Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Audrey Pang, Sandia National Laboratories; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

rates and the likelihood ofcontinued research participation and higher education. A new initiative at the University of Texasat Austin (UT Austin), the Freshman Introduction to Research in Engineering (FIRE) program,offers a select group of first-year students with an opportunity to participate in semester-long,faculty-sponsored mechanical engineering research and development projects. In addition to theirresearch, students attend bi-monthly lectures that introduce them to various topics in mechanicalengineering and current research in the field, the successes (and roadblocks) in engineeringresearch and how to overcome them, and career opportunities in engineering. An end of semesterposter session allows students to showcase their research

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Idir Azouz, Midwestern State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

was also completed by our pre-engineering students. At the time, SUU had two-year pre-engineering programs in eight of thetraditional engineering disciplines.Armed with the overwhelming support received for the implementation of the program, andusing the comments received from industry, the engineering faculty (2.5 full-time equivalent) at Page 11.459.4SUU set about developing the final form of the program educational objectives and outcomes. Acurriculum was then developed from scratch to ensure achievement of the objectives andoutcomes by the graduates of the program. This curriculum was intended to satisfy the followingcriteria: 1. it

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Beheshti; Edwin Dado

2221 Developing a European Master in Construction IT E. Dado1, R. Beheshti21) Assistant Professor. Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Designand Construction Processes, Building Informatics Group, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN, Delft, The Netherlands.E-mail address: e.dado@ct.tudelft.nl / 2) Associate Professor. Delft University of Technology, Faculty of CivilEngineering and Geosciences, Design and Construction Processes, Building Informatics Group, Stevinweg 1,2628 CN, Delft, The Netherlands. E-mail address: r.beheshti@ct.tudelft.nl1

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patric McElwain; James Helbling; Angela Beck

COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENGINEERING STYLE MANUAL Jim Helbling, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Angela Beck, Department of Humanities/Communications, Patric McElwain, Department of Humanities/Communications Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, ArizonaAbstractThis paper recounts the development, testing, and publication of a style manual at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University/Prescott Campus. This manual was jointly developed by faculty at theCollege of Engineering and the Department of Humanities/Communications in response tofaculty concerns that, despite a

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alanis Chew, Youngstown State University; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

experiences.ConclusionNontraditional students are a growing population in the university setting. As such, we shouldexplore the various ways we can support them to achieve their goals. Specifically looking atnontraditional students in engineering, this study analyzed the interactions of these students withdifferent support systems, faculty, advisor, support centers, classmates, peers, and on-campusactivities/events. The study is built off several data sources: journal reflections, interviews, andparticipatory design. We developed three draft personas with the help of nontraditional studentsthat shed some light on the needs, wants, and behaviors of nontraditional students in engineering.We found that the most important part to better supporting these students is understanding

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Nadia Albishi; Peter Cavanaugh

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Innovation, Technology, and Teacher Leadership Development through Online Professional Development Courses in Saudi Arabia Nadia Albishi, Peter Cavanaugh School of Engineering and Technology University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT I. INTRODUCTIONAbstract - This study investigates the relationship betweenonline professional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Ming Z. Huang, University of San Diego; Leonard A. Perry, University of San Diego; Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

design thinking workshops for higher education faculty/administrators at the Stanford d.School as a University Innovation Fellow, coaches a global community of learners through IDEO U, and fails miserably at cooking.Dr. Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego Chell A. Roberts is the founding dean of the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering at the University of San Diego. He assumed his duties in July of 2013. He was also recently appointed as the Associate Provost of Professional and Continuing Education. As an engineering dean at USD, Dr. Roberts has led the development of a new school of engineering, developing innovative engineering space, growing a world class faculty, and creating a base of industry and

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Parsek; Chris Riesbeck; Gulnur Birol; Ann McKenna

educational principles to a complex engineering domain. In this senseengineering faculty worked closely with education faculty to create enhanced learning materialsfor biomedical engineering education. We describe the process we followed to develop thesematerials and highlight several components that led to the success of our collaborative effort. Inaddition we describe our course materials, the reformed learning environment, and presentstudent feedback from the initial implementation.IntroductionThe current work was undertaken as part of the VaNTH (Vanderbilt, Northwestern, University ofTexas, and Harvard/MIT) Engineering Research Center 1. One goal of VaNTH is to reformundergraduate engineering courses such that they embed the subject matter in a

