Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Hill, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

AC 2007-2286: A DIRECT ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE THAT WORKSAaron Hill, U.S. Military Academy Major Aaron T. Hill is an instructor in the Structures Group of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. MAJ Hill received a B.S.C.E. degree from USMA in 1997, an M.S. degree in Engineer Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 2001, and an M.S.C.E. degree from Virginia Tech in 2006.Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Karl F. (Fred) Meyer is an Associate Professor and Civil Engineering Program Director in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-18: ASSESSMENT OF PERCEPTUAL MODALITY STYLESMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a senior member

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

2006-1444: ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSESSteven Beyerlein, University of Idaho Steven Beyerlein is professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he coordinates the Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering capstone design program and where he regularly participates in ongoing program assessment activities. For these efforts he won the UI Outstanding Teaching Award in 2001. He has been an active participant in the Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) Consortium for the last five years and collaborates with other authors on the NSF/ASA grant.Denny Davis, Washington State University Denny Davis is professor of

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University-Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University-Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University-Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University-Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University-Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University-Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ofOutcome Based Assessment. Define all its components such as Constituencies of theProgram, Program Educational Objectives, and Program Outcomes with examples thathave been implemented. It defines the twelve assessment tools that were employed toassess the Program Educational Objectives and Program Outcomes. Paper provides aroad map and serves as a pointer to the ECET Department’s Continuous ImprovementPlan. The paper presents the details of the protocols that were utilized and adhered to inthe implementation.I. IntroductionThe Electrical Engineering Technology program of the ECET Department has anongoing assessment and continuous improvement plan in place since 1995. The plan hasgone through an evolutionary path and was refined during this time

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cox, Purdue University; Alene Harris, Purdue University

2006-1790: VANTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM COMPONENT ASSESSMENTMonica Cox, Purdue University Monica Farmer Cox is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, her M.S. in Industrial Engineering at the University of Alabama, and her B.S. in Mathematics at Spelman College. Her research interests include teaching and learning in engineering education; engineering faculty and student development; and assessment and evaluation of engineering curricula, faculty pedagogy, student learning, student retention, and student engagement within engineering courses.Alene Harris, Purdue

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederick Berry; Patricia Carlson

ABET ASSESSMENT USING CALIBRATED PEER REVIEWIntroductionMost engineering programs have some type of capstone design experience. At Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology (Rose) the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department alsohas a similar set of courses. Therefore, the ECE Department decided to use senior design toassess EC3(g) (ABET Engineering Criterion 3-g): “ability to communicate effectively”.However, we needed/wanted a tool to help us develop our assessment process for EC3(g).The ECE Department was introduced to the Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) [1]. CPR is anonline-tool with four structured workspaces that perform in tandem to create a series of activitiesthat reflect modern pedagogical strategies for using writing

Conference Session

New Trends in Computing and Information Technology Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Zilora, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Jim Leone

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Engineering Education, 2014 A Mature Approach to AssessmentAbstractEducators can tend to focus on teaching rather than student learning. As such, assessing studentoutcomes is perceived as additional work not directly related to their craft and is an occasionalexercise required to meet the demands of program accreditors. This attitude parallels that ofsoftware developers who see the need to deliver a software project on time and on budget assomething that constrains their creative work. The Capability Maturity Model has been adoptedby many software organizations as a framework to help change attitudes and improve thesoftware development process. In this paper we show that the same principles can be applied tothe assessment

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

Session 1360 Authentic Assessment Using Student Portfolios Charles Feldhaus, Ed.D. Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisIntroductionClearly, all levels of education are moving towards a standards based form of assessmentof student learning. At the K-12 level, State Departments of Education are leading theway by creating specific standards and using norm and criterion referenced standardizedtests to ensure that minimum standards are met. At the university level, accreditingbodies, including the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), haverevised the criteria for

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

Session 2506 ABET Educational Assessment: Outcomes (a)-(k) Enno “Ed” Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has revised the accreditationcriteria that is designed to assure that graduates of accredited programs are prepared to enter thepractice of engineering and satisfy industrial requirements. The general criteria also specifies thatengineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates possess or satisfy eleven (11)educational attributes or outcomes generally known as “a” through “k”.This

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Sauer; Pedro Arce

DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND ASSESSMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Sharon G. Sauer and Pedro E. ArceI. INTRODUCTIONABET EC2000 is looking for positive changes in the engineering curriculum and theteaching process. Instructors should depart from old-fashioned, non-effectivemethodologies (from the learning point of view), and from non-motivating approachessuch the ‘solo performance’ with the back of the instructor to the students and/or with theinstructor writing equations, on overhead transparences, so small that the students seatedin the back can not see them. Ineffective engineering instructional methodologies havebeen the reasons for which, in many cases, very good candidates

