Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

University, in Southfield, Mich., and master’s of science and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering focusing on electrochemical engineering, both from the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. He teaches a number of alternative energy courses and is leading LTU’s ef- forts to establish a full energy engineering program that addresses both alternative and renewable energy systems, as well as energy conservation and optimization of traditional energy systems. He also is the Director of the Alternative Energy program at Lawrence Tech. Page 25.408.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Dyer; Robert Krchnavek; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam

. found that small groups of students working together in acooperative-learning environment improve problem-solving skill5.Building on our earlier work6, we sought to• Introduce fundamental concepts of electronic systems through the use of macroelectronics.• Employ a project-based learning environment to increase motivation.• Selectively cover microelectronics topics, partially guided by project requirements.This paper describes alternative teaching strategies for the standard EE electronicscourses at each of our institutions. Outlines of course contents, project descriptions, andsome assessment results are included.Objective 1: MacroelectronicsImparting knowledge of macroelectronics attempts to convey a systems view ofelectronics

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps

computing, electronics and/or mechanics. As part of the course requirements,each team of students was required to create and program an autonomous robot that wouldcompete in a task-oriented competition at the end of the semester. The evolution of the EETdepartment into the current Information Technology department offered the opportunity todesign a new mechatronics course to meet new needs. Page 8.223.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationPedagogical ApproachAs noted earlier, the nature of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid R. Piroozi J.D., Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

professional and ethical responsibility toresearch claims prior to publication or use” (p. 1). While the authors recognized the importanceof IP in engineering education, the scope of their pedagogical approach was limited. Forexample, the project scope was restricted to the following: “the engineering students have beenintroduced to an overview of IP and have been required to perform IP searches within theirassignments” (p. 11). While, prior art searching is an important component of the ESIP-Projectdescribed herein, it is but a small fraction of the overall project.In a more recent article, Vairis and Petousis [9] discussed courses which “are described in termsof goals and procedures which teach students IP rights to prepare them to benefit the

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Harwood; Al Rudnitsky

why knowledge is alwaysimprovable – never final. Page 10.874.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Despite the importance of scientific thinking, it continues to be an elusive educational goal.Many students, even advanced students, do not grasp how scientific theories arise and themanner in which evidence is used to support or call those theories into question. Experts such asBarr [5], Scharmann [6], and Kracjik [7] and most assessments agree that students tend to viewscience as a

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tina Zecher, Northern Arizona University; Fethiye Ozis, Carnegie Mellon University

students by name, arriving early and staying late after classes,keeping consistent office hours, being approachable, being encouraging, getting to knowstudents, and maintaining frequent contact [8], [22]. These interactions thrive when students’opinions and contributions are valued and supported by their professor’s verbal and non-verbalcommunication [23].In higher education, in-person professor-student communication was one of the most radicallyaffected areas during COVID-19. All faculty needed to adapt by moving communication withstudents to virtual platforms. The lingering effects of COVID-19 still requires somecommunication to be virtual and many large courses continue to be delivered online. Facultystudent communications are not back to

Conference Session

Outreach and K-12

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Gene L. Harding P.E., Purdue University (PPI); Taylor Andrew Hansen, Purdue Alumni

Tagged Topics

Outreach and K-12

thedegree programs offered at the main campus, based on needs of local industry in each area.These locations are largely responsible to do their own recruiting, which includes visiting highschools, hosting groups of high school students for tours, and running summer camps forstudents of various ages.For a few years the South Bend location offered an electric go-kart summer camp for high schoolstudents, but the go-karts are currently being refurbished and are not expected to be available inthe coming year. The local director requested the faculty come up with an alternative summercamp for local high school students. The purpose of the camp is to serve as a recruiting tool andto keep Purdue Polytechnic South Bend engaged in the local community while

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Hill

SESSION 2547 DOES HIRING NEED TO BE A CRAPSHOOT? Dr. Warren R. Hill Weber State UniversityAbstractThe hiring decision is probably one of the most critical decisions we make in higher education.This is true whether we are hiring faculty or staff. A wrong hire can create problems that canripple far beyond the hiring unit while a good hire can do wonders for a program. This paperdiscusses the hiring process and what we can do as faculty and administrators to help assure thatthe people we bring into our institutions are going to help us become better. Included

