Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Emmanuel Ugo Enemuoh

course exposes students to critical thinking about the fundamental assumptions,discussing calculated results, analyzing plots of data, posing questions about the meaning ofdefinitions, increasing interest in and connection with course material, and becoming familiarwith engineering writing conventions.I. BackgroundThe College of Science and Engineering is a four-year ABET accredited engineering schooloffering engineering degrees in mechanical & industrial, chemical, computer science, andelectrical & computer engineering. The curriculum emphasizes design, manufacture, andautomation, while preparing students for careers in industry and continued education. A four-credit manufacturing process course is designed for junior and senior

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricardo Jacquez, New Mexico State University; Veera Gnaneswar Gude, New Mexico State University; Michele Auzenne, New Mexico State University; Chris Burnham, New Mexico State University; Adrian Hanson; Jeanne Garland, New Mexico State University

. Hanson, New Mexico State University Professor, Department of Civil Engieering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.Jeanne Garland, New Mexico State University Special Projects Coordinator, New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation, College of Engineering, New Mexico State Universtiy, Las Cruces, NM. Page 11.796.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integrating Writing to Provide Context for Teaching the Engineering Design ProcessIntroduction“Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering” is a junior course taught in the Civil Engineeringdepartment at New

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell

such assignments, the writing ofgames promotes strategic thinking. A programmer must consider how to properly utilize datastructures to represent the elements of the game and how to establish the necessary heuristics forevaluating the status of the game.In the past, each card game program had to be essentially written from scratch, but what reallychanges from implementation of one game to the next? How does the concept of a card or adeck differ? There is a great deal of functionality that stays the same, regardless of the cardgame being implemented. This card game assignment is used in our third introductoryprogramming course, where after two quarters of C++ in a text-based context, students areintroduced to graphical user interfaces (GUI

Conference Session

Communication and Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University Designing Education Lab; Autumn Turpin, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12976Improving Students’ Technical Writing Skills: Abstracts in Introductory SolidMechanicsKai Jun Chew, Stanford University Designing Education Lab Kai Jun (KJ) Chew is a second year Master student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Born and raised in Malaysia, KJ received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). Though he did not have a specific concentration at his undergraduate level, he is interested in working in the field of solid mechanics and engineering education. He has been working on improving students’ technical

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Charles Riley, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

engineering judgment to draw conclusions” [1] is a fundamental outcome of all engineeringprograms. Students conduct laboratory experiments in all areas of engineering and report on theirfindings. New faculty, however, have little experience or training in how to develop effective labreport assignments and instruct students on how to write laboratory reports. In an effort toimprove both the teaching and learning of laboratory report writing, engineering educators fromthree distinct universities (one large public research university, one small public polytechnicuniversity, and one private undergraduate university) developed a series of online laboratoryreport writing instructional modules. These modules were presented to laboratory instructors,half

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Friauf, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Andthat is something that requires practice and awareness.Merging Communications and Senior DesignWe must also ask how does the discussed role of writing translate to engineering practice? In anarticle on technical coordination in engineering practice, Trevelyan concludes that “effectivecoordination relies on a hierarchy of many other fundamental and interpersonal skills such aspreparing instructions for technical work,…interpersonal verbal and non-verbal communication,written communication (verbal and visual), selecting appropriate communication strategies….”2Trevelyan reports that engineers may refer to some duties as “’not real engineering’ work, or ‘allthat administrative stuff’.”2 In a study that examined writing and speaking instruction

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hanson; Julia Williams

engineers. In this paper, the authors share theassignment template they developed and discuss the evaluation rubric that the instructor used tograde assignments. The authors also identify the learning outcomes specified for the assignmentand show how student writing correlated to their performance in the course. Finally they discussthe advantages and disadvantages of the Writing-to-Learn approach in the engineeringclassroom.IntroductionThis project began with the premise that asking students to write is a means to improve whatthey learn in the engineering classroom. The premise is not new; advocates of the Writing-to-Learn approach have argued for the incorporation of writing in courses outside of the traditionalsites for writing instruction.1-3 As