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Eric Luczaj; Chia Han

Session 2003-2220 An Internet-Based Educational Assessment Tool Chia Y. Han and J. Eric Luczaj Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science College of Engineering University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 45221-0030 ABSTRACTSustaining a continuous improvement process through assessment requires tools to automaticallycollect and organize outcome data and methods to evaluate the data pertinent to programobjectives. To

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Welch

Session 3530 How Well Do Students Self-Assess? Henry L. Welch, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractIt is the goal of this paper to examine the hypotheses that students are poor self-assessors of theirtechnical ability and that their ability varies with maturity and level of technical competence. In thewinter of 1999-2000 faculty members in the computer and software engineering programs at theMilwaukee School of Engineering

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ciezki; Thomas Salem

Session 2132 An Assessment of Power Engineering Education Thomas E. Salem and John G. Ciezki U.S. Naval AcademyAbstractAcademic power engineering programs have been in a state of decline for numerous years.During this same timeframe, technology and the application of power electronics has beengrowing at a rapid pace. Additionally, the utility industry has experienced a dramatic change inregulation, the end of the Cold War has reshaped U.S. defense considerations and impressed newrequirements on military systems, and the U.S. economy has both soared and slumped

Conference Session

Standards and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Daugherty, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rodney L. Custer, Black Hills State University; Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Daniel A. Spake, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-2987: ENGINEERING CONCEPT ASSESSMENT: DESIGN ANDDEVELOPMENTDr. Jenny Daugherty, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jenny Daugherty is an Assistant Professor in the Technology Leadership & Innovation Department at Purdue University.Dr. Rodney L. Custer, Black Hills State UniversityDebra Brockway, Stevens Institute of TechnologyDaniel A. Spake, Purdue University Daniel A. Spake is a master’s student in the Organizational, Leadership & Supervision Department in the College of Technology at Purdue University. He received his B.S. in technology education from North Carolina State University. Page

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University; Helen Reed, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

AC 2009-2542: ABET ACCREDITATION: BEST PRACTICES FOR ASSESSMENTKristi Shryock, Texas A&M UniversityHelen Reed, Texas A&M University Page 14.148.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Session XXXX ABET Accreditation – Best Practices for Assessment Kristi J. Shryock, Helen L. Reed Aerospace Engineering Department Texas A&M University AbstractThe ABET process and purpose is very often one of the most misinterpreted

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-15: ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNINGMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional, national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a senior member of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dominic Halsmer

2004-473 Electronic Portfolio for Assessment of Engineering Dominic M. Halsmer, PhD, PE, Professor, Chair Engineering and Physics Department Oral Roberts University 7777 S. Lewis Ave. Tulsa, OK 74171 918-495-6935 dhalsmer@oru.eduAbstractIn an effort to continuously improve the quality of education in the general engineering programat Oral Roberts University, a new tool known as Electronic Portfolio or e-Portfolio has beenimplemented as the primary data

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Debra Ricci; Arnold Weimerskirch

1793 Assessing Educational Performance A Strategic Approach Ronald J. Bennett PhD, Debra Ricci PhD, and Arnold Weimerskirch School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MinnesotaAbstractThe 21st century promises to be an extraordinarily challenging era. The demands of a newtechnology revolution, globalization, pressing social concerns and a renaissance in businessethics all call for a new kind of engineer. The 21st century engineer must possess not onlytechnical skills but also interdisciplinary skills and a firm foundation for making

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi D. Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

- due Graduate School. Ms. Lynch is a registered veterinary technician, focusing on animal behavior. Her research focuses on doctoral student engagement and assessment of doctoral student learning outcomes in identified best practices, including mentoring, developing effective writing strategies, recruitment, reten- tion, and transition courses, and doctoral student professional development. Ms. Lynch instructs Purdue’s Preparing Future Faculty course and the Preparing Future Professionals course. Page 24.201.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and research interests are in the thermal sciences. He was the faculty advisor for ASHRAE at UTSA from 2002 to 2012. He is a fellow of ASME and a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Texas. Page 24.213.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Assessment of Fundamental Concepts in ThermodynamicsAbstractMany engineering students have difficulty explaining the fundamental concepts used to solvethermodynamics problems. For example, students may be able to solve problems by neglectingkinetic and potential energies, yet struggle to explain why this is justified

