Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Lynette Osborne, National Academy of Engineering; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

learning: Increasing college faculty instructional productivity; Strategies for energizing large classes: From small groups to learning communities; and Teamwork and project management, 3rd Ed.Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines RONALD L. MILLER is professor of chemical engineering and director of the Center for Engineering Education at the Colorado School of Mines where he has taught chemical engineering and interdisciplinary courses and conducted research in educational methods for the Page 12.1215.1 past twenty years. He has received three university-wide teaching awards and has held a Jenni

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Hrishikesh Potdar; Kurt Gramoll

effective. The questions asked and a compilation of the responses obtained from 10 students ispresented in Table 1. The ten students who were surveyed were either in their senior year orMasters program in Industrial Engineering. The sample size of students is small but this isattributed to the fact that there are only 8 students in the Industrial Engineering senior designclass. Though the responses are subjective and do not provide a truly quantitative indication theydo provide useful insight for determining the feasibility of the project. One of the questions wasto determine whether it was important to have an on-line review system. 60% of the student’sresponded stating that it was important and 40% suggested it was very important. Anotherquestion

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Wu, Iowa State University; Qingze Zou, Iowa State University; Stephanie Culter, Virginia Commonwealth University; Kam Leang, Virginia Commonwealth University; Gina Pannozzo, Virginia Commonwealth University; Santosh Devasia, University of Washington

H G(jω) y - - - - - - - - - - - - -Mechanical-to-electrical Electrical-to-mechanical (Sensing ability) (Actuating ability) (a) (b) (c)Figure 1: A two-dimensional model of a unit cell for a quartz crystal illustrating thepiezoelectric effect. The large solid circles in (a) and (b) represent positively charged ions andthe small solid circle represents their center of gravity. Likewise, large open circles representnegatively charged ions, and their center of gravity is represented by the small open circle. (a)Mechanical stress induces an electric dipole – separation

Collection

ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Ashley Lytle, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware

mechanical engineering students surveyed in thiswork (University of Delaware, a large, public university) and those surveyed by Fisher andcolleagues [16] (Stevens Institute of Technology, a small, private university) was performed.Results are shown graphically in Figure 5. There is a clear, statistically significant differencebetween the AE levels displayed by students at University of Delaware and Stevens Institute ofTechnology [16]. With first-year students at the University of Delaware reporting higher levels ofAE in all four dimensions as well as overall when compared to Stevens students ; MP t(108) =2.273, p = .025; META t(108) = 2.811, p = .006; GB t(108) = 1.986, p = .05; EPIST t(108) =3.513, p < .001; and overall AE t(108) = 3.356, p

Collection

2019 Fall Mid Atlantic States Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Penn State Harrisburg

Paper ID #28774STEM Education and Renewable Energy JobsDr. Rajarajan Subramanian, Penn State Harrisburg Rajarajan Subramanian is currently serving as Associate Chair of Civil Engineering and Construction (SDCET) programs in Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. Previously, he worked as Transporta- tion Engineer at Maryland State Highway Administration. He earned his Ph.D. and master’s degree in engineering from the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, University of Florida. He has 30 years of combined experience with government, academia, and industry. He was a Senior Lecturer at Annamalai University

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Bradford, Rice University; Margaret E. Beier; Michael Wolf, Rice University; Megan McSpedon, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

was .79.CorrelationsWe examined correlations between the four scale factors and the psychological variables ofinterest. Though the SSSQ and MSLQ are on a 7-point scale and the other measures in this studyare on a 5-point scale, correlation coefficients are independent of scale intervals, andstandardization is not necessary when conducting intraindividual correlational analyses [24].In this analysis, all correlations among the psychological variables were significant and moderateto large. The STEM Group Work Factor correlated moderately with all psychological constructs(ranging from r=.34 to r=.49), and the STEM Exam Familiarity factor had significant small tomoderate correlations with all psychological constructs (ranging from r=.24 to r =.51

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Capa Salinas, Purdue University; Morgan R Broberg, Purdue Applied Research Institute

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, students developed solutions related to life on the moon (somethingthey may not believe applies to their lifetimes). Similarly, there was an overall upward trend inthe belief that these topics were important (Question 7), but there was a small drop in 2022. Figure 3. Motivation scores from 2020 to 2023Finally, course pedagogy practices were assessed over the four years. Students consistentlyreported higher scores in 2021-2023, likely indicating that the initial growing pains of launchinga new program (and COVID-19) were addressed in the following years. Continued refinement,especially in making clear expectations, is necessary. These relatively lower scores may alsoreflect differences between university and high school