Conference Session

LEES 6: Writing & Communication

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Essig, Purdue University Fort Wayne

teach students how to report and discusstechnical information since many have never been trained in technical writing before, to developimportant student success skills that many of our students lacked, and to correct lack of careerdevelopment awareness.Writing Activities Incorporated into the CourseThe writing activities implemented into ENGR 101 were created with three overall goals: 1. increase student understanding of course topics by encouraging students to think comprehensively and to create links between different thoughts and information [6] [7], 2. develop technical writing fundamentals to help prepare students for future classes and internships [8], 3. and demonstrate to students that writing is an essential part of

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma S Atherton, University of Florida; Elif Akcali, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

Paper ID #43872Poetry Writing as a Creative Task to Enhance Student LearningEmma S Atherton, University of Florida Emma S. Atherton is an incoming Management Consultant and a recent graduate from the University of Florida with a Master of Engineering in Industrial and Systems Engineering, with a concentration in Production and Service Operations. She additionally received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida, with a minor in Sales Engineering.Prof. Elif Akcali, University of Florida Dr. Elif Akcali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

  fraction with mole  fraction. Application of  Identifies all relevant  Identifies relevant  Models of phase Principles: Phase  phase equilibriums and  phase equilibriums and  equilibrium are Equilibrium  writes an equation that  approaches modeling  missing or applied in a  accurately models each  each in a logical way  way that is haphazard  but makes errors in  and fundamentally  execution.  sound.  Solution  Completes a solution  Progresses from model  Solution is incomplete  that fully answers  equations

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Clobes, University of Virginia; William H Guilford, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Paper ID #7611Improved retention and recall with a peer reviewed writing assignmentAmy Michelle Clobes, University of Virginia Amy Clobes is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. She received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan. Clobes’s research focuses on the intermolecular interactions of cardiac myosin binding protein C with actin and the regulatory effects of nitrosylation on these interactions.Dr. William H Guilford, University of Virginia Dr. Will Guilford is an associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

further by requiring a junior-level course (ECE 362: Principles of EngineeringDesign) which teaches the fundaments of design before the students start their capstoneexperience. The course is required for all electrical and computer engineering students.ECE 362 is – essentially – a technical writing course taught within the confines of a ten-week quarter. Page 13.1370.2Students explore, develop, and document the framework for a product idea they wouldlike to pursue during their senior-level capstone course. The concepts of discipline-specific research, project design specifications, high-level design, detailed design, workbreakdown schedules, budgets, and

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Filsinger

fundamental ofprogramming skills.Student FeedbackOnly anecdotal feedback exists, in the form of informal personal comments and comments madein lab reports and teaching evaluations. In general, student comments fall into two categories.First (and by far more vocal), are the students who complain that “This is not a programmingclass, so why am I required to write programs?” To some extent, I see this attitude as validationof my belief that the students need more programming practice, not less. In fact, many of thesestudents later come back to me and tell me how much more confidence they have concerningprogramming after the assignment. Much of their initial resistance stems from their lack ofconfidence and practice. As they discover that the problem is

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Arcolano; Richard Vaz

seen to present significant opportunitiesfor students to achieve some broad educational outcomes beyond mastery of the material. Theabstract nature of the material lends itself well to written work: challenging the students toexpress their understanding of the concepts in writing could reveal their mastery of the ideas, andhelp them develop the ability to demonstrate their understanding in this form. The abundance ofapplications of frequency-domain techniques, such as filtering and modulation, provides theopportunity for students to explore applications on their own, simultaneously testing their graspof the fundamentals and providing them with experience in learning independently. Learningcomputer tools is also well-suited to independent

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

Paper ID #26003Veteran Student Leadership Skills in an Engineering Technical Writing CourseDr. Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel Alyson G. Eggleston received her B.A. and M.A. in English with a focus on writing pedagogy and linguis- tics from Youngstown State University and her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Purdue University. Her research and teaching interests are in technical and scientific writing pedagogy and the interaction of language and cognition. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Fine Arts, and Communications at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.Dr. Robert J. Rabb P.E

