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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Tzes; Hong Wong; Vikram Kapila

Session 1526 MECHATRONICS/PROCESS CONTROL REMOTE LABORATORY Hong Wong, Vikram Kapila, and Anthony Tzes Department of Mechanical Engineering Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NYAbstract Under an NSF—DUE sponsored laboratory development program, we have developed amultidisciplinary mechatronics/process control remote laboratory (MPCRL) consisting of anarray of experiments, which expose students to elements of aerospace, mechanical, electrical,civil, and chemical engineering. A new laboratory curriculum and manual have been developedto introduce students to PC-based

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Phillip R. Rosenkrantz

many hours as well. It was Collegeof Engineering’s Assessment Committee conclusion after two rounds of ABET Assessmentunder the ABET 2000 criteria that a more strategic and systematic approach was needed forgathering and organizing data. In an effort to simplify assessment processes, the IMEDepartment at Cal Poly Pomona has been increasingly using SurveyMonkey on-line surveys togather data from students, alumni, faculty, and industry. One of the reasons for widely adoptingSurveyMonkey is the ability to create a data base that makes it easier to collect and analyze data,share results, and prepare descriptive statistics of results over time. The purpose of this paper isto show how SurveyMonkey can be used for various assessment situations and

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Lelli Van Den Einde; Nathan Delson; Sean Patno; Jason Hyunjin Cha; Elizabeth Cowan; Jessica Cho

, computerprogramming, and science. Spatial visualization concepts are seen in geometry standards in K-12, but they are not emphasized in most K-12 and undergraduate curriculums. It has been shownthat a single course that teaches spatial visualization skills increases GPA and graduation rates inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields1. Also, improving spatial Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education/Pacific South West Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 582visualization skills has been identified as a priority for increasing the percentage of women

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First-year Programs: Focus on Student Success 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Jon Harcum, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Bristol Community College; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

tutoring and peer-assisted learning (PAL) programs and provided pedagogical and academic success support to the General Engineering Learning Community. She is also co-developer of a framework of rigorously-documented, self-directed collabo- rative learning called Entangled Learning. Whisler has an M.A. in Music from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.L.S. from Indiana University.Dr. Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University Dr. Elizabeth Stephan is the Director of Academics for the General Engineering Program at Clemson University. She holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron. Since 2002, she has taught, developed, and now coordinates the first-year curriculum. She is the

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation, Globalization without Travel

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley J. Putman, Bucknell University; Khaled A. Al-Sahili, An-Najah National University; Abdelhaleem Khader, An-Najah National University; Alia Gilbrecht, An-Najah National University

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

ensure that students attain before graduation. The attainment process andassessment procedures vary among different programs. Furthermore, there is a global interestamong universities to engage in various forms of international education, including virtualexchange. This work presents an approach to attain and assess several ABET SOs throughinternational virtual exchange (IVE) using a case study between universities in the US and in theWest Bank in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The IVE experience was conducted overseven weeks where civil engineering students enrolled in pavement design or environmentalengineering courses at the participating universities were challenged to develop innovativesolutions to a pavement related problem and has

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Track 7: Technical Session 2: Taking it One Step at a Time: The Growth of a Program to Support the Doctorates of Tomorrow

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Travis Chan; Tremayne O'Brian Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cynthia Hampton Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

and engineering degrees for Hispanic of Latino recipients, with Black orAfrican American doctoral recipients at 6.6%, and Native American or Alaska Native at .4% [5].Graduate Education Self-EfficacyChemers and colleagues find science self-efficacy and identification as a scientist to be strongindicators of commitment to a career in science [6]. The motivation for the article is derivedfrom the lack of diversity and inclusion in United States science education. Using a statisticalanalysis approach, the authors identify program components associated with underlyingpsychology that propel undergraduates to a commitment to scientific careers. The authorsacknowledge that previous studies found “...academic self-efficacy was a strong and

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ECE Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo Montanez, Freescale Semiconductor; Michael Norman, Freescale Semiconductor

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Electrical and Computer

in conjunction models an embedded application. The conceptbehind the Tower was developed by Freescale engineers to consolidate common circuitry foundin traditional boards developed for each new microcontroller or microprocessor. By breakingapart the common circuitry into individual, standardized boards the controller could changequickly and the common peripheral boards could be reused. This concept enables our customersto more quickly evaluate our embedded controllers and prototype their embedded application. Page 14.19.3This same approach benefits an engineering program by providing a structure of building blocksthat can be introduced

