Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Delahunty, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

constructing meaning 1 and fostering understanding.The module aimed to move away from traditional pedagogical practices such as knowledgetransmission, which can be stifling for a contemporary curriculum 10.The pedagogical strategies were implemented to aid students in constructing their ownmeaning in relation to the subject matter and coursework portfolios were utilised to allowstudents to evidence their learning of graphical analytical knowledge.MethodThe study employs an action research approach to investigate students' ability to solve anapplied analytical graphical problem following the knowledge acquisition stages of agraphics module. The problem was focused on the solving of a geometric puzzle, which wasdirectly related to the duality of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gerlick, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Shane Brown, Washington State University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

and outcomes set in educational curriculum. That is, an approach to discussingand teaching nursing students, for example, to reflect on their practice may be much differentthan that of student-teachers; although the actual mental processes involved may be similar.Differences in purposes and terminology between fields have often been stated as reasons for thisconfusion in meaning. Nevertheless, reflection for learning is increasingly being purported as animportant learning outcome and educators are seeking ways to best address this in the classroom.This paper addresses this need by focusing on the reflective practice of students in engineeringcapstone design courses. This paper presents preliminary results from a study seeking to analyzeand

Conference Session

Clearing up Student Misconceptions in Materials

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, Arizona State University Jacquelyn Kelley is a M.S. student in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her BS degree is in Physics and Chemistry Education. Her principle research areas are inquiry-based learning and development and assessment of inquiry-based modules in materials science and engineering. She teaches physics, chemistry and mathematics in a local arts high school.Dale Baker, Arizona State University Dale Baker, Arizona State University Dale R. Baker is a Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at ASU and is the Co-Editor of The Journal of Research in Science Teaching. She teaches courses in

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manjusha Saraswathiamma, North Dakota State University; Kathy Enger, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Achinthya Bazebaruah, North Dakota State University; Bruce Schumacher, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

following recommendations have been made to increase femaleenrollment in engineering: 1. Further research is needed to determine the effect of communication skills and persistence in engineering programs. 2. Extensive research must be done to find the affect of female-friendly mathematics teaching strategies and curriculum in motivating females to join undergraduate engineering programs. 3. More studies, both national and international, are needed to understand the effect of parental influence (other than engineers in family) or channeling efforts in female enrollment decisions. 4. Studies are needed to investigate the role of high school career counseling and aptitude measuring tests in identifying potential

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2010-1278: INTRODUCING CRITICAL THINKING TO FRESHMANENGINEERING STUDENTSJames Lewis, University of Louisville James E. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals in the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. His research interests include parallel and distributed computer systems, cryptography, engineering education, undergraduate retention and technology (Tablet PCs) used in the classroom.Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville Jeffrey L. Hieb, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. His research interests include cyber security

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chandra Austin, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 15.167.4is left as is for a single parent home and for a two parent home the total is divided by two.According to Hollingshead 27 computed scores range from a high of 66 to a low of 8. It isassumed that the higher score of a family or nuclear unit, the higher the status of its members.Career Decision Self-Efficacy These questions are based on the career decision self efficacy (CDSE) short form 30. Itcontains 25 items measured on a 5-point Likert-type scale, with questions ranging from 1= noconfidence at all, 2=very little confidence, 3= moderate confidence, 4=much confidence,5=complete confidence. The CDSE was developed by Taylor and Betz 18 and the original 50item scale was based on a 10-point Likert scale. The purpose of the scale

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Kathryn Holliday-Darr, Pennsylvania State University-Erie, The Behrend College; Melanie Ford, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) is a program for at risk students. Community volunteers, PSBstudent tutors and PSB staff work together to provide opportunities for middle and high schoolstudents to improve academic and leadership skills. PLASTCar is a unique, interdisciplinary, Page 15.1294.3semester long program for sixth graders. A course in the Plastics Engineering Technologyprogram partners with courses in Business and Psychology to work with sixth graders to designand build small Matchbox® race cars. They work through the entire design process includingconcepts, computer modeling, prototyping, wind tunnel testing, final production and ultimatelythe races. Many other

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Carlson; Renato Pacheco; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco; Walter Antonio Bazzo

power to people that can buy something that is notaccessible to everyone, in this case a relative power, satisfying psychological features, suchas novelty needs, vanity, and need of self-confidence. The “power” of having the lastgeneration of hi-tech objects, which only very few people can own.Reactions Against Consumerism and TechnopolyWe can already observe some reactions against the exaggerated consumerism andTechnopoly. A university in Australia13 adapted its curriculum to graduate engineers, as“technical person”, in four years or, in case students want to, as “authentic person”, in fiveyears. That is, they can choose if they will be a “technical person”, working within theirprofessional limits, or an “authentic person”, working to achieve

Conference Session

A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Armineh Noravian, San Francisco State University; Patricia Irvine, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

projects, which aregenerally projects performed by students near the end of their programs to prepare them for workin industry. Although there is much literature on capstone projects in engineering education, fewstudies focus on students’ professional identity development. Dunlap 21 investigated a 16-weekfinal semester computer science capstone project in a university that used problem-basedlearning as a pedagogical method. The findings indicated that students not only experienced apositive change in their perceptions of their ability and preparedness for being a softwaredevelopment engineer, but they also experienced a change in their professional identities aftercompleting the project; they described themselves as software engineers, not

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Divisions

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