Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Mosborg; Robin Adams; Rebecca Kim; Monica Cardella; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

Page 10.337.3students’ perspective and found little evidence students were heeding the iconic block-flow “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”model. Their study found that, contrary to the design approach of effective designers, novicestended to dive into a design problem without a clear plan or direction for how to solve it. Whengiven an open-ended design problem, students neglected to recognize as priorities either thegeneration of alternative solutions or such “real world” steps as identification of need andimplementation. Overall, students appeared unaware of several established steps in

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 10: Teaming and Professional Skills

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico, P.E., E4S, LLC; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

process. The job acquisition processincludes job searches to find jobs to apply to, applying to the jobs (e.g., sending in resumes(tailored or otherwise), references, and activities such as answering application questions), andother steps such as interviews and job offer negotiations. Note that variables such as networkingmay be used for career development, job searches, and job acquisition and thus the context ofnetworking (or any nuanced item) is important to understanding how students find, or attempt tofind, a preferred FPAG.Further, certain career-related experiences like internships can have an impact on student careerdevelopment and the job search process. Maertz Jr, Stoeberl, and Marks researched the benefitsof internships for students

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

beincorporated into existing plans of study as electives. Experiential education may also be useful,in which “real world” situations are incorporated in the classroom, possibly including workingwith real clients, up to and including internship opportunities where available. Studentorganizations can provide leadership opportunities. While these are suggestions, the area is ripefor further research to evaluate the effectiveness of these and other techniques.Noll and Wilkins (2002) propose in their Information System curriculum 8 core skills requiredfor all concentrations. These core skills are: a) Knowledge of business functional areas; b)Ability to interpret business problems and develop appropriate technical solution; c) Ability tounderstand the

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Chao Wang, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

matrices) areintroduced using three short video lectures. Students then have the opportunity to apply the Page 26.472.9design process to create a conceptual design and practice using various design tools for ascenario provided.Students practice using the design process again later in the course when teams create a design toa real world problem for the team based design project.Basic Engineering Skills and ToolsFour topics are included in this course to introduce basic engineering skills and tools:engineering models & measurements; MATLAB; project management; and technicalcommunication.For engineering models and measurements, descriptive and

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

developmentactivities.I. IntroductionThe exponential rate of technological advances is forcing a paradigm shift in education.Teaching in today’s world requires new approaches to instruction. The profound andpervasive changes occurring in education are placing new demands on educators.Educators are expected to be technically current and to learn the mechanics ofteaching/learning in order to become effective teachers. These new challenges aretransforming teachers into life-long learners.The half-life of an engineer's technical skills - how long it takes for half of everything anengineer knows about his or her field to become obsolete - is becoming strikingly short.According to the National University Continuing Education Association, for mechanicalengineers it is

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-On Activities

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Anne Valdes, University of Florida; Carlene Elizabeth Cuadra, University of Florida ; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

#19609Chevron Oil Company, 1979- 1983; Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc. (COPI), San Francisco, California1981-1983. Project Leader/Reservoir Engineer, Conducted reservoir and some production engineeringwork using the in-house multiphase model/simulators. Evaluation/development, budgeting and planningfor international fields; Rio Zulia field – Columbia, Pennington Field – Offshore Nigeria, Valenginan,Grauliegend and Rothliegend Reservoir – Netherlands. Also represented COPI as appropriate when nec-essary.Chevron Geo-Sciences Company, Houston, TX, 1979-1980 Reservoir Engineer Applications, Performedreservoir simulation studies, history matching and performance forecasting, water-flooding for additionalrecovery (Rangeley Field – Colorado, Windalia Field

Conference Session

Additive Manufacturing Practices

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas William Barrett, James Madison University; Matthew Cole Pizzico, James Madison University; Bryan Levy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kimberly G. Talley, Texas State University; Craig R. Forest, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

been shown to increase the effectiveness and quality ofthe final design, and both play a key role in the development of students by linking the materialcovered in the classroom to the real world. Studies have shown that physical representations ofconcepts can aid designers by helping them to find new design requirements and designfeatures.14 In a study by Dow and Klemmer, it was found that designers who used physicalmodels in their design iterations outperformed those who did not use physical models.15 Becauseof the benefits of building and working with physical models, industries employ prototyping asan integral part of the design process. For example, Toyota uses physical prototyping in theirdesign process in order to avoid manufacturing

Conference Session

Towards Global Competency for Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Brent E. Nelson, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

fortune 500 companies throughout the world, including Cisco, Google, Visa, Barclays, Novo Nordisk, Medtronic, Oracle, Visa, Xilinx, Nationwide Insurance, and Anadarko Petroleum. He is a certified Manufacturing Technologist (Society of Manufacturing Engineers). He is an active member of ASEE.Dr. Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University Spencer Magleby is a professor of mechanical engineering and Associate Dean in the Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University. He came to BYU in 1989 after working in the aircraft industry developing tools for advanced aircraft design and manufacture. Magleby received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, where his research centered on design. He

Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

business and industry. This teaching methodology ismarkedly different when compared to closed ended, formulaic questions often found at the end of a textbook chapter.“Case studies, in general, provide an avenue of addressing concrete real-world experiences withoutleaving the classroom.” [9]. The issue for instructors of EM curricular is gaining access to practical anduseable case study documentation that can be used for single or multiple learning opportunities. Mostcase studies seem to be generated by either business or management schools and are subsequentlyadopted or adapted for use by EM instructors. Ideally, the case study should permit the EM student todirectly consider the case in light of its EM lesson without the need to translate into EM

Conference Session

Reimagining STEM Transitions: Bridging Gaps and Building Resilience in Post-Pandemic Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicolas Ivanov, University of Toronto; Nhien Tran-Nguyen, University of Toronto; Ferdinand Avikpe, University of Toronto; Ruonan Cao, University of Toronto; Derrick Lim, University of Toronto; Felicia Hope Mikrogianakis, OISE, University of Toronto; Kimberly Meredith Seaman, University of Toronto; Dawn M Kilkenny, University of Toronto

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

abilities. Virtual learningenvironments are challenged to offer the dynamic, interactive nature of face-to-facecollaboration, and have left many students underprepared for real-world scenarios where theseskills are indispensable. Moreover, prolonged isolation and the shift to independent, screen-basedlearning may have contributed to reduced confidence and adaptability, further affecting students’readiness for future academic and professional pursuits [5], [6], [7], [8]. The implementation of student-centered problem- or inquiry-based learning (IBL)exercises may serve as a method to address the learning challenges faced by students andeducators in a post-pandemic landscape. When used effectively, IBL enables students to engagein active hands

Collection

2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Randy Hurd; Dustin Grote

to design meaningful lab assignments that can be performed on campusor even at home without access to specific lab equipment or software. This enables hands-on andinstructionally valuable experiential assignments to be added to a course while saving both timeand money. This paper presents two lab assignments that were added to an engineering vibrationcourse (ME 4150 at Weber State University). The addition of these assignments helped to bridgethe gap between theoretical discussion and real-world observations.Figure 1: A smartphone screen capture while running the Phyphox app while collecting datausing an onboard accelerometer. The green peaks correspond to steps taken whileholding the smartphone.METHODSWhile other educators have created

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Brennan, Tufts University; Mohammed Tonkal, Tufts University and King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia; Chris Buergin Rogers, Tufts University

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

settings commonly found in the real world. Systemsengineering practices are applicable to most if not all future classes, careers, and situations thatthe students will experience in their coming years; allowing them to become comfortable withthese tools early on improves the chances they will succeed in the future.Systems engineering is an integrated part of Project-Based Learning approach (PBL); this is ateaching tactic where students work with real-world practices, define goals, and execute a projectalong the way 1 . Project-based learning also helps students learn soft skills and experienceleadership roles 2,3 . Additionally, educators have found PBL inspires collaboration betweenstudents and allows teachers to just intervene when students ask

Conference Session

Critical Reflections on Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., High Point University; Svetlana Chesser, Auburn University; Brian J. O'Leary, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Bart L. Weathington, WECO Solutions

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

a nontraditional route into academe by spending several years working as a management consul- tant planning, designing, and delivering organizational performance solutions and helping organizations American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34179meet human resource challenges. Continuing this trend, his current research and consulting interests arebroadly focused on the application of psychological knowledge to real world issues. Specifically, he isinterested in issues regarding employee selection, development, and compensation as well as the impactof changes in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Cornucopia

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua Bourne Reed, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Michael F. Young, University of Connecticut

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First-Year Programs

enhance theway people think and learn. His NSF-funded project, GEEWIS (http://www.geewis.uconn.edu/), focusedon streaming real-time water quality pond data via the Internet and providing support for the integrationof this authentic data into secondary and higher education science classrooms. His approach features theanalysis of log files, ”dribble files,” that maintain time-stamped listing of navigation choices and lag time.This approach has been applied to hypertext reading (Spencer Foundation grant), videodisc-based prob-lem solving (Jasper project), and online navigation (Jason project). Recent work concerns playful learningusing video game, card games, and board games aligned with national teaching and learning standards

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 6: Computer Science Freshman Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside; Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside

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Computers in Education

programmers solidify a good programming base. Learning coral first really helpedme incrementally understand the logic and reasoning that many programming programs have andhelped me apply what i learned to those problems (even in the real world). I personally did notfind any "cons" with using coral but im sure other students have a difference experience with itthan i had.""I loved learning coral first. The only problem I have is how long we spent on coral. I wish wewould have had more time to work with C++ before taking the final. Especially since we havegone from exclusively typing our code to writing it on paper.""I like that Coral was the first experience to programming because it allows for a comfortablelearning experience without the stress of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madeline Nelson, University of San Diego; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

still hadmany misconceptions surrounding the fundamentals of thermodynamics, including the first law,heat, work, and energy [8]. Jewett published a series of five papers discussing how studentscome to be so confused around the idea of energy [9], [11]–[13], arguing that students cannotrelate to the material and thus cannot make the connection of energy concepts to the real world.This divide between the theoretical and the practical was echoed by Solomon, where the keyissue in their energy education study was the inability for students to relate the topics they arelearning about to the real world. They found that students tended to think in two domains:everyday notions and scientific explanations. Students consistently did better on questions

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Professional Development and Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Anna Maria Bateman, University of South Florida; Lynn Chisholm, University of South Florida

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First-Year Programs

students successfully completingthe CRBP, it is anticipated that these students will continue to earn one badge per semesterachieving all eight NACE competency skills before graduation. Ultimately, the opportunities forstudents to develop soft skills in conjunction with a curriculum that instructs engineering corecompetencies is important for success in the professional realm.IntroductionUniversities are revamping their first-year engineering curriculum to feature high impactactivities promoting professional development (PD) [1–5]. Oftentimes, this comes in the formof long-term design project assignments or real world case studies [1–4, 6]. Even whenlogistical challenges are vast [7, 8], as in large lecture course (> 60), it has been of

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

12.590.11contemporary technologies. It would develop an appreciation for how one choosesbetween various solution implementations in a real-world setting. Issues such as designcycle time, fabrication and manufacturing costs, quality, reliability, product life cycle andvarious forms of testing would dominate this course.The Systems Theory and Fields, Waves and Charges QuadrantsThis leaves us with the two projects, three 3-credit engineering courses and onemath/science course as the remaining resources which we need to allocate. Thisallocation needs to address the other two quadrants of the mindmap.The next step is to set some priorities for this curricular resource allocation. We appliedthe following process. While each item on the mindmap has an intrinsic

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Sherion Jackson, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

knowledge or as review materials for othercourses. Courses would include an introduction (Hook), a combination of relevant conceptchunks (content), and a conclusion (Tie-up). For example the introduction might be an exampleof what the learner will learn, how this would be presented, and an example of how this would beused in the real world, the concept chunks would consist of the course concept chunks, and theconclusion would present a review of chunks along with a process of tying together andcementing of concept chunks. While the Learning Manager would present the Introduction andthe Conclusion, the Content Integrator would guide student through the learning of conceptchunks. Each online course could vary in consistency of chunks depending upon

Conference Session

At The Institutional Level

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Loveless-Morris, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan; Robert Embrey, Highline Community College; Kali Kuwada, Seattle Central Community College; Marisela Mendoza, Columbia Basin College; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Eve Riskin, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

exception of one institution, a representative from each of the six institutionswas interviewed.The structured interviews were mostly centered around Kanter’s (1994) “CollaborativeAdvantage,” which will be further discussed in the literature review 8. Sample questions include: • Which of the following description(s) best describes the relationships among the partners. After choosing the best description(s), please provide an example that demonstrates the relationship you chose. For example, if one chose option B, and example for why one chose this option might be: Institution A has the ability to reach more minority students, while Institution B has the ability to connect students with real- world internships

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

one way to meet graduating seniors and assess their ability to work in their organization. Still, a viable statement of work must be written so that the students can work on a real-world engineering problem.• Intellectual Property: While a senior design project usually does not create valuable intellectual property, there is a possibility the work may be patentable. Who owns this work? This section describes several examples of assigning or identifying ownership BEFORE the work is done.• Company Involvement: One of the most difficult parts of an industrial-based senior design program is ensuring the company employees actually participate. They have so little time, and if a project is to have any hope of success, a

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

team that will function as a small startup company; identify an ideafor a product or system; locate sponsorship and find a faculty advisor; plan their efforts usingproject management principles and develop a formal proposal to sell their idea; and finally Page 14.468.2implement their design through a working prototype and complete documentation package3.This process encourages the students to use their education to innovate and solve a complex,real-world problem. Feedback from both graduates and their employers indicate that thisexperience makes them extremely valuable employees.Most recently, seniors working on their capstone design sequence

Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University ; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

allowing students to gain hands-onexperiences in manufacturing processes and working as a team. In his project, studentself-assigned their roles in the group, learning for themselves where they fit in the group, asopposed to being assigned by the professors, which could allow female students to self-select lessof the technical hands-on position in favor of more social roles 9 . Engineering design competitionshave also served as an excellent way to allow students to gain hands on experiences outside theclassroom. Buchal 10 discussed the importance in solving real world problems, understanding thedesign process, closing the non-technical gaps, and practicing team work. Many teams gainmotivation from getting to choose to take part in these activities

