Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Debi Switzer; Siegfried M. Holzer; Richard M. Felder; Douglas E. Hirt

seminars on education-related topics of interest to them (e.g., multidisciplinary design). Each Fellow will be provided $5,000 for summer support or academic release time plus $1,000 for travel. Thus far, the level of interest has not been overwhelming. Some have suggested that the incentive is not great enough, so the program is being re-evaluated to make it more attractive to experienced faculty who would be interested in providing mentoring in the College.• The College’s Teaching Effectiveness Committee is the major body that drives teaching improvement. The committee organizes workshops, seminars, and faculty forums that address a variety of issues related to science and engineering education (e.g., teaching with technology

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 4: Supporting Success 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martinez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

denoted a wide range of responses. The influence of parentsor relatives, expected salaries, and curiosity were among the most reported reasons.Surprisingly, less than three percent of responses pointed to career or vocational assessmenttests, professional orientation, or academic-related interventions as determinant factors.Moreover, when asked about the kind of jobs they understood were performed by engineers intheir chosen fields of study, a substantial proportion of respondents denoted incongruity and anarrow view of the role of engineers. This mismatch is considered a reason for the observednumber of early program transfer applications, low academic performance, and late attritionamong students.In an effort to address the perceived low level

Conference Session

Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Kari Zacharias, Concordia University; Brandiff Robert Caron, Concordia University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering schools or Canadian faculties ofengineering and tend to employ faculty with training in STS or related disciplines. They aremandated to teach STS concepts to undergraduate engineering students, often fulfilling specificaccreditation requirements. The embedded STS department model can thus be understood as aresponse to these requirements chosen by a small number of engineering programs from among avariety of other avenues of response. Perhaps the most common response chosen has been torequire engineering students to fulfill the non-technical accreditation requirements by enrollingin ethics courses or writing courses offered by departments outside of engineering. Anothercommon response has been to require that engineering professors include

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Track 6: Technical Session 5: Student-based Recommendations to Increase Accessibility in Undergraduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Emily Violet Landgren, University of Texas at Austin; Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Student-based Recommendations to Increase Accessibility in Undergraduate Engineering Programs: “If there’s people who can’t access it, then it’s not accessible.” Emily Landgren Maura Borrego Walker Department of Mechanical Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA Austin, TX, USA emilyland@utexas.edu maura.borrego@austin.utexas.eduAbstract—This research paper explores what

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Christine Masters; Judith Todd

INNOVATIONS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING PROGRAMS: FOCUS ON MULTILEVEL COMMUNICATION SKILLS Judith A. Todd, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, and Christine B. Masters Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802-6812AbstractMultidisciplinary engineering programs are uniquely positioned to integrate new educational andresearch initiatives into their curricula. In this paper, we describe an integrated series ofcontinuing innovations in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, College ofEngineering at The Pennsylvania State University. These

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doanh Van

Session 2171 Design and Startup of an ABET General Engineering Science Program. Doanh Van, PhD., PE., CEM Associate Professor and Chair Engineering Union UniversityI. AbstractUnion University started up its new engineering program in 2001. The program offers aBachelor of Science in Engineering with a specialty in either Mechanical Engineering orElectrical Engineering. The first graduating class will be in May 2005, which will pave the wayfor the application for ABET accreditation1 (EAC) in 2006.This paper presents a case study to discuss and

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim McCartney; Lynette Krenelka; John Watson; Dara Faul; Hossein Salehfar; Arnold Johnson

increasingly important to themission of many schools of higher education. As a result, non-traditional students now haveenhanced opportunities in many academic fields, including engineering. In 1989 the School ofEngineering and Mines (SEM) at the University of North Dakota (UND) established a distanceeducation program to deliver Bachelor of Science engineering degrees to employees of participatingcompanies. This program has recently expanded into open enrollments and is offered to diverse andgeographically remote students. The program is now called the Distance Engineering DegreeProgram (DEDP) and it includes the Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical and Civil Engineeringdisciplines. DEDP offers the only ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

suspect that liberal arts institutions inparticular focus on teaching non-technical knowledge and skills, which are also valued byindustry [1]. A more balanced educational experience might be particularly relevant given thelarge number of folks with engineering degrees who work outside of engineering occupations;the NAE estimated that as of 2013 there were 65% of all degreed engineers who worked inoccupations not considered engineering [41]. The ABET EAC program criteria add additionalcurricular constraints on specialty degrees, with the majority of the identified aspects relating totechnical issues; programs accredited under the general criteria do not face these additionalrestrictions [42]. Previous research quantified the amount of required

