Conference Session

Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Sheila Vaidya, Drexel University; Stacey Ake, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

morality as the determination of right and wrong behavior while ethics is the processby which morals are synthesized into a coherent system. Furthermore, we adopt three primarypropositions: 1. Morality is intimately involved with everyday experiences; 2. Morality and Ethics can, and should be taught; 3. Moral reflection is an important daily occurrence – Socrates The first proposition is in responses to students (and faculty, administrators, staff, etc.)who consider their daily activities to be outside the range of activities to which moral judgmentsshould be applied. This is what allows students to excuse plagiarism – it is a common activity towhich such esoteric philosophical musings as considerations of

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Benjamin D. Chambers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Matthew B. James, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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First-Year Programs

education because of the fast-pacedadvancement of the engineering field. First year general engineering programs are widelyimplemented and are designed to help students transition into engineering programs and todevelop engagement with the engineering field, to develop foundational technical andprofessional skills, and to help students select their engineering major [2]. First year programsare continuously changing to effectively serve their main stakeholders. For example, engineeringdepartments have high expectations of how first year programs will prepare their students.Similarly, first year programs need to understand current trends in the engineering field to beable to develop relevant content to engage students. Hence, understanding how such

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University; John Norris, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

values.) Setting the Penalty Point for the lowest and highest GPAs to larger values willhelp ensure that teams will have students with both a lowest and a highest GPA, but not morethan one in each category.Use of these criteria for GPA generally produces teams having an average GPA within 0.15 (on a4-point scale) of the average GPA for the entire class. Statistical analysis using Levene’sHomogeneity of Variance (Levene, 1960)13 was used to determine that the variance among GPAacross groups was not statistically different.Logic for selection of students for teams with desired grades in a selected course – Columnslabeled “Class 164 a” and “Class 164 b” (Graphics For Civil Engineering And Construction) inTable 1 illustrates the procedure for

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

made the class more interesting and allowed studentsto practice the material learned in the lecture. Such in-class exercises give an immediatefeedback to the students on how well they understood the concepts presented in class.The material is still fresh in their mind. Using it immediately in a practical settingimproves its assimilation and retention. The instructor was available during the time thestudents worked on the exercises to give feedback, address important issues, and correctany misunderstandings.There were twenty in-class computer exercises (at least one for each module). The topicsof the exercises are listed below: 1. Introduction to MATLAB (five exercises): • Setting up the MATLAB environment. Using the diary command

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jammie Hoskin; Brad Wambeke; Ronald Welch

Session 3515 Classical Analysis Techniques Set the Stage for Mastery of Computer Analysis Techniques MAJ Brad Wambeke MAJ Jammie Hoskin COL Ronald W. Welch United States Military AcademyAbstractThis paper describes the successful use of classical analysis techniques by the ABET-accredited CE program at the U.S. Military Academy to assist students in unlocking themysteries embedded in commercial structural analysis programs that are based on theDirect Stiffness Method. We believe that students

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Frame

Session 2125 Integrating PLM Methods into the Undergraduate Curriculum Russell T. Frame, Charles Pezeshki, M. Grant Norton School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164Abstract The methodology used to design new products is changing as computertechnology advances. Companies worldwide are adopting Product Lifecycle Management(PLM) solutions to stay competitive. This technology allows control of all aspects of thedesign process from initial concept to obsolescence and disposal. A database manages allinformation, controls access to data, and lets

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron G. Ball, Brigham Young University; Alan R. Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young Univeristy; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Holt Zaugg, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

programs that were evaluated in this study are discussed.Although it is recognized that collaborative research projects and global teaming with partnersabroad may be very different activities requiring unique collaborative techniques, they aregrouped here to remain consistent with the categorization scheme used in the literature (seeTable 1). In general, programs of this type take advantage of communication technologies toenable students or teams of students to participate in research or other teaming projects withstudents at other universities. These programs can be small, consisting of only a few students ata couple of universities, to large-scale projects coordinated through multiple universities.Through collaborative research and global

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-3610: ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH HOME-WORK INTERVENTION METHODDr. Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee UniversityProf. Raghu Echempati, Kettering University Raghu Echempati is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He has several years of teaching, research, and consulting experience. He is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and SAE. He has more than 100 technical paper publications in journals and conference proceedings of repute. He has chaired several sessions at national and international conferences and delivered numerous invited talks and keynote addresses. He has reviewed several textbooks, journal papers, and conference papers. He is an active member of many conference

