Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory; Jill K. Hettinger, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 25.1240.2including content knowledge, pedagogy, STEM careers, assessment, scientific inquiry,engineering design, and best practices. Further, our assessment of the program provides a uniquecontribution to the on-going exploration of how K-12 teachers develop an understanding of theprocesses used by STEM professionals and an awareness of unique skills needed to compete andsucceed. Also, unique to our study is the nature of the data collection, using both quantitativeand qualitative data, to assess participants’ knowledge of engineering design and the size of thesample, over 100 K-12 teachers participated in our project.The purpose of this report is to share our research findings related to teacher understanding of theengineering design

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Wayne W. Wheatley; Valerie Ann Little

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Paper ID #5971Faculty Development Through Industrial InternshipDr. Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos Vedaraman Sriraman is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas State University- San Marcos. In the past, he has served as the Manufacturing Engineering program coordinator, Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology and Assistant Dean in the College of Science at Texas State University. He has received several gramts form the NSF and SME-EF to initiate new curriculum and laboratories. Dr. Sriraman has received several teaching awards and has served as the faculty advisor to

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. D. Pomeroy, Texas State University; Shaoping Qiu, The Institute of Technology-Infused Learning (TITIL), Texas A&M University; Lei Xie, Texas State University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Master’s degree in HRD from Texas A&M University in 2013. He graduated from Henan University of Technology in China with a Bachelor’s degree.Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam joined the faculty of the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M Uni- versity in 2007. Natarajarathinam received her Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from The University of Alabama. She received her Bachelor of Engineering (Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering) from Anna University [Tamilnadu, India], her MS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, her MA in Management Science, and MS in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama. She has experience working

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

B. Zhang; H. Misak; P.S. Dhanasekaran; D. Kalla; R. Asmatulu

environmental pollution, and renewableenergy production. While these are considered to be the positive effect of nanotechnology, thereare certain negative impacts of nanotechnology on environment in many ways, such as increasedtoxicological pollution on the environment due to the uncertain shape, size, and chemicalcompositions of some of the nanotechnology products (or nanomaterials). It can be vital tounderstand the risks of using nanomaterials, and cost of the resulting damage. It is required toconduct a risk assessment and full life-cycle analysis for nanotechnology products at all stages ofproducts to understand the hazards of nanoproducts and the resultant knowledge that can then beused to predict the possible positive and negative impacts of the

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Marwan Abumahaimed; Joseph J. Rencis

used in the industry. One such technique is finite element analysis. The finiteelement (FE) method is a numerical procedure that is widely used to analyze engineeringproblems in commercial engineering firms. It has become an essential and powerful analyticaltool in designing products with ever-shorter development cycles.1-3 In the past, consulting firmsneeded Ph.D. and M.S. engineering graduates to analyze designs with FE, but recently thesefirms1,2 are asking their B.S. and A.A.S. engineering graduates to learn and apply this complexanalysis technique. In many undergraduate programs, the FE method is not taught as a requiredelement, thus, graduates often lack knowledge of the proper use of this tool.4,5 Two principlereasons for this are: 1

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University; Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

examples of the spacecraft design process; identify technical/program challenges that occurred and the chosen solutions. They assess the impact of the decisions made under schedule and budget constraints. o Example question: The NASA people spent a lot of time talking about how to organize the moon landing (think “Lunar Orbit Rendezvous”). Very briefly, what were the design drivers for Lunar Orbit Rendezvous, and what were the risks related to this approach? Why did it win out over the alternatives? o Example question: When the landing strut failed in testing, how did they address the problem. [Hint: which of the “manager’s tools” did they use – more time, more money, changed objectives or increased risk?]Systems

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paulette Beatty; Jackie Revuelto; Dianne Kraft; Carolyn Clark

, the use of activeand collaborative learning, the use of technology, and on-going assessment andevaluation—but each program has tailored its curriculum to meet their own particularneeds. This is one of the major strengths of the Foundation Coalition. All of theprograms cohort a portion of their students and consider these cohorts to be inclusivelearning communities. Before we examine the ILC experience in the FoundationCoalition, we turn to the current literature on learning communities to better understandhow this concept works. LITERATURE REVIEWWhat exactly do we mean by when we speak of learning communities? Learningcommunities are defined most broadly as “small subgroups of students… characterizedby a

