Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Sergio Mendez; Lisa AungYong

versus time cooling profile. There is heat conduction through the solid,and convective heat transfer to the ambient air. The students then compare the temperatureprofile with the results from a computer simulation. The two teaching aims are 1) for students toperform a hands-on activity that enables them to make the connection between textbook conceptsand real-world observation, and 2) to give students the skills to employ the state-of-the-art, user-friendly, commercially available computer modeling software, COMSOL Multiphysics. Theeffectiveness of this teaching module was assessed with student opinion surveys. Based on theseresults, we found that this module improved student understanding of heat transfer, and that theirlevel of enthusiasm

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Karen S. Hays

anindividual, one hour review of their project with the safety officer. Students describe their labprotocol, show the safety officer their work space and the chemicals with which they work.Then, the students with the safety officer conduct a hazard analysis. Assessments are made toensure that their personal protective equipment is adequate for their work. The need forrespiratory protection is assessed, and if needed, the paperwork is done, the doctor’s appointmentis made and the student is fit tested for the appropriate respirator. Students are given the “Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas Mertz

in advanced courses that required team projects weresurveyed about the usefulness of the earlier experience. The purpose of the experiment was toinvestigate how one might adequately manage a large team project whose team members arefreshmen and whether or not large team projects are useful at the freshman level. This paperdescribes the projects, the management and assessment of the teams, the instructor's perceptionof the experience and the results of the student surveys.IntroductionAlthough the advantages of cooperative learning in engineering classes have been extolled for atleast a decade [6], I more or less stumbled upon it in early 2003, lured by two events. The firstwas preparing academic assessment program outcomes that embody those

Collection

2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Alexey Yamilov

  Teaching an Undergraduate Nanotechnology Course Online Alexey Yamilov Department of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO 65409AbstractWith a support from National Science Foundation, an upper-level undergraduate online course“Nanostructures: An Introduction” was developed and taught as a component of MissouriPhysics Collaboration and Missouri Alliance for Collaborative Education (MACE) initiatives.Students from six different university campuses throughout the state of Missouri haveparticipated. This paper describes the choice of delivery technology as well as adapting thecourse content and assessment strategy for the

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Andrew Braham; Ashlea Milburn Bennett; Jeton McClinton

that the functionality ofthe social media platform is adequate as a course management system. To determine theadequacy of LinkedIn, student experience using Blackboard was compared to student experienceusing LinkedIn. Of the 17 students who took the Spring 2012 Sustainability in Civil Engineeringcourse, all had taken at least one course during their studies that utilized Blackboard, thus theywere qualified to make this comparison. The comparison assessed usefulness of, ease of use of,and appreciation for nine frequently employed course management system functions : postinggrades, posting handouts, posting homework, posting lectures, leading discussions, submittinghomework, taking quizzes, updating course calendar, and sending notifications. In

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Garth V. Crosby

curriculum. The first method is to supply the studentwith a laboratory kit via the postal system. The student then would be required, after limitedassembling of the kit, to perform the experiments by his/herself, without interaction withothers, based on written instructions. Assessment of learning is done through the evaluationof the results reported by the student, which is submitted to the instructor via snail mail orelectronically. The main problems with this approach are: 1) the pedagogical approach doesnot encourage nor facilitate collaboration, hence the students have to conduct theirexperiments on their own with little or no interaction with other students or the instructor, 2)typically, the kits do not have advance instruments such as

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Muhammet Ceylan; Aybala Usta; Fatma Barut; Ramazan Asmatulu

WSU students.These assessment studies showed that more than 95% of freshmen students who joined thenanotechnology training sessions during these last two semesters indicated that they planned onremaining in their current programs in the following years. As a result, this study shows that thenanotechnology education is one of the major options for keeping freshmen students in theirprograms.Keywords: Freshmen Students, Retention and Success, Nanotechnology, Hands-on Experience.1. Introduction1.1 MotivationRetention and success rates of freshmen students at Wichita State University (WSU) are one ofthe most important measures of performance. Although a number of different programs in thecolleges have been implemented to increase retention and

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; S. Hossein Cheraghi; Janet Twomey

processes are assemblyoperations which incur rework for any defective assemblies. The student teamsdetermine the number of each resource (machines and workers), the batch size,order quantities, and whether to make or buy the interior.For more details concerning the Shockerphant factory and the project itself, pleasesee the web site at: http://models.wichita.edu/shockersim/ which includes a user’smanual, web lectures on its use, an assessment rubric, a virtual reality model fileof the factory, a flash movie file describing the factory, the production sequencediagram, and the bill of material. The simulation-based factory has been testedand improved and then used for eleven semesters at WSU (Spring and Fall of2002 through Spring 2007) with each class

