Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Instrumentation

AC 2009-868: ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION ANDINSTRUMENTATIONMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Richter, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

AC 2009-1592: ASSESSING STUDENT PERSPECTIVES OFINTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONDavid Richter, Virginia Tech DAVID RICHTER is a doctoral student in the Engineering Education department at Virginia Tech. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Saint Louis University and a M.S. in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech. For his dissertation, Mr. Richter is investigating the role of disciplinary egocentrism in interdisciplinary design collaboration. His other interests are in the areas of engineering design education, design cognition, and outreach programs for youth.Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech MARIE C. PARETTI is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-1630: ASSESSING SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT DELIVERABLESJames Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte James M. Conrad received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in computer engineering from North Carolina State University. He is currently an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas and as an instructor at North Carolina State University. He has also worked at IBM in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas; at Ericsson/Sony Ericsson in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phillip Sealy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; David Drury, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Mesut Muslu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-1695: CLOSING THE LOOP ON ASSESSMENTDale Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Associate Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville, Department of Electrical Engineering, Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program at Rock County, Electrical Engineering Assessment Chair 2008 - Present, Wisconsin Teaching Fellow 2009 - 2010, ASEE Mathematics Division Chair 2006-2007, ASEE Mathematics Division Program Chair 2005-2006Phillip Sealy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Associate Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville, Chair Department of Electrical Engineering, Previous Electrical Engineering Assessment ChairDavid Drury, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Professor

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel S. Hirschhorn

1 Session 3251 SHOULD ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS TRUST RISK ASSESSMENTS? Joel S. Hirschhorn Hirschhorn & AssociatesRisk assessment is no panacea for making ditllcuk decisions about the priority, extent, and objectives of cleanups -of hazardous waste sites. Whenever critics of cleanup programs, such as the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

Session 2647 Attitudinal Aspects of Assessing Student Writing Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of Technology AbstractFor many instructors, regardless of academic field, evaluating student writing is a thankless task,one that requires a seemingly endless amount of time. Consequently, attitudes regardingassessment may be less than positive. This paper explores faculty attitudinal aspects of gradingstudent writing by examining the results of a survey administered to engineering technologyfaculty at Oregon Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural

concepts. The objectives of this NSF sponsored CCLIgrant (DUE #0737198) include the utilization of proven techniques to develop nine instructionalmodules for three bioprocess engineering courses (three modules per course) and to assess theeffectiveness of the instructional modules. One module in the bioprocesses separationengineering course challenges students to determine a process to produce ethanol from locallygrown feedstock. The unit ends with students developing a laboratory manual that allows for theevaluation of process efficiency of ethanol production of a locally grown feedstock. One modulein the bioprocess validation and quality engineering course challenges students to understand theprocess validation required for bioproduct production

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hak Tam, University of California, Santa Barbara; Gary Hansen, University of California, Santa Barbara; Sally Blomstrom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Peter Robinson, Utah Valley University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-529: ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM ASSESSMENT BY STUDENTOUTCOMEHak Tam, University of California, Santa BarbaraGary Hansen, University of California, Santa BarbaraSally Blomstrom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityPeter Robinson, Utah Valley University Page 14.581.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM ASSESSMENT BY STUDENT OUTCOMEIntroduction Harvard Business School offered the first course in entrepreneurship in 1947. Today mostof the AACSB-accredited business schools offer programs in entrepreneurship 1. Withinnovations emanating from the science and technology areas, entrepreneurship

Conference Session

Capstone Courses I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Sanders, Kettering University; Mark Thompson, Kettering University; Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University; Lucy King, Kettering University; Michael Lindquist, Kettering University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

2006-1190: ASSESSING INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING CAPSTONEPROJECTMatthew Sanders, Kettering University MATTHEW S. SANDERS, Ph.D. is an associate professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Sanders earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1987. His current interest and consulting experience are in systems management and systems design.Mark Thompson, Kettering University Mark Thompson earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1980. He has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kettering University for 17 years and holds the rank of Professor. Dr. Thompson

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-831: CONTENT ASSESSMENT AT THE COURSE LEVELRichard Bannerot, University of Houston Richard Bannerot is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston. His research interests are in the thermal sciences and in engineering design education. For the past fifteen years he has taught the required "Introduction to Design" course at the sophomore level and has been involved in the teaching of the department's capstone design course. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas. Page 11.356.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 20062006-831: CONTENT

Conference Session

ETD Accreditation and Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Yearling P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tim Anderson, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Robert J. Durkin, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

awarded two US patents. He is an alumnus of Indiana Institute of Technology, and the University of Notre Dame; where he graduated Magna cum Laude. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Evaluation of IUPUI Mechanical Engineering Technology Senior Assessment ExamAbstractThis paper discusses the methods and analysis of 6-semesters of senior assessment examinationdata identifying the courses and subject material students found the most difficult to solve in theMET program Senior Assessment Examination. The analysis results indicate that MET 111(Applied Statics), MET 213 (Dynamics), and MET 348 (Engineering Materials) are courses inneed of potential improvement. Furthermore, subject areas such as the

Conference Session

Technical Session 6: Modulus Topics Part 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paras Sud, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, we present an algorithm that takes a collection of problem poolsand historical data on student performance on these problems and produces exams with reducedvariance of difficulty (relative to naive random selection) while maintaining sufficient variationbetween exams to ensure security. Specifically, for a synthetic example exam, we can roughlyhalve the standard deviation of generated assessment difficulty levels with negligible effects oncheating cost functions (e.g., entropy-based measures of diversity).IntroductionAt many universities, introductory STEM courses are taught as large (200+ student) lecturecourses which presents many challenges, but summative assessment is one of the most significant.While lectures and web-based auto-graded

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cristiano Cordeiro Cruz, Aeronautics Technological Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Assessing Grassroots Engineering Applications in BrazilIn Brazil, service learning or community service is an integral part of every university’sfundamental duties, along with teaching and researching. The type of learning or service to beprovided, however, depends on the hermeneutics applied, which can either lead to groupempowerment and socio-technical change or to mere paternalism.In the early 2000s, during the two terms of Lula as president of Brazil, many community service/service-learning teams were established and institutionalized, linked to engineering courses andfaculty members. From the conjugation of social technology and solidarity economy movements,some of these teams developed a form of engineering practice that is now called

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a senior member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented more than thirty five papers at various Assessment Institutes. His posters in the areas of Assessment, Bloom’s Taxonomy and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of Cognitive Science and Educational Methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4 – Systems Thinking Integration and Systems Engineering Skills Evaluation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peizhu Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises)

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Paper ID #23083Automated Assessment of Systems Engineering CompetenciesPeizhu Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises) Peizhu Zhang is a Ph.D. Candidate at Stevens Institute of Technology specializing in Systems Engineer- ing. His research interests include systems engineering, competency assessment, software engineering, and serious games. He has over 10 years of experience in design and development of software systems. Mr. Zhang holds a B.S. in software engineering from Beijing University of Technology as well as an M.S. in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology.Prof. Jon

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt M DeGoede, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #21730Competency Based Assessment in DynamicsDr. Kurt M DeGoede, Elizabethtown College Professor of Engineering and Physics, Elizabethtown College. His research interests in biomechanics include developing clinical instruments for rehabilitation. Dr. DeGoede teaches upper-level undergraduate mechanical engineering and design courses and the first-year introduction to engineering course. He is also developing a collaborative study abroad program in West Africa built around social enterprise initiatives. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Competency

Conference Session

Construction Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gad M. Ghada, California State Polytechnic University; Jinsung Cho; Yasser Salem

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Construction Engineering

Construction Engineering Technology Program Assessment FrameworkAbstractWith the ultimate goal of engineering programs to improve student learning, this paper presentsthe assessment framework developed, adopted, and implemented by the ConstructionEngineering Technology (CET) program at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.The framework is set up to measure the attainment of both the Program Educational Objectives(PEOs) and Students Outcomes (SOs), as required by the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET). The assessment of the PEOs was conducted through indirect measuresincluding surveys to alumni and industry advisory council. The assessment of SOs

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Louisiana Community and Technical College System-MEPOL; Willie Eugene Smith Sr., Louisiana Community and Technical College System

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #26586Competitiveness Reviews for Assessing Program NeedsDr. Ali Ahmad, Louisiana Community and Technical College System-MEPOL Dr. Ali Ahmad is Director of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) of Louisiana, which oper- ates under the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. Dr. Ahmad is a professional with over 18 years of experience in industrial engineering, research and management fields. He was previ- ously an Associate Professor and Head of the Engineering Technology Department at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. He obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11195Capstone Design Assessment and Student MotivationDr. Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Kiefer has spent the past fourteen years teaching mechanical engineering at four institutions. As an exemplary teaching specialist in mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, Scott received the Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence, given to one faculty member in the College in Engineering for outstanding instructional performance. Scott specializes in machine design, vibrations and controls, and mechatronics. He started his career at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez in the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Sue Richmond, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Kailasam Satyamurthy, Penn State University; Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. in Computer and Information Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology. She teaches in both the resident and online software engineering, systems engineering, and engineering management graduate degrees. She has published a number of articles in journals and conference proceedings in the area of technical teams and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Exploring the Value of Peer Assessment Sally S. Richmond, Kailasam Satyamurthy, and Joanna F. DeFranco The Pennsylvania State UniversityWe have collected peer-assessment (PA) and self-assessment (SA) data from two resident sections of

