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New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 4 - Undergraduate Student Learning

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric J Steward, University of South Alabama; Sean Walker, University of South Alabama; Rachel Chai, University of South Alabama; Zachary Miller, University of South Alabama; Bryant Baldwin, University of South Alabama

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

Engineering at the University of South Alabama in 2020 and 2022. She is currently pursuing a PhD student at the University of South Alabama under the Systems Engineering program focusing on lifecycle assessment for decentralized wastewater treatment systems. Drawing on her experience, her research applies systems thinking and civil engineering design toward finding innovative solutions in the Alabama Black Belt region under the guidance of Drs. Kevin White, Sean Walker, and Kaushik Venkiteshwaran.Mr. Zachary Miller, University of South Alabama Zachary Miller is a graduate student with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Alabama (USA). He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and how to handle conflicts.Due to advances in microprocessors and portable data acquisition devices, widespread studentuse of laptop computers, growing availability of affordable sensors, and the emergence ofversatile 3D printers and benchtop CNC machining, there is an unprecedented opportunity tobring hands-on experiments out of the centralized labs, and into lecture classrooms, and evenstudent dorm rooms. Portability of the platforms can obviate the need for dedicated lab spaceand equipment. Furthermore, small, portable hands-on platforms can be designed to target one ortwo specific learning objectives. This ensures that the concepts involved in the hands-onexercises are tightly coupled to the theory delivered in lectures and assessed in

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Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fred Rascoe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lisha Li, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

simulation running on over 1000processors in a computer cluster. “[W]e run on parallel computers. So each job might run for 1,000 processors, or 2,000 processors. And each snapshot of the data, like some of the posters you can see. Either all the codes can generate – will be like 50 gigabytes, one snapshot.[…] So a thousand of them will be 50 terabytes.[…] We process the data as the simulation is going on, and write out only what we want. So a slice, a 3D snapshot, a small piece. Like a little window of the thing.”Other faculty members that have similarly large data sets keep them on resources maintainedoutside of Georgia Tech, typically a government server, usually owned by NASA or theDepartment of Defense. But

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Amelito Enriquez; Kate Disney; Erik Dunmire

, used in the hypotheticalscenario above, is in fact better than average for California Community Colleges. Of the 101colleges with engineering transfers to UC and CSU in 2008, the average number of transfersfrom a college was 21.3 students (median of 17.0 students). In fact, 78 of the 101 collegestransferred less than 30 students. Based upon the course enrollment analysis above, and givencurrent trends in transfer requirements, it is conceivable that many of these small to medium-sized engineering programs (which accounted for exactly 50% of the total 2,148 transfers) willcease to exist in the foreseeable future. Most sobering is that 44 colleges had fewer than 15transfers each. In light of the current budget crisis in California, it seems

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GSD 2: Identity and Motivation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Ifeoma Mary Nwanua, University of Florida; Jasmine E. McNealy, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

to tackle complex engineering education problems across the learner life span. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Development of a Diagnostic Tool to Identify Graduate Students' Self- Determined CommunicationAbstractEffective communication is essential for the professional development and preparation ofgraduate engineering students, yet existing instruments do not adequately define and assess howstudents develop autonomy, competence, and relatedness in academic discourse. Grounded inSelf-Determination Theory (SDT), this study presents the Communication & Facilitation ofLearning in Oral & Written Scholarship (COMM-FLOWS) diagnostic tool, a novel

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabrina Jedlicka, Lehigh University; Gregory Mark Skutches, Lehigh University; Siddha Pimputkar, Lehigh University

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Materials

Paper ID #26714Integration of Peer Communication Fellows into Introductory Materials Sci-ence Courses: Wiki Article DevelopmentDr. Sabrina Jedlicka, Lehigh UniversityDr. Gregory Mark Skutches, Lehigh University Greg Skutches earned both his Master’s (1997) and Ph.D. (2001) in English with a specialization in Composition and Rhetoric at Lehigh University. He joined the English Department at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania in 1999 and returned to Lehigh in 2006 to establish and direct the Writing Across the Curriculum Program and teach courses in literature and first-year writing. In the fall of 2008, he

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mechanical Engineering

the outcomenumber as listed in section 4.1d. Seven of the fourteen course outcomes show a mean rating of3.0 and above, indicating moderate to high improvement in student proficiency. The ratingscorrelate well with the amount of class time spent on these topics, and identify potential areas forcourse improvement. Page 22.469.18 Table 7. Results of Student Self-Assessment of Improvement in Course Outcomes   Number of students     Course Outcome  no  slight  moderate  large  mean  stdev    (1

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Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Esther W. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University; Manish Kumar