Collection

2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Pedro Leite, Kansas State University at Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University at Salina

multicultural leadership. Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3TAC/ABET Learning OutcomesAnother framework that will be taken into consideration is related to the TAC/ABET(Technology Assessment Commission/Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)accreditation document. There are eleven student learning outcomes ranging from technicalskills to personal traits to citizenship. This project will focus on the student learning outcomeknown simply as outcome j. It states that graduates will demonstrate “respect for diversity andknowledge of contemporary professional, societal

Collection

2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rena Hixon; Steve E. Watkins; Sean J. Bentley; Marcus Huggans

based on Robolab and Lego systems.The technical culmination of the competition is to build and program a Lego vehicle for a fastand slow race. The winners create the fastest vehicle for a five-meter race and the slowestvehicle for a 0.5-meter race. Other objectives such as following a line through a simple coursecould be used. The approach consists of an afternoon training session and an eveningcompetition. The training incorporates fundamental concepts of engineering and softwareprogramming. This competition was implemented and assessed for precollege teachers andstudents at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2005 technical conference. The intent was to provide anoutreach hands-on experience in engineering to complement the participation of the

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Engineering Curriculum, or How to Build a Dog House Carl A. Erikson, Jr, Department of Engineering, Messiah CollegeI.A.4. The Design Science/Global Solutions Lab: Interdisciplinary Problem/Project-Based Research and Learning Medard GabelSession I.B. AEC 315 - Innovative experiences in local/global/community learningI.B.1. Supporting and Assessing Service Learning of Engineers Without Borders Student Chapters Joshua H. Smitha and David Brandesb Departments of aMechanical and bCivil & Environmental Engineering, Lafayette CollegeI.B.2. Design of Sustainable Hand-Powered Water Pumps for Burkina Faso Timothy B. Whitmoyer, Messiah CollegeI.B.3. Educating ECE Majors for a Global Environment

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank T. Fisher; Hong Man

engaging real-world examples of cutting edge research in the area of nanotechnology; • introducing undergraduates at the earliest stages to the academic research environment; and • developing a methodology and mechanism with which faculty can utilize multimedia technology to further integrate their research and teaching efforts.The modules under development will form the basis of a growing library of materialsdocumenting undergraduate nanotechnology research and readily available to all students.Ongoing assessment and evaluation efforts are addressing whether exposure to academicresearch early in the curriculum will broaden the pool of undergraduates who considerparticipating in such research, encourage these students to

Collection

2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

L. Kuczynski; C. McGuinness; S. Farrell; B. G. Lefebvre; C. S. Slater

that we could examine.A confidentiality agreement was signed which limits the amount of information we can reveal 4about the drug and the manufacturing process. A cancer drug in the early stages of developmentwas selected. The team then met to set and review project goals/objectives. The initial part of the project involved a review of process development documentation and apilot plant visit to understand equipment issues. The basic data on raw materials, products,byproducts of the process were analyzed. Green engineering metrics for lab-scale (discovery),intermediate and pilot-scale processes were compared. Life cycle assessment was made usingoverall material and energy balances along

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bryndol Sones

an MCNP5/X project relating to the students’ capstone design project. Students are required to use their MCNP5/X results to write a simulated conference proceeding (American Nuclear Society transaction). This focus on results and publication seeds a methodology for the remainder of the two-semester capstone experience. Students become MCNP5/X5 experts using the code for feasibility studies, validation, and in some cases critical calculations for their design project. This paper discusses the MCNP5/X thread, the rationale for its methodology, an assessment of its effectiveness, and future modifications to the learning model. Key words: MCNP, monte carlo transport

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

team, the most important attribute beingthe development of a consciousness of how you may come across and be perceived by others.What really counts in the final analysis of any project or team output are perceptions. In order togive the words in the lectures and the text verisimilitude all students are required to submit a oneparagraph confidential assessment of their contribution to the team effort in each project, theymust also include assessments of the contributions of their colleagues and recommend and justifysuitable shares of a virtual bonus award of $10,000. Bonus award recommendations are collatedand the average bonus for each team member is reported using the Blackboard SystemTM. Thecurve showing the distribution across the whole