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Patrick O'Connell, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

providingactivities promoting abstract, design-based thinking and creativity in the classroom—like otherproducts in the educational technology marketplace, such as LEGO Mindstorms—but at a muchlower cost, PaperBots can be utilized by many budget constricted schools. Through combinationof those available materials with inexpensive electronics and an Arduino based control unitknown as the PaperBots Robotics Kit, students can be challenged with interesting andentertaining engineering activities in the classroom. In October of 2012, a small focus group offifteen fifth- and sixth-grade students assembled for a workshop utilizing the PaperBots roboticskit. This activity was observed and documented to make a qualitative determination of theeffectiveness of this

Conference Session

Motivation, Identity, and Belongingness

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lee Perkins, North Carolina State University; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Marissa A. Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #23045Development and Testing of an Instrument to Understand Engineering Doc-toral Students’ Identities and MotivationsHeather Lee Perkins, North Carolina State University Heather entered the Applied Social and Community Psychology program in the fall of 2014, after com- pleting her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati. She has participated in various research projects examining the interaction between stereotypes and science interest and confi- dence, their influence upon womens’ performance in school and the workplace, and their presence in the media and consequences for viewers

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; John Geddes, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Mark Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

to engage in learning interactions Managing social interactions Page 13.527.6MethodsSubjectsParticipants were undergraduate students from three engineering majors (engineering,mechanical engineering, and electrical and computer engineering) at a small, private,undergraduate engineering school. The sample of students included all classes, from first-yearstudents to graduating seniors.MeasuresA survey instrument was administered to the entire student body in spring 2006. Students wereinformed that their participation was voluntary

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Foltz, Iowa State University; Amanpreet Kaur, Iowa State University; William Henry Tushaus, Iowa State University; Christopher Sears Mikelson, Iowa State University; Brian Vincent Skalak; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

-condensable gases are easier to exploit.” [5, p454]What are we doing about global warming?Global warming policy dates all the way back to 1896 when Swedish scientists presented theidea that fossil fuels adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere could increase global temperature.After this, scientists began to see upward trends of the temperatures in the North Atlantic in the1930s and reports of the 1950s showed that greenhouse gas levels were increasing year afteryear. It wasn’t until 1988 that the World Meteorological Organization and the United NationsEnvironmental Programme set up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to assess dataon climate change and global warming.International efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions started in the

Conference Session

DSA Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Fox, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Zachary del Rosario, Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA)

of 5466 articles that discussed “uncertainty” or “error” [8]. This view of error as“unimportant” has deep roots; Salsburg [9] describes a common practice in the 1800’s, One way was to keep the precise mathematical formulas and treat the deviations between the observed values and the predicted values as small, unimportant error. [12, p. 15]Thus, it is common in mathematics to view error as negligible and unimportant. In contrast,statistics as a field of study takes variability as the core object of study [6]. Wild and Pfannkucharticulate the orientation of statisticians towards understanding variability, Statisticians look for sources of variability by looking for patterns and relationships between variables

Conference Session

Keeping It Real: Real World Examples and Systems Thinking

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waterloo Tsutsui, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Daniel DeLaurentis, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Inspired Framework to Enhance Aerospace Structural Mechanics EducationAbstractWe initiated a System-of-Systems inspired framework (i.e., Definition, Abstraction, andImplementation) to enhance aerospace structural mechanics education. The proposed frameworkhas a possibility to become an active learning pedagogy in mechanics education since thedifficulty level may be adjusted for students to fit right in the Zone of Proximity Development.The framework can also promote healthy collaboration among the students as well as betweenstudents and instructors for critical thinking and engagement. The framework is a streamlinedversion of “the big picture to the small picture” approach, so the students can always see the bigpicture, which

Conference Session

Discussions on Research Methodology: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Purdue University, West Lafayette; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University, West Lafayette / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogota, Colombia; Mariana Tafur-Arciniegas P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, and design learning.John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University, West Lafayette / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bo-gota, Colombia John Mendoza-Garcia is a Colombian Systems Engineer (Bachelor’s and Master’s degree) that currently is a Ph.D candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His advisors are Dr. Monica E. Cardella and Dr. William C. Oakes. He is interested in understanding the development of systems thinking to support its assessment and teaching. Currently, he works for the first year engineering program at Purdue where he has taught the engineering introductory courses in design and algorithmic thinking, and has also developed content for these courses. He has an appointment with the