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Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas E. Adams, NSWC Crane / Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shripad T. Revankar, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Nuclear and Radiological

strong background in battery power from his experience at NSWC Crane for 20 years. The experience includes testing and evaluation on batteries used in aircraft, missiles, hand-held devices and submarines, development of new battery designs and processes and design of equipment to measure the state of health of a battery. Since 2004, he has provided technical guidance on power sources for the Anti-Tamper/Software Protection Initiative (AT-SPI) by de- veloping a power alternative guide for the design, and the validation and verification community. He is a member of the Inter-Agency Power Group (IAPG), American Society of Naval Engineers, and American Nuclear Society (ANS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME

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Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Brockway; Greg Spaulding

who will guidethem in this quest. These mentors will be successful entrepreneurs selected from theindustrial advisory board. These faculty members will spend time with the mentorslearning about entrepreneurial issues related to their discipline and then evolving aprogram of study.These faculty members will be take part in local teaching workshops wherein the facultymay participate in discussions about successes and failures of the alternate teachingtechniques appropriate for the new culture.The curriculum transformation will fall into two broad categories: distribution ofresources across the disciplines and assessment of activities and results.To accomplish these tasks, a college-wide request for a proposal will be issued that willprovide

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Examining "Big" Data

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Loken, Pennsylvania State University; Zita Oravecz, Pennsylvania State University; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Fridolin Jakob Linder, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Mislevy, R. J., & Braun, H. I. (2003). Intuitive test theory. In Annual Dinner Meeting of the PrincetonAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Computer Society Chapters, Kingston, NJ, May (Vol. 22).2. Embretson, S. E. (1996b). The new rules of measurement. Psychological Assessment, 8(4), 341-349.3. Mislevy, R.J., & Bock, R. (1982). Adaptive EAP estimation of ability in a microcomputer environment. AppliedPsychological Measurement, 6, 431-444.4. Baker, F.B., & Kim, S. (2004). Item Response Theory: Parameter Estimation Techniques, 2nd Edition. NewYork: Marcel Dekker, Inc.5. Spiegelhalter, D.J., Thomas, A., Best, N.G., Lunn, D. (2004). WinBUGS Version 2.0 Users Manual

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Developing Teamwork, Student Attitudes, and Hardware Solutions for Laboratory Courses: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

discuss how the course design fostered team development in the hybrid learning envi-ronment. Metrics from each mode of delivery: in-person and remote, are assessed. These willinclude performance on individual and team assignments, and team member peer evaluations viaComprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME) evaluations.IntroductionLab experiences are an essential part of any engineering curriculum. Expected outcomes for theseexperiences are clearly communicated through ABET Crtierion 3, Outcome 6, which states thatprogram graduates should have “an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation,analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.[1].” Beyond skillin experimentation, however

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E Morris, Portland State University; Jack C. Straton, Portland State University; Lisa H Weasel, Portland State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #13499Nanotechnology Courses for General EducationProf. James E Morris, Portland State University Jim is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Portland State University, Oregon, USA, with B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Physics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He has served as Department Chair at both SUNY-Binghamton and PSU, and was the founding Director of Binghamton’s Institute for Research in Electronics Packaging. Jim has held multiple visiting faculty positions around the world, notably as a Royal

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

in thelectures.Our curriculum contains courses with laboratory components. The eLabBook project ismotivated by the need to deliver some of these courses as part of a distance learning opportunitywithin and beyond the WSU multi-campus system. Specifically, the eLabBook is beingdesigned to support three courses: ME 375 "Manufacturing Control Systems", ME 475"Manufacturing Automation" and ME 442 "Robotics". Page 6.398.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIII. The eLabBookImplementation of the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Beyerlein; Dan Gerbus; Edwin Odom

a key- Page 6.202.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationring tool. Throughout the year student teams regularly interact with their graduate studentmentors on technical and team issues. This is facilitated by the layout of our new capstonedesign suite that includes a CNC equipped machine shop, assembly area, CAD laboratory,conference/study area, and graduate student offices. The team-focus and technical excellencepromoted by our program is illustrated in the video clip located athttp

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Awilma Paola Ventura Lugo, Western Michigan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #26974Virtual Instrumentation for Study of a Fluid Power SystemDr. Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. His MS and PhD are in mechanical en- gineering from NMSU (Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, fluid power, and instrumentation & control. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE

Conference Session

Make It!

