2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20690Supporting Engineering Education with Instructional Design: The Case ofan Introductory Module on Biogeotechnical EngineeringMs. Medha Dalal, Arizona State University Medha Dalal is currently a doctoral student in the Learning, Literacies and Technologies program at Arizona State University. She received her master’s degree in Computer Science from Polytechnic Uni- versity, New York. Medha has been working as a research assistant at the Engineering Research Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired
Paper ID #24444From Design to Reality: Guiding First-Year Students from Design to Mak-erspace RealityDr. Jack Bringardner, New York University Jack Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department and Civil Engineer- ing Department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He teaches the First-Year Engineering Program course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is also the Assistant Director of Vertically Integrated Projects at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on Smart Cities Technology with a focus on transportation. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring
Paper ID #24449Innovative Classroom Experiences and Peer Mentor Support Systems forFirst Year Engineering StudentsDr. Sheila Erin Youngblood Johnston, Cameron University Dr. Sheila Youngblood is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering at Cameron University in Oklahoma. She is the primary contact for all engineering stu- dents at CU. Her passion is to encourage students of Southwest Oklahoma to pursue higher education through the use enrichment opportunities. Dr. Youngblood is the co-director of CU Engineering and Ap- plied Mathematics Summer Academy for high school
Paper ID #36360Student Success Beyond Covid, Teaching The Workforce Of 2026Dr. Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University Dr. Todd Hamrick, Ph.D. is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Freshman Engineering Program at West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, a position he has held since 2011. He received his Ph.D. that same year from WVU in Mechanical Engineering, with studies in efficiency improvement in well drilling and organic solar cells. Dr. Hamrick received undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and German in 1987, and returned to academia after a 22-year engi
Paper ID #36317Developing the next generation expert: What we learned fromunder-academically prepared students about academic self-efficacy inengineering and computingDr. Jennifer I Clark, Montana State University - Bozeman Jennifer Clark serves as the Student Success Coordinator for the Norm Asbjornson College of Engi- neering at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. Her research focuses on the retention of Freshman and Sophomore students in engineering and computing disciplines. As a scholarly practitioner, Jennifer considers factors involved in student persistence, building academic self-efficacy, re-defining
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20716Making People and Projects: Implications for Designing Making-Based Learn-ing ExperiencesDr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University Micah Lande, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering pro- grams and Tooker Professor at the Polytechnic School in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches human-centered engineering design thinking, making and design innovation project courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical
innovative ways to use microcontrollers and other technologies to en- hance Drexel’s Engineering Technology course offerings. Eric is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Computer Engineering at Drexel, and is an author of several technical papers in the field of Engineering Technology Education. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Work-In-Progress – Autonomous Robot Vehicle: Incorporating Coding and Manufacturing Concepts in a Freshman Engineering Design Course Lunal Khuon, Yalcin Ertekin, and M. Eric Carr Drexel University, lk479@drexel.edu, yme25@drexel.edu, mec82@drexel.eduAbstract - This work-in-progress paper describes a Studies and
Paper ID #24443Design Practica as Authentic Assessments in First-year Engineering DesignCoursesDr. Christopher McComb, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Christopher McComb is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs with courtesy appointments in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engi- neering and the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. He earned dual B.S. degrees in Civil and Mechanical Engineering from California State University Fresno as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University
Paper ID #24448GIFTS – Getting Students to Make Fact-Based Presentations in a First YearEngineering CourseDr. Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Ashish Borgaonkar works as Asst. Dean in the Office of the Dean, Newark College of Engineering, NJIT, Newark, NJ. He has taught several engineering courses primarily in the first year engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering departments and won multiple awards for excellence in instruc- tion. He also has worked on several programs and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as preparing students
Paper ID #24494GIFTS: Using Discussion Boards in First-Year Engineering Class and Stu-dent PerceptionsDr. Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State Uni- versity in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In 2012, Krista completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Her engineering education research interests include investigating first-year engineering student experiences, faculty experiences, and the