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberley Breaux

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

2006-977: ENGINEERING SCHOOL, LIFE BALANCE, AND THE STUDENTEXPERIENCEHeidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines HEIDI G. LOSHBAUGH is an Assistant Research Professor for the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education at Colorado School of Mines. She holds a Doctorate, Master’s Degree, and Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Denver. Dr. Loshbaugh taught in CSM’s Engineering Design program, for which she developed extensive course and faculty-support materials, and designed and implemented a leadership course. She also has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines TAWNI J. HOEGLUND is

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hunter Christopher Fred, Western Kentucky University; Ryan Bennett Greenwood, Western Kentucky University; Shane Mathew Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics Division (MATH)

complete number system than othernumber system commonly used today such as the reals, hyperreals, or surreals. As mentioned,omnifinite numbers are similar to hyperreals in that numbers may be finite or nonfinite.Nonfinite numbers may be infinitesimal and/or infinite. Thus, omnifinites may be small, nonrealnumbers; real numbers; large, nonreal numbers; or a combination of these number types. Inaddition, omnifinites may be complex or have complex parts that are finite and/or nonfinite. Abrief discussion and overview of some of the important aspects and principles of omnifinites ispresented in this section. The next section will present some of the properties of omnifinitenumbers to help better understand how zero and differing infinities and

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Pong P Chu

Hands-On Experiment Platform to Study the Power and Thermal Characteristics of Digital Systems Pong P. Chu Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, US1. Introduction When a semiconductor device operates, it consumes energy and generates heat. The powerconsumption is a key issue in today’s digital system design. In a CMOS transistor, the dynamicpower is related to the charging and discharging of the load capacitance at the gate output and isproportional to the switching frequency. The power consumption of a large digital system,which contains millions or even

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Forsberg, Hofstra University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

enhance the students’ comprehension of the usefulness of dimensionalanalysis in the planning of experimental programs and the interpretation of the experimentaldata. The intent is to have students actively participate in the performance of the demonstrationsand the gathering of data. They would also correlate the data during the class period usingsoftware such as Excel, Matlab, or MathCad. The class session would be lively, with muchincreased student participation and active learning.Accordingly, we have developed a fluid mechanics experiment dealing with the flow of fluids(i. e., water and air) through nozzles of different sizes. The pressure drops across the nozzles aremeasured for a variety of flow rates. Using dimensional analysis, the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Western College and the University of Arizona. He most recently held the position of Associate Director at the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC). MATEC is a national center of excellence funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that focuses on workforce development for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. As the Associate Director Richard served as the semiconductor industry liaison and assisted in the development of a national workforce development model in collaboration with SEMETECH, Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and member companies. Mr. Newman has been actively involved in curriculum and program development for Technology and Applied Science

Collection

2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

Authors

Scott Matthew Boskovich, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Chris Burns, Boys Republic

Tagged Topics

Diversity

of team meetings. The meetings followed avirtual format that would is commonly used within industry today.The structure of the teams was based on a team structure they will encounter after graduation inindustry. This also allows various students the opportunity to understand both technical designas well as learn leadership roles within an engineering project. This enabled students tounderstand how to work together in both small and large teams and how to understand each otherteam’s requirements. Two of the teams, fluids and machine design were predominantlymechanical engineering focused, while the other two teams, computer vision and controls werepredominately electrical and software engineering focused. This multidisciplinary structure

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanveer Singh Chawla, Western Washington University; Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

FSAE spaceframe chassis design generally. The results may be used to prioritize strategies for the FSAEchassis design process.In Vehicle Design I, students practice the vehicle design process by designing a vehicle for aparticular market. For fall 2017, the focus was for each student to design an FSAE vehicle.Student learning outcomes for Vehicle Design I are listed in Table 1 below: Table 1. Vehicle Design I Student Learning Outcomes Student Learning Outcome: Assessment 1. Demonstrate an understanding of tire Students calculate lateral loads and tire grip forces and characteristics. with respect to normal force and slip angle. 2. Demonstrate the ability to design

Conference Session

Marge's Mission: Empowering STEM Innovation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #43561Elementary Student Teams’ Design Failure Experiences and Factors that Affecttheir Opportunities to Learn from Failure (Fundamental)Dr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Professor of Science and Engineering Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has integrated engineering into courses for PreK-8 teacher candidates, developed and directed a graduate STEM program for PreK-6 teachers, and partnered with teachers to implement PreK-8 science-integrated engineering learning experiences. She has authored numerous

