Conference Session

Informing the Critical Understanding of Our Users: Using Data to Develop New and Diverse Services

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo; Ariel Jocelyn Stables-Kennedy, Western University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

themes: Student information behaviormirrors that of professionals; Design thinking as a guiding force for informationbehavior; Design work requires the use of a specialized information sources;Methodological and Theoretical approaches.Results demonstrate a significant gap in knowledge around information seeking behaviorspecific to engineering students. Research into this area should be developed to be moreinclusive and diverse, which will help increase recruitment and support ofunderrepresented groups, and overall will improve student success in engineering.Additional research should be conducted to validate or confirm previous findings, buildon existing assessment protocols, develop new protocols and methodologies, and explorethe application of

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Anthony Zusack, Purdue University: Engineering and Technology; Raveena Patil, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sean Lachenman, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Chanel Antoinette Johnson, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Nathan McDaniel

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Aerospace

accompaniedby a detailed budget and launch plans to begin taking effect in 2025. Having no experienceworking with one another prior to this project, the group was required to quickly develop aproductive team ethos to address such a large challenge. The aim of this study is to assess theoutcomes and reactions during a project from a diverse group of students attempting to completean unusual capstone design. Accompanying this are pre-, intra-, and post-project surveys toassess effectiveness of the group on key project issues. The primary research questions to answerare: does the perception of the group regarding effectiveness positively correlate with thefeelings of ownership of the project and feelings that the individual students’ passions are

Conference Session

Software Engineering Course Content

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Maxim, University of Michigan - Dearborn

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

paper describes the author’s experiences with teaching an industry-based capstone designcourse. In this course, students work as members of small teams to complete softwaredevelopment projects. These projects proceed from requirements gathering, to analysis, design,implementation, and delivery of products to real-world clients. In recent years, several of theseprojects have involved the development of serious games for real-world clients. Serious gamesare games whose purpose is education in its various forms, rather than entertainment. Seriousgames and simulations can be good candidates for student projects that provide them withopportunities to manage projects with real-world development constraints and deadlines. A finalcumulative written

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman

output was cut in half. While large companies released record numbers ofemployees, small companies picked up the employment slack. Less than 1% of U.S. companiesemploy more than 500 workers, but these large corporations still account for 40% of the workersin the private sector. Typically new technologies boost productivity, lower production costs,expand markets and increase employment. The technologies of the information andcommunication revolution are changing the very nature of work. Boyett (1995) describes theimpact of changing technology on the workplace1: Perhaps more importantly, the new technology has done something that was considered impossible in the past. It set information free from time and space. Now, the same

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjay Joshi; Richard Wysk; D.J. Medeiros; Amine Lehtihet; Timothy Simpson

Page 6.548.9 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationSubsequent analysis of each of the data sets with the Bonferroni test showed that the pre-test/post-test differences for IME, Inc. approached significance but were not significant at the0.05 level. The lack of significance is very likely influenced by the very small sample size (10)and is expected to be improved by adding additional students to the pool in future studies.Follow-on studies will include testing of control groups to allow a more precise assessment ofthe impact of IME, Inc. on changes in SDLRS scores.Finally, a plot of the change in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Steve Robert Harrison, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech; R Benjamin Knapp, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology; Luke F Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Annie Yong Patrick; Matthew Wisnioski, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Threshold Concepts Applied? A Review of the LiteratureAbstractFunded by a recently awarded NSF RED grant, we aim to transform the curriculum and culture ofa large electrical and computer engineering department with a model that foregrounds design andinnovation to offer students a variety of pathways to a degree. We are developing a combinationof approaches to create a program with disciplinary depth and a range of learning experiences,including a participatory design approach that involves not only curriculum redesign, but alsoengagement of faculty and students in industry and K-12 outreach. Through these combinedapproaches, we hope to increase the diversity of students entering the program, the variety ofpathways through the program, and the kinds

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Slowinski, M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Center; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

 education  (usually  in  an  advisory  board  capacity).    Even  at  the  university  level,  industry  is  closely  tied  to  the  education  sector.  In  fact  most  of  their  graduate  degree  holders  work  in  industry  (unlike  the  the  U.S.  where  a  large  number  go  to  academia  and  work  in  the  numerous  U.S.  institutions  of  higher  education).”22 Another study participant observed that “Germany’s national policy of‘education-industry-trade union’ consensus when it comes to curriculum development has been agreat benefit in workforce development,” 23 while another, looking at the background of facultyteaching in renewable energy programs stated that “the most significant finding I discovered wasjust how differently the two

