Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weissbach

Session 1793 Hardware Experiments in Feedback Control Systems Using a Geared Dc Motor Robert S. Weissbach Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractOne of the difficulties in teaching control systems to engineering and technology students is torelate classroom theory and computer simulation to experimental results. Students tend to focuson analyzing feedback control systems without understanding where the transfer functions of reallife systems come from. This effect is exacerbated by textbooks in control systems, whereauthors often assume that variables

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

numbers with the wrong answer.This can include asking students with different answers to explain their logic to the class. Thefollow-up can have many possibilities, for example allowing other students to comment on theexplanations proposed by their peers, or having the instructor chime in when an important pointneeds to be made.As a final note, while we have not worked with electronic voting in our own classrooms, we cansurely see the benefits if the technology is available. Particularly if voting is assigned to names,students can feel more compelled to participate (in a large class, participation of students canvary). In addition, the instructor probably receives a more honest reflection of what studentsthink, since students don’t have the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Akbar Eslami

2004-1186 session 1793 Gel Time and Temperature for Two Thermosetting Resins Steven D. Gordin, Akbar M. Eslami, Howard L. Price Department of Technology Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City NC 27909AbstractThe results of an investigation of gel time and temperature of two thermosetting resins have beenused to design a laboratory experiment for an undergraduate materials science course. Theexperiment is part of a larger effort to establish an undergraduate program in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Thorndyke; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

1987through the present. An extensive body of research has been conducted using this database.Technological advancements have made it possible to expand the scope of the data included inthe database, and thus expand the studies that can be conducted. The partner universities haveagreed to contribute transcript information—the courses that students have taken and the gradesthey have earned in them. With these data from nine universities placed in a common format,exciting research questions can be addressed.This paper discusses the development of the original database, plans for the design of theMIDFIELD database, and expected uses of this valuable resource.The SUCCEED Longitudinal DatabaseA longitudinal database is under continuing development by the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012The Response of Higher and Technological Education to Changing Patterns of EmploymentAbstractEducational policy making is seldom discussed at meetings of engineering educators except in sofar as they relate to implementation, as for example the response to ABET 2000 or the BolognaAgreement. It is widely believed among engineering educators that there is a continuing shortageof highly qualified engineers and scientists. Public acceptance of this view ensures continuedhigh levels of funding. Coupled to this axiom is the supply side view that an insufficient numberof quality candidates are emerging from the schools as candidates for STEM courses. Such viewsare not

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mesut Muslu

. The relevantdata for the project, which was too large to produce in this paper, was forwarded to designteams in electronic form.The following information and constraints were also provided about ATC’s system: - Power base for the system is 100 MVA. - Load flow voltage limits: 0.95 pu. < | V | < 1.05 pu. - Contingency voltage limits: 0.90 pu. < | V | < 1.10 pu. - Steady sate branch limits are to be used in load flow. - Emergency limits are to be used for contingency. - Load growth is expected to be approximately 2.5 % per year in the next 10-15 years - If a team decides to put additional lines/transformers between buses, then these additional lines/transformers must have the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Kulonda; Thomas O'Neal

required in the business school curricula. Even the single combined courseoffered in some business schools seems too a large price to pay according to manyengineering faculty. Since the students usually find the accounting material uninterestingand in their view, unimportant, they tend to side with the latter faculty group creatingeven more impetus for the technology driven argument, i.e., avoid the topic altogether. Page 9.411.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright , 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

grumble about having tolearn programming, as they frequently did when Fortran was taught, introduction of the bridgedesign project has injected an element of enthusiasm and energy into the class, which arecertainly desirable outcomes for an introductory class in Civil Engineering.Introduction At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte there are three engineering departments(Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Computer) and an Engineering Technology Department. Inthe freshman year, all engineering majors take a common first semester course (ENGR 1201).This course, whose content is relatively new, serves as an introduction to the engineeringprofession and training in some of the skills needed for professional success1. The course has a

