Conference Session

The Best of Computers in Education Division (COED)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Lisa Graham Robeson, Ohio Northern University; Ye Hong, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Division Service Award. Estell currently serves as an ABET Commissioner and as a subcommittee chair on ABET’s Accreditation Council Training Committee. He was previously a Member-At-Large on the Computing Accreditation Commission Executive Committee and a Program Evaluator for both computer engineering and computer science. Estell is well-known for his significant contributions on streamlining student outcomes assessment processes and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium on multiple occasions. He was named an ABET Fellow in 2021. Estell is also a founding member and current Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing

Conference Session

Broader Approaches to Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bono Po-Jen Shih, Pennsylvania State University; Benjamin Daniel Chambers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Matthew James P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

their courses. In the research-to-practice cycle, instructors would informthemselves about innovative practices emerging from others’ research, improve teaching plansdrawing on new information, and assess student outcomes and feed back successful practices(and lessons learned) to the research community. This paradigm has a historical root in modelingengineering education after traditional sciences that have greater consensus on theories andmethods, with the goal of elevating engineering education practice to “research” that isgeneralizable and transferable [1]. Research in the wider institutional context, such as in themandate for institutional review boards (IRBs) in the US, is further understood as “a systematicinvestigation […] to develop or

Conference Session

Engineering Equity: Challenging Paradigms and Cultivating Inclusion in Technical Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jingfeng Wu, University of Michigan; Clay Walker, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

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

students’ disciplinary writing skills and grasp technical knowledge with hands-onlab experience [8], [9], [10].However, barriers to teaching writing-intensive labs remain. For example, writing-intensiveengineering labs have high enrollment, high grading load for instructors and teaching assistants[11], [12], and limited resources to teach technical writing in an already densely packed labcourse [9], [13]. In “In Approaches to Assessment that Enhance Learning in Higher Education”,Wingate [14] stated that iterations and formative feedback is a central and inevitable process forstudents to improve their writing skills. Unfortunately, the reality is that most engineeringstudents are not comfortable with iteratively editing their writing assignments

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi M Sherick, University of Michigan; Valerie N Johnson, University of Michigan; Heather Wagenschutz, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

sessions:overview of program and session-specific objectives; individual reflections on recentexperiments, followed by share-outs in trios and then with the full group; delivery of newcontent, including the research base and practice activities; and finally action planning, in whichparticipants identified takeaways and concrete next steps.Methods of Data CollectionEnd-of-Program Evaluation: At the conclusion of the program, both faculty and staffparticipants were asked to fill out an anonymous, online evaluation, with Likert scale andopen-ended questions. 34% of the overall participants completed this assessment. On average,the respondents attended 5 of the 6 sessions. (See Appendix D for quantitative results.)Budget Narratives: As a means of

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA); M. Alejandra Sorto, Texas State University; Patricia Perea, Perea Search Cross-Cultural Research & Consulting; Cindy D. Rojas Annicchiarico, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

and constructed by schools.Inequalities in the opportunity to learn essential content that has lasting effects on students’ academicand career trajectories are not just unique to the United States. Results from internationalassessments, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science (TIMSS) and the Program forInternational Student Assessment (PISA), reveal that there are differences in performance betweenand within countries with respect to gender 9, race and ethnicity10 and socioeconomic status11. Sincethis is a global phenomenon, scholars and practitioners around the world can contribute to a viablesolution by collaborating in co-developing and testing educational programs aimed at providingyouth with opportunities to learn.Middle

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

Ahmad Fayed; Mohamed Zeidan; Ephraim Massawe; Mehmet Bahadir

].Recognizing that there is a significant relationship between ventilation systems in the builtenvironments and their effects on health, comfort and productivity, an academic project withinOSHE-341 “Industrial Hygiene Field Evaluations” was tasked to students to undertake it as aterm paper project. As building ventilation rates have historically evolved from the 19th centurythrough improvements [36], student projects involved measuring ventilation rates or studies onthe preliminary assessment of technical performance of the mechanical ventilation systems andimpacts on the indoor air quality of a newly built and commissioned building on campus.Students' activities involved measurements of the incoming air through the diffusers, duct sizes,and other key

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

Md. Ali Haider; Jody Alberd

to harness thispowerful technological wave for the betterment of academia.Universities have long been cognizant of the transformative potential of technology, recognizingits capacity to reshape the landscape of teaching, learning, and assessment. Embracingtechnological disruption is not merely an option for modern universities; it is imperative fordistinguishing their student offerings, boosting admissions, enhancing retention rates, andultimately delivering the desired educational outcomes [11]–[14].Preparing students for success in the ever-evolving world of work is a multifaceted endeavor. Itdemands robust academic leadership, access to a high-caliber curriculum and educationalmaterials, and the cultivation of students' proficiency in