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Jeremiah Pina, Smith College; Rebecca Mazur; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College; Sonia Ellis, Smith College, Springfield Technical Community College; Crystal M. Ford, Smith College; Kate Lytton, Collaborative for Educational Services; Kaia Claire Cormier, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Amherst. McGinnis-Cavanaugh focuses on developing meaningful educational strategies to recruit and retain a diverse student body in engineering and designs innovative learning environments at all levels of the engineering pipeline. Her work in these areas is particularly focused on full inclusion and equity for community college women in engineering and related STEM fields. Professor McGinnis-Cavanaugh is the 2014 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Massachusetts Professor of the Year and recipient of the 2015 Scibelli Endowed Chair for Faculty Excellence and 2018 Outstanding Faculty Member Award.Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 7: Library Collaboration

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Boyer, Clemson University; Leah Wiitablake, Clemson University; Yang Wu, Clemson University

in an interdisciplinary process ofeffectively creating and implementing OER. Librarians have the knowledge and skills to workwith faculty to meet the needs of individual learners by working as co-designers in the use andmodification of existing OER and the creation of new OER [1]. They are also useful guides onOER since many faculty members are unaware of these resources [2]. Previous work hadexpressed the need to explore the use of OER in engineering libraries [3]. The work we share inthis paper involves a grant supporting the creation of OER in engineering led by an academiclibrarian. The paper discusses our ongoing design-based research focused on ourinterdisciplinary, multi-institutional collaborative OER development grant, funded by the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica N. Jones, University of Florida; Tiffanie R. Smith, University of Florida; Naja A. Mack, University of Florida; Imani Sherman, University of Florida; Juan E. Gilbert, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

to to reduce the cost is to augment the role of the graduate student instructors.Instead of teaching the course as part of funding packet, students could teach for course credit oras a means to gain experience for future academic careers. Instructor roles could also be filled bypost-docs and/or junior faculty. The partnership could also solicit support from local technologycompanies and software development schools in the form of scholarships, lab space, hardware, orspecial topic instructors who teach as part of volunteer projects. These companies and businesseswould in turn receive advertisement and face-to-face interactions with potential employees andcurrent or future customers.Despite the problems, the University believes that

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University; Michael Clare, Western Carolina University; Chip Ferguson, Western Carolina University; John D. Graham, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

was able to thermoform parts in their plant delighting the surprisedcustomer with prototypes four days after New Years Day. The successful outcome of the projectopened the door to subsequent development work and led to orders valued at over $1M forproducts that had been previously manufactured in China. This paper discusses the challenges ofthe project and demonstrates an exciting application of graduate student and faculty talents toimpact the economic development of the regional community.IntroductionOver the past several years, Western Carolina University, under the leadership of ChancellorJohn Bardo, has championed the engagement of the WCU faculty, students, and resources withthe economic growth of Western North Carolina. Western

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Alok Verma, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

faculty have been requested to introduce new experiments in theexisting courses to reflect the close relationship with the Hampton Roads Shipbuilding andRepair industry. In comparison to the full programs offered at the aforementioned schools, agreat deal of the laboratory instruction is incurred during assignments to training on the schoolstraining vessels and Merchant vessels. However, for students in the ODU program there is ampleopportunity for Co-operative education and internships with a wide variety of Shipbuilding andmaritime organizations through out the region.Faculty ExpertiseSufficient faculty expertise and work experience currently exists within the Department ofEngineering Technology for initial development and implementation of

Collection

2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Byron Garry

.), Program Assessment Handbook, Pacific Crest. 2010, (pp. 3-6). Retrieved from http://www.pcrest2.com/institute_resources/PAI/PAI2010_020910.pdf8 ASQ Quality, Glossary – Q, Retrieved from http://asq.org/glossary/q.html9 ASQ Continuous Improvement, Retrieved from http://asq.org/learn-about-quality/continuous- improvement/overview/overview.html10 Quality management systems-Requirements, ISO 9001-2008 Standard, Retrieved from https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:9001:ed-4:v2:en11 Steinlicht, C. and B. Garry, Embedded assessment: quality control vs. quality assurance. 2009, Presentation at Teaching Learning Center Faculty Development Series, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.12 Deming’s 14