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Darwin; Joseph Patrick Kale, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Manufacturing

Badging System is to provide an open-source resourcefor other campus Makerspaces that may be interested in controlling access to some equipmentand logging equipment usage. A demonstration system will be available at the ASEE conferencewith functionality determined by successful completion of the project by the capstone designteam and the vagaries of internet access. The complete plans and code for the project will furtherbe made available on a public website at the conclusion of the project in early May 2016.1 Kotys-Schwartz, D., D. Knight, and G. Pawlas, First-Year and Capstone Design Projects: Is the Bookend Curriculum Approach Effective for Skill Gain, in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition2010

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Parker; Walter Buchanan

weaves all the curriculum threads together. The new technology demands a new wayof doing things. It is not enough to simply use the new technology on old problems. Instead, weneed to take advantage of the power of the simulators to enrich the learning environment of ourstudents.Some non-admirers of a too hasty adoption of the ‘technical fix’ will no doubt be thinking thatthis vision of enrichment is an admirable goal. However, in attempting to envision how thismore demanding course of study could be implemented, these instructors look at the makeup oftheir current classes, with the ever increasing range of learner abilities and preparedness for theactual grade level and despair. This problem has confronted all of us and has caused a great dealof

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Jocelyn B. S. Cullers, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

in post-requisite mathematics and engineering coursework.To explore the effects of the Calculus reform on retention we focused on whether or not studentsare retained at the university immediately subsequent to the year in which they encounterCalculus I. We divided 3002 student records into two groups: those who encountered the newversion of Calculus and those who had the traditional experience. We then compared retentionrates for the two groups. We found that the new Calculus course improved retention (relative tothe old) by 3.4 percentage points; a modest, but statistically significant (p = 0.020) result.University retention rates for women, under-represented minorities (URM), and Pell-eligiblestudents were also computed. All three

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University; Seyed Hamid Reza Sanei, Penn State University, Behrend College; Jiawei Gong, Penn State University, Behrend College

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

academic landscape of highereducational institutions in the United States. Their diverse perspectives, cultural backgrounds,and expertise enrich the learning environment and contribute to the global reputation of theAmerican higher educational landscape. The landscape of U.S. higher education has experienceda notable transformation in recent years, marked by the increasing presence of internationalfaculty, especially in the fields of science and engineering[1]. This growth is evident in datahighlighting that the representation of foreign-born faculty easily surpasses that of domesticunderrepresented racial/ethnic groups. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) datarefers that out of 11,599 new tenure-track (assistant professor level

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikas Jain; Durward Sobek

outcomes.Development and successful implementation of a versatile capstone course assessment andevaluation system is potentially useful. Lack of effective assessment and evaluation tools canlead to false or inaccurate conclusions about the goodness of design processes. Yet, consideringthe ubiquitous presence of capstone design courses in almost every engineering curriculum,outcomes assessment of these courses is perhaps among the most under-researched topics inengineering education.Cost, time and quality are the three basic performance measures attached to any process. In thecapstone design projects we studied, time can measured in terms of number of weeks of totaldesign time, e.g., one 15-week semester. The cost can be measured by the number of personhours

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Deb Jordan, Colorado School of Mines; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

and as Associate Director, Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh; Director of Research & Development for a multimedia company; and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. His current efforts focus on innovation of teaching practices in STEM fields and systemic change within higher education.Megan Sanders (Senior Assessment Associate) Megan is the Senior Assessment Associate in the Trefny Innovative Instruction Center at Colorado School of Mines.Stephanie Cutler (Assessment and Instructional Support Specialist) Dr. Stephanie Cutler has degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems

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Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nutnicha Nigon, Oregon State University; Julie Tucker, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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Materials Division (MATS)

graduation, she spent five years as a Principal Scientist at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady, NY researching welding and the thermal stability of structural alloys. In 2013, she joined the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University and was recently promoted to Full Professor. Dr. Tucker served as the Materials Science Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Director for five years and recently became the Director for the Design for Social Impact Program. Her research focuses on degradation of materials in extreme environments using both modeling and experimental approaches to gain fundamental understanding of materials performance.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian West

in designing the carfrom higher-level students. Therefore, no single group had to do it all, and no one’sgrades depended on the success of the robotic car.Spring 2000One of the classes taught at USI in the Spring semester is Electrical ProjectConstruction (Project class). The students are allowed to start with a schematic, but theuse of pre-packaged kits is not allowed. The students are encouraged to choose a projectthat they will enjoy owning and using, thereby utilizing desire as a motivational tool. TheProject class is structured as a first-time co-op work session3, with the author as theEngineering Manager of the Southern Indiana Engineering Corporation (SIEC), afictional engineering company that has manufacturing and marketing arms

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Mohammadjafar Esmaeili; Ali Eydgahi