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Disability Experiences & Empathy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

can participate as much as they can without penalty for falling short. If a neighboring student explains the correct answer to a learning-disabled student that is having trouble understanding, he or she can say “I kind of understand and will study it further later” to allow the class to move on. The instructor can terminate the activity and move on after a set time regardless of how the students understand the other student’s explanation avoiding holding up the class.4. Classroom Assessment Techniques12. This method involves pre and post class assessments. The assessments are short and performed in class. This method involves short writings but in engineering, this may involve a small quiz. This method can work well with

Conference Session

Design and the Community

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes

the community partner and team advisor and is based on the value it is addingand the costs to maintain the current version.The new approach to managing designs and documentationAn important component of the EPICS courses is the production of artifacts that can be used inthe continuity of their designs between semesters as well as in the assessment of the individualstudents, the teams and the overall program. Each semester, EPICS teams have documentedtheir work individually and as a team through individual design notebooks and team reports.These have been very useful and teach the students an important discipline for later in theirprofessional development.Design Notebooks – Each student is required to maintain a design notebook. Guidelines are

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristopher Lengieza, Weitz Golf International; Jennifer Caffrey, Pennoni Associates Inc.; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Joe Sterrett, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. The unique learning environment allowed students to experience theadvantages and challenges of working with practitioners of different backgrounds.Students obtained valuable cross disciplinary undergraduate education and interaction,not typically available to students, which will be invaluable in the real worldenvironment. Teaching and learning challenges of interaction with coaches, facilities andrenovation staff, alumni, city officials and other experts created a real world atmosphere.Student presentations were evaluated and assessed by instructors, other university facultyand staff, alumni, including potential donors, and the golf coaches and team. A moreformalized assessment program is recommended for future courses. The

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nelson Fumo, University of Texas at Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, a project is assigned in which the students use the sensor from the previousproject to develop a project that requires the application and demonstration of the use of thesensor to achieve a specific mechanical requirement. In the following sequential courses, the twosenior design courses, students use the knowledge and experience gained to develop the finalproject which topic or problem was identified by the instructor before the approach was initiallyimplemented in the first of the sequential courses.To assess the impact of the approach, surveys were given to the students in each course todetermine whether students felt that the projects helped them with the learning process as well asto have some direct impact in their future professional

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nimmi Arunachalam, Florida International University; Mark A. Weiss, Florida International University; Jason Liu, Florida International University; Alina Melissa Perez, Florida International University; Giri Narasimhan, Florida International University; Stephanie Jill Lunn, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

-computer interaction, data science, and machine learning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Software Guild: A Workshop to Introduce Women and Non-Binary Undergraduate Students from other Majors to ComputingAbstractIt has been well established that women and non-binary individuals are minoritized in the field ofcomputing, despite large-scale efforts to remedy this gender imbalance. In this paper, we describeour approach, which involves the creation and implementation of a week-long, extracurricularworkshop called a “Guild.” With our program, we aspired to introduce women and non-binaryundergraduate students from other majors (e.g., biology, nursing, and business) to computingconcepts. The

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students' Beliefs, Motivation, and Self-efficacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Mariana Tafur-Arciniegas P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process En- gineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First- Year Engineering Program, teaching and guiding the design of one of the required first-year engineering courses that engages students in open-ended problem solving and design. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineer- ing contexts. She is currently a member of the educational team for the Network for Computational

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park ; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

response process validity of tests and instruments.Ms. Kirsten Susan Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Kirsten Hochstedt is a Graduate Assistant at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education. She received her M.S. in educational psychology, with an emphasis in educational and psy- chological measurement, at Penn State and is currently a doctoral candidate in the same program. The primary focus of her research concerns assessing the response structure of test scores using item response theory methodology.Prof. Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Conference Session

State of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, and even less about Design for Manufacturing and/or Assembly. I see simple break edges with 0.02mm tolerances showing up on prints, and no concept of the differences in six sigma capability between small lot CNC prototypes and medium to high volume production on speedier equipment like a cold header, progressive die stamper, or screw machine.• Process Focused and Certifications• Manufacturing Sectors and Processes: Process planning and production deployment fundamentals (regardless of sector), hands-on integration of at least two process/sector types• Educational Methods: Classroom inversion, course project integration with industry"• Production systems, lean and quality are top priorities for those in BS programs

