Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

-onexperience with small aircraft and the associated subsystems. Faculty members spent asignificant amount of time researching learning methods and discussing potential modificationsto the project structure that would result in a rapid acquisition of foundational knowledge by thestudents.In particular, the third year of the program was modified to incorporate an inductive learningexperience as part of the project. Students began by building and testing an off-the-shelf,Remotely-Controlled (RC) airplane; modifying it to operate with an off-the-shelf autopilot; andconducting bench and flight testing of the aircraft and its components. The intent of this rapid,three week experience was to develop a cognitive schema that the students could draw upon asthey

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 1 - Capstone & Case Study

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William P. Manion, University of Maine; Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine

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Construction Engineering

Paper ID #27074Let’s Build Something – a Service Learning Approach to Construction Cap-stoneMr. William P. Manion, University of Maine Mr. Manion is an Associate Professor in the Construction Engineering Technology Program. His in- terests include industry collaboration, service learning, construction operations, alternative pathways to engineering degrees and sustainable methods in building construction.Mr. Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine Philip Dunn is a Professor in the Construction Engineering Technology Program at the University of Maine. He has been with the University for 16 years after having worked 20

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen G. Achenbach, National Center for Women & IT; Leslie G. Cintron PhD, University of Virginia; J McGrath Cohoon, University of Virginia; Philip Michael Sadler, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

computing that are most likely to deter women fromconsidering a computing career.MethodsWe compared male and female college students’ career priorities with characteristics ofcomputing occupations described by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Career PrioritiesTo assess students’ career priorities, we analyzed data from the Persistence Research in Scienceand Engineering (PRiSE) project, which surveyed 7,505 undergraduate students from 40 collegesand universities across the United States in the fall of 2007. Colleges and universities wereselected using a random sample stratified by institution type (2 year and 4 year) and size (small,medium, and large) to ensure that a diversity of institutions and students were represented.Students were enrolled

Conference Session

Learning Environments for Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Brian Dittenber, LeTourneau University; Allyson Jo Barlow, Oregon State University

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Mechanics

covered in engineering courses and the methods traditionallyused to educate engineers to an online delivery.This study examines some of these issues preventing more widespread online engineeringeducation and presents the development and offering of an online mechanics of materials courseas a case study. This course introduced several reasonably simple innovations to overcome someof the commonly feared shortcomings of offering engineering courses online, with the efficacyof these course components assessed through a student survey.Maintaining QualityEngineering already has a reputation of being one of the more difficult subjects students canselect to study [4]. As compared to other programs, the conversion of engineering education tothe online

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Rabb; Ronald Welch

challenged during their oral presentations.Every instructor and a number of guests use the oral assessment forms provided in each briefingroom. Coordinating faculty teaching schedules, faculty priority lists of presentations to attend,and project sponsor visits are factors in scheduling this faculty coverage. The oral assessmentforms are collected and used to help evaluate the program outcome on communication (3g) 3.Once the Projects Day date is established and the schedule of presentations is complete, thedepartment must invite guests and project sponsors. The department chair invites most of theclients and sponsors. However, the Dean and School President will personally invite significantsponsors and heads of large organizations. Determining the

Conference Session

Technical Session M5B

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Roger J Marino P.E., Drexel University; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Johanna P Casale, Drexel University

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Full Papers

the sectionheading, as appropriate.Project ApproachA summary of participating institutional metrics can be found in [6]. Briefly, the schools rangefrom small, private military institutes (1700 students on campus) to large private universities(15,000 students on campus).1. Content Delivery (Accessibility, Communication, Equivalency, Course Simplification)Intro to Engineering courses are continually evolving. Prior to the pandemic, the FYE team atDrexel University (DU, a large private university with 500 FYE students) was completelyredesigning their Intro to Engineering course in preparation for the Fall 2020 semester. The teamdeveloped an initial curriculum that was designed for virtual instruction, with up to 95% ofassignments converted to a

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University; James Huff, Harding University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

ofinstructional cases and assessment scenarios that merge technical and sociocultural factors can bean effective strategy to engender cultural awareness in a large number of engineering students.However, this method needs to be further refined and improved, including to better establish itseffectiveness and validity, and to allow better scalability to reach a larger number of students.AknowedgmentsWe would like to thank the EPICS program at Purdue University for letting us perform this study,and especially Drs. Zoltowski, Abraham, and Oakes who supervised and taught the graduatecourse from which this study originated; Dr. Streveler, who listened to and brainstormed withthe first author in the early phases of this study; the students, without whom we

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Hofle; Ken Bosworth

Math, Engineering, and Science: Applications for Grades 4-8 Mary M. Hofle, Ken W. Bosworth College of Engineering, Idaho State UniversityAbstract:We present what we believe is a novel outreach program providing grade 4-8 math teachers a“grade-appropriate” exposure to real-world engineering and science situations, and how themathematics they teach has real, interesting, and fun applications. The project originated in thespring of 2004, and culminated in a week-long mid-summer workshop attended by some 25grade 4-8 math teachers from several local SE Idaho school districts. We present our motivationfor developing this program, an overview of the structure of the workshop and

Conference Session

Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Materials

rapidly than the core. The surface will then have atendency to pull away from the center thus inducing internal stress. In soft steels, this conditionis not too important as the steel is sufficiently ductile to accommodate itself to this expansion;however, the harder steels are much more susceptible to injury due to rapid heating, and,therefore, should be pre-heated before being placed in a hot furnace. Pre-heating is not actuallynecessary for small sections if the quenching temperature is below 1600 degrees F., however, if amaterial has large or heavy and light sections which are adjacent, it should be preheated to avoidexcessive temperature gradients that could cause warping or cracking during heating. Theaverage steel can be heated at the rate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Smith, CSEdResearch.org; Monica McGill, Institute for Advanced Engineering; Jacob Koressel; Bryan Twarek

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

skills in text-based and non-text-based programming contexts (e.g., block-based, kiosk, prompt engineering) Modify a program (e.g., to add functionality or improve usability or accessibility) Use programming assistive technologies (e.g., Copilot) to plan, write, test, and debug code Analyze Articulate whether a program solves a given problem Evaluate Systematically test and debug a program, including the use of skills such as code tracing Evaluate whether and how computation can or cannot help to solve a problem Assess societal impacts of programming and related ethical issues (e.g., how might modifications to a program impact various groups of users?) Create Develop

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2 - Community Engagement without Frontiers

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Sofia Schlezak, Colorado School of Mines; Emma Chapman, Colorado School of Mines; Mateo Rojas; Jaime Elizabeth Styer, Colorado School of Mines

research translation specific to thecommunity contexts in which they are working: recyclers of electronic and construction waste,artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities, and houseless communities in needof clean water. For the process of extension, we will review the literature on graduate-undergraduate mentoring related to engineering design projects and propose curricularopportunities for involving other engineering students in community development generatedfrom the graduate student research and translation activities.With an increasing number of ECD-related graduate programs appearing in the horizon, therewill be an increasing need for effective models for formation, research translation, and extensionlike those proposed in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trina C. Kershaw, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Hong Liu, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

workshop to help studentsconnect personal values to their project topics [23]. A workshop near the end of the semesterintroduced key concepts for beginning to plan the educational module, one of the publicproducts, including writing learning outcomes, deciding on content to be included, andgenerating methods for assessing learning.6.0 Assessment of workshopsDuring Fall 2022, eleven students participated in the IGE program and workshops: three fromUMassD, two from UDC, and six from UML. Seven of these students are women, including twowho identify as Middle Eastern (both Iranian), one as South Asian (Indian), one as Black(African), two as White (European and North American ancestry), and one as East Asian(Japanese/Filipino). Three students are White

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, University of West Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the lead robotics instructor for the Center for K-12 STEM education, and leaded the implementation of a large NSF-funded project entitled “DR K-12: Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers”. During that time, Dr. Rahman received license from the New York City Department of Education to conduct robot-based K- 12 STEM education research in different public schools across New York City, trained about 100 public school math and science teachers for robot-based K-12 STEM education, and reached more than 1000 K-12 students across New York City. He then worked as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Tuskegee University

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Centers, The MITRE Corporation; Michael A Balazs; Titilayo Ogunyale

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

equally require the general population to become better educatedin STEM topics such that they can appropriately interact with and hold accountable those verysame autonomous vehicles. In other words, effective STEM education must include creating aSTEM literate society. Understanding how equipped an adult population is to participate in aneconomically prosperous society is exactly what the Program for the International Assessment ofAdult Competencies (PIAAC) was developed to investigate in 2011. Naturally, one measure of thekey cognitive and workplace skills that the PIAAC evaluates is therefore the ability to “problemsolve in a technology rich environment.” 6 Many, including the U.S. Department of Education(ED) refer to this as digital literacy

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Marius D Ellingsen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; John Ziadat, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where her research interests include novel manufacturing and characterization techniques of polymer and com- posite structures and the incorporation of multifunctionality by inducing desired responses to mechanical loading.Dr. Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Shaobo Huang is an Assistant Professor and the Stensaas Endowed STEM Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Her research interests in- clude student retention and academic performance in engineering, student achievement evaluation and assessment, and K-12 STEM curriculum design.Dr. Marius D Ellingsen, South Dakota School of Mines

