Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Kamal Shahrabi; Anthony Manno

classes to support their new family.Suggestions to Solve Retention ProblemIn order to reduce student attrition rate, increase their success rate and improve studentretention the following suggestions are offered to assist in achieving these goals. Orientation and entrance measurement test Identify students at risk before enrollment Identify students at risk after enrollment Provide group discussions or have a course discussion section Provide effective homework assignments instead of busy work Provide mini projects, close to actual projects that they can find in the work place Send at-risk students to tutorial sessions Provide a mentoring program Have workshops and guest speakers on how their education

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Kamal Shahrabi; Anthony Manno

classes to support their new family.Suggestions to Solve Retention ProblemIn order to reduce student attrition rate, increase their success rate and improve studentretention the following suggestions are offered to assist in achieving these goals. Orientation and entrance measurement test Identify students at risk before enrollment Identify students at risk after enrollment Provide group discussions or have a course discussion section Provide effective homework assignments instead of busy work Provide mini projects, close to actual projects that they can find in the work place Send at-risk students to tutorial sessions Provide a mentoring program Have workshops and guest speakers on how their education

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Alfadala; Andrew Wilson

Driving Continuous Program Improvement by Integration of Assessment into Strategic Planning Andrew J. Wilson and Hassan E. Alfadala University of QatarAbstractThe College of Engineering at the University of Qatar is seeking to become among the firstengineering programs in the Middle East to be evaluated by ABET using the EC2000 Criteria.The Chemical Engineering program’s assessment and continuous improvement activities haveevolved over the course of five years to move from emphasizing assessment measures tofocusing on targeted areas of improvement and targeted assessment. The next step has been tointegrate the curriculum assessment activities

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyle D. Lutes; William Szaroletta

Session 1368 Improving Mechanics Student and Instructor Satisfaction Through On-Line Laboratory Report Submission William K. Szaroletta, Kyle D. Lutes Purdue University, West Lafayette, IndianaAbstract:On-Line laboratory report submission has drastically improved both student and facultysatisfaction in a mechanics course. Prior to this implementation, students needed to submitprinted copies of their reports resulting in incurred cost to the student and bulky stacks ofreports to be handled by the instructor.This paper compares and contrasts two mechanisms for electronically

Conference Session

Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement -- What the Experts Are Saying!

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gloria Rogers, ABET, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1176: CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN ENGINEERINGEDUCATION: FACT OR FICTION?Gloria Rogers, ABET, Inc. Gloria Rogers is currently the Managing Director, Professional Services at ABET, Inc., the international accrediting agency for academic programs in engineering, technology, applied science and computing. She provides workshops, webinars, seminars and institutes for the development of continuous quality improvement of educational programs and institutional effectiveness related to strategic planning. She serves as a reviewer for the Fulbright Senior Scholars program and was also the guest editor of a special edition of the 2008 International Journal of Engineering Education

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

behavior andthus perfect their skill; what Ambrose et al refer to as “formative feedback”6. It’s important to note that the process of commenting on student writing and the questionof how much feedback actually improves writing is still an active area of research, and thus opento much debate. Scholars have opined that early studies of writing feedback may have beenflawed in design7. Subsequent studies have indicated that instructor feedback, along with theopportunity to revise writing before it becomes a final, graded product, does lead to betterstudent writing7,8. Other texts indicate that students feel the same. In 1990, Harvard UniversityProfessor Richard Light conducted a study that focused on what undergraduate courses wereconsidered

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcela Alejandra Silva, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #33830Women in Construction Engineering: Improving the Students’ Experiencethroughout their CareersIng. Marcela Alejandra Silva, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Marcela Silva is the Academic Director at the Engineering Faculty of the Andres Bello University in Cam- pus Santiago. She works as a teacher in the Construction Engineering career and supports innovation and entrepreneurship courses. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Construction from the Pontificia Universi- dad Cat´olica de Chile and a Master’s degree in Educational Management from the European University of Madrid. Her passion for learning

Conference Session

Visualization and Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Manssour Moeinzadeh; Jason Czapka; James Leake

to a workshop on orthographic projection.The workshop employed additional rapid prototyping models, fourteen in all, as both haptic andvisual aids, in conjunction with pencil and paper exercises. The workshop attendees were theexperimental group, whereas the non-attendees were the control group.Two metrics were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the physical models. The first metric wasthe improvement in PSVT:R scores from pre to post-test. The percentage of improvement wasgreater for the experimental group in both studies. This suggests that the use of physical modelshelps students to improve their visualization skills to a greater extent than with traditionalteaching methods alone.As a second metric, scores from the sketching segment of

