Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a CAREER award to explore the use of e- portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering. Page 24.652.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Graduate

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luanna B Prevost, Michigan State University; Kevin C Haudek, Michigan State University; Emily Norton Henry, Michigan State University; Matthew C Berry, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Professor Center for Engineering Education Research Undergraduate Studies Office College of Engineering Michigan State University Dr. Urban-Lurain is responsible for teaching, research and curriculum development, with emphasis on engineering education and, more broadly, STEM education. His research interests are in theories of cognition, how these theories inform the design of instruction, how we might best design instructional technology within those frameworks, and how the research and development of instructional technologies can inform our theories of cognition. He is also interested in preparing future STEM faculty for teaching, incorporating instructional technology as part of instructional design, and STEM

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman

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Continuing Professional Development

graduating from a prestigious experiential leadership training program in the Spring of 2010. His unique perspectives on leadership come from experiences in both small, private companies with at most ten people to large, public companies that include upwards of fifteen thousand. He has worked as a facilitator, trainer, engineer, mentor, and leader within his ten years of industry experience. As part of a legacy greater than himself, Noah is a true believer in the divine, and seeks strength through diversity in both perspectives and open and honest dialogue. Noah holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia, located in Charlottesville

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs

Page 10.1335.1corollary associated with it – that the need to “learn by doing” becomes more critical as studentsprogress through the curriculum, as does the need for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationexposure. The closer students come to leaving the discipline-dominated world of academia andentering the function-driven world of corporate America, the more their academic experienceand environment should resemble the world beyond the “ivy-covered” walls.Therefore, well-developed and well-conceived laboratories are a key component in studentlearning

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Livesay; Kay C Dee

/global).Correlation between the Test and RetestPearson’s correlation coefficients were computed for paired student scores in all domainsbetween the test and retest, and all were found to be significantly correlated at the p < 0.01 level:active/reflective = 0.640; sensor/intuitor = 0.799; visual/verbal = 0.667; sequential/global =0.617. Test-retest correlations were also run for the females and males separately for alldomains, revealing only very minor (if any) differences in the correlations as a function ofgender. Although the distributions of ILS scores across all domains were generally mound-shaped and unimodal, they did not necessarily match the normal curve (particularly thevisual/verbal domain, which is heavily skewed towards the visual

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

, and a past president of ASEEand member of ASEE Board of Directors.PETER LEE is dean of the college of engineering, California State Polytechnic University.DENNIS R. DEPEW is professor and dean of the college of technology, Purdue University.GARY BERTOLINE is associate vice president for discovery resources & director of the envision center, andprofessor of computer graphics of the college of technology, Purdue University.MICHAEL DYRENFUTH is assistant dean for graduate studies of the college of technology, Purdue University.STEPHEN J. TRICAMO is professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, and former dean of engineeringand technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology.HARVEY J. PALMER is dean of the Kate Gleason college of

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Allen; Teri Reed Rhoads; Teri Murphy; Andrea Stone

. Konold, C., Pollatsek, A., Well, A., Lohmeier, J., and Lipson, A., "Inconsistencies in Students' Reasoning About Probability", Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1993, 24 (5): pp. 392-414.14. Pollatsek, A., Lima, S., and Well, A. D., "Concept or Computation: Students' Understanding of the Mean”, Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1981, 12: pp. 191-204.15. Montgomery, D. and Runger, G., Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers. Wiley: New York, 1994.16. Moore, D., The Active Practice of Statistics. W. H. Freeman and Company: New York, 1997.17. Gibb, B., Test-Wiseness as Secondary Cue Response. Dissertation, Stanford University, 1964.18. Cronbach, L., “Coefficient Alpha and the Internal Structure of Tests”, Psychometrika

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Jung; Anthony de Sam Lazaro; Amanie Abdelmessih

Page 10.184.7multiple experiments with the apparatus: Observe the operation of the refrigeration cycle, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005. American Society for Engineering Educationmeasure the effect of air velocity on the wet bulb temperature, monitor the power requirementsfor the system, determine the heat input to and output from the refrigeration cycle, and examinethe effect of adding heat above or below the dew point. Due to space limitations the system,including any computer/monitor, should be designed to fit on a 1.5 m (5 ft) by 0.9 m (3 ft)desktop.’ Finally, the cost of all the components including instrumentation and data

