Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Huang, University of Texas, San Antonio; Andreas Gampe, University of Texas, San Antonio; Arsen Melkonyan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Murillo Pontual, University of Texas, San Antonio; David Akopian, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Computers in Education

Page 25.1116.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Remote Experimentation for Communication: from Remote Desktops to Gateways Grant Huang, Andreas Gampe, Arsen Melkonyan, Murillo Pontual, and David AkopianAbstractWith continuous development of information technology and mature communicationchannels through the Internet, remote labs may potentially overcome many constrains facedin hands-on laboratories (e.g., minimizing expenses, providing flexible lab schedule, andsharing limited resources among multiple students). This paper presents a comparative studyamong three different remote lab implementation options, which include all the

Conference Session

FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elora Candace Voyles, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda K. Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; John W. Nicklow, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Robert Ricks

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First-Year Programs

retention of peer mentors.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DUE 0622483.Bibliography1 Carlson, L.E., and J.F. Sullivan. 1999. Hands-on Engineering: Learning by doing in the integrated teaching andlearning program. International Journal of Engineering Education 15(1): 20-31.2 J.D. McCowan. 2002. An integrated and comprehensive approach to engineering curricula, Part two: Techniques.International Journal of Engineering Education 18(6): 638-643.3 Board of Engineering Education-National Research Council. 1992. Improving retention in undergraduateengineering education. Issues in Engineering Education: A Bulletin Addressing Culture Change in EngineeringEducation 1 (1).4

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Nicholas Tallos, ThermOmegaTech, Inc.

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

Performances in Labs Related to Their Perfomances inLecture Portion of Introductory Science Courses? Journal of College Science Teaching, 37 (3)66-70, Jan/Feb 2008.[28] Bachmann, C., Tang, J., Puffenbarger, C., and Kauffman, M. 2008. Engineering for Non-Engineering Schools: a Hands-On Educational Curriculum that Addresses the Need forRenewable Energy through Undergraduate Research and Applied Science”, Proceedings ofASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.[29] Budny, D. and Torick, D. 2010. Design of Multi-Purpose Experiment for Use in a FluidMechanics Lab. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, Arlington, VA.[30] Komerath, N. 2009. A Campus Wide Course on Micro Renewable Energy Systems”,Proceedings of ASEE National Conference, College Park

Conference Session

ECE Program Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh; Gregory F. Reed, University of Pittsburgh

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Electrical and Computer

engaged with theprogram as well, through activities such as recruiting power engineering students, and power andenergy initiative-related events on campus including the annual Electric Power IndustryConference. In addition to industry involvement in the research programs, support is providedfrom several different offices of the U.S. Department of Energy – the Offices of ElectricityDelivery and Energy Reliability (OEDER), Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE),National Energy Technology Labs (NETL), the Advanced Research Program for Energy(ARPA-E), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Commerce, theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development, andothers. Key foundation constituents

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Clint Staley; Michael Haungs

the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 385Automated grading system. The 357 course uses a mastery model that includes dozens of smallprogramming problems illustrating course concepts, along with larger programming labs, andtwo major projects. All must be completed perfectly in order to pass the class, and studentsgenerally require multiple tries per assignment. While all student work could be hand graded, agood automated grading system saves TA and instructor time. Our system is hand-built by one ofthe authors, and offers automated

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard L. Coren; C. John Carpenter

curricular pressure. Surprisingly, a modern response issupplied by James Clerk Maxwell, some of whose original concepts were neglected by thosewho interpreted his work. Not only is this reconsidered analysis pedagogically simpler andmore germane to todays usage but it responds to theoretical problems where canonical analysisis weak.A brief discussion is given of this material, which relegates what are now known as the"Maxwell equations" to a secondary role, as it is now being presented in a junior level electricalengineering course.IntroductionThe engineering electromagnetics (EM) course is under attack because:1 - students find it to be one of the most difficult courses they take. This has been exacerbatedrecently by the changing nature and

Collection

2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Harvest Collier; Diane Hagni

in theUniversity of Missouri system, close to 90 percent of the 7,000-plus students enrolled areseeking degrees in engineering or hard sciences. There are approximately 440 full- and part-timefaculty members, the majority of which are tenured or tenure-track. Eighty-three percent are inSTEM disciplines.Many of these professors were teaching several years ago when it was common for freshmen inpacked lecture halls to hear, “Look to your right; look to your left. One of you won’t be here thistime next year.” Although that is no longer the accepted slogan at Missouri S&T, and studentsgenerally hear more empathetic messages from faculty on campus dedicated to their success,teaching strategies have not evolved all that much over the years

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University; Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

