Conference Session

Technical Session 9:Topics related to STEM

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori M Caldwell, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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Computers in Education

, mechanical, naval, and ocean engineering.Despite their critical importance within postsecondary engineering education, fluid mechanicsconcepts are rarely, if ever, introduced during high school. In college, even the most basiccourses in fluid mechanics tend to focus on mathematical problem solving, instead of hands-onexperimentation, visualization, and measurement using authentic tools and practices. Researchhas shown that, due to this mathematical focus, common undergraduate fluids courses fail toexcite key aspects of student engagement—including internal motivation, interest, andcuriosity—that can be awakened through the visual exploration of authentic and aesthetic fluidflows [1]. Not surprisingly, engineering undergraduates often characterize

Conference Session

New EET Course Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Habibur Rahman; Beshara Sholy

students with the fundamentals ofelectromagnetic principles and of radar systems in a senior level course on radar systems. It istaught as part of a four year aviation electronics degree program at Parks College ofEngineering and Aviation, Saint Louis University.I IntroductionRecent technological advances in the applications of microwave frequencies have mandated theneed for their understanding by engineering technology as well as engineering science graduates. Studies of microwave frequency measurement techniques are usually attained in upper divisioncourses, mainly in preparation for graduate programs geared towards research in this field. Fewschools provide an opportunity for undergraduates to learn to use techniques in the installationand

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Candyce Hill, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Services at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education through hands-on learning. Luchini-Colbry is also the Director of the Engineering Futures Program of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, which provides interactive seminars on interpersonal communications and problem solving skills for engineering

Conference Session

International Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodolfo Yzasmendi Arellano, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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International

-Malo is Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical and Food Engineering at Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico. He teaches food science and engineering related courses. His research interests include emerging technologies for food processing, natural antimicrobials, and active learning. Page 14.916.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Numeric and Symbolic Reasoning Assessment in Freshman Mathematics CoursesAbstractUniversidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) is a Mexican private institution of higherlearning. Since 1959, the Commission on Colleges of the

Conference Session

ETD Technical Session 6 - Curriculum and Programs III

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Orlando Ayala, Old Dominion University; Isaac Flory, Old Dominion University; Jose Fernandez, Old Dominion University; Vukica Jovanovic, Old Dominion University

Engineering examination in all the states that offer it, asa first step towards professional engineering license. Being an engineering technology program,all areas of concentration focus on the hands-on application of technical expertise required forcareers involving design, analysis and support of electrical and electronic systems. In addition,the program offers complete online options for students that are not local or for those that need toaccommodate work and study schedules.As part of the core curriculum, the EET program offers the course “Energy and Environment”,which is a 300 level course required for EET students across all concentration areas. The coursecovers a study of existing and new energy production methods, energy as a purchased

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Best Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan W. Valvano, University of Texas - Austin; Ramesh Yerraballi, University of Texas - Austin; Chad Fulton, University of Texas - Austin

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

graded physical labs. Ferri et al. from Georgia Instituteof Technology created a MOOC for linear circuits [16]. This class had activities to perform withNI’s myDAC, but graded lab circuits were not part of the online experience. Connor, and Huettelat Duke created a Virtual Community of Practice for electric circuits [17]. Cherner et al. createda virtual multifunctional X-Ray diffractometer for teaching science and engineering [18].Saterbak et al. at Rice University developed online materials to teach freshman design, with thegoal to free-up class time for more interactive learning experiences [19]. Harris from Universityof California at Irvine has a six-course sequence on Introduction to the Internet of Things andEmbedded Systems where students

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Chong Shen; Zhongwei Zhang; David Lai

application design and software engineering principles in introductory cs courses: model-view-controller java application framework, J. Comput. Small Coll. 20 (2004), no. 2, 190–201.[14] Kevin Fall Sally Floyd, Ns simulator test for random early detection queue management, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (1997).[15] Eyal Shifroni and David Ginat, Simulation game for teaching communications protocols, SIGCSE ’97: Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education (New York, NY, USA), ACM Press, 1997, pp. 184–188. 10[16] A. Varga, Using the omnet++ discrete event simulation system in education, IEEE Computer 42 (1999), no. 4.[17] Linda