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alisha Waller

attacks of September 11 dramatically impacted the students andtheir social world. Hence, her research became unreplicable and ungeneralizable because ofsocietal change. Note, however, that at the same time, it became more valuable in a new waybecause it was gathering data during a unique moment in history. On the other hand, contextual factors may influence the research in ways that are notrecognized until the study is replicated. Many different research studies have been done onengineering schools as they adopt integrated curricula, design throughout the curriculum, and theABET 2000 criteria. Programs and innovations that work very well at one institution have failedat other institutions, occasionally from factors such as “lame duck

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Hancock; John Norton

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education The class was an introductory course on computer programming, and had a large fraction of students who were taking the course to meet degree requirements. The GSI, a senior in electrical engineering, was a very capable programmer and was interested in eventually pursuing a faculty position. However, he was concerned that he was not “reaching” his students. The GSM performed a classroom observation, sitting quietly in the back of the room, taking notes throughout the class session. About 10 minutes before the end of class, the GSI introduced the GSM to the class, and then left the room so that the GSM could interview the class. The GSM

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

activities into their curriculums 4,5,6. In response, institutions of higher education are developing a variety of methodologiesfor introducing teamwork in their classrooms. Collaborative learning, cooperative learning andother forms of active learning are being used in classrooms as ways to promote teamwork amongstudents and enhance their learning 7,8. Studies on cooperative and collaborative learning, as well as on the use of groups inclassroom prove that trying to incorporate teams into the classroom is a highly complex task 9.Difficulties with implementing teams have led researchers and practitioners to look forcharacteristics that make the difference between an effective and an ineffective team. Teamperformance and teaming process

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Reed Stevens; Lorraine Fleming; Cynthia Atman; Sheri Sheppard; Theresa Barker; Ruth Streveler

Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.4. Cuff, D. (1991). Architecture: The Story of Practice. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.5. Shulman, L.S. (1987). The Wisdom of Practice: Managing Complexity in Medicine and Teaching. In D.C.Berliner and B.V. Rosenshine, (Eds.), Talks to Teachers: A Festschrift for N.L. Gage. New York: Random House.6. Bucciarelli, L.L. (1996). Designing Engineers. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.7. Henderson, K. (1999). On Line and on Paper: Visual Representations, Visual Culture, and Computer Graphicsin Design Engineering. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.8. Minneman, S. (1991). The Social Construction of a Technical Reality: Empirical Studies of Group EngineeringDesign Practice. Report SSL-91-22. Palo Alto: Xerox Corporation Palo Alto Research

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

skills as they move into the competitive world of business.Design skills are essential for the concrete canoe and steel bridge teams. Both teams requirestudents to design and construct the product or structure according to a given set ofspecifications. Students must be creative in their designs in order to be as cost efficient aspossible and to avoid violating the specifications; this avenue for creativity in an engineeringproject is very difficult to duplicate in the classroom. Students apply the techniques andconcepts learned in the classroom, including hand calculations and computer software in thedesign of both projects. The canoe and bridge teams spend about half of their time on designfunctions

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Losaw; Ann Anderson

distribution on the surface of the model racecars anduse Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to quantitatively measure the flow field around the car thatcontributes to the lift, drag and pressure measurements. By comparing the data from different cartypes students learn about lift and drag. This paper describes the experiments, explains how toinstrument the cars, and presents a set of typical results for five different model car types.IntroductionAn automobile is one of the most basic mechanical engineering systems. Cars, and in particularracecars, are one of the things that attract students to the study of mechanical engineering, and thestudy of automobiles has entered the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum in a varietyof ways. Many schools

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Click; Dan Pearce; P. Paxton Marshall

accomplished through large-scale engineering design/build projects that requireteams of individuals with different backgrounds. As observed by the three engineers authoring this paper, architecture education, incontrast with engineering education, encourages the broad view of a design that is yieldedthrough projects and design studios. It is fundamentally a design curriculum, and muchcould be adopted for use by engineering educators. Architecture students are encouragedto continually visualize and internalize the end product of their designs and are ingrainedwith the need to document and be prepared to present the intent of a design. The youngarchitect is being trained to provide the unifying force amongst different experts in abuilding design

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Morley; Jody Redepenning; Bruce Dvorak

