Conference Session

Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

3.44 Knowledge as systems, constraints, and trade-offs. Role of Problem- Discriminate the role of problem-solving for 4 troubleshooting, invention, innovation, research and 3.32 Solving development. Think critically and creatively regarding technological 5 Critical Thinking issues including an ability to assess, rank, or to 3.28 compare proposed designs on the basis of the desired outcomes, consequences, and constraints.Non-Engineers’ Use of the Decision MatrixTo investigate the potential of non-engineer undergraduates

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Tess Bowling, University of Colorado at Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Angela Bielefeldt, P.E., is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is currently the associate chair for Un- dergraduate Education in CEAE and has served as the ABET assessment coordinator since 2008. She began incorporating service-learning (SL) projects into the capstone design course for environmental en- gineering in 2001. This began her journey to determine how to rigorously assess the learning outcomes for students who worked on SL projects as compared to other types of projects in the course. Her engineering education research interests also include students

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Song, Alamo College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

plants to train workers; nor do theyhave the industry-driven, cross-skilling curriculum required by today’s manufacturers. All theseresult in graduates who do not have the competencies to perform well in today’s complexmanufacturing organizations. In order to fill this gap, our AMT program is closely working withindustry people to identify the standards and competencies needed, and then use thosecompetencies to develop curricula and assessment. To make our program stronger and morecompetitive, we have utilized the NSF-funded the Automotive Manufacturing TechnicalEducation Collaborative (AMTEC) process model which is dedicated to create nationallycertifiable industrial maintenance mechanical training programs in partnership with areaindustries [7

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #9251A strategy for sustainable student outcomes assessment for a mechanical en-gineering program that maximizes faculty engagementProf. Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University Sriram Sundararajan is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University and also currently serves as the Associate Chair for Operations. His research areas encompass multiscale tribology (friction, lubrication and wear), surface engineering and mechanical engineering education. He has authored over 65 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and two invited book chapters. He serves on the

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Rami Jubrail Haddad, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #8646A Unified Approach to the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes in Elec-trical Engineering ProgramsDr. Youakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University Dr. Youakim Kalaani graduated from Cleveland State University with MS and Doctoral degrees in Electri- cal Engineering with a concentration in power systems. He joined Georgia Southern University on August 2006 and is now an Associate Professor in the newly established Electrical Engineering Department at the College of Engineering and Information Technology. Dr. Kalaani has served as the Interim EE Chair and taught engineering courses at the undergraduate and

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

resulted in a very large list of possible activities related to faculty development(for example, have one professor teach us all systems dynamics as important modeling tool forsustainability), program changes (add biology as a required course in our engineering programs),specific topics on sustainability (teach about ISO 14000), student activities (have our studentsteach K-12 students about sustainability), the senior projects (require each team to assess impactson sustainability), and outreach and engagement (work with the city of Pueblo to help themdesign and locate a new recycling facility).On the fourth day, we returned to reality and created a list of activities that build upon andextend what we already do. We reviewed our notes from the

Conference Session

CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Glenda R. Scales, Virginia Tech; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Dakota Farquhar-Caddell, School of Education

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #5898Defining and Measuring Innovative Thinking Among Engineering Under-graduatesDr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Dr. Amelink is Research Analyst and Assessment Specialist in the Dean’s Office, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech.Dr. Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech Bevlee A. Watford is professor of engineering education at Virginia Tech. She currently serves as the associate dean for academic affairs and the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity.Dr. Glenda R. Scales, Virginia Tech Dr. Glenda R. Scales serves as both Associate Dean for Distance Learning and Computing and

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Cental Connecticut State University; Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 23.479.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Embedding Lifelong Learning in Engineering CoursesAbstractThe main thrust of this paper is presenting an assessment methodology for lifelong learningcompetency. Several assessment tools embedded in a selected set of engineering courses alongwith their assessment methodologies, data analysis and conclusions are presented in thismanuscript. The selected courses are spread over at the sophomore, junior, and senior levels. Thecourses include Engineering Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Propulsion Systems, and the SeniorDesign Capstone project. With the exception of the last course, students were assigned a set ofopen-ended problems that involved

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

utilizes modes of inquiry drawn from one or more disciplinary or nondisciplinaryperspectives (i.e. the “real world”)”4This study is centered on assessing interdisciplinary learning as itrelates to engineering.The need to produce graduates who not only have a solid foundation in a specific engineering disciplinebut also knowledge across engineering disciplines is recognized by universities across the nation. Thenecessity to address this need has been recognized in the creation of multiple interdisciplinary engineeringprograms. According to the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Engineering, “it is thepremise of these interdisciplinary programs that students must be educated in more than one area toremain competitive and have successful