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Feifei Zhong, Southwest Jiaotong University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

supported by laboratory manuals, this paper willinvestigate the importance of laboratory manuals on laboratory instruction effectiveness andpropose a process for its continuous revision with the goal of achieving more effective laboratoryexperience for students overall. Most hands-on laboratories offered in standard engineering curriculums are designed toenhance the basic knowledge that students have previously acquired from fundamental coursesthat they have taken in their sophomore or early junior years. Laboratory manuals for thesecourses, for most part, serve as instruction manuals detailing the procedures necessary to conductthe experiments. They are often referred to as descriptive laboratory manuals. Students aremainly instructed to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

),certificate programs, and Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees by preparing them using world-classfacilities. Furthermore, the project embarked on creating opportunities for industry internshipsfor AAS and BS seeking students, providing training to improve the skills of the existingworkforce and also served as a nationwide and statewide public awareness vehicle. One of theprimary requirements of high quality human life in this world is abundant clean energy. The skill sets required to prepare the Associate and Bachelors level graduates arediscussed in the paper. The course development activities including web accessible coursematerials for dissemination accomplished to date are included in the paper. Additionally,benchmark programs and models that

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Cornucopia (Classroom Innovations)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Hannah Stewart-Gambino, Lafayette College

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First-Year Programs

require Grand Challenges Scholars to work ininterdisciplinary teams. To foster such collaboration and lay a foundation bridgingengineering and the liberal arts, we developed a linked pair of first-year-seminars addressinga “grand challenge.” Building on the WPI Great Problems model [2], these two First YearSeminars are team taught by a mechanical engineer and a political scientist, each addressingthe problem of global hunger. Students from both sections work together in project teams andparticipate in discussions of course topics and shared readings. The course includes acommunity-based learning component as well as the development of a research &development plan for future engagement.Table 1. The 14 Grand Challenges issued by the National

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rod Townley; Stephen Kuyath

addresses vertical and horizontalalignment among academic institutions and allows students to receive credit for both formal and Page 8.19.9Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationinformal education and training. In response to industry input through this process, the partnercolleges decided that to be truly effective, curricula needed to be competency based with moreemphasis on hands-on training and internships. With the help of industry new internshipopportunities are available to students in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Session: Make-it!

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Chao Ma, Texas A&M University; Brey C. Caraway, Texas A&M University ; Jorge I. Roa, Texas A&M University; Alejandro X. Trejos, Texas A&M University; Pauline Davila, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

Industries Federation.[2] Gibson, I., Rosen, D., Stucker, B., & Khorasani, M. (2014). Additive manufacturingtechnologies (Vol. 17, p. 195). New York: Springer.[3] Bourell, D., Kruth, J.P., Leu, M., Levy, G., Rosen, D., Beese, A.M. and Clare, A., 2017.Materials for additive manufacturing. CIRP Annals, 66(2), pp.659-681.[4] Du, W., Ren, X., Pei, Z., & Ma, C. (2020). Ceramic binder jetting additive manufacturing: aliterature review on density. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 142(4).[5] Graybill, B., Li, M., Malawey, D., Ma, C., Alvarado-Orozco, J., and Martinez-Franco, E.,2018. Additive manufacturing of nickel-based superalloys. The ASME InternationalManufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, College Station, TX, U.S.[6

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Monica Lauren Singer, AmeriCorps VISTA; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

was also very involved with social justice initiatives.Miss Monica Lauren Singer, AmeriCorps VISTA Monica Singer is an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives within the college of engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. There she received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with minors in Gender, Race, Culture, Science & Technology and Child Development. She is currently a research assistant in the Advancing Cultural Change lab on campus studying students’ lived experiences with a focus on STEM disciplines. Her research interests include masculinity and implicit bias in academia (specifically in the STEM fields).Dr

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

biochemistry. His research interests include 3-D kinematic modelling of soft-tissue structures in the feeding of marine molluscs, and the use of computers and robotics in education.John Gallagher, Wright State University Dr. John C. Gallagher is an Associate Professor with dual appointments in both the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. His research interests include analog neuromorphic computation, evolutionary algorithms, and engineering education. Page 13.1283.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Warren Rosen, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Michael Cassidy

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #15574MAKER: Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project to Print Mozart’s Fortepi-anoDr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Ertekin received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University. He received MS degree in Production Management from Istanbul University. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS degrees in engi- neering management and mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. He worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as a

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

David E. Clough

colleagues on the ChE faculty do not like the first statement.My conclusion is that my students are learning better and enjoying it more. Apart from formalassessment results, this is enough to tell me that my considerable effort has been worthwhile.Bucking the TideOn the positive side, the leadership of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and theIntegrated Teaching & Learning Laboratory at the University of Colorado has been encouragingand supportive of my efforts to introduce active learning into my courses. I appreciate this, andit has helped.On the other side, most of my faculty colleagues overtly are respectful yet skeptical of myefforts. Covertly, they probably think I’ve gone off the deep end. I do believe they wish I

