Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental: K-12 Student Beliefs, Motivation, and Self Efficacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James D. Lehman, Purdue University; Qiming Huang, Purdue University; Chell Nyquist, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

elementary school teachers’ enactmentsof engineering design-based science instruction and to assess the impact of their instruction onstudents’ science learning.Research questionsThis study was guided by the following research questions: a) How do elementary schoolteachers enact engineering design-based science instruction? b) What is the fidelity of teachers’implementation? c) What knowledge do students learn when engaging in engineering design-based tasks? and d) To what extent does the fidelity of instruction correlate with students’science learning?Theoretical frameworkThis study is grounded in the theoretical construct of situated learning theory where learners(teachers and students) become part of a community of practice in which they learn

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University; Charles Carlson, Kansas State University; Andrew McKittrick, Kansas State University; Shangxian Wang, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

/population, and the 3D-printed case. Due to time constraints, teaching-assistant help wasoffered in terms of the BLE data transmission and the cell phone app. Portable data acquisitionhardware (Digilent Analog Discovery 2 units) and virtual instrument software (WaveForms 2015software) provided students with means to build and test circuitry outside of the confines oftraditional benchtop laboratories. Student performance was assessed relative to learningobjectives specified for the project, and pre/post surveys were employed to gauge student self-perceptions of learning with regard to physical device components, instrumentation concepts,analog circuitry, digital circuitry, wireless links, printed circuit boards, 3D printing, and cellphone apps. While

Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University; Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

building, the James B. Hunt Jr. Library. At this stage of the process,space- and service-model planning was initiated and in support of this work, various user studieswere undertaken. These studies, which were conducted up until the last months before thebuilding opened in January 2013, helped to answer planning questions, as well as build supportand awareness of the library among faculty and students.1 After the building opened, it quicklybecame apparent that assessment of the effectiveness of the new spaces and the service modelwas needed and as a result, more studies were initiated. The resulting body of five years ofresearch provides many practical insights into the needs and preferences of Hunt Library users.The Hunt Library is situated on

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

philosophy,curriculum, instructional strategy, preliminary assessment results and the teaching toolsemployed to enhance the students’ entrepreneurial experience.IntroductionFrans Johansson, in his book The Medici Effect1 recounts the story of the Medicis, a bankingfamily in Florence who were patrons in a wide range of disciplines. Due to the Medicis and afew other like-minded families, sculptors, scientists, poets, philosophers, financiers, painters, andarchitects from all over Europe and as far as China converged upon the city of Florence. Therethey found each other, learned from one another, and broke down the barriers between theirdisciplines and cultures. Together they formed a new world based on new ideas—what becameknown as the Rinascimento or

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Sarah Root, University of Arkansas; Emine Cagin, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

’ interactions with GSIs. Thetraining typically lasts two to three days, and topical meetings throughout the semester follow. Inboth of these examples, end-of-term surveys help assess the satisfaction and benefits mentorsreceive from the program. Both programs have collected anecdotal information pointing to thementors acknowledging that they grow as teachers and consultants through their training andparticipation.In this paper, we focus on the benefits of such programs to the mentors, and discuss how theirexperiences mentoring their peers have impacted the alumni and current members of theUniversity of Michigan’s College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor program. Weinvestigate the benefits that the mentors receive from being part of the EGSM

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Michael Phillips, Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Adam Harris

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering Leadership Academy. She also provides oversight for student professional development curriculum and programs, including the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. She is founder and co-chair of the college’s Strategic Planning and Assessment Resource Team and is a key member of the University’s Institutional Effectiveness Oversight Committee. As a founding member of the Academic Affairs Assessment Team, she was instrumental in helping to develop campus-wide tools that enhance the efficiency of data collection and reporting. As co-PI on several projects, including four current NSF projects, Patricia contributes her expertise in the areas of the freshman-year experience

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Joshua S Wiley, United States Military Academy; MICHAEL Robert GREIFENSTEIN, United States Military Academy, Department of Geography & Environmental Engineering; Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., United States Military Academy

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Diversity

𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤 2 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤 3 The third framework is one of one-to-one correspondence with lag. The underlyingtheory behind this framework is that a “heavy” week for cadets, particularly in the sense ofacademics, will often result in their proffering of significant assessable work to professors andinstructors. Examples of such work are problem sets, tests, essays, papers, oral recitations, briefs,debates, projects, and lab reports. Faculty, in turn, must devote time to grading that work in someincreased proportion relative to a “typical” faculty week, just as cadets devoted more than typical

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; daniel ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Howard, Illinois Institute of Technology; June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

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Educational Research and Methods

