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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Alva L. Couch

is no attempt to enforce equal participation by allmembers. At the same time, the classroom activity is more structured than Feldman et al’sproposed active participation exercises (10), which last no more than 3 minutes at a time and donot result in a deliverable. Our exercises are thus somewhere between “Collaborative Learning”and unstructured active participation exercises in complexity and implementation; they require atangible product in the form of a completed worksheet, and thus give a sample of how studentsare doing, but are not used to assess student mastery of the material like, e.g., an exam or regularhomework assignment.A similar strategy to ours is Dimeral’s “workbook strategy” (11), in which textbook and lectureare augmented

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Charles Thomas; Loren Byrne; Jeremy Campbell

engineering content presented in the course (which for the purposes of this paper is definedas those lectures delivered by the engineering faculty (CRT), ranged from quantifying energy useto Life Cycle Assessment, to an introduction to the formal Engineering Design Process. Giventhat there were no engineering students enrolled in the class, we felt this was an opportunity notonly to teach concepts traditionally identified with engineering, but to also present to the studentswhat it is that engineers do (a question that is often difficult for non-engineers to answer).As might be expected, if there was one aspect of the engineering content to which students wereless than receptive, it was the use of mathematics in making an argument or describing a

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Chiara Silvestri; Suzanne LePage; Paul P. Mathisen

sustainable urban and resource-based uses. Homework assignments address population, landscape characterization, and the use of environmental assessment to define the impacts of humans on the landscape. GIS utilization included 2 assignments along with a one-week team project. The assignments were set up to help students learn the basics of GIS, such as importing data layers, and creating and effectively presenting a map. The project involved the analysis of potential environmental impacts resulting from residential development. Topics included map development, calculation of land areas and defining the effects of land use on water quality.  CE 4061 “Hydrology”. CE 4061 (Hydrology) is a fourth-year undergraduate course that covers the

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Usman I. Hashmi; Wessam W. Khalifeh; Abdullah M. Alhinai; Mohammad M. Alrefaai; Mohammad H. Hashem

student population falls into the average category andD. Learning style depending on their choices could become great or belowThe learning style of high school is very different from the average in their educational careers.learning style at university. Two major arguments discussedby Murtagh [4] are independent learning and assessment. 20  The new students find self-studying tough and demanding. 18  Professors at university point out that the students’ problem 16  is lack of experience in writing and composing 14

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Bruce Char

mathematics software. [Online]. Available: http://www.sagemath.org/ [9] M. Schultz, “Sustainable assessment for large science classes: Non-multiple choice, randomised assignments through a learning management system.” Journal of Learning Design, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 50 – 62, 2011. [Online]. Available: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au/publications/vol4no3/SchultzJLDvol4no3.pdf[10] Apache Software Foundation. (2011) Apache Subversion. Apache Software Foundation. [Online]. Available: http://subversion.apache.org/[11] E. Holohan, M. Melia, D. McMullen, and C. Pahl, “The generation of e-learning exercise problems from subject ontologies,” in Sixth International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, 2006, pp. 967–969, iD: 1.[12] L

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew R. Stein

-in tocreate a motion study duplicating the conditions of the problem. Students may place dynamically updatingdimensions to determine distances or may generate graphs, e.g. velocity versus time, to study motion. As adirect result, students are able to independently validate their symbolic solutions with numericalsimulations. This paper will provide a detailed description of the use of SolidWorks in a sophomore levelDynamics course offered Fall 2010 and Spring 2011. This paper will present symbolic and numericexamples of student work and assess the benefits and problems associated with this teaching method.IntroductionThe faculty in our engineering program is committed to achieving ABET objective k. an ability to use thetechniques, skills and

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Joseph J. Helble; Carolyn E. Fraser; Eric R. Fossum

agenda.AssessmentProgram assessment instruments include high-touch mechanisms such as meetings and check-ins with the Dean andthe faculty director of the program, and the Assistant Dean for Student and Academic Affairs, and an annualmeeting with at least one member of the school’s Board of Overseers. In addition, standard annual Ph.D. programassessment surveys are conducted. Adjustments made to the program based on assessment feedback have beenenhancing the community of participants and providing additional advising during internship planning. The successof the program is not presently measured on intellectual-property generated or enterprise-ventures formed, althoughthese significant outcomes are noted; half of the students in the program have been named on IP