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuetong Lin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide ; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; Christian Janke, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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College Industry Partnerships

. Ali Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University A. Mehran Shahhosseini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Engineering and Tech- nology Management at Indiana State University. He has published over 45 articles in different journals and conference proceedings. He has served as an investigator for research projects sponsored by National Science Foundation, Ford Motor Company, and the US Army. Before working at Indiana State Univer- sity, he was a faculty in the University of Louisville for 10 years. He also has over four years of industrial experience. He received his D.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lamar University (USA) in 1999, M.Sc. in Materials Engineering from Isfahan

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bharani Nagarathnam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Kourtney Rogers Gruner, Texas A&M University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Industrial Distribution. He has more than 20 years of experience in teaching, applied research, academic program management. Dr. Bharani has worked on industry projects, consortia, and professional development programs for 100+ industrial distributors and manufacturers. He has published in academic journals and industry publications. He is the co-author of two books. Dr. Bharani holds a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Production Engineering from India.Dr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University Dr. Bimal Nepal is a Rader I Professor in the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M University. His

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Frey; Jose Cruz

these cases, an individual has been empowered in some way. The chemistry studenthas been empowered by what he has learned about chemical reactions, the computer systemsstudent by what she has learned about virus prevention (which she used to develop her ownvirus), and the industrial engineer by the increased decision-making authority vested in him byhis new employer.Knowledge gained by students in their professional education gives them the power to dothings that can have a great impact on the rest of us. When they exercise this power, they canbring to us great benefits and serious harms. We will call this kind of empowerment,"knowledge-empowerment." Knowledge-empowerment is not necessarily accompanied by anywisdom on how to use it or how to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert L. Potter, University of South Florida; Gerry G. Meisels, University of South Florida; Peter Stiling, University of South Florida; Kevin Yee, University of South Florida; Ruthmae Sears, University of South Florida ; Catherine A. Beneteau, University of South Florida; Kelley G. Schuler, University of South Florida; Alberto Danny Camacho, Hillsborough Community College; Scott W. Campbell, University of South Florida

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

were modeled for them. Theretreat for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, on the other hand, focused on theirinterest in reforming their calculus sequence.Over the course of the project, STEER has facilitated four departmental retreats (Mathematicsand Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, and asubset of Chemistry and CMMB faculty who teach Biochemistry and/or Biochemistry and CellMetabolism) reaching a total of 64 faculty participants.Interdisciplinary retreats are used to bring together faculty who teach gateway science and mathcourses with the goal of fostering collaboration between instructors of different courses.Specifically, retreat facilitators discuss applicable concepts from

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yamilka Baez-Rivera, Mississippi State University; Lennon Brown, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Graduate Studies

area, especially when time constraint isnot the same for everyone, but the final product time constraint is.Another important asset is to provide a real-world experience for graduate students. Sometimesoutstanding undergraduate students become graduate students. While these students areexcellent in classes and theoretically, they lack a perspective on the real-world and solutions toreal engineering and science problems. The graduate internship provides a platform for theseoutstanding students to experience integrating the engineering and science principles withtoday’s industrial constraints.In general, some advantages of the graduate internships are job opportunities, work experience,and thesis or dissertation topics. On the other hand, some

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 7 Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jarod White, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Producibility and Future Artifacts: Students Considering Manufacturing Lightsabers, Magic Wands, and Other Fantastical ProductsIntroductionEngineers often make great entrepreneurs. This is because they are to rapidly prototype anddesign products for any number of markets. Although most engineers have the aptitude todirectly influence the economy, they often need training with business ideas [1]. The idea of thetriple constraint is integral in the business and manufacturing worlds. This is the idea whereproduction can happen with the features of fast, good, or cheap (time, scope, cost); one isoptimized, the second constrained, the third left to be. A different but similar concept are thedesign ideas of feasibility

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erwin Karincic, Virginia Commonwealth University; Lauren Linkous, Virginia Commonwealth University; Erdem Topsakal, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

analysis, and design. He currently holds 28 cyber security certifications.Lauren Linkous, Virginia Commonwealth University Lauren is with the College of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Her current research is in additive manufacturing, machine learning, computational electromagnetics, and optimization.Dr. Erdem Topsakal, Virginia Commonwealth University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 From Classroom to Career with Practical Network Training using Cisco Modeling LabsThe increasing demand for resilient and secure networks has become a critical concern in today’sdigital world. Due to a shortage of hands-on experience