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josh Coffman, University of Arkansas; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Daniel Jensen, United States Air Force Academy; Christina White, Columbia University; Ashland Brown, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Kristen Kaufman, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-281: STRUCTURED PROCESS FOR WRITING, REVISING, ANDASSESSING MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUIZZESJosh Coffman, University of Arkansas Josh Coffman is a M.S. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He has worked as a civil design technician for Crafton, Tull, Sparks, and Associates in Russellville, Arkansas. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Arkansas Tech University in 2006. V-mail: 479-970-7359; E-mail: jacoffma@uark.edu.Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas Joseph J. Rencis has been professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville since 2004. He has held the inaugural

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Ifte Choudhury; Ricardo E. Rocha; Richard Burt

materials and methods to structures and environmentalsystems. It would be logical to believe that these are the skills essential to one’s successin the construction industry 5. In reality, the most important skill to be taught is the abilityto write effectively 5.It is no secret that construction education graduates are deficient in possessing adequatewriting skills for entering the business community 6. Understanding that these skills needto be improved is the first step in correcting the problem 4.Teaching Relevant MaterialIn order to fill the void in writing skills educators must focus their attention on writing asa fundamental communication skill 6. It is important not only to make students write, butto have them write on subject areas relevant

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

what they have studied and learned, integrate newknowledge with previous knowledge, as well as to help them become an active and aware learnerso that they can better understand how they learn. Their reflection topics included: the engineeringdesign process, engineering/math/science connections and technical writing. This paper features a description of the design project challenge and solutions. Alsoincluded is the grading rubric, which was provided to the students to use as a guide for thereflection assignment. In addition, a summary of the group design analysis and the individualreflection assignments is provided. Page

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #26016Student Teamwork and Leadership in an Engineering Technical Writing CourseDr. Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel Alyson G. Eggleston received her B.A. and M.A. in English with a focus on writing pedagogy and linguis- tics from Youngstown State University and her PhD in Linguistics from Purdue University. Her research and teaching interests are in technical and scientific writing pedagogy and the interaction of language and cognition. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Fine Arts, and Communications at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.Dr. Robert J. Rabb P.E., The

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy L. Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Carl F. Jenks, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

article is scholarly and whether it follows citation or styleguidelines. Finally, students can use the criteria for validity as scholarly research and what waslearned in the discussions to write their critique reviews.Tips 1. Students need exposure to many good examples of the type of writing that they are expected to produce. They need to read and critically examine those examples, and have samples of the type of work available to them to review in courses. 2. Feedback to students should emphasize what is done right as well as areas for improvement. Feedback should be given often. Try to guide the development of the writing by having the student address fundamental flaws in one draft, then mechanics in the next, then

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Gustavo J. Molina, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

Paper ID #45480On teaching technical writing in an introduction to engineering design classDr. Gustavo J. Molina, Georgia Southern University Dr. Gustavo J. Molina graduated with a BS in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from National University of Cordoba, Argentina, a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ottawa, Canada, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering degree from Virginia Tech, USA, for his work on triboemission of particles. Since 2000 he has been in the Dept. of Mechanical Eng. of Georgia Southern University, where he is a Professor. Dr. Molina’s present research interests are on the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

: All of the wolves survived the rugged winter. Although, the bitter cold and lack of food weakened many in the pack.Here, the author has simply used the wrong word. The word that the author wanted was however: All of the wolves survived the rugged winter. However, the bitter cold and lack of food weakened many in the pack.Because the word although is such an important and often used word in engineering and science, makingthe mistake given above seriously undercuts one’s credibility.c: Run-on sentence with however or thereforeSentences are the fundamental units of expression in scientific documents. Readers of professionalwriting expect authors to write in sentences. When a sentence runs on, readers often lose their place in

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Judith Collins; Alysia Starkey; Beverlee Kissick; Jung Oh

journals, to provide students with practice preparing their documents for a job search in their field, including resume, cover letter, interview skills, online application processes, and portfolios of educational experiences.Each of the objectives above is central to developing technical writing skills, yet eachalso requires high-level IL skills. (Assuming that students entering technical writinghave already developed some library skills, basic information skills are distinguishedfrom higher-level skills in that fundamental functioning entails knowledge and tool skills,whereas IL, literacy, requires the addition of cognitive strategies)8.IL is also a process: “attitudes and knowledge; the ability to learn, or complex of ways ofexperiencing