Conference Session

Design Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ava R. Wolf, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nattasit Dancholvichit, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Mechanical Engineering

their peers to improve their“thinking” and “feeling” competencies. For ease of workflow, peer grading is performed on theGoogle Forms platform.Overview of ePortfoliosStudents report their mini-project work (analysis, design, and reflections) in comprehensiveteaching-learning-assessment (TLA) ePortfolios. The ePortfolio format allows all students topresent their findings in an efficient and accessible manner. ePortfolios also help to link a rangeof individualized learning experiences with diverse learning perspectives that help them buildupon competencies that will be relevant to both their current studies and their future professionalcareers, including applying for a job by citing a link in a program or course ePortfolio [19], [20].While

Conference Session

Tech Tools and Tips

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gustavo O. Maldonado, Georgia Southern University; Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University; Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

capstone courses(Senior Project courses in the CE, ConE and CM programs). In this assessment, again a 1-5 LikertScale was selected, and yielded a score of 4 (Exceeds Criteria), for both SLOs, 3 and 4. A scoreof 4 (rather than 5) was attained because of the overall error in the resulting model. Note that aftergeoreferencing the final model into the corresponding State Plane Coordinate System, the softwareindicated an overall mean absolute error (in all employed fixed ground points) of ~4 inches. TheWest section of the model experienced that error magnitude. The central section presented slightlysmaller errors, ranging from ~3 to 4 inches. Similarly, the East section showed errors of about 3.6inches. These are relatively large errors compared with

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3: Flipped Classroom

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Patrick Bass, The Citadel; Emily Kate Bierman, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

challenges introduced in the HyFlexmodel, but has also provided improvements upon the standard flipped class. The present paperwill discuss the classroom technology and methods used to supplement traditional in-classassistance to provide one-on-one interaction to students both in the classroom and thoseattending synchronously online, with a discussion of lessons learned and best practices. Directand indirect course assessment and student perceptions of learning will be compared between thetraditional flipped classroom and a flipped class using the HyFlex model.Introduction A flipped or inverted class is a method by which lecture content and hands-on activitiesare flipped from their traditional roles in a lecture-based class. This is

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

John Edward Miller, Baylor University; Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University

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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

established theafter their freshman year. In this paper, the authors Illinois Foundry for Tech Vision and Leadership (iFoundry),explain the details of the curriculum, feedback from which allowed them to form pilot programs with a metaphorstudents, some quantitative data, and lessons learned by borrowed from industry, “…build it small, work out thethe faculty. kinks, and then scale it up [3].” The authors chose to mirror this iFoundry metaphor and offered a pilot of a redesignedIndex Terms - freshman, first-year, curriculum, LabVIEW, curriculum in 2016-2017 to a single section of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Promote ChangeThe program solicitation for these grants specifically identified the need for a change process,guided and assessed by both a social scientist and engineering education researcher. Theserequirements created teams and proposals quite different than past large scale efforts (e.g. typicalcurriculum reform efforts as would be funded under previous NSF programs). These projectsintentionally set out to map theory to practice in an attempt to demonstrate how change mightoccur “on the ground.” Their experiences have varied significantly in how they implementedtheir guiding theories of change.In the beginnings of their projects, several teams observed productive tension between curricularchange and cultural change. Most faculty, especially

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lee, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

studies to validatetheir results due to the short length of their research or small classroom size. In addition, many ofthese studies do not measure student attitudes, such as self-efficacy, or the difference in timespent out of class on coursework.The objective of this research is to determine the effectiveness of the flipped classroom system incomparison to the traditional classroom system (TC) in a large mechanics of materials course.Specifically, it aims to measure student performance, student self-efficacy, student attitudes onlecture quality, motivation, attendance, hours spent out of class, practice, and support, anddifference in impact between high, middle, and low achieving students. In order to accomplishthis, three undergraduate

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, VentureWell; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Ari Turrentine, VentureWell; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

approach isout-of-sync with the organizations of today, large and small, which create value through theinnovativeness of their workers. We must move away from the “Cold War” model of innovation,in which the government invests in the work of a small number of scientists to solve narrowlydefined needs, and instead move toward a strategy that emphasizes large networks of innovators,prepared to solve the needs of many different individuals and society as a whole.3 An approachthat integrates innovation and entrepreneurship into engineering education is a practical andtimely way to align the needs of employers and institutions and boost student retention.Ohland et al. found that the integration of entrepreneurship into engineering does boost

