Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Currin

findings. The sharing of results with colleaguesto facilitate improvements to the curriculum rarely goes beyond the anecdotal level since manyintangibles are noted and are not measurable. Examples of the attempts to produce useablequantifiable feedback are given along with suggestions for further study.Introduction:As stated this paper deals with the findings of a 5 year study of the capstone design courserequired of all civil engineering technology students at Southern Polytechnic State University(SPSU) and the attempts to use this course as an effective outcomes assessment tool. First,outcomes assessment in the context of the study is described and discussed. Likewise, thecapstone design course is described and the learning outcomes for this

Conference Session

Strategies for Effective Education in Manufacturing

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Keegan O'Bannon, Urick Ductile Solutions

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

State University, The Behrend College, Erie, PA. He has worked in the foundry industry for 20 years as a toolmaker, and has managed several departments including the tool shop, R&D, production, product, quality and sales. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Industry Projects into a Manufacturing Systems CourseAbstractIn order to fill the existing skills gap in U.S. manufacturing, effective teaching techniques ofmanufacturing courses should be considered by academic institutions. Hands-on experiments andreal life projects can be incorporated into the curriculums in order to produce new graduates withadequate knowledge of manufacturing skills. In this paper, we discuss

Conference Session

An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Laier, University of South Alabama; Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

general education courses when they enrollin a four-year institution, but have not satisfied the prerequisites for upper level engineeringcourses. To get “caught up” in the most effective way, advisors often suggest a course load of4-5 STEM courses. However, this proves to be rather difficult for many of these students.The most effective advising occurs when a plan is developed for the student to graduate in theminimum number of semesters. Due to prerequisites and limited course offering eachsemester, this can be a challenging task. Hence each department at USA has identified at leastone advisor who is very knowledgeable about transfer curricula. The transfer students areencouraged to enroll in a minimal number of hours the first

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

include the security of water distribution systems, their role in effective emergency response, and their interdependence with other critical infrastructures. Page 13.1390.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Watching Videos Improves Learning? An Effective Use of Short, Simple, Instructor-Made Videos in an Engineering CourseAbstractKeeping up with trends in technology use among students is always a challenge. Students, likemuch of society, are increasingly “pulling” their desired content from the web (news,entertainment, etc.) rather than simply acting as

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University; John Norris, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

experience, software skills, and personality characteristics based oncriteria established by the instructor. The process is done in an Excel spreadsheet using thesoftware Balanced Student Team Assignment Macro (BSTAM) developed by the co-author. Thesoftware is available free of charge and downloadable from an internet site (see references). Thepaper describes the software, and with examples, explains how to use it. Effective teamfunctioning can be enhanced by the process used to announce the team assignments. Whenstudents learn of the procedures used, they readily accept their assigned teammates. There issome discussion on assessing team performance and there is a description of the tools used inthis capstone senior design course to evaluate

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Gordon Thomas Beverly III, East Carolina University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

economy and job market. Undergraduate students who are transitioning fromcollege to the workplace must have adequate oral communication skills to complement thetechnical knowledge they have acquired in their collegiate experience. Students must be able toorally present and communicate ideas, knowledge, and research to many different audiences inthe arenas of interviews, conferences, and interoffice presentations. Although helpful in avariety of careers, improvements to communication skills at the undergraduate level canspecifically increase the success and effectiveness of those moving into the field of engineeringmanagement. These communication skills can increase the engineering manager’s performancein areas such as leadership, motivation

Conference Session

Capstone Courses in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

undergraduate programs requiresenior level students to complete a comprehensive capstone experience prior to graduation. Suchexperiences are usually structured in a manner that requires student teams to design constructionoperations for realistic projects. Often, the goal is for teams to mirror standard industry practicesduring the development of bid-level cost estimates, project schedules, etc. and thereby providestudents the opportunity to demonstrate and integrate the myriad of skills and knowledge learnedover the course of the undergraduate curriculum.To facilitate learning and improve student performance faculty mentoring of the capstoneprojects is often used. Faculty members frequently have actual industry experience that allowsthem to

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Anthony Carnegie, Victoria University, Wellington; Craig A. Watterson, Victoria University, Wellington

