Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Christopher Joseph Gioia; Louis Edward Christensen, The Ohio State University

focused on community-based team projects13. In both papers, students wereexposed to a scaffolded real-world project, and results showed increased student engagementacross all courses. 2 Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering EducationPBL has also been applied in an interdisciplinary education setting. Michael et al. studiedstudents working on a project to design a low-cost 3D printer14. In their work, student teamsincluded a freshmen-level Mechanical Engineering (ME) graphics class and a university roboticsdevelopment group consisting of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

confronted with open-ended, ill-structured, authentic problemsthat are similar to real world situations and work in teams that have to identify learningneeds to solve the problem and develop a viable solution. The students receive fewinstructions to solve the problem, the instructor works as a facilitator rather than as a keysource of information. The participants are involved in a self-directed and contextualenvironment that promotes learning. Sometimes PBL includes some combinations ofcollaborative and cooperative learning (Prince, 2004). A problem-based learninginstructional strategy has several steps. Naming is the identification of main issues in theproblem. Framing is considered to be the establishment of the limits of the problem.Moving is

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska Anchorage; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Jani M Pallis, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Page 23.1205.2with Professor X. Such positive impressions can aid promotion and tenure as well as increasingsuch faculty members’ influence on decisions of which classes they teach.This paper reviews the literature about student response units’ use and discusses prior researchinto their benefits. While this will touch on some best practices for using clickers, the focus isnot upon convincing instructors how to adopt or improve clicker usage. Much of the authors’prior experience with clickers has been in courses with a large quantitative component. Thispaper discusses the authors’ findings from their first application of clickers in a mainlyqualitative course. The results are consistent with previous results indicating that clickers are

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jeffrey T. Luftig, Engineering Management Program, CEAS, University of Colorado - Boulder; Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jordan Michelle Hornback

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Educational Research and Methods

programs meet college faculty andleaders at two casual dinners. Additional informal activities cultivate social and community ties,such as attending on-campus plays and visiting local industry sites and college research labs.Upper-division student mentors are pervasively involved with the bridge students, and areselected based on their backgrounds, applications and interviews; all attend a mandatory trainingworkshop that instills programmatic approaches to working with students. For instance, studentmentors are trained in using positive messages about engineering, such as “engineers use theircreativity to change the world.”22First-Year CoursesThe two first-year courses include the First-Year Engineering Projects (FYEP) course and theIntroduction

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

designers.Providing them real-world challenges and hands-on experiences in a classroom environment iscritical1, 2. Allowing students to learn through their own mistakes can be a very effective strategyto develop their design skills.The use of simple physical models in classrooms is often encouraged by engineering educators.A physical model can be a prototype of any level of complexity built to demonstrate,communicate or test designers’ ideas. They can range from very simple to highly complicatedprototypes and from completely non-functional to fully functional prototypes3. Regular use ofphysical models is widely advocated by industry4 and government agencies, whereas someresearchers argue that they can cause design fixation5, 6. Design fixation refers to the

Conference Session

Advancing Online and Hybrid Learning in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Scott Dunning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ahmad Safaai-Jazi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nektaria Tryfona, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jianqiang Zhang; Luke Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Muhammad Dawood, New Mexico State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Doroski, Curtis Medve, Michael Seery, P. Len Orlando III, Farid T. Khafizov, “An Electrical Engineering Graduate Course Sequence in Integrated Circuits Targeted to Real-World Problems in Industry, Defense, and Security,” 2017 American Society of Engineering Education, Columbus, OH. June 25-28, 2017. Paper ID# 17791.[11] Cristiane Tolentino Machado and Ana Amélia Carvalho, “Concept Mapping: Benefits and Challenges in Higher Education,” The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, vol. 68, no. 1, 2020, pp. 38-53.[12] Virginia Tech Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. [Online]. Available: https://teaching.vt.edu/.[13] “Balancing Low Stakes vs. High Stakes Assessments,’’ [Online]. Available: https

Conference Session

Robotics and Circuits

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Lara Wujciak, Tufts University; Briana M Bouchard, Tufts University; Chris Buergin Rogers, Tufts University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

cool.. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Scaffolding Strategies for Teaching ROS 2: An Approach Using JupyterLab and iRobot™ Education’s Create® 3 Robot I. IntroductionROS 2 is an open source software development kit for various robotics applications. ROS 2stretches across industries to provide assistance in research, prototyping, and development. It isan advanced computer science concept often discussed at the graduate level and above. Becauseit requires some background in either Python or C++, Linux, and understanding ofpublisher/subscriber messaging structure, it is not commonly taught in undergraduateclassrooms. However, it is often used in the robotics industry at the