111. This intensive course covers the most important chemistrytopics, especially those related to environmental engineering and materials engineering. UNL isone of the few Universities in the United States to offer such a course. UNL’s Civil Engineeringprogram is one of the few programs in the United States that does not require two semesters ofgeneral chemistry. This course originated in 1995 as part of an effort by the UNL EngineeringCollege reduce the number of credit hours for its B.S. degrees. Some engineering disciplines(e.g., Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Industrial Engineering) require just thefirst semester of chemistry, allowing either Chem 109 (General Chemistry I) or Chem 111,whereas programs where some

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Engelken

. Page 5.640.2This also rapidly “rubs the rough edges” off of the neophyte and makes him/her savvy in humanrelations skills such as diplomacy, tact, and negotiation. He/she learns the give and take andmutual back scratching aspects of the world of business and the importance of honesty, properpackaging and timing of proposals and ideas, and the reason that contracts exist; that is “coveringone’s tail”. Related communication skills (oral, written, and graphical/computer) are alsodeveloped via proposals, reports, and deliverables.Other constraints (legal, aesthetic, environmental, regulatory, and political) that are peripheral tothe technical core of engineering consulting but critical to its ultimate success are brought intosharp focus by

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

Teach Engineering Genres.” TPC 42.1(1999): 3-11.2. Randolph, Gary B. “Collaborative Learning in the Classroom: A Writing Across the Curriculum Approach.”JEE 89.2 (1999): 111-114.3. Walker, Kristin. “Using Genre Theory to Teach Students Engineering Lab Report Writing: A CollaborativeApproach.” TPC 42.1(1999): 12-20.4. Sharp, Julie E., Barbara M. Olds, Ronald L. Miller, and Marilyn A. Dyrud. “Four Effective Writing Strategiesfor Engineering Classes.” JEE88.1 (1999): 53-57.5. Informal survey during ASEE workshops, 1999 and 2000.6. Dorothy Winsor. Writing Like an Engineer: A Rhetorical Education. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence ErlbaumAssociates, Inc., 1996.7. Informal survey conducted during ASEE workshops, 1999 and 2000.Biographical

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Chaturaporn Nisagornsen; Arun Arunachalan; Hengzhong Wen; Kurt Gramoll

an academic curriculum. Each level can be compared relatively to a traditional educationsystem. Four levels are maintained to hierarchically structure the contents. The breakdownstructure is organized into modules, lessons, objectives, and frames as illustrated in Figure 3.1.Each project is categorized into modules, where each module is dedicated to only one topic.Each module consists of several individual lessons, and then each lesson is subdivided intoobjectives, which is the basic learning block. Page 7.723.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

then students develop a resume, learn how to attach a file tosubmit it in the correct format email, and begin the course.online in addition to bringing acopy to class the following week.The web-based version is requested for two reasons. First, students need to become proficient atall uses of computers and this assignment may be the first time that they have electronicallymailed an attachment. Second, many of the online submissions will be used in a follow-upmeeting to show pros and cons of different formats that students have chosen to use. In the pasttwo years, extremely long or short resumes have been selected, along with those that violate

Conference Session

Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Paul J. Palazolo, University of Memphis

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-2109: GIRLS EXPERIENCING ENGINEERING: EVOLUTIONAND IMPACT OF A SINGLE-GENDER OUTREACH PROGRAMStephanie S Ivey, University of Memphis Dr. Stephanie Ivey, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, is currently involved in several engineering and STEM education projects. She is part of the project team for the NSF funded MemphiSTEP: A STEM Talent Expansion Program (NSF DUE 0756738), where her responsibilities include coordination of the entire project’s mentoring activities, including the peer-mentoring, peer-tutoring, and STEM club mini-grant program. She is leading a project focused on service learning within the Civil Engineering curriculum and a project examining links between learning styles and freshman

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

iterativeprocess of designing, predicting performance, building, and testing – should be taught from theearliest stages of the curriculum, including the first year” 7. Many programs are also seeking toanswer this call by integrating more hands-on activities and active learning in lower-divisioncourses, which require more facilitation than the traditional large lectures. This sharply increasesthe need for teaching resources compared to traditional, large-lecture format courses. Because oftime and budget constraints, more and more engineering graduate students are assuming teachingresponsibilities, especially in introductory courses.In 2007, the last year for which data are available, more than 70,000 full-time graduate studentsin science and engineering

