Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Kaitlyn Conroy; Melissa Pickering; Emily Ryan; Brian Gravel

percentageof females in the CEEO’s outreach programs exceeds this and ranges from 40 to 60% [1, 2]. Thedropout rate in both programs is fairly low (5-10%) but it is even lower among females (3-7%).Women have made great strides entering fields that were once heavily dominated by men;however, engineering remains a male-dominated college major and profession that women havebeen reluctant to enter (National Center for Education Statistics, 1997). When the statistics ofwomen in engineering programs are compared to the ‘traditional’ engineering curriculum, onefocusing heavily on specific technical objectives with little integration of social relevancy,reasons for the lack of women in engineering become more apparent. Critiques of teaching inmath and science

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Swearengen; Hakan Gürocak

technologies in greater depth to provide theskills needed for advanced manufacturing 3.CurriculumThe new degree provides an opportunity for WSU to tailor the curriculum in phase with ABETEngineering Criteria 2000 4 and guidance from manufacturing industry 5-9. We are following thatapproach in concert with an Industrial Advisory Board. The curriculum is designed to providepractical training and business skills without compromising solid science and engineering.WSUV will offer upper division courses and electives as listed in Table 1. Technical electiveswill be specific to particular manufacturing industries. Graduates who choose will be able togain admission to reputable graduate programs in manufacturing or mechanical engineering. Theupper-division

Conference Session

Advancements in Sustainable Manufacturing Practices

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhenhua Wu, Virginia State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

this project.Having students design such a monitoring system has enriched Virginia State University’sManufacturing Engineering program’s curriculum at Virginia State University, especially inlaboratory settings through experiments, and has also enhanced students’ readiness for the jobmarket.5. Conclusion and Future WorkThis senior project was conducted during the pandemic year of 2021-2022. Students learned howto: 1) apply knowledge of sensors and sensing; 2) use LabVIEW programming to design themonitoring system; 3) apply CAD/CAM to design a test part and generate the G/M code formachining the part, then carried cutting experimentation on a CNC machine to test the monitoringsystem and CAD/CAM design; and 4) acquire the cutting force and

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William P. Manion, University of Maine; Judith A. Hakola, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

adetailed report and oral presentation. In a separate event, they also present to the Maine chapterof the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) during a poster session,Students receive four different grades from the four different instructors: Project Management(fall semester, 2 credits), Fall ECP (1 credit), Engineering Project Design (spring semester, 3credits) and Spring ECP (1 credit). Neither course credits nor instructor workloads changedfrom earlier course sequences. Rather, existing courses were just adapted to the capstoneexperience.This paper includes a literature review, description of the Capstone Consultants experience,advantages over previous capstone courses, specific management and organizational strategies,highlights from some

Conference Session

Principal Skinner's Secrets: Cultivating STEM in Remote Locations, Steamed Hams!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Claudia J. Morrell, STEM Equity Initiative, LLC; Sandra Staklis, RTI International; Kevin A Jordan, RTI International

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

theteachers were from traditional STEM programs representing six schools and four were from Careerand Technical Education (CTE) programs (one from Beaver County and three from ChesterCounty Career and Technical Education Centers (CTCs)). Students who attend the CTCs do so ineither the morning or afternoon and attend the “sending school” for the other half of the day.The pilot began with a 3 ½ day professional development (PD) workshop in August 2022. Of thefourteen original teachers who participated in the training, 12 continued in the program 1. Duringthe 2022-23 academic year, the teachers taught about 36 STEM and STEM-related classes thatenrolled an estimated 960 students. In the monthly FLC meetings and in interviews and logs, theteachers

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mitchell; Katherine Sanders; Chris Carlson-Dakes; Patrick Farrell

grouplearning, exposure to general educational information, and preparation for practitioner action inthe classroom (see Figure 1). Stage 1 is a year-long commitment to meet weekly for 1.5 hours as Page 5.293.4a team of six to eight faculty and a facilitator. Early activities and discussions revolve aroundintroductory educational literature, different learning styles, and issues of diversity. Thesediscussions are followed by activities designed to draw upon the participants own experiences aslearners and to help the group arrive at a consensus diagram representing their concept of thelearning process.If they choose, faculty who finish Stage 1 can

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Venters, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

theimportance of constructivism in learning [8, 9]. Particularly, they focus attention on theconstructivist view that students build their knowledge around preexisting notions and ideas.Thus, identifying and assessing this prior knowledge, particularly misconceptions that studentscommonly hold, is the focus of a great deal of current research. For threshold courses in areas ofmechanics, thermal sciences, and many others, these common student misconceptions havelargely already been identified [1, 7, 10]. In addition, concept inventories have been developed in awide range of subjects as a means of assessing these misconceptions [2, 11-13]; “think aloud”sessions are also common, in which researchers analyze recordings of students describing theiractions