. 07/10/2010.[2] C. Chatmon, et al. (ed.), “Active learning approaches to teaching [10] P. Pheeney, “Hands on, minds on: Activities to engage our students,” information assurance,” In 2010 Information Security Curriculum Science Scope, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 30-33, 1997. Development, October 2010. [11] M. Esmaeili and A. Eydgahi, “By the Students for the Students: A[3] C. L. Habraken, “Integrating into chemistry teaching today's student's New Paradigm for Better Achieving the Learning Objectives”, visuospatial talents and skills, and the teaching of today's chemistry's Proceeding of ASEE, Atlanta, GA, Jun 23-26, 2013

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shirley B. Pomeranz, The University of Tulsa; Peyton James Cook Ph.D., The University of Tulsa

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Mathematics

is within the College of Engineering and NaturalSciences at The University of Tulsa, so my observations are relevant with respect to calculus forengineering students.Much has stayed the same, but the use of technology, student demographics, studentacademic/social support, the curriculum, and the way calculus is taught are some things that havechanged, comparing my calculus experiences from 1967 to those of my students in 2016. Not allthe changes appear to be for the better, and there are tradeoffs. The discussion focuses primarilyon anecdotal examples, although some statistical data are included.1. IntroductionThere are studies on the teaching of calculus at the university level that give detailed histories ofthe pedagogical changes over the

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Best Zone Paper Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Andrew Petersen, University of Toronto Mississauga

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Council of Sections

., Colbeck, C., Bigio, D., Smith, P. & Harper, L. 2003. Engineering students and training inteamwork: How effective? Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Conference.12 Smith, K.L., Sheppard, S.D., Johnson, D.W., & Johnson, R.T. 2005. Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom BasedPractices, Journal of Engineering Education, 94 (1) 87-101.13 Bruner, J. 1985. Vygotsky’s theory and the activity-oriented approach in psychology. In Culture, Communication,and Cognition: Vygotskian Perspectives, J. V. Wertsch, ed. New York: Cambridge University Press.14 McDowell, C., Werner, L., Bullock, H., Fernald, J. 2002. The effects of pair-programming on performance in anintroductory programming course. ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science

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Manufacturing Processes Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Harold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy; Jeffrey Butler, United States Military Academy

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Manufacturing

. The results of this assessment should be useful toany program that incorporates metal part fabrication techniques into an engineering course. Page 15.954.2 “Just as one cannot learn to drive without getting behind the wheel; or to swim without getting wet; entry into the profession of engineering, particularly in the area of design, requires far more than sitting in a lecture hall.”1IntroductionManufacturing processes are an important part of the curriculum for mechanical engineeringmajors. Industrial employers have long called for newly-graduated engineers to have bothknowledge and proficiency in manufacturing, and they

Conference Session

Computing Research I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohsen Taheri, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Mark A Weiss, Florida International University; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida; Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Deepa Chari, Florida International University; Zahra Taheri

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

significant impact on competence/performance. This path is exciting asit is the strongest path in this model. In 2012, a study [32] indicated a lack of belonging had beenidentified as an essential reason for engineering dropouts. Tinto also mentioned that sense ofbelonging was one of the impactful factors on academic persistence [6], [7]. As an instance,when a student joins to a computing group/community, he/she may start communicating withpeers and friends, and realize that his/her own skills and struggles are comparable to others, thus,lending to his/her own competency beliefs. Besides, by participating in computing communitiesand clubs, not only can students learn new computing tools and methods, but he/she alsodevelops a feeling of support which

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2008 GSW

Authors

Cheryl L. Willis

InformationThe two data sources below crosswalk SOC codes to CIP codes to program inventories. How could these datasources inform a program’s efforts to recruit high school students? Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education1. ABET. Criteria for accrediting computing programs. Computing accreditation commission. August 8, 2007, p.21-23. www.abet.org.2. Willis, C. and Mayo, N. Determining future job requirements by adapting strategic planning to curriculum revision. Journal of Studiesi in Technical Careers, v10, n3, Sum 1988, pp. 215-27.3. Barnes

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

meetings, written and oral communication skills, ethics and professionalism, completion of team project(s). • ECE 362 (Principles of Design): A junior-level course covering conceptual design, scheduling, project management, business plan, market survey, and budgeting that culminates in a written proposal and oral presentation requesting funds for development of a product.We report on the results of our using this method of giving student-generated feedback, whichhas been successfully used by hundreds of engineering students over the course of several yearsat RHIT. The paper and the poster examine CPR™’s approach to implementing peer review andhow these methods measure up to generalized expectations