Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emmanuella Obiageli Ejichukwu, University of Michigan, Dearborn; DeLean Tolbert Smith, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Hanadi Matar, University of Michigan, Dearborn

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

transformations to the data such as rotation,scaling, adjusting brightness, contrast and more ensuring the generalization of our model to beapplicable in real world applications specifically in the context of engineering education.Generators are also useful for handling large datasets on computers with limited RAM. Thus,implementing these preprocessing steps, we not only prepare the data for our model and ensuregeneralization, but we also address potential memory issues and ensure computational efficiency.This approach ensures that our model training is both effective and feasible on most devices.3.5.1.4 Model Development and EvaluationMobileNetV2, a pre-trained neural network, was employed as the base model. It is known for itsefficiency and compact

Conference Session

DSA Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Francisca Larrondo, Queen's University; Brian M Frank P.Eng., Queen's University; Julian Ortiz, Queen's University

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Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA)

Design and PracticeSequence. This sequence prepares students for real-world, open-ended design problems [42].Part of the student summative evaluations includes team reports at different stages of the designprocess, such as Scoping and Preliminary Design Concept, Full Design Proposal, or FinalDesign, following Dym et al.[17] framework. Our analysis focuses on the Problem Definitionsections of these reports, which include identifying the problem goal, stakeholders, safetyconsiderations, functions, attributes, and constraints, among other possibilities that can be addedas the students progress in their project design.Feedback Mechanism and Model Fine-tuning:A multi-class classification approach using a fine-tuned LLM is the base for the feedback

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

an important role in sustainable infrastructureand energy efficiency. Page 24.1091.10 Figure 12: Lock-in thermography of solar cells. After BREITENSTEIN et al. [2012]. 9Figure 13: Thermal imaging of solar modules showing hot spots and anomalous solar cells. FromScanthermal, Inc. product literature.Educational ModulesWe will develop a series of educational modules that can be adopted by schools anduniversities to provide real-world instances of image capture and processing. Althougheach module is independent and self-contained, and be utilized singularly, instructorswill be able to establish a

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Steve Haisley Patchin, Center for Pre-College Outreach - Michigan Technological University; Kimberly D'Augustino; Cody J Kangas, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

”. Oncestudents see there is no set “end” or “grade” to define STEM achievement, tenacity to figurethings out increases.9 This is especially true for female,10, 11 low income students, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16and underrepresented racial minority students.17 Informal learning opportunities are a place toemphasize discovery and creativity in a risk-free environment. Our experience shows how allstudents, when given a personal and social context for learning, have fun in figuring out possible Page 23.953.4solutions to real-world applications, through tacit and explicit understanding of STEM concepts.Adaptations of IDEAS ProjectsAdapting the first-year

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Age of AI

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Laursen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

on Python and creating the code for several assignedprograms, students are required to use ChatGPT or any other AI platform to create Python codefor a structural engineering application. As an embedded indicator for ABET Student Outcome7 (Lifelong Learning), students must learn and experiment with ChatGPT on their own. Assupport for Student Outcome 3 (Effective communication), students write an essay about theirresults, their AI experience, the learning strategies they applied, and the effectiveness andlimitations of using AI to write computer code. The students then use AI to rewrite their essayand comment on what they learned about the quality of their own writing.After running this exercise over three iterations of the ARCE 352 course

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University; Jim Goodell, INFERable and IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee; Aaron Kessler Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Scotty D. Craig; Hamadou Saliah-Hassane ing., TELUQ University

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

with real-world applications.Finally, Cagiltay and co-authors explored the history of LE, aligning with the outlined objectivesand highlights. After discussing both past and present perspectives, the authors examined keycomponents of LE, emphasizing its challenges and potential and proposing a ten-step roadmapfor advancing LE and highlighting various initiatives undertaken by universities and institutions[8]. The authors mentioned that John Dewey (in 1922) first introduced the connection betweeneducation and engineering [1]. Dewey argued that education, rooted in habits formed before theadvent of the scientific method, is shaped more by the inertia of ancient traditions than by criticalthinking. He believed that without innovative developments

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 5: Supporting Student Transition

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Hasz; Jessica Lavorata, Carthage College

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

disciplines through mini-modules on sustainable manufacturing[7], guest lectures and field trips [8], and project-based learning [9], among other uses.At the center of the EOP framework is the concept of systems thinking. Systems thinking is aholistic approach that explores how systems operate as a whole, focusing on their interactions,processes, boundaries, and the balance between direct and indirect influences [10]. Thisapproach was important to implement in first year engineering because it equips students withthe ability to tackle complex sociotechnical problems that they will encounter in their futurecareers [11]. Collaborating with an industry partner on a real-world product allowed students toexperience the interconnectedness of engineering

