike Borowczak is the Director of the Cybersecurity Education and Research center (CEDAR) and a faculty member of the Computer Science department at the University of Wyoming. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (2013) as well as his BS in Computer Engineering (2007) from the University of Cincinnati. His research focused on detection and prevention of information leakage from hardware side channels. Mike’s current research interests include developing homomorphic encryption, compression and parallelized algorithms for streaming and pseudo-streaming data sources while develop- ing authentic cyber learning experiences for K-20

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education Research

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Sullivan; Harpreet Singh; Kimberly Sward; Janis Terpenny

partners,faculty aid in the selection of appropriate projects and edit problem statements with studentcapabilities in mind. Once launched, industry partners are the main contacts for queries fromstudents regarding the assumptions and general details of projects. Faculty are responsible forproviding milestones to students, meeting with student teams to aid progress, responding toteaming issues, suggesting strategies for data collection and assumption making, generalencouragement, and for grading interim and final reports. Instructors and industry partners maysuggest tools and methods from course topics that could be used to approach problems when notapparent from the problem statement and description. Student teams consisted of 3-4 memberswith one

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, as Marley said, “Itchanged my view as I said earlier even about like the moral aspect and the ethical aspect becauseI didn’t really think it [engineering] was just about designing and building stuff, but that waswhat I kind of anticipated as like the main part.” Design and construction, for Marley, were notthe main part of engineering; rather, the moral and ethical considerations that accompany designand construction were a primary concern of engineering. Additionally, Reness saw that CitizenEngineering “exceeded my expectations on just learning about kind of, like, world issues.” The role of non-engineers in engineering projects was prominent in student responses.Milburn acknowledged their contribution to engineering literacy: “The

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Astrid K Northrup P.E., Northwest College, Powell WY; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

better crops  Make water cleaner  Update the infrastructure  Invent new things  Make life better for everyone Are females choosing other science, technology, and mathematics fields overengineering, or are they rejecting engineering as a college major? In either case, if ability andachievement are not the primary issues, then what are? Clearly, something aside frommathematical ability influences females’ college major choices, and not enough females chooseengineering. Literature Review A review of the literature reveals that social, cultural, interpersonal and personal factorsall influence females’ college major choices and career

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams; John Uhran; Catherine Pieronek

Page 9.33.1 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionThe College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame has devoted significant resources todeveloping and implementing a two-semester, six-credit-hour course sequence for first-yearstudents who intend to major in engineering as sophomores (engineering intents). Brockman etal.1 present the details of the motivation and development of this course. In addition, the courseweb site explains the basic structure and content of the course (www.nd.edu/~engintro). As partof the development of this course, the College has engaged in a thorough effort to evaluate theeffectiveness of the new courses, identified in Notre Dame’s system as EG 111/112

Conference Session

Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

. But there werecomplaints from faculties that new QE procedures were becoming over burdensome Page 14.317.10and pushing out other important activity because of a lack of time and resources. Forthis reason faculty staff argued against devolving of responsibility and argued that QAmust remain centrally controlled and hence bureaucratic. This is an example of thekind of tension that arises with change and highlights the need for allocating resourcesappropriately.Nearly all interviewees were opposed to business like or corporate models to run theuniversity. Concerns were raised about the effects such a model might have forstudents, society, academic staff

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Methods

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; James L. Huff, Harding University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Di- vision Apprentice Faculty Grant. She has also been recognized for the synergy of research and teaching as an invited participant of the 2016 National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Ed- ucation Symposium and 2016 New Faculty Fellow for the Frontiers in Engineering Education Annual Conference. She also was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow for her work on female empowerment in engineering which won the National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2015 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award.Dr. Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University Cheryl Cass is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Materials