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

 between the cohorts for “Parameterization of Process” was not statistically significant, the differences between the cohorts for the other three aspects of problem solution were statistically significant to 95% confidence.       In addition, we note that the Rowan University Chemical Engineering program requires students to earn at least a C‐ in this course in order to progress to the next course.  In 2011, eight of 40 students fell short of this threshold.  In 2012, only one of 51 students earned lower than a C‐.  This student was in Section 1 and represented an outlier that had a noticeable effect on the means and standard deviations reported in Table 1, particularly on the final exam (40%).      Table 1: Rubric used to assess final exams

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Constans, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

as well. As large amount of time and effort were put into this class for me.” “Less workload than some courses, yet realistic. I was able to complete all of my work while not falling behind in other classes.”Judging by the last two comments (and many others like them), the student perception ofworkload depended heavily on which instructors they had for other courses (specifically,Advanced College Chemistry).Next, students were asked to comment on the course content and the pace of the course. By andlarge, students seemed comfortable with the pace of the course. The major complaint was theuse of MATLAB for solving nonlinear equations. “More explanations of Matlab on what the programs and commands mean, that is

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelvin T. Erickson, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

are also key content elements. The philosophy and pedagogicalfeatures of the three courses are first described, followed by the structure of the lecture and thelaboratory exercises. The paper concludes with assessment results. In the author‘s opinion, everyuniversity that teaches control system courses should have at least elective one course devoted toPLC programming, the basic one described in this paper.IntroductionAll three courses are electives in our curriculum. The first course, "Basic PLC," covers the basicsof PLC ladder logic programming and its application to manufacturing control, including PIDcontrol. The major component of the second course, "Advanced PLC," is a class-wide projectconfigured to run like a multi-team industrial

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 3 - Social & Leadership

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dong Zhao, Michigan State University; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Meltem Duva, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

nodes from different subgroups arein gray. The thickness of the links shows the strength of the ties as thicker is stronger. Figure 4 Sociogram of student communicationWe then used multivariate regression model with standard least squares to identify the relationshipbetween a student’s sense of class belonging and his social network centrality in a subgroup.Modeling results indicate a significantly negative relationship at 0.90 confidence level when asubgroup has a comparatively large number of students. For example, the subgroup 7 (in yellowcolor in Figure 4) and subgroup 12 (in dark blue in Figure 4) contain the largest number of nodes(n=11). This is because nodes’ centrality in a small network is not sufficiently

Conference Session

Applications and Computational Tools for Mechanics Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Chang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Seung Woo Ok, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Sascha Hilgenfeldt, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Matthew West is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining Illinois he was on the faculties of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at StanfoSascha Hilgenfeldt, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignProf. Mariana Silva, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Mariana Silva is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Silva is known for her teaching innovations and educational studies in large-scale assessments and collaborative learning. She has participated in two major overhauls of large

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; jana renner-martinez; Ann Darnell

,Functions and Graphs, and Tier 4 (T4). The Elementary Algebra, Intermediate Algebra and theFunctions and Graphs tests are part of the Multiple Assessment Programs and Services (MAPS) Page 8.1129.2battery developed by The College Board, the national non-profit association that developed the Proceedings of the 2003American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationSAT and Advanced Placement Exams. These tests were implemented at UTEP in 1998 forplacement into mathematics courses.The Elementary Algebra and Intermediate Algebra battery of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Thomas Emison, Taylor University; Kate Yoshino, Taylor University; Stephen Edward Straits, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 24.1067.2Abstract This paper demonstrates the educational value of satellite design in an engineeringcapstone course. Taylor University engineering capstone students participate in the Air ForceResearch Laboratory’s (AFRL) University Nanosatellite Program (UNP) competition to designand deliver a small satellite (nanosatellite), which will accomplish a mission with real-worldsignificance. Undergraduate educational merits and assessment are discussed and demonstratedthrough overwhelmingly positive feedback from alumni. The capstone course focuses ondeveloping capable engineers with ABET a-k 1 proficiency. According to the Air Force ResearchLaboratory, the objective of the UNP competition is to “train tomorrow’s space professionals

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies III

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Grace Daniels, Johns Hopkins University; Rachel E Durham

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, protective factors (i.e., positive self-schemas) leading to increased participation ofAfrican American students in STEM fields [25]. Moreover, McGee, Spencer, and colleaguesdeveloped an understanding of the risk and protective factors of Black adolescents [26] andconceptualizations of mathematical identity [27] that disrupt problematic deficit-basednarratives. These authors use PVEST to understand how environmental factors influence identitydevelopment and observed behavioral outcomes. PVEST has typically been used for in-depth, small-scale qualitative research, whereasSCCT has been utilized for large-scale, cross-sectional studies; the two theories appear to speakdifferent languages, holding incompatible axiological, epistemological, and