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 7: Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin N. Johns, The State University of New York, Buffalo; Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Matthew D. Stuber, University of Connecticut; Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, The State University of New York, Buffalo

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Connecticut. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his BS from the University of Minnesota – Twin cities, both in chemical engineering. In his post-doctoral work, he cofounded a water-tech start-up company focusing on developing flexible high-efficiency solar-driven desalination technologies for di- verse applications where membrane technologies prove inadequate. At UConn, his core research focus is on optimization theory, methods, and software for modeling and simulation, robust simulation and design, and controls and operations. His application interests lie in addressing challenging and timely applications from a spectrum of industries including food, energy, water and natural

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy L.J. Ferris, School of Engineering, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Fanny Camelia, University of South Australia

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Systems Engineering

Page 26.985.5education being free of encumbrance by the personal or other values of the people who know thefacts. The people in the educational context include the students and the instructor. In turn, thisview follows from the conceptualization of the secular university being concerned with theobjectively knowable facts about the world and their application to achieving more complexconstructs of knowledge of practical application, but not applying a gloss of any particular valuesystem. It is expected that the facts can be taught and learned without any expectation oftransforming the personality or values of the learners.The effect is that the educated systems engineer has learned a set of methods and approaches forperforming engineering work

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Browder, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Leslie Boughers, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Caroline Deutsch, East Tennessee State University; Nina Muehl, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Management

University in 1992. He has published extensively in refereed journals and proceedings of professional organizations related to his field.Ms. Leslie Boughers, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services Leslie Boughers is the Customer Relations Representative at Bristol Tennessee Essential Services (BTES) where she is responsible for company publications as well as marketing and advertising. She also manages and maintains the BTES website and writes award applications for the company. She graduated from ETSU in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Leslie has been on the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence Board of Examiners for four years and has been a Team Leader for the past two years. She was a recipient of

Conference Session

External Factors, Shifting Identity Trajectories, Persistence Analysis of Cultural Models, and Exploring the Experiences of Black University Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

. Computer science identity can be understood as nuanced, shifting, and dynamic—co-created in interaction and in participation in local activity. The community under study is acohort-based federally funded scholarship community, which is nested within departmental,institutional, and geographical contexts, and the relevant practice of this community iscybersecurity computing work. Learning trajectories for three students are documented over upto three years of data collection, as applicable for each student. The paper provides implicationsfor studying identity with career-focused subfields as endpoints, rather than generalized notionsof computer science as a major. This study conceptualizes identity as dynamic, fluid, and co-constructed. The goal of

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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Graduate Studies

four tenets (community,identity, practice, and meaning) are well distributed in graduate education. For example,coursework most easily fits into the “practice” category but incorporates aspects of “community”(potentially working with others in class), and “meaning” as courses apply theoretical material topractical relevant engineering applications. A research component of a graduate program, too,spans multiple sectors, falling mainly into the “meaning” category, earning depth and expertisethrough a research experience, but also promotes development of “identity,” “community” withlabmates, and “practice” in the application of coursework principles to real research problems.Layered on top of CoP theory is a more specialized theory, that of

Conference Session

Emphasizing Communication and the Humanities in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Caleb James McCollum, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

%) in the sophomore year.Technical communication consistently becomes more weighted as students mature in the major and prepare forgraduation and the real-world application of gained skills.Frontloading individual events within courses taken early in the major can have disbenefits.First, the relatively higher number of individual assignments in earlier courses requires moreinstructor time for grading and adequate feedback. Early courses within STEM degrees can havehigher enrollments, which may mean that more faculty are necessary to properly engage andassess individual student assignments. Second, teamwork generally allows for diversity ofthought and experience in decision-making processes. Exposing students to diverse approachesto problem

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Celena Arreola, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, University of Texas, El Paso; Helen Elizabeth Geller, University of Texas, El Paso; Giselle Andrade, STEMGrow; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Melissa Stearns

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

engineering education strategies as well as the technologies to support the 21st century classroom (online and face to face). He also has assisted both the campus as well as the local community in developing technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can understand and be involved in. As part of a university that is focused on supporting the 21st century student demographic he continues to innovate and research on how we can design new methods of learning to educate both our students and communities on how STEM and STEAM make up a large part of

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dominic Francis Gelfuso; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

skills I DO have (computer/technical) to help give expression and to help me craft a physical manifestation of something I otherwise might not attempt, or which would consume too much time…. FWIW, it also helps that I’ve found a couple of other “practical” applications for 3d printing as well..., which at the very least helps reinforce the notion that the 3d printing activity is overall, very worthwhile for me.45 I think 3D printing is a boon to creativity. Many people want to make things, but don’t have the facilities or skills to produce anything like what they have in mind. Now, with just a computer, which most people have anyway, they can produce sculpture, crafts items, or functional