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Connected Through Servant LeadershipAbstractServant-Leadership is a leadership paradigm that emphasizes power sharing in decision makingprocesses. It also encourages leaders to serve those they manage by propelling them toward highachievement while promoting their professional growth and self-efficacy. Servant-Leadership isalso being pioneered as a teaching pedagogy at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, anapproach that is unique because most academic institutions subscribe instead to the service-learning model. In conventional academic settings, instructors are the authority figures withcontrol over content, knowledge, assessment, and course outcomes. By contrast, servant-leadership places instructors at the bottom of an inverted power pyramid

Conference Session

CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Howard Ross, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

by including criteria such as“engages in lifelong learning,” “understands the impact that engineering has on society,” and“communicates effectively” in their assessment of engineering programs [3]. Besterfield-Sacre etal. observe that students’ attitudes about engineering and their abilities change throughout theireducation and influence motivation, self-confidence, perception of engineering, performance, andretention [4]. The same group also found that attitudes toward engineering directly related toretention during the freshman year [5]. Seymour and Hewitt [6] examined students who leftengineering programs and found that they were not academically different than their peers whocontinued in the program and that their retention was better

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

plan with four distinct operational phases. The plan’s operational conceptfocused on systematically revising the educational framework to supportoutcome/objective assessment and evaluation. Further, the program footing wouldpromote academic programs characterized by a dynamic state of continuous processimprovement consistent with TC2K. Viewed essentially as sequential in nature, the phasesallowed the faculty in each of the three programs to control to some extent the rate ofimplementation. The fours phases include (1) awareness training for senior key personnel,(2) internal organizational assessment, (3) team building for process control and TC2Kimplementation, and (4) an action phase designed to perpetuate the program. This paperaddresses

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Hefley; James Lookadoo; Randy Winzer

Session 3560 TC2K Accreditation: An EET Success Story James A. Lookadoo, Steve M. Hefley, Randy Winzer Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KansasAbstractThis paper outlines the philosophic, policy, and management adjustments of an ElectronicsEngineering Technology (EET) program as it prepared to participate in TAC of ABET’s pilotstudy for outcomes-based assessment (TC2K). These changes included developing a set ofpolicies supporting

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

. This paper provides a detailed description of our implementationprocess. Our experience has indicated that affective objectives can be used to foster academicexcellence. Factors supporting this excellence include perceived competence (or self-efficacy),student effort, and student interest/enjoyment. Results also suggest that this approach had abeneficial effect upon achievement in women and minority groups. The assessment effortincluded the analysis of data drawn from validated instruments that measured various factorscorrelated with course grades and comparative course-completion rates.Prior WorkA Bloom-based cognitive curriculum was defined for the introductory programming sequence in1994.12 This framework was based upon the six levels of

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie McBride

PerformanceExcellence. This adaptation to education is largely a translation of the language andbasic concepts of business excellence to similarly important concepts in educationexcellence.Performance excellence criteria for education are the basis for organizational self-assessments, for Page 8.134.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”making Awards, and for giving feedback to applicants. In addition, the Education Criteria havefour other important purposes: • To help improve organizational performance practices and

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Evangelista P.E., U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

76.2 survival cardsEncouraging students to complete lesson reading assignments, especially in technicalengineering courses, is a common challenge for educators. Survival cards clearly cause studentsto utilize the course textbook. A recent study surveying college bookstores showed that about 20percent of students do not even buy books!7 The reason that students do not complete thereading when they actually own the book is quite simple-they don’t see any difference why theyshould or should not.8The survey focused on assessing how many students are actually completing readingassignments, their general approach and their perceptions of whether it is beneficial or not.Figure 3 is a measure of how often the students used their textbook when

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-4397: IMPROVING STUDENT RETENTION AND ENGAGEMENTIN STATICS THROUGH ONLINE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS AND RECITA-TIONSDr. Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American Horacio Vasquez is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas, Pan American (UTPA), in Edinburg, Texas. His current research interests are in the areas of control systems, mechatronics, measurements and instrumentation, and engineering education.Dr. Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American Arturo Alejandro Fuentes is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas Pan American. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Rice University

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Briana B. Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State University; Fong K. Mak, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-4360: IMPROVING UPON BEST PRACTICES: FCAR 2.0Dr. John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is a professor of computer engineering and computer science at Ohio Northern Univer- sity. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagog- ical aspects of writing computer games. Estell is an ABET Program Evaluator, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Dr. John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University John-David Yoder received all of his degrees (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) in mechanical

Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Delahunty, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

knowledge and skills developed in thecoursework portfolio to the new applied analytical task. Despite students' high level ofperformance in both the portfolio, which assessed graphical knowledge, and the PurdueSpatial Visualisation Test (PSVT), which examines ability to mentally rotate three-dimensional objects, many students were unable to employ an efficient approach to solvingthe applied analytical task. The paper discusses some key variables relating to performance inthe applied analytical task and forms the basis for further research in the area.Keywords: Problem-Solving, Technology Education, Performance and TransferIntroductionThe need for creative problem solvers is a contemporary necessity for society especiallygiven the ever-changing