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

William E. Simon; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

process for continuous improvement. Selection of Measurement InstrumentsTools of measurement must be carefully selected to assure that all desired outcomes can beproperly measured. This selection process and the correlation of measurement instruments todetailed aspects of the curriculum proper is the subject of another paper3; however, thesemeasurement instruments must be synchronized to the desired program outcomes, since typicallyonly a limited set of outcomes can be addressed by any one instrument. The synchronizationprocess helps to resolve the question of whether or not certain measurement instruments cansuccessfully reach into individual units of each course in the curriculum for thorough assessmentof outcomes

Conference Session

GIFTS I

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

Kathleen A Harper, Case Western Reserve University; Kurt Rhoads, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Topics

FYEE 2025

the paper in at the endof class. We have found it helpful to have laminated signs for each lab section on the turn-intable to facilitate collecting the quizzes by section. Undergraduate teaching assistants for thecourse take turns grading the quizzes. Students receive full credit for an honest attempt, and theformative quizzes contribute 2% to the final course grade. While TAs have the option ofawarding half-credit, it rarely happens. The lowest two quiz scores are dropped, which has beenan effective way of dealing with student absences.FormatA sample quiz is shown in Figure 1. It has been compressed vertically for space considerations; atypical quiz fits nicely on one side of an 8.5 x 11-inch piece of paper with plenty of room forstudents to

Conference Session

Improved Pathways to Graduate Studies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Manuel D. Rossetti P.E., University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas; Edgar C. Clausen, University of Arkansas; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

organize and execute the courses of actionnecessary to achieve a specific goal, is distinct from objective performance.” In relation tochoosing graduate school, self-efficacy relates to “belief in one’s ability to learn relevant newskills, successfully conduct independent research, and complete a graduate degree.” Thesefindings suggest that programs like SIIRE can be effective if they reinforce these elements.SIIRE’s design attempted to enhance understanding of student knowledge of graduate schoolprocess, research processes, professionalism, time management and career choices. In addition,SIIRE includes social interaction and mentoring. Creating an environment where studentsbelieve that they can be successful in graduate school is a key goal of

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

WebinarAbstractIn response to a move by the State to encourage smaller, more costly programs to explorepotential efficiencies due to the improved technology available for distance learning, the Physicsdepartments across the state formed a collaboration in which we could share responsibilities forcourse delivery across institutions. The idea was that it would be more efficient to have oneinstructor teach a course to several small classes at multiple institutions, rather than have severalinstructors teaching the same course to small classes at multiple institutions. No money changedhands between the participating institutions; students registered and paid their tuition locally forthe course. Though skeptical, the department chairs across the state agreed to

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

and kinetic energy in a simple mechanical system. Laboratoryexperiments help alleviate the difficulties in some cases, but even a lab-based introductorythermal science course in the Mechanical Engineering Technology department at PurdueUniversity does not consistently improve student understanding of the basic principles. Thispaper describes the development and implementation of simple open-ended projects, used inconjunction with the laboratory portion of the course, as a means for increased studentunderstanding. Project topics have ranged from proving basic equations to investigating morecomplex problems, such as the effect of window treatments on cooling requirements or thefeasibility of alternative energy sources. Results from Fall 2003

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University; Clarissa Belloni, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

female confidence in theirthermodynamic abilities in courses taught with a humanitarian engineering project.While the impact of this project compared to a typical thermodynamics course cannot beassessed in terms of the hypothesis of this report, students did reflect on their personal growth. Amajority of students, male and female, believe that the inclusion of a humanitarian engineeringproject improved their understanding of thermodynamic concepts and helped them learn thecourse material more effectively. An even larger majority of students responded that the projectimproved their skills as an engineer, beyond just this thermodynamics course. This study alsorevealed that the addition of a humanitarian engineering project was equally as effective

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Peers as Mentors & Instructors

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Matutes, University of Indianapolis; Shelby Hacker, University of Indianapolis; Patricia Snell Herzog, Indiana University Indianapolis; Stephen J. Spicklemire, University of Indianapolis; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Joan Martinez, University of Indianapolis; Brett Leonard, University of Indianapolis; Joseph B. Herzog, University of Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

here could be successful at other institutions.Introduction As a part of improving student retention rates at a small, private institution in theMidwest, faculty in engineering launched a new peer mentoring program focused on supportingfirst-year students. With a young engineering program and the isolating effects of the COVID-19pandemic, students often were not well-connected to their peers. In our previous publication [1],semester-to-semester retention rates were reported. Our work builds upon and contributes to existing research on peer mentoring [2-4]. Priorstudies find that peer mentoring is an effective approach to supporting college student success fora number of reasons [4-15]. In peer mentoring students share valuable