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paran Rebekah Norton, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University; William Bridges, Clemson University

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Mathematics

Paper ID #25431Exploring the Relationship Between Course Structures and Student Motiva-tion in Introductory College CalculusMrs. Paran Rebekah Norton, Clemson University Paran Norton is a doctoral research assistant in the Engineering and Science Education department at Clemson University. She received her B.S. degree in Mathematics from the University of North Geor- gia in 2013 and her M.S. degree in Mathematical Sciences from Clemson University in 2015. She has taught introductory mathematics courses at Clemson University. Her primary research focuses on improv- ing student success in introductory college calculus

Conference Session

Robotics and Circuits

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Lara Wujciak, Tufts University; Briana M Bouchard, Tufts University; Chris Buergin Rogers, Tufts University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

engineering students. The class had one professor and 2 undergraduate teachingassistants (TAs). Both TAs studied ROS 2 in the summer prior to the class, so they had a basicworking knowledge of the material. The main goal of the class was to give first-year students asense of different engineering disciplines and engineering problem solving. It was only open tofirst year students who generally had limited coding experience. In-class activities were mostlyindividual, while weekly projects were done with a partner. In-class activities includedsignificant domain-specific scaffolding, while the weekly projects were ill-structured andcollaborative.Class was composed of short lectures (10-15 minutes) and class activities (60-65 minutes). Theshort lectures

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadir Yilmaz P.E., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Kyle Jeffrey Benalil, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Francisco Martín Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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Aerospace

pursue a graduate education at the University of New Mexico. Throughout his undergraduate degree, Francisco was the President of the NMT Society of Automotive Engineers Student Chapter. During his time as president, the chapter grew to become one of the largest chapters in the world. He also volunteered at the NM State Science and Engineering Fair and NM State Science Olympiad. Francisco was awarded the NMT Student Appreciation Award (2013), the DOE Summer Visiting Faculty-Student Fellowship at Sandia National Laboratories (2013) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Outstanding Scholarship Award (2012

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher M. Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott J. Anson P.E. P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

code, they were also required to use theAdeptOne robotic input and output codes to make use of fiber optic sensors installed at thetermination point of each of the PVC tubes. When a golf ball exists at the end of one of thetubes, the student is required to write code to move it to the next tube and finally back onto theoriginal grid from where it originally departed from.Gripper DesignThe purpose of this particular laboratory exercise is to introduce and familiarize students withdetailed gripper design and the engineering behind how grippers interact with parts on aproduction line. All robotic applications require the use of end-of-arm tooling to performoperations on various types of material and products. The students were required to design

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Lee Jonathan, Boeing Company; Adam Bruckner, University of Washington

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Aerospace

AeronauticalEngineering. The Daniel J. GuggenheimAeronautics Hall was dedicated. on April Fig. 4 Guggenheim Hall in 1931.11, 1930. In the words of the University (CF Todd Coll., PNW Coll. UW #14680)of Washington’s newspaper, The Daily,the Tudor-Gothic building was “architecturally perfect.”19 The building included room for sixsmall instructional wind tunnels in the basement, only one of which was ever built. It wasknown as the Venturi Tunnel and was in operation until 2006. The building housed a largelaboratory with two full-sized airplanes and a number of aero-engines so that students could have hands-on experience with “the real thing.” The building also sported a 355-seat

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Kathryn Neeley

pictorial codes are processed and stored in Page 10.1083.7different ways in the brain. Note that in the examples on the right-hand sides of Figure 1 and Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 3, the images serve to represent the work, rather than just decorate the slides. As Carneyand Levin (2002) point out, representative images increase audience recall, but decorativeimages, such as the background art of PowerPoint’s templates, do

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Eric Musselman P.E.; Shawn Gross

Villanova University. Quizzes have been incorporated into the course in a varietyof formats, and the students’ and instructors’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the quizzes andthe course as a whole will be presented.Evolution of Structural Design Courses at Villanova UniversityPrior to 2014, students pursuing Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) degrees atVillanova University were required to take a three-credit course CEE 3412: Structural Designand a separate one-credit laboratory course CEE 3912: Structural Engineering Lab. Thesecourses were typically taken during the second semester of the junior year and addressed thebehavior, analysis, and design of both structural steel and reinforced concrete members. Arequired course CEE 3401