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Keith Level

have the extra variable of incorrect software in it. I know life is hard and real world does have extra unpredictable variables in it, but I and every other student that has to pay for this program should expect an error free learning tool.Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 228Appendix M: Example of Submitted Mastering Engineering Answer which appears to be correctExample of apparently correct problem submission, interpreted by the software as incorrect. Themain issue turned

Conference Session

Empowering Change: Cultivating Inclusive and Sustainable Futures in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaylla Cantilina, Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University; Fatima Rahman, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

possible. The revised course includes: (1) a weekly sociotechnical lab withsmall-group activities and discussions on curriculum-aligned real-world justice topics, (2)weekly post-lab readings and written reflections, (3) week-long projects where codingassignments are embedded in a justice topic, and (4) a final project that explicitly considerssocial impacts of numerical analysis or design. Each course section is supported byundergraduate equity learning assistants who help facilitate the sociotechnical labs and act asapproachable peer mentors who can push students to think differently. Every assignment,including these written reflections, is graded and contributes to students’ overall courseassessment.While there were several artifacts, topics

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jelena Trajkovic, California State University, Long Beach ; Lisa M Martin-Hansen, California State University, Long Beach; Anna Bargagliotti, Loyola Marymount University; Christine Alvarado, University of California, San Diego; Cassandra M Guarino, University of California, Riverside; Janel Ancayan, California State University, Long Beach; Joseph Alex Chorbajian, California State University, Long Beach; Kent Vi, California State University, Long Beach

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Computer Engineering Department at Concordia University in Montreal. She joined California State University Long Beach (CSULB) in 2018 where she is an Associate Professor at the Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at the College of Engineering. Her research interests are in domains of network-on-chip, silicon photonics, multicore systems, parallel applications, and avionics systems. At CSULB she expanded her research interests to computing and engineering education and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr Trajkovic’s work has been funded by National Science Foundation and the Center for Inclusive Computing. Her work was recognized by three Best Paper Awards and the Teaching Excellence Award at Concordia

Conference Session

International Accreditation and Credentials: International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Junaid Qadir, Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan; Aamir Shafi, National University of Computing and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; Ala Al-Fuqaha, Hamad Bin Khalifa University; Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Alfaisal University; Kok-Lim Alvin Yau, Sunway University; João Ponciano, University of Glasgow; Sajjad Hussain, University of Glasgow; Muhammad Ali Imran P.E., University of Glasgow; Sajid Sheikh Muhammad, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; Rao Naveed Bin Rais, Ajman University, UAE; Muhammad Rashid, Umm Al Qura University; Boon Leing Tan, Xi'an International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

and anonymity. In some cases, we have reproducedtext expressed by the authors in response to a question verbatim without identifying explicitlythe specific author. We note that the perspectives provided in due course applies mostly to 6engineering programs, particularly electrical and computer engineering. However, most insightsderived do generalize more broadly to all OBE instances. Notwithstanding, and while we haveattempted to gather diverse perspectives from across the world and to qualify our statements, wedo not claim that our survey reports findings are universally applicable, and do caution

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bryan W. Boudouris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

control of matter at dimensions betweenapproximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications.Encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology, nanotechnology involvesimaging, measuring, modeling, and manipulating matter at this length scale”.1,2 Furthermore,nanotechnology is an educational topic that can ignite the imaginations of future scientists andengineers.3 The fields of nanoscience and nano-engineering are inspirational; additionally, theyare fields with many tangible opportunities for making impacts in the commercial marketplace.For instance, many coating technologies, which are ubiquitous to the modern consumer, rely onlength scales less than 100 nm.4 Moreover, advanced electronic applications

Conference Session

Cohort-Based Postdoctoral Scholars Program, Transforming the National Engineering Education, Defining Accountability, and Evaluating the Low-Stakes Assessment Performance

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiuhao Ding, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kang Sun; Zhiyuan Xiao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Sujit Varadhan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jiaxi Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Noah Gersich; Ananya Agarwal; Meghana Gopannagari; Alan Tao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Chrysafis Vogiatzis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David Dalpiaz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

, Urbana-ChampaignDr. Chrysafis Vogiatzis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Chrysafis Vogiatzis is a teaching assistant professor for the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Prior to that, Dr. Vogiatzis was an assistant professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. His current research interests lie in network optimization and combinatorial optimization, along with their vast applications in modern socio-technical and biological systems. He is serving as the faculty advisor of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, and was awarded the 2019 Faculty Advisor award for the North-Central region of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Research Investigations in the Context of Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chijhi Chang, Purdue University; Robert P. Loweth, Purdue University ; Kelley E. Dugan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