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 15

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camila Andrea Olivero-Araya, The Ohio State University; Monique S. Ross, The Ohio State University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Study Sample Selection, (3) Data collection, (4) Dataanalysis, and (5) Assuring quality.Designing the multiple case studyInitially, researchers need to assess the suitability of employing a case study methodology toinvestigate the research problem. As it was mentioned in the last section, multiple case study issuitable when the investigator can clearly define distinct cases with delineated boundaries, aimsto offer a comprehensive understanding of these cases and compare multiple cases [6]. Merriamrecommends that to design a multiple case study, it is important to start with a literature review,construct the theoretical framework, and identify the research problem [9].In conducting a multiple case study, establishing a clear boundary delineating

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 5 - Remote, Virtual, and Digital Realities

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Moyaki, University of Georgia; Isaac Damilare Dunmoye, University of Georgia; Cheryl T. Gomillion, University of Georgia; Dominik May, University of Wuppertal; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

the learners’ specific experience orthe achieved learning outcomes. Learning outcomes such as test performance [8] andtechnical skill development [9] have also been assessed to measure the efficacy of VRlaboratories with positive results observed. Concerning the learners’ experiences, priorstudies have focused on learning motivation [10], satisfaction [11], and perceived usefulness,[8, 11] among others. These student-focused factors have been described in the existingliterature to play significant roles in the successful implementation of VR laboratories forengineering education settings [12].However, contextual factors such as physical, social, and instructional environments also playhuge roles in the learning process [13, 14]. Hence

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Duke University; Eric Stephen Richardson, Duke University; Harris Solomon, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

if used in sequence. These produced materials are currently usedin several courses across the curriculum at Duke University including first-year design and agraduate design course; to date, direct assessment on the modules is limited. Most createdmaterials are used during a summer internship when teams are tasked to identify problems andwrite cogent needs statements. To date, feedback has been positive, especially on the exerciseswhere students practice observing and interviewing to identify unmet needs.IntroductionAs discussed by Howe and Goldberg, design-focused education can cover topics ranging fromproject management, design constraints and requirements, prototyping, search for prior art, andidentification of customer needs [1

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tianjiao Zhao, East Carolina University; George C. Wang P.E., East Carolina University; Ron Chance, East Carolina University; Chelsea Rebecca Buckhalter, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

efficacy of content screening methods, and concerns aboutacademic integrity. This paper also provides essential firsthand information for the forthcoming research onacademic strategies and countermeasures.This study includes a survey distributed to 110 students from two writing-intensive courses in theDepartment of Construction Management at East Carolina University. The aim is to assess their use ofChatGPT and their ability to screen AI generated content. The results validate concerns about thereliability of information extracted by ChatGPT, noting a considerable number of inaccuracies. Theresearch also points out the difficulty in recognizing AI-generated texts in construction writing,emphasizing the urgent need for detailed guidelines on the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Halpern, University of New Hampshire; Mariah Arral, Carnegie Mellon University; Cassandra Michelle Lafleur, University of New Hampshire; Sarah Young; Elise Baribault, University of New Hampshire; Julianna Gesun, University of New Hampshire

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

Family Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her prior work experiences include product management, consulting, tutoring, marketing, and information technology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-in-Progress: Updated Progress towards Understanding Perspectives among Neurodiverse Undergraduate Researchers in STEMAbstractIn this work-in-progress research paper, we update the community on the assessment tool wehave been developing to assess Thriving in STEM undergraduate researchers acrossneurodiversity. Neurodivergent students are often marginalized and stigmatized to the point offeeling pressure to "normalize" or "camouflage" their behavior to appear

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Paul Blowers

semester typically encourages students to seek out advice atthat time. Some students will also find themselves on academic probation at the end of asemester and will need to formally meet with an advisor to come up with a plan to return to asuccessful trajectory. Motivational tools in cases like these are to discuss other students whohave found themselves in academic distress who then went on to become successful in theirendeavors. Exploratory activities may include finding the right expertise on campus to helpstudents move past problems include seeing a psychological counselor, meeting with legal staff,or seeing evaluators for assessment of learning disabilities that may have emerged over time.Advising activities designed to foster self