Associate Director for Research and Operations of the Interprofessional (IPRO) program. He was brought in specifically to focus on IPRO courses, and has led over 50 IPRO project teams in the past four years. He has an undergraduate degree in liberal arts and mechnical engineering, and graduate degrees in Business and Industrial Engineering. For over 20 years he led consulting businesses specializing in financial and information process design and improvement, professional training/education for industry, market research and professional publications. He has been instrumental in implementing many of the assessment processes and interventions now used by the IPRO program. He also

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University

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Manufacturing

.) theemployer is deliberately operating in contradiction of the safety regulations and knowinglycreating a hazard, or 2.) the employer is unaware of the hazards or does not know how to complywith the requirements of the code. In assessing the problem, the following observations weremade: ≠ One must operate from the assumption that employers generally do not willfully seek to create hazardous operating conditions. ≠ Review of the OSHA narratives suggests that most press accidents could be prevented by proper compliance with existing regulations. ≠ Focused enforcement efforts do not appear to have yielded significant reductions in injuries. Based on these observations, it was concluded that most press injuries are

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

Director of Accreditation and Assessment Services for the College of Technology. His primary focus is the practical application of assessment and evaluation strategies to enhance educational quality in the college and university. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Dr. Ramos worked as a researcher for the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, and as an Evaluator for Boston Connects. He earned a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from Boston College in 2004.William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston WILLIAM FITZGIBBON, III earned his PhD degree from Vanderbilt University. He is serving as Dean of the College of Technology and holds professorial rank in

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Gordon; Joel Greenstein; Jack Hebrank; Douglas E. Hirt; Daniel P. Schrage; Bill Mason; Tom Miller; Jim Nau

/ACDesPgmVPI.html (Ifthe text of this paper is actually available electronically than a copy to the URL locator is simple). Using Assessment to Drive Continuous Improvement of Early Design ExperiencesAssessment of the early design experiences can suggest ways of improving the experiences, as well as indicatehow well the experiences are working. Both of these kinds of information are important: Once you have usedone assessment to suggest "interventions" and introduced these “improvements,” follow-up assessment isrequired to find out whether the interventions really did improve the design experience.The length of the intervention-assessment cycle may be as short as one class meeting or as long as a courseterm. In the following paragraphs a few

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Wagner, Clemson University; Katie Knaub, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors

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Mechanical Engineering

, computer simulation, and artistic water clocks. For eachexperiment, the learning objectives, equipment and materials, and laboratory procedures arelisted. To determine the learning effectiveness of each experiment, an assessment tool will beused to gather student feedback for laboratory improvement. Finally, these experiments can alsobe integrated into academic programs that emphasize science, technology, engineering andmathematical concepts within a societal context.1.0 IntroductionThe common clock, whether mechanical, electric or electronic, represents a dynamic systemwhose precision and sophistication has evolved with society as well as the interpretation of time.A clock generally contains a host of scientific and engineering principles which

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

study abroad experience with a work experiencewith assignments that paralleled the requirements and outcomes of the mandatory cooperativeeducation courses which are currently part of the BGSU architecture curriculum. Therefore,assessment was primarily based on the extent to which the students felt they benefited bothprofessionally and academically. A survey administered to the students during the post-classmeeting was used as the primary assessment tool. A second survey sent to the participating firmswas used to gain insight into the architect’s perspective on the work experience. The two-sectionstudent survey included likert-scale questions as well as open-ended response questions. The firstsection asked students to evaluate the overall

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghvinder Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley; Matt Bass, Siemens Corporate Research; Dan Paulish, Siemens Corporate Research

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Engineering Management

synchronize their Page 11.257.7 understanding of the problem with that of the central team. • Demoralized teams: When teams had to sit idle because the parts of the system their work relied on had not been completed, or if they had to do substantial rework because the requirements and architecture of the system were either not communicated properly or were misunderstood, they quickly became demoralized.All these challenges point to difficulties in assessing and managing the shared understanding ofthe original problem (or a sub-problem within it), whether related to the problem’s definition orissues of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Joseph Zorychta, University of Virginia; Elizabeth P. Pyle MBA, University of Virginia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

anduniversities, almost half of them offered either a minor or a major in entrepreneurship, and 25percent offered a major [1]. Programs have been growing and evolving to keep up with theintroduction of new technologies and market trends, and have made significant expansion toother areas of campus outside the business schools [1,4].Given the massive amount of support for entrepreneurship education programs at colleges anduniversities, it is critical to assess their value against their original purposes. It has been arguedfor at least the past twenty years that allocating exorbitant amounts of money and efforts tosubsidize more new entrepreneurs is “socially wasteful” [11]. Universities play a critical role inpreparing the future workforce and discovering