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #21613Lessons Learned from a Chemical Engineering REU: The Importance ofTraining Graduate Students Who are Supervising REU StudentsJoseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University Joseph Tise is a doctoral candidate in the Educational Psychology program at Penn State University. His research interests include self-regulated learning, measurement, and connecting educational research to practice.Ms. Kirsten Susan Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University Kirsten Hochstedt is a graduate assistant at Penn State Student Affairs Research and Assessment. She received her M.S. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard West; Paul J. Laumakis

inother disciplines. As such, it is important to expose our students, who are interested in pursuing engineeringdegrees, to the fundamentals of reliability analysis.In this paper, we will solve for the reliability of a large-scale system. We will develop the necessarybackground required for such an analysis, including a review of some fundamental probability concepts. Allintroduction to basic component reliability will be followed by a discussion of series, parallel, active redundantand standby redundant subsystems. The usefulness of the HP 48 calculator in solving for large-scale systemreliabilities will be demonstrated.System ReliabilityWhen assessing the reliability of a system, it is often advantageous to identify and examine the

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

, problem-based learning, and constructive controversy. He has co-written eight books including How to Model It: Problem Solving for the Computer Age, Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom, 3rd Ed., Cooperative learning: Increasing college faculty instructional productivity; Strategies for energizing large classes: From small groups to learning communities; and Teamwork and project management, 3rd Ed.Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University Tameka Clarke Douglas is a doctoral candidate in Purdue's School of Engineering Education. Her research interests include communities of practice and conceptual understanding in statics

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Schuhmann, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; Kim Barron, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

students.However, overall the trends and the signs are good, as “the proportion of the work force inengineering has trended upward, from 0.9% of the work force in 1950 to 1.8% in 2003.13 Someargue that the weakening inflow of foreign students into U.S. universities may actually benefitU.S. graduates and firms as foreign educated engineers “remain overseas working with older orless productive technology”.14 We are less sure of that dynamic given the diffusion rates of newtechnology, and it is difficult to measure. Regardless, U.S. engineering graduates still most oftenfind work in the U.S. in small and large companies alike and in the public sector from civilinfrastructure to mission agencies like Defense and NASA.We also have a glimpse of the global

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi L. Patton; Daniel W. Crunkleton; John M. Henshaw; Douglas Jussaume; Robert L. Strattan

proposal.Challenge X rules require that students receive course credit for the project. TheMechanical Engineering department has an existing senior-level automotive designcourse as an elective. Although students from other majors are invited to take thiscourse, there was nothing in place for underclassmen or that addressed all disciplines inthe team. With such a small engineering program, it was important that students at alllevels participate. Therefore the project faculty worked with administration to create aninterdisciplinary elective course for team members of any major or level to electivelyenroll in. Enrollment in this course provides documentation for the students of theirinvolvement on the team and provides a greater accountability than an all

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy L Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Pradip K Bandyopadhyay, Penn State University (Berks Campus); Mark Johnson, Pennsylvania State University ; Mikhail Kagan, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Campus; Ann Marie Schmiedekamp; Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus; Catherine Cohan, The Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

evaluation methods as applied to process control (NDE) and pedagogical methodology. Dr. Shull’s peda- gogical efforts include meta-cognitive strategy learning to improve student academic success, an interest in women’s issues within the engineering environment, integrated, experiential techniques to improve engineering students’ social emotional development as applied to teamwork and communication, and program assessment methods that minimize stakeholders’ efforts while maximizing the effectiveness of the measurement tool.Dr. Catherine Cohan, The Pennsylvania State University Catherine Cohan holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and has been a research psychologist for over 20 years. Her areas of expertise include

Conference Session

Track 3: Technical Session 3: Envisioning Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education: Creating a Coalition including University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Bowie State University, and University of Maryland College Park to Make It Happen

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Rosemary Parker, University of Maryland, College Park; JACQUELINE SMITH, Bowie State University; Isabel K Lloyd, Materials Science and Engineering Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Jennifer Johnson, Temple University ; Yuanwei Jin, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

) Interest in participation by the Research 1 Institution graduate programs as expressed in discussions with CEPath leaders. 3) Ph.D. graduates who teach at HBCU’s in the state.A program that increases the number of HBCU students who successfully complete a M.S.or Ph.D. STEM degree must match the interests and background of the HBCU studentswith STEM graduate programs. Thus, the first step was identifying graduate programswhere STEM. undergraduate coursework and student interest at the two HBCUs that wouldbe compatible. The figure below shows the potential matches that were identified.Both HBCUs have relatively large programs in biology and chemistry so it was importantto have good pathways for them. While it is a small field compared to