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bryce Holloway, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Al Mundy, U.S. Air Force Academy; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

motion, a topic known as wearability18. Anotherresearch team developed a collaborative role playing design game for concept generation andenhancement of portability17. The article demonstrates the method on design of a communicationdevice. A third research team has undertaken to assess the portability of components during themanufacturing process20,22. There are also a number of articles, relating to the design andimplementation of inflatable structures29-37. A large body of this research is spawned from thescience and engineering revolving around the recent development of deployable spacestructures29-35. Such space structures include inflatable antennas, re-entry cushions, domiciles,and satellites. The relevant articles are related to

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ani Ural, Villanova University; Joseph Robert Yost, Villanova University; David W Dinehart, Villanova University; Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

describesone of these interdisciplinary freshman projects. The project, known as Analytical andExperimental Evaluation of a SMARTBEAM, combines elements of civil, mechanical andelectrical engineering in the study of flexural behavior of expanded wide flange steel beamsknown as cellular beams. The project combines finite element analysis, flexural stress concepts,strain gauge instrumentation and experimental investigation into a unified experience. Detailsrelated to course development and structure, lecture content, method of delivery, outcomes, andlearning assessment are presented.1. IntroductionEngineering analysis, design and research investigation must rely on theory, computationalanalysis and experimental evaluation. In order to effectively

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

regress in their conceptual understanding, regardlessof their academic performance within the class.1 Students frequently fail to understand how toapply mathematical concepts to real problems.Within mechanical engineering curriculum, heat transfer is considered a notoriously difficultcourse for students.2,3 Concept inventories have been developed to assess students’ level ofconceptual understanding; reported student scores on these inventories have been quite low, withaverage performance in the range of 50%.2,4 The incorporation of active learning approacheswithin classes and programs have been shown to increase conceptual understanding of corecontent,5 but are infrequently utilized in core content engineering courses such as those in thethermal

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-1897: DESIGNING SUCCESSFUL DESIGN PROJECTSAlan Cheville, Oklahoma State University Page 15.371.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Designing Successful Design ProjectsAbstractThe importance of design is increasing in undergraduate engineering programs. Design is seenby proponents as a vital element of learning engineering. Compared to courses which focus onengineering analysis, design courses emphasize application of a broad spectrum of knowledge innarrow contexts. The importance of design courses is magnified by their impact on students andtheir disproportionate importance for assessment and accreditation. One element of designcourses

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

-learning projects, yet wefound that many students did not see how their projects were related to them and in some casesengineering more broadly without some reflection. The second reason reflection is so critical isthat students exposed to genuine community needs and issues do not always understand theissues and need assistance in processing their experiences. Participants can have theirstereotypes actually reinforced rather than challenged. For example, one young man, during theseminar pilots, participated in assessments of substandard housing. He stated that what he hadlearned from the experience was that he was glad he would be an engineer who could live in thesuburbs where housing is not an issue. This was clearly not what we had intended for

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Hamilton

introduced for the Spring Term of 2005. In addition, the author willprovide an assessment of learning outcomes as well as student attitudes toward the procedure andperceived value of “peer review” as a learning tool. The author found that after two semesters ofusing Peer Review 56% of the students indicated that peer review had a positive effect on theirlearning and another 28% provided a response that indicated that it was only the mechanics ofthe process used that limited their success; largely due to their peers not being able to provide atimely review. When asked if they would use peer review for other assignments (when notrequired), 61% indicate they would and another 22% said they would some of the time, only17% indicated they would not. In

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Harwood; Al Rudnitsky

why knowledge is alwaysimprovable – never final. Page 10.873.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Despite the importance of scientific thinking, it continues to be an elusive educational goal.Many students, even advanced students, do not grasp how scientific theories arise and themanner in which evidence is used to support or call those theories into question. Experts such asBarr [5], Scharmann [6], and Kracjik [7] and most assessments agree that students tend to viewscience as a

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Harwood; Al Rudnitsky

why knowledge is alwaysimprovable – never final. Page 10.874.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Despite the importance of scientific thinking, it continues to be an elusive educational goal.Many students, even advanced students, do not grasp how scientific theories arise and themanner in which evidence is used to support or call those theories into question. Experts such asBarr [5], Scharmann [6], and Kracjik [7] and most assessments agree that students tend to viewscience as a

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Tonya Emerson

completed anexperiment to measure the effects of personality type on engineering students’ academicperformance. Felder purposefully modified his instructional approach in a five course series tofavor learning styles that are typically neglected in a formal lecture. For this study, Felderapplied the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality assessment and required all Page 10.1165.8participating students to complete the Myers-Brigg test. Within the Myers-Briggs “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition” Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