Conference Session

Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Carlin J McFarlane, Florida Gulf Coast University; Patricia O'Connor-Benson, Florida Gulf Coast University; Thomas Patrick Felke MSW, PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Engineering Technology

College of New York. At Florida Gulf Coast University, thiscourse offered to junior level students every fall semester. The average class size is 65 studentsand is usually broken down into two separate sections. The primary goal is to engage students ina classroom setting by teaching the theory behind the structure, properties, and/or materialcharacteristics pertinent to each subject. Dr. Villiers stresses the practical applications from real-world examples, and when applicable, provides hands-on applications and field trips that thestudents can easily appreciate. By doing so, Dr. Villiers creates a direct connection betweenstudents and the subject matter.Homework assigned periodically and weighted 5%. The students have to write four (4

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Hassoun, Notre Dame University - Louaize, Lebanon

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Educational Research and Methods

University of New South Wales - Sydney, with the Satellite Navigation and Positioning Group, Department of Geomatic Engineering. In 1998, he joined the Avionics Group of the Air Operations Division DSTO – South Australia, as a Research Scientist. Since 2001, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Electrical, Computer and Communication Engi- neering Department at Notre Dame University – Louaize, Lebanon. His research interests include control, avionics, navigation and guidance, optimization and estimation theories, in addition to aerospace applica- tions. He is presently interested in the application of signals and systems theory to engineering education. Dr. Hassoun is a current member of the American Society for

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan M. Hicks, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

to be common themes amongst the critical thinking literature.4One such activity that promotes active, student-centered, and inquiry-based learning forundergraduate students is the undergraduate research experience.53-57 The Boyer Commissioncontributed a significant push in recent years towards increasing the availability and participationin undergraduate research at research universities, suggesting that research and creativeendeavors provide superior mechanisms for learning over simple transmission of knowledge.53Undergraduate research presents students with open-ended tasks set in real-world contexts,which are often considered important factors in promoting critical thinking.58While accounts are often vague, typically lack discussion

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Impact of Curriculum for PreK-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

the students’ studies.Although the mathematics skills associated with this challenge are challenging for newfourth graders, the project's entertainment value and real-world connections (St. Peters-burg Florida hosts a Grand Prix on its city streets) are attractive to this age group.Project data analysis, discussion, debate, and conclusions components attenuate studentuncertainty about the use of a simple but new to the students’ algebraic expression thatconnects distance and time with speed. Table 5: Common Core Standards, Measurement/Data Domain for Vehicle Activity Grade Measurement and Data Domain Kindergarten K.MD. 1.1 - Describe measureable attributes of objects. First Grade 1.MD. 1.2 - Express the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Major Choice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian J. Smith, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Kerr, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

No SpringCE/EVEG Technical Elective Yes Yes No SpringFYE Mentored Design Project Yes Yes Yes SpringFYE Instructor with Yes Yes Yes BothCE/EVEG BackgroundInside the classroom major exploration opportunities were also provided in the form of commoncourse content for both courses (as shown in Table 1). During the Fall semester course, FYEstudents were exposed to one guest lecture focusing on CE/EVEG majors. For Cohort A, theguest lecture expanded upon one of the required group projects (where students designed afloating platform) by discussing real world applications

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

for his students, he felt that a certain amount of ambiguity in the design specificationshelped contribute to students developing skills that they need in the workplace, where projectspecifications are routinely more ambiguous than they are in lower level undergraduate classes. “…And it's also very important to help their sort of general maturity as a software engineer, because when you give a typical undergrad a programming assignment, you specify it in extreme detail and they get it right or wrong. But the real world there's often a very -- a detailed set of requirements, but it's never enough, and the engineer has to use their judgment and understanding of the end goal to fill in details. Because otherwise

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Morales, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Industrial Engineering

enrolledin IE either motivated by extrinsic factors or by misconceptions regarding the skills required tobe successful with its coursework or whom enrolled with misconceptions of what an IE does andwhat the IE career entitled. In our study most of the subjects had no real solid idea of whatIndustrial Engineering is and it's applications in the field. It is believed that students with deepintrinsic motivators, like: intellectual curiosity, pre-requisite knowledge, skills and the desire toenroll in the Industrial Engineering program not only are more likely to succeed in the field butalso tend to do better than those students who persist in the career for purely extrinsic motivatorsas prestige, money, luxuries, etc. Although some external factors are

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Anson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher Greene, University of Alabama; Carol Romanowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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New Engineering Educators