Conference Session

Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Contract. It is notan alternative to other pedagogical approaches, but rather can be used in synergy with many otherforms of pedagogy.First we will explore the historical context of the Ulysses Contract and how it has been used inother fields. Next we will explore what faculty and students gain from issuing Faculty UlyssesContracts as well as how to weave in other pedagogical techniques. The article will concludewith some general advice on how to implement Faculty Ulysses Contracts. Throughout the paperare case studies that span required and elective courses, disciplinary and interdisciplinary envi-ronments, for-credit and extra/co-curricular programs. Also scattered throughout are answers tothe common practical and philisophical barriers to

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Judson Singer

makes team projects and cooperative learning more enjoyable. TheInternet is a super conduit for letting one’s humanity flow. Web links are sprinkled throughoutcourse assignments which solicit students to assess the professor, the learning environment, andthe course. These comments are posted online for all to see and remain a permanent part of thesite.When the teacher regularly uses humor, students come to feel that the “prof” is fully accessible toall students and permits the teacher to become more influential with them. This, in turn, permitstheir interests and desires to surface and be nurtured. Providing humor is a strong cue that theteacher cares about their emotional state and wants to keep it upbeat in at least small ways. Whenstudents

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, VentureWell; Surbhi Lipkin-Moore; Pedro Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tallahassee Community College; Nathalie Lavoine, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Lucian Lucia, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Murat Tiryakioglu, Jacksonville University; Justin Hall, Jacksonville University; Ron Edelen, Jacksonville University; Jeffery Plumblee, VentureWell

practice andhonest dialogue among the people who do it’” [10].While literature underscores the benefits of CoPs for faculty development, there is a lack ofshared understanding of what the term CoP means [11], [12]. This in turn has resulted insignificant variation in CoP implementations, from apprenticeships and small group convenings,to large-scale online networks and top-down knowledge management efforts [12], [13]. Thehomogenized use of the term serves to belie the variations of “knowing in action” [14] and cansubsequently leave faculty development practitioners unclear on how best to design their ownCoP initiative. Additionally, as Arthur [15] explains, “... if CoPs are self-defining and self-developing (as situated learning theory suggests

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The Student Experience

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Melissa H. Scheaffer, Utah State University; Tyler Reed Milliken

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University, has taught Solid Modeling, CAD, Introductory Electronics, Surveying, Statics, Assessment and Evaluation, and Introductory Engineering courses at Utah State University. Goodridge has been teaching for the Utah State College of Engineering for more than 15 years. He holds dual B.S degrees in industrial technology education and civil engineering from Utah State University, as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Utah State University. His research interests include entrepreneurship in engineering, spatial thinking and spatial cognition, and professional development for those teaching engineering.Ms. Melissa

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael J. Vinarcik P.E., University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

consists of two phases. In the first, students arerequired to construct small models and demonstrate their ability to create simple diagrams usingMagicDraw. They also learn how to edit and submit their work using TeamWork Cloud (theDassault Systèmes collaboration server for MagicDraw). This ensures they can perform therudiments of system modeling and have overcome any technical challenges in connecting to theuniversity’s server. In the second phase, teams of students collaboratively model representativesystems. This lets them experience the subtleties of working together on a large system model,understand and experience best practices for collaboration, and cultivate a visceral understandingof how modeling tools work and how to make a model serve

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Concepts into Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech; Tripp Shealy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engineering students recognize both the technical and social issues associated with global warming? 2. When do they believe global warming will start to have a serious effect on themselves, others, and the planet?MethodsA national sample of senior engineering students completed a survey in Spring and Fall of 2019.The sampling frame included four-year institutions chosen from the National Center forEducation Statistics institutional database. A stratified random list was created by categorizinginstitutions by undergraduate engineering enrollment, including small (< 5,400), medium (5,400-14,800), and large institutions (> 14,800). Capstone instructors at the institution selected atrandom were contacted and asked to distribute the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Best Paper Finalists

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catherine Mcgough Spence, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #30306It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and I Need a Job: A QualitativeExploration of Mid-Year Engineering Students’ Future Possible CareersDr. Catherine McGough, Minnesota State University, Mankato Catherine McGough is an Assistant Professor at the Iron Range Engineering Bell Program through Min- nesota State University, Mankato. She received her PhD in Engineering and Science Education in 2019 and a BS in Electrical Engineering in 2014 at Clemson University. Her research interests are in undergrad- uate engineering student motivations and undergraduate engineering problem solving skill development and