Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wen Huang, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

supplementary open questions related to participants’ experience in thecollaborative virtual assembly task, their reflections, and feedbacks. The development of these two questionnaires will follow the instrument developmentprocess in the affective domain introduced by McCoach, Gable, & Madura [35]. Specifically, foursteps will be completed in sequence: (1) literature reading and existing similar instruments search;(2) item writing or revision; (3) content validity assessment; (4) face validity assessment. Two orthree researchers in the engineering education and the automotive fields will be invited to assessthe validity of generated items and 3–5 undergraduate students to evaluate whether the instrumentscan be understood for the face

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared Rayleigh Wilson; Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

not anopportunity to do a formal assessment on its effectiveness, other than the homework and testquestion could not be answered without it. The authors hope to do more assessment in the futureas the app capabilities are improved (i.e. larger range of Reynolds number flow, unsteady flow,turbulence, more shapes, and better visualization graphics). However, it is the firm belief of theauthors that the app is useful, and lack of formal assessment is not a valid reason to stop fromusing it or publishing its use.Further development of Flow HPC will include expanding the shapes and Reynolds numberrange of the app to allow more use in a basic fluid mechanics class. The current version islimited but does allow students better understanding of low

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Jacob T Allenstein, Ohio State University; Robert B. Rhoads, Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

the characteristics thatlifelong learners would possess.Mourtos7 developed a different strategy for looking at the definition of lifelong learning and itsrelationship to the ABET student outcome. In his work, he divided the ABET outcome into thetwo parts of: • recognizing the need for lifelong learning and • the ability to engage in lifelong learning.Mourtos7 developed 14 attributes to measure lifelong learning in students in both of thesecategories. These measures were then used in course design to ensure that lifelong learning wasincluded and assessed in the curriculum. The methods of assessment included student work,student course reflections, and student surveys. Mourtos7 recognizes that the 14 attributes oflifelong learning

Conference Session

Explorations in Mechanics Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Graves P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Young Hwan Chun, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and book chapters on these

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions III: Writing as Social–Technical Integration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Hejia Pan, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-availability redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers. His current research interests include robotics, real-time control-system implementation, rapid prototyping for real-time sys- tems, and modeling and analysis of mechatronic systemsDr. M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University Dr. M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is an assistant research professor with a joint appointment in the Bagley College of Engineering dean’s office and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mis- sissippi State University. Through her role in the Hearin Engineering First-year Experiences (EFX) Pro- gram, she is assessing the college’s current first-year engineering efforts, conducting rigorous engineering

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M Nathans-Kelly, U of Wisconsin-Madison; Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

professionalengineers, knowing their audience is far more complex because the audience is not a self-contained, safe classroom. The stakes are higher, all around.We expect that by about mid-semester, students should have the nuts-and-bolts of theirworksite presentation settled: the date, the time, the place, the video camera, and theroster of attendees. Part of the rich feedback provided in the course is the ability forstudents to view a recording of themselves giving a talk. Like many other instructors andtrainers over the last decades, we have found that when people see a video of theirperformance, a much better sense of strengths and weaknesses can be identified by theparticipants themselves. Doing this type of self-assessment is an incredible

Conference Session

Technical Session I

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Aysa Galbraith, University of Arkansas; Heath Aren Schluterman, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Brandon Crisel, University of Arkansas

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference Sessions

have shown that attitudes of freshmanbeginning of fall semester and post-survey at the engineering students change over the course of their firstbeginning of spring semester. Typical Freshman academic year and suggested that these attitudes and how theyEngineering students, who are qualified to take Calculus change throughout a student’s undergraduate education canI (on time) or Precalculus (one semester behind), enroll in provide insight into understanding students’ decision toIntroduction to Engineering I in fall semester and remain in engineering and their ability to perform well ifIntroduction to Engineering II in spring semester. Some retained [1-4]. An assessment

Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Jenilynne Gaskin, Maui Economic Development Board; Kawailehua Kuluhiwa, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.; Christine Andrews, Maui Eco Dev Board