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2011-1166: AN ONLINE RESOURCE FOR DEVELOPING TECHNO-LOGICAL LITERACY COURSES.John Krupczak, Hope CollegeKate A Disney, Mission College Engineering Faculty Mission College Santa Clara, CA Page 22.196.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Online Resource for Developing Technological Literacy CoursesAbstractThis work describes an effort to create on online resource for engineering faculty who would liketo teach general education engineering or technological literacy courses for non-engineers.Engineering departments can contribute to a greater understanding of engineering andtechnology by offering courses

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre; Gary Smith

Development of a Reconfigurable Construction Engineering Classroom / Laboratory Charles McIntyre, Associate Professor Gary Smith, Professor Construction Management and Engineering North Dakota State University charles.mcintyre@ndsu.nodak.eduAbstractEngineering education requires a combination of classroom training, hands-on experience, andindustry participation. In addition, students must become fairly well versed in the use of thetechnological tools of the trade. In order to accomplish these goals, engineering programs mustdevelop innovation use of space and provide state-of-the-art technologies that can be used

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Jennifer Mullin, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

appropriateconstruction materials. The project required the students to complete a series of assignmentswhich reflected significant stages in the engineering design process, and culminated in the“Sustainable Development Design Fair” where one team from each of the forty-one workshopsections competed for one of three awards decided by a panel of faculty judges. Supplementaleducational material was also presented in the lecture and workshop sessions to aid the studentsthrough this assignment. Results of the project are discussed and include a focus groupinterview and online surveys conducted to assess the effectiveness of this new approach ofintroducing design in the early part of engineering curriculum.1.0 IntroductionA new department of engineering education

Conference Session

Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

engineering laboratory courses. We explain our algorithm for using the two-columnrubrics, including how faculty, teaching assistants, and students are trained to apply thealgorithm. Finally, we conducted inter-rater reliability analysis for an example assignment andfound modest improvement in agreement between assessors compared to previous evaluationmethods. We conclude with our next steps in our development and revision of these rubrics.BackgroundThe University of Delaware is a medium-sized, mid-Atlantic, public institution whose chemicalengineering program graduates on average 80 undergraduates per year. The curriculum includestwo semesters of chemical engineering laboratory, though the second semester can be replacedwith a research project. Over

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy; Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2007-2223: DEVELOPMENT OF A LEARNING-FOCUSED COREASTRONAUTICS COURSERobert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy Dr. Rob Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronautics, United States Air Force Academy. He is the department’s Director of Assessment and Standardization and is responsible for issues pertaining to accreditation and assessment. Dr. Brown was commissioned from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1986, as a Distinguished Graduate with academic honors in Astronautical Engineering. Following graduation he attended Undergraduate Pilot Training, where he was a Distinguished Graduate, finishing second in his class and first academically. He had many assignments

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

criteria, new program connections for a diverse undergraduatepopulation, policy setting for academic quality, financial support standards and control, retentionstandards and intervention, faculty and campus community empowerment, and connections withother universities and support groups. A measure of achievement is the growth in doctoralgraduates from 14 in 1991 to 75 in 2006, at a public university with a total enrollment of fewerthan 8500 students.IntroductionDuring 2005-2006, New Jersey Institute of Technology had 75 doctoral students complete theirdegrees in 18 disciplines. This continues the trend of successive record numbers of PhDs overthe past 4 years. NJIT's total enrolment in Fall 2006 was 8, 209 including 2, 396 master's and433 doctoral

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; David McDonald

machine control problems. The course will use new PLC laboratory equipment that has been developed by the faculty and staff laboratory engineers. The same type of PLC and operator interface that is used in RS365 will be integrated into the new thermal-fluids trainers.Laboratory Development: ProcessThe laboratory has been developed over a multi-year period using university funding along withgrants from Consumers Energy Foundation and the National Science Foundation. Thedevelopment was initiated with concept planning for the new laboratory. This planning then ledto facility changes in the laboratory, upgrading existing equipment and new equipmentdevelopment as shown in Figure 3. Concept Planning

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

interdisciplinary program taught by faculty members from threedifferent schools, namely the school of engineering and technology, the school ofbusiness and management and the college of letters and sciences is expected to make thisdegree program relevant and appealing to professionals from many disciplines.IntroductionThe term "sustainability" began with the 1987 publication of the World Commission onEnvironment and Development’s report, defined as "development that meets the needs ofthe present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their ownneeds."1,2 A combination of forces, including an unprecedented growth in population,economy, urbanization, and energy use, is imposing new stresses both on the earth'sresources and on society's