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank M. Clemente

without casing. In the lattercase, bentonite slurry may be used to keep the borehole open. All of the soil boring and rockcoring operations and methods of sample recovery and in-situ tests have specific advantages aswell as disadvantages, which the geo-professionals must be aware of in order to obtain a validillustration of the underground conditions.If sufficient information is obtained from the borings and the laboratory and in-situ tests, then ageneralized soil layered profile may be developed. Idealized sections, including designparameters, may then be drawn for conducting soil mechanics analyses in order to assess soilbearing capacity in support of individual footings or large structural mats, estimate magnitudesand rates of settlements and

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bert Davy; Indranil Goswami; Jiang Li; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; Charles Oluokun; Arcadio Sincero

benchmark objectives. The 1 credit course, a with a total meeting timeof 30 hours over a 15-week semester, consisted of approximately 10-12 hours in class dedicatedto the design project, with an additional 4-6 hours in various forms of reporting. Teams wererequired to submit a written proposal and a final report, as well as make a formal teampresentation of their design.A very detailed course assessment tool was used to obtain student feedback at the conclusion ofthe exercise. This (assessment) included self and peer assessment by the students in reference tothe team design project. Students were also asked to provide detailed feedback about the qualityand relevance of lectures and the quality of instructions and specifications about the project.In

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis

: Societal Impact Vending machines Technological Implications Example: Modeling of complex problems/computer simulation Relevance To Connections Present Day Figure 2.0: Example Course Structure -Schematics of Strategy for MathAt the end of each grade year, an assessment would be conducted to evaluate the level of capability,connections, confidence and cognition (4C’s) developed. This is the second level of the model and can beseen as taking stock of the quality and amount of imprinting already accomplished. It is to be noted

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

John Hartke; Robert Kewley; Greg Kilby; Greg Schwarz; Gunnar Tamm

• Legal- relative compliance with international lawThese functions led to objectives and ultimately weighted performance measures that could be used toassess the relative value of different design alternatives. Figure 1 shows the results of this process for the“Engage Target” function. Figure 1. Functional and value analysis for SSHCL.Given the objectives and measures of effectiveness from the value analysis, the design team was able toenter a values-based creative effort to develop design alternatives that achieved the stated objectives.These objectives and values further focused the team through development of screening criteria to ruleout infeasible designs and scoring criteria to assess design trade-offs

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yiming (Kevin) Rong

. Portable Intravenous (I.V.) Stand Design Tongji Hospital 3. Automated Packaging Machine Design Zhejiang Factory for Paper Clips2007 in USA 4. Assessment of roll forming practice CIS 5. Work Scheduling of Production St. Gobain 1. Lean Manufacturing Implementation Amphenol TCS2007 in China 2. Chip Recycling of BZZ grinding Processes St. Gobain 3. Signal Characterization of OD grinding St. Gobain 4. Evaluation of Industrial Robots Course WPI CIS

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

includes monitoring oftemperature, wind speed and direction and a simulated hazardous gas (carbon dioxide).Each of these projects is viewed as a system and groups are required to proceed through the first fourstages of the total design process, developing context diagrams and use cases on their selected concept.Figure 3. Engineering Design II Crane ProjectFor the conceptual stage, the use of a systematic evaluation of their ideas is encouraged through the use ofa Pugh Matrix1 in which concepts are plotted versus customer acceptance criteria and are each rated basedon an assessment of whether the concept can meet, exceed or does not meet each of the criteria. The fifthstage would be to develop system specifications to guide the physical realization

Conference Session

Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Lane Kicklighter P.E., University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation Division (INST)

running on a desktop computer.The desktop computer and the PLC communicate via Modbus. The subject of the simulationis control of water level in a tank.The course is open to all juniors and seniors in all programs in the Engineering Department.It covers programming of PLCs, process control, and industrial networks.Direct assessment in the form of labs graded with a rubric and indirect assessment in theform of an end of semester survey of learning outcomes is presented to illustrate studentperformance.IntroductionProcess control is a common topic in automation courses and the labs related to processcontrol usually involve some sort of process trainer. Our department has four process trainersthat allow control of water level, flow rate, pressure

Conference Session

Best of Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

and active learning. It is not possible to learn these concepts bydoing only mathematical problems. It is also important for instructors to follow goodpedagogical practices including having clear learning objectives and assessments. 1. Identify possible sociotechnical collaborators 2. Identify a salient course topic that has broader social and environmental implications 3. Identify, add or update existing course learning objectives and/or ABET student outcome that this sociotechnical course topic aligns with 4. Create learning objectives for specific sociotechnical modules 5. Create modules by designing activities for homework before and/or after class session(s) as well as class session(s) that