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Folz, Virginia Tech; Christine Burgoyne, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Materials

to the “GOAL” response format, generally associated with theSCALE-UP (Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment for Undergraduate Programs)program 5,6 . These designed test responses consist of four parts: X Gather information (What are you given and what are you seeking?), X Organize the information (Identify critical words, variables, etc.), X Analyze (Perform the calculations or analyses.), and X Learn from your efforts (Why was this problem assigned? What are you learning in this situation?).While this format may not be appropriate for all tests, it can provide a clear indication of thelevel of understanding by the students.ConclusionsBased on direct feedback from the 2007 and 2008 laboratory students, the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

spring semester. Students reported that the class was enjoyable andhelpful in networking, improving presentation skills, and in giving tips on being a good student.Keywords: Freshmen Retention, Underrepresented Minorities, Scholarship Program, AcademicSuccess WorkshopI. IntroductionSince 1974, NACME (the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering) has providedleadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful AfricanAmerican, American Indian, and Latino women and men in engineering and technology, math-and science-based careers. NACME believes in the concept of the “learning organization,” acommunity in which each member is encouraged and assisted to grow and develop. With thesupport of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Bradley; Walter Bradley

skills intoour freshmen engineering classes, the retention rate increased from 67% to 83% and thefreshmen GPA increased from 2.59 to 3.13. One simple approach to teaching time managementand study skills to freshmen and helping them develop new habits is to use a video seminar likeSuccess4Students with Internet follow-up.References1. UC and the SAT: Predictive Validity and Differential Impact of theSAT I and SAT II at the University of California, Oct. 2001.2. Georgia Institute of Technology, Faculty Senate Minutes, Item 5, February 2002. Page 9.723.7Biographical Information Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

technologies. This level includes allcharacteristics of Level 4. • Process change management • Defect prevention • Technology change management Page 9.1316.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationPeople Capability Maturity ModelThe CMM is designed to measure process capability rather than the capability of people in theorganization. In 1995, Curtis, Hefley and Miller proposed the people capability maturity model8to measure and improve the knowledge and skill of the workforce

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

challenges faced by the experienced, new faculty member. Lastly, we present somesuggestions for the new hire and explain the rationale for these guidelines.Industry-Academic DifferencesBefore we review the differences between the industry and academic environments, lets considerwhat the Ph.D. in industry has been doing. Many have been involved in technology or advanceddevelopment, and some with revenue product design. The first area contains a far greaterresearch component and the latter a significant application component. But the big question formost academics is: why would a successful professional want to leave industry? Generally, thesuccessful Ph.D. looks at the tradeoff between 1) salary, and 2) research flexibility and/or lessstress. Since

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Kenneth Soda

networks is based on the belief that humansmake better decisions than machines due to our abilities to process information in parallel.By treating a large amount of data while extracting and processing relevant contextualdata from diverse source simultaneously, we are believed to fuse the necessaryinformation to arrive at fairly sophisticated decisions.The idea of parallel distributed processing models received significant attention whenMinsky showed a number of applications of connected networks called perceptrons1 in Page 9.1096.11 M. Minsky and S. Papert, Perceptrons, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1969.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Bahr; M. Grant Norton

, WA. The EMSL facility has asuite of state-of-the-art characterization equipment. The students take samples from their ownresearch and get them analyzed at EMSL using techniques such as X-ray photoelectronspectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy.At the end of the summer the REU participants prepare a poster on their research. Many of thematerials faculty, graduate students and also some senior level administrators at the universityattend the poster sessions. The posters are then placed on our REU web site. 2RecruitingRecruiting high quality undergraduates into an REU program is essential for the overall successof the program. The primary sources that undergraduates use to obtain information about REUsites are: NSF web page

Conference Session

Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

of freehand drawing makeit a unique skill for designers.Background Information Freehand sketching is the language that conveys the design intent, perception andimpression of the designer. The way of how to perceive an object is very important when youdraw. An experienced designer or artist will see an object in a way that is different from theperson who has never drawn before. The right way to perceive the object is to use your right sidebrain and drop off your left side brain, which dominates your ability of numbering and analyticalskills. In this class, how to perceive or see the object will be introduced at the very beginning ofthe class. Students will learn four basic drawing skills. They are perception of edges, perceptionof

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan; Crisca Bierwert, University of Michigan; Lindsay Shuller, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Materials

illustrative quotes tofurther illuminate key numerical findings.In addition, the authors received student demographic data from the registrar’s office and studentusage from the college’s technology support department. The instructor also designed the quizand exams questions to test whether or not specific concepts were understood by the students.With all this information, we investigated the correlation between logged student use and studentperformance on assignments (final grade, exams, quizzes, homework).6. Presentation of FindingsGenerally, there were several trends related to how students used the various types of screencaststhat were created for the class (i.e. “muddiest point” and solutions to homework, quizzes, andexams). Student usage varied

