Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Techniques

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Steve Roach, University of Texas, El Paso; Omar Ochoa, University of Texas, El Paso; Veronica Medina, University of Texas, El Paso; Ann Gates, University of Texas, El Paso

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

part of their participation. Two faculty members from UTEP and ERAU will conduct the experiments. UTEP students willbe volunteers from CS 3331 and CS4310 courses. ERAU students will be volunteers from SE300and CS317 courses. Participants will be upper division students in Computer Science or SoftwareEngineering who have exposure to propositional logic but not to temporal logic. Student proficiencyin these areas will be assessed with a short pre-test. Students from each institution will be randomly assigned to a study group and a control group.The control group will receive a 50 minute lecture on LTL using the traditional approach. The studygroup will receive a lecture using the new technique and the LTLV tool. The total instruction timefor

Conference Session

Design Methodology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvonne Toft, Central Queensland University; Prue Howard, Central Queensland University

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Design in Engineering Education

project (accountingfor 50% of the assessment of both courses) that had been specifically crafted to require disciplinespecific input from both disciplines for a successful outcome. In this model a specific clientproblem was given to the students as a starting point to the project. All teams were given thesame problem. For 2001, this project was specified as the design of a support frame and harnessfor a paraplegic rock climber (this is a real life project, identified as requiring a solution byseveral community groups in Queensland). As an interesting twist this client problem was thesame as that given to engineering only focused first year BEng project in the term before so thatcomparisons could be in the handling of the problem by the two

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan C. Grant; Sarah A. Rajala; Richard L. Porter; Kristine C. Lawyer; Hugh Fuller

mathematics andscience in high school.A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (4) stated that if one were tofollow a group of 2,000 boys and 2,000 girls through their middle and high school years,one would find that by age twelve about half in each group would be sufficientlyprepared to undertake the courses in mathematics which would further prepare them toenroll in college to study in a quantitative field. However, by the end of high school,only 280 of the boys and 220 of the girls would have actually completed the necessarymathematics courses. Finally, the report states that of the original pools of 2,000, “only140 of the boys and 45 of the girls will actually enter college with plans to major inscience or engineering” (p. 115

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning, and Engineering in Elementary School

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Strutz, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

states have adopted this definition into legislation and have provided funding foreducation programs for their talented children10, most schools do not provide technology andengineering programs for their STEM-talented students.In 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education published A Nation at Risk: TheImperative For Educational Reform. The report primarily assessed “the quality of teaching andlearning” in our public schools and claimed that “the educational foundations of our society arepresently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future”1. Educationalresearcher Paul Hurd stated “We are raising a new generation of Americans that is scientificallyand technologically illiterate”1. The report did not

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, University of Texas-El Paso; Ann Darnell, University of Texas-El Paso

2006-893: A TEN YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON CHANGES IN ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONBenjamin Flores, University of Texas-El Paso BENJAMIN C. FLORES is Professor and Division Director of Computing and Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has also led the Model Institutions for Excellence Program over the past eight years. His teaching interests include Electronics, High Resolution Radar, and Radar Signal Processing. His education research focuses on the development and assessment of academic models for STEM student success. Dr. Flores is a member of ASEE, AAAS, NSBE, and SPIE.Ann Darnell, University of Texas-El Paso ANN DARNELL is the Assistant Director of Evaluation for the Model

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

that can foster “deepapproach” to learning possess the following characteristics, among others: • Interest in and background knowledge of the subject • Assessment that emphasizes conceptual understanding • Long-term engagement with learning tasks • Opportunities to exercise reasonable choice in the content and method of study1The terms cooperative and collaborative learning are often used interchangeably.Smith et. al., make a distinction between cooperative and collaborative learning inthat “cooperative learning requires carefully structured individual accountability,while collaborative does not”4. Regardless of whether it is cooperative orcollaborative, working together requires

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eddy Rojas, University of Washington; Carrie Dossick, University of Washington

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Construction

on Construction Management from Columbia University in the City of New York in 1997, 1998 and 2001 respectively. Prior to her position at the University of Washington, Dr. Dossick worked with Exponent Failure Analysis Associates in Menlo Park, California and Bellevue, Washington, and Parsons Corporation in Pasadena, California. Her research interests include 1) use, application and implementation of emerging technologies and processes to the management of construction, 2) assessment of economic and business ramifications associated with emerging technologies, and 3) the use of emerging technologies in the engineering and construction education. Address: Department of