Conference Session

ENT-3: Transforming Engineering Curriculum through Entrepreneurial Approaches

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Katherine Saul, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Nathalie Lavoine, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

encourage faculty tofeel like they were part of a team. Our second Incubator included several faculty who lead theEngineering First Year program for incoming freshman students, which reaches almost everystudent in the College of Engineering (>700 first-year engineering students).The incubator welcomes participants with diverse teaching experience levels and course demands,including participants with less than 5 years to over 20 years of teaching experience and participantslecturing to class size from 15 to up to 300 students. The majority of the surveyed participants offercourses at the undergraduate level often to large classrooms of students.Continuous Engagement: Lunches and Book ClubsOverview: After the first Incubator, faculty reported

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Mechanical Engineering

outcome assessment process.Results of instructor course evaluations (conducted by students) are reviewed by the DepartmentChair and the Dean and shared with the faculty.Each faculty member also conducts an evaluation of performance of students in his/her coursesas part of the Program objectives and outcome assessment process. A summary report on theperformance of students (to meet the Program objectives) and compliance with the Programoutcomes is prepared and submitted to the Department Chair for the assessment purposes.Future plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the capstone in term of learning outcomes: Actionsthat will be implemented to improve the effectiveness of the curriculum in term of learningoutcomes:  We expanded on the

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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College Industry Partnerships

and the Undergraduate Program Coor- dinator of the Department of Construction & Operations Management, in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University. His research interests are in the areas of student learning, assessment of student learning and dissemination of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Page 24.253.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Capstone Project Challenges: How Industry Sponsored Projects Offer New Learning ExperiencesIntroductionThere has been an ongoing debate on the value of

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Potpourri - A Mix of All Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sean Michael Quallen, University of Idaho; John Crepeau P.E., University of Idaho; Barry Willis, University of Idaho; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho; JJ Petersen, University of Idaho

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

StylesAbstractRecent pedagogical studies indicate that short, focused content presentations followed byinteraction and assessment are more effective in teaching GenZ (ages 17-22) students. Byredesigning two high enrollment lower division courses at the University of Idaho, Introductionto Computer Science and Engineering Statics, and targeting GenZ learning styles, we hoped toimprove both our retake and retention rates.Since GenZ students are familiar with video technology as part their education, we hadinstructors record short video segments which corresponded to in-class lectures. In conjunctionwith the Engineering Outreach program, an office was repurposed into a small faculty recordingstudio where the videos could be recorded at times which could easily

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 11

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise M. Driscoll, Purdue University ; Kristin M. Everett, Everett Evaluation; Alycia J. Sterenberg Mahon, Everett Evaluation

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Evaluation, LLC. Dr. Everett provides STEM program evaluation services for universities and other nonprofit organizations.Dr. Alycia J. Sterenberg Mahon, Everett Evaluation Alycia Sterenberg Mahon, Ph.D., has a background in evaluation, measurement, and research with expertise Exploratory Factor Analyses, Confirmatory Factor Analyses, and sensitivity and specificity analyses. Alycia’s measurement work has consisted of developing and refining measurement tools including a culture of inclusion survey, a parallel assessment that can be used by either parent or teacher informants to measure a child’s pragmatic language and social communication ability, and a STEM teacher belief survey. ©American

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff

offeredfall semester taught by twelve instructors. Getting the entire faculty to “buy into” such a changerequired a successful pilot program. The creation of these activities had been proposed andinvestigated by professors Goff and Connor. We proposed that a pilot of our eight sections ofEF1015 would be involved in active learning opportunities and assessed compared to a similarnumber of sections taught in the conventional manner. The proposal for the introduction of earlydesign activities was selected for funding under the National Science Foundation’s SUCCEED(Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education) program. TheStudent Engineers’ Council at Virginia Tech (SEC) provided the funding for the Early DesignKits. The SEC is

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Lane Davis; Kenneth Martin Ragsdell; John Petrikovitsch; Edward J. Feltrop

an integral part of the undergraduate engineering statics class (BasicEngineering 50) at UMR. This program provides a number of mini lectures, with audio and graph-ics, some self-assessment tests, example problems, and a number of on-line homework problemsthat are generated individually for each student and graded by the computer. Students are given twoattempts at each homework problem without a penalty. They may earn one-half credit for correctanswers submitted up to five days after the deadline. The students’ grades for these homework Page 5.204.2problems are returned to the student and posted in the instructor’s grade book. The

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Darrell Nickolson

certificate program that expands upon the growing world of zero energy. Ourmulti-facetted department includes, interior design, architectural technology, facilitiesmanagement, construction management, and electrical engineering technology, and all theseprograms will play a role in the creation of a certificate leading to a multidisciplinary capstonestudio course. The goal is to have student led multi-disciplinary design teams work together on avertical structure to achieve a Zero Energy building design. Combining the efforts of fivedifferent degree programs coursework, we are looking to give students a real-world experience ofgive and take amongst peers, project management, and design development. Incorporating thebuilding information modeling (BIM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeffrey C. LaCombe, University of Nevada, Reno; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering identity and identity construct development with an emphasis on recognition.Dr. Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno Ann-Marie Vollstedt is a teaching assistant professor for the College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Vollstedt completed her dissertation at the University of Nevada, Reno, which focused on exploring the use of statistical process control methods to assess course changes in order to increase student learning in engineering. Dr. Vollstedt teaches courses in engineering design as well as statics and runs the Engineering Freshmen Intensive Training Program. She is the recipient of the F. Donald Tibbitt’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the Paul and Judy Bible

