Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Mark Nelms, Auburn University; Regina Halpin, Program Evaluation and Assessment

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

that they hadused the hands-on activities as they integrated the engineering concepts and one teacher reportedusing them as challenging activities as well. Other than for instructional purposes, 5 of theteachers reported using the materials for other purposes. One teacher responded to a grantproposal to purchase additional fuel cell cars and materials for his classroom, two teachers havestudents working on science fair projects relating to the alternative energy concepts, and threeteachers have conducted professional development workshops at their school for their fellowmath and science teachers. As for accountability, all of the teachers reported their lesson planswere reflective of the state science curriculum standards and those teachers

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rachel Mosier P.E.; Virginia Charter P.E.; Carisa Ramming; John Reck; Heather Yates

information for faculty toincorporate into the classroom.Both Calculus (math) and Engineering Statics frequently have a sequential pedagogy (Dollar andSteif, 2004) where the coursework is presented in a sequential or logical incremental progression(Felder and Brent 2005). Math can be taught using the Eureka! Method (Hadamard, 1945), or amore global method or using understanding of related material to understand newly presentedmaterial, however ultimately one concept builds on the previous concept. Global learners canmore readily apply this new knowledge to unrelated problems (Felder and Brent 2005). An initialPhysics class may be a survey course, which introduces the student to a wide variety of Physicstopics. This might explain why sequential

Conference Session

Engineering in Elementary Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Hester, Museum of Science, Boston; Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in the natural design process can help children develop positive associations with engineering, and increase their desire to pursue such activities in the future 2 . • Engineering projects integrate other disciplines. Engaging students in hands-on, real-world engineering experiences can enliven math and science and other content areas. Engineering projects can motivate students to learn math and science concepts by illustrating relevant applications 1,7,8. • Engineering fosters problem-solving skills, including problem formulation, iteration, testing of alternative solutions, and evaluation of data to guide decisions 9. • Engineering embraces project-based learning, encompasses hands-on construction, and sharpens

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Riley

the review, “All groups were unanimous in theirperception that the notes made available on the internet are a great help. The class also agreedthat labs had been a very beneficial part of the course, stating that labs were not only fun, buthelped reinforce material from the lectures.”SummaryThe approaches presented here reflect an attempt to combine biological science with engineeringapplication in a series of modules. These methods will continue to be revised as newdevelopments on the biological and the engineering side come to fruition and as new equipmentbecomes available, permitting inclusion of new experimental techniques in laboratory exercises.AcknowledgementThe author would like to thank Ms. Emily Riley-Saxton for assistance in

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin L Autenrieth P.E., Texas A&M University; Cheryl A Page, Texas A&M University; Karen L. Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Chance W. Lewis, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering. A brief summary of the program objectivesand associated activities is outlined as follows. Additional program details can be foundelsewhere 31.  Objective 1 activities: Teachers are paired and then matched with an engineering faculty mentor. The mentor assists the teachers in understanding the current status of emerging technologies and engineering research, and provides informal instruction in research methodology and science theory appropriate to the teacher’s research experience.  Objective 2 activities: During the four-week summer program, each teacher prepares hands-on engineering-related instructional materials to integrate into their classroom curriculum. Support is provided by

Conference Session

Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luan M. Nguyen, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kasey M. Faust, University of Texas at Austin; Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Michaela Leigh LaPatin P.E., University of Texas at Austin; Scott Grant Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford

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Engineering Ethics

participate in student engineering organizations. The largest difference being between thegroup of students who participate in one organization and the group of students who participatein three or more organizations. The research provides insights into using extra-curricularactivities as the means to promote ethical development by suggesting that it is possible thatstudents with low PI scores become involved in more student organizations. We believe thatencouraging students to participate actively in more organizations might be helpful in terms ofpromoting ethical development 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This material is based in part on work supported by National Science Foundation grant#1926172 and #1926330. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Andrea Marta Eller, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University; Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

research with NSF sponsored projects in the areas of: Modules to Promote Conceptual Change in an Introductory Materials Course, Tracking Student Learning Trajectories of Atomic Structure and Macroscopic Property Relationships, and Assessing the Effect of Learning Modes on Conceptual Change.Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University Jacquelyn Kelly is doctoral student in Science Education at Arizona State University. Her Master’s de- gree is in Materials Science and Engineering and her undergraduate degree is in Physics and Chemistry. Her principle research interests are situated in engineering education and include conceptual develop- ment, engineering academic language acquisition, and the role of motivation and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-2992: CREATIVITY FOR ENHANCING THE TECHNOLOGI-CAL LITERACY FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORSDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at Temple University. He is a fellow of ASCE. His research interests are engineering education, civil engineering materials, and transportation engineering.Jyothsna K. S., Jyothsna K. S., Department of English, St.Joseph’s College, Bangalore, eecured a gold medal for the high- est aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature course at St.Joseph’s College (autonomous). K. S. has been working for the Department of English, St.Joseph’s College for almost two years now, teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Outreach in K12 through College Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Iversen, Start Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