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Aerospace

learned an extensive amount of material covering a widevariety of subject areas and skills. The senior capstone design project is based the knowledgeacquired in engineering, science, and other general education courses. It provides students withthe platform to move from individual course work to areas of applications and practice.The first part of the paper provides an overview of the project significance, its goals, andobjectives; in the second part a brief discussion of the design process is presented. This section isfollowed by students’ reflections and the impact of this experience on their career objectives.The fourth part of this manuscript demonstrates the use of the project as a successful assessmenttool, followed by some concluding

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Erik Kocher; Chukwuemeka George Ochieze; Ahmat Oumar; Travis Winter; Aleksandre Sergeyev; Mark Gauthier; Nathir Rawashdeh

tohelp provide a hands-on learning experience for students in the electrical engineering technologyand mechatronics programs. The parallel gripper system presented in this work can grasp objectsand simultaneously measure its width. System functionality, components, safety, and an exampleof how the technology could be used in an industrial application are discussed.System DescriptionThe system described in this paper is designed around a gripper than can grasp objects andsimultaneously measure their widths. It has the capability to have three different measurementsprogrammed/taught into it, so that when a part is gripped and measured, if it matches one of thepreprogrammed measurements, the corresponding light will be lit signaling that the part

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Jungwoo Ryoo, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College; David Barnes, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Information Systems

, develop, implement, maintain, and protect the appropriateinformation needed by an organization. An ISA education curriculum should be context sensitiveand domain-specific, because it has to be based on unique cyber threat profile applicable to theorganization business model. Also, the curriculum should be dynamic because newvulnerabilities are being discovered very frequently. Finally, the curriculum should bemultidisciplinary because information assurance includes concepts from various disciplines suchas business, computer science, computer engineering, information systems, social sciences,criminal justice, and law.A universally accepted common body of information systems security knowledge is still beingdeveloped for all technical activity

Conference Session

Computing Technology Applications-II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yun Dai, University of Southern California; Tianmeng Li, University of New South Wales; Ang Liu, University of New South Wales; Stephen Lu, University of Southern California

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

Wales in Australia. Based on this course, a mixed-methodsresearch, which combines both quantitative and qualitative methods (i.e., online survey +focus group), will be conducted to answer two research questions: (1) “to what extentstudents are satisfied with the peer instruction process enabled by the P2P platform?” and (2)“in what ways the instructor use the information (learning feedback and learning index)provided by the P2P platform to redesign the teaching activities?”. Additionally, it isinteresting to apply the platform to some fundamental engineering courses such as statics andelectrical circuits, for which, the instruction process should be adapted towards a hybridmodel where sufficient background materials should be provided prior to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Pradip K. Bandyopadhyay; Amy L. Freeman Ph.D., Tufts University; Ryan Scott Hassler; Mark William Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus; Mikhail Kagan, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Campus; Ann Marie Schmiedekamp; Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

material are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.The Intellectual Merit of this research is two-fold: examine variation in Engineering retentionfor three models of bridge programs and produce a series of workshops on Engineering bridgeleadership, funding, and sustainability strategies for Engineering summer bridge programs. Thegoal of each math-intensive bridge program is to provide academic, social, and geographicexposure for groups of 15 to 30 incoming students. The three models differ by students’ transferstatus (native or transfer student) and bridge location (assigned campus or campus different fromassigned campus). For Model 1, incoming students at the flagship University Park

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona; Todd Dale Coburn P.E., California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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Computers in Education

of the pilot MOOC offering, the university reoffered the sameMOOC in Spring 2015 for free with the primary goals of scaling up the MOOC to over 10,000participants and recouping a large portion of the cost, while being allocated a similar budget asthe pilot MOOC. The following enhancements were implemented in the Spring 2015 MOOC tohelp meet the objectives of the project.  A second instructor was added to assist in administering the course.  A staff member was hired to assist with the recruitment of high school students.  More mechanical engineering student assistant volunteers were enlisted to help answer questions on the class discussion board (increased from 5 to 15).  A trusted undergraduate mechanical engineering student was hired

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Caroline Crockett, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

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Electrical and Computer

purpose of this work-in-progress paper is to present our methodology forfeedback from the community, our preliminary results from the initial Fall 2019 data, and to start a larger conversationabout the importance of studying conceptual understanding from a longitudinal perspective.1 IntroductionThis work-in-progress paper outlines our planned study of students’ conceptual understanding of signals and systems.Signals and systems (SS) is the focus of an electrical engineering (EE) science course at most universities, and topicsin SS, such as filtering and Fourier transforms, are fundamental to control theory, signal processing, and machinelearning. Despite the importance educators place on SS concepts, previous studies have shown that students

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Idziorek, Iowa State University; Mark F. Tannian, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University