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Across Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute; Horst Hohberger, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

in purifying/sanctifying behaviors – is good, and the alternatives arebad.The first two have been labelled the “individuating” foundations, primarily concerned withprotecting the individual, and the latter three have been called the “binding” foundations, primarilyconcerned with protecting groups. Given their evolutionary origins, these foundations would beuniversal, although culture affects the relative priority given to and contents associated with thedifferent foundations. Those who identify as socially liberal, for example, tend to emphasize theindividuating foundations, judging a concern for the wellbeing (care) and equal treatment (fairness)of others as paramount in assessments of right and wrong, whereas those who identify as

Conference Session

The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder; Kenneth M. Anderson, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

engineering, science, and technology to include new forms of communication and problem solving for emerging grand challenges. A second vein of Janet’s research seeks to identify the social and cultural impacts of technological choices made by engineers in the process of designing and creating new devices and systems. Her work considers the intentional and unintentional consequences of durable struc- tures, products, architectures, and standards in engineering education, to pinpoint areas for transformative change.Dr. Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder Beth A. Myers is the Director of Analytics, Assessment and Accreditation at the University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a BA in biochemistry, ME in engineering

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Timothy Duane Reedy, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering education. Similarly, storytelling for the purpose ofconstructing context for a decontextualized problem is a skill necessary to practice moralreasoning and dovetails with the goal of developing curriculum around real-world problems aswell as students’ personal experiences.To our knowledge no research has been conducted to assess the potential of the problem re-writeto introduce socio-technical context into technical courses [25]. Many studies use the termcontext to refer to physical materials or environment but not necessarily humans or socialstructural factors. For example, Surovec [26] uses the term context in an assignment that asksstudents to “identify, photograph, model, idealize and analyze items or structures found locally(on

Conference Session

Promoting Technical Communication Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristine Horvat, University of New Haven; Judy Randi, University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

evidence supporting the effectiveness of technical communication instructionintegrated into engineering coursework [4]. Yet, fitting technical communication instruction inengineering curricula is challenging, especially given the demands of engineering coursework[5]. Moreover, research-based instructional strategies for teaching writing are less common inengineering courses [6]. In a survey of technical communication initiatives in engineering schools in NorthAmerica, Reave [7] described a promising partnership approach characterized as an authenticform of integration, one in which engineering and writing faculty collaborate in designing,delivering instruction, and assessing student outcomes. In the partnership model, students engagein the

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology; Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

, as well as to analyze and interpret data” is not a valid single competency because “interpret data” rates with top cluster competencies, while “experiments” rates below bottom cluster competencies. Such dramatic differences in the ratings for sub-constructs indicate that combining “experiments” and “interpreting data” hides a valuable distinction in the mind of practicing engineers [13].”Later in their paper Passow and Passow [13] note that WA 4 also runs counter to combine theconduct of investigations with the interpretation of data and drawing conclusions. These findingshave important implications for the design of “laboratory” experiences.If the development and assessment of abilities around doing “experiments

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachal E Thomassie, Texas A&M University; Kathryn Kirsch, Pennsylvania State University; Eric R Marsh, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

programs in mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania StateUniversity and Texas A&M University have taken a different approach. Career advisement hasbeen incorporated into a seminar course. A preliminary study was conducted to assess the courseeffectiveness by surveying students enrolled in the corresponding seminars. This paper describeshow both courses are structured and presents a discussion of results from the student survey.Overall, curricular-based career advisement is shown to be an effective way to reach a largenumber of students, equip them with knowledge to make informed career choices, and guidethem in an approach to lifelong learning.Background—Why Career AdvisementThe benefits of a degree in mechanical engineering are far-reaching

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Competency and Skill Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Kate Roach, UCL; Emanuela Tilley, University College London; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University

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Engineering Leadership Development

model of leadership based on influence, focusing on developing a largerframework of behaviors or competencies that their creators believe are pertinent to 21st-centuryengineers.Programs that explicitly seek to develop engineering leadership skills in undergraduates haveutilized a variety of pedagogical approaches. As is increasingly common across engineeringeducation, many programs use direct instruction, problem-based learning [19], Kolb’sexperiential learning cycle [20], and reflective practice [21]. However, few validated instrumentsexist to assess the development of engineering leadership directly. While an instrument to assessleadership, change, and synthesis in engineering undergraduates was recently developed [22],programs tend to rely