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Umer Farooq, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A and M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

actual classrooms.Observers must practice coding in at least two such lectures. Following the practice, observerresearchers must take an inter-rater reliability (IRR) test using the TDOP website. In this IRRtest, observer researchers will independently code a class to assess agreement levels. The processwill be repeated to ensure the data collection reliability until a desirable level of 0.85 is achieved,as recommended by the protocol guidelines. A survey will be disseminated in pre- and post-manner to assess students' perceptions ofinstructional practices being used in the classroom and how they think they impact theirengagement. For the instructional practices perception, we used an existing validated instrumentdesigned using an ICAP lens

Conference Session

Charting Inclusivity: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Technology in Engineering and Computing Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecilé Sadler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alicia Nicki Washington, Duke University; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

education [13], [14], itprimarily focuses on how lack of privilege serves as a barrier to entry into academic computingspaces [1], [15]. More research is required to better assess the different and nuanced waysprivilege manifests in computing environments. This work expands prior work by 1) focusing onmultiple axes of identity, 2) emphasizing computing contexts, and 3) using an intersectionalapproach to understand the results. The proposed Computing Privilege Inventory (CPI) seeks tounpack the invisible assets afforded to groups overrepresented in technical spheres. Quantifyingprivilege disparities is an initial step toward dismantling barriers and creating more inclusivecomputing spaces where all identities are welcomed and valued.Positionality

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 20

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Buten, University of Michigan; Jack Boomer Perry, University of Michigan; Cindy Wheaton, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

focus group structure was inspired by Group Level Assessment and follows the stagesof generating, appreciating, reflecting, and understanding. During the generating, appreciating, andreflecting stages the students created a graphical representation of their project teams based on activitysystems from Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). Activity systems are used to represent asystem, such as project teams holistically and are composed of six categories: the members, the toolsused, the rules, the surrounding community, the way work is divided, and the goal of the activity. Thenstudents completed another iteration with their diagrams by adding the skills that they have learned fromtheir project team experience based on the Student

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kevin Scoles

of HOMER software from HOMER Energy. Several weeks of tutorials areperformed in HOMER before projects begin so students are comfortable with the software andcan concentrate on system design choices.This paper reviews the course learning goals, course design and delivery, project details, andcourse assessment results.I. IntroductionAn introduction to renewable energy course was added to the undergraduate ECE curriculum tofill a gap in the electric power program. The course is intended to draw an audience from acrossengineering and science. It is offered as an elective at the pre-junior/junior (3rd or 4th year)level. Course prerequisites have been kept to a minimum, and include calculus and physicsappropriate for the student’s major. Concepts

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert T. Bailey

the traditional method; and (2) the 2010 and 2011 classes (42students), who were taught by the author using the revised method. Student performance wasassessed by examining the Statics grade distributions in each cohort as well as the final examscores. (The same final exam was administered to each class.) In addition, perceived learningwas assessed via questionnaires that asked the students to evaluate their proficiency relative toseven specific course learning objectives. Student grades in freshman Calculus and Physics werealso examined to help identify a priori differences in cohort capabilities.Overall, quantitative analysis suggests that the revised approach did not significantly improvestudent learning. In fact a decrease in student

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

William E Kelly

 report. In one 2015 brief though, Mader and Rammel call for a  25​transformation of higher education.​    They note that infusion of sustainable development into higher education has been going on for more than  20 years with a long way still to go. It is about that long in engineering with the first attempt to add sustainability to the ABET engineering criteria in 1994. Mader and Rammel argue for infusion of sustainability at the institutional level  Spring 2016 Mid­Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8­9, 2016 GWU    and based on their research conclude that this would need to be driven by a requirement for assessment. The same could be said

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

James Roche

content totheir curricula that directly supports education in those fields. Students were also given theopportunity to interact with an off-campus client, which provided an additional uniqueexperience that is not typically found in the classroom. This interaction allowed students tofurther develop their project management and communication skills. This paper will describe theresults of the project, assess the methodologies used to educate the students and review theimpacts of this approach on incorporating novel content into an engineering curriculum.IntroductionHow can students be taught new ideas in emerging technologies in a timely manner? This is achallenge many universities face, incorporating novel content into their curricula