Paper ID #16899Designing Communications and Power for an Instrumentation System forNatural Resources Research in a Remote Mountainous LocationDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he teaches subjects in He received the PhD Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electrical power systems, and analog/mixed signal electronics. He has taught senior capstone design since 1985 at several universities. c
edge through innovation and help achieve thestrategic goals drive the learning needs. Today’s learning directors are asked to either develop in-house training or buy standard or customized training from university or other external providersto help succeed in critical projects that will either fulfill a contract requirement or develop aproduct or service. On the surface, the above is true for most organizations. However, in ourobservation as a university training provider to large engineering organizations, we have foundthat the learning models in each company differ from the others. In this paper, we report suchobservations with three different organizations.The University of Kansas has been providing technical training to large aerospace
single project, these barriers can beminimized, allowing students who were formerly segregated by classes to work together as acohesive unit to solve a problem.During the 2009-2010 academic year, students from the Electrical Engineering program workedwith a Civil Engineering Capstone Design team on the latter’s senior project. During the yearlong project, team meetings were held, requiring the students from each discipline to worktogether, share information, understand what the others were doing, and ultimately complete theproject successfully. Upon completion, students were asked to reflect on their experience andwhat they gained from it. This paper presents the project the students were engaged in, theassessment of the outcomes, and some of
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20686Curiosity and Connections (Entrepreneurial Mindset) in BME SophomoreDesignDr. Michael R. Caplan, Arizona State University Michael Caplan earned his undergraduate degrees from The University of Texas at Austin and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following post-doctoral research at Duke University Medical Center in Cell Biology, Michael joined the faculty of Arizona State University in 2003, and he is now an Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Caplan’s research focuses
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20679What Makes a Successful Engineering Student?Dr. Ruth E. Davis, Santa Clara University Ruth E. Davis is the Lee and Seymour Graff Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Engineering at Santa Clara University. Her dissertation ”Generating Correct Programs From Logic Specifications” won the 1979 ACM Doctoral Forum Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Computer Science. Dr. Davis was named a Distinguished Scientist of the ACM in fall 2006. She has done research in formal methods in software
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20707Application of Computational Tools to Enhance Understanding of ChemicalKinetics, Mechanisms, and Reactors: Examples in Air Pollutant Formationand ControlDr. Jean M. Andino P.E., Arizona State University Jean M. Andino is a faculty member in Chemical Engineering and Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Sciences at Harvard University and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Prior to
Paper ID #24660WIP: How Students Externalize Epistemologies: Describing How StudentsExplain, Ground, and Consciously Construct Their Definitions of Engineer-ing and Biomedical EngineeringDr. Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology Cristi L. Bell-Huff, PhD is a Lecturer in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University where she is involved in teaching and engineering education inno- vation and research. In addition to her PhD in Chemical Engineering, she also has an MA in Educational Studies. She has industrial experience in pharmaceutical product and process
say they know how to solve the equations and it is just that they have trouble with“word problems.” The problem is, of course, that in engineering, virtually all problems are wordproblems. Because of the advent of inexpensive, powerful computers to crunch numbers, it isnow very important that people be able to correctly interpret and express technical information.However, empirical evidence shows that students’ ability in this area has declined, rather thanimproved. This paper describes some specific issues in math literacy and the use of technology toaddress them. Examples are drawn from a junior-level data analysis course having a largefraction of international students. However, these issues are common in most engineeringcourses and occur
issues - technical, environmental, social, political, andeconomic. The senior civil engineering students are challenged to assess the problem withestablished infrastructure models, develop creative mitigating measures, and outline the inter-related technical and non-technical concerns. This project was developed to contribute to studentachievement of the three program outcomes described above and provide an experience forstudents to develop higher level skills within the cognitive and affective domains. This paperdetails the course, the complex problem and the established infrastructure models. The paper alsoreviews pedagogy on teaching students to develop solutions for such problems and describesintegration of these methods in the course. An
Paper ID #36369WIP: Identity-Based Bias in Undergraduate Peer AssessmentMiss Madison Jeffrey, University of Michigan Madison Jeffrey is a graduate candidate in the University of Michigan’s Masters in Higher Education program. With a focus on Management and Organizations, she’s interested in ways in which the system of higher education can adapt to become more accessible and equitable to students. She’s a research assistant at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering, where she works with a team of researchers responsible for Tandem, a software that monitors team performance to link students and instructors.Dr