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 4 - Pedagogy & Accreditation I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University; George D. Ford, Mississippi State University; Tori Thompson, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

rigorousprogramming, maximized participation and attendance, long enough duration, involved parents, andeffectiveness evaluations (McCombs, et al., 2011). Administering effectiveness evaluations to thestudents regarding the teaching style and course load are essential to any intensive-length course todetermine how the students viewed the success of the course and what aspects needed improving. Thebest practices for teaching a summer course according to Kops (2014) are to restructure the course,reconfigure assignments, organize and plan, and maximize support to students. Giordano emphasizedthat for effective time-compressed courses, it is essential to have clearly outlined objectives, enthusiasmand process, active classroom discussion and peer interaction

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Randi, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Joseph A. Levert P.E., University of New Haven; Bijan Karimi, University of New Haven

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering and computer science programs in the college develop technical communication skills in undergraduate students through targeted courses in all four years.Dr. Joseph A. Levert P.E., University of New Haven Dr. Joseph A. Levert, P.E. (M’05) is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of New Haven. He received his Ph.D. in engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has practiced engineering in four different industries.Dr. Bijan Karimi, University of New Haven c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Improving Senior Design Proposals Through Revision by Responding to Reviewer

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona; Carla Firetto, The Pennyslvania State University; L.J. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

adjunct faculty at Bucknell University.L.J. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus Page 22.829.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Team Function: Student-Driven Rules and ConsequencesAbstractThe ability to effectively work in teams is a highly desirable quality in engineering graduates.Building these skills is essential to training students to participate successfully in the workplace.Further, given that much of engineering is taught in a team environment, how well the teamfunctions is directly related to student learning of the course material.Team

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Stetler; Stuart Kellogg

Session 3530 Portfolio Assessment and Improvement for a First-Year Engineering Curriculum Larry D. Stetler, Stuart D. Kellogg, Jon J. Kellar, David J. Dixon, Glen A. Stone, Larry A. Simonson, Zbignew J. Hladysz, Jason T. Ash, and Heidi L. Sieverding South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701Abstract:For the past five years, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has redefined its first-year engineering curriculum. The program, now required of all first year engineering students,incorporates curricular elements developed by the Foundation Coalition and elements from theEPICS program at the Colorado School of Mines. As part of the course, students are required

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Dana Newell, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Video 4: (taking notes)5 Attend DEWI – career fair, dinner, and speaker, sponsored by CEMSWE6 Ice Breaker, Chapter 3: The Role of the University, Finish Video 4 Chapter 4: Learning the University Environment, Video 1: Where There’s A Will, There’s an A,” Group activity time7 Chapter 5: Key Strategies for Maximizing Performance in Engineering Courses, Video 5: More on Time Management, ISPs, Group activity time, Quiz 1.8 Quiz 1 due, ISPs, High School Robotics Team Presentation9 Midterm presentations-group activity process to date, ISPs, Chapter 6: How to be Successful on Examinations, Video 6: Decide to Earn A’s10 Chapter 7: Procedures for Effective

Collection

2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Heather McCain

practices that could help createconsistency and define quality. Items such as a course syllabus and course timeline are used tohelp students understand what to do and when to complete assignments. Although studentsreceive the syllabus they still may not know what it takes to get a good grade on an assignment.Lecture notes may help clarify the quality requirements for assignments beyond the syllabus.Another way instructors can convey requirements is by developing rubrics. This paper suggeststhat rubrics can help improve student satisfaction by creating consistency and providing qualityrequirements.KeywordsRubrics; Quality; Standard WorkIntroductionQuality requirements are not easy to define no matter what business you are in. Defining qualityis

Conference Session

Advances in CAD with Emphasis on Dimensioning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #8775Modifying an Assembly Project to Improve Student Dimensioning SkillsMs. Norma L Veurink, Michigan Technological University Norma L. Veurink is a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Michigan Techno- logical University where she teaches introductory engineering courses and a spatial visualization course designed for engineering students with poor spatial visualization skills. Ms. Veurink manages several summer programs that introduce middle and high school students to engineering. She is the Secre- tary/Treasurer for the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE and is also a