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Engineering Center, Watervliet, New York 2 IBM Excite Camp at Purdue University 3Since then, the program has steadily grown in recognition among middle school girls and hightech employers, successfully broadening its reach to Native Hawaiian and ethnic minorityapplicants each year, as well as improving the educational value and cultural integration of itsprogram activities and mentor presentations.Program ApproachHawaii public schools traditionally rank poorly in math and science compared to the rest of thenation. According to year 2003 findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, Page 12.193.3Hawaii 8th graders rank lower

Conference Session

FPD12 -- Novel Approaches to First Year Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Nancy Lamm, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Joshua Smith, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

past decade, presentations in the Freshman ProgramsDivision at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conferences have featuredrepresentatives from an array of engineering colleges describing their own unique first-year-seminar type programs and initiatives18, 19, 20.Nevertheless, despite the explosion of attention about first year programs in engineering, there isa significant lack in the engineering learning community literature of a solid body of assessmentdata about the success of various efforts. One of the speakers at the 2006 ASEE Conference inChicago stated that many of the conference presentations are more of a “show and tell” nature.He said it is time for the engineering community to more solidly address assess the

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

pleased with the improved gender ratio,especially for the first session.In 2006, the program also provided a record number of students (31) with MartellScholarships, totaling $8,400. Updating Table 2, the Martell scholarship fund has nowhelped over 150 students, with a total of almost $43,000.In regards to the upcoming 2007 sessions, with the applications we have already receivedat the time of the writing of this paper, we anticipate that the numbers will be very similarto those of 2006. We welcome the challenge!From IEP to Notre DameA good number of IEP participants apply to Notre Dame, and many of them end upattending school here, though not all in Engineering. We keep track of those students, andtry to assess IEP’s impact on their academic

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Moore, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

capabilities of itsdigital telecommunication laboratory around state of the art communication equipment. Wesought to establish equipment selection criteria using conventional components and to alsoderive them from our experiences in experiential learning.In the sections that follow we describe the selection criteria and the resulting equipmentacquisition. Section II discusses the pedagogical issues being addressed. Section III describes theset of laboratory experiments on which the learning criteria are derived. Section IV discusses thedesign of our selection criteria. Section V describes the resulting laboratory equipment, and givesan assessment on this methodology. Section VI contains inferences that may be drawn from thisexercise.II. Laboratory

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Karen Hollebrands, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

themselves experience math success in schoolwill be similarly burdened by a lack of support and understanding at home. In addition,mathematics curricula have changed and continue to change from those of the years that baby-boomers were in elementary and middle school. Many parents are not well equipped to supporttheir children in math classes, and mathematics attitudes and impressions are formed early, withthe student (especially those from underrepresented groups) following the parents’ lead.This paper will describe the creation, implementation and assessment of successful communityand family math nights, which to date have served over 3000 people. These events bringparents, students and teachers together with university engineering students and

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Promiti Dutta, Columbia University; Alexander Haubold, Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

foranalysis of data gathered by students during their research phase for their project at the beginningof the term. The use of Maya for 3D modeling and renders is useful towards the end of theacademic term when students have reached some type of solution to their project. Additionally,students are not only required to use these tools for their course final project but they are alsogiven individual assignments to complete during the academic term.Teams are assigned for the each community project to assure that students are given thecomplete team development experience. Students are selected for the projects based on anassessment survey. The assessment survey provides the instructors with information about eachstudent’s aptitude and interests in

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia; Benjamin Kidd, University of Virginia; Ping Guan, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

a state of the art evacuated tube solar water heating system. Marshall has is the former Chair of the Energy Conversion and Conservation Division and the Engineering and Public Policy Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. Marshall’s classes have worked with UVA Facilities Management on energy assessment projects which resulted in UVA being designated as EPA Green lights and Energy Star Partners of the Year in 1999 and 2001 respectively. Marshall also teaches a University Seminar “Designing a Sustainable Future” that engages students in community service projects while exploring the global challenges of sustainability, and partners with drama faculty to engage