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Technology Ventures Program (STVP) targets to accelerate entrepreneurship educationat their university and around the world [9].Santa Clara University has an aggressive extracurricular program complementing elements of theEML program. Each quarter, they have activities including: seminars, lunch with an entrepreneurevents, business and law primer presentations. One highlight of this program is an EMLchallenge in which teams of students develop ideas based on opportunities they identify in orderto validate a market and assess the creation of value. The winner is often offered a “contract” toproduce the product for university purposes [10] .Some schools integrated EML in their course projects. The authors of the paper “EntrepreneurialMindset and the

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4 – Systems Thinking Integration and Systems Engineering Skills Evaluation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Constance Aloisio, Purdue University; Karen Marais, Purdue University; Hanxi Sun, Purdue University

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Systems Engineering

better ways ofteaching systems engineering, so that engineers require less on-the-job training before taking ontheir roles at their respective engineering companies. A first step in improving systems engineeringeducation is identifying and assessing the strengths and inadequacies in systems engineeringeducation. Here, we propose an approach based on an analysis of the types of errors systemsengineers make in practice. In our previous work, we analyzed a large set of systems engineeringfailures and identified “decision errors” in systems engineering—decisions made before theaccident that accident investigators identified as contributing significantly to the accident. Wedeveloped eight survey questions based on failures in our dataset, including

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing for the Future Through Projects and Research

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Desen Sevi Özkan, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech

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Industrial Engineering

often requested to complete various stages of the system’s life cycle, includingformulating the problem, conceptualizing the solution, implementing a solution in part or whole,and presenting the solution to the client. However, while these project conditions provide a decentsurrogate of a real industrial problem, students’ solutions are purely academic: They lack keyelements that any engineering solution to a real problem should have. For example, students’solutions tend to be deterministic, assume seamless implementation and adoption, do not createunintended consequences, and are free of risks. Furthermore, these weaknesses are not identifiedin the evaluation of projects because assessments remain academic. They focus on evaluating

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David MacNair, Georgia Institute of Technology; David Edward Torello, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

the way that goals are established andaddressed. Feisel and Rosa [12] identify a fundamental problem in that there appears to be nooverall agreement on the goals of engineering lab courses (p. 6), and they note that statedobjectives do not clearly translate into actions that can be taken and assessed in a class. Theirdiscussion also points out that the introduction of increasingly powerful computers andincreasingly complex lab equipment has introduced distractions, with the risk that projectinstructions and student attention may come to be dominated by the instrumentation rather thanby the system under study. Ernst’s classic article [1] speaks to a similar concern with projectgoals, pointing out that many instructional lab projects are

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Patrick Dumond, University of Ottawa

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Design in Engineering Education

vehicle; - Unmanned light aircraft: design a rapid off-loading mechanical cargo system to be used in conjunction with a light aircraft frame; - two- to three-person submarine: design a submarine’s hull, frame, hatch, seals and access mechanisms.Students had to form teams by the second week of the term and sign a team contract. At the endof the semester, they had to present their final designs. Peer assessment was administered aftereach report was submitted to assess individual students’ contribution to their team project.Reports were graded as a team, and peer assessment marks were then used to scale individualstudents’ marks. Table I presents the reports that had to be submitted and the grades allocated foreach report

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy K. Dunford, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rohit Kandakatla, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanics

Johnston, Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award; and the ASME C. D. Mote Jr., Early Career Award. In 2014 Dr. Rhoads was included in ASEE Prism Magazine’s 20 Under 40.Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, joining Purdue in August 2014. He has been teaching mechanics for over 20 years, and has worked extensively on the integration and assessment of specific technology interventions in mechanics classes. He was one of the co-leaders in 2013-2014 of the ASEE Virtual Community of Practice (VCP) for mechanics educators across the country. His current research focuses on student problem

Conference Session

Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

overseas issues. Although they are easy to plan, manage, require less funding, andrequire less curriculum changes to incorporate, they have low educational impacts. By increasingthe time that students are involved, and requiring them to engage in different stages of the projectsuch as data acquiring, design, and assessment of alternative solutions, they can create deeperimpacts [7]. Students require time to absorb important components of their service learning.Therefore, longer exposure and involvement helps them acquire more aspects of the designprocess.Another factor in designing an international service learning program is to determine if studentsare going to be required to travel to the site project or can they stay connected remotely too

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

student at their convenience (an element of the Flipped classroom) thus freeingup class time for various Active Learning experiences including conceptual questions, Think-Pair-Share activities, Ranking tasks, individual and team quizzes, and collaborative problem solving.Project Based Learning (PBL) was used through two large team-based design projects undertakenduring a weekly laboratory session. A mixed-methods assessment strategy was employed toevaluate the success of these approaches. Quantitative data was obtained from final examperformance for both conceptual understanding and problem solving competency which wascompared directly to the same class taught in a traditional manner. Other quantitative andqualitative data, including student’s