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

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First-Year Programs

in the book and the case studies that are used to show the real-world connection in each of the chapters is as follows: - Successful design (Challenger STS 51-L) - Decision-making using scientific principles (Della) - Communicating well in the workplace (Lorn) - Working effectively as a team (Della) - Practicing ethical conduct (Lorn) - Developing a good understanding of fundamental business concepts (Alabama Power) In addition, individual and group assignments are provided at the end of eachchapter so that the students can work as an individual or as a group and assess what the Page 11.842.12students have learned

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

Michigan Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli is Managing Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching North and Associate Research Scientist of Engineering Education at University of Michigan. Her current research interests include evaluating methods to improve teaching, exploring ethical decision-making in engineering, developing a tool for comprehensive assessment of team-member effectiveness, and assessing the effect of the first year experience on under-represented student retention. She serves on the Executive Board of the Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) of ASEE and was the ERM Division Program Co-Chair for the 2003 Frontiers in Education Conference and the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sofia Meyers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sarah-Elizabeth Deshaies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

where one variable's value wasoverwritten and that newly overwritten value was used in a subsequent assignment (e.g., Fig. 1,Problem 1). Conditional tasks assigned only an initial value to a variable and then askedstudents to assess whether one numerical value was greater than or less than another (e.g.,Fig. 1, Problem 2). while loops were constructed so that the termination condition wasachieved without incrementing by 1 each iteration (e.g., Fig. 1, Problem 7). for loops alwaysincremented an iterator by 1 from the initial value until reaching the terminating value (e.g., Fig.1, Problem 4). Problem 1 Problem 2 1 integer cansInFridge; 2 integer cansInCase

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Nosa Egiebor, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Arizona State University; Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Chalmers Sechrist, Florida Gulf Coast University; Sam Hulbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Osborn, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Roger Williams University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

continuously pursue academic excellence, to practice and promoteenvironmental sustainability, to embrace diversity, to nurture community partnerships, to valuepublic service, to encourage civic responsibility, to cultivate habits of lifelong learning, and tokeep the advancement of knowledge and pursuit of truth as noble ideals at the heart of theuniversity’s purpose. Florida Gulf Coast University is guided by the principles given in Table 1(http://www.fgcu.edu/info/mission.asp), which were developed by the Founding Faculty of theuniversity. Some of the phrases given in Table 1, those in bold and underlined, reflect theFGCU’s principles that overlap with ABET accreditation requirements and assessment activitiesand were used to guide the development of

Conference Session

Pre-college: Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Alison Haugh Nowariak, University of St. Thomas; AnnMarie Polsenberg Thomas, University of St. Thomas; Jenna Laleman, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

grade students. The new camp featured a one-day engineering design intensiveworkshop in place of the previous weeklong camp. In 2016, this new camp invited 125 studentsfrom the metro area to participate in a one-day workshop, which was conducted at the Saint PaulPublic Library and at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Accepted participantsmainly attended Title I schools, and nearly 80% identified as female. Two main projects(circuitry and laser cutting) were completed by participants, focusing on both the creative andtechnical aspects of each.Students were formally and informally assessed throughout each camp session to allow for datato be collected for use in comparison to the previous week-long camp structure. The

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Cristina Estrada, University of Virginia; Lindsey Taylor Brinton, The Ohio State University

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Student

have an academic career in mind. The co-instruction model ups (3) BME Physiology II is a required the ante a little bit by including you more in the course course for all BME majors, generally design instead of just in individual activities. The taken in the spring of their second approach should be the same, though. Practice year. The expectations of the GTA identifying learning goals and designing activities and were to run office hours and assist in assessments to achieve those goals.” exam generation and grading. The Professor of this course was much ~Dr. Brian Helmke, UVA

Conference Session

COED: EE Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Jamieson, Miami University

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Computers in Education

heor she can direct the flow of reciprocal information that unites person and environment in aninteractive system” 2 .Another important aspect of games is the idea of failure 3 . In education, it is very hard to fail, andin many cases within the education system, failure is a disaster, especially in the high stakesassessment we typically employ 4 . Because of this, failure has become something to be avoided ormitigated with the exception of people playing games; for example, for those of us who playedMario (mario.nintendo.com/) , Tetris (tetris.com/), Pacman (pacman.com/), orAngry Birds (www.angrybirds.com/), failure is an expectation in learning to succeed.Video games present failure as a low stakes assessment or feedback point that shows you

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Feifei Zhong, Southwest Jiaotong University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Reflection After the completion of each progress report, all submitted reports underwent peer-reviewby the entire class. Feedback collected from the peer-review process was returned back to theindividual team as reference for future revisions. Furthermore, at the end of the class project,questionnaires were sent to all of the students for feedback regarding the quality of the laboratoryinstruction, the laboratory manual, and the class project overall. It is expected that such surveyswill lead to future improvement in teaching and learning effectiveness.V. Assessment The laboratory manual revision process was proposed and implemented in the seniorelective, three credit hour class, MAE 441 in the fall 2016 semester. The revision