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University; Gary Stewardson, Utah State University

the engineering design process, the growth stages of teams,leadership structures, and the assessment of teams and team members. Teaming activitiesinclude initial teaming activities, development and signing of team contracts that includegrievance procedures, and the formal assessment of team members three times during thesemester. 2) If the selected “student instructor” is inexperienced, team members who are relyingon that student to teach them may have a less than rewarding experience. This effect must beminimized by having the inexperienced student instructor take a detailed tutorial-based lesson. Ifnecessary, a student could learn the content individually. The positive aspect is team memberswork together to learn the material, complete the

Conference Session

Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

-departmental collaboration, team work, resources planning and scheduling, budgetmanagement and vendor relations from such projects. We installed our 10-kW PV project usingvolunteer student help outside the bounds of classroom activities. Here we present a summary ofthe project itself, along with a one-year post-installation assessment of the LawrenceTechnological University’s project. Also reviewed are its benefits to Lawrence TechnologicalUniversity’s students and our Alternative Energy program, along with several recommendationsfor how other educators might also successfully proceed with similar efforts.Introduction and BackgroundFor the past several years Lawrence Technological University (also known as LTU) has beenactively involved in the field

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

College of Engineering at Montana State University. She works on various curriculum and instruction projects including instructional development for faculty and graduate students, assessment of student learning, and program evaluation. Prior to coming to MSU, Plumb was at the University of Washington, where she directed the Engineering Communication Program. While at the UW, Plumb also worked as an Instructional Development and Assessment Specialist for the School of Law. Page 12.1570.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using the Engineering Design Process to Re

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

International

community.This course followed a very open structure, where the students self-directed their time andattention to achieve basic project goals that were outlined in the Request for Proposals (RFP).Each year, an RFP is developed for each project by project stakeholders and the courseprofessor. The course included 4 key deliverables, which were the primary inputs into theirgrades: an initial proposal (written and oral presentation; 16%), an initial written workplan (4%),written alternatives assessment (draft; 25%), and final alternatives assessment and preliminarydesign (written and oral presentation; 45%). How the students achieved the deliverables over thecourse of the semester was largely self-determined. In addition, all of the students were requiredto

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelli Higley, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Peggy Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Jonna Kulikowich, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State, where he has been on the faculty since 1985. His work in engineering education involves curricular reform, teaching and learning innovations, faculty development, and assessment. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of combustion and thermal sciences. He can be contacted at tal2@psu.edu.Peggy Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University Peggy Van Meter is an Associate Professor of Education within the Educational Psychology program at Penn State where she has been on the faculty since 1996. Her research includes studies of the strategic and meta-cognitive processes that learners use to integrate multiple representations and acquire

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Gillespie, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

biodiesel emissions characterization from engines and home heating equipment, wind measurement and assessment, and methanol fuel cell flow field design and visualization. Before joining Rowan, Bhatia actively studied reformate gas carbon monoxide poisoning of hydrogen fuel cell catalyst layers for automotive applications as well as hybrid and electric vehicle power train design.Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University Peter Mark Jansson is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University teaching AC and DC electric circuits, power systems, sustainable design and renewable energy technology. He leads numerous Sophomore, Junior and Senior Engineering Clinic Teams

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashanth Jayaraman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Garrett Bradley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Odis Griffin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Dooley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

International

freshmen, is offered by the Department of EngineeringEducation (EngE). Some of the recent initiatives in EngE1024 include introduction tosustainability conceptsi; use of contemporary issues and skits to instruct engineering ethicsii iii;introduction of international activitiesiv; use of electronic portfolio for instructionv vi; use ofmultiple models of a problem to instruct different aspects of the course vii, introduction ofinternational content, and use of mechatronics to introduce multi-disciplinary design toengineering freshmenviii. Also, a number of assessment (formative and summative) activities arebeing implemented in the GE program ix x to evaluate the learning experiences of engineeringfreshmen.This paper summarizes the efforts made to

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Howard, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