Conference Session

A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University; Scott C. Banks, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

and perceptions7. First, the technologiesbeing developed for military applications to solve their tactical interoperability needsoffer promising applications for first responder use. This research found two viabletechnology candidates in the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program and theunderlying Software Communications Architecture (SCA) that supports SoftwareDefined Radios (SDR)8. JTRS is a military program to develop a standard set of radiosfor handheld, land mobile and aircraft applications. The goal of JTRS is to developcommon radio hardware and software that allows each radio unit to function as a radio,computer and router on the battlefield. The SCA is a standard by which compliantcommon hardware can be loaded with software

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Shapcott, Arizona State University; Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

Self-efficacy is a construct frequently used to examine an individual’s motivation toengage in particular tasks, including career choices.11-13 Naturally, engineering educationresearchers have focused on self-efficacy to address the low motivation and high attrition rate ofwomen in engineering programs.14-17 As defined by Bandura, 1986, self-efficacy is the belief onehas in one’s capability to perform specific tasks. Unlike global self-confidence, self-efficacy istask specific and can only be inferred for the task being examined.18 For example, an individualmay have high self-efficacy for repairing a computer, yet have low self-efficacy for composingmusic. Generally, a person is more motivated to engage in a task for which she has high self

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Walter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design, writing across the curriculum in statics courses, and a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering. She serves as Assistant Department Head for Graduate Education in her department at Virginia Tech and co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communication Center. Page 25.485.1

Conference Session

Techniques in Improving Mathematics Education in STEM Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Vandenbussche, Southern Polytechnic State University; Christina R. Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

. Page 25.150.12 13. Knypstra, S. (2009). Teaching Statistics in an Activity Encouraging Format. Journal of Statistics Education, 17(2).14. Malingham, M., Schaefer, F., Morlino, E. (2008). Pro moting Studen t Learn ing Through Group Problem Solving in General Chemistry Recitat ions . Journal of Chemical Education, 85(11), 1577-1581.15. Mathematical Association of America (2004). Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the Mathematical Sciences: CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004. A report on the Co mmittee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics of The Mathematical Association of America. http://www.maa.org/cupm/curr_guide.html16. Moore, J. (2005). Undergraduate Mathematics Achievement in the Emerging Ethnic Engineers Programme

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jens Kabo, Chalmers University of Technology; Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John Currie, University of Sydney; Hu Wenlong, Beihang University; Caroline Baillie, University of Western Australia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

areas Engineering Engineering All higher Applied science, education computing, programs engineering, engineering technology Washington Accord Yes No No Yes signatory

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State University; Shankar Subramaniam, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

the‘Digital Ladies’ in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. The following sectionswill explain the various operational aspects, impacts and challenges associated with the program.Program StructureStudent board: A WiME board handles the idea-conception, planning and execution of allprofessional development and social activities. The WiME board consists of a group of 4-6women ME students. The chair of the WiME board is usually a senior student, who has severalyears of active participation in planning, organizing and participating in WiME activities. Sheworks closely with the vice-chair, who is a junior student and is the chair-elect for the next year.The WiME board consists of at least one student from each year as well as one graduate

Conference Session

Examining Problem-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Franzosa Donnelly, Three Rivers Community-Technical College; Fenna D. Hanes, New Engalnd Board of Higher Education; James A. DeLaura, Central Connecticut State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-Technical CollegeMs. Fenna D. Hanes, New Engalnd Board of Higher Education Fenna Hanes is Senior Director for Professional and Resource Development at the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). Since 1995, Hanes has directed six science/technology curriculum and professional development projects funded by the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Currently, Hanes is the Principal Investigator for the NSF/ATE- funded project STEM PBL (problem-based learning). The project is meeting the need for STEM instruc- tional materials and has developed a series of problem-based multimedia challenges (case studies) for use in college and high school classrooms. The topics

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) strategies including planning,and cognitive and monitoring/fix-up strategies. A mixed-methods approach to research wasapplied to gather comprehensive and valid information about students’ SRL strategies. Theobjectives of this preliminary study were to investigate high school students' design activitiesthat reflect their understanding of task demand and SRL strategies to accomplish the design taskfrom the perspective of design performance (i.e., high- and low- performing students) andgender. A better understanding of these issues will specifically benefit technology and pre-engineering educators as well as the high school curriculum developer.Students at a high school in Colorado participated in this preliminary study (n = 29); 22