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

canimprove on their identified weaknesses. Including opportunities for practice with the feedbackshould increase the chance that students will respond maturely and investigate the exercises so asto improve their behaviours, rather than immaturely, such as by concluding that the feedback isincorrect.The student’s section within the course tool takes the form of a student portfolio. Each portfoliocontains the student’s feedback from each team-project which used the on-line tool and allowsstudents to track their growth across different teams over the course of their degree. Being ableto track one’s improvement across specific competencies, or in specific exercises on team-effectiveness, across the duration of one’s degree should encourage greater

Conference Session

ET Projects

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University; Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Education, 2019 Virtual Collaboration of Mechatronic Projects: The Development, Implementation and Continuous ImprovementAbstract This paper describes the process and the continuous improvement of an onlinecollaboration project within the scope of teaching microcontroller projects through distancelearning. This virtual collaboration project was first established for the NSF funded grant TUESType 2: “Dissemination of Microprocessor Courses through Classroom and Interactive Cyber-Enabled Technologies”, and later improved the communication mechanism through the secondNSF funded grant I-Corp L: “Transform the Innovated Design and Development of anEmbedded Design Training System and Associated Support Curricula into a

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Pranav Bhounsule; Deborah Chaney; Lorena Claeys; Randall D. Manteufel

service learning option, the studentscompleted self- reflection journal entries before-, middle-, and end-of the program. For assessingthe SL, the undergraduate students were administered a survey at the end of the program. Theself-reflection journal entries indicated that the main challenge faced by the students was theirself-doubt about their ability to teach robotic and engineering concepts and to sustain theattention of the children. The surveys indicated that the students felt SL motivated them to learnand improve understanding of the course material. Students also felt that there should be moreSL options in the Engineering curriculum. Finally, an analysis of students’ grades in the courseindicated that those who selected the SL option

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Ricardo R Lopez P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Ernesto Luis Diaz MEM, Puerto Rico Climate Change Council

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

. Education focuses on infrastructure performance before, during and after hazardevents and includes courses on the causes and effects of riverine and coastal flooding, storm surge,ocean waves, tsunami loads, earthquakes and extreme winds. It is expected to create pipelines forstudents and professionals to move into the coastal infrastructure resilience field.The paper addresses the needs for the community to better understand the stages of coastalinfrastructure hazard prevention, preparedness, response and mitigation. The lessons learnedregarding the impact of the hurricane to the island with emphasis on coastal environments and itsinfrastructure during the past, including the most recent catastrophic Hurricanes Irma and María in2017, will be

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Ardebili, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

ability. It usesinteractive multimedia software to teach Mental Rotations and Spatial Visualization.Students’ spatial perception was augmented by learning to use the sketch-based solidmodeling software. The data presented in this paper indicated that the methods employedin the class are effective at improving spatial skills. The improvement was achieved Page 11.1411.9without a significant reduction in course content. PSVT Rotation Test 45 40 35 Percent of Students

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Graham; Ronald Bieniek

learning and its assessment, areexposed to a variety of teaching pedagogies, and interact with excellent teachers on their owncampuses. All of these experiences help new faculty improve their effectiveness in promotingactual student learning in a variety of teaching environments, while promoting system-widecollegiality. The scholars also learn how to increase their teaching efficiency so that they canmore effectively balance their time among teaching, research, and service responsibilities.This paper will provide an overview of the NFTS program. Assessment results, based on theevaluation2 of the 2001-2002 program, will be summarized and analyzed. Lessons learned willbe discussed. Special emphasis will be placed on aspects, benefits and

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Clobes, University of Virginia; William H Guilford, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

the current Undergraduate program director. He received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from St. Francis College in Ft. Wayne, Ind. and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Arizona. Dr. Guilford did his postdoctoral training in Molecular Biophysics at the University of Vermont under David Warshaw. His research interests include the molecular mechanisms of cell movement and muscle contraction, and effective and efficient means for education. Page 23.712.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Improved retention and recall with a peer reviewed writing

Conference Session

Computers and Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan S Sankar, Auburn University College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

ClassesAbstractExperiential Learning has been proven to be effective in teaching engineering topics.Educational games, in particular, have the potential to address many systemic deficiencies forfive reasons: massive reach, effective learning paradigms, enhanced brain chemistry, time ontask and improved learning outcomes.1,2 Last fall, the American government awarded $10.5billion to the development of serious games for training purposes that result in better decisionmaking.3 About 8,000 papers were identified that reported the positive impacts of games on usersover the past 14 years. Of these, about 130 papers reported empirical evidence about impacts onlearning and engagement.4 A serious game can be defined as a world where the students playsimulated events using