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Niehaus, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Professional Practice places students on co-op jobs. The Office of Professional Practice maintains updated student resumes which documenttheir co-op experience and evaluations.) For the current year, a questionnaire was developed andsent out to all incoming seniors explaining the program and assessing interest of each individualto serve in a leadership position. This has reduced problems occurring when students with nointerest in a leadership position were given such assignments. It has produced a significantlyincreased positive atmosphere in the IDS design center. The project manager (PM) isresponsible for the team’s performance and productivity, and the deputy project manager workswith the PM and fill in for the PM when necessary. Each team has an

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Barnwell III; Monson Hayes III; Joel Jackson; David Anderson

/streaming.1. IntroductionGeorgia Tech is involved in a number of distance learning initiatives, including a new onlineMasters program in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a campus situated in Metz, France,that also offers Masters degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering. This campus, known as Page 6.569.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationGeorgia Tech Lorraine (GTL), opened its doors to students in the Fall of 1991. Since the numberof faculty at GTL has never been large enough

Conference Session

Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Felder

formulated by Felder and Silverman [1988] involves four dichotomous dimensions.Students may be‚ sensing learners (concrete, practical, oriented toward facts and procedures) or intuitive learners (conceptual, innovative, oriented toward theories and meanings).‚ visual learners (prefer visual representations of presented material—pictures, diagrams, flow charts, etc.) or verbal learners (prefer written and spoken explanations).‚ active learners (tend to learn by trying things out, working with others) or reflective learners (tend to learn by thinking things through, working alone).‚ sequential learners (linear, orderly, tend to learn in small incremental steps) or global learners (holistic, systems thinkers, tend to learn in large

Conference Session

Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (4)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Ali Osman Pektas, www.statprofs.com; Mustafa Akca; Daniel'le April DeVoss, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

diminished standings in international comparisons of our students’ performance in scienceand mathematics, as well as the large interest and achievement gaps among underrepresentedgroups in STEM. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results show that“compared with 43 percent of White students and 61 percent of Asian students, just 13 percent and19 percent of Black and Hispanic students, respectively, are scoring at or above proficiency ineighth-grade mathematics” (STEM 2026 Vision, 2016). The President’s council specifically notedthat the problem is “not just a lack of proficiency among American students; there is also a lack ofinterest in STEM fields among many students” (p. vi). From 2011 to 2015, the percent of studentsinterested in

Conference Session

Springfield's STEM Spectacle: Evaluating Engineering Excellence, D'oh!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jessica D Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology; Talia Capozzoli Kessler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

paper and pencil format at the start and end of the semester in which students were enrolled inSTEM-ID courses (either Fall, 2022 or Spring, 2023 for this analysis).Data AnalysisPretest-posttest comparisons were conducted using paired samples t-tests. The sample for theseanalyses included students who took the engineering course at least twice during their middleschool experience. In addition to statistical significance, effect sizes were determined usingCohen’s d [27]. Effect sizes that were found to be around 0.3 or less are considered small,around 0.5 are considered moderate, and around 0.8 and above are considered large. Studentresponses to the open-ended item were analyzed using thematic analysis, which emphasizesidentifying, analyzing

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher Johnstone, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

difference approached statisticalsignificance (p = .06). One reason the differences in the increases were not statisticallysignificant might have been because of the relatively small sample sizes: 52 reporting in theengineering sections, but only 23 engineering students reporting from the regular sections. Onestatistically significant increase did occur for the issue of visual aids (.02), which is notsurprising since the engineering sections taught the assertion–evidence slide design, which has astronger theoretical basis than the commonly followed topic–subtopic design propagated byPowerPoint’s defaults. Approaching statistical significance was the issue of delivery, whichfollows because the engineering sections promoted the engineering style of

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Bret Swan, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

being addressed and that products likely to be ofsignificant benefit were being developed. This is the goal of the capstone project.To comply with the expectations of a capstone project the team followed established bestpractices for design and development of user-oriented systems in this phase of the completedevelopment life-cycle. They drew upon core disciplines required for students in the major; inthis case the primary subject area was Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). In addition to HCIskills the students used their technical knowledge of networking, databases, programming, websystems and other technical skills in creating potential solutions and assessing them forfeasibility. They are also required to develop teamwork, customer liaison

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Kathrine E. Johnson; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

