Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

Approach to Integrating Designand Manufacturing into Engineering Curricula. ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 86, No.2, April 1997.3 George D. Paterson, Engineering Criteria 2000: A Bold New Change Agent, ASEE PRISM, September, 1997.4 Gloria M. Rogers and Jean K. Sando, Stepping Ahead: An Assessment Plan Development Guide, Foundation Coalition, 1996.methods and tools and, finally, the elaboration of feedback mechanisms. Data collection requiresthe development of assessment instruments focused for appropriate audiences.Either prompted by EC-2000 or by the desire to improve quality standards, engineering programshave started to gather data for use in appraisal and improvements efforts in their institutionalprograms. For example, the

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Gardner, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Amy Moll, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, 2002. 43(4): p. 397-421.5. Haglund, D.K., J. Kushner, and J.K. Marrin. Developing a Philosophy of Practice: A New Approach to Curricular Evolution in Engineering Education a the University of Wisconsin. in ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. 2003. Nashville, TN.6. Litzler, E., C. Clairborne, and S.G. Brainard. Five Years Later: The Institutionalization and Sustainability of ADVANCE. in ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. 2007. Honolulu, HI.7. Pyke, P., J. Gardner, M. Belcheir, J. Hampikian, A. Moll, and C. Schrader. An Innovated Method to Realistically Track Engineering Student Retention and Academic Progress. in 2007 Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition. 2007. Honolulu, HI.8. Supplemental

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster; Mohan Krishnan; Shuvra Das; Sandra Yost

) toaddress the need of industrial partners to have engineers educated in the principles andapplications of mechatronics, (b) to improve student competencies in communication skills,teamwork, and project management through the increased use of team-oriented, project-based,interdisciplinary approaches to instruction in mechatronics, (c) to increase in engineeringstudents an appreciation for lifelong learning by delivering instruction in mechatronics to thispopulation, and (d) to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities inengineering by engaging the freshmen and pre-college populations in hands-on instruction insensors and actuators.To achieve these goals, a number of activities are planned. Two new courses in

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Smerdon

rapidly than ever before. To its credit, ABET in the last decade has made substantivechanges in accreditation procedures for engineering programs. The change from focusingevaluations on input measures to an outcomes based approach with much more flexibility is inline with total quality improvement concepts. The fact that each program to be accredited musthave detailed published educational objectives that are consistent with the mission of theinstitution provides potential for variations in the programs and no longer are engineeringeducation programs necessarily in lock-step (1). Differences and uniqueness in individualprograms are valued.Today’s engineering graduates must develop better professional skills to go along with theirhistoric strength

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Dally; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

with desired objectives of the curriculum areas.This paper describes the integration of Experiential and Service Learning in the "Introduction toEngineering Design (ENES 100)" course offered at the University of Maryland Eastern Shorecampus for the freshman engineering students enrolled in UMES and SSU campus. A significantnumber of these students participate in the collaborative engineering program among UMES,SSU and UMCP.Experiential Learning Cycle 2,3 involves students through a learning process that includesconcrete experiences (CE) from which students develop abstract concepts (AC) throughreflective observations (RO) which are subsequently refined by further active experimentation(AE).Service Learning 4 is a combination of academic

Collection

2004 GSW

Authors

Ahmed Musa; Virgilio Gonzalez

applicationsmight be a good approach to overcome all of the aforementioned drawbacks.The electrical engineering curriculum at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) offersseveral courses in analog and digital communications. In general, students can learnabout many communication systems, but have no opportunity to actively learn first-handthe performance trade-offs involved in designing a system. For that reason, a new courseusing a combination of lectures and multiple computer assignments has been proposed toprovide a practical view of communication systems using computer modeling andsimulation. The course assumes that students only have a background in signals andsystems. Therefore it includes a lecture covering the relevant concepts needed

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Adam Piper, Mississippi State University; Jenna Johnson, Mississippi State University; Daniel Dunaway, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Professional Papers

-assessing their teaching effectiveness (self-voice), gathering and analyzing constructive feedbackfrom student evaluations (student voice), and collaborating with colleagues to assess teachingthrough a multi-dimensional observational approach (peer voice). Additionally, templates areprovided to compile assessment data and feedback for both formative uses, such as enhancingcourse delivery or curriculum revision, and summative uses, including annual facultyevaluations, as well as tenure and promotion decisions. This initiative is a work in progress, withfurther discussions of implementation strategies to come.IntroductionTeaching is at its core the transfer of knowledge (i.e., information) from teacher to learner [1].Thus, success in the engineering