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint; James Riddell, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-4127: LEARNER CENTERED INSTRUCTION IN MECHANI-CAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMMr. Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint Tom Spendlove teaches engineering and CAD courses at Baker College in Flint, Mich.Dr. Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint Anca L. Sala is professor and Dean of engineering and computer technology at Baker College of Flint. In addition to her administrative role, she continues to be involved with development of new engineering curriculum, improving teaching and assessment of student learning, assessment of program outcomes and objectives, and ABET accreditation. She is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA, serving in various capacities.Mr. James Riddell, Baker College, Flint James A. Riddell is

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1290: ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING AND PROBLEM SOLVINGSKILLS THROUGH SELF-REGULATED LEARNING ASSESSMENT FORCOMPUTER ENGINEERINGGordon Skelton, Jackson State University Dr. Gordon W. Skelton, Associate Professor Department of Computer Engineering at Jackson State University, is Director of the Center for Defense Integrated Data (CDID) where he is responsible for conducting research in the fields of intelligent decision support, geographic information systems, robotics, wireless sensor networks and related topics. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of South Africa. His research interests focuse on the engineering education, STEM curriculum development, intelligent decision

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cote

Session Number 3548 The Development of a Cooperative Education Project as an Assessment Tool for an Engineering Technology Program Professor Mark Coté, PE Engineering Department Maine Maritime AcademyAbstractCooperative education has been an integral part of the educational program at Maine MaritimeAcademy (MMA) since the founding of the college in 1941. Employers, graduates, and potentialstudents describe MMA’s “hands-on” focus, reflected in these cooperative educationexperiences, to be one of the main advantages of an MMA education. The

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Harlow, Western Kentucky University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; H. Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

performance characteristics.This paper focuses on the DBT process of the test bed and the development of the experiment.Moreover, an assessment of the project is provided through an analysis of the following projectoutcomes: 1) The student worker’s learning experiences during the execution of thisextracurricular project inclusive of both technical and project management aspects and 2) Theimpact of the implementation of this extracurricular project as a course experiment in theExperimentation and Instrumentation course as part of the ME Program’s curriculum sequence.IntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering (ME) Program at Western Kentucky University focuses on creatingprofessional learning experiences in order to “provide students with the opportunity

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

; Caswell, D. (2003). Building Community and Creating Knowledge in the Interdisciplinary Classroom. History of Intellectual Culture, 3(1). http://www.ucalgary.ca/hic8. Segal, Carolyn Foster (2008). “Crossing the Rubricon”. Chronicle of Higher Education. 54:33, pB28- B28.9. Goodrich Andrade, H(2005). “Teaching with Rubrics”. College Teaching 53:1, p 27-30.10. Anderson, RS., Puckett, JB. (2003) “Assessing Students’ Problem-Solving Assignments”. New Directions for Teaching & Learning Issue 95, p81-87.11. Holmes, LE., Smith, LJ (2003). “Student Evaluations of Faculty Grading Methods”. Journal of Education for Business, 78:6, p 318-323.12. “Grading Students’ Collaborative Writing Projects”. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University; Margot Hutchins, Michigan Technological Universtiy; William Helton, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Chris VanArsdale, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

Technological Universtiy Margot Hutchins is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and a Graduate Scholar of the Sustainable Futures Institute. The primary objective of her research is to develop a model that addresses the relationship between decision alternatives and sustainability, especially the societal dimension. Other research interests include life cycle assessment, decision making, and engineering education.William Helton, Michigan Technological University Dr. William Helton is an Associate Professor in cognitive and learning sciences. He teaches classes in human factors and educational psychology and does disciplinary research on attention, expertise, and stress. His educational

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Sudarshan Sivaramakrishnan, University of Michigan; Robert Matthew DeMonbrun, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

) students had to enroll in and perform well in this course andwhat course topics were most applicable to their studies. Students completed 16 questions(adapted from the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory9 – 14 ) used to assess students’interest/enjoyment, perceived competence, effort, value/usefulness, pressures/tensions, andperceived choices in performing a task or set of tasks in a classroom environment. Next,students were asked to identify course topics that were most applicable and of greatest interest tothem from a list of commonly addressed topics throughout the course.The third and fourth surveys were implemented mid-way and at the end of the semester,respectively, and measured course satisfaction and instructional strategies that most

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazeel Khan, Miami University; Kumar Vikram Singh, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

have been developed. A fifthstudio serves as a central library for tutorials and other supplementary informational materials onthe use of various software packages that may be used in the aforementioned subject areas. Inorder to make the experience interactive, completion of the modules can entail usage of Javaapplets to explore experimental hypothesis, and worksheets to encourage in-depth learning of thecontent. The subject studios can facilitate undergraduate participation in research, enable labbased activities to be imbedded into lecture only classes, and create opportunities forindependent learning and inquiry for students. This two year project has also featured thedevelopment of assessment instruments for longitudinally tracking the