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Gaetan Garcia; Matthew R. Stein

experiences continued to gain more sophistication,both in user interfaces and in the design of the laboratory activities to be performed remotely [10][11][12][13][14]. Remote laboratories have also been previously developed specifically in the areaRobotics [15][16][10][17][18][19]. As these systems have been put into practice, some researchershave attempted to assess the effectiveness of these labs versus traditional laboratory experiences [20][21][22][23]. Assessing the effectiveness of the remote laboratory experience requires consideration ofthe objectives the laboratory experience is meant to accomplish. As have other authors, we referencethe report “The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education” [24] containingthirteen

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Jesse E. Jaeger; Jibin T. Chacko; Richard A. Maier; James Patrick Abulencia

teaching is the process in which a person gains a better understanding of a subject byattempting to teach it. Learning by teaching originates from Dr. Jean-Pol Martin’s method ofallowing his students to prepare and teach lessons or part of lesson. Although this method ismainly used in foreign language classes, it can be applied to any field. After all, it is widelyknown that a person truly knows something when he or she is able to effectively teach it.Furthermore, if a person is tutoring other students in a subject, the tutor can become moreversatile in that subject.The methodologies of learning by creating a video revolve around three core aspects: Study,Composition, and Assessment. The study occurs as students research the topic and start

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew Stein

determine distances ormay generate graphs, e.g. velocity versus time, to study motion characteristics. As a direct result,students are able to independently validate their symbolic solutions with numerical simulations.This paper will provide a detailed description of the use of SolidWorks in a sophomore levelDynamics course offered spring 2012-2014. This paper will present examples of student workand assess the benefits and challenges associated with this teaching method.KeywordsDynamics, Simulation, SolidWorks, Self-check.IntroductionThe faculty in our engineering program are committed to achieving ABET objective k. an abilityto use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.However, an isolated

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

Difference 0.00group had 3 females and 17 males. Both groups weregiven the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test as a pre- df 19.00test to assess their spatial reasoning ability prior to t Stat -1.02building their designated model. One group was then P(T<=t) one-tail 0.16assigned to build a residential framed physical modelas a project to be completed outside of class and t Critical one-tail 1.73submitted at the end of the semester, while the othergroup was assigned to develop a 3D computer TABLE 2graphic model of a residential structure using

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Shanon Reckinger; Blanca Aca; Katherine Pitz

”. the rest of the BASE Camp faculty. REFERENCEST1] “Rising above the gathering storm, revisited”, National Academy ofSciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, 2010,URL: http://www.uic.edu/homeindex/Chancellor/risingabove.pdf[2] “Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Report”, 2012.URL: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/PISA-2012-results-US.pdf[3] “Science and Engineering Indicators: 2010”, National Science Board,2010, URL: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/.[4] National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resource Statistics,“Survey of Earned Doctorates”, 2011.[5] “Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States:2006”, National

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Remah Alshinina; Christian Bach

subject factors and emotions to contribute to the assessment of the(12) call the IT artifact the "core subject matter" of the IS process. The steps and models of social informationfield. processing and aggressive behavior were researched. The author found and concluded that certain guidelines are necessary for an innovative artifact. Thedevelopmental factors like physiological and emotional may purpose of the establishment of the guidelines is to contributecause a deviation in the cognitive memory structure that, in to the work of researchers to properly understand andturn, may be reflected as deficiencies and aggressive biases in

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gad J. Selig

should • Believes “ You can be wrong and make mistakes, buttypically be followed to start, grow and eventually exit a new never unsure”venture: • Passion and champion • Out of the box and innovative thinking 1. Identify and assess the opportunity and validate with • Pragmatic and realistic market, prospects and customers • Change agent and innovator 2. Develop the concept prototype and re-validate; there are many models such as Business Model “Canvas” Major impediments to successful entrepreneurship are

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

William Alpert; Alexander Vaninsky

of technology: The Taiwan case,”index had no statistically significant trend, but correlated with European Journal of Operational Research, 72 (1), 1994, pp.43-51.the business cycles with a lag of one year. The latter [17] W. Kong, and T. Fu, “Assessing the performance of business colleges inobservation underlines an assumption that the college- trained Taiwan using data envelopment analysis and student based value-added performance indicators,” Omega, 40 (5), 2012, pp.541-549.part of the labor force is more volatile with regard to business [18] J. Mincer

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Longyin Sun; Christian Bach

opportunities. Journal of Systems Science and Systemsshould be responsible and wise. Decision is correct or not, Engineering, 21(2), 129-143.directly determines the success or failure of leadership, the [13] Holsapple, CW, & Joshi, KD. (2000). An investigation of factors thatrelationship between the working staff and company’s rise and influence the management of knowledge in organizations. The Journalfall. Leaders must assess the situation and formulate and of Strategic Information Systems, 9(2), 235-261.implement the scientific decisions. [14] Hu, Zhiqiu, Wang, Xuefeng, & Xu, Chenwu. (2006). A

