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Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University; Patrick John Sours, The Ohio State University; Kristen Conroy, The Ohio State University; Kadri Akinola Akanni Parris, The Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

. She also teaches the Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Capstone, Energy in Biological Systems, and the Introduction to Humanitarian Engineering course.Dr. Kadri Akinola Akanni Parris, The Ohio State University Dr. Kadri A.A. Parris is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University (OSU). He is the holder of a Masterˆa C™s Degree in Transportation Engineering and received his Doctorate in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 From Service to Engagement: Outcomes from the implementation of multiyear human centered design initiatives across Humanitarian Engineering courses to improve

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

and electrodynamics for physics majors and a course in musical acoustics, which was specifically de- signed for elementary education majors. He is director of the ASU Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) Project, which strives to produce more and better high school physics teachers. He is also director of Master of Natural Science degree program, a graduate program designed for in-service science teachers. He works on improving persistence of students in STEM majors, especially under-prepared students and students from under-represented groups.Dr. Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University Keith D. Hjelmstad is Professor of Civil Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Yukio Yoritomo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Maxx Joseph Villotti, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aric Tate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly Searsmith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthias Grosse Perdekamp, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julie L. Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Physics and Physics

Paper ID #26393A Tale of Two Rubrics: Realigning Genre Instruction through Improved Re-sponse Rubrics in a Writing-intensive Physics CourseJohn Yukio Yoritomo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign John Yoritomo is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Physics Department at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign. His research focuses on diffuse field ultrasonics, with applications in non-destructive evalu- ation and seismology. He has been a teaching assistant for many writing-intensive undergraduate courses in the Physics Department. He is also a member of a team working to improve the writing instruction in the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael P. Frank, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Kamal E. Amin, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Okenwa I. Okoli, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Sungmoon Jung Ph.D., FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Robert A. Van Engelen, Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #9523Expanding and Improving the Integration of Multidisciplinary Projects in aCapstone Senior Design Course: Experience Gained and Future PlansDr. Michael P. Frank, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Dr. Michael P. Frank has been coordinating the involvement of Electrical and Computer Engineering stu- dents in the Senior Design program at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering since 2011. He previously advised several individual senior design teams as an assistant professor in the ECE department during the period 2004-2007. Prior to that, he coached several industry-sponsored multidisciplinary senior design teams in

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #6033Effect of Previous Experience and Attitudes on Capstone Project Achieve-mentProf. Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University BYRON GARRY is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Construction & Operations Management in the College of Engineering at South Dakota State University and has taught the EET Project Management/Capstone course sequence since 2001. Page 23.462.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Effect

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New Trends in Engineering Management Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Engineering Management

managed the development of a number of supply chain related courses. He also worked as a project manager and a consultant for Tefen Consulting in the area of productivity improvement for Hitech firms. Dr. Ozelkan holds a Ph.D. degree in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. He teaches courses on supply chain management, lean systems, designed experimentation, decision analysis and systems optimization. His current research interests are modeling of supply chains and applications in different industries. Dr. Ozelkan is the recipient of IIE’s 2006 Lean Division Excellence in Teaching Award.Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Agnes Galambosi

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New Ideas for the ChemE Core

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Chemical Engineering

.         Page 25.910.10     9  Table  1:  Summary  results  for  CIET.    *Designates  significant  improvement  at  p<0.01          Conclusions  and  Future  Work    While  the  activities  are  effective  at  repairing  students’  misconceptions,  and  students  report  that  they  are  fun,  further  analysis  is  needed  to  more  clearly  demonstrate  the  contribution  of  particular  activity  pairs  to  students’  understanding.    Also  ongoing  is  the  conversion  of  the

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa Shraim, Ohio University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) by The American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is also a certified Quality Management Systems (QMS) Lead Auditor by the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) in London. He was elected a Fellow by ASQ in 2007. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Using Design of Experiments and the PDSA to improve 3-D Printing in a Senior Quality Course AbstractResearch has shown that project-based learning (PBL) is more engaging than traditional teachingmethods. A proposed PBL method using two cycles of plan-do-study-act (PDSA) coupled withdesign of experiments will be tested as

Conference Session

FPD V: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-year Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine S. Zerda, University of Houston; Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston; Stuart A. Long, University of Houston; Fritz J. Claydon, University of Houston