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

currently implemented, require the studentsto assess the engineering components of community needs, to design solutions to those needs,and, eventually, to produce a deliverable5-8. The learning mechanisms of the S-L experience areleft to the discretion of the instructor. The faculty are encouraged to “start small rather than not atall”, minimizing the energy barrier to integrating S-L into a core course. Community of Practicemeetings have been regularly held to provide a possibility for faculty to share their expertise.Additionally, workshops have been organized and tailored to specific needs (introduction to S-L,S-L and civic engagement, etc…).Several research hypotheses motivated the initial development of SLICE. In particular, it wasposited that

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ME Division 5: Advancing Robotic and Mechanisms Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver; Xinghui Zhao, Washington State University; Kristin Lesseig, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

track. The curriculumcontains 10 weeks of instructional material organized into five modules. The last 5 weeksconstitute the class project phase where student teams develop smart products they propose.Course learning outcomes listed below are closely tied to the assessment process used by thedepartment for ABET accreditation. In each course, the learning outcomes are scored on a scaleof 1-5 (highest) for each student at the end of the semester. Data collected from each course of theprogram are then submitted to the department to compile indicators for the attainment of theMechanical Engineering program level student outcomes. 1. Develop software to meet design requirements 2. Write project reports following format requirements 3

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Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, University of Central Florida; Andrea Carneal-Burrows Borowczak, University of Central Florida

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

student.This explicitly provides the chance for non-major students, which historically drop CS1 coursesat greater rates than CS majors [7], to develop a mental model for computational thinking withouthaving a punishment to their grade applied before they’re able to reach the level of understandingnecessary for success in the course. Quests are divided into two segments, a knowledge evaluationwhich makes use of multiple-choice questions, Parson’s puzzles [21], and short-answer questionsto assess students conceptualization of course content and a programming assignment which asksstudents to complete a partially finished program which is provided to them. Either segment maybe re-attempted independently in subsequent weeks by students, and only their best

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn Hanna Laffey, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Kimberly A Cook-Chennault, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

on roof.full spectrum retrofitting of existing average sizecommercial and multi-family residential buildings.Anaerobic Digestion of Equine Waste: Teacher Fellows Students will analyze the recycling process atlearned about the study of methane production potential Thorne Middle School. Math students will analyzeof equine stall waste during anaerobic digestion will be the present recycling process. By use of theconducted at large (150 L) and small (100 mL) scale. Engineering Cycle in conjunction with theData collected will be used to estimate potential for curriculum, students will make decisions aboutenergy production on horse farms. how to improve the recycling program, present

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyedehsareh Hashemikamangar, The University of Memphis; Stephanie S Ivey, The University of Memphis; Craig O. Stewart, The University of Memphis; Aaron Robinson, The University of Memphis

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

and sense of belonging tofacilitate academic success. In this project, the UofM has supported more than 50 engineeringstudents since the academic year 2019-2020. Several components have been developed andimplemented to provide students with academic and community support. This paper presentsparticipation data, outcomes, and impacts of this five-year experience for UofM scholars.2. Overview of the ProgramThe overall theme of the program is to support scholars to develop a STEM identity and sense ofbelonging so that they are retained and graduate from their engineering major. A main goal of theproject is to apply, research, assess, refine, and improve a sustainable and flexible model to recruitand retain academically talented STEM students with

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

theclassroom. Despite familiarity with the literature, ambiguity and confusion may result, at times,from reading the literature; particularly when the effectiveness of any instructional method isexamined and/or compared with another method. Assessing “what works” requires looking at abroad range of learning outcomes, interpreting results carefully, and quantifying the magnitudeof any reported improvement. To assess critically “what works” for a given set of conditions, thereader has to attain sufficient knowledge and familiarity with the subject matter 2, 3.Reported studies, by and large, tell us about success stories and seldom reveal what has notworked. Irrespective of how data, results, and interpretations are presented in the literature,faculty

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NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bebis; Dwight Egbert; Dave Williams

our own corecourses even though we will continue to make improvements. An integral part of this program isthe assessment of results. One of several instruments we use is a survey of students in eachcourse after the computer vision modules have been completed. The survey results for two Page 8.315.13semesters in our own CS1 course are discussed in a previous paper [10]. The survey results show“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”that most students thought the computer vision module