. - The vast majority of class time devoted to students working in small groups on these homework assignments. - Additional active learning assignments that occur in-class with real-time formative assessment (these were added in 2015-16). - All in-class work facilitated by lead instructor and peer learning assistant - Additional and more involved weekly work with written feedback.Table 1 summarizes the successful adoption strategy. Long-lasting change for us was derivedfrom an approach driven by the faculty, based on homework. That is, our reform was driven bywhat the calculus instructors agreed that students needed to be able to do, not from any sort ofimposed model or framework.3Table 1: How to create a coordinated

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 6 Design Pedagogy

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Tisdale, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Katherine Ramos, University of Colorado Boulder; Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder

(Professor) Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is also the Director for the Engineering Plus program, which is in the process of being renamed to Integrated Design Engineering. Bielefeldt also serves as the co-director for the Engineering Education and AI-Augmented Learning Integrated Research Theme (IRT) at CU. She has been a faculty member at CU since 1996, serving in various roles including Faculty Director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program (2014-2017), Director of the Environmental Engineering program (2006-2010), and ABET Assessment Coordinator for the

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division: Career Preparation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Robert Gomes, Roger Williams University; Amine Ghanem, Roger Williams University; Christina Marra, Roger Williams University; Gabriella Elisabeth Cruz, Roger Williams University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

Paper ID #45586Construction Trade Schools Employers Perceptions: Past and PresentMr. Jonathan Robert Gomes, Roger Williams University Jonathan Gomes is a Lecturer at Roger Williams University in Bristol RI. His background is in Heavy Civil and Infrastructure construction primarily focused in the Rhode Island area. Research interests are focused in employability, career and technical education, and utility as-builtsDr. Amine Ghanem, Roger Williams University Amine Ghanem joined the SECCM faculty in Spring of 2013 as an Associate Professor after serving 5.5 years as a faculty member and construction management program

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University; Arun Srivats Mohan, Pennsylvania State University; Frank Christopher Barber

-Credential on Professional EthicsIntroduction and Literature ReviewEngineering practice is not without risk for the public and one’s customers. As Sottile (2023, p.1) recently argued, “the safety and security of the public rely on the professionalism ofengineers.” The issue of effective engineering ethics education is important enough that theengineering accreditor ABET prescribes it as a student program outcome (ABET, 2021). Thiswork looks-in on a novel curricular development approach for creating a micro-credential inprofessional ethics at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), a large, public, research-intensive institution location in the northeast United States. The novelty of this approach rests onthe curricular development team

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rickie Miller; Elisa Barney Smith

allow.Massachusetts decided that part of the solution was to require that engineering be taught in theK-12 classroom along side reading, math and science. “The Massachusetts Science andTechnology/Engineering Curriculum Framework is one of seven curriculum frameworks thatadvance Massachusetts’s educational reform in learning, teaching, and assessment... Its purposeis to guide teachers and curriculum coordinators about what content should be taught from PreKthrough high school” [1]. In Idaho similar legislation has not been proposed, but a desire toincrease engineering education in the K-12 level exists. An issue that always arises whenlegislating that some additional material be taught in the classroom is that the teachers need to beprepared to properly and

Conference Session

Electromagnetics & Power Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Brianna Healey Derr, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #14809Using Videos to Elicit Self-Explanations of Emergent Electromagnetic Con-ceptsDr. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University Alan Cheville studied optoelectronics and ultrafast optics at Rice University, followed by 14 years as a faculty member at Oklahoma State University working on terahertz frequencies and engineering educa- tion. While at Oklahoma State, he developed courses in photonics and engineering design. After serving for two and a half years as a program director in engineering education at the National Science Founda- tion, he took a chair position in electrical engineering at Bucknell University

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Christine Loucks-Jaret, University of Washington; Dennis Lund, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education FIPSE program, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and has published widely in the areas of engineering education assessment, pedagogy, and curricular design. He has won the Helen Plants award for best non-traditional session at the FIE conference (1995, 2006), the William H. Corcoran Award (best paper in Chemical Engineering Education, 1999), and the William Elgin Wickenden Award from the American Society for Engineering Education for best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education (2005

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franny Howes, Oregon Institute of Technology; Wendy Michelle Olson, Washington State University, Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

general educationwriting courses is considered to be a transfer source. Their writing in introductory engineeringlab courses is a transfer target. Writing transfer between general writing courses to writing inengineering lab courses can be considered as far transfer due to their disciplinary distinctions[11]. Although FYC instructors and administrators in writing programs established the WPA 3.0outcomes [12] to standardize the student outcomes of their FYC or general education writingcourses in the lower division, a wide range of variations exist across schools and programs.Considering a range of transfer source contexts, it is largely unknown how engineering studentstransfer their writing knowledge from FYC to introductory engineering labs. This