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Hendricks

. Page 6.189.9 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 4: General views of the cleanroom in operation.The equipment described above, as well as basic cleanroom furniture (benches, wire shelving,work tables, etc.) have been arranged as shown in Figure 1. This set-up has been designed toallow up to four teams of four students each, plus teaching assistants and lab managers, toefficiently work simultaneously. Adequate space, as well as vacuum and gas hook-ups, havebeen provided to allow us to add additional processing and characterization tools in the future.General views

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip R. Rosenkrantz

objectivesare published as follows:1. Prepare the student to function and provide leadership in today’s highly technical environment;2. Enhance the student’s ability to communicate by oral, graphic, written and electronic means to describe engineering challenges and their solutions;3. Prepare students to solve unstructured problems through analytical means and to synthesize, analyze, and critically evaluate their solutions;4. Develop a knowledge of and appreciation for the solution of engineering problems through the use of teams;5. Instill the habit of life-long learning and professional growth in engineering practice;6. Develop the competence in the chosen discipline to assure that the graduate

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree; Wendy Newstetter; Jennifer Turns

concepts throughcomplex design experiences. In our design class, ME3110: Creative Decisions and Design [11],student teams work through a structured design process in order to 1) design and build a complexmechanical artifact and 2) learn general lessons about doing engineering design, working inteams, and learning from experience. In such an environment, students, under pressure to get thework done, may develop a task focus rather than a learning focus [12]. They often forget aboutthe overall learning goals of the class (i.e., learn how to work in a team) in the midst of thedemands of the project. The learning essay is an activity we use to get students to step awayfrom the details of their personal design experience and reflect on what they can

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Stephen M. Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

,when examined over the ten year period 1997 to 2007, the rate of NGR actions taken by theABET Engineering Accreditation Commission fell from 78% to 67%.A plenary session at the 2009 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department HeadsAssociation (ECEDHA) Annual Meeting focused on determining suggestions for improving theABET accreditation process. Subsequently, four subcommittees were formed and charged withgathering data and reporting findings at the 2010 ECEDHA Annual Meeting. The subcommitteefor determining what constitutes sufficiency for assessment readily concluded that the area of Page 22.1182.2program educational objectives was in

Conference Session

Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatima Naeem Abdurrahman, University of Maryland, College Park; Sona Chudamani, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland College Park; Jennifer Radoff, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

set of 12 focus groups from which we draw this paper’s case study, they used theseco-occurring themes to illustrate a distinction between ideologically “narrow” and “expansive”stances students can occupy in the design process. These themes are (1) types of solutions, (2)how the store context is modeled, (3) how qualities of actors and their needs are constructed, and(4) values used to evaluate solutions or approaches. We summarize their distinctions in Table 1. Table 1: Analytical Framework from Radoff et al. 2022 Narrow Expansive Solution Uncritical consideration of Critical consideration of a range of a range of type: technocentric solutions socio-technical

Conference Session

Transfer Programs at Two-Year Colleges in Engineering and Engineering Technology

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Kiremire; Gerry Caskey; Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University; Matthew Johnson, Louisiana Tech University

STEM-oriented school afforded continuous and effective curriculumdevelopment.Lastly, the team’s willingness to adapt, aside from the changes precipitated by COVID-19, hasconsistently proven beneficial. As they have received formative feedback from AROS, they havetaken steps to correct or adjust their processes, communication, and anything else that wouldfurther the effectiveness of Project COMPLETE.References Cited[1] H.T. Kasper, “The changing role of community college,” Occupational Outlook Quarterly,pp. 14-21, Winter 2002-2003. [Online]. Available: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2002/winter/art02.pdf. [Accessed Jan. 31, 2022].[2] National Center for Education Statistics, “Trend generator,” 2020. [Online