Conference Session

New Ideas for the ChemE Core

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

 a  flow-­‐system  of  dissolving  cough-­‐drops  in  water  can  reach  steady-­‐state  and/or  equilibrium.    Students  then  position  a  Buchner  funnel  below  a  tap,  and  control  the  flow  rate  of  the  water  in,  as  well  as  the  rate  at  which  they  unwrap  and  add  red  menthol  cough  drops.    They  then  continuously  collect  samples  of  the  outflow,  and  compare  the  color  to  a  chart  to  determine  if  they  have  achieved  either  steady-­‐state  or  equilibrium.    For  comparison,  we  also  provided  a  static  system  of  a  large  number  of  cough  drops  in  a  relatively  small  amount  of  water  that  had  been  allowed  to  mix  overnight.      Our  observation  is  that  many  students  find

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Sherrill, University of Houston; Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurship should not be legitimizedwith an answer. Entrepreneurship resides in everyone; the same way the ability to play golfresides within everyone. The goal of the golf instructor is not to make you play like TigerWoods, it is to help you become the best golfer you can be. Likewise, the goal ofentrepreneurship education is not to teach “entrepreneurship”, it is to help students become thebest entrepreneurs they can become.Entrepreneurship has caught on as a program of study on university campuses across the UnitedStates and around the world. What began primarily as a business school field of study has nowmigrated to other professional schools, including engineering. While the spread ofentrepreneurship education has become standard and even

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca A. Pinkus; Craig A. Simmons

qualitative assessment of the students’ progress, due in large part to the small class size,which allowed us track the performance of individual students. In most cases, we observed thatthe students became more conscientious and critical of their writing during the seminar series.Therefore, although we worked with the students for only six weeks, this appeared to be enoughtime to instill in them an appreciation for and an understanding of the fundamental aspects of thewriting process, thus meeting the main objective of the seminar. And although we were unableto demonstrate quantitatively that the students’ writing improved, based on their comments andour observations, it seems likely that the majority will continue to be critical

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-basedfindings from projects such as VisTE provide for the continued successes in engineering,mathematics, science, and society. Page 11.1181.2I. IntroductionRapid discovery, development, and advancement have increasingly strengthened relationshipsbetween science, technology, and society 1. Unfortunately, schools find it difficult to modernizecurricula given the pace of innovation. The engineering profession is largely responsible forcontinued success in scientific and technological advancement, serving as the driving factor forexpanding the need of a technologically literate population 2. A technologically literate personunderstands and effectively

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, an M.S. in E.E. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Ph.D. in electri- cal engineering from the University of Wyoming (UW, 1997). He has served as Graduate Assistant and faculty at UW and South Dakota State University. He is currently a professor and Program Coordinator of Electrical Engineering Technology program at the University of Northern Iowa. He is also serving as a graduate program coordinator at the Department of Technology. He serves on UNI Energy and Environment Council, CNS Diversity Committee, University Diversity Advisory Board, and Graduate College Diversity Task Force Committees. His research interests, grants, and publications are in the ar

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

this evaluation process can be a goodexperience for students or student teams. We recommend the following process: Page 13.952.5 1. Identify your requirements and preferences, and prioritize them as essential, desirable, or potential useful in the future. include factors such as: a. Language support, particularly if English is not the preferred language. b. Licensing options, particularly if the tools may be used for commercial activity. c. Technology: hardware, operating system, programming language, database. 2. Identify and quickly assess candidate tools. Start with general descriptions, including

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Leadership

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farnoosh B. Brock, Prolific Living Inc.; Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Andy Brock, Prolific Living; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University and National Science Foundation

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS), Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

University Program for Leadership and Character in the Professional schools. In her role she also supports with the development and assessment of character and ethics education in the engineering program.Mr. Andy Brock, Prolific Living Andy Brock is an electrical engineer with 13 years of IT experience primarily in the software, networking and security space. He worked as a security architect and network solution engineer for government projects before starting his company, Prolific Living Inc with his wife, Farnoosh Brock in 2012. Today, they partner with universities such as Duke, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, as well as visionary organizations to educate engineers and their leaders on Leadership, Communication and

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher John Akelian, Cuesta College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