Conference Session

New Approaches to the Development of Online Learning and International Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda Scales; Rebecca Gunter; Cheryl Peed

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Continuing Professional Development

would liketo join the group.SEAC’s initial membership settled at 13 participants. These included both graduate andundergraduate students from across the engineering disciplines. The undergraduates rangedfrom freshmen to seniors. During a university-wide education abroad fair in late September,more than 150 students signed up to join the general membership of SEAC. General membersdo not attend the regular Council meeting, but are placed on a listserv and receive regularannouncements related to international education, primarily in the form of a monthlynewsletter. Called “Engineering Escapades Abroad,” this was sent to the SEAC generalmembership by email for the first time in February 2007. It contains information aboutscholarship and program

Conference Session

Using Classroom Technologies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeongkyu Lee, University of Bridgeport; Jalpa Bani, University of Bridgeport; Ying-ju Chen, University of Bridgeport

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-356: ADAPTING ANTI-PLAGIARISM TOOL INTO COURSEWORK INENGINEERING PROGRAMJeongkyu Lee, University of Bridgeport Jeongkyu Lee received a B.S. from Sungkyunkwan University in Mathematic Education and an M.S. from Sogang University in Computer Science, both of Seoul, Korea in 1996 and 2001, respectively. Before he pursued his doctorate, he worked as a database administrator for seven years with companies including IBM. In fall 2002, he entered the Doctoral program in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. After he received Ph.D. degree in summer 2006, he joined the Department of Computer Sciences and Engineering at University of Bridgeport, CT as an

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis J. Hopcroft

Session 2251 The Use of Portfolios as Assessment Tools in an Engineering Program Francis J. Hopcroft Associate Professor Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MAAbstractPortfolios have long been the pride of other disciplines, including the Architecture and InteriorDesign Programs, at most universities and colleges. Students compile master portfoliosthroughout their education to demonstrate to prospective employers, and accreditors, the depth oftheir skills and the

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas N. Duening; Jeffrey R. Goss

is unique to engineering, yet it requires humility as theengineering school is not equipped to deliver such a degree program on its own.Enterprise systems are comprised of individuals from a multiplicity of backgrounds andwith a wide range of expertise. The ESIM curriculum must match this interdisciplinarynature by establishing a corresponding multi-disciplinary content base and faculty.The ESIM degree addresses the challenge of developing multi- and even trans-disciplinary cognitive skills based on the concept of the enterprise as a network of inter-related and mutually influential systems.The Systems Thinking FrameworkThe systems thinking framework underlying the ESIM degree program has been with usfor more than half a century. The view

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

NADIYE O. ERDIL; KOENRAAD E. GIESKES

AN EVALUATION OF A LEARNING COMMUNITY PROGRAM FOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTSNADIYE O. ERDIL, Binghamton UniversityKOENRAAD E. GIESKES, Binghamton UniversityAbstractThis paper discusses a pilot program for a freshman engineering learning community at BinghamtonUniversity. The engineering learning community program is an integration of three courses, anintroduction to engineering course, a technical writing course, and a calculus course, for students whoreside in the same campus residence hall. The main objectives of the program are to improve studentretention, to increase faculty/teaching assistants/student/residential staff interaction, and to encouragestudent engagement and interest.This paper focuses on the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University - Erie; David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

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Instrumentation

, the students can continueon with an Embedded Linux course, as well as a Software Engineering (process and agiledevelopment) course.This arrangement of courses is a bit unusual in that Technology departments do not always offerembedded systems designs to this depth; however, it is one that really prepares the student tosucceed as an embedded programmer/designer. But with this said, success in a curriculum doesnot always relate to the number of courses available, and often it is the content and delivery thatmeters the student’s progress.The beginning (or entry level) computer course uses an “Arduino” style computer board to teach‘C’ programming and embedded hardware. As this is an introductory course, all of the hardwareinterfaces are