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Daniel Balkos, University of Waterloo; Benjamin Dow, University of Waterloo; Shoeleh Shams, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Monica B. Emelko, University of Waterloo; Scott Walbridge P.E., University of Waterloo; Chris Bachmann, University of Waterloo

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Civil Engineering

precast concrete slabs. The proposed research will involve both experimental and numerical components. Scaled test specimens will be fabricated and loaded cycli- cally to assess the fatigue life and performance of the shear connectors and a finite element model of the specimens will be generated to evaluate the performance numerically. This research is expected substan- tiate the reliability of using fewer required shear connectors, rendering a more efficient design.Mr. Benjamin Dow, University of Waterloo Benjamin has a Masters of Applied Science degree from the University of Waterloo. While completing his Masters, he was a teaching assistant for several undergraduate courses, focusing primarily on structural analysis

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard David, University of Texas, Austin; Jill Marshall, University of Texas, Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

: “1. Learning appropriate goals, 2. Scaffoldsthat support both student and teacher learning, 3. Frequent opportunities for formative self-assessment and revision, and 4. Social organizations that promote participation and result in asense of agency” (p. 273). When successfully implemented, PBL is reported to increasestudents’ interest in and motivation for studying content (Blumenfeld et al., 1991) in addition topromoting collaboration with peers, providing experiences in which students engage in authenticdiscipline-specific practice, and offering students latitude to develop their own models andrepresentations of content (Krajcik & Shin, 2014).Given the aforementioned benefits of the open-ended, student-centered nature of PBL, PBL

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

encouraged to explore a range of possibleinternships. With the approval of the program director, each student makes a commitment for asummer role which will contribute to advancing technical innovation in a real organization.Because each internship is also anticipated to have educational value, the program provides asupporting structure to help each internship experience become a student’s “ultimate elective”.Since the launch of the program, formal and informal assessments of each student’s learningfrom their own internship have been integrated into the program curriculum as part of theprogram design. Initially, learning assessment was primarily from written journal entries and afinal paper of accomplishments and reflections. In recent years

Conference Session

Student Division Early Introduction to Engineering Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Huq, Colorado State University; Wenlong Xu, Colorado State University; Sanli Movafaghi, Colorado State University; Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University

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Student

related corecourse, and looks at these math, chemistry, or physics concepts in the context ofengineering topics. This work aims to preliminarily assess the effectiveness of this newundergraduate engineering retention program recently implemented at CSU, under thehypothesis that LLs will improve retention of engineering students between their first-and second-semester courses. The results of this study are expected to inform andimprove future iterations of this program, as this model is not expected to be withoutflaws in its first implementation.More specifically, this study examines the effectiveness of this Learning Lab model bylooking at a combination of (1) Learning Lab attendance data, (2) first-year engineeringstudent feedback (taking

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert F. Richards, Washington State University; Fanhe Shamus Meng, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Ohio University; Arshan Nazempour, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

2007-2008 Fulbright exchange to Nigeria set the stage for him to receive the Marian Smith Award which was given annually to the most innovative teacher at WSU, and in 2016 he received the inaugural WSU Innovative Teaching Award based on the develop- ment and dissemination of hands-on desktop learning modules and their use in an interactive learning environment.Dr. Paul B. Golter, Ohio University Paul B. Golter obtained an M.S. and Ph.D. from Washington State University. His research area has been engineering education, specifically around the development and assessment of technologies to bring fluid mechanics and heat transfer laboratory experiences into the classroom. He is currently a Lecturer in Mechanical

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Joseph Balz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of technology; Stephen Michael Misak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, the program uses the existing independentstudy option to structure the program. Students participating in projects register for anindependent study which will count toward their tech elective and/or free elective requirementsfor graduation. The professor who agrees to supervise the project is responsible for mentoringthe student team, meeting with them weekly, assessing their work, and assigning a grade for theindependent study. Projects make use of work space in the MakerLab space on campus and haveaccess to fabrication tools and materials. It is recommended that students remain under the 18credit hour overload limit to ensure that they have adequate time to dedicate to the project.The ideal MIH project team consists of 3-4 members with 1-2

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Ben Hein

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Paper ID #18680Learning Physics in the Millennial AgeDr. Teresa L. Larkin, American University Teresa L. Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education and Director and Faculty Liaison to the Dual-degree engineering Program at American University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with emphasis in Physics and Science Education from Kansas State University. Dr. Larkin is involved with Physics Education Research (PER) and has published widely on topics related to the assess- ment of student learning in introductory physics and engineering courses. Noteworthy is her work with student writing as