Conference Session

Balancing Personal and Professional Life

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Penny Knoll; Lisa Bullard; Ann Saterbak

chemical engineer ina large company, my husband’s career opportunities as a civil engineer were limited to eitherwastewater treatment or environmental affairs. In addition, the company was going throughsome difficult business conditions, and we questioned whether having both careers tied up in onecompany was wise. Finally, both our families were in North Carolina, and the prospect of beinga state away from aging parents concerned us. My last position at Eastman, as a BusinessMarket Manager, required extensive travel and overtime. With a small child and other interestsoutside of work, the demands were becoming too great to balance.I had maintained a good relationship with the Chemical Engineering Department at N.C. Statesince graduation. As I

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Huh? What Did You Say? What Does That Mean?

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Namita Shrestha, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

, understand different perspectives,assess decisions and consequences, and revise plans, actions, and options as required [5]. In itsmost recent revision, EAC/ABET now requires that students must demonstrate “an ability torecognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informedjudgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic,environmental, and societal contexts” [6]. This requirement aims to prepare the students for real-life ethical dilemmas. However, the multifaceted, complex nature of this outcome--requiringstudents to consider “global, economic, environmental, and societal” attention with ethicalresponsibilities--means that programs must carefully consider their

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Carr

matters related to their professional development.Thus, one can see that Engineering First seeks more to grow new habits of the mind as aresult of their learning experience, and it sets students’ expectation that their educationwill be much more than just an accumulation of domain specific knowledge.Implementation ExperienceOne of the essential features of a successful change in an educational program is itscapacity for continuous improvement. An understanding by the faculty that they mustalways be assessing for improvements – those driven by recognition of better learningobjectives as well as those driven by unsatisfactory meeting of existing learningobjectives – may be uncommon but is essential. Assessment of the courses inEngineering

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde; Nathan Delson; Sean Patno; Jason Hyunjin Cha; Elizabeth Cowan; Jessica Cho

shows the three different possibilities within the star incentive system. Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education/Pacific South West Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 588 a) 3 stars gained for no peeking b) 2 stars gained if use the Hint c) 1 star gained if use the Peak Figure 5: Incentive Program (Star System) in Spatial Kids™Assessment QuestionsIn earlier versions of the Apps, students were allowed to peek at the solution for any sketchingassignment if they did not succeed on their first try. However, it was observed that

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak Jr., Hope College; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineering literacy were the subject ofpublic conversation. The examiners would not have thought that they were providing a programin engineering literacy although they would probably have agreed that those concerned with thedesign of a program in engineering and technological literacy had much to gain from study of the 6approach adopted toward objectives (outcomes), the trial and experimental examinations, and therubrics developed for coursework assessment. This paper is primarily concerned with the trialand experimental examinations. The development of the subject and its evaluations have beendiscussed elsewhere [42].The Coordinating Committee EstablishedThe first examination was scheduled for 1969

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

is performed tocreate samples at Cartesian grid, and a 2D inverse FFT is performed to generate thereconstruction image. User is instructed to try a sequence of parameter sets to observe thechanges in reconstruction image quality. In particular, frequency domain interpolation can onlybe observed clearly when the number of projections and the number of samples per projectionare small, but good quality image can only be obtained when these numbers are large. User willexplore these different settings and report the findings. Page 15.304.4 Figure 3. Samples of student works on image reconstruction through back projections.Lab 4. User selects a

Conference Session

WORKSHOP I: Integrating Service Learning into First-Year Engineering Courses: A Hands-On Workshop

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Brian Patrick O'Connell, Northeastern University; Anne Shea, Northeastern University; Kennedy Gallagher, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

FYEE 2025

(4)​ Creating an environment of clarify concepts before reflection moving forward 15 Analyze Case Studies from existing Small Group (1) Specific prompts for first-year engineering service-learning Discussions identifying transferable programs, identifying best practices and practices (2) Worksheet for documenting insights and potential pitfalls. potential applications 30 Map

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 2: Solar Track

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matt Aldeman, Illinois State University; Jin Ho Jo, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

performance of the home’s roof overhangs anddetermines whether the design criteria have been met. In addition to constructing the home, thestudents write a two page single-spaced paper explaining the design and features of the home.The assessment of the project is based on 1) whether the home meets the design criteria, 2)professionalism of the model home, and 3) clarity of the written description. The project tiestogether several important concepts in this course, and provides students with an opportunity tocreatively apply what they have learned. Student feedback on the project has beenoverwhelmingly positive.Introduction A Bachelor of Science in Renewable Energy (RE) degree program was established byIllinois State University in 2007. The