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Larry Shuman

by performance on problems and final exam scores. The authorspropose that students’ engagement in creative presentations contributed to better learning of theconcepts of interest. A one page overview of this paper is presented in the October issue of PRISM. Robert Kirkman, Katherine Fu, and Bumsoo Lee from Georgia Tech introduce an approach toteaching ethics as design through a team-taught (i.e., philosopher and engineer/designer) DesignEthics course. Using a problem-based learning model, student teams worked through the designphases on a client’s problem, considering both the design and ethical values at each decision point.Students’ acquisition of ethical thinking skills and moral imagination were assessed using LatentSemantic Analysis

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas-Tyler; Ron Pieper, University of Texas-Tyler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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First-Year Programs

, “Students Are Leaving Engineering Curriculums; Can Our Educational Approach Stop This?”, presented at the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference (Session 3515), June 12-15 Portland, Oregon.7. Hazem Said, “Improving Students Retention by Engaging Them in Real Life Experiences”, presented at the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference (Session 2560), June 20-23, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.8. K. P. Brannan, P. C. Wankat, “Survey of First-Year Programs”, presented at the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference (Session 1353), June 12-15, Portland, Oregon.9. Catherine Blat, Patricia Tolley, “Maximizing Academic and Professional Success: Building Student Learning Communities that Lead to Engineering Excellence”, presented at the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference (Session 3453

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Andrea Beach, Western Michigan University; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado; R. Sam Larson, Kaiser Permanente Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

differencecaused by the implementation of the new curriculum. Recognizing the tradeoffs involved in bothstrategies, the Department of Electrical Engineering at Oregon State University selected the full-uecng"fgrnq{ogpv"uvtcvgi{"hqt"kvu"Rncvhqtou"hqt"Ngctpkpiª"kpkvkcvkxg80. Published results showoverall satisfaction with its strategic choice. Both prototype first and full-scale deployment haveadvantages and disadvantages and change agents are encouraged to consider each carefullybefore making a final decision.The principal aim of faculty development strategies is to promote and support faculty membersto participate in faculty development activities to the extent that they are encouraged andstimulated to revisit their beliefs about learning and teaching and

Conference Session

ETD - A Technology Potpourri I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Emel Cevik, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Whitfield, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Maram Alaqra

attended the engineering-focused PD provided by the project,and he executed the project activities in his class. After the PD, Kevin interacted with some ofthe project team members who had expertise in learning science, engineering, and technology atthe monthly meetings and received additional support to implement the project activities into theschool curriculum. We purposely selected Kevin and his students [20], [21]. Selecting one case(the teacher and his classroom) provided us opportunities to conduct in depth investigations.We purposely selected four students in Kevin’s classroom and invited them to participate in one-on-one interviews [20], [21]. We secured consent both from the students and their parentsbecause at the time of the data

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Hefley; James Lookadoo; Randy Winzer

limited resource base dictated little beyond a basic educational role.However, it was time worth spending as it gave our new faculty group a chance to develop acoherent EET program view. Another useful outcome was reaffirming the curriculum contentswith regional industry needs.By the end of the year, guidelines for TC2K self-study[2] were available from TAC of ABET. Itwas now becoming clear how much work remained to be accomplished. In addition to the self-study guidelines, representatives from each of our five Engineering Technology programs wereinvited to attend TAC of ABET’s pilot visit evaluator training session in January of 2001. Wewere afforded the opportunity to shadow our program's visitors as they made their preparations totrain for

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

the database job market expects our graduate to haveenough expertise to be able to install and configure their Database Management System, writeapplication programs, design their database, and maintain and administer their database system.Such an expectation requires the offering of more than one course in this area. Therefore, wehave decided that it might be best to add a new area of specialization to our computer scienceprogram called the Database Management System track. The paper elaborates the detail contentof the curriculum requirement for this Database Management System track in our computerscience program.Introduction:Utah Valley State College (UVSC), located in Utah Valley, was founded in 1941. UVSC is astate college comprised of two

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Richard Gonzalez, University of Michigan; Colin M. Gray, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

concepts guided by Design Heuristic cards are more creative and diverse.These empirical studies are listed in a prior paper 33, along with the research questions, datacollected, and the results. The Design Heuristics approach contributes an evidence-based methodto idea generation in engineering.This project follows the success of our initial efforts to implement this evidence-based pedagogywithin engineering courses taught by educators at diverse universities. The project investigateshow to best implement this new pedagogy in actual classes, and then how to scale up theimplementation by training educators across institutions to bring this new curriculum into their