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Capstone-type courses that students musttake during their last year, now freshman, sophomore and/or junior level design courses are alsobeing incorporated into the curricula (see for example Starkey et al.1, Newman and Amir2, Woodet al.3, and Muci-Küchler et al.4). It has been recognized that, in general, engineering designinvolves more than applying sound technical knowledge to solve an “open-ended problem.” Ittypically encompasses all the tasks that must be performed to develop technical products andtakes place in the framework of working in teams (most often multidisciplinary) following astructured approach. Although many faculty members teaching design courses have adopted aproject-based learning strategy that fits this product development

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marsha Lee, Texas A&M University; Jan Rinehart, Texas A&M University; Scott Starks, University of Texas-El Paso; Karen Villatoro, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. As stated earlier, the central conferencecommittee was faced with two challenges: workshop planning and the generation of a mainsource for information and communication. For success, the workshops had to satisfy tworequirements: 1) appeal to a high school student and 2) present technical material that fosteredinteresting discussions. To assist in the management of the conference, an online registrationdatabase was created that allowed students to register, select workshops, tracked demographics,and provided pre and post survey questions. This tool also allowed for communication with theparticipants. The database is further described later in this paper.Division of tasksThe SEI personnel included the Deputy Director of SEI, a computer

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2548DC motor drive system projectThe objective was to design an automated instrumentation system for evaluating performancecharacteristics of dc motors. A block diagram representation of the system is shown in Figure 1.The armature voltage of the motor is controlled via a GPIB-controlled power supply whereas thefield winding is supplied with a fixed 120 VDC. Loading on the motor is controlled through anelectronic loading unit enabling control of the

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stevens; Sharon Schlossberg; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

degree.Professional Development Workshops: The Professional Development Workshop (PDW)Series consists of four one-semester credit courses developed especially for STEP. Participantstake a PDW course each of their four semesters in the program.Goals of the PDW Series are to 1. Help students bridge the gap between the classroom environment and the expectations and realities of the workplace 2. Provide learning and career development activities not generally available in engineering and computer science curricula 3. Help prepare students for successful placement upon graduationThese goals are accomplished through activities that assist students with: Self-knowledge and awareness Work and communication in teams Career planning

Conference Session

ET ABET Pilot Visits Using TC2K

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Hefley; James Lookadoo; Randy Winzer

; Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationIn the summer following this tumultuous year, one of us was accepted as a TAC of ABETprogram evaluator and underwent the requisite training session. As part of that training, thepreliminary TC2K accreditation criteria [1] and their implementation plans were presented. Thiswas our first real exposure to TC2K. It did not appear at that time to be a near-term challenge aswe expected to be reviewed using the existing TAC of ABET format.Two months later at the beginning of the academic year, our department chair informed us thatwe had been invited to volunteer in the 2001 pilot visit project. Our other EngineeringTechnology programs were in good shape and

Conference Session

Identity, Culture, and Socialization

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thomas A. De Pree, Bucknell University; Rafael Julián Burgos-Mirabal, University of Massachusetts- Amherst

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

” and their specific manifestation withinengineering education. Our work is informed in part by Austin & Jones’ The Governance ofHigher Education [2], a book-length review of a diverse body of scholarship spanning multipledisciplines that speaks to the different social and organizational processes that exist for directingour diverse systems of higher education. However, rather than relying exclusively on establishedtheoretical frameworks we made use of grounded theory methods [3] to elicit, through ourinterviews, a wide range of comments about more ordinary, local, and diffuse processes that canbe found within the general arena of engineering education reform. During the poster session,and in the paper that follows, we present the ASEE

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

course.The makeup of each HSE team is largely up to the teacher-coach and the program stronglyencourages that teams be diverse in as many ways as possible. Once these students areparticipating on an HSE team, it is up to the coaches to devise ways to facilitate learning asopportunities occur. Sometimes these opportunities are structured learning sessions, andsometimes they are impromptu “teachable moments.” To help prepare teacher-coaches torecognize and take advantage of these opportunities, there is a one-week workshop each summer.In 2008, the design component of the summer workshop was of a general nature and intended asa very basic introduction. The teachers were exposed to the concept of engineering design as acyclic and sometimes iterative

Conference Session

Using Real-World Examples

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, etc.) arehighlighted during the course and the merits of each are given. The coverage of wind, solar-thermal and photovoltaic generation is detailed and design-oriented, while the fuel cells, energystorage devices are limited to operation principles, characteristics, and applications. As describedin the previous section, the course also includes student term paper presentations and projects. Asummary of the topics covered in the course is given in Table 1. The course structure, contentand instructional approach, discussed in the next section of the paper are in part based on theexperience gained by one of the authors, when he was involved in the design, development andteaching of similar courses, as well as in the design, test and implement