), alumni (7 PR), and studentorganizations (4 PR, 3 NR) were also frequently selected by participants as being less thanclearly relevant. For instance, in the words of one participant who sorted the information onindustry partners as “possible relevant:”“I was thinking that [industry partners] can be relevant because promoting internships, jobs,and other initiatives can promote academic success, but I feel that in a study space, it should beclearly for studying and getting work done... So I didn't feel [that information] was reallynecessary in that space, but it does have applications... in facilitating academic success.”(Participant 10, possibly relevant)Participants also sorted information as “possibly relevant” or “not relevant” if the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emmabeth Parrish Vaughn, Austin Peay State University; Lily Skau, Austin Peay State University; Bobette Dawn Bouton, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

gathered articles from all of the 322 database subscriptions ourlibrary has, notably IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Applied Science & Technology Full Text,Science Direct College Edition Journal Collections, Education Full Text, ERIC, and JSTOR. Wesearched for article with subjects containing “empathy” and “engineer*”. The PreferredReporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) for this article is shownin Figure 2. Many articles in the initial search were identified as unrelated to the current study (n= 522). For this review article, we chose to exclude articles related to application development,software design, virtual reality development, and AI development, of which our initial searchcontained 49. We are currently working

Conference Session

Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa Ellen Ko, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

broken into several milestones eachworth an item of graded credit. 4) Offer multiple true alternatives for assessments to students.Contract grading offers students choices in how they earn the grade they want. In the spirit ofthis arrangement, instructors can consider whether they allow more choices during assessmentsbeyond a superficial layer. If ultimately you hope to gauge students’ ability to design anengineering project, can this project not only address different real-world needs, but also beexpressed in different forms? Can certain students opt to demonstrate their understanding ofconcepts through exams while others do so through repeated problem sets or reflections?4.2. Use Growth-Oriented and Divergent Assessments: Lessons from

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

girlsto study engineering at PSET. Through a survey of all past POWER participants that hadgraduated from high school (with a 37% response rate), researchers noted that surveyparticipants attended IUPUI more than other universities and that significantly more respondentsmajored in engineering than in other disciplines.Added to the literature discussed above, This State University has contributed two publications.The first1 discusses the integrated marketing approach used to study and then design the e-Girlsprogram. Based on the data collected for that study, four guiding themes were developed e-Girls, “1) Engineers help the world. 2) Engineers think creatively. 3) Engineers enjoy workingwith others. 4) Engineers earn a good living.” A second

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Topics DiscussedFig. 4 Effectiveness of topics covered in the workshopsThe following are written comments in response to what was most helpful in the workshop:  This workshop was instrumental in guiding me through the basics of teaching at UTSA and also helped me in learning about the rules and regulations. Also helped me in meeting other faculty members and learning from them  Sharing about the real experience and some great tips for class was very helpful. Introducing about ASAP and blackboard app was very helpful

Conference Session

Fundamental: Tools and Content for K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Moorhead, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Jennifer B Listman, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

integration can show the students and teachers therelationships between different classroom topics and their relevance to real-world problems.Whereas randomized controlled studies or cohort studies rely on a statistically significantcomparison between groups to support claims or results of effectiveness, DBR studies typicallyforego such a methodology.2 For several reasons, such a methodology may not be feasible oreven desirable for certain educational innovations and contexts. The confounding factorsbetween classrooms or schools, which may serve as treatment and control groups (differentteachers, different students, etc.), are so pervasive that it may not be possible to correct for themin statistical analyses.3 Therefore, as an alternative, the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer C Mallette, Boise State University; Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

offeropportunities for student engineers to approximate engineering work environments, wherecollaboration is not only typical but necessary, producing written reports that communicate theresults of their projects [1]. These projects are often sponsored by an industry partner, providingstudents an audience outside of a school setting and a chance to contribute to solving a real-world problem that can prepare them for the workplace [2, 3]. Ideally, team projects allowstudents to develop skills that will be transferable to a workplace setting, where individuals mustwork and write with others within an organization [1, 4].These projects, however, may present challenges for women and other underrepresentedstudents. For one, students are frequently asked to

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hang Zhang, Beihang University; Ming Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

referred to as “OutstandingEngineers Plan”) in Tianjin City. The Outstanding Engineers Plan is to implement thestrategic deployment of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to takethe road of new industrialization with Chinese characteristics, build an innovative countrywith strong human resources, and implement the Outline of the National Medium andLong-term Education Reform and Development Plan (2010-2020) [2]. In addition, it is also akey measure to promote China from “a nation with great power”①in engineering education to① The data shows that the number of enrollment, registration and graduates of engineering majors inChina’s colleges and universities is more than that of other countries in the world, ranking first in

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Matt Robert Bohm, University of Louisville; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

isolated activity with a focus solely on the resultingproduct. An engineering graduate must be able to understand that each decision made during thedesign of a system may influence the entire life cycle of the final product from raw materialextraction through disposal, and they should recognize that a solution to one problem may (andlikely will) precipitate whole new problems. 1 In other words, every system is a subsystem foranother system.The Department of Engineering at James Madison University (JMU) was created to be anengineering program with a different approach to teaching engineering—one that trains studentsto view the world as this aforementioned complex system of systems. 2 Functional abstraction isone of the techniques used in the