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #15913Formative Peer Assessment of TeachingDr. Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines Stephanie Claussen’s experience spans both engineering and education research. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005. Her Ph.D. work at Stan- ford University focused on optoelectronics, and she continues that work in her position at the Colorado School of Mines, primarily with the involvement of undergraduate researchers. In her role as an Associate Teaching Professor, she is primarily tasked with the education of undergraduate engineers. In her courses

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 19: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marina Miletic, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Sung "Pil" Kang, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico

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Educational Research and Methods

currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Education / Spencer Post- doctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

Paper ID #25138Assessment of Quantum Mechanical ConceptsDr. Robert A. Ross, University of Detroit Mercy Robert A. Ross is a Professor of Physics in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Detroit Mercy. His research interests include semiconductor devices and physics pedagogy. Ross received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Wayne State University in Detroit. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Assessment of Quantum Mechanical ConceptsAbstractDetroit Mercy offers a comprehensive engineering program with degrees in mechanical, civil

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; He Shen, California State University, Los Angeles

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

Paper ID #27840A Self-Assessment Based Homework ModelDr. Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles Ni Li, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles. She earned her BS in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, and her MS in Electrical Engineering, MS in Aerospace Engineering, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Central Florida. She previously served as a lecturer at University of Central Florida.Dr. Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles Nancy Warter-Perez is

Collection

2019 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

bryan james mealy, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Enhancing Student Success Using Flexible Assessment Bryan J. Mealy California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoAbstractThis paper describes our continued work with Flexible Assessment (FAST) techniques where wegive students options in how assessment affects their final course grade. The primaryresponsibilities of instructors are to help students learn and to assess what they’ve learned, whichpresents a dilemma because the more time instructors spend assessing students reduces theamount of time instructors can spend directly helping students. This notion is particularlyimportant in modern course formats designed to enhance the active learning aspects of

Conference Session

Computing Research II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a senior member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented more than thirty five papers at various Assessment Institutes. His posters in the areas of Assessment, Bloom’s Taxonomy and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of Cognitive Science and Educational Methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently

Conference Session

Promoting Communication Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lisa R. Volpatti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alex Jordan Hanson, University of Texas at Austin; Jennifer M. Schall; Jesse N. Dunietz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amanda X. Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rohan Chitnis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Eric J. Alm; Alison F. Takemura, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; Diana M. Chien, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #31223Quantitative Assessment of Students’ Revision ProcessesLisa R Volpatti, MIT Lisa R. Volpatti is a Ph.D. candidate in the Anderson and Langer Labs at MIT with research interests in the development of responsive materials for biomedical applications. Prior to joining MIT, Lisa received her Masters of Philosophy in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK and her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Lisa co-founded the Graduate Women in Chemical Engineering organization at MIT and is a NSF Graduate Research Fellow, a Whitaker International

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc.; Cyrus Meherji, Technical Career Institute, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

AC 2008-773: DATA MANAGEMENT FOR OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENTBertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc.Cyrus Meherji, Technical Career Institute, Inc. Page 13.350.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Data Management for Outcomes and AssessmentAbstractOur college faculty has been inundated with requests for data concerning Outcomes and Assessments. Often thequestion on most of the faculty minds is what is the purpose of keeping all this data? Will it improve the qualityof education that we provide? This question is academic because Middle States and Tac Abet are veryconcerned and required analyses of Outcomes and Assessments.To comply with

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley; Danielle DeCristoforo, Lockheed-Martin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of Graduate Professional Studies, Pennsylvania State University, where she concentrated on problem solving in science and engineering and completed her professional paper on the creative style of products of invention. Page 13.1094.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Sorting Out “Creativity” in Design AssessmentAbstractThis paper describes the early development of a practical framework for the assessment ofproducts of design that is aimed at resolving some of the confusion surrounding “creativity”within that field. In particular, key concepts from problem solving theory are used to

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Hoadley, Professor @ VMI

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

“attitudes” portion of the BOK. What is the importance of attitudes in theengineering profession and in other professions as well? If attitudes are included in the BOKthen they must be assessed. Knowledge and skills can be objectively measured while attitudesare far more subjective and difficult to assess in a consistent way. Some attitude assessmenttools are discussed.IntroductionIn 2004 ASCE published a report defining the “knowledge, skills and attitudes,” or morebroadly, the body of knowledge (BOK), necessary for an individual to enter the professionalpractice of civil engineering.1 Knowledge means the familiarity with certain facts and naturallaws while skill is the ability to use that knowledge. Attitude is “a mental position with regard toa