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First-Year Programs

AC 2012-3499: IMPROVING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND OUTCOMESIN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING COURSES AT A HIGHLY DIVERSE,MULTICULTURAL URBAN UNIVERSITYDr. Katherine S. Zerda, University of Houston Kathy Zerda is the Director of the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES), the multicul- tural learning community for undergraduates at the Cullen College of Engineering. She also directs the UH Women in Engineering program. Zerda is an Instructional and Research Assistant Professor for the college and serves as the Faculty Advisor for the student chapters of the Society of Women Engineers and the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists. Before joining the University of Hous- ton, Zerda worked as an

Conference Session

Project-Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah D Budinoff, The University of Arizona; Andrew Wessman; Kargi Chauhan

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

Paper ID #37878Using online learning modules to improve students’ use of technicalstandards in additive manufacturing courses and projectsDr. Hannah D Budinoff, The University of Arizona Hannah Budinoff is an Assistant Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include additive manufacturing, geometric manufacturability analysis, design for manufacturing, and engineering education.Andrew WessmanKargi Chauhan ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Using online learning modules to improve students’ use of technical standards

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

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Benjamin D McPheron, Anderson University

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Diversity

courses in Electrical Engineering including Circuit Theory, Electronics, Controls, and Mechatronics. His research interests include Engineering Education, Control Systems, Mechatronics, and Signal Processing. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36054 Work-In-Progress: Applying Peer Mentorship in a First Year Engineering Course to Improve Student Learning and Retention Outcomes Benjamin D. McPheron Anderson University bdmcpheron@anderson.eduFirst

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Xinyu Zhang, West Virginia University; Jeremy G. Roberts, West Virginia University

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Diversity

conflict management styles, which can further provideinsights for the continuous course improvement and first-year engineering education. The resultswill be helpful as more and more Generation Z students enter higher education.Design of the “conflict resolution” sessionThe design of the “conflict resolution” session in the “Engineering Problem Solving I” coursefollows the Backward Design Process ​[13]​.Stage 1: Desired ResultsOne objective of this course is for students to acquire team working skills with the learningoutcomes to be “function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” (ABET LO-5) ​[14]​. Therefore, in Stage 1, we

Conference Session

Focus on ETAC Accreditation

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chandra Bhushan Asthana P.E., Elizabeth City State University; Kuldeep S. Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University

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Engineering Technology

theattainability of these SLOs. Preliminary results from an engineering technology course werepresented. It was demonstrated that the feedback obtained after each test is used effectively toformulate appropriate control strategies and implement them successfully to improve outcomes.References[1] V. VanDoren, “Feedback controllers do their best,” Control Engineering, 2012, Available:https://www.controleng.com/articles/feedback-controllers-do-their-best/.[2] U. S. Dahllof and U. P. Lundgren (1970), “Macro and micro approaches combined for curriculum processanalysis: A Swedish educational field project,” presented at the annual meeting of the American EducationalResearch Association, Minneapolis, MN. Available: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED044435. [December 5

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Onyancha, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology; Matthew Derov, University of New Hampshire; Brad Kinsey, University of New Hampshire

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2008-762: THE ANATOMY OF SPATIAL ABILITY IMPROVEMENT OVERTHE COURSE OF A SEMESTER LONG COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN CLASSRichard Onyancha, Rose Hulman Institute Of TechnologyMatthew Derov, University of New Hampshire Research AssistantBrad Kinsey, University of New Hampshire Page 13.1200.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Anatomy of Spatial Ability Impr ovement Over the Cour se of a Semester Long Computer Aided Design ClassIntroduction Spatial ability has been defined as the ability to generate, retain, retrieve and transformwell-structured visual images1. These skills are extremely important in engineering practice andmany

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney D Giles, University of Vermont; Larry R Medsker, University of Vermont; VARUNI ANURUDDHIKA SENEVIRATNE, University of Vermont; Priyantha Wijesinghe, University of Vermont

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Center for Teaching and Learning. She practices mindfulness meditations rooted in Theravada Buddhist tradition and has been incorporating mindfulness practices in her classes since 2019. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Learning Map Framework to Align Instruction and Improve Student Learning in a Physics-Engineering Mechanics Course SequenceMotivationPrerequisite course sequences are ubiquitous in post-secondary engineering education [1]. Forundergraduate students to succeed in their degree, they must retain and transfer learning fromtheir prerequisite coursework into new and more advanced learning contexts. If knowledgetransfer is incomplete, students may struggle in subsequent