; Mechanical Engineering Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the Program Chair for Undeclared Engineering Technology. Dell received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and has an MS in Macromolecular Science & Engineering from the University of Michigan. She has worked in the automotive industry in the development of plastic products from fuel system components to interior trim. Research interests include sustainable materials development, characterization, and application and increasing the diversity of the engineering workforce.Christopher Greene, University of Alabama CHRISTOPHER GREENE, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bruno; Alistair Greig; Robert Mayer; Jennifer Waters

Brief introduction to SIT and UCL.Both universities have urban locations on prime real estate, one in Bloomsbury, central Londonand the other on the banks of the Hudson River overlooking Manhattan. Both have a longhistory of teaching engineering and conducting engineering research. Both were built on sitesassociated with pioneering railway steam engines. Page 9.324.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education1.1.1 Stevens Institute of TechnologyStevens is named for a distinguished family who

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow

course. Specific deliverytechniques will be discussed, along with homework assignments and the semester-long courseproject. Student outcomes and feedback will be reported as well. While the present audience forthis course is composed of working adults, it is highly suitable as an elective in theundergraduate curriculum of any engineering program.1.0 IntroductionEngineers are trained to solve problems and get results. In today’s world of fast paced innovationand change, those results must often be very different from anything that currently exists. Thispaper describes a course that focuses on moving beyond the normal ways of thinking and doing,into the world of different thinking for different results. The course centers on the in

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Pollettini Marcos, Purdue University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, Carthage College; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University ; Eric Holloway, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

. Harnett, T. R. Tretter, and S. B. Philipp, “Hackerspaces and engineering education,” in 2014 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Proceedings, Madrid, Spain: IEEE, Oct. 2014, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/FIE.2014.7044395.[34] A. Hartry, M. Werner-Avidon, S. Hsi, A. J. Ortiz, and K. C. Quigley, “TechHive: Team- based, real-world engineering challenges for teens,” presented at the CoNECD: The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing, Crystal City, Virginia, USA, 2018.[35] A. Wagh, K. Cook‐Whitt, and U. Wilensky, “Bridging inquiry‐based science and constructionism: Exploring the alignment between students tinkering with code of computational models and goals of inquiry,” J. Res. Sci. Teach., vol. 54, no. 5, pp

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 29

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew M. Grondin, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael I. Swart, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

disciplines, Mechanics of Materials (MoM) is a core course. Concepts aretypically taught through a Formalisms First (FF) approach [1] in which students first learn keyscientific concepts (e.g., torsion) using second-order experiences, such as abstracted symbolic andor iconic representations (e.g., equations, graphs), absent of first-order experiences, such aspractical applications in the real-world, with the expectation they will eventually recall and applythis information to sufficiently reason about some new physical phenomena. However, transfer ofthese second-order experiences [3] seldom succeeds in developing students’ mechanical reasoning[2] to a degree that they are flexibly and adequately applied to authentic scenarios [1]. This isbecause

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Jason Allen Toth; Morgan Reese, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

terminology,generator basics, electrical substation functioning, transmission anddistribution systems, and different forms of electrical consumption.Lesson 7 is the ‘Electrical Consumption Laboratory’ which uses thephysical model shown in Figure 3. This model contains the typicalelectrical components found in an average American household.Instrumentation provides real time measurement of voltage andcurrent and different electrical loads like hair dryer, miter saw,lights, and air conditioners are connected to the system. Circuits aredeliberately overloaded to demonstrate the functioning of circuitbreakers. A short extension cord with the neutral and ground cross- Page

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum In Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

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Engineering Technology

. Some of this content would be lost introducing students to the system at the beginning.• Providing Industrial Experience: No formal co-op experience is available for students pursuing an ET degree at WWU. Thus, pre-graduation industrial experience can only be obtained through summer internships, part time employment and through industrial sponsored senior projects. The latter was not a requirement for the IT-CAD/CAM program. Its introduction in the new MET-CAD/CAM option offers a new opportunity for students in this program to get some real world experience before graduation. Senior project is divided Page 22.411.10

Conference Session

FPD 2: Building Community

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Liron, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Bereket Berhane, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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First-Year Programs

plotting.An overarching idea behind the SLC is to help students realize that the topics of Calculus I,Physics I, and Programming are most effective when used together in engineering. Theseconcepts in engineering applications are not siloed and nor should the coursework be. Thereforeto address this conceptual misalignment, all three faculty developed mini-projects, or specificassignments incorporating concepts from each of the three disciplines. All three facultycollaboratively developed the real-world application problems that required leveragingknowledge horizontally across all three courses.The bold faced common themes were then mapped to provide a framework in the developmentof the interdisciplinary mini-projects. It was critical to ensure the