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Innovative Project-based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas A. Baine, Grand Valley State University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

thesetexts have resources that relate to either mechanical or electrical engineering, but there is little tono resources for manufacturing engineering students. This paper walked through a detailedprogramming project that can be used to improve manufacturing student motivation to learnprogramming. It also illustrates to students of other disciplines how versatile programming is andhow important a tool it is for an engineer.ConclusionsThe project outlined in this assignment was developed by manufacturing engineering faculty butused by electrical and computer engineering faculty to teach C programming. All too oftenfaculty teaching programming fundamentals meet student resistance based on their perception ofirrelevance to their chosen discipline. This

Conference Session

Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Harold Ackler, Boise State University; Heidi Reeder, Boise State University; Abbey Louie

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Engineering Leadership Development

Paper ID #31187Integrating Professional Skills and Leadership into an UndergraduateEngineering ProgramDr. Harold Ackler, Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University Dr. Harold Ackler is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and En- gineering at Boise State University. He teaches advanced undergraduate laboratory courses and manages the senior capstone program in the Micron School. He received BS and MS degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and his PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1997), all in Materials Science and

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Darius Fieschko, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Aerospace, Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Engineering Edu- cation (ASEE) and conducts research in engineering education.Darius Fieschko, University of Wisconsin - Platteville c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 PLC Training in First Year Electrical Engineering ProgramAbstractProgrammable Logic Controllers ( PLCs) have had a profound impact on industry and society atlarge. PLCs are an integral part of a wide variety of control systems, ranging from industrialmanufacturing to amusement park rides and filmmaking. Programming languages like ladderlogic allow technicians and engineers without formal programming experience to build anddebug complex automation systems much faster than if they needed to physically build arrays ofrelays and

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Paul Sly, Iowa State University; Daniel P Bumblauskas, University of Missouri Harvard University; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Tech- nology & Innovation’s Department of Engineering. He earned a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Alfred University, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. Dr. Carberry was previously an employee of the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education & Outreach and manager of the Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP). Page 23.553.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Evaluation of Perceptual Changes in an Engineering Sales ProgramAbstractThis study presents

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Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

Paper ID #10375Developing a Minor Program in Nuclear Science and EngineeringDr. Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University Dr. Masoud Naghedolfeizi is a senior professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fort Valley State University. His academic background includes a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with minor in instrumentation and control, an M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering. Dr. Naghedolfeizi’s research interests include instrumentation and measurement systems, control systems, applied artificial intelligence, information processing, and

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ming Sheu; Michael Ohadi; Arman Molki

An Undergraduate Instructional Laboratory Model for a Modern Mechanical Engineering Program Michael Ohadi, Ming Sheu, Arman Molki Department of Mechanical Engineering The Petroleum Institute P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.Abstract Hands-on laboratory skills play a vital role in preparing the next generation ofmechanical engineering students to assume successful career paths in the 21st century. Our teamreviewed several undergraduate laboratory models at a number of well-recognized undergraduateengineering institutions. When possible, we also sought the feedback of some of

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Schneider

algorithms is animportant outcome. However, our students also need to have a mastery of the code writing anddebugging processes within the software development design process.Another topic that came up within the survey was on the poor choices for text books available Page 10.436.3for introductory programming courses. Many respondents referred to a lack of good syntaxProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationbased books that provide a sufficient amount of material related to program design andalgorithmic development, leaving

Conference Session

Design and Manufacturing Experiences II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Bowman

Teaching Aircraft Design to Undergraduate Students in a Mechanical Engineering Program Dr. W. Jerry Bowman Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602Abstract This paper describes informal methods used to teach aircraft design to undergraduates ina traditional Mechanical Engineering program. Freshman and sophomore students areintroduced to the topic by way of a club environment where they do a series of design, build, andfly projects. This paper will provide details about the specific design projects assigned and themethod used to introduce the students to aircraft design.Introduction