Conference Session

Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

a large class room setting, although there has been someexperimentation with giving the same lecture three times to each individual classroom ofstudents. These general lectures convey technical or project information to create a commonplatform for the students to communicate with each other on critical aspects of their projects.These lectures may also focus on educating “non-major” students to specific industry tools suchas cost estimating to ARCE and ARCH students. Similarly, the general lectures may cover atopic such as permit regulations, presentation skills, or business practices that may benefit allstudents.Discipline specific lectures are given to students from a specific discipline and tend to be moredetailed and technical in nature

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl Caswell; Clifton Johnston

1793Bibliography 1. Harris, James G., “Journal of Engineering Education Round Table: Reflections on the Grinter Report”, Journal of Engineering Education, Jan. 1994, pp. 69-94 2. Rittel, H.W.J., “Impressions of Architecture 130: Notes and Observations of Prof. Horst W.J. Rittel’s Classic Design Methods Course at Berkeley as taught circa-1969- 1971” Design Methods, Theories, Research, Education and Practice, 1996 Vol 29 no. 1 to vol. 32 no. 4 3. Fauvel, R., Winkelman, P., “Organization of Technological Information for the Novice Mechanical Designer”, International Workshop on Pedagogics in Design Education, International Society for Design Science of Engineering Design, Pilzen, Czech Republic, November, 1998. 4

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

studies in Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationengineering and technology. From the authors’ efforts to provide a research experience forundergraduates and from the generosity of the Xerox Corporation arose the “Xerox FellowsProgram.” The Xerox Corporation provides a small stipend for the student and his or her facultymentor and the student experiences the challenge and excitement of the research experiencethrough the mentorship of a faculty member.This paper describes the evolution of this program and presents a few of the student researchprojects

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

recovery capability. Until 1994, WSMF buildings were thought to beProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationextremely effective in avoiding damage caused by the cyclic, dynamic loading of an earthquake.Observations following the Northridge and Kobe earthquakes, however, found a different truth.The failure of WSMF structures led the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) tosponsor a widespread initiative known as the FEMA/SAC Steel Program. The SAC JointVenture is comprised of three separate agencies: The Structural Engineers Association ofCalifornia (SEOAC), The Applied Technology Council (ATC), and

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Henry Philipp, Pittsburg State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

enrolled in the special topics course. Onestudent participated in both the 2014 and 2015 competition teams. Additionally, it should benoted that on each of the PSU School of Construction student teams, several of the students hadpreviously interned with Next Step Ministries and worked in post disaster areas such as NewJersey and Oklahoma.In 2015, a second team was sponsored by the Pittsburg State University College of Technology& School of Construction, consisting of ten students from Gyeongsang National University(GNU) in Jinju, South Korea, participating in the 2014 Korean (GNU) Innovation Engineering,Project Management & Design Program. These students consisted of juniors and seniors inmechanical engineering, information technology, and

Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

S. Norma Godavari, University of Manitoba; Anne E. Parker, University of Manitoba

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

engineeringcommunication classroom. For example, we have two student teams work together on theirprojects so they can learn more about technology, on the one hand, and writing, on the other. Inthis way, we likewise encourage these students to continue to keep learning over their 30-year-long professional career.3.0 Lifelong Learning Background The goals of the information literacy components of the communication course aresimilar to those of Feldmann and Feldmann’s [6] assignment for their class, which are thefollowing: to make students aware of the rich store of information available; to help the studentslearn the basic skills needed to locate their needed information; to encourage team-basedinteraction on their project; to understand the ethics of

Conference Session

Informal Engineering Education with Secondary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Vitaliy Popov, University of San Diego; Victoria Rodriguez; Damian Ruiz, San Diego State University; Perla Lahana Myers, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Joi A. Spencer, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

] National Academy of Engineering, Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.[7] President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, "Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics," Washington, DC2012.[8] E. National Academies of Sciences and Medicine, English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2018.[9] N. R. Council, Learning science in informal environments: People, places, and pursuits. Washington, DC: National Academies Press