exposure and awareness is then 44/65, or 0.68. Correlations between event types and purposes Observation Purpose Exposure Observation Hands-on Multi-day Internships / Hands-on Awareness 0.68 0.58 0.62 0.40 0.49 0.03 Engineering 0.65 0.65 0.74 0.47 0.56 0.14 in K-12 Diversity 0.68 0.70 0.70 0.53 0.58 0.14 Recruitment 0.79 0.74 0.79 0.49 0.67

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jennifer D. Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Darrin Collins, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

CPS science teachers and enable them to moreeffectively communicate the nature of the scientific process in bioengineering to theirstudents. BEST Teacher Fellows have a meaningful summer research experience in abioengineering laboratory working on a well-defined project and use this first-hand experience todevelop curricula that translates their scientific knowledge into specific curriculum maps,instructional materials, and classroom assessments that are aligned with NGSS [4-7].METHODS/PROCEDURE The program recruits up to 8 high school science teachers each year through targetedemails to all district science teachers from the CPS Department of Science, notices sent to schoolprincipals, as well as through the BEST website [8

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; John Uhran, University of Notre Dame; Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; John Ventura, Christian Brothers University; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame; Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Rebecca Ladewski, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

balance between supportinga student’s transitional needs and maintaining academic rigor in a demanding major. The firstyear confronts students with a curriculum that challenges their long held beliefs of “being goodin math and science.” Their first introduction to engineering education throws them into therealm of learning through experience and discovery. This at times can be overwhelming andchallenging, on the way to achieving the goal of providing them with enough information to helpthem understand the breadth of the engineering profession and to prepare them for theirsophomore year in engineering. During the summers of 2006 and 2007, engineering educatorsgathered at the University of Notre Dame to engage in discussions on how best to achieve

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

this sequence is tointegrate the design process into our curriculum with a strong emphasis on team development.The goals of the junior course, taken from my course syllabus, are:“… (1) to assure that participating students understand the many contributors to the engineeringdesign process, and (2) to enable the students to develop the requisite complementary skills totheir science- and technology-based studies to enable them to succeed in the workplace.”Not all of the following material can be comprehensively covered in this junior course.However, among materials that we address are: • Engineering economic analysis • Budgeting • Reliability assessment • Fault-tree analysis • Engineering ethics • Product

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Liberatore, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering, Educational Research and Methods

. Page 22.828.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Improved student achievement in Material and Energy Balances using personalized online homeworkAbstractPersonalized, online homework was used to supplement textbook homework, quizzes, and examsfor one section of a course in material and energy balances. The use of online homework duringthe Spring 2010 semester is summarized here and detailed by Liberatore in 1, and additionalresults from Spring 2011 will be included in the presentation. The objective of this study was totest the hypothesis that students using personalized, online homework earned better grades in thecourse. The online homework system asks the same questions of

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Daly, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Mitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #43448Industry Perspectives on Mechanical Engineering TroubleshootingPatrick Daly, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mitra Anand serves as the Associate Director of Makerspace, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in addition to being an Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Anand’s research interests lie in combining hands-on Maker skills with an entrepreneurial mindset and value creation, aiming to develop practical solutions for real-world problems. He is enthusiastic about innovation in engineering education, design thinking

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Medhat Morcos; David Soldan

. Merritt, S., Telecommunications Software for Education: The Community Networking Model, International Journal of Computers and Education, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 317-321, 1991.14. Rezabek, L. et al, Distance Education: Perspectives from All Sides of the Desk (ERIC Document ED346822).15. Coppola, J., Merritt, S.M., and Stix, A., PC-Based Video Conferencing: Guidelines for Opening A Remote Section of A Course, Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Paper F1B.2, 1997.16. Pendergrass, N.A., Using Computers, Simulators and Sound to Give Hands-on Experience, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Washington, DC, Session 3532, 1996.17. Wilson, J.M., The Cuple Physics