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-3585: IMPROVING ENGINEERING RECRUITMENTProf. Dale Anthony Carnegie, Victoria University, Wellington Dale Carnegie is the Head of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. He founded and directs the Mechatronics Research Group. He has degrees in applied mathematics, theoretical physics, electronics, and computer ecience. His current areas of expertise include mechatronics, sensors, embedded control systems, and engineering education.Mr. Craig A. Watterson, Victoria University, Wellington School of Engineering and Computer Science Page 25.745.1

Conference Session

Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas J. Dimmitt, Petroleum Institute; Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute; David Moore, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2012-4823: STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING TECHNICAL COMMU-NICATION EFFECTIVENESS SKILLS IN A MIDDLE EAST ENGINEER-ING PROGRAMDr. Nicholas J. Dimmitt, Petroleum Institute Nicholas J. Dimmitt is an Assistant Professor of communications in the College of Arts & Science at the Petroleum Institute of the United Arab Emirates. He earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California and his master’s from San Francisco State University. He previously taught engineer- ing and management graduate students at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand for 16 years. He specializes in communication courses for engineers, business communication, corporate social respon- sibility, and business ethics. Dimmitt has

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary D Steffen, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Omonowo David Momoh, Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #43554Digitalization of ABET Assessment, Evaluation, Continuous Improvement,and Material Display Techniques – A Verifiable and Effective Tool for SuccessfulABET AccreditationProf. Gary D Steffen, Purdue University, Fort Wayne Gary Steffen is the Director of the School of Polytechnic at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW).Omonowo David Momoh, Purdue University, Fort Wayne ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Digitalization of ABET Assessment, Evaluation, Continuous Improvement, and Material Display Techniques – A Verifiable and Effective Tool for Successful ABET

Conference Session

Improving and Understanding Engineering Collections and Publication

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan B. Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Richard J. Zwiercan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

include information literacy instruction and assessment, the notion of threshold concepts, the effect a student’s emotional state has on their learning, and improving access to technical literature.Mr. Richard J Zwiercan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Richard holds both a BA in Psychology and a MA in Counseling from Chapman University located in Southern California. In 2018, he obtained his MSIS degree from the University of North Texas, with a focus on archival studies/digital technologies, and Graduate Academic Certificate (GAC) in archival management. Richard is a long-term employee and supervisor within the UNLV University Libraries. He served as the Resource Sharing & Access Manager, leading the Interlibrary

Conference Session

Materials Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials

obvious. Educators can usedata presentation techniques to identify these links, and then improve courses and curricula. Wecan also use these presentation techniques to help students identify links, so students canimprove their education strategies.Student Awareness of GradesStudents often have a snapshot awareness of grades; they see a marked grade on a returnedhomework assignment or exam, or a cumulative course grade in course management software,but they often have no real sense of how their course grades change over time. The also havelittle understanding of the effect of a zero grade on a course average. In a freshman Introductionto Engineering Technology course that includes spreadsheet problems, I ask students to plot theircurrent course

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald V. Richardson

Session 2633 MOTOR EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT EXPERIMENTS Donald V. Richardson, Emeritus Waterbury State Technical College, Connecticut___________________________________________________________________________ABSTRACTThis paper describes experiments developed while teaching in the former WaterburyState Technical College. It show how all experiments, however performed, have thesame seven fundamental steps. Two things are demonstrated: That original work canbe done in a two year school, and to both encourage teachers and professors and ex-plain how original experiments can be performed.These DC motor experiments, scaled

Collection

2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Tabitha L. Sprau Coulter

ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference, 2018 Cornell University April 20-21, 2018 IMPROVING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM THROUGH THE IDENTIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES AND TEACHING APPROACHES Tabitha L. Sprau Coulter, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering King’s CollegeAbstractWith the many demands placed on students and the stringent requirements established by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), undergraduate engineering andengineering technology programs are overflowing with challenging, required courses. Theprogram requirements are intended to better prepare

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Frank Peters, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