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Improving Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qianjin Zhang, University of Iowa; Kari A. Kozak, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

informationliteracy instruction. Camtasia, Jing and Captivate etc. software are often used by academiclibrarians to create video tutorials as information literacy support materials. Also, text-and-imagetutorials such as handouts in PDF format are often used. The Guide-on-the-Side, developed byUniversity of Arizona Libraries, has recently emerged as a new platform of text-and-imagetutorials and has been quickly adapted by several academic libraries. The Guide on the Sidedirects students to explore a live database while providing automated feedback on their answersto quiz questions 1. The ease of creating, editing and maintaining the Guide on the Side tutorialsenables librarians to support a large number of students at the point of need 1, 2. Moreover,Becker 3

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Improving Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University; Talea Anderson, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Textbook Library, BCcampus, Open SUNY, and MERLOT have invited librarians to usetheir cataloging, organizational, and outreach skills to assist faculty members and students infinding and evaluating open educational resources. Numerous papers have emerged that call onlibrarians to support open education by developing their knowledge of open pedagogies andopen-access publishing, increasing outreach to faculty members, developing capacity for librarypublishing, and building and maintaining repositories of open content10-15. Top-down support foropen education has also built at professional library organizations. In its white paper on the“Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy,” the Association ofCollege and Research

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Bridging Engineering Education and Community Impact through Collaborative Design and Construction

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Njoki Kimani, Tumaini Innovation Center ; Mary Wambui Muigai BSc. (Information Technology) – Ongoing, Tumaini Innovation Center; Claudia Chebet Chemweno, Tumaini Innovation Center; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Ambassador for education for marginalized populations.Ms. Mary Wambui Muigai BSc. (Information Technology) – Ongoing, Tumaini Innovation Center Mary W. Muigai is a dedicated and results-oriented Information and Communication Technology (ICT) professional with a strong foundation in software development, systems administration, and project coordination. Currently serving as a Project and ICT Officer at Tumaini Innovation Center in Eldoret, Kenya, Mary plays a key role in managing IT infrastructure, providing technical support, and overseeing the implementation of ICT projects that impact local communities. With a background that spans practical training at Amtec Technologies Ltd and volunteer experience at St. Luke’s

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student-Centered Approaches in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #43862Building the Engineering Identity of the Lower-Division Engineer: A FormalModel for Informal Peer-to-Peer Mentorship and Student Leadership throughUndergraduate Student-Led Experiential LearningDr. Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz Tela Favaloro is an associate teaching professor for the Baskin School of Engineering at UCSC where she works to establish holistic interdisciplinary programming centered in experiential learning. Her Ph.D is in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in the design and fabrication of laboratory apparatus and techniques for electro-thermal characterization as well as

Conference Session

CANCELLED: Track 6: Technical Session 1: A Student-Centered, Theory-Informed, Integrated Model to Academic and Career Advising to Educate the Whole Engineer: Transforming Engineering Education and Broadening Participation in Engineering is Possible!

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University; Melissa C Kenny, Wake Forest University

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Paper ID #45254A Student-Centered, Theory-Informed, Integrated Model to Academic andCareer Advising to Educate the Whole Engineer: Transforming EngineeringEducation and Broadening Participation in Engineering is Possible!Dr. Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University Dr. Olga Pierrakos is a STEM Education Program Director at the National Science Foundation and a Professor at Wake Forest Engineering. She is the Founding Chair of Wake Forest Engineering (2017-2022) who led the program from launch to accreditation achieving unprecedented outcomes, including Wake Forest Engineering becoming the most diverse, most innovative, and highest

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cheryl Willis; Susan Miertschin

organization-wide projectsor initiatives in geographically distributed organizations; alliances or mergers with oracquisitions of other organizations even in other countries; emerging markets in differentgeographic locations; individual preference (or need) for telecommuting; and high cost ofbusiness travel.2 In addition, modern workplaces incorporate technologies that enable high speedsharing of information that drive the fast pace of today’s commerce. Proliferation of mobileinformation devices and wireless access to communication networks also contribute to theevolution of the workplace into a flexible, modular, compendium of fixed and virtualworkplaces. With virtual teams using electronic means as their primary communicationsmedium, there is great