. A small Motor controltrainer was designed to provide the solution for this limitation. The motor trainer allowed fortraining in such topics as process control of reciprocating operations and designing a SCADAcontrol panel to control and monitor the operations.Finally a PLC-free solution was developed to provide training that only required a WeatherStation and an Ocean Controls MODBUS Gateway. This reduced the level of studentunderstanding needed to offer the training so that possibly a High School program could offerportions of it.Student learning outcomesThe student learning outcomes of the SCADA training developed evolved over time since manyof the early objectives were revised to shorten the length of the training. The original

Conference Session

ECE-Student Learning and Academic Performance

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abas Sabouni, Wilkes University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Computer Engineering at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Additionally, he held visiting scholar positions at the University of California, San Diego in 2014, and Harvard University in Boston in 2017. He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chair of the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department at Wilkes University. He also serves as Director of the graduate program in Electrical Engineering and Co-Director of the Bioengineering master’s program. Dr. Sabouni is a Senior Member of IEEE and serves on the Board of Directors for the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES). He is a highly esteemed educator who has been recognized multiple times for his outstanding

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 11: Project and Research-Based Learning Environments

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, Westmont College; Gregory Reich; Joshua Guinto; Jared Lush

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

data, as they could later return to and review the recorded session in a more relaxedmanner. This moved the task slightly toward AE as they were “experimenting” with routing theconversation in different directions to uncover critical data from the interviewee. Although itwas not a large alteration in the task’s process, it resulted in a small movement in the CG of thetasks and was recognized as a positive alteration in our extraction of data and heuristics.These two examples involved moving tasks from the RO and AC corner (lower right corner ofFigure 3) and closer to the CG of our students’ KLS. For this specific research project, a majorityof the research tasks were in the RO and AC area, but this likely varies project to project.Overall, the

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Elsa D. Garcin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Wayne G. Lutters, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan McDonough, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Christopher Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Kevin Erling Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Topics

Faculty

, visualization tools for system administrators, virtualized help desk systems for small busi- nesses, and reflective social media systems. He has served as a Program Director for Human-Centered Computing at the National Science Foundation. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Information and Com- puter Science from the University of California, Irvine and his B.A. in both Cognitive Science and History from Connecticut College. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Dr. Susan McDonough, UMBC Susan McDonough is Associate Professor of History at UMBC. She is a historian of gender and her 1Recruiting

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hedrick

an innovative format that provideda remarkable result. At the center of this model are: a unifying theme, use a single instructor toteach a section (rather than each instructor teaching a single component of the course to allsections), and faculty working as a team to improve and teach the course. This paper describesthe changes we have made implementing this model and to address the issues of course content,exams, student work, and student/faculty assessment used to evaluate our success.I. IntroductionUnion College was founded in 1795 as a small liberal arts college, and was the first fine artscollege in the US to offer engineering as part of its curriculum. Union College is still a smallcollege with an undergraduate student population of

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Priscilla Tengdin; Kayla Santello; Robert Henry

) of ASCE. The purpose of the survey was to gather information “Working drawings are critical to construction work. It about how civil engineering programs in the United States is essential that everyone in the building team is able to instruct their undergraduate students how to read, interpret understand and interpret them as appropriate to their and use engineering and construction drawings. needs.” [2] Forty (40) departments responded to the survey which At one time most civil engineering programs had a based upon an ASCE report would be

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - Student understanding

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eman Hammad, Texas A&M University; Celeste Arden Riley, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Virginia Pederson; Pierre Atieh

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

Paper ID #48503By-Design: Ethical Safeguards and Behavioral Psychology Competencies, ASurvey of Undergraduate Engineering MajorsDr. Eman Hammad, Texas A&M University ”Dr. Hammad is a cybersecurity expert specializing in large-scale network, critical infrastructures and complex systems. Her research focuses on leveraging in-depth knowledge of the systems to improve cyber resilience by-design. Dr. Hammad received her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto and has gained a considerable industrial experience working for one of the big technical consulting companies. She is currently the

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

, processing, and properties). The smallstudent-faculty ratio ensured that all students participated in the production step and relateddiscussion. The instructor made a conscious effort to discuss relevant course subject matter whilethe students were preparing for or performing the production step.ConclusionOur experience shows that applied materials science can be effectively taught to first yearstudents. However to do so, one cannot use the traditional approach to teaching large classes. Itis necessary to involve the students in their own learning, by employing active learningtechniques, emphasizing small group interaction with the instructor and developing effectivehands-on experiences. Although this course was begun as an effort to combine