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Computing & Information Technology

surprise that the main challenge of designing this course is making the material accessibleto students of all backgrounds. One must make the material not only engaging but also tangibleto a diverse set of students in the classroom. Past student demographics have included agraduate student in Hospitality Management, a senior in Computer Engineering, a freshman inJournalism and a junior in Agriculture Studies. Achieving interest and engagement by allstudents is challenging; however, a key realization is that use of computers and the Internet is Page 22.1379.4nearly ubiquitous among the student population. Students perform the same basic tasks on

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Manon Bourgeois; Gilbert Drouin

module, he receives a certificate of success for this module; when he completes the secondmodule, also called specialization, he receives a second certificate or a DESS diploma which requires 30 credits,if he decides to stop this program at this stage; on the other hand, if he continues and completes the third module,called integration, he will receive a master’s diploma mentioning the specialization studied. This curriculum isstructured to be completed in 18 months. We presently count eight modular masters structured according to thisoutline in the following fields: rehabilitation of urban infrastructures, electronic, computer science engineering,software engineering, logistic engineering, management of technology, composite material and

Conference Session

Communication and Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Kay White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Partners Program at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. White is also the director of an outreach program called Design, Technology, & Engineering for All Children (DTEACh) which has reached more than 1000 teachers and 85,000 students. She is the lead inventor on a patent for assistive technology. Her current research includes global competencies, innovative design-based pedagogy, humanitarian en- gineering, and ways to attract and retain traditionally underrepresented groups in engineering education.Dr. Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDr. Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Computer-based Measurements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Harika Kuppuru P.E., Sonoma State University; Swathi Matsa, Sonoma State University

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Instrumentation

AC 2012-5143: INTRODUCING A REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE OPTICALLABORATORY FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSProf. Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State UniversityDr. Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford Saeid Moslehpour is an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Electrical and Computer En- gineering Department in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture at the University of Hartford. He holds a Ph.D. (1993) from Iowa State University and bachelor’s of science (1989) and mas- ter’s of science (1990) degrees from University of Central Missouri. His research interests include logic design, CPLDs, FPGAs, embedded systems, electronic system testing, and eLearning. Email: mosleh- pou@hartford.edu.Mrs. Harika

Conference Session

Crossing Boundaries - Service Learning and Interdisciplinary Teams

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G Sullivan, University of Florida

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Construction

- Environmental EngineeringThe Environmental Engineering Sciences Department is one of several engineering programshoused in the College of Engineering. The origin of the program dates back to the 1950s andworks to produce professions “who identify and design solutions for environmental problems”viii . A few of the problem areas that they work in include: provision of safe drinking water,treatment and disposal of wastes, maintenance of air quality and the control of pollution viii. Theenvironmental engineering students worked in connection with the sustainability students todevelop sustainable site solutions. For this project, a focus was placed on sustainablemanagement of water.College of Engineering - Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Steven Barrett

. The different possible task states are illustrated in Figure 1. Tasks transition fromone state to another in response to external events or operating system updates. A task Page 9.1042.2may be in only a single state at a given time. A task will be in one of the following states[2-5]: “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” • Dormant (D) - In the dormant state, the task has no need for computer time. It is considered a non-active task. It transitions into the ready state when so directed by the operating

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sohum Sohoni; David Fritz; Wira Mulia

a brief learning curve on the PLP system, students can work on course objectivesimmediately. The system and accompanying curriculum emphasize inter- and intra- teamcollaborative learning by dividing components of the design process used in lab to individualteams. The goal is to expose students to a less controlled environment representative of real-world design practice. Student teams are responsible for the design decisions of their assignedcomponent, as well as ensuring that components are compatible for use in the larger, class-widesystem. Other highlights of the PLP system are: a „hands-on‟ experience with real hardware earlyin the computer engineering curriculum, low overall cost for students and institutions, and cross-Proceedings of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

. Longenecker, and J. H. Pardue. “Strategies for Success in CS1 and CS2: Implications of Polya in Implementing Software Engineering Principles.” Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the Association of Management, invited talk, August 1993, Atlanta, GA, pp. 1-6.9. Doran, M. V., H. E. Longenecker, Jr., and J. H. Pardue. “A Systems Approach to a Data Structures Course for Information Systems Students Consistent with DPMA IS’90.” ISECON’94, October 28-30, 1994, Louisville, KY, pp. 236-243.10. Doran, M. V. and D. D. Langan. “A Cognitive-Based Approach to Introductory Computer Science Courses: Lessons Learned.” Proceedings of the 26th SISCSE Technical Symposium On Computer Science Education, March 1995, Nashville, TN, pp. 218

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narciso Macia, Arizona State University

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Instrumentation

soccer field. Faculty members and students from Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, and Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology participated in this project. He is active in fluidics, respiratory mechanics, water filtration and recharge, embedded control, entrepreneurship mentoring, sustainable technologies and innovative methods for engineering education. He has published 22 papers and has written two books: the first one on modeling and control of dynamic systems, and the second one, an accompanying lab manual. He is a Registered Professional Engineer (Mechanical) in the State of Arizona. On the personal side, he was born in Cuba