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

design and technology education," Teaching and Teacher Education, 18, 35-49.13. Baker, D. & Leary, R. (1995). “Letting Girls Speak out About Science,” Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1, 3-27.14. Busch-Vichniac, I.J. and Jarosz, J.P. (2004). “Can diversity in the undergraduate engineering population be enhanced through curricular change?” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering Education, 10, 255-281.15. Baker, D., Yasar, S., Robinson-Kurpius, S., Krause, S., and Roberts, C. (2005). Helping Teachers Infuse Design, Engineering, and Technology into the K-12 curriculum. Interactive Poster session presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Dallas, TX.16

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Department at RIT. He has worked with the NASA Technical Standards Program applying semantic web, formal modeling, information retrieval, and other advanced information technology to better create, manage, find, deliver, and use standards and lessons learned for aerospace system engineering. He is now applying these technologies in development of tools for collaborative learning in software engineering courses and projects. Dr. Hawker is a member of the IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, ACM, American Society for Engineering Education, Standards Engineering Society, and the Association of Aerospace Standards Users

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Riggins; Bruce Mutter

journal articles or may be entered into contests.The instructor of record was Dr. Robert N. Riggins, but a project advisor could be any instructorin the ELET Department (not necessarily the ELET 492 course instructor). It was the student’sjob to find a faculty member willing to act as project advisor to the student’s project. Theresponsibilities of the project advisor include the following: (1) Provide technical guidance throughout the duration of the project (2) Maintain contact by meeting with the student(s) at least once a week to monitor progress (3) Order project parts if finances allow. In the case of inadequate finances, then the project advisor must

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

Session 2547 Applying a Global Ethic in Engineering Organizations James E. Globig University of DaytonAbstractThe 1980s and early 90s were times of design and manufacturing “catch up” for manycompanies. The American consumer began to look to other countries to satisfy their demandsas the label of “Made in America” came to be seen as shorthand for increased cost and lowquality. In embarking on the new product catch up era, many manufacturers chose to terminatetheir technical and middle management employees and adopt “outsourcing” as a way to acquirelabor

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Theresa A. Good, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Laurent Simon, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John P. O'Connell, University of Virginia; Jeffrey John Chalmers, Ohio State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

outcomes of interdisciplinarity in the engineering classroom. European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009. 34(1): p. 29-45.9. Komives, C., et al., Integration of Biological Applications into the Core Undergraduate Curriculum: A Practical Strategy. Chemical Engineering Education, 2011. 45(1): p. 39-46.Appendix: Student TestKey: Blue colors were included on the actual test, purple is the solutions and additional information that was not on the actual test given to the students.Please use a watch to help you estimate the approximate amount of time it takes you to answer eachof the 8 technical questions. Page

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Shawn Addington

Page 7.131.13“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Appendix 6 FE Exam SurveyPlease rate your achievement on each of the following topics on a scale of 1 (low) to 5(high) : Morning Session (General) Afternoon Session (EE Specific)1 2 3 4 5 Subject Area 1 2 3 4 5 Subject Area Chemistry Analog Computers Communication Dynamics

Conference Session

How We Tackled the Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ashley J. Earle, York College of Pennsylvania; Alison R. Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

student body anonymously at the end ofeach semester impacted by COVID-19 (Spring 2020, Summer 2020, and Fall 2020). Studentswere asked to answer survey questions considering their engineering and computer sciencecourses only. The survey was sent by e-mail within the last two weeks of the semester and thesurvey closed for responses approximately one month after the initial release date. All responseswere reflective as we did not survey students at the start of the semester. Five percent of studentswere randomly selected (via random number generation) to receive a $25 Amazon gift card asincentive to complete the survey after completion. The survey was broken down into thefollowing sections: 1) attitude toward remote learning, 2) personal challenges

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Rachel Reed, Calvin College; Crystal Bruxvoort, Calvin College; Neil Carlson, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

with anengineering degree.1 By comparison, 70% of undergraduates from all majors at 4-yearinstitutions had either graduated or were still enrolled after five years.2 This low retention rate iscounterintuitive; one might expect the retention rate among engineering students to be higherthan the general college population, as engineering programs often have more rigorous entrancerequirements and thus attract a very capable subset of students.However, even if engineering retention was keeping pace with other programs, the pure retentionpercentages may very well miss the real story. The issue may not be simply whether enoughstudents are graduating in engineering, but additionally what types of students are graduating. Ifthe current system of