Conference Session

Student Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Mariam Rezai, University of North Georgia ; Redahegn Sileshi, University of North Georgia, Gainesville ; Dennis Garcia, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Student Papers

the ends of the gap. Workmanship/ The aesthetic choices of the design and quality of the 20% Aesthetics construction were included. Innovation and The event supervisor assessed how well bridges 20% Functionality performed with the underload, and rewarded teams that showed originality in their approaches to the design. Compliance Participants had to adhere to the ruleset. 10% Documentation Teams had to provide drawings, simulation results, and 10% details on the design process.Each bridge was inspected using these judging criteria by the

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Chuck H. Margraves, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; KIDAMBI SREENIVAS, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Trevor S. Elliott, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Lance Isaac Rose, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Professional Papers

turbine blades rather thanallowing them to freely spin. This would likely cause the air to not expend as much kineticenergy across the blades. The slight difference in torque may have to do with the fact that theexperimental torque was measured with the blade stationary.Class Implementation and Learning Objectives There are two different courses where the work completed from this research may beimplemented in the classroom. The first is in the lab discussed above. During the one-hour labpreparation portion of the class, the experiments conducted and the CFD results will be presentedas part of the lab material for the week. This material will then be assessed as part of a pre-labquiz taken before the start of the lab. Students will also be

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Lianjun Wu, Mercer University; Arash Afshar, Mercer University; Dorina Marta Mihut; Belle Lin; Melanie L McElroy, Mercer University ; Jordi Riera Shephard, Mercer University; Michael James Norenberg, Mercer University

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Professional Papers

form a loop so that theloop can be secured to the fixture. For the second method, we adopted a paper window frame thatwas recommended for tensile tests on monofilaments in conformity with ISO 11566 standardizedtesting method. Single tensile tests were conducted to assess the break strength of the fishing line.Four experiments were conducted using the first method. For the second method, all four samplestested were 35 mm long, measured from the inner edge of the window frames. The stress-straincurve and elongation at break were calculated by averaging three tests. For single tensile tests, themonofilament fishing line was stretched upon break and the test speed was 25 mm/min. The profileand morphology of the fishing line was examined using a

Conference Session

Track 3: Technical Session 5: Technology and Society: Incorporating ethics, inclusion, and societal understanding into computer and technology and engineering education curriculum design.

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Carrie Prior, Excelsior University; James Tippey, Excelsior College

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Excellence Matters in an Education SettingIn addition to reducing educational barriers, fostering inclusive belonging means creating anenvironment where all students feel valued and respected. This involves adapting teachingmethods to meet the diverse needs of learners, ensuring that every student, regardless ofbackground or ability, has the support needed to succeed.Practical strategies include:• Using inclusive language (e.g., saying “Hi, everyone” instead of “Hey, guys”).• Offering flexible assessment methods that cater to different learning styles (e.g., allowing both written or video submissions).• Fostering a classroom culture that celebrates diverse lived experiences and encourages peer collaboration. Why Societal

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

with time managementand teamwork challenges endemic of many undergraduate design teams, the baseline knowledge to makeinformed design decisions was present as shown in student feedback. In an effort to assess the effectiveness of the course re-structuring, the course director provided acapstone design applicability survey to the ME492 students. In this survey students were asked to list thethree most helpful lessons from ME492 toward their capstone project and make a determination of thelesson timing (too early, just right, too late). In addition, students were furnished with a copy of Figure 5and asked to assess the lesson’s helpfulness on their capstone work on a scale from five to one (five was“very helpful” and one was “did not

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

of φV0= 32. 1° Figure 11. Correct INPUT Value of φV0= 26.1°4. Student SurveysIn order to assess the advantages of introducing animations in the classroom, the animationsoftware was used in two sections of Dynamics at Kettering University (Flint, MI) during the fallterm of 2007. Approximately 70 students were surveyed at the end of the term regarding theeffectiveness of the software. The students were assured that their answers would remainanonymous.Questions from three categories were asked.1) General Opinions: How animation software enhances the overall learning of the student.2) Mechanics Concepts: How the software enhances specific mechanics concepts.3) Specific Opinions: Specific observations of the software and