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

more efficient through the use of IoTapplications.This NSF ATE project has developed IoT curriculum and a one-year Certificate of Completionin IoT technology. It is believed that these curricula materials may be readily adopted by thevarious advanced manufacturing support technologies (e.g. Mechatronics, Robotics, Automation,Electrical/Electronics, Photonics, Nano, Metrology, etc.) taught at the two-year college level.This poster session presentation will highlight the significant outcomes of this ongoing ATEproject.IntroductionNow heading towards the middle of this new decade, the world has started to move beyond apandemic and entered a new post-pandemic era of how society lives, works, and interacts. TheInternet has facilitated many of these

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chinyere Offor, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania; Tiffanie R Smith, Lincoln University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

virtual reality immersivelearning-the case of serious game “Calcium looping for carbon Capture”. Proceedings of 2018International Conference on System Science and Engineering ,ICSSE 2018, June 2018,pp.1–4.[9] E. Hu Au and J. J. Lee, “Virtual reality in education: a tool for learning in the experienceage,” International Journal of Innovation in Education, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 215, 2017, doi:https://doi.org/10.1504/ijiie.2017.10012691.[10] H. Kaufmann and D. Schmalstieg, "Designing Immersive Virtual Reality for GeometryEducation," IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (VR 2006), Alexandria, VA, USA, 2006, pp. 51-58, doi: 10.1109/VR.2006.48.[11] C. Lai C, R.P. McMaha, M. Kitagawa, I. Connolly, “Geometry explorer: facilitatinggeometry education with virtual

Conference Session

Professional Development for Graduate Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dennis W. Hess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Chemistry (Lehigh University). After four years at Fairchild Semiconductor, he served on the faculty in Chemical Engineering at the Uni- versity of California Berkeley (1977-1991), where he spent 6 years as Assistant Dean in the College of Chemistry and 2 years as Vice Chair in ChE, at Lehigh University (1991-1996) where he was Department Chair, and at the Georgia Institute of Technology (1996-present). At Georgia Tech, he served as Director of the NSF MRSEC for Electronic Materials from 2008 to 2015. He was Editor-in-Chief of ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology from 2012 through 2018. He is past President of The Electrochem- ical Society (1996-97 term). He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Pollettini Marcos, Purdue University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, Carthage College; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University ; Eric Holloway, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

International handbook of the learning sciences, F. Fischer, C. E. Hmelo-Silver, S. R. Goldman, and P. Reimann, Eds., New York London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, p. 44‒53.[44] R. Curry, “Insights from a cultural-historical HE library makerspace case study on the potential for academic libraries to lead on supporting ethical-making underpinned by ‘critical material literacy,’” J. Librariansh. Inf. Sci., vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 763–781, Sep. 2023, doi: 10.1177/09610006221104796.[45] J. Johannessen and B. Olsen, “Aspects of a cybernetic theory of tacit knowledge and innovation,” Kybernetes, vol. 40, no. 1/2, pp. 141–165, Mar. 2011, doi: 10.1108/03684921111117979.[46] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering

Conference Session

COED Modulus Topics

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmud Hasan, University of Houston, Downtown

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

was designed to give students hands on experience on Fall safety on a virtualenvironment which can save money to bring them on the worksites to get real life experience.Also, students needed to aware of equipment needed to address this Fall safety. Different Fallsafety scenarios are created in the virtual world and students participated those events. In total 23 students participated in this work by enrolling to course title Offshore Fall &Safety Inspection course which was offered in Spring-2022 semester. The Fall Safety modulesoftware training developed by Humulo Engineering software company is used for this training.Figure-6 is showing that students were getting Fall Safety training using VR headsets (attachedwith heads) and

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaping Li, University of Michigan; Maartje E. D. Van Den Bogaard, Iowa State University; Lea Marlor, University of Michigan; Laura Carroll, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan.Laura Carroll Laura Carroll is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan. Laura's research interests are focused on academic success of students with ADHD, faculty development and change, and instructional barriers to implementing active learning.Cynthia J. Finelli (Professor) Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Professor of Education, and Director of Engineering Education Research at University of Michigan. In her research she focuses on increasing faculty adoption of evidence-based instruction, promoting students' sociotechnical skills and abilities, and supporting the success of

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson; Jeffrey Froyd

thrusts mentioned above.During the first year of the grant, each FC institution designed a freshman pilot curriculum. In thesecond year, FC schools implemented the freshman pilot and simultaneously designed a pilotsophomore curriculum. The curricula for these “foundation years” were modeled on two already Page 8.546.3existing programs: the Integrated, First-year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and MathematicsProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2003, American Society for Engineering Education[5] that was initiated at RHIT in 1990 and the Sophomore Core