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Teams

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Stephanie Sheffield, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, California Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

plethora of strategies suggested in the literature forsupporting teams, including having the teams make a team contract, using peer mentors tofacilitate teams, surveying the students regarding team members to assess individualcontributions and to identify social loafers, and checking in with the teams regularly. However,most discussion of supporting teams is in the “pedagogical strategies” literature [1, 7]. To ourknowledge, there is little research on students’ perspectives regarding these types of support oron outcomes from the implementation of these strategies; see [8-10] for some exceptions.This study reports on a survey of a group of first-year engineering students at the conclusion of ateamwork-intensive course to address the question of

Conference Session

Environmental Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Patricia Quintana-Cifuentes, Purdue University; Paul Asunda, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Environmental Engineering

campslesson plans that integrated sustainability education in middle schools. The main reason forconducting a systematized literature review is that it allows researchers to be able to demonstrateall the technical approaches for gathering the literature, such as the entire process of the searchand exclusion criteria [20]. This study followed the steps proposed by Borrego and Froyd [21] forthe engineering education context. 1. Identify scope and research question and provide a conceptual framework, logical model 2. Define exclusion criteria 3. Find sources 4. Assess quality for each study 5. Synthesize.Data AnalysisThis study analyzed 73 peer-reviewed journal articles in two stages

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning in Chemical Engineering Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

; this includes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Techno-economic modeling as an inquiry-based design activity in a core chemical engineering courseAbstractPurpose. Authentic engineering practice is often introduced to students through engineeringproblem-solving in the classroom. These problems usually have a single, correct answer and failto guide students’ problem framing

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest

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College Industry Partnerships

better, refine the scope of work andtry to get all the requirements as accurately defined as possible. The preliminary design andplanning took about one month after the kickoff meeting. The student team self-selected aproject manager for the project who was responsible for tracking progress and to provide statusreports to the client and professor on a bi-weekly basis as well as do some programming on theproject. The professor met weekly with the team to assess progress and discuss technical issues.The technical approach used was a traditional waterfall project development model that followedthe project network in the sequence as planned. Each student was assigned to specific tasks andtheir progress tracked. There were many technologies new to

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelvin T. Erickson, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Electrical and Computer

are also key content elements. The philosophy and pedagogicalfeatures of the three courses are first described, followed by the structure of the lecture and thelaboratory exercises. The paper concludes with assessment results. In the author‘s opinion, everyuniversity that teaches control system courses should have at least elective one course devoted toPLC programming, the basic one described in this paper.IntroductionAll three courses are electives in our curriculum. The first course, "Basic PLC," covers the basicsof PLC ladder logic programming and its application to manufacturing control, including PIDcontrol. The major component of the second course, "Advanced PLC," is a class-wide projectconfigured to run like a multi-team industrial

Conference Session

Maker Spaces in Design Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carolyn Keller, University of Wisconsin, Platteville ; Jodi F. Prosise, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #29932A Learner and Equity-Centered Approach to MakerspacesDr. Carolyn Keller, UW-Platteville Carolyn Keller is the Director of Academic Assessment at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. She is also an associate professor in sociology. Dr. Keller works regularly consults and collaborates with faculty in the engineering programs about assessment and continuous improvement.Dr. Jodi F. Prosise, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Jodi Prosise is Chair of Engineering and Physics and an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. She earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 10: STEM Outreach

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Safia Malallah, Kansas State University; Salah Alfailakawi, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

) grade.Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University Dr. Josh Weese is a Teaching Assistant Professor at Kansas State University in the department of Com- puter Science. Dr. Weese joined K-State as faculty in the Fall of 2017. He has expertise in data science, software engineering, web technologies, computer science education, and primary and secondary outreach programs. Dr. Weese has been the lead developer for the PhysPort Data Explorer, a data analytics and visualization portal that enables physics faculty to upload assessment data and receive instant feedback on their students’ assessment results, including expert recommendations and customized visualizations. Dr. Weese is highly active in several outreach programs

Conference Session

Flight and Control Simulators for Virtual Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Meron Lindenfeld, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York; Louis A. Scala, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York

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Aerospace

describe the motivation and circumstances that led to initiating steps intended toimprove both aviation degree programs at the college, which included the acquisition of thesimulator. While the simulator described was available due in part to an unusual opportunity andgood timing, the path describing its acquisition may prove useful to institutions planning onbuying new simulators or other complex and expensive educational technologies. This papershares the experiences and challenges met along the academic, technological, and financial pathsof the project.Motivation for improvementThe aviation faculty conducts semi-annual assessment activities on both of their degreeprograms. This includes the individual courses that make up these programs. The