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

Session 2530 TTU College of Engineering Pre-College Engineering Academy© Teacher Training Program John R. Chandler, Ph.D. and A. Dean Fontenot, Ph.D. College of Engineering, Texas Tech UniversityAbstractThis paper reports on progress to-date in the planning, design, and initial implementations of aK-12 engineering program being developed collaboratively by Texas Tech University, LubbockIndependent School District, and a growing number of other entities. The paper discusses variousissues endemic in K-12 and post-secondary education that have driven the evolution of

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Gomez; Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

Session 2550 Enrichment Experiences in Engineering (E3) For Teachers Summer Research Program Angie Hill Price, Karen Butler-Purry, Robin Autenrieth, Jan Rinehart, Naomi Gomez Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M UniversityAbstractWith funding from NSF, faculty from Texas A&M University have developed an outreachprogram aimed at providing secondary school teachers with laboratory experiences with facultyresearchers. The overall mission of the project is to excite, empower, and educate public schoolteachers about engineering so they in turn will excite, empower, and educate young people theycome in contact with

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Frey; Marisa Wolsky

Session # 3425 A Television Program to Engage Children in Engineering Design Daniel D. Frey, Marisa Wolsky, Nathan Ball, Derik Thomann, MIT / WGBH / MIT / MITIntroductionThis paper describes a television program entitled LAZYBONES which is currently underdevelopment by WGBH, a leading producer of children’s (e.g. ZOOM) and scienceprogramming (e.g. NOVA). The purpose of the program is to allow children, especially 10- to14-year-olds, to become intellectually engaged in engineering design. By this means, it is hopedthe program will improve technology literacy and encourage more young people to pursueengineering as a profession. The concept of the

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carnell; John Lumkes; Joseph Musto

Session 1166 A Freshmen Programming Course for Mechanical Engineers Using Mechatronics Applications Joseph C. Musto, John H. Lumkes Jr., and William Carnell1 Mechanical Engineering Department Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractA new freshmen-level course has been developed to teach programming applications toMechanical Engineering students at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). Rather thanfocusing on typical introductory programming applications (like sorting, numerical methods,etc.), the course is focused on the development

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Hadgraft

Session ____ Program Renewal for Sustainable Engineering at RMIT University Associate Professor Roger Hadgraft Teaching & Learning Director in the School of Civil & Chemical Engineering RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaIntroductionProgram Renewal is the process of moving existing engineering degree programs at RMIT inline with the University’s Teaching and Learning Strategy 1,2,enabling students to:• develop a framework for understanding validated knowledge and cultural achievements

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Naraghi; Bahman Litkouhi

Session 2520 An Effective Approach for Teaching Computer Programming to Freshman Engineering Students Mohammad H.N. Naraghi and Bahman Litkouhi Department of Mechanical Engineering Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471I. IntroductionComputer programming is an essential and integral part of any engineering program.Engineering students in their junior and senior years face the task of solving problemsusing numerical approaches. Good programming skills will enable them to tackle thoseproblems easily. Furthermore, a good

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack; Leo Hanifin

asked to form committees to do thefollowing: • assemble and/or develop print, computer and video materials that explain engineering careers and disciplines (to be shared and employed in structured presentations) • develop a more formal assessment process for the overall program • explore the development of project based high school curriculum that would bring engineering and pre-engineering experiences directly to high school students as part of their normal studies.There was a feeling among teachers that one reason students do not enter engineering is lack ofconfidence in mathematics skills. It is hoped that the introduction of engineering-related material intoclassrooms may help to alleviate this anxiety, and also increase

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Denise Nicoletti; John Orr

measuring and assessing student outcomes from the electrical engineering coursework, andrelating these outcomes to the overall EE program objectives and outcomes. These difficultieshave several origins, and result in challenges in both the design and implementation of anassessment program which is simultaneously meaningful, implementable, and sustainable withmoderate resources. The following guiding principles appear helpful: • Select a subset of courses and learning outcomes on which to focus (rather than attempting to measure and assess everything) • Carefully relate the learning outcomes from courses and projects to the overall educational outcomes • Obtain a complete set of measures for the outcomes, without excessive