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. However,many cookie-cutter laboratory exercises are not effective. Students do not necessarily understandthe reason for each step in the lab instructions and may not be able to make the connectionbetween the concepts taught in the lectures and what they do in the laboratory. Many ET courses also have course projects with the purpose of motivating students to apply the theories they learn to solve real-world problems. One of the drawbacks of course project is that the technical merits of course projects are over-emphasized and the importance of learning and students’ interests is underestimated. There are other efforts such as introducing product development 20 and creating high impact learning environment 29 that have been made to motivate

Conference Session

First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kaitlyn A Marengo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Biomedical

based the premise that students gain deeper knowledge andretain it longer when it is presented in a real-world context as demonstrated in the problem-basedlearning (PBL) literature (Eberlein, Kampmeier et al. 2008). The literature indicates that PBLenhances both the immediate and long-term ability of students to apply their knowledge (Gijbels,Dochy et al. 2005, Pascarella and Terenzini 2005, Kuh, Kinzie et al. 2011). The process ofcompleting the project is inherently student-centered, with students solving the problem at theirown pace and the professor serving as a guide and facilitator. The students determine what theyneed to know and learn to critically evaluate sources of information, and thus develop criticalproblem solving skills (Barrows

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas E. Mertz, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; William E. Genereux, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Troy Harding, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Tim Bower, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Katrina M Lewis; Michael Lee Oetken, Kansas State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

in advance. This mirrors the real world in an authentic way,but caused concern for faculty uncomfortable with forging ahead into the unknown.Team-teaching presents its own set of problems. For example, how should a team-taught courseby two or more faculty members weigh into traditional calculations of teaching load? How canfaculty members model effective and cooperative teamwork to the students? Differences inpersonality and philosophy play a part in how successful team teaching can be. Overall, thefaculty have been positive about the change. Staying flexible and realizing that creating a real-world but sometimes messy learning environment is beneficial to students. Students enrolled inthe new curriculum have benefited by learning a broad

Conference Session

Computational Thinking in Pre-College Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dazhi Yang, Boise State University; Youngkyun Baek, Boise State University; Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University; William H. Stewart, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Simulation and exercises or creating such programs for data manipulations Modeling (CSTA, 2009)Although CT has traditionally been implemented in only one or two subject areas at a time, morerecent research studies/practices have taken an integrated STEM approach involving more thanone subject or content areas (Yang et al., 2018). Regardless of differences in CT integrationapproaches or real-world implementation challenges, research from the National ResearchCouncil (NRC) stated that CT can be effectively integrated into K-12 STEM education andinquiry (Yang et al., 2018).To develop the abstraction CT component with middle and high school students, Lee et al.(2011) outlined how students were tasked

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment III

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, University of Minho; Victor F. A. Barros, University of Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Emilia Rodrigues Araújo, University of Minho; Isabel Ramos, University of Minho

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Professor” by the IGIP (International Society for Engineering Pedagogy) and Pro- fessor of the IGIP Engineering Educator Certificate Program. He is Executive Director at International Institute of Education (IIE) and Executive Secretary of Science and Education Research Organization (COPEC). He is President of Brazilian Citizen Council of Porto/Portugal (CCBP) and Executive Secre- tary of the Brazilian Citizen Abroad Council (CRBE) linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty). He is Publication Chair/Member of Organization of the IEEE EDUNINE and more than 10 others international conferences around the world. He is involved in more than 10 research projects and He is Collaborator Researcher of the

Conference Session

Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

aspects of the instructional strategy.3. Common elements of context-rich collaborative problem solving implemented through SIIPWhile there are many different implementations of collaborative problem solving 10 , the formatspread through SIIP focused on small-group collaborative exercises within discussion and labsections. In this format, students are organized into teams of three to five, either randomlyassigned each period or once at the start of semester, and they then collaboratively attempt to solvea prepared worksheet or guided problem-solving activity. The worksheets or activities concentrateon “real-world” applications of the material currently being studied in the course, and are aimed

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Alan Degenhardt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Brian S. Woodard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

their own design in pursuit of a goal introduces components of Learning byDesign (LBD) that were expected to provide a more rigorous introduction to engineeringpractices [6]. The components of LBD that the researchers sought to introduce were: • Tasks based on real-world applications • Open-ended design tasks • Instructor feedback for designers • Discussion and collaboration • Experimentation and exploration • ReflectionThe researchers also believed that completing a design project within the first month of schoolcould boost enthusiasm and retention, as PBL and design courses have been shown to boostretention [4].The improved project is a small model