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

University-Corpus Christi’s Computer Science Advisory Board havecommented on the need for graduates to have strong skills in systems analysis and design, which meansusing software engineering CASE tools. However, maintaining a curriculum in line with employerneeds that requires industry tools can be an expensive process13.Shared Software Infrastructure ProjectThe Open Standards SSI Hub Project at Texas A&M University15 alleviates the expense of incorporatingadditional material into the curriculum. At no cost to participating universities, SSI Hub suppliesresources that facilitate the task of empowering students with the experience of using industry tools todevelop cutting edge industrial strength software, while still educating students in

Conference Session

Modeling, Inquiry, Engineering Literacy & Argumentation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherina V. Tarnai-Lokhorst, Camosun College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

. Most scholars agree that teaching methods that incorporate practical experimentsencourage girls to be more creative with their hands and help them to better connect with thephysical sciences regardless of classroom composition [34]. Mixed-gender classroom studiesdemonstrate that boys tend to assume the more active roles, a role behaviour that is observed asearly as kindergarten [9]. When girls are left to take on the passive role of note-taker, however,they disengage from the lessons and lose both confidence and interest in STEM (science,technology, engineering and math) [35]. In the research activity, students worked in self-selectedsmall groups with varying compositions. In other words, this study may isolate the confoundingimpact of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Paula Gangopadhyay, The Henry Ford (museums); James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sridhar S. Condoor, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Saint Louis University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donald Wroblewski P.E., University of California, Berkeley; Cornelia Huellstrunk, Princeton University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

education at SLU via Innovation to Product (I2P), iChallenge, and entrepreneurship competitions and funded research. He is the Principal Investigator for the KEEN En- trepreneurship Program Development Grants to foster the spirit of innovation in all engineering students. Condoor authored several books. The titles include Innovative Conceptual Design, Engineering Statics, and Modeling with ProEngineer. He published several technical papers on topics focused on conceptual design, design principles, cognitive science as applied to design, and design education. VayuWind, a hubless wind turbine for urban environments, is one of his inventions. VayuWind deploys airfoils parallel to the rotational axis in such a way that

Conference Session

Pre-College: Resource Exchange

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Miller, Riverside Intermediate School; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Aran W. Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Elizabeth Suazo-Flores, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Murat Akarsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Education at the University of Minnesota. He has experience teaching both high school physics and mathematics, and his research focuses on supporting mathematics learning, specifically in the domains of data analysis and measurement, through STEM integration and engineering. He is also interested in mathematical modeling.Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Emilie A. Siverling is a Ph.D. Student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and she is a former high school chemistry and physics teacher. Her research interests are in K-12 STEM integration, primarily using

Conference Session

Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Education & Educational Technology at Purdue University. After study- ing philosophy, religious studies and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. (2004) in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. NSF, SSHRC, FQRSC, and several private foundations fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on the intersection between learning, engineering, the social sciences, and technology, particularly sus- tainability, designing open-ended problem/project-based learning environments, social computing/gaming applications for education, and problem solving in ill-structured/complex domains

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Kueker, Vivayvic; Pam Newberry, Project Lead the Way

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engaging in hands-on, real-world projects, students understand how the mathematics and science skills they are learning in the classroom can be applied in real-world engineering and technological design problems (PLTW27, 2007).Methods and Procedures Page 14.216.5 4Content analysis was selected as the research technique to guide the collection of data used toevaluate the claims made about the course. Content analysis is the systematic classification,tabulation and interpretation of key symbols in various forms of

Conference Session

ET Peripherals

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Mohammed Sayer Elaraj, Alaqsa University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

this paper is to discuss the author experience as a US Fulbright Scholar, in the specificareas of teaching, outreach, and research in engineering education. I. IntroductionConsidering the impacts of ongoing globalization, it is important for researchers and educators tohave dialogue and collaboration with counterparts around the world. Qatar was an ideal countryin which to implement this project because within the Middle East, Qatar is one of the most sociallyadvanced and politically stable countries. Therefore, Qatar is an ideal location for collaborativeeducation and research activities in the region. Qatar has placed a great emphasis on education.Qatar is currently considered a hub for science, engineering and technology education in

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Robinson; M. Sami Fadali; Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Eric Wang

Page 9.914.4science pedagogy that uses hands on inquiry, group work and science materials make science Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ÆÉ 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmore interesting and learnable to underserved (ESL and LEP) students? The teacher interviewsusing the above 9 questions were used to answer this question. The responses of the threeteachers for each question were compared to determine if they differed according to the types ofstudents addressed; e.g., regular class, LEP, ESL or the voluntary MESA students.The science teacher of Group I, a regular grade eight physical science class, gave the