Paper ID #36376Work-In-Progress: Tackling DEI Issues in the Classroom ThroughInteractive Historical FictionDr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University Dr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph is an Assistant Professor at Ohio Northern University in the Department of Electrical, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science (ECCS). Research interests include: Artifi- cial Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, Game Theory, Teaching Computer Science, STEM Outreach, Increasing diversity in STEM (women and first generation), and Software Engineering.Dr. John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University An active member of ASEE for over 25 years, Dr. John
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20721Combined Student Evaluation and Competition Class WorkDr. Majid Poshtan, Cal Poly Dr. Majid Poshtan obtained his PhD in EECE from Tulane University, New Orleans, USA in 2000. Dr. Poshtan has over 20 years of wide-ranging experience in EE academic and industry. He is an expert in electric power systems, transmission planning, short circuits studies and protection, condition moni- toring of generators, induction motors, transformers and power cables, substation design, power system computer simulators, and
thecurriculum in its existing power electronic and power system courses. These initiatives expandthe power systems laboratory curriculum to include a series of protection experiments. Thenewly-proposed set of laboratory experiments utilizes microprocessor-based protective relays togive students hands-on experience in power system protection. The experiments drive learningoutcomes which incorporate the theory and practice necessary for technical careers in today’spower industry. This paper presents an overview of the content and learning outcomes of theexperiments, in addition to initial student performance.IntroductionThe growing density of distributed energy resources (DERs) in utility circuits calls for newconsiderations in circuit planning and
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20655Strengthening Community College Engineering Programs through Alterna-tive Learning Strategies: Developing an Online Engineering Graphics CourseDr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of Engineering and Mathematics at Ca˜nada College in Redwood City, CA. He received a BS in Geodetic Engineering from the University of the Philippines, his MS in Geode- tic Science from the Ohio State University, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His
Paper ID #27172Work in Progress: Qualitative Insights from a Visual Expertise Experimentin Fluid MechanicsProf. Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver Katherine Goodman is assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver, and the associate director of Inworks, an interdisciplinary innovation lab. She completed her PhD at the ATLAS Institute in Tech- nology, Media, and Society at the University of Colorado Boulder. She also holds a B.S. in mathematics and a masters of professional writing.Dr. Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Hertzberg is currently Associate Professor of Mechanical
Paper ID #24431ARE POST-MILLENNIALS ENROLLED IN ENGINEERING MAJORS IN-CLINED TO BE SOCIALLY ACTIVE?Dr. David Gee, Gannon University FYS Coordinator, College of Engineering, Gannon Univ. ASME Student Chapter, Faculty Coordinator Asst. Professor of Mechanical Engineering 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25Are Post-millennials enrolled in engineering majors inclined to be socially active? David J. Gee Gannon University, gee004@gannon.eduAbstract – As part of a curriculum redesign for AY2009- eventually
Paper ID #24474Assessing the impact of a first-year experiential learning course on womenand underrepresented studentsDr. Liang Li Wu, University of California, Irvine Liang (Lily) Wu is the Director of Academic Innovation, Programs at the Henry Samueli School of En- gineering, University of California, Irvine. Dr. Wu is responsible for implementing, overseeing and assessing the first-year engineering program and international programs to enhance and support the engi- neering education at the School of Engineering. Dr. Wu received her Ph.D. degree in Material Science and Engineering from the University of California
Paper ID #24433Comparing First Year Engineering Students’ Math and Verbal ACT scoresand Performance in Introductory Engineering and Composition Courses.Dr. Michelle E Jarvie-Eggart P.E., Michigan Technological University Dr. Jarvie-Eggart is a registered professional engineer with over a decade of experience as an environ- mental engineer. She lectures in the Engineering Fundamentals department at Michigan Technological University. Her research interests include online learning, active and collaborative learning, sustainability and diversity in engineering.Dr. Laura Kasson Fiss, Michigan Technological University Laura
Paper ID #24423Mapping Entrepreneurial Minded Learning with the Longitudinal Model ofMotivation and Identity in First-Year EngineeringMs. Renee Desing, Ohio State University Renee Desing is currently a graduate student at the Ohio State University in the Department of Engi- neering Education. Ms. Desing holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Pennsylvania State University. Most recently, Ms. Desing worked as a managing consultant for IBM Public Sector Advanced Analytics.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State
Paper ID #24453On the Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Parts for Design OptimizationDr. Louie Elliott, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Work in Progress: On the Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Parts for Design Optimization Louie Elliott, Chantz Yanagida, and Jordan Raines University of Tennessee Chattanooga louie-elliott@utc.edu, hiroshi-yanagida@mocs.utc.edu, jordan-raines@mocs.utc.eduAbstract - This paper reports on a work-in-progress printing process. In this