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Sacks, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

engineering choices.As an art form, film has inherent value in: the richness of the human experience captured in itthat is shared by its audience; the pleasure and insight the experience of viewing film brings tothe audience; the creative integration of narrative, composition, perspective, and techniquecommanded by a team of producer(s), director(s), writers, actors, cameramen, film editors, setdesigners, etc.; the cultural moment it expresses and reveals as it is created and produced; and, itsstaying power as it is viewed, experienced and interpreted over time. Film enables this artisticand technical collective to transform moving image, creating symbols and exploring themes andmyth which mirror other art forms, all of which depend upon technologies

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Resnick definecomputational concepts (also referred to as CT concepts) as the “concepts that designersemploy as they program.” To encompass more fields, CT concepts are generalized as theusage of one of the computer science principles listed in Table 1 in solving a problem: Table 1 Computational Thinking Concepts and Related Computer Science Principles Abbr. Description ALG Algorithmic thinking – sequence of steps that complete a task. Operators and expressions are also included. ABS Abstraction – generalized representation of a complex problem, ignoring extraneous information DEC Problem decomposition – breaking a problem into smaller, more manageable parts that can be solved independently of each other

Conference Session

Before the Capstone: Project-based Experiences Early in the Curriculum

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mary Roth, Lafayette College; Haritha Malladi, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

(b) the various stages of a life cycle as related to assessment of products ● describe, using examples, the complexity of life cycles even for simple products ● describe what outcomes might be anticipated if a life cycle approach is not integrated into product design ● describe the four major phases of a life cycle analysisA typical schedule for the LCA module is shown in Figure 1. During the first four weeks of themodule, students are introduced to sustainability and the basic concepts required to perform lifecycle assessment. Class sessions also include introductions to design thinking, engineeringcommunication, teamwork and project management.To prepare the students for their final project, an open educational resource

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gesink; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad

form for each teammate. Print the name of the teammateon the following line.NAME (of teammate)__________________________________ Date ______________In items 1-10, give your evaluation using the following 1 to 5 scale. 5 - Far superior. Ranks first among all I know. 4 - Better. Ranks in top half. 3 - Same as most I know. An average performer. 2 - Must do better. Lacks a little. 1 - Very poor. Ranks last.Is this person: 1. Knowledgeable and technically competent? . . . . _____ 2. Creative - an idea source? . . . . . _____ 3. Willing to take responsibility

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

that was held from July19th to July 31st. Mornings were generally devoted to lecture sessions, with group activities andhands-on workshops in the afternoon to reinforce concepts learned from the lectures. Mostevenings were devoted to working on group projects. Page 15.704.93.1 Profile of SEI StudentsDue to budgetary constraints, the implementation of the 2009 Summer Engineering Institute wasdone in partnership with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). There were 54participants; 25 were jointly recruited by Cañada College and San Francisco State University,and 29 were recruited by Caltrans. For the purpose of this paper, only

Conference Session

Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

Transformation. Generally, the board notes should include both the pertinent theory for the lesson, and an example problem that illustrates the principle Page 8.693.2 covered. Each block represents what, where, and how the minimum material is best presented Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education for a distinct section of blackboard space. Some instructors use four blocks (as shown in Figure 1) and others place six blocks on a sheet of paper based on their experience relating paper size to board space

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjay Joshi; Richard Wysk; D.J. Medeiros; Amine Lehtihet; Timothy Simpson

performance is based on three elements: (1) regularly scheduled designreviews, (2) final project presentations, and (3) the students’ design notebooks. The designreviews occur after completion of each of the major tasks. Each team makes a brief computer-based presentation of their activities and results on the task, immediately followed by an in-depthcritical question and answer session. The faculty serve as reviewers; they seek to establish thecapabilities and limitations of each design, help the students to anticipate future problems, andprovide verbal feedback on the quality of their work. A written review of team performance isprovided after each design review. The written review includes a numerical score on variousattributes and specific

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Leah Rineck; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ethan V Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

, oncethose students are attracted to a STEM field, the colleges and universities must provide anattractive, nurturing environment designed to allow a wide range of students to succeed, whilestill providing a rigorous education. Page 22.654.2The College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has generally been able to attract as many students into its engineering andcomputer science programs as for whom it can provide quality educations. But the graduationrates have been much lower than desired. For example, the 6-year graduation rate for Fall 2004incoming freshmen for the college was 26.3