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Treva Fitts; Susan Wynn; Martha Absher; Kristen Ford; Judy Russell; Glenda Kelly; Adefolakemi Oni; Gary Ybarra

early ages. They see math as being too difficult anddevelop the attitude that they are not good at it. There is high correlation between what childrensay they like and what they see themselves as “being good at”6,7, and children often turn awayfrom math because it is “too hard” 8,9. The goal of MUSCLE is to integrate math into all areas ofthe North Carolina Standard Course of Study 1 with emphasis on the life sciences in order toprovide meaningful and engaging contexts for learning mathematics.MUSCLE places 12 undergraduate Engineering Teaching Fellows from the Pratt School ofEngineering at our two partnership schools to assist teachers in the creation, development andexecution of hands-on learning activities that integrate math into all areas

Conference Session

AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Engineering Education, 2024 Design Iterations as Material Culture Artifacts: A Qualitative Methodology for Design Education ResearchAbstractStudying design processes requires the researcher to move with the designer as they negotiate anaction-reflection cycle comprised of a multitude of relationships, including the designer’srelation to themselves, to human and more-than-human others, and to the beliefs, values, andassumptions that design us every day. This paper’s goal is to introduce a qualitative methodologyfor studying the complex relationality of design, particularly (but not exclusively) in anarchitectural design education context. This methodology has theoretical and methodologicalunderpinnings in Process Philosophy and

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Voon; F.C. Lai; Chean Chin Ngo

Session 2526 A Web-Based Measurement Lab for Thermal Sciences C. C. Ngo, M. J.-F. Voon, and F. C. Lai School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 73019AbstractThis paper presents how multimedia technology can be implemented over the web to enhance thelearning experience of students at the University of Oklahoma in a measurement lab for thermalsciences. A web-based module has been developed to present course materials in dynamic andinteractive ways. This courseware not only

Conference Session

A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Liesel Ashley Ritchie, Institute of Behavioral Science; Sandra Janette Mikolaski

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

- ing successful educational models and practices in technician education, with a particular emphasis on faculty development in problem-based learning, the first year of study for success in engineering and technology majors, and mentoring educators nationally.Dr. Liesel Ashley Ritchie, Institute of Behavioral Science Liesel Ritchie is with the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado (CU), Boulder, where she is Assistant Director for Research at the Natural Hazards Center. Dr. Ritchie has more than 25 years of experience in evaluation and research with agencies including NASA, NOAA, NSF, USDA, US Department of Education, USGS, and the US Department of the Interior. Prior to joining CU, she was

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Hossein Saiedian

Globalization in Data Science Education: A Case Study Hossein Saiedian Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The University of KansasAbstractThe increasing interconnectedness of our world demands a global perspective in data scienceeducation. By analyzing international data on poverty, health, national debt, and education,students gained essential data science skills and insights into global disparities and trends. Theproject provided hands-on experience with data acquisition, exploratory analysis, predictivemodeling, clustering, and inferential analysis using datasets from the United Nations, WorldBank, and IMF

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Miller; Gayla Neumeyer; Matthew Schmidt; David Jonassen

modern society and to stimulatestudent interest in academic studies and/or professional involvement in nuclear science.Rather than learning about nuclear science, the course requires students, working incollaborative groups, to solve one of three authentic nuclear problems in five differentdomains, including elemental and content analysis, materials modification, radiation gauging,solid/liquid Interface, and heart imaging. Why Problem-Based Learning?Problem-based learning (PBL) emerged in medical schools as a method for better preparingphysicians to be problem solvers. From there, PBL has migrated to law schools, businessschools, and engineering colleges. In fact, several engineering programs around the world(e.g

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael R. Caplan, Arizona State University; Jerry Coursen, School of Biological and Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

synthesis, purification, analysis, and identification.The question on relevance asked: “Please rate how relevant you think the knowledge you willgain in the following classes would be to a typical career in biomedical engineering.” The Likertscale included the headings: “No relevance”, “Low relevance”, “Moderate relevance”, “Highrelevance”, and “Essential relevance”. Students were supplied with catalog descriptions of thecourses because most students had not yet taken these courses and might not know what thesecourses were. These descriptions are shown in Table 1.The question on motivation asked: “Please rate how motivated you are to learn the material thatwill be taught in the following courses.” The Likert scale included the headings: “Not at