, sampling andanalog to digital conversion. 2. Reverse Engineering of Automated Blood Pressure Monitor – (Freshman Clinic II): Alsocommon to all engineering students, this class introduces engineering devices and mechanismsthrough reverse engineering20. Students reverse engineer and comparatively assess competingautomated blood pressure monitors. They learn how various components work individually aswell as how they are integrated to work together. These components include pressure sensor andtransducer, liquid crystal display, microprocessor, inflating pump motor, and the solenoid valve.Engineering topics that are introduced include basic circuit concepts, total cost of ownershipthrough power consumption analysis, pressure sensors, motor

Conference Session

Technology for Learning

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Cooper; Wayne Burleson; Ken Watts; Santhosh Thampuran

Session 3430 An Empirical Study of Student Interaction with CD-based Multimedia Courseware W. Burleson, W. Cooper, J. Kurose, S. Thampuran, K. Watts Department of Computer Science / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts AmherstAbstractThe CD-MANIC project is developing a multimedia courseware system that combines the use ofCDs for bandwidth-intensive content with periodic Internet connections for updates, logging,assessment and access to Internet resources. Class materials distributed by CD include asemester's worth of lectures (recorded

Conference Session

ET Web Based Laboratories

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hall

calculations, and the professional results theyachieved. Since the pilot course, students have been encouraged to use an electronic spreadsheetto prepare laboratory reports, which include tables for data and calculated values and incorporategraphs when appropriate. Text boxes are used for the written portions of the reports.In addition to laboratory reports, I used quizzes to reinforce some of the concepts of individuallab exercises and tests–including the final examination–to measure student progress. Blackboardoffers a number of ways to assess student performance, one of which is a quiz or test. Questionscan be anything from multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank to open-ended responses by thestudents. The former can be machine graded, while the

Collection

2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Felicity Bilow, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters P.E., Clarkson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Likert-type and open responsequestions. Many students responded to some, but not all, of the open-ended questions. Abreakdown of the students who completed the survey and who responded to at least some of theopen-ended questions can be found in Table 1. Table 1. Student Sample Course Total Female Male BR200 15 7 8 ES220 19 6 132.2 Survey and AnalysisThe pilot survey was adapted from two previously-vetted instruments, using 28 Likert-type itemsfrom the Engineering Professional Responsibility Assessment (EPRA) tool [35] and 23 Likert-type items from an

Collection

2023 PSW

Authors

Helen Choi

principles for teaching technical material. Guidedself-assessment in both courses is fundamental to building students' capacities forcontinued independent improvement.At USC, these elective courses have been positively received in the past two decadesof their offering, garnering extremely high ratings in student evaluations. Students,however, have also indicated that they need additional communications support thatthey can access outside of the time limits of the formal courses and that extendsthroughout their years of graduate school [1]. In fact students often time theirenrollment in these courses to match with submission deadlines so that they canreceive instructor assistance. In response, the Hub was created to provide suchsupport. Despite some

Conference Session

Certifying Teachers in Engineering or Integrated STEM

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen O'Brien, College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

overview of this course is presented Table 2. In this course we purposefully cover avariety of applications and math with the intent of keeping the interest-level high, while alsoallowing a variety of mathematics topics to be encountered. Application areas include civilengineering, blood/fluid flow, education (grading, assessment/evaluation and educationresearch), genetics, electronics, finance (time value of money), measurement, mechanics,ballistics/dynamics, biology, and chemistry. Math/quantitative topics covered include large &small numbers, trigonometry, units analysis, probability & statistics, structured programming(Excel), rates-of-change and exponential functions. A substantial amount of time is spent onlearning Excel since this

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

electronics, power systems, communication, control and power electronics, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics, and physics. His research interests included power system stabil- ity, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and turbulence simu- lation, measurement and modeling, numerical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published several papers in referred journals and in conference pro- ceedings in his areas of the research interests

Conference Session

ELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; R. Roemer, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-basedrobotic/mechatronic design projects. We expect that the integrated laboratory experiences in ourfirst-year mechanical engineering classes will improve the students’ understanding and retentionof fundamental engineering principles through the coupling of hands-on laboratory learning withdesign-based learning. We will assess this outcome by comparing final exam scores acrosssemesters (i.e., before and after the curricular changes). We also anticipate increased studentretention, which will be assessed by tracking which students eventually register for theMechatronics course in the junior year of the program.1. IntroductionOur overall curriculum has a very strong “hands-on” component at all levels with semester-longdesign projects in both semesters