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

On Teaching and Assessing Engineering Innovation* Daniel Raviv+, Melissa Morris+, Karen Ginsberg++ + Department of Electrical Engineering ++ Department of Computer Science and Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: ravivd@fau.edu (561) 297 2773AbstractThis paper details data, analysis, and evaluation of one facet of innovation: ideation.Over the past six years college and high school students were exposed to several idea generationmethods in an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; George Engel; Cen Karacal; Ai-ping Hu; Jerry Weinberg

Session 1526 Assessing an Interdisciplinary Robotics Course William W. White, Jerry B. Weinberg, George L. Engel, S. Cem Karacal, Ai-Ping Hu Southern Illinois University Edwardsville1. IntroductionThe curriculum in any specific area of study tends to narrowly focus students on that area,whereas real-world complex systems tend to integrate components from multiple disciplines. Thedevelopment of such systems has shifted from designing individual components in isolation toworking in cross-functional teams that encompass the variety of expertise needed

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Session 3653 Assessing a Freshman Engineering Course Christopher Rowe, Stacy Klein, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen Vanderbilt UniversityAbstractAssessment is arguably the most difficult activity in an engineering curriculum. An engineeringschool's first challenge is to align its incoming students with an area of study that appeals to theirinterests and will allow them to grow academically and ultimately embrace their profession. Asecondary challenge is to provide the students with essential problem solving tools in anatmosphere that is engaging while accounting for their diverse

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

Session 1621 Satisfying ABET Accreditation: Program Assessment Enno “Ed” Koehn, Rajesh Malani Lamar UniversityAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has revised the accreditationcriteria that is designed to assure that graduates of accredited programs are prepared to enter thepractice of engineering and satisfy industrial requirements. The general criteria also specifiesthat engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates possess or satisfy eleven (11)educational outcomes generally known as “a” through “k”.This investigation

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David J. Bettez; G. Lineberry

Session No. 3560 Assessing Engineering Students’ Study Abroad Experiences David J. Bettez Acting Associate Provost for International Affairs/ Director, Study Abroad and External Scholarships Office of International Affairs University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky G. T. Lineberry Associate Dean for Commonwealth and International Programs College of Engineering

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Winzer

Session 1149 Assessing Program Objectives for TC2K Randy Winzer Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KansasAbstractThis paper outlines the policy, procedure and management adjustments of an ElectronicsEngineering Technology (EET) program implemented in order to measure early career programobjectives for TAC of ABET TC2K accreditation. This program participated in TAC of ABET’spilot study for outcomes-based assessment (TC2K) and was reaccredited in 2001. These changesincluded developing a set of policies

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sang Ha Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

Session 1330 Assessing Readiness for Self-directed Learning Thomas Litzinger, John Wise, SangHa Lee, and Stefani Bjorklund Penn State UniversityIntroductionThe ABET engineering accreditation criteria bring lifelong learning to the forefront for allengineering educators. In the past, our role in lifelong learning was primarily offering courses anddegree programs for practicing engineers through continuing education and on our campuses.Now the accreditation criteria demand that we prepare engineering students to engage in lifelonglearning. While this level of emphasis on

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Headley; Sanjiv Sarin

Session 3530 Validity of Student Self-Assessments Sanjiv Sarin, Donald Headley North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractThis paper examines the validity of self-assessment as a tool for measuring student abilities, inparticular, whether self-assessments can be used as valid substitutes for instructor evaluations.Data is obtained from in-class student self-assessments and subsequent course tests that measurethe same abilities. Correlation between self-assessment ratings and test scores are used tocomment on the validity of self-assessments. Some

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Joseph Hoey; Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

Session 3530 Uncovering Obstacles to the Assessment Momentum E. W. Nault, Ph. D., M. S . Leonard, Ph. D., P.E., J. Joseph Hoey, Ed.D. Clemson University/Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractWhy is the practice of assessment inconsistently applied across engineering programs withinthe same university and among engineering disciplines across the country? EngineeringCriteria 2000 1 which mandates programmatic assessment was initially adopted for applicationin 1996. Yet, six years after the adoption of the new criteria, why do we still experience highlevels of faculty resistance to program assessment? This

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Bradley Golish; Phil Weilerstein; Harvey Wolfe

Session 1354 The State of Assessment of Entrepreneur Projects1 Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Bradley L. Golish, Larry J. Shuman, and Harvey Wolfe University of Pittsburgh Philip J. Weilerstein National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators AllianceThe assessment of entrepreneurship and innovation projects and coursework is relatively new inengineering education. At the past two National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance(NCIIA) annual meetings, roundtables focusing on assessment provided participants with theopportunity to share