Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, San Jose State University; John R. Haughery, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

presentations iscritical to students’ perceptions and grasp of the content of the course. Large classes typicallyrely heavily on some form of lecture or presentation85. Separate from other parts of the class,these presentations can either “make or break” learning for hundreds of students. The level ofenthusiasm the instructor communicates for the material and the clarity of ideas the instructordelivers will influence whether many students engage the ideas and commit to working hard overthe course of the term in studying and learning21. A third aspect of large courses that effects how well students learn is the level ofadministration and management of the course10. Large courses present a host of uniqueadministrative challenges that range from

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Morgan, Texas A&M University; Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

design course. Master of Engineeringstudents are required to take these three courses as a cohort. This structure allows students todevelop learning communities, and to gain a real world like experience, including working onhigh stakes teams. This structure also allows instructors to assign larger projects than arenormally available in an academic setting (i.e., one project bridging content from two or threecourses). These integrated projects allow for leveraging of resources (some topics can bereinforced in another course, and at other times, a topic can be skipped in one course because itwas covered in another), and the use of just-in-time teaching and learning among these threecourses.Linking these courses also allows the students to see a

Collection

2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

management, micromanufacturing and leading edge advanced technology trends and also deal with energy issues, alternative fuels, and surveys of food chain supply matters. Students make presentations that are peer-graded and there is an emphasis on development of interpersonal communication skills. Assessment and grading are discussed.IntroductionAs a consequence of lifelong exposure to a wide variety of pedagogic experiences both as a pupil and asan instructor the author has successfully adopted techniques of industry in various undergraduate andgraduate courses. The concept of empowering students and encouraging them to be responsible for theirown learning was first reported at an ASEE Mid-Atlantic Region Conference at

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicki V. May P.E., Dartmouth College; Charles R. Sullivan, Dartmouth College; Honor J. Passow P.E., Dartmouth College; Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Dartmouth College

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

participants during the build phase of the project andfor a final celebration at the end of the project. The build phase will take 4-8 weeks. Buildingwill be done at the Dartmouth Organic Farm or on campus.Campus and Community EngagementThe proposed project will engage over 200 Dartmouth students enrolled in engineering andarchitecture courses for which the tiny house is used as a class project (ENGS71, ENGS44,SART66/68, SART65, and ENGG173) as well as many other students and community memberswho wish to participate. Once built, the tiny house will be open to the public and researchersinterested in solutions related to issues of energy, health, and the environment. While the designand analysis for the proposed tiny house will be completed by students

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacie Edington; Melissa Eljamal; Stella Pang

will engage both itsundergraduate and graduate student populations to develop global skills. Programs rangein duration from a few hours to the length of an academic career and include languagelearning and cross-cultural training. These programs are accompanied by a strategicmarketing plan that has resulted in a steady increase in participation, with more graduateswho are well-equipped to deal with the challenges posed by working in multi-nationalcorporations.I. IntroductionEngineers are increasingly asked to work with international suppliers, co-workers, and clients.Global assignments for companies in industries such as communications, informationtechnology, and automotive manufacturing, require engineers to integrate technical knowledgewith

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Sustainability

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mason Andrews, Hampton University; Mujde Erten-Unal, Old Dominion University; Carol L. Considine, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, most crucially, an activedesign studio. The course set is taught under the aegis of an established cross-university, cross-disciplinary entity - the Coastal Community Design Collaborative. The overarching objective isto model effective trans-disciplinary collaborative research and design in teaching, learning, andproductivity.Specifically, the research asks: What pedagogic tools, curricular support, and teaching strategiescan foster trans-disciplinary collaboration among students from engineering, architecture, andscience programs? It seeks to evaluate impacts on students’ short- and long-term career interestsand it asks: What shifts in focus and methods are required for faculty toeffectively lead a trans-disciplinary design studio?The most

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Rochelle Williams; Sherri Frizell; Felecia Nave; Audie Thompson

G.A.L.S. camp for each applicant. 10ft and 30ft. The students learned that MechanicalThe following items were taken into consideration in Engineers use material composition, weight capacity andassessing perceived benefit: effects of impact when designing and making instruments, Students who identified factors that most influenced tools and vehicles. their future career plans that aligned with the Participants were exposed to bridge design during the objectives of the camp civil engineering project on day 2. This lesson focused on Students who had misconceptions about the role how bridges are engineered to

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams

amounts of time doing field-based work? • Does the project require students to engage in real investigations, using a variety of methods, media, and sources? • Are students expected to communicate what they are learning through presentation and/or performance? Assessment • Do students reflect regularly on their learning using clear project criteria that they have helped to set? • Do entities from

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Aditya Johri, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

International

are only on-site for about 3-weeks, which limits the amount of long-term impact they can have on the community. Even so, the students do not let the realities of thesituation deter their willingness and motivation to pursue the engineering challenge, asdemonstrated by Craig’s statement below. [Craig]: “You know, you’re not gonna save the world or anything like that. That doesn’t mean you have to sit on your hands and not do anything.”Engineering CulturesStudents also exhibited attributes of understanding engineering cultures (i.e., capability ofunderstanding how engineering challenges and solutions are situated within national/culturalcontexts), with this particular attribute seemingly being the most strongly exhibited out of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Visual Strategies in Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

thinking and integrating knowledge across disciplinesand personal experiences. Students are encouraged to utilize this notebook and engage withvisual thinking techniques, applying them across various disciplines and real-life situations,while critically examining their impact on the development of their overall cognitive processes.Students also study the notebooks of historical visual thinkers, such as Leonardo da Vinci andGalileo [36], [37], learning how this methodology can facilitate the creative process. Throughexercises in visual and nonlinear thinking, reflective writing, sketching, and visual note-taking,students develop a process for organizing their thoughts and ideas into a creative process. Thenotebook becomes an anchoring technique

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

community has madesignificant efforts to create a number of network simulation tools to support hands-on projects invarious network layers. However, how to develop an effective teaching strategy to integrate thenetwork simulator-based projects into network courses as project-based and inquiry-basedlearning tools still remains a challenging task. In addition, due to the huge difference amongdifferent institutions, successful implementation experience in one institution usually cannotdirectly apply to the others. Recently, California State University Los Angeles (CSULA)received a CCLI grant from NSF to explore a good solution to enhance the learning of a verydiverse student body in a multicultural campus that serves a significant number

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech; Christine Marie Fiori P.E., Virginia Tech; Kathleen M. Short, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

evaluated using a survey developedbased on the major goals of the program. These are related to the successfulness of the bootcamp, improvement in student communication skills including interviewing, improvement inself-confidence, and improved research skills. The survey includes eleven questions that stu-dents answered on a six-point Likert scale with 1 indicating the internship had no impact on theskill, and 6 indicating that the internship helped them to improve that skill greatly. The greatestimpact areas indicated from this assessment in the 2010 class were in the students’ ability to askquestions, their verbal communication skills, and their ability to present data verbally. Each ofthese questions received an average student rating over five

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Willis

each student is much greater.Therefore, educating guidance counselors, math teachers, and science teachers on theopportunities in and preparation for engineering has the potential to reach and impact a largenumber of students.The need for more female engineers is great, and fulfilling this need requires reaching back intothe middle and high schools to insure that girls have the proper academic background andknowledge of opportunities that a degree in engineering offers. Guidance counselors, mathteachers, and science teachers are three of the primary influencers of girls on academic andcareer choices and are a key group to educate on the opportunities in and preparation forengineering.Goals, Key Messages, and Desired OutcomesHigh Heels - High

Conference Session

Laboratories and Projects in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Donald L. McEachron, Drexel University; Fran Cornelius, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

finalizing a new textbook entitled Chronobioengineering as well as developing a program to investigate the impact of light and circadian manipulations on immune function in an animal model of AIDS. In addition to his work at Drexel, Dr. McEachron serves as Chair of the Engineering in Biology and Medicine Society, Philadelphia Chapter, IEEE Philadelphia section. In 2005, Dr. McEachron was trained as an IDEAL Scholar in assessment practices by ABET, Inc.Fran Cornelius, Drexel University Frances H. Cornelius PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michi- gan and has a master’s degree in Community Health Nursing. Dr. Cornelius received her doctorate from Drexel University in Educational

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Gino Galvez; Eric Marinez; Alvaro Monge

increase academic performanceand retention of Latino students. While the grant has several components, this paper will presentthe two programs that engage Latino students in research: the Winter Research Experience andthe Summer Bridge to the Beach.BackgroundThe two programs described in this paper place students in an active research project with afaculty mentor and ideally other peers. Such strategy is one that has been shown to be effectivein improving students’ sense of belonging and in increasing the relevance of the knowledgeacquired in STEM courses. Hurtado et al.1 report on the significant impact that the relevance ofsuch knowledge has on a student’s life on campus. Both programs provide such relevance byimmersing the students in a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stani Vlasseva; Valentin Razmov

been looking forward to it every week. Others wroteabout it in their second-to-last essays. One said, “The reflective essays force me to stop andevaluate what I’ve done that week, and the importance and impact of my actions… [Thefeedback] allowed me to realize the assumptions that I had made… [The questions] caused me tothink more about the validity of the statements I had made.” Another one shared, “[Thefeedback] teaches me to always think of [other] possible alternatives...”There were problems too that we faced with reflective essays. Initially, students did notunderstand how writing essays fits in with the course – software engineering. Most of themexpressed the urge to start coding, and felt that this reflective exercise was constantly

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W. Thompson, Baylor University; Anne Marie Spence, Baylor University; Nathan F Alleman, Baylor University; William A Booth, Baylor University; Sarah E Madsen, Baylor University; Taylor Wilby, United States Military Academy; Pacey Ham Mitchell, Baylor University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Program.Key ActivitiesThe program focused on cohort-building activities such as orientation sessions, mentoringworkshops, and professional development seminars. These included a Financial LiteracySeminar, where students gained practical skills in budgeting and financial planning, and a CareerReadiness Workshop covering resume building, interview techniques, and navigatingprofessional networks. Faculty-led Tech Talks offered insights into emerging trends inengineering and computer science, while community-building events like holiday socials andgroup outings helped foster a sense of belonging among the cohorts. These diverse activitiesaddressed both academic and professional development needs, creating a comprehensive supportsystem for the ECS

Conference Session

Graduate Education Expectations, Preparation, and Pathways

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the best opportunity forthem to achieve their principle ambitions. Common motivations for a participants’ choice topursue their field of study included the desire to educate younger students and/or contributeto communities they are a part of or have personal experience with. In each case, participantsspoke of engineering as the tool through which the actual goals of technologicaladvancement, education, or societal impact could be attained. Nearly every participant beganby establishing their personal connection with STEM subjects before elaborating on howtheir personal connection solidified into a passion that could only be fulfilled by education.Within each narrative, they outlined their hard work both in and out of the classroom, makingsure

Conference Session

Integrating Math and Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Vanisko; John Scharf

needs of mathematics and other disciplines." Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1755The Mathematics ConnectionIn 1992, the Carroll College Department of Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science,recognizing the dramatic impact that technology was having on the world of appliedmathematics, began a major effort to formulate a new and innovative mathematics curriculum.This new mathematics curriculum is designed to engage students in the art of mathematics whileat the same time focusing on a wide

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Denise Carlson; Janet Yowell; Jacquelyn Sullivan

lessons on a wide range of topics, such asenergy, laws of motion, and electricity and magnetism. Comprehensive curricular units, comprisedof up to 10 stand-alone lessons incorporating low-cost, hands-on activities, are standards-based atthe state and national levels. Each curricular unit also contains math components, lessonbackground concepts, anticipated student outcomes and assessment suggestions.The collaborative development of engineering curricula that impact K-12 students involvescontributions from multiple professionals in the education community, including: research ofbackground and activities by engineering graduate students and K-12 teachers; activity testing byengineering undergraduate students; content review by engineering faculty

Conference Session

COED Programming Education 2: Instructional Approaches

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy James, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University at West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #39274Evaluating Self-paced Computational Notebooks vs. Instructor-Led OnlineLectures for Introductory Computer ProgrammingMr. Timothy James, Purdue University, West Lafayette Timothy James is an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh Computer Science department, as well as a Doctor of Technology student at Purdue University. Previously, Tim has spent some time in a variety of industries including Internet consulting, finance, defense contracting, aviation maintenance, telecom- munications, capital markets, and sandwich artistry. Timothy hopes to continue actively engaging the community in technical training

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Adam Farmer

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

view and learn at their own pacesbefore going to their laboratory. A clicker quiz is conducted at the beginning of a lab session togage students’ understanding while encouraging them to be punctual. This online lab instructionapproach allows more hands-on time for students in a lab while reducing communication gapsfrom lab instructors who English is not their native language. A student would have access tohandouts, announcement, and cumulative grades via individual password-protected eCampusaccount so he/she can easily monitor the progress and know his/her ranking in class.Despite teething problems when implementing these steps, very positive student feedback, lesstedious work for laboratory assistants, punctual laboratory schedule, and better

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Thomas C. McKinley

and creating a Additionally, high school students often have busy schedulesgeographical map of bike distribution to add more challenges. We that make it difficult to carve out time for extracurricularalso worked on web scraping projects for gaming to make learning activities. I realized that for the club to be successful, it neededfun. Our club invited professors and engineers to host seminars, to provide clear value and excitement to prospective members.providing research insights and inspiring members. I also led my Students had to see programming and AI as more than just anclub members in carrying out AI research activities and academic pursuit, but as a fun and engaging way to build

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bowen, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

collectquantitative data about the teachers' classroom practices. The questions for the survey wereadapted from the Scientific Work Experience for Teachers (SWEPT) Multisite StudentOutcomes Study.[5] The SWEPT Multisite Student Outcomes Study was conducted as part of anNSF Grant to research the effects of authentic research experiences for K-12 teachers.[5] Thesurveys used in that study consisted of questions that covered a more broad range of topics aboutteacher classroom practices and student engagement, a lot of which revolved around science. Theresearcher in the current study adapted the questions to reflect a focus on the engineering designprocess, as well as reorganizing some of the questions into STEM practice and conceptcategories. The researcher

Conference Session

Tales from the Flip Side

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angel Ari Perez-Mejia, Quinnipiac University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

some stability in thestudents as no new software was used, and instead a new element was added to an existing featureof their previous course.Due to the asynchronous nature of content delivery, it is crucial that students are engaged in theclassroom in order to maintain classroom attendance [20]. Engagement was maintained by usingactive learning techniques such as think-pair-share and questioning. An added incentive tomaintain attendance were the in-class problem solving sessions which have an increased focus onhomework problem sets assigned to the students. This allows for the opportunity to increasehomework scores by securing one correct problem, typically worth 15 to 20% of the problem set.The impact of substituting traditional lectures

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

no prior exposure. The literature on novice-expert learning does not entirely dispute thisassertion; rather, it does emphasize that our students come to us, not as the proverbial blankslates, but as individuals whose prior learning can greatly impact their current learning(Scardamalia 1996). Often they have greater content and skill knowledge than we (and they)would expect. In any case, whether their prior learning is correct is not the issue. Whatever thestate of their prior learning, it can both aid and hinder their attempts to learn new information. Itis therefore imperative that instructors have some sense of what intellectual currency the studentsbring with them. The context for learning in PBL is highly context-specific. It serves to

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Barrett Myers, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

tocontinue with a core of returning students each semester and year. In effect, the teams functionas a small engineering design firm, with the community partner as its customer. This enables theteams to tackle and complete projects of significant size, complexity and impact in thecommunity. Some teams have been in operation for ten years and have delivered a series ofprojects to their community partner12, 13.From an educational point of view, the long-term continuity enables the students to experiencethe whole design cycle, from problem definition through support of fielded projects. The EPICSEntrepreneurship Initiative takes this cycle one step further by providing opportunities forstudents to learn about and pursue the commercialization of their

Conference Session

Beyond the Capstone: Integrating Authentic Experiences that Promote Learning and Excitement

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brad Wambeke P.E., United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the United States Military Academy(USMA) uses a real-world design-build project that requires students to engage with multiplestakeholders, design a bridge with several constraints, and then construct the bridge. The paperoutlines the entire capstone process from conception to completion, with emphasis on problemdefinition, development of alternatives, interactions with stakeholders, designing under realconstraints, construction, and project management. The design-build capstone provides anauthentic and exciting design challenge that motivates students and promotes their learning anddevelopment as engineers.IntroductionThe mission of the United States Military Academy (USMA) has evolved since the institution’sinception in 18021:To educate

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dazhi Yang, Boise State University; Steve R. Swasnon; Bhaskar B. C. Chittoori, Boise State University; Youngkyun Baek, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

analysis and Exploring data to find patterns, causes, trends, or results to facilitate therepresentation knowledge construction and problem solving. [14], [16]Simulation and Manipulating data or concepts through controlled programs or exercisesModeling or creating such programs for data manipulations. [14]Communication Written and oral descriptions supported by graphs, visualizations, and computational analysis. [17]For K-12 students, an example of CT revealed in their STEM inquiry could be workingtogether to gather data about different types of earthquakes (i.e., data collection). Anotherexample could be working out a plan to build a robot for detecting life on Mars (e.g.,design, sketch, build

Conference Session

DSA Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aidan Kenny, Northeastern University; Andrew L Gillen, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA), Diversity

statements about theirengineering experience (e.g., “accepted by students in department”, “treated as equally skilledstudent”) [9]. Of these students, 141 identified as LGBTQ, about 8.16% of the surveyedpopulation. While the paper presented novel and impactful data, it did not include any graphs,charts, or other forms of visualization. This detracted from the potential impact that the dataitself has on the reader. Visualizations help the reader process the information so that they canunderstand the issue being investigated. This is vital when it comes to LGBTQ belonging inengineering programs because students need to feel safe and accepted to take full advantage oftheir education [10]. Ignoring this problem could have long term effects on the mental