Conference Session

International Division (INTL): Navigating Risks and Cross-Cultural Challenges

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariza Tsakalerou, Nazarbayev University; John Israilidis, University of Sheffield; Yerdaulet Kumisbek, Nazarbayev University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

solutions—skills that are increasingly valued inKazakhstan’s transitioning economy [10]. Such approaches equip graduates with the adaptabilityrequired for navigating rapid technological change and addressing market demands.Beyond individual skill development, creativity in engineering education has broad economicimplications. It fuels innovation, enhances problem-solving in small and medium enterprises(SMEs), and supports Kazakhstan’s goal of economic diversification. When applied in industry,creativity translates into new product development, process optimization, and access to untappedmarkets. These factors position Kazakhstan as a stronger regional player in high-value industries,including renewable energy, digital technologies, and advanced

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Creasy, Texas A&M University; Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

;M University College Station, TX 77843-3123AbstractMechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University is reducing the required number ofundergraduate degree credit hours from 138 to 130 or 132 credit hours. Two long-standingcourses, Properties of Materials (4 credit hours) and Manufacturing Processes (3 credit hours),will become one new junior level course (4 credit hours). Both of the predecessor courses hadlaboratory components as will the new course. This paper describes the process used to developthe course. An outline of the topics covered and the laboratory activities are included in thepaper. One thrust of the laboratory portion of the course will allow students to make choices andto plan their

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Bring Your Own Experiment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

: a Vertical and Horizontally Integrated Laboratory/Lecture Approach." In: Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference 2015. Seattle WA.; In publication.2. Powell H, Brandt-Pearce M, Williams R, Weikle R, Harriott L. "Incorporating Studio Techniques with a Breadth-First Approach in Electrical and Computer Engineering Education." In ASEE Conferences; 2016 [cited 2016 Nov 4]. Available from: http://peer.asee.org/256613. Harry C. Powell, Joanne Bechta Dugan. "Embedded computing reinforces and integrates concepts across the ECE curriculum." In: Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference 2014. Indianapolis, Indiana; 2014.4. Physics 15b | Instructional Physics Lab [Internet]. [cited 2017 Feb 5]. Available from: http

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Fiona S. Crofton; Cynthia A. Mitchell

(even eager) to engage in and contribute to discussions and planning for integrating sustainability into engineering curriculum; * are experimenters and risk-takers willing to step “ outside the box” in terms of education practice; * interact with students and colleagues in ‘genuine’ ways; * are already trying to link their engineering work to the world at large; * in sum, are “ walking the talk.”And how do we become more effective as teachers and role models? The preceding providessome direction. Here are a few more suggestions: * learn about, and test for yourself, the effectiveness of different kinds of approaches to teaching and learning; * use a variety of

Conference Session

Classroom Practice I: Active and Collaborative Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ray Essick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Emma Mercier, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.[5] Bell, P. (2004). On the Theoretical Breadth of Design-Based Research in Education. Educational Psychologist, 39(4), 243–253. doi:10.1207/s15326985ep3904_6[6] Brooks, D., & Solheim, C. (2014). Pedagogy matters, too: The impact of adapting teaching approaches to formal learning environments on student learning. New Directions for Teaching and …, (137), 53-61. doi:10.1002/tl[7] Crowley, L., and Herman, G. L. (2014). “Using faculty communities to drive sustainable reform: Learning from the Strategic Instructional Initiatives Program”. In ASEE 2014: Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 121st Annual Conference and Exposition. Paper ID #9052.[8] Cuseo, J. (1992

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

X. Qian; A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

are all required to fill evaluation forms regarding thepresentation. The presentation evaluation form is shown in Appendix 1. Project grade will begiven based on combination of written project report grade and oral project presentation grade.Evaluation will be discussed with the student before the final grade given. Improvement methodson presentation are recommended to each student.VI. Conclusion and RecommendationThe Mechanical Engineering department at AAMU has utilized s SEAARK approach to developa new undergraduate Mechanical Engineering curriculum. This allows students to develop aDesign portfolio starting from the freshman year. Project training continues through theircapstone design course. The heat and mass transfer project was

Conference Session

Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

cybersecurity degree program.The created and augmented degree programs support and benefit from an effort in North Dakotato incorporate cybersecurity and computing content in the curriculum from kindergarten throughto the end of all Ph.D. programs. They were also developed with the idea of satisfying therequirements for the National Security Agency’s Center of Academic Excellence in research inmind.Four degree programs were augmented. These included M.S. programs in Computer Scienceand Software Engineering and Ph.D. programs in both these areas, as well. Fundamentally, therewas a key choice between extending and developing a new program or programs. The choice toextend allowed the heritage of the existing programs to be leveraged. This approach