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles H. Dowding; Joseph J. Biernacki

small population size, however, it isexpected that only qualitative information will be derived. Statistical confidence isneither sought nor expected from the limited data set.This program seeks to challenge the REU tradition in the following ways:• Recruit an interdisciplinary student body• Integrate student activities into thematic teams• Offer students an interdisciplinary course of studyThere are five basic activities of this program:• Skills seminars: A series of seminars are held which train students in skills which are ancillary to research such as computer information technology (literature searching), computerized interaction report writing, oral presentation, and laboratory safety.• Technical seminars: An

Collection

2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Steven T Rowland; Michael William Eckels; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Receiver/Transmitter (UART), (c) integration of sensors and otherdevices into one "Base station", and (d) using the "Base station" with an ESP8266 WiFi moduleto send data to the cloud. One of the term projects required the students to use the collectiveknowledge of the laboratory experiments outlined above to create an IoT-based detectionsystem.. Despite the health pandemic, remote instruction and delivery of course materials, aswell as the evaluation and assessment of the submission of each student was successfullyaccomplished.IntroductionEmergent technologies in wireless data communication and computing are rapidly altering theengineering landscape. The engineering programs at universities across the world must adapttheir courses and curricula

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Warren Rosen, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Michael Cassidy

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

education has been for decades more and more stressed outand the reasons are obvious. Project-based teaching fosters student centered learning, allowing tocater to alternative student learning styles and to accommodate heterogeneous studentcommunities. The Drexel University's Engineering Technology program capstone experience iscompleted by each student in a series of three courses during 9 month academic year – SeniorDesign Project I, II, and III. Capstone experiences are assessed to determine their contribution tostudents’ ability to meet the ABET Program Educational Objectives and Student Outcomes(ABET-ETAC a-k). Assessment data is provided under Student Outcomes section at the end ofthe paper.In this paper, we describe development of a student

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-On Activities

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Shastri Domnique Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

biodiesel process, a consistent participant’s comment had been their lack of ability to showcasethe biodiesel produced in a transportation related activity. While attending the workshops at theUMES campus, educators had the ability to visit the farm shop to see the diesel-powered vehiclesas well as the IMTA activities in the greenhouse. At their respective school districts, student’sexposure to this final step of the life cycle would require resource intensive field trips or theacquisition of compatible infrastructure. With UMES having an Aviation Science program, whosestudents regularly attend and participate in many of these projects, the suggestion was made aboututilizing the biodiesel to power a small remote -controlled aircraft.Seven students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University; Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson, University of South Dakota; Ramesh Talreja, Texas A&M University

recitation period that was available when therewas only one recitation section. There was also an issue that UPTs would not be eligible to gradeexams, leaving the task of grading increasingly large numbers of exams to a small group ofprofessors and GTAs.A key element that did not seem quite ready was the honors project. Interestingly, while therecitation professor and Alex were not sure how to proceed, George wanted his section to doprojects related to plans for the University Olympiad. George had been working on ideas forUniversity Olympiad since the previous spring. The University Olympiad program brings highschool students to the campus to compete in exams and projects. The Olympiad is a way toacquaint good students with the university in hopes

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Edwards; Hussein Vastani; Manuel Perez-Quinones

Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges USA, 2001, pp. 218-2249. Jones, E. L., “Grading Student Programs – A Software Testing Approach.”, Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Consortium on Small Colleges Southeaster Conference, Salem, VA, The Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges USA, 2000, pp. 185-19210. Dr. Latham, J.T., “Managing Coursework: Wringing the Stone, or Cracking the Nut?”, Nikos Drakos, Computer Based Learning Unit, University of Leeds. 1995, http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~jtl/ARCADE/huddersfield98/huddersfield98.html11. Joy, M and Luck M, "The BOSS System for On-line Submission and Assessment of Computing Assignments", Computer Based Assessment (Volume 2): Case studies in Science & Computing, ed. Dan Charman

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

of the overall developmental process.ABET itself recognizes the importance of the affective domain by including criteria intheir assessment of engineering programs such as “engages in lifelong learning,”“understands the impact that engineering has on society,” and “communicateseffectively” [2]. Besterfield-Sacre et al. observed that students’ attitudes aboutengineering and their abilities change throughout their education and influencemotivation, self-confidence, perception of engineering, performance, and retention [3].The same group also found that attitudes toward engineering directly related to retentionduring the freshman year [4]. Seymour and Hewitt [5] examined students who leftengineering programs and found that according to measures

Conference Session

Teaching Emerging Energy Technologies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