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

-year engineering courses at the University and actively worked with high school students and teachers to increase and enhance engineering content in K-12 education. This includes consulting on K-12 engineering curriculum development for the State of Michigan. In 2004 Mr. Oppliger was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award for Service honoring this outreach work. He has presented papers at several national conferences on engineering education. Before coming to Michigan Tech, Mr. Oppliger taught math and science at the secondary level for 11 years. Before that, he worked for 5 years as a project engineer in the marine construction industry.Prof. Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological UniversityJean Kampe, Michigan

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - Ethics education methodologies and interventions

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel R. TerMaat, Doane University; Christopher D. Wentworth, Doane University; Kristopher Williams, Doane University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

favorof there being multiple cognitive schemas available to a person depending on the specificsituation they are considering, although there can be a preferred schema. Despite the shift intheoretical frameworks, the DIT remained a primary assessment tool for studying moralreasoning, although the interpretation of results changed.The original DIT required test takers to read six stories concerning moral dilemmas and then rateand rank items related to the stories. In the 1990’s, the DIT was revised, producing the DIT-2,with new stories that reflected the changing social context [2].The original DIT used a numerical index, the P-score, that measured the percentage of post-conventional responses to a moral dilemma. The DIT-2 also uses the P-score

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren A. Rockenbaugh, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T. Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, Boulder DEREK REAMON is Co-Director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, and a Senior In- structor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received his PhD in Educational Interface Design from Stanford University and has won numerous outstanding teaching awards. Dr. Reamon’s research interests encompass the foundations of educational theory, the practical issues involved in curricular improvement, and the assessment techniques required to measure the effectiveness of new methods. Page 22.1192.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 7: Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Li, University of Calgary; Yves Pauchard, University of Calgary; Ahmad Ghasemloonia, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

assessment. Thefinal grade was composed of traditional quizzes (40%, best 4 out of 5) and assignments (60%),with assignments being conducted using critique-driven assessment. There were 8 possibleassignments on 5 coding topics, with increasing difficulty levels within the assignments.Although no deadlines were enforced, students received a suggested timeline outlining weeklysubmissions of either new material or addressing feedback. After the term break, studentsreceived a feedback summary similar to the final feedback summary (see below). Code wasdistributed using GitHub Classroom, and GitHub issues were used to track feedback for studentsto work on. To assess code functionality, the assignment repository contained unit tests thatstudents could run

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Maria Tahamont, Rowan University

industry. The U.S.Department of Labor (DOL) cites increasing public concern for well-being, as well as the agingpopulation in the US, as factors that intensify the focus on health issues, which then drives thedemand for better medical devices, equipment and processes designed primarily by biomedicalengineers2. As of October 2006, the Bureau of Labor Statistics within DOL estimates that the jobmarket for biomedical engineers will increase about 30.7%, much faster than the average of alloccupations, through 2014. This is more than double the overall job growth rate of 13.0%, andthe overall engineering growth rate of 13.4% 2,3. According to 2002 figures, there were about7,600 biomedical engineering jobs in the United States, and was expected to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Erin Jobidon, University of Waterloo; Andrea Prier, University of Waterloo; Taghi Khaniyev, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Jason Andrew Grove, The University of Waterloo; Samar Mohamed, University of Waterloo; Stephanie Joan Johnson M.Ed, University of Waterloo; Sanjeev Bedi P.Eng., University of Waterloo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

limited level of teamwork instruction is achieved passively inthe form of team peer evaluations, usually in capstone design courses and more rarely in othercourses. Given the currently limited and fragmented opportunities to learn about why and how towork in teams, engineering students may not know: (1) why teams exist and why good teamworkis important, (2) how individuals can be effective team members, and, (3) how to structure workwithin the team, track progress, and deal with issues along the way.In response to this identified weakness, a committee of representatives from various departmentsin the Faculty of Engineering and other teaching and support units are developing a series of sixworkshops that will be delivered to engineering students