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E.; Ali Moazed; Anthony Duva; Richard Roberts

safety are satisfied, so that only safecomponents / assemblies would be chosen as the prototypes of the design project. These concepts are part of the program objectives and outcomes and performance criterionfor measuring the success of the curriculum developed with Industrial Program AdvisoryCommittee, Faculty, Alumni and Student input. Using the performance criterion, rubrics weredeveloped to directly assess student performance in the class room. From our direct observationsin several classes, students who participated in class design projects by creating virtualcomponents and virtual assemblies had a better understanding of engineering design and gainedreal hands-on experiences which could be directly implemented in their COOP experiences

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Mohammadjafar Esmaeili; Ali Eydgahi

. In order to test this satisfaction of students in project-based classes, there is notrelationship this study utilizes TAM as a core model to assess the enough evidence to show any attitude changes toward STEMeffect of active learning based classes on students’ intention and course.attitude toward STEM course. Moreover, this study hasexamined the effects of external factors such as social influences,and internal factors such as anxiety and self-efficacy toward This study is attempting to examine the relationship betweenSTEM courses. active learning methodology that has been introduced in one of

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

A.M. Annan; C. M. McLain; M. E. Perham; D. N. Robear; D. J. McLaughlin

. Without reinforcement, most fundamentals arestudents to linear circuit and system theory, digital logic design, never digested by the students” [1]. Second, there is the senseand electronics. The piloted lab component ran in parallel with that engineering students are missing out on some of thethe lecture component. In the lab component, students were excitement associated with “hooking things up” and “makingarranged into teams, assigned an experiment-kit, and charged things” in a way that leverages electrical engineeringwith designing, building, testing, operating and demonstrating knowledge. We have witnessed a dramatic nationwidecollision-avoiding robotic “smart cars.” Subjective assessment decrease in

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Shalini Jada; Xingguo Xiong; Ahmed El-Sayed; Navarun Gupta

integrates AI-driven classification development, debugging, and deployment. Ultimately, thismodels within the VS Code environment for seamless testing, research contributes to a more robust, data-driven approach todebugging, and optimization, ensuring accuracy and efficiency. wildfire prevention, response, and environmental recoveryFurthermore, the system assists in post-wildfire impact efforts [13].assessment, contributing to environmental recovery and futurerisk mitigation. This system integrates AI-driven classification A. Innovations and Improvementswith real-time monitoring, enabling faster wildfire detection andresponse. The proposed

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Angela Gross; Victoria Christianson; Sally Dorer; Emaan Jivani; Mohak Kothari; Meghna Sridhar; Bala Maheswaran

College of Engineering College of Engineering Northeastern University Northeastern University Northeastern UniversityAbstract-Foot anatomy, such as arch size, along with improper gait lower limb and spine. Flat footedness is associated with apatterns, can lead to various health issues, including joint decreased quality of life [10].problems, muscle imbalances, and injuries such as shin splints.Most current methods for assessing these issues involveprofessional medical devices, making them costly and Risk factors for flat footedness include family history of flatinaccessible to

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Christopher M. Moore; Semih G. Yildirim; Stuart W. Baur

construction industry and lastly somebuilt-up samples. This problem is being introduced to the class to be identified, formulated andsolved as a real life problem with architectural engineering practice. One of the challenges of thisassignment is determining the boundary or scope of work. This study, which is rather openended, allows for students to purse the idea further with their own research or imagination.2.1 Details of designDue to time limitation of three weeks, typical building layouts are handed-out to the students atthe beginning. Therefore, it was not a design studio activity, but an activity for each team to discussthe subject and make an assessment of requirements mentioned in the rubric. Results of the activitywere submitted as

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Steve E. Watkins

2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) Teaching Engineering Ethics Steve E. Watkins Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractInstruction in engineering ethics is an important aspect of professional development. Foruniversities, it is an element of program assessment and is considered for accreditation. Forengineering students, it addresses relationships in professional life and is a topic for professionallicensure. A common instructional objective is for students to have an ability to continuedeveloping their ethical knowledge

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Brian Sandford

prepared.Both the individual and team score is reported and contributes to their final grade. The sayingthat 2 heads are better than one is generally true and students must practice being good teammembers as a good team score will reflect good contributing members while a poor team scoreonly reflects upon unprepared team members.A mid-term, final exam and weekly homework assignments, as well as the use of iPads as atranslation, quiz, and testing tool, compliment the required student language practice andevaluation components already described.FindingsA pre-test/post-test 50 question language self-assessment survey was given to the students in theSpanish for construction course during the spring 2010, fall 2010, and spring 2011 semesters.The survey