AC 2007-899: EFFECTING IMPROVEMENT IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGPROGRAM BY APPLYING OUTCOME ASSESSMENT RESULTSLeslie Potter, Iowa State University Leslie Potter is Lecturer in the IMSE Department at Iowa State University. She has extensive professional engineering experience, including seven years with Deere & Company in various engineering and supervision capacities, gained prior to joining the IMSE department at ISU. She is currently teaching her seventh year of capstone design. Her research interests include capstone design course effectiveness, engineering communications, and team homogeneity. She is a member of ASEE.K. Jo Min, Iowa State University K. Jo Min is Associate

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip C. Wankat

Session 1675 Effective, Efficient Teaching Phillip C. Wankat Chemical Engineering, Purdue UniversityAbstractNew professors are anxious to prove themselves in the classroom, but they know thattheir promotion and tenure prospects likely depend more on research productivity thanteaching. The challenge is not only to teach well, but also to teach efficiently.Fortunately, most good teaching practices are both effective and efficient. Methods fordeveloping a good course and hints on lecturing, testing and improving rapport withstudents are presented. Finally, a path for future

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 2: Success In and Out of the Classroom

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Payne Tofte, South Dakota State University; Albena Yuliyanova Yordanova, South Dakota State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #31697Writing Good Reflection Questions: Testing Brookfield’s criticalincident questionnaires effectiveness in improving student learningDr. Elizabeth Payne Tofte, South Dakota State University Education: PhD, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture for the School of Design at South Dakota State University, specializing in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in interdisciplinary learning environments.Dr. Albena Yuliyanova Yordanova, South Dakota State University Education: University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Doctor of Technology with emphasis in

Conference Session

Best of Computer in Education Division

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Paper ID #6613Effectiveness of an Online Writing System in Improving Students’ WritingSkills in EngineeringDr. Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University Dr. Backer is director of General Engineering at San Jose State University. Her research interests are in broadening the participation of women and URM students in engineering and assessment of engineering programs. Page 23.466.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013  Effectiveness of an Online Writing System in

Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Ellie H. Fini, North Carolina A&T State University; Mahour Mellat Parast, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; Sanjiv Sarin, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer in North Carolina. Page 22.1448.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The Effect of Project-Based Learning (PBL) on Improving Student Learning Outcomes in Transportation EngineeringABSTRACT This paper discusses the results of an ongoing study on the effect of project-basedlearning (PBL) on students’ learning outcomes in Transportation Engineering, a required juniorlevel course in the Civil Engineering curriculum. The course was taught in 2008, 2009, and2010 by the same instructor. The course was transformed from a lecture-based course to aproject

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury

Effect of Personal Contact in Improving the Outcome of Minority Engineering Students Dr. Showkat J. Chowdhury, Dr. Ruben Rojas-Oviedo Mechanical Engineering Department, Alabama A&M University P.O. Box 1163, Huntsville, AL 35762 Voice: (256)-372-8401, Email: schowdhury@aamu.eduAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has set up somecriteria, which the graduates of all accredited engineering programs must satisfy. Inaddition to the ABET requirement, the Mechanical Engineering (ME) program atAlabama A&M University has been designed to meet some additional requirements bythe American Society of Mechanical

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Finelli, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

2006-2137: ENTREPRENEURIAL DESIGN PROJECTS: WHAT TYPE OFPROJECTS ARE EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING &ENTHUSIASM?Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University Gül E. Okudan is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Design at The Pennsylvania State University. She received her Ph.D. from University of Missouri-Rolla. Her research interests include intelligent shop floor control, manufacturing strategy modeling and measurement, solid modeling, product design, and product design teams. Her published work appears in journals such as Journal of Engineering Design, Design Studies, Journal of Engineering Education, European Journal of Engineering Education and Technovation. She is a member of ASEE

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron S. Gottfried

the weekly assignments.During a typical 2-hour session, the first 20 to 30 minutes were used for formal instruction(lecturing, which we refer to as the “L- word”), and the remaining time used for student hands-onexercises. Sometimes the mode of instruction shifted back and forth between formal instruction(lecturing) and active student involvement. We were very optimistic that this new mode ofinstruction would significantly improve the course.During the first year, however, we were only modestly successful in improving the course. In ourenthusiasm to bring about change, we had included too many loosely coupled exercises thatstudents found largely unrelated to one another. (Some examples: Download a sample programand run it; change a program