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

methodsfor ESI learning, high satisfaction with their ability to assess ESI education, teaching a largenumber of different ESI topics, teaching ESI in a large number of different course types, orinsights from their write-in responses. The five members of the research team workedcollaboratively to select 47 individuals teaching at U.S. institutions and 5 individuals atinstitutions outside the U.S. who were invited to participate in interviews. Interview participantsfrom U.S. institutions were compensated $50. From among the 37 interviews, 35 current ethicsinstructional practices were summarized in 2-page descriptions. This included two programs, 32individual courses, and one co-curricular setting. Modalities of engineering ethics educationspanned

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University; Pavel M. Polunin, Michigan State University

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International

in studentoutcomes is the central issue in higher education institutions due to constantly increasingdemands of the job market. The success in achievement of this goal is determined by severalfactors including effective teaching, appropriate assessment strategies, and faculty expertise, toname a few. However, due to increasing number of students in a classroom, the quality of workof graduate teaching assistants becomes another important component that contributes to thestudent performance [Norris 1991]. Indeed, a large classroom makes it impossible for instructorsto carry all teaching load alone, and departments assign graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) whohelp instructors to conduct recitations and lab sessions, proctor exams, answer

Conference Session

Course Structuring for Effective Student Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Solonsky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

author in reviewing civil engineering, architectural engineering,and architecture programs. Based on the plethora of new teaching methodologies being adopted across differentcurriculums along with a vastness of technology available to deliver content, a study was done to startto investigate its appropriateness in structural engineering. The study presented here experiments withimplementing different technology techniques in a structural steel design class offered toundergraduate architectural engineering students. This course is 4th year senior-level design class thateducates students specifically about the fundamentals and practicality of designing steel structures forgravity loading according to AISC (specifically applied to buildings

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Fevre, Elizabethtown College; Tomas Estrada, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

development of health care devices1,2. In thefield of athletic training, however, there have been limited improvements3, and the opportunitiesremain vast. The purpose of this paper is two-fold: first, to present an example of mechatronicsapplied to athletic training, and, secondly, to share a unique undergraduate multidisciplinaryengineering research experience in a small liberal arts college setting.The research team was multidisciplinary in nature since it was composed of an undergraduatestudent, midway through a general engineering program with a concentration in mechanicalengineering at a small liberal arts college, and a professor in electrical engineering. The researchproject itself was multidisciplinary as well since it combined mechanical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Debra Sue Jusak, Western Washington University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

learning) demonstratesthat various forms of small-group learning are effective in promoting greater academicachievement, more favorable attitudes toward learning, and increased persistence throughSTEM courses and programs”23. We modeled our collaborative work after the work ofJohnson and Johnson18-27 (and others) to include the elements needed for cooperativeefforts to be more productive than individual efforts: “clearly perceived positiveinterdependence; considerable face-to-face interaction; clearly perceived individualaccountability and personal responsibility to achieve the groups’ goals; frequent use ofrelevant interpersonal and small-group skills; and frequent and regular group processingof current functioning to improve the groups’ future

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 10: Institutions and Structures

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Wood, University of Michigan; Berenice Alejandra Cabrera, University of Michigan; Hayley N. Nielsen, University of Michigan; Amber N Williams, University of Michigan; Lu Zhou, Tsinghua University; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Erika A Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Steve J. Skerlos, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan.Dr. Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan Grenmarie Agresar is an instructional consultant at the Center for Research on Learning in Teaching in Engineering at the University of Michigan (U-M). She earned a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and Scientific Computation, a M.S. in Bioengineering, a M.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Dr. Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan Joi Mondisa is an Associate

Collection

2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Deanna H Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Shuchen Cong, Carnegie Mellon University

Paper ID #31982An Engineering Capstone Course From Multiple PerspectivesDr. Deanna H Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Deanna H. Matthews is Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Affairs and Associate Teach- ing Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Matthews oversees the undergraduate programs in EPP, including curriculum development and under- graduate student advising, and teaches courses on introductory engineering and public policy and inter- disciplinary project-based courses. Her research has focused on environmental life cycle assessment, energy

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University; Barry Wayne Peddycord III, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

open-ended work. This includes writing exercises,13 designproblems, and program code.14 Available peer-review tools include Calibrated Peer Review, PeerScholar, Sword, and the author’s Expertiza15 system. If assignments are done in teams, one cangauge the contributions of various members by having the students assess each team member’scontribution to the project. The CATME application16 is useful for this.New pedagogiesIn the last twenty years, a variety of techniques have been developed for helping students towork in groups. Their purpose is to promote active learning, but they also serve to discourage Page 23.1151.8