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Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Lucy Kollhoff, Kansas State Univerty; Michael Kollhoff, Salina South High School

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-2061: FINDING EFFECTIVE PATHWAYS FOR RECRUITMENT INTOENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSaeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina SAEED KHAN is an Associate Professor with the Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology program at Kansas State University at Salina. Dr. Khan received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut, in 1989 and 1994 respectively and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1984. Khan, who joined KSU in 1998, teaches courses in telecommunications and digital systems. His research interests and areas of expertise include antennas and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Gannon, Montana State University; Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

’ understanding and opinions onfracking were reassessed.In general, the students’ basic understanding of fracking improved significantly, their opinionson the topic shifted from neutrality, and the majority agreed that the course format was effectivein their learning of both technical content and the sustainability implications. Data from thisstudy, including detailed responses to open ended questions, are being analyzed in collaborationwith faculty and students in Sociology at the PI’s institution. Results of this study will be used toinform future studies and the development of transferable course modules, which includerigorous engineering content and social/economic/environmental (sustainability) implications ofengineering practices.Multicultural K-5

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Sudhir Mehta

will continue inSpring 1999). Results from four “in-semester” and a cumulative self-assessment done at thefinal exam are included.IntroductionAssessment is typically used for at least one of three purposes: to improve, to inform, and toprove. Tools are available for classroom assessment as described by Angelo and Cross (1993)1and for program assessment as described by Porus and Johnson (1994)5. Interest in assessmentby engineering educators has increased significantly since adoption of ABET’s EngineeringCriteria 2000. Meeting ABET 2000 requirements is aided by course learning objectives beingclearly articulated and an outcomes-based assessment process used to ensure the learningobjectives are being met.While not as well known as other

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald William Rhymer Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard T. Buckley Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Educational Research and Methods

coursetext as well as improve their depth of understanding of the material.Deep, conceptual-level learning is difficult and the oft-used remedy at many colleges to keep studentsinterested and active in a specific class is typically to give more assignments or graded events. Byscheduling quizzes, preflights, and prelabs in between the major exams and labs, the faculty seek tolengthen/deepen the attention span in their subject, keep the interest high, and hope learning and therespective grades are high. And while students will naturally spend more time for a given course withmore graded events, this at best leads to more procedural knowledge (i.e. how to solve problems),especially in engineering. Further, by focusing their time on assignments

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

NSF educational grants, and a variety of industrial funding. He is a Senior Member of ACM and a member of the Brazilian Computer Page 15.538.1 Society (SBC). He has been Chair of ACM SIGWEB since 2006.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 EVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUCCESS OF IMPROVING MATH COURSE PLACEMENT FOR INCOMING FRESHMEN IN A SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAMAbstractA summer bridge program for incoming engineering and computer science freshmen has beenused at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2007-09. The primary purpose of thisprogram has been to improve the mathematics

Conference Session

Student Advancement in Mechanics of Materials

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick A. Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Edward J. Berger, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Angela Goldenstein, Purdue University

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Mechanics

Paper ID #23541Work in Progress: Active Learning Activities to Improve Conceptual Under-standing in an Undergraduate Mechanics of Materials CourseMr. Nick A. Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Nick Stites is pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include the development and evaluation of novel pedagogical methods to teach core engineering courses and leveraging technology to enhance learning experiences. Nick holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering and has eight years of engineering experience. He also has four years of experience as an adjunct

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Shawn Gross

effective in contributing to their learning. These resultsare typical of the results for all eleven non-exam flex periods.Administrative ConsiderationsThe restructuring of the mechanics course sequence to allow for the flex periods and theaccompanied improved learning required an investment of additional faculty resources. AtVillanova University, the normal teaching load is 9 contact hours (CH) per semester for tenuredand tenured track faculty with three years or more of credit towards tenure. Additionally, sectionsizes are limited to less than 35 students, so given a normal enrollment of 60 students per year,two sections of all required courses and laboratories must be offered.Each Mechanics (I, II, or III) course would require a minimum of 12 CH

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - NAE Grand Challenges, Graduate Students, Sustainability, and Makerspaces