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 supervises the student employees providing operational and systems support for the IPRO program.Margaret

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Thomas Richter, University of Stuttgart

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

managementsystem, the presented learning objects already provide their full functionality within SCORM1.2.IntroductionA SCORM [17] compliant eLearning system consists of two layers: A learning managementsystem (LMS) that regulates access to the contents, administrates the students, their scores andthe assessment results, and sharable content objects (SCOs) that implement the content to belearned, let those be by simple text documents, images or interactive content like questionnairesor applets. The learner gains access to the LMS by a web-browser which embeds the contentprovided by SCOs into a common framework administrated by the LMS. The communicationbetween the SCO and the LMS handled by java script, a simple scripting language that isexecuted by the

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

performance is rated and he or she is given Page 13.1392.4detailed feedback about the basis for his or her score. An assessment of the user’s comprehensionof concepts and terminology presented in the exhibit is incorporated into the game under theguise of a bonus quiz. Unbeknownst to the user, the game is anonymously recording his or herin-game actions for later analysis to aid in the assessment of the exhibit.Attracting VisitorsThe role of informal learning environments, particularly museums with interactive scienceexhibitions, has been argued in contemporary theories of education 2, 9. The constructivisttheories of learning suggest that informal

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

logictemperature and humidity control, human exercise machines and energy exchange,insect detection and counting with optical sensors, pH controllers, and water flowmeasurements from small to large scale. Some activities are web-based bringinglocal research projects and instrumentation to the classroom. Student teams alsodevelop semester projects starting at midterm. Those projects are presented aspapers and posters during an annual department open house. A summary ofselected student projects for the past four years and student assessments will bediscussed.Keywords: Courseware, biological systems, sensors, electronics, measurements, controls. Page 13.753.2Course

Conference Session

Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas-El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan; Rodney Johnson, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Page 13.376.4the constraints of a real design project, and creating interdependent teams that will have to learnto work together to carry out their project.The project proceeds in several phases, as shown in Table 2, each of which builds on theprevious ones. Each of these phases culminates in a report or presentation detailing the teams’findings or proposals. At each of these major milestones, students undertake an assessment oftheir performance so far, their teammates’ performance, and that of the team as a whole. Theseassessments are reviewed by the course staff and shared with the students themselves. At leastthree times a semester, each team meets with a member of the course staff to review theirprogress and get suggestions for their next

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

not aware that their research program isfunding this undergraduate research program and are only interested in solutions to their researchproblem. Assessment methods for the undergraduate research include the standard methods usedfor graduate level research. This includes evaluation of the projects outcome by the sponsors,presentation and discussion at national conventions & peer reviewed journal articles. Theprogram is analyzed and the students experience and its possible impact on their personal andprofessional life is discussed and evaluated in this paper. These aspects of the program areassessed through the use of a survey.OverviewTo summarize Ramseyer1, Camp Concrete developed in response to the unique constraints andopportunities

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nichole Au, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

students and sophomore and junior chemical engineering students. In conjunctionwith the design projects a series of hands-on activities and mini design challenges have beendeveloped to enhance the understanding of the fundamental principles related to the designchallenge. A web based tutorial features interactive animations and design simulations thatallow students to adjust parameters to investigate the effect that each has on the efficiency oftheir simulated design. In addition, an on-line tutorial features pre and post assessments oncontent knowledge of the design process and underlying concepts. The results of theseassessments will be compiled and presented; as well as details of the design projects and their

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Cady, (Retired) Montana State University; John McLellan, Freescale Semiconductor

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

are given an activity assignment that includes the followingsections: • A clear, inspiring and communicative title. • A "why" section to put the activity into context for the student. • A list of prerequisites. • Two or three clear and concise statements of learning objectives. • The information, or model, that the students are to explore to be able to meet the objectives. • Key exploration and concept invention/formation questions. • Skill exercises. • Problems or applications requiring higher-level thinking skills. • A closure including self-assessment and reflection on learning.The POGIL technique has been successfully implemented in the teaching of general