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen M. Batill; Natalie Gedde

large auditorium in the College building complex. This 4000 sq.ft. auditorium was“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”actually the second largest auditorium on the campus and its conversion from a space where“faculty lecture and students listen” to a space where the students are actively and collaborativelyengaged in learning is an indication of trends in engineering education.Learning Center DesignIn order to proceed with the first two phases in the development of the Learning Center, it wasimportant to emphasize the purpose of the Center. Fundamentally, it is intended to provide afacility and

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Jacobson

Session 2422 Development of a Graduate Certificate in Information Assurance Dr. Doug Jacobson Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State UniversityThe growing need for information security professionals is well documented. Very fewuniversities offer more than a single cryptography course, and even fewer engineeringdepartments have a presence in this area. The end result is a severe shortage of graduatesproficient in the technology and policy issues critical to the security of the informationinfrastructure. While several universities have started programs to address these needs, this onlysolves a small part of the problem

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-130: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARYMANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAMFrank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla Dr. Frank Liou is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). He currently serves as the Director of the Manufacturing Engineering Program at UMR. His teaching and research interests include CAD/CAM, nano-technology, rapid prototyping, and rapid manufacturing. He has published over 100 technical papers and has research grants and contracts over $7M. Page 11.384.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

International

Kabul faculty members have beentrained at Purdue in DL and curriculum development in agriculture and in computermaintenance. Three additional Kabul faculty members have received training at Purdue’s Schoolof Education in curriculum development and distance learning. Agriculture professors fromPurdue have traveled to Afghanistan to work with the faculty on the agriculture curriculum andthe research farm. Partners have assembled a draft proposal to modernize the curriculum intothree tracks (crop science, animal science, and farm management) with amarketing/entrepreneurship component. Purdue has donated textbooks and an additional 60computers (for a total of 100) to the Kabul computer laboratories and has established fourlaboratories.24In 2004

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Chinowsky, University of Colorado-Boulder; Hyman Brown, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Construction

2006-2410: DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE LANDSCAPES THROUGHPROJECT-BASED LEARNINGPaul Chinowsky, University of Colorado-BoulderHyman Brown, University of Colorado-Boulder Page 11.441.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Developing Knowledge Landscapes Through Project-Based LearningAbstractThe traditional civil engineering-based approach to construction engineering and managementeducation focuses significant attention on core subjects such as scheduling, estimating, andcontracts. This paper introduces an alternative approach to this education based on the conceptsof project-based learning. Through the introduction of courses developed by

Conference Session

Computers in the Laboratory

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Marie Catchpole; Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron H.G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

concept we have dubbed “For Students By Students (FSBS).” Thebasic concept is to illicit student help in developing labware and courseware that will be used byother students. We have found that students are highly motivated to work on meaningfulprojects that will be used by others. Students who participate in these labware and coursewaredevelopment projects learn how to be project managers by managing all aspects of the projectunder faculty supervision.Department programs also benefit via the FSBS concept. It is very time consuming and costly todevelop new labware and courseware. Furthermore, faculty often do not have the time with alltheir diverse responsibilities to develop new and current materials in a timely manner. The FSBSconcept allows

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Wen-Whai Li; Charles Turner; Alfredo Martinez

Foundation have recognized the need to incorporatesustainable/green principles into engineering education curriculum. 8,9,10 These papers andarticles all reflect the need to integrate sustainability concepts across the engineeringcurriculum.II. GenesisIn 1997, Virginia Tech (VT) and UTEP joined forces to submit a proposal to ENRON, alarge energy corporation, for the development of a student and faculty exchange that wouldinitiate a greening program in the Colleges of Engineering and Science at UTEP. UTEPwould build on Virginia Tech’s existing green program and Virginia Tech students and Page 6.359.2faculty would have an experience at a culturally

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

, Evaluation and Synthesis in reverse order. It wasbased on Bloom’s taxonomy [2]. SEAARK starts from the basic to the complex levels orlearning. Faculties need to provide assessment matrices that map these criteria to eachundergraduate engineering course. Those matrices should also provide assessment tools for thecorresponding mapped course contents and criteria.This paper describes, in details, the development of assessment matrices and tools for a particularundergraduate mechanical engineering course, Fluid Mechanics, at Alabama A&M University.Development of SEAARK teaching method, mapping of course objective to ME programobjective and outcomes, mapping of the course contents to criteria (a-s) and assessment tools arediscussed. The procedure to