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olgha Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; David Parish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Paper ID #37632An Improvement of an Engineering Course that Presents andPromotes the NAE’s Twenty First Century Grand Challengesand ProgramOlgha Bassam Qaqish (Associate Director of the Engineering GrandChallenges Scholars Program) Olgha Bassam Qaqish, PhD is the associate director of the Grand Challenges Scholars Program and a First-Year Engineering Educator at NC State University’s Undergraduate Academic Affairs - College of Engineering. Dr. Qaqish received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University, obtained a M.S in Biomedical Engineering from NC State University and UNC - Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John P Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical Engineering

Work in Progress: A blended model for a biomaterials course improves student learning and allows for enhanced contentThe field of biomaterials, while still rapidly growing, is rooted in foundational materials scienceand immunology. Here, we require a 3 credit, introductory biomaterials course (~115 students)called “Biological Interactions with Materials” and employ Ratner’s “Biomaterials Science: AnIntroduction to Materials in Medicine” textbook. Over the last 20 years, the text itself has grownfrom 484 pages in the first edition to 864 pages in the second edition and to now 1573 pages inthe latest, third edition. Covering this volume of material and detail in a one semesterintroductory course has become increasing challenging. To

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Amir Karimi P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio

Paper ID #35144Broad faculty participation in course-level evaluation of studentoutcomes supporting continuous improvement of an undergraduateengineering programDr. Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Randall Manteufel is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He has won several teaching awards, including the 2012 University of Texas Sys- tem Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2013 UTSA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence, the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2019 College of Engineering Student Council

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Janusz Kusyk PhD, New York City College of Technology, CUNY.; Hong Li, New York City College of Technology

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Common Assessment of Two Related Courses to Reduce Grading Bias and Improve Readiness of the Students for Corporate Environments Ashwin Satyanarayana, Janusz Kusyk and Hong Li New York City College of Technology (CUNY), Department of Computer Systems Technology 300 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY 11201.AbstractThis paper presents an approach to assess students attending two related computing courses. Todemonstrate our approach, we evaluated students taking either Fundamental Networking orFundamental Database courses. Towards the end of the

Conference Session

FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

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ASEE Headquarters

made the subject matter interesting. 3 The instructor cared about my learning in the course. 4 The instructor motivated me to learn. 5 The instructor used the scheduled class time effectively. 6 The work I did in this course contributed to my learning. 7 The course contributed to my intellectual growth. (A) (B)Figure 9: Comparison of 2016 and 2017 course evaluation in general show improvement underthe new course structure (A). The greatest percentage increases were observed in assessments 3and 4 (B).DiscussionTeaching a highly

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

P Ravikumar

Session 1566 Assessing and Improving a Senior Design Project Course for Undergraduates in Mechanical Engineering Based on New ABET Guidelines P. B. Ravikumar University of Wisconsin, Platteville, WIAbstractThe Senior Design Project Course in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville offers a format of instruction and student participation that is centered around industrysponsored projects. The course is designed to serve as a transition from education to the practiceof engineering to the graduating

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego; Frank G Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Michael S. Morse, University of San Diego; Truc T. Ngo, University of San Diego

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 23.1004.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Prototype Exemplars: The Path to Effective Design or to Design Fixation?AbstractAn investigation into the impact of the presence of a prototype exemplar in an introductorydesign experience is described. The design experience occurred early in an Introduction toEngineering course following a single lecture on the engineering design process. The design activity,necessarily simple at this stage, consisted of designing, building, and testing a drag racer, constructedfrom LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT parts and powered by a single rubber band. Studentsparticipating in the design experience were divided into two

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Track 3 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Rami Jubrail Haddad, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

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Student Development

/reflective learners,sensing/intuitive learners, visual/verbal learners, and sequential/global learners. The differentconglomeration of these scales for the students in any cohort forms a specific cognitive profile.We used the Felder-Soloman index of learning styles survey to determine the dominant learningstyles within a cohort of students. Knowing the students’ cognitive profile helped us adapt ourteaching styles to achieve an optimal learner-centered classroom. We mainly focused onactivities that would engage the majority of the students, to help facilitate the learning processand consequently, improve the students’ achievement. The effectiveness of this approach wasquantitatively verified by assessing the students’ satisfaction with the learning