Conference Session

Programming Education 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #44328Assessing the Effectiveness of Open-ended Engineering Design Projects in aFirst-Year Engineering Programming Course for Improving Students’ Problem-SolvingStylesDr. John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida John Mendoza Garcia serves as an Instructional Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Education within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University, and his Master’s and a Bachelor’s in Systems and Computing Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes, in Colombia, and Universidad Nacional

Collection

2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Julie L. P. Jessop; Samuel Van Horne

2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) Flipping Forward: Improving Student Experiences in Process Calculations and Following Its Effect on Performance in Subsequent Chemical Engineering Courses Julie L. P. Jessop and Samuel Van Horne The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IAAbstractFlipping is an appealing method to engage students for meaningful and active learning.However, students are notoriously resistant to this shift in learning culture, which puts theresponsibility for learning more squarely on their shoulders. In this paper, ideas are

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman

student aspirations as SES or individual achievement33.Hermond (1995) acknowledges the important role that colleges can play in improving studentretention34. He identifies seven institutional initiatives that are focused on improving thepersistence of minorities in engineering programs: 1) Matriculation, which is defined as the activities done with students between the time they are admitted and their first semester of enrollment. 2) Orientation, which consists of a course, program, or activity that directs students towards setting and evaluating goals. 3) Academic advising, which involves providing students with adequate information about available course options. 4) Student

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; Tailian Chen, Gonzaga University; Jianfeng Ma, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Saint Louis University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurial engineers in the workforce. Dr. Ma teaches mechanical engineering courses at Saint Louis University and he inculcates entrepreneurial mindset in mechanical engineering students.Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University Ahad Ali is an Associate Professor and Director of Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engi- neering at the Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA. He earned B.S. in Mechanical En- gineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, Masters in Systems and Engineering Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and PhD in Industrial En

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

incorporate more practical examples, illustrative materials, and engaging hands-onactivities that reach and motivate the diverse groups of today’s students.10 We now have thepotential to identify a student’s learning style11 and difficulties in grasping concepts, thus allowingus to deliver education in more effective ways.12 Educators need to provide supplemental hands-oncomponents so that visual/tactile learners can garner an understanding of the material, whilestronger students can explore activities in greater depth to maintain interest.13,14 Even today’s mostsuccessful courses, regardless of format, can take advantage of recent advances in cognitivescience15, learning research16, and educational technology to help address the following issues

Conference Session

Teams, Capstone Courses, and Project Based-Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David E. Schmidt, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

inkey capstone exercises, including a mid-semester, peer-based design review as well as a final symposium.This student engagement and undergraduate networking has far reaching benefits, as the studentsinvolved enrich their own experiences and become resources to pass information and critiques along toone another.Our plan for assessing this program and its students involves following the participating studentsthroughout the sophomore, junior and senior years. Students, at varied stages in the curriculum, alongwith their mentors and industry sponsors, will be interviewed to assess the effectiveness of theintroductory course and the influence of early exposure to the capstone experience on their capstoneprojects. Project performance will also be

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

2006-983: PROOFREADING EXERCISES TO IMPROVE TECHNICAL WRITINGIN A FRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSEJohn-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University JOHN-DAVID YODER is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and currently holds the LeRoy H. Lytle Chair at ONU. His Doctorate is from the University of Notre Dame. Research interests include education, controls, robotics, and information processing. Prior to teaching, he ran a small consulting and R&D company and served as proposal engineering supervisor for GROB Systems, Inc.David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University DAVID R. SAWYERS, JR. is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University, where he teaches courses in

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ronald Caffey, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Bruce Chrisman, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Chris Pearson, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ernest Lewis, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, and a safe and supportive environment for students who are leaving home forthe first time. The positive aspects of the engineering residence halls reported by the studentswere meeting new people, living with students taking the same courses, and the academic helpfrom other students and from tutors located nearby. The one-year retention of the students thatlived in the engineering residence hall was about the same as that of all engineering students;since the decision to live in the residence hall was voluntary, it was difficult to make conclusionsabout the direct effect of living in the engineering residence hall.Woolston et al. 2 reported on a project to improve the retention of engineering students at both ateaching and at a research