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson; Jeffrey Froyd

, and conceptions ofhow the world operates. In its simplest form, the mental model of change, prevalent at thebeginning of the FC and reflected in the action plan, focused on developing and perfecting a pilotcurriculum. It is depicted in Figure 1. Then a miracle happens and it is Implement adopted! pilot Develop curriculum and carefully

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa M Frehill, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

the proposed study.majority of African American engineers and even after 1969, in the period from 1969 to 1973,these same institutions continued to produce nearly half of all new black engineers despite thechanges in laws regulating access to higher education2. The six HBCUs were Prairie ViewA&M, North Carolina A&T, Howard University, Tennessee State University, Tuskegee, andSouthern University.The trend since the late 1970s in the relative percentage of engineering degrees earned bywomen and those earned by URMs is shown in Figure 2. As with Figure 1, these data are IPEDSdata that are publicly available via the National Science Foundation’s WebCASPAR databasesystem17. This is an interesting pair of curves showing that the real period

Conference Session

"How Do We Compare?" - Students, Case Studies, and Learning Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel J. Versypt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Americantechnical competitiveness in a global economy. Ralph Cicerone, the President of U.S. NationalAcademy of Sciences, has also advocated improving the STEM “pipeline” and science educationsaying: The reinvigorated research community must also engage the interests of new science students, so that U.S. science can maintain leadership in certain fields and be a strong, reliable partner in many critical international research efforts. That means becoming more deeply involved in improving science education at all levels, including working with pre- college students and their teachers and exposing many more students to real science and scientists. Such interactions can raise the career aspirations of young people. 4Thirty

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunni Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lydia Soleil, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. Page 15.347.7 There are at least two excellent examples of national level programs spanning across multipleinstitutions. The Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program, started in the early 1990s, seeks toprepare graduate students for academic life by exposing them to the “real lives” of faculty in awide variety of academic settings (e.g., research university, comprehensive university, liberalarts college, historically black college or university)8. In addition to providing graduate studentswith this exposure to diverse institutions, the program seeks to provide forums in which graduatestudents and faculty can communicate about life at these various institutions, and also to increasethe extent to which graduate programs embrace their role in

Conference Session

Track 8: Technical Session 3: Exploring Engineering Faculty Views on their Role in Broadening Participation in Engineering

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Gerica Brown, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

interests and values as well as how it could be applied in realworld context. Thus, faculty discussed the importance of their role in providing students withexposure to real world application, making course content engaging and relevant, andencouraging students to pursue research, co-ops and internship opportunities. Many faculty whoexpressed this view discussed the impact of their own research and internship experiences inhelping them to solidify why they had chosen engineering and what they could do with anengineering degree.The role of faculty in engaging students in relevant course content and encouraging engineering-related experiences was not only discussed in relation to undergraduate engineering students. K-12 engineering outreach, although

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cary David Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

successful in incorporating writing into a junior-level technical course,suggesting that the exercise could aid in extending writing further across the engineeringcurriculum to include courses often devoid of written communication. During the semester,students wrote responses to a variety of prompts including “explain a concept” questions,opinion pieces about large engineering projects, and “give an example” questions, which askedstudents to provide real-world examples of concepts and seemed effective in motivating studentsto find relevance in material being taught in class. Current work seeks to develop a set oftransferrable guidelines for how to craft writing prompts in order to achieve different outcomes.Many students struggled with the lack of

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Design Practices: Best Paper Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

’ designs • Encouraging students to make connections: o Helping to connect design failure or next steps to real world engineering and technology o Encouraging students to reference background information • Providing direct advice and guidance about next steps Refraining from offering judgment about the success or failure of the design Non- Refraining from interveningInterventions Offering general encouragement only when necessary Additionally, our previous work has attempted to model responses to design failures inthe classroom.30,31 The simple model shown in Figure 1 depicts three steps after

Conference Session

Joint Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Development Division and Engineering Management Division

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Reza S. Rahaman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD), Engineering Management Division (EMD)

enhancement, but is effectively uncalibrated from real-world engineeringleadership outcomes. Findings from this approach were only interpreted in a relative sense (i.e., whichobjectives' achievement appeared to be in greater need of addressing relative to other objectives).Prior literature has pointed to the benefits of a longitudinal approach to EL program assessment [4,8]. In a longitudinal approach, assessments conducted at an early stage in a timeline (such as priorto the start of a course or program) can be linked to intermediate and outgoing assessments as wellas to post-graduation assessments [17]. Here, same-student changes and achievements can beexamined while controlling for initial conditions (e.g., a lower incoming assessment or a lack