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Alfadala; Andrew Wilson

Driving Continuous Program Improvement by Integration of Assessment into Strategic Planning Andrew J. Wilson and Hassan E. Alfadala University of QatarAbstractThe College of Engineering at the University of Qatar is seeking to become among the firstengineering programs in the Middle East to be evaluated by ABET using the EC2000 Criteria.The Chemical Engineering program’s assessment and continuous improvement activities haveevolved over the course of five years to move from emphasizing assessment measures tofocusing on targeted areas of improvement and targeted assessment. The next step has been tointegrate the curriculum assessment activities

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Fahmida R. Masoom; Abulkhair M. Masoom

students with a real taste of engineering. Although the fellows may have taken a couple ofcourses with design components in them they typically do not have any experience with capstonedesign prior to this work. The idea is to expose the student to design and research experiencesearly in the curriculum.Introduction to Engineering - A new courseTo maximize the exposure to the design experience a new course targeting freshmen wasincluded in the curriculum at UW-Platteville three years ago. Working on open-ended problemsand one group design project constitute a major portion of the course requirement. Sinceincoming freshmen have varying levels of math and science competencies, it is difficult to makethem go through any sophisticated level of

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Kant Vajpayee

Session 3560 On Instruction of the First "R" of Environment S. Kant Vajpayee The University of Southern MississippiAbstractThe instruction of environmental issues is no longer limited to science and humanities educators.An increasing number of engineering and engineering technology programs are incorporatingcourses on environment in their curricula. At The University of Southern Mississippi theintroductory course ESC 301: Living in the Environment is one of the several we offer. It is anelective within the university core curriculum. Many engineering technology majors

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Jack McGourty

outcomes areto be integrated effectively. This is true for both vertical integration within a program andhorizontal integration across all the institution’s engineering programs. If faculty cannot makethe connections across courses, it will be difficult to transfer knowledge, behavior and attitudesacross the curriculum [19]. Second, to properly recast each outcome into measurabledescriptions that will result in usable assessment results requires sufficient expertise, resources,and time. This often cumbersome and difficult task for many engineering faculty is only oneinitial step in the overall preparation for the new accreditation.A Working Definition. Based on the preceding discussion, an operational definition of studentlearning outcomes

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Burks Fasse Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; Essy Behravesh, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. Page 25.1105.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Problem-Based Learning in a BME Instructional Lab: Lessons LearnedAbstractThe Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and EmoryUniversity has implemented a problem-based learning approach in the systems physiologyinstructional lab. Traditional lab coursework was originally redesigned and tested as part of acomparison experiment in the spring of 2007. In subsequent years, the lessons learned with thefirst cohort were enacted in curriculum. This paper reports on comparisons of data from the 2011cohort with that of the original 2007 cohorts—experimental and control.In our original 2007 comparison experiment, students

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

M. Ginger Scarbrough

1 Session XXXX Workforce Development Through Experiential Learning and Collaboration between Industry, Government, and Universities to Solve Environmental Challenges M. Ginger Scarbrough, Ph.D. College of Engineering New Mexico State University AbstractThe WERC Environmental Design Contest empowers engineering students with needed workforceskills as they participate in experiential learning that

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schulz; DeRome Dunn; Abhijit Duraphe; Samuel Owusu-Ofori; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai; Richard Layton

experience, where experienced students can demonstrate to less-experienced studentshow their use of the very same package has progressively grown more sophisticated.This experiment in vertical integration is still in its early stages. However, based on studentfeedback, this approach is yielding the benefits of developing in senior students a confidence intheir ability to communicate, work in teams, and mentor their juniors. Lower-class students arerealizing the relevance of the fundamental courses to their career goals and the importance ofdeveloping their skills in computing, modeling, and analysis.IntroductionAs undergraduate students progress through an engineering curriculum, they are expected toacquire competence in lower-level courses in order

Conference Session

Technical Session I

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Liang Li Wu, University of California, Irvine; Gregory N. Washington, University of California, Irvine

Tagged Topics

Diversity, FYEE Conference Sessions

Engineering Deans Council. Professor Washington received his BS, MS and PhD degrees from NC State. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Assessing the impact of a first-year experiential learning course on women and underrepresented students Liang Li Wu University of California, Irvine, lwu@uci.edu Gregory Washington University of California, Irvine, gregory.washington@uci.eduAbstract - This work in progress describes the students in engineering, many national programs haveimplementation of a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Diversity 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of a new, required energy course that considersways to best include, represent, and honor students from all backgrounds using a collection ofpedagogical approaches known as culturally sustaining pedagogies (CSPs). It is sponsored by theDivision of Undergraduate Education (DUE) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education:Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) program. Energy is a contemporary andfoundational concept across engineering disciplines, but it is often introduced to students innotoriously disengaging Thermodynamics courses. Many of these courses have roots in theIndustrial Revolution and are characterized by particularly ethnocentric (White), masculine, andcolonial knowledge. CSPs have been used successfully in K-12 settings