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Bailey; Ozer Arnas

Session 2533 The Evolution of an Energy Conversion Course at The United States Military Academy Dr. Margaret Bailey, P.E. Dr. A. Özer Arnas Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering United States Military Academy at West PointAbstractOver the past several years, an energy conversion course offered by the MechanicalEngineering Program at West Point has evolved into a cohesive series of lessonsaddressing three general topical areas: advanced thermodynamics, advanced mechanicalsystem analysis, and direct energy conversion

Conference Session

Computers in Education 3 - Modulus I

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Larysa Nadolny, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Md Imtiajul Alam, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Michael Geoffrey Brown, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

abstracts. This resulted in 176publications, segmented into 2006-2010 (n=39), 2011-2015 (n=64), and 2016-2020 (n=73). TheComputers in Education Division and NSF Grantees Poster Session included the highest numberof papers (Table 1). To access the research data supporting this publication, seehttps://doi.org/10.25380/iastate.14428304. Table 1: Top 10 ASEE divisions with gaming focused papers from 2006-2020. Division Number of Papers Computers in Education 31 NSF Grantees Poster Session 20 Educational Research and Methods 12 K-12 and Pre-College Engineering 10

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year II

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jaya Dofe, California State University, Fullerton; Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, California State University, Fullerton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #33338Project-Based Learning: Contrasting Experience Between TraditionalFace-to-Face Instruction and Virtual InstructionDr. Jaya Dofe, California State University, Fullerton Dr. Jaya Dofe is an Assistant Professor at California State University, Fullerton in the Department of Computer Engineering. She teaches computer engineering and general engineering courses at the fresh- man, junior, and senior levels. Her work focuses on hardware security and trust. In engineering education, she is interested in project-based learning. Dr. Dofe received her PH.D. in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering from the University of

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Fredericks Volkwein; Linda Strauss; Lisa Lattuca; Patrick Terenzini

adequate proxies for objective measures of the same traits or skills.Results vary depending on the traits and instruments examined, however, correlations on theorder of .50 to .70 are reported between self-reports and objective criterion measures on suchinstruments as the ACT Comprehensive Test, the College Basic Academic SubjectsExamination, and the Graduate Record Examination.Self-reports are appropriate for use in quality assurance and performance improvement systemsprovided five general conditions are met6-15 . They are: (1) the information requested is known tothe respondents; (2) the questions are phrased clearly and unambiguously; (3) the questions referto recent activities; (4) the respondents think the questions merit a serious and

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald James; Janet L. Gooder; Charles Wisniewski; Brenda Haven; A. George Havener

,three items became apparent: (1) Course content needed to be reduced and it had to be morerelevant and practical for the students. (2) The course needed to have an explicitly stated goaland a set of companion objectives that needed to be accomplished to realize the goal. (3) In-class, hands-on learning experiences needed to be designed and used to engage students inactive learning experiences. Eliminating detailed coverage of certain traditional topics (forinstance, steam power generation and the Rankine cycle) accomplished item (1). A workinggroup of professors involved in the course development completed item (2), as shown in Table1. The replacement of 8 lecture periods with workshops achieved item (3).II. WorkshopsEight workshops have been

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Innovative Changes to the Typical Civil Engineering Coursework.

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan Burns, Georgia Institute of Technology; Armistead Russell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Iris Tien, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kari Watkins, Georgia Institute of Technology; John Koon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology; John Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donald Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology; Emily Grubert, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lisa Rosenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology

environments to understand how we can make better decisions to promote resilient and sustainable development. Her research currently focuses on the development and application of systems and sustainability engineering methods to promote sustainable development. Kennedy has authored extensively, developed undergraduate and graduate courses and programs, and provided technical support for multiple international, national, state and local initiatives in these interdisciplinary areas. She serves as the primary instructor for the required undergraduate course: Civil Engineering Systems, and the graduate elective: Infrastructure Systems, both of which address the proper stewardship of infrastructure. She is the founding Chair of the

Conference Session

Novel Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Green’s research interests include entrepreneurship education and the psychology of entrepreneurship. Prior to Mtech, he provided business development and product management to WaveCrest Laboratories (acquired by Magna Interna- tional, NYSE: MGA), an innovative start-up in next-generation electric and hybrid-electric propulsion and drive systems. At Cyveillance (acquired by QinetiQ, LSE: QQ.L), he served in operations, client service, and product development roles for this software start-up and world leader in cyber intelligence and intelligence-led security. While at Booz Allen Hamilton, he provided technical and programmatic direction to the DARPA Special Projects Office (SPO), Army Research Lab (ARL), Defense

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christi Patton Luks, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Blackboard Learning System – VistaEnterprise (www.blackboard.com). This portion of the course focused on programming withExcel and with VBA. These programming skills were used in the design project and so therewere opportunities to discuss these with these smaller groups of students. This paper will focuson the self-paced portion of the course.All TU students have access to Vista. Most teachers use this as a repository of handouts andcourse supplements or to post grades throughout the semester. It has many additionalcapabilities and is designed to manage entire online courses or as a supplement to moretraditional courses. For ChE 1013, the instructor created 26 modules incorporating (1)videotaped lessons, (2) links to supplemental online materials

Conference Session

Design & Development Projects and Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gavin Garner, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

[2] Sukumaran, B., J. Chen, Y. Mehta, D. Mirchandani, K. Hollar, “A Sustained Effort for Educating Students about Sustainable Development” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Session 1793[3] Ramachandran, R. P., A. J. Marchese, J. A. Newell, R. Ordonez, J. L. Schmalzel, B. Sukumaran, H. Benavidez, J. Haynes, “A Pedagogical Concept of Integrating Multidisciplinary Design and Technical Communication” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. 2000. Session 2325[4] https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Replacement-Fingerboard-Fender- Electric/dp/B008MI70QE, Amazon.com Retrieved April 2017[5] https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Wired-6-String-Single-Pickup-Harness/dp/B0079JSATS

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hussein Abaza, Southern Polytechnic State University; Javier Irizarry, SPSU; Zuhair Itr, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

general, and particularly in the construction industry. Most highschools in the United States and Canada now offer Auto CAD and other CAD software classesfor their students [7]. Many Construction Management programs in the US offer CAD trainingas part of their curriculum.Teaching CAD applications is especially challenging when there is a large gap in the students'backgrounds. Many attempts were made to make CAD instructions practical and enjoyable tostudents with different backgrounds [1], [2]. While students with previous knowledge of CADobtained in high school expect advanced CAD instructions related to the constructionmanagement, students with no previous CAD experience expect basic CAD instructions at first,and before advanced CAD

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Smith; Angela Quick

thefollowing autumn, they already have some context for their upcoming activities andexpectations.Curriculum and the Research ClassThe Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology is embedded as a “School-within-a-School” in the larger 1300-student Rockdale High School. The magnet school studentsexperience mathematics, science, computer science, and research classes specific to the magnetschool and taught by teachers specific to the magnet school. The students’ other classes aretaken with the general high school population and their teachers. See Table 1 for individualclasses. Page 8.1178.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

N. M. Ravindra; Jr., Anthony Culpepper; Henry McCloud; Howard Kimmel

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”academic school year studying in an environment equipped with the best science,mathematics, computer laboratories and smart classrooms in the state. The Programseeks to enhance the students' academic ability and interest in technology by providingopportunities to work on research projects with NJIT faculty and mentors by applyingscientific concepts [1]. The learning experiences consist of a five-week residential instructional andmentoring component that is designed to simulate a post-secondary undergraduateexperience. The academic component is comprised of 26 Saturday lecture andenrichment sessions. Additional contact with the students is maintained throughout theschool week by

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Zehnder

Session 1168 Virtual Labs, Real Data for Statics and Mechanics of Materials Peeyush Bhargava1, Christine Cunningham2, Michael Tolomeo1, and Alan Zehnder1 1 Cornell University / 2Tufts UniversityIntroduction Hands-on laboratory experience is a key element in learning the concepts of engineeringmechanics. Laboratory sessions provide examples that students can see, feel and hear, andprovide an alternate mode of learning to those for whom reading the textbook or hearing lectureis insufficient. Labs are also used to introduce data analysis, report writing, finding empiricalcorrelations

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

Session Number 3159A Common Instrumentation Course for Electronics/Electrical and Other Majors Midturi, Swaminadham Professor, Department of Engineering Technology Donaghey College of Information Science and Systems Engineering The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR 72204 – 1099 Email: sxmidturi@ualr.edu Abstract The design and contents of instrumentation courses in four-year colleges oftenreflect the stature of current instrumentation technology, background of the instructor,and the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nick Salamon; Gautam Wagle; Cliff Lissenden

specifics, andstudent results. The students use the PRO/MECHANICA software package for these projects.While these projects change somewhat from semester to semester they generally cover: (1)plane stress elements, (2) axisymmetric elements, (3) frame elements, and (4) solid elements. Inthe most recent semester, students were provided a solid model of a bicycle crank arm for oneproject and were asked to perform a stress analysis of the crank arm. Students presented theirresults to students in an advanced mechanics of materials course who were designing a crankarm for their class project. In this way students were introduced to how finite element modelingfits into the design process.BackgroundThe course, “Applied Finite Element Analysis” is a