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Krause

measurement error.Rather than ranking or selection based on test scores, assessment now emphasizes understandingthinking, as well as the nature, consistency, and quality of performance in a variety of contexts.The move toward new ways of assessing (e.g. performance, authentic, portfolio) necessitate newways of judging performance that rely more on qualitative than quantitative techniques1, 2.The National Research Council, operating agency of both the National Academy of Science andthe National Academy of Engineering, supports new approaches to assessment and greater use ofqualitative data. In Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards, theCouncil recommends less emphasis on “Assessing what is easily measured, Assessing

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Beth Richards; Karen Walsh

sections of the paired classes; sections arecapped at 20 students each. Students are placed in a paired FIG section when they register for fallclasses. The assignment is random, based on section availability and students’ other courses to bescheduled.In one section of the course, which we’ll call Track 1, the additional texts explored gender-related issues especially those concerning math/science vs. the humanities. In the other twosections, which we’ll call Track 2, the additional texts explored some of the great “nerds” in thehistory of science and technology, including Galileo, Charles Darwin, Ray Kurzweil, andcontemporary science writers, as well current practices in technical writing. The two differentapproaches evolved out of each

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Beth Richards; Karen Walsh

sections of the paired classes; sections arecapped at 20 students each. Students are placed in a paired FIG section when they register for fallclasses. The assignment is random, based on section availability and students’ other courses to bescheduled.In one section of the course, which we’ll call Track 1, the additional texts explored gender-related issues especially those concerning math/science vs. the humanities. In the other twosections, which we’ll call Track 2, the additional texts explored some of the great “nerds” in thehistory of science and technology, including Galileo, Charles Darwin, Ray Kurzweil, andcontemporary science writers, as well current practices in technical writing. The two differentapproaches evolved out of each

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petr Johanes, Stanford University; Larry Lagerstrom, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

initial courses was budgeted in therange of $35,000 to $50,000 for development of online materials as well as the actualdelivery of the course. These amounts included teaching fellow salaries and benefits(advanced graduate students who would assist in teaching the new version of the course) and200 hours of videographer and editor time at $90 per hour, as well as funds for a teachingassistant who would focus on assessment issues across all the courses. Each course also hadits regular assignment of one or more teaching assistants, which were not part of this budget.The faculty involved did not receive extra compensation or release time, even though eachspent 200-300 hours or more on course development. (This lack of an incentive may changein the

Conference Session

Alternative Teaching Methods

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emel Cevik, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Jennifer G. Whitfield, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #21535Assessing the Effects of Authentic Experiential Learning Activities on TeacherConfidence with Engineering ConceptsEmel Cevik, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mindy Breen, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

established by this national accreditation board. Ultimately, as the studentsput to use what they have learned throughout their college experience, the results are evaluatedby the entire faculty of the department. The student groups present their final product to the Page 11.1114.8faculty in a formal presentation. The quality of the product and the presentation are evaluatedalongside the effectiveness of the student teams to work and collaborate together.The Engineering & Design department’s recent move to a new, state-of-the-art building hashelped align structures and resources to serve student learning. Larger student work areas andproject area

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education in the Formal Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meera N.K. Singh, University of Calgary; Qiao Sun, University of Calgary

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #26535Evaluating the use of a Personalized Learning Management System to In-crease Student Enrollment in High School Physics (Evaluation, Diversity)Dr. Meera N.K. Singh, University of Calgary Meera Singh obtained her PhD. from the University of Waterloo, Canada, specializing in fatigue life prediction methods. Following her PhD studies, she joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Canada, where she was a faculty member for 12 years. During that time, she conducted research primarily in the area of the fatigue behaviour of composite materials, regularly taught courses in applied

Conference Session

Diversity Research - Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Jacklin Stonewall, Iowa State University; Michael Dorneich, Iowa State University; Cassandra Dorius; Jane Rongerude PhD, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Diversity Research

promising strategies for engaging underrepresented students. For many instructors, especially those using TBL, peer assessments are integral to the classroom environment as tools for both monitoring team performance and ensuring accountability. However, concerns have developed regarding the fairness of peer assessments due to student biases. Research on TBL classrooms finds that women and students of color do not have the same experiences as their white male counterparts. Additionally, bias has been observed in peer assessment scores with respect to race, gender, and socioeconomic status. As more instructors recognize the benefits of teams and integrate them into their

Conference Session

Assessing Learning Outcomes for Flipped Classrooms, Recruitment and Research Internships, and Alternate Assessments for Online Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Zalewski, University of Dayton; Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Paper ID #16392Assessing Learning Outcomes and Evaluating Graduate Student Perceptionsof a Flipped ClassroomDr. Dan Zalewski, University of Dayton Dan Zalewski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Management & Systems at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining the faculty at UD, he was a Senior Military Professor and Assistant professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in operations research from the Air Force Institute of Technology and his M.S. from George Mason University. He is a member of ASEE and IIE.Dr. Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton Kellie

Conference Session

FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hyunyi Jung, Purdue University; Alena Moon, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

) “If I have any difficulty with students, I always feel that professors are Faculty support answering any questions and concerns that I have” (positive perception) “I was able to create a community of graduate TAs and those are good Hierarchy Support GTAs friendships in a work place” (factors that help) “So that was one of my least favorite ones because you put this into position Manage UTAs while you are expected to manage a lot” (negative perception) Training Attend & participate “The in person training was also helpful

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Shari E. Miller, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Michael Alvin Brewer jr., University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

conceptualizesempathy as a teachable and learnable skill, a critically reflected-upon practice orientation, and aprofessional way of being, as the basis for developing the modules. Drawing on detailedobservation notes and critical reflections, we provide an account of how the modules werereceived by the students and the lessons we learned with the view to further refining the modulesfor future iterations. In parallel, we discuss early insights concerning the potential impact ofintegrating explicit instruction in empathy into undergraduate education on the professionalformation of engineers.IntroductionIn 2012, the University of Georgia established a new College of Engineering. This new entitywas motivated by the desire to educate a different type of

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David MacNair, Georgia Institute of Technology; David Edward Torello, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Interactive Internal Combustion Engine Lab ProjectIntroductionLaboratory courses are an important part of undergraduate engineering programs. They arespecified in ABET’s list of student outcomes, they provide concrete experiences to reinforcelessons taught in lecture classes, and they give students some of the relatively few hands-onexperiences available in traditional engineering programs. However, while specific problemshave been difficult to identify, laboratory courses have for many years been a source ofdiscomfort and concern among engineering faculty. In 1983, Ernst outlined problems of focusand staffing that we still confront today [1]; Edward’s survey makes it clear that these concernshad not gone away by 2002 [2], as

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Ville Mikael Taajamaa, University of Turku; Christopher Andrew Parlier, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, University of California, Riverside

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

itself. Moreover, forfaculty and engineering educators, these emotional components pose a challenge with regardsto expectations students have for learning in engineering classroom environments, and forprofessional and personal well-being. Surfacing what motivates students to select and studyengineering and natural sciences has always been one of the fundamental concerns in STEM.The authors believe that understanding how college students characterize a new graduate’sentrepreneurial action [34] adds to the discourse of engineering education and is crucial forexpanding a path to innovation. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the role of emotions and motivation inthe storyline expectations to a prompt of the engineer/founder

Conference Session

Formation and Development of Engineers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Carlos Luis Perez, Arizona State University; Sharona Krinsky, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

buildingsustainable student success programs in the College, investment in increased course sections bythe University, and an overall emphasis on student success has resulted in improvements to thefour-year and six-year graduation rates. However, there remains concerns about low course passrates in engineering courses, particularly in the sophomore-level gateway courses, and anecdotalconcerns about the lack of student preparation for follow-up courses. In an effort to support ourstudents, several engineering instructors adopted a new pedagogical approach, i.e., Mastery-BasedGrading, which stems from mastery learning [31]–[34] and is aimed at allowing students morecontrol over their course experience. With some early success and improvement in pass rates