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Roderic Coates, Pennsylvania State University; Alyson G. Eggleston, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

-functional skills such as technicalwriting and communication (TWC) in addition to the engineering-specific knowledge gained inan undergraduate education. Industry constituents expect engineering graduates to communicatetechnical content efficiently and effectively to disseminate technical information.Specifically, the aviation industry requires a considerable amount of documentation to supportthe design, development, maintenance, and safety of operations; as such, skill in technicalwriting is required to accomplish these activities effectively. However, in traditional, humanities-based writing courses, (which are often the main source of writing preparation for engineeringstudents) the focus of such writing courses is not on technical writing

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca A. Pinkus; Craig A. Simmons

seminar that we hope may be used as a foundation for a mandatory (or at least credited)course for senior-level undergraduates.While many American universities have at least two writing requirements in their engineeringcurricula, such as freshman composition and technical writing, Canadian universities typicallyrequire only one technical writing course, often given in the first year of the engineeringcurriculum1. The Canadian engineering curriculum tends to be based on the more traditional,technical-based style of teaching. This is partly due to the traditional emphasis on science andengineering in this field, and partly due to the fact that few English Departments in Canadianuniversities include Rhetoric and Composition in their curriculum.2 As a

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #26024Returning to an Industry-informed Technical Writing and CommunicationCourse DesignDr. Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel Alyson G. Eggleston received her B.A. and M.A. in English with a focus on writing pedagogy and linguis- tics from Youngstown State University and her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Purdue University. Her research and teaching interests are in technical and scientific writing pedagogy and the interaction of language and cognition. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Fine Arts, and Communications at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.Dr. Robert J. Rabb

Conference Session

Using Computers, Software, and Writing to Improve Mathematical Understanding

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

N. Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

to do so.One teaching strategy shown by researchers since the 1960s and 1970s to be an effective learningand thinking tool is writing. Writing enables the writer to capture otherwise random thoughts byplacing them on a writing surface where they become concrete and thus more readily examined andmanipulated. Consequently, writing should be an effective tool for enabling math students to retainthe mathematical principles being developed in the classroom as well as for aiding them to improvetheir critical thinking abilities needed for applying their mathematical understandings to problems ofthe modern world.By incorporating writing that emphasizes critical thinking into the math classroom, this study seeksan answer to two questions: (1) how can

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 24.64.14 more to writing at the sentence-level. “Noise” interferes with the reader's fundamental ability to decode textual strands that link together to form paragraphs. Instead of getting in the way of overall message flow, noise is a measure of sentence impurity. Excellent sentences are concise, clear, and correct. They channel clean signals. They are not full of static, glitches, and unwanted rogue waveforms. Some examples of "noise" would be dead wood (extraneous verbiage), jargon (buzz words and gratuitous frills), unnecessary passive phrasing, out of parallel phrasing, and inexact/incorrect/awkward phrasing (grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and spelling errors). Packaging: This

Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University; Ashlynn Kogut, Texas A&M University; Michael Ryan Golla, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

description. For example, “it is both mandatory and extremely helpful” and “b/c itwas very beneficial and gave us guidance.” The next most prevalent specific reason was for helpwith their topic (24; 16%). For example, “librarians are great at helping narrow down a topic tosomething we can reasonably write about” and “it helped focus our efforts in finding a topic.”The only reasons provided for not scheduling an appointment were graduating and beingcomfortable with databases.Discussion The students’ feedback was important in assessing teaching effectiveness and consideringfuture changes on consultations. In the fall 2018 questionnaire, the subject librarian wanted toknow if a library session was needed prior to this class. During some

Conference Session

Misconceptions

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Venters, Virginia Tech; Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #7438Using Writing to Link Procedures and Concepts in StaticsMr. Chris Venters, Virginia Tech Chris Venters is a Ph.D. candidate in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His primary research in- terests involve studying conceptual understanding among students in early undergraduate engineering courses. He received his B.S. in aerospace engineering from North Carolina State University and his M.S. in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech.Dr. Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa DuPree McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant