Conference Session

Designing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Programs

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ronald J. Bennett F.ABET, University of St. Thomas; Eugene Joseph Audette, University of St. Thomas; Elaine R. Millam, WorkWise Coaching & Consulting; Alanna K. Moravetz JD, Alanna Consulting LLC; Sheryl Niebuhr, University of St. Thomas and Sheryl Niebuhr Consulting LLC

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Engineering Leadership Development

factor forthe student’s professional and personal development and as a complement to the career-specificcognitive and technical components of the graduate program. This format was particularlyapplicable to the original student audience of full-time employed engineering and technologyprofessionals who were able to incorporate action learning projects into their organizationalcontributions. The current course presentation format, designed for a more diverse studentaudience and newly compressed graduate programs, consolidates the three discrete courses into asingle 3-credit course (see Transition section later in the paper). The general sentiment of theoriginal student audience of full-time employed professionals from the survey comments seemsto

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Drushel, Case Western Reserve University; John Gallagher, Wright State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-learning classroom. Both courses have highly successfultraditional versions (20 and 5 offerings, respectively) which serve as reference controls. Whilesome identified problems may eventually be overcome by improved delivery technology, thereremain fundamental differences between our physical and virtual classrooms that, based onobservations of student performance and feedback, may require significant how-to-use-the-interface training and familiarity before attempting to deliver any formal curriculum content. Forsome students, the effort required in learning to use the virtual classroom and transcend itslimitations significantly reduces their participation and performance.1. IntroductionVarious institutions are moving to put entire technical

Conference Session

Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Joshua M Frey, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

introduced an extrinsic performance goal that enhancedthe undergraduates’ motivation, but left us able to answer our research question: what are thesimilarities and differences between women and men undergraduates in their intrinsic motivationto perform K12 outreach?MethodsOutreach Project Our study focused on an outreach activity performed in one mid-level course (Strength ofMaterials) within the ABET-accredited general engineering curriculum at a small (less than2,000) private regional liberal arts college. The course had an enrollment of 22 students spanning10 sophomores (45%), 11 juniors (50%), and 1 senior (5%), including 16 men and 6 women(27%). To expose undergraduates to outreach, all undergraduates enrolled in the Strength

Conference Session

Gender & Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karla Korpela, Michigan Technological University; Shalini Suryanarayana, Michigan Technological University; Christine Anderson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

vulnerability.1 A quarter of the currentscience and engineering workforce will retire by the end of this decade. In addition, this cohortis not being replaced in sufficient numbers, in fact over the past twenty years the U.S. college-age population has declined by more than 21% from 21.6 million in 1980 to 17 million in2000.2,3As the demand for technical talent grows, and domestic talent has been unavailable orunderutilized, the U.S. has turned to foreign workers to fill the gap. In addition, universities arerecruiting from the same pool to fill faculty positions. Currently, white males comprise nearly70% of the science and engineering workforce, but are just 40% of the overall workforce.4White females make up 35% of the overall workforce, but no more

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics, Internationally

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University; Shuxin Yang, Chinese society for engineer education(CSEE)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

differencesbetween engineering ethics education in the US and China. We also summarize somelessons engineering educators in both nations might learn from each other.Historical Pathways for Engineering Ethics in the US and China The evolution of the concept engineering ethics in the US reflects the concerns,ambitions, and worries of the engineering profession as the latter grows and adjusts itselfto changing historical context in the past one and a half centuries. The earliest engineersin the U.S. were trained not in technical schools but in actual engineering projects. Forexample, the building of the Erie Canal in the early 1800s provided the “field school” fortraining the first batch of civil engineers in the US [1]. During the second half of the

Conference Session

Assessing Ethics Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

collaboration ofrepresentatives from all of The Citadel’s constituent groups – students of each class, eveningundergraduate and graduate students, alumni and faculty, employers and staff, and institutionalboards and committees [6].The following guidelines were established in support of this program:1. Academic departments or schools will designate (at least) one course that is required forstudents majoring in the degree in which to integrate ethics instruction; this may be a course inwhich ethics is already part of the curriculum or it may be a course in which new ethics contentwill be infused.2. Within the designated course(s), faculty will integrate at least one class session dealing withethical reasoning that addresses two student learning domains

Conference Session

Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Joan Gosink; Barbara Moskal

Session 1843 Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines: An Example of Multidisciplinary Engineering Joan Gosink, Juan Lucena, Barbara Moskal Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado 80401Introduction:With the support of a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, we aredeveloping a new program in Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines(CSM). The goal of this project is the nurturing of a new cadre of engineers, sensitive tosocial contexts, committed and qualified to serve humanity by contributing to the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Barbara A. Heifferon, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

teach these coursesand a description of the global aspects of this study-abroad program, as well as preliminaryassessments of the collaborative program.Introduction:In Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More about Technology,1 theNational Academy of Engineering (NAE) has established the importance for engineers’understanding to go beyond technical expertise and to include an understanding of howtechnology affects society, as well as how society affects the development of technologies. Inaddition to the importance of technological literacy, the NAE’s Educating the Engineer of 2020,Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century 2 and the American Society of CivilEngineers’ The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025 3 have

Conference Session

COED: EE Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Southern University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Computers in Education

, and K. A. Nigim, Improve Learning Efficiency by Using General PurposeMathematics Software in Power Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2003, Vol. 18(3), pp. 979-985.11. M. Glavic, I. Dzafic, and S. Tesnjak, A General-Purpose Symbolically Assisted Numeric ComputationEnvironment as a Support in Power Engineering Education, IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, 2005, Vol. 20, pp. 3-12.12. C. Domnisoru, Using MATHCAD in Teaching Power Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Education, 2005,Vol. 48(1), pp. 157 – 161.13. A. Lamari, Modelling and simulation of electrical machines on the basis of experimental frequency responsecharacteristics, Journal of Computer Engineering Research, 2010, Vol. 1(1), pp. 7-13.14. A.M. Dąbrowski, S.A. Mitkowski, A

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracee Gilbert, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, The Ohio State University

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Educational Research and Methods

follows a five- step process illustrated in Figure 1. The Inform step educates participantsabout the goals and objectives, procedures, and key outputs to inform participants of their rolesand responsibilities during the meeting. During the Elicit step, the researcher guides a groupdiscussion to obtain information to help determine the perceptions and ideas of the group basedon the scope of the meeting. The Generate step then uses system design and qualitymanagement tools to organize the initial brainstorming ideas (resulting from the Elicit step) intoa structured format. Finally, the group will ensure that the final output addresses meetingobjectives during the Validate step. At the conclusion the meeting, participants will then beasked to

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacki Stewart; Peter Jansson

Undergraduate Service Learning: Campus Photovoltaic System Siting, Design, and Permitting Dr. Peter Mark Jansson, PE, Jacki Stewart, William Heston, Rob Molner, Julie Murphy, Paul Tomkiewicz Rowan University - College of Engineering Session 2433AbstractIn 2001, Rowan University’s President, along with 45 other universities and colleges in NewJersey made a commitment to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)to reduce our greenhouse emissions to below their 1990 levels by 20051. As the 2005 deadline isapproaching, Rowan University has been active on many fronts in an attempt to

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yogendra M. Panta, Youngstown State University; Michael T. Butcher, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

each other. For example, engineering students may facilitate biologicalsciences students learning about mechanical principles of solids and fluids, while biologicalsciences students may facilitate engineering students learning about anatomical features ofanimal tissues and systems. Integrative courses broaden the educational experiences of STEMmajors, and may serve as a general model for developing interdisciplinary STEM curricula atPUIs. Assessment for the course at instructor, institutional and external levels is to be conductedwith respect to student learning objectives (SLO) through both formative and summativeevaluations.1. IntroductionA general model of interdisciplinary Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM) education

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Shari Kimmel; Fadi Deek; Howard Kimmel

Session 2793 Applying Problem-Solving Heuristics to a Freshman Engineering Course Shari J. Kimmel1, Fadi P. Deek2, Howard S. Kimmel2 1 Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College and Lehigh University 2 New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractMany students enter undergraduate engineering programs lacking basic problem solving skills.We have adapted the problem solving heuristics originally used in a computer scienceenvironment to an introductory engineering class to help freshman engineering students

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Adam M. Wilson, College of Saint Rose; Adrianna Anderson, College of Saint Rose; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Frederick C. Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Dianna Newman, University at Albany, State University of New York; Judith E. O'Rourke, College of Saint Rose; Thomas D.C. Little, Boston University; Don Lewis Millard, National Science Foundation

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Electrical and Computer

Mobile Studio was originally developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and then shownthat it could be enthusiastically transferred elsewhere by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technologyand Howard University. This was the first big hurdle to demonstrate that any school could findeffective use for this new educational tool. (For background on the need for and efficacy of thehands-on activities made possible by the mobile studio, please see references 1-9, 16, and 17.)The Mobile Studio includes Mobile Studio Desktop software and a small, portable Input/Output(I/O) board that together connect to the USB port of laptop computers and duplicate themeasurement capabilities usually provided by an oscilloscope, function generators, a computerinterface, (e.g

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

done before to meet a real-world hope, want, or need. A the National Academy of Engineering points out: “Technology is more than these tangible products. The knowledge and processes used to create and to operate the artifacts ─ engineering know-how, manufacturing expertise, various technical skills, and so on ─ are equally important. An especially important area of knowledge is the engineering design process, of starting with a set of criteria and constraints and working toward a solution ─ a device, say, or a process ─ that meets those conditions. Engineers generate designs and then test, refine, or discard them until they find an acceptable solution. Technology also includes the entire infrastructure

Conference Session

Communicating Across Cultural and Epistemological Boundaries

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. ProblemFraming(andReframing) ProblemDefinition 3. MakingtoLearn MakingasProofofConcept 4. ContinualOscillation ProcessFlowchartwithFeedback 5. PrivilegingFailure/RiskTaking PrivilegingRigor/RiskAvoidance Table 1: Comparative Emphasis of Core Approaches to Design and EngineeringI have arranged the list of principles/approaches loosely ordered according to a logic ofdecreasing conceptual “contradiction.” I assess the competing approaches of 1, contextualizationand abstraction, to be a near-perfect inversion, both conceptually and in execution. On the otherhand, 5, failing fast and technical rigor, merely suggests differential emphasis; while they remaininversions in terms of how risk

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jean L. Coco, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mehdi Miri, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert W. Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

CAC program seeks to use the knowledge gained to assist other departmentsacross campus who seek to improve their students’ oral communication skills.B. Literature ReviewPast and current research speaks to the need for a pedagogical shift in the general engineeringcurricula from a purely technical focus to one that integrates written and oral communication.Darling and Dannels, in “Practicing Engineers Talk about the Importance of Talk,” note thatthere has been a “disparity between the perceived importance of communication and therespective preparation students receive on communication related tasks” in engineering and theneed to provide students with practice and preparation in speaking1. Currently, scholars andteachers are working with

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

MD Shahriar Jahan Hossain, Northwestern State University; Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

control systems. His areas of interest include automation and control, alternative energy systems, cellular and PCS phones, microwave and satellite systems, fiber optics, wireline and wireless LANs and WANs, biomedical engineering technology. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 1 Session XXXX Analysis of undergraduate students’ learning experience regarding hands on laboratory courses using new innovated techniques of hybrid delivery Md Shahriar J. Hossain

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

systems based onnanotechnologies are recognized as promising growth innovators for the years to come. Itis expected that eventually nanotechnologies will merge into a technology clusteroffering a complete range of functionalities in information, energy, construction,environmental, and biomedical domains. The extensive use of nanotechnology will createa significant demand for workers who can provide technical assistance in thedevelopment of products and processes using nanotechnology concepts.As estimated by the National Science Foundation (NSF), two million technical workers Page 13.423.2will be needed to support nanotechnology industries worldwide within

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Liou

. Manufacturing ismore than machining. The personnel needed by this industry must be able to performmultiple functions from design to distribution. In other words, the manufacturingindustry needs to be seen holistically – as a complete system involving many peopleof varying educational backgrounds. Companies are looking for individuals withdiverse technical expertise to perform multiple functions in support of theirmanufacturing enterprises.Many youth and adults have little knowledge of engineering and manufacturing careeroptions. Parents, teachers, and educators lack exposure to the understanding of thehighly technical manufacturing world. Early education is a key element in engineeringand manufacturing career awareness.The intent of this contribution

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert M. McAllister; Matthew Sanders

Session 1692 Twenty First Century Women Prefer Summer Science Kamp Matthew S. Sanders and Robert M. McAllister Kettering University Flint, MI 48504AbstractAlthough culture of science has contributed to the lack of women in engineering, the culturaldiversity of our society offers an opportunity to seek future engineers in groups other than thetraditional "white male" engineer. Women receive the majority of all bachelor's degrees, howeverfewer than 20% of those degrees are in engineering. This discrepancy increases at the graduatelevel. Furthermore, 63

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Hadgraft; Mike Xie

Session Number: 1608 Civil and Infrastructure Engineering for Sustainability Assoc. Prof. Roger Hadgraft, Prof. Mike Xie, Mr Nomer Angeles School of Civil and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University Melbourne, AustraliaIntroductionIn 2002, the School of Civil and Chemical Engineering at RMIT University began a project torenew its Civil Engineering program, ready for the new 2004 academic year. This programhad high acceptance in the marketplace (high graduate employability) but average studentsatisfaction scores (as measured by the national CEQ data).As part of this renewal process

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

effectivenesssupport, and some provide instructional technology services, but the linkage of these twoservices is not always found in a single organization. The FIC offers a distinctivecombination of technical and instructional expertise. As such, the FIC is ideallypositioned to support faculty in adapting to the increasingly technology-driven teachingenvironment and to assist the College as it makes strides in instructional innovation.In this paper, we will explore the spectrum of FIC enterprises. Engineering faculty cometo the FIC for a range of services, from technology assistance to pedagogical exploration.Sometimes, faculty members need help evaluating the appropriate use of instructionaltechnology. They may also need ongoing training and support for

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sindee Simon; Theodore Wiesner; Lloyd Heinze

Session 3413 Program Improvements Resulting from Completion of One ABET 2000 Assessment Cycle S. L. Simon,1 T. F. Wiesner,1 and L. R. Heinze2 1 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University 2 Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech UniversityIntroductionWith the advent of ABET 2000, self-assessment of engineering programs has become important.To this end, it is essential to define the assessment methods and metrics against which a programwill be judged. Various assessment tools exist

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

Session 3209 Engineering Criteria 2000 Challenges for Large Programs Joseph L. A. Hughes and William E. Sayle School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyIn 1997 Georgia Institute of Technology, with ten undergraduate programs and one graduateprogram accredited by EAC/ABET, participated as one of five pilot evaluations underEngineering Criteria 2000. Each of the institutions selected for pilot visits has unique attributeswhich must be addressed within the context of the new criteria. Georgia Tech is a publicly-supported, highly-ranked

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

Session 3232 Engineering Criteria 2000 Challenges for Large Programs Joseph L. A. Hughes and William E. Sayle School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyIn 1997 Georgia Institute of Technology, with ten undergraduate programs and one graduateprogram accredited by EAC/ABET, participated as one of five pilot evaluations underEngineering Criteria 2000. Each of the institutions selected for pilot visits has unique attributeswhich must be addressed within the context of the new criteria. Georgia Tech is a publicly-supported, highly-ranked

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Olusegun Odesina; Nicholas Akinkuoye

Program is accredited 3.36 0.77Key: 1=least important; 2=very low importance; 3=moderately important; 4=highly important; 5=very important. Page 3.283.15 15Table 4. Faculty related factors Variable Mean S.D. Job satisfaction 4.55 0.50 Technical or professional expertise, subject area

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

M. A. Mooney; K. K. Muraleetharan; H. Gruenwald; B. E. Vieux; Randall L. Kolar

Session 1526 Integrating Design Throughout the Civil Engineering Curriculum - The Sooner City Project R. L. Kolar, K. K. Muraleetharan, M. A. Mooney, B. E. Vieux, H. Gruenwald University of OklahomaABSTRACTEvaluations of existing undergraduate engineering programs continually cite three weaknesses:graduates lack technical literacy; graduates lack oral and written communication skills; andgraduates lack design experience. To address these weaknesses, the School of Civil Engineeringand Environmental Science (CEES) at the University of Oklahoma, is proposing a systemicreform initiative that

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Ciocci

effort, we canmake products that are durable and reusable within our reliability requirements. Legislative and regulatoryactions that dictate product take-back and reuse policies must account for the expected reliability of thoseproducts and allow for the timely development and implementation of such policies.References 1. Weissman, Suzanne H. and Janine C. Sekutowski, “Environmentally-Conscious Manufacturing: A Technology for the Nineties,” AT&T Technical Journal, November/December 1991, pp. 23-30. 2. “ISO/IEC SAGE Update,” Environmental News, October 1992, p. 4. 3. Green Products by Design: Choices for a Cleaner Environment, Office of Technology Assessment Publication, September 1992, pp. 3-20. 4. Peck

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew R. James; Mario G. Beruvides

their leisure.For demographic purposes each subject was asked information on: sex, age, race, zip code,occupation, course of study, classification, and highest degree earned. The questions weredesigned so that both EM and MBA students would be confronted with general perception issues Page 2.318.3for the two degree programs. These questions covered the following areas: 1. The difficulty of both programs at the subject’s university. 2. The ability for EMs to substitute for MBAs, and vice versa. 3. The career mobility of men and women with each degree. 4. The expected leadership abilities associated with EMs/MBAs