) under the program called, AdvancedTechnology Education. One of the project goals is to develop curriculum in the field ofalternative energy technologies both for four-year and two-year degree seeking students whoare pursuing BS and AAS degrees respectively. The department of Electronic Systems atASU’s Polytechnic campus is in the process of launching a new degree concentrationbeginning fall 2007 within the existing TAC of ABET accredited BS degree program. Thispaper focuses on a new undergraduate course “Application of Nanotechnology forBatteries, Solar, and Fuel Cells”, one of the targeted courses that will be developed tohighlight the potential of nano-materials in the energy area. The Electronic Systems Department (ESD) recently

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Emery Mertz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

graduation rateswithin engineering. A first-year faculty teaching team, composed of both tenure track and non-tenure track faculty, was established to take the current discipline-specific introduction toengineering courses that were taught by faculty in their respective departments and make amultidisciplinary version of the course that would be taught by this newly established team.Sections of this course were intentionally kept small (~40 students per section compared to theirother required first-year courses which could be as large as 500 students) to increase the attentionthat the faculty could give to each student and give them a positive cornerstone designexperience in their first year. The development of this team and the design of this course

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

groups (2-3 students per session), (2) promote interaction with the graduate studentpopulation, and (3) enthuse the students about research and engineering. Although limited paywas available, the major plus for the instructors was the opportunity to create, lead, and modify(based on experience) a small teaching module. Students rated the lab sessions and could postcomments visible both to the instructors and other students. Students used these ratings to helpdecide which labs in which to enroll.Several aspects of this program differed from standard lab courses. Through an innovativecourse management website, instructors and students both had unprecedented schedulingflexibility both in the selection and attendance of lab sessions. There was

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 4 - Pedagogy & Accreditation I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Debs, Purdue University; Jiansong Zhang, Purdue University; Yunfeng Chen, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

the originalRFP and how to structure the small group sections to provide the guiding students needed tocomplete the project, as well as how the assessment of the activity was performed. Then, we willpresent our reflections as instructors of the activity and our impressions of the students’ work.Finally, we will present the students’ impressions of the activity and industry judges’ perceptionsof student group presentations.Activity Preparation Both course managers decided that they wanted some type of integration activity at theend of the semester. The RFQ activity was chosen as a logical mid-program preparation for theRFP activity that students are required to do during their capstone course. One of the coursemanagers reached out at

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Jackson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Thomas Schulte, Rochester Institute of Technology; Nathaniel Kane, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elaine Lewis, Rochester Institute of Technology; Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. His research experience includes materials, thin films and metrology. He directs outreach activities in the Department of Microelectronic Engineering at RIT.Thomas Schulte, Rochester Institute of Technology Tom Schulte is a science teacher at the West Irondequoit High School, Rochester, NY. He is the K-12 Outreach Coordinator for the Department of Microelectronic Engineering at Rochester Institute Technology. He brings a unique combination of engineering education, industrial experience and high school teaching.Nathaniel Kane, Rochester Institute of Technology Nate is an undergraduate student of BS program in Microelectronic Engineering. Nate has

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob White; Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt

Industrial & ManufacturingEngineering Department.In this paper we discuss our experiences following two offerings of this course to students inindustrial, chemical, construction, civil, manufacturing, and paper engineering programs. Inparticular, we focus on the laboratory and workshop activities. In developing this new coursestructure two challenging objectives were set: (i) to provide undergraduate students with apositive introduction to engineering statistics; and (ii) to give students hands-on experience withexperimental design, data collection and analysis through laboratories and workshops. Acomparison is made to our former traditional lecture course.IntroductionThere have been numerous discussions in the statistics community on how

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia N. Savoy; Mia K. Markey; H. Grady Rylander III

create an (24/91, 26.4%). About half (16/29, 55.2%) of the pre-IDP at the beginning of their program and present their survey respondents were among post-survey participants.progress at the end of the year in their qualifying exam. We received usable responses from about one-fifth of theStudents more advanced in their programs are encouraged faculty (6/34, 17.6%). Female students made up a slightlyto continue using and updating their IDPs. The TPT also lower proportion of respondents in each survey: Fall 2016suggests that students have identified some career paths (38.9%), the TPT pre-survey (46.1%), and the post-surveyaligned with those self-assessments in advance of a CFC. (48.0

Conference Session

Manufacturing Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W Simoneau, Keene State College; Megan C Piccus, Springfield Technical Community College; Gary Masciadrelli, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

New England wideHigher Education Project Assessment curriculum review andBoston, Massachusetts Dissemination disseminationOversees reciprocity program among New England colleges. Recipient of numerous ATE projectgrants in Problem Based Learning and optics. NEBHE staff also helps support regional meetings,being central to all VIP institutions as well as curriculum dissemination.Evolution of the VIPUnder the leadership of stakeholders from CMCC the potential of the VIP model was finallyrealized. The CMCC stakeholders undertook the necessary steps and financial